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Why all of a sudden is it on cops? it's the ferguson effect. and it's tiresome. >> thank you, guys, for what you're doing. appreciate it. we got to defend these guys. their lives are are at risk . coming up next tonight on "hannity." >> having the faith -- >> being christian -- >> comments on someone that you're -- >> not at all. not at all. >> nasty comments said about dr. benjamin carson on nbc. we'll explain that and much more straight ahead. ...and a free wellness visit. new plan...same doctor. i'm happy. it's medicare open enrollment. have you compared plans yet? it's easy at medicare.g...

The president was in your state today. >> yeah. listen, the president came to my state today to take credit for something he's got nothing to do with. crime rates since i've been governor is down 20% in new jersey, and the prison population is down 10%. why? because what we've done is focus on the real violent criminals, sean, and we're backing up police officers on the street. in camden, the murder rate is now down 53% in the last 3 years because we put a new police force in there. we backed them up and they're working with the community. >> 53%. you don't think we should send the cops out in...

>> this whole feeling that there's no need for reform and the talk of reform gives a chilling effect on police, how do you feel about that kind of rhetoric that's put out apparently by the fbi director? >> there was one police officer i saw on television saying they're going to, because of the ferguson effect, they're not going to, they're only going to arrest people when necessary. well you wonder what was going on before the ferguson effect. they should only be arresting people when necessary but i think if you had better police training and that costs money and that's available in the safe ...

It. i knew why i was pulled over. but there were times where i didn't. >> joining me now is phillip goff, president of the center for policing ecfit. and former new york police officer and professor of law and police studies at john d. college. it feels like the president was crystal clear about not cherry-picking data. talk to me about what data we would need to have in order to begin to understand what is actually going on in cities where we've seen an increase in the number of homicides. >> so it's hard to know where to begin but let me begin with this. part of the assertion of the way the ...

I think what we're seeing, unfortunately, is because we're in a moment right now where any kind of a social movement that makes gains, there are reactionary forces that try to roll it back. the way it gets rolled back often is through perpetuating a myth and culture of fear. what you talked about earlier in terms of the ferguson effect, wesley told me the first person who used that term is heather mcdonald. that's no mistake. you have a person who's known for her racist reactionary writings and provide nounsmen-- pronouncements. creating a myth that people are afraid of to promote social repre...