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A very fine balance. and bill bratton tries to address that. >> it certainly is. we've been talking about it for years now. you went through body cam, through -- whatever it's through, bad cops have to be called out, have to be taken off the force, if they commit crimes, they have to be arrested and they need to go to jail and good cops need to be respected and evaluated. right now, what we've seen over the past year, eddie glaude is, we've seen skyrocketing crime and unfortunately, and you can see it in new york city, there are some representatives from, let's say, some of the more -- well, s...

In policy. >> well, if you're asking why, i mean, again, if you talk to police officers, if you talk to bratton, if you talk to commissioners, if you talk to other people that talk to police, they will tell you that over the past year, they've been back on their heels. that they've -- that they have been concerned, they've been afraid to go in and do their jobs. and unfortunately, again, you say that a lot of areas where there are people of color, in areas where truly disadvantaged live that they're overpoliced, you know, i would -- that's not what i'm hearing from representatives that represe...

LEANING RIGHT--Way to go, LA! You sure showed THOSE LAPD officers and County Sheriffs a thing or two! Or maybe even three or five!  After the LA City Council just threw away $150 million from the police during an era of rising crime (both associated with and independent of our burgeoning homeless problem, particularly with the criminal element of that population), L.A. County voted to overwhelmingly vote YES on Measure J. And with a new LA County DA, the same George Gascón who screwed up San Francisco and turned its streets into a cacophony of homeless, feces and needles, we're now seeing e...

They are now. 25 minutes after 9/11 they were saying this is al qaeda, osama bin laden. now there's a new capacity, and also with the beirut bombings, they don't know if al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, al qaeda centering or isis is the predominant threat for this kind of coordinated attack. >> michael leiter, if you were mayor of new york city or police commissioner, what would you do right for you on a night like tonight? >>. >> brian, the one piece of good news is it would all be precautionary, but the other people of good any, bill bratton is as experienced as we have. what he will do is...

Chief bratton spoke today about bratton. >> when the call comes he ran toward danger. it was the last time he will respond to that call. reporter: all flags in new york city will be flown at half-staff, and they will return to full after the day after for holder's funeral. martha: what more have we learned about officer holder. >> he had an incredible life and incredible family. he's a third generation privilege and immigrant from ghana. his far it was also a police officer. he was dating a woman and they