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Police commissioner william bratton caught in the middle of this. good cop honest man who has improved policing in los angeles and here in new york city. bratton could be fired at any time if he defies de blasio he is walking a tight rope. it's clear the commissioner does not have the ear of his own department. police officers are sending bratton a message as well that message is we are not going to tolerate politicians who put our lives in danger. unfortunately, civilian lives will be lost in the process. street criminals now know they can carry weapons without being frisked. they can commit ...

Police commissioner william bratton caught in the middle of this. good cop honest man who has improved policing in los angeles and here in new york city. bratton could be fired at any time if he defies de blasio he is walking a tight rope. it's clear the commissioner does not have the ear of his own department. police officers are sending bratton a message as well that message is we are not going to tolerate politicians who put our lives in danger. unfortunately, civilian lives will be lost in the process. street criminals now know they can carry weapons without being frisked. they can commit ...

>> right, right. i mean, human rights watch back in 2000 was talking about this. they looked at seven states across the country that actually had these 80% to 90% numbers. decade before that, we had studies in new york, they were looking at it and showing how rikers island and prisons across new york, it was the same seven neighborhoods. so yeah, we need to think about systemic and structural issues because it's not something band-aids on cancer can fix. we need to look at how to look at this and correct the last 30 to 40 years of tough on crime and drug war rhetoric and policy that have compl...

African-americans might feel empowered at part of their country with an african-american president, that they were such a big part of electing. but then that experience of being thrown up against the wall, of being frisked, when you've done nothing wrong, separates you from your country, separates you from your sense of connection to your community. >> absolutely. obama, i was shocked he made the statement. i also, you know, want him to extend his concern about what's happening with police and prisons here, to live up to his promise to close guantanamo. i'd be very glad to see that happen beca...