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They marched into oakland and i think at that point it started to turn where they marched into oakland and got on the freeway. >> they were able to shutdown traffic. >> they were able to shutdown the freeway for a while. the california highway patrol and oakland police department handled that portion. >> what about arrests? you have been trying to make arrests on protesters who have been actually looting in the group of 200. can you give us any arrest numbers? >> i don't have specific numbers at this point. we are in the process of making arrests. we have made several arrests earlier in the ni...

Arrest numbers up to meet their quotas, and the easiest way for many of them to do that is to simply drive into black communities and stop and frisk black people, which they do in new york city as an official sanctioned policy of the department. there's money in those arrests, big money, federal money. the federal government has a program specifically directed at funding to enforce drug laws. all drug arrests, including misdemeanors, such as marijuana possession, must be reported to the federal government in order to receive the funds. in other words, the more arrests, the more money a police ...

Current laws. i'm joined by a reporter for the washington post. good morning. >> good morning. >> you write about this issue in the washington post. what has changed under the obama administration and what hasn't? >> it's a mixed bag. that's part of the issue. on the one hand, the kind of work site raids that were ramped up during the last year of the bush administration, those are down. the arrest numbers of illegal immigrant workers are down by 68%. on the other hand, this administration has continued with deportations. they reached a record high, nearly 400,000, in the 380,000 range. as bef...

The pacific ocean to the gulf of mexico. but when you're in the position to actually have to do that, it looks a little different. with kelly and now secretary nielsen, these are people who are looking at kind of the practical limitations of doing some of this stuff and the president doesn't necessarily want to hear that. >> last question. we know that secretary nielsen penned her own resignation letter not 15 days ago. do you think she's functioning on borrowed time? >> i don't know that. i haven't spoke to someone who is convinced that she actually wrote a letter. but i think she is on shaky...

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