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Dr. darrin porcher, retired nypd lieutenant, and professor at pace university. great to have you both with us, gentlemen. doctor, it was a review. i talked to a former officer last night you said morel is really dumb. these guys, the ones who aren't bad cops. they try to keep it clean every day and protect this community. they are very worried about getting in trouble, subdued by doing their job. is that a legitimate >> that is which in it. we go back with what happened in ferguson. there was a term referred to as the "ferguson effects." you had "deep policing" taking effect. if we move back t...

Matter, you ought to be concerned about the ferguson effect. if cops are staying in their cars and they're in an african-american neighborhood, it's not the cops killing african-americans, it's criminals. if criminals are emboldened, more african-americans will die. if you believe in sentencing reform, when murder rates were at historic lows, people were open to that. but as they skyrocket, you can see popular support for that evaporating. so there's a lot of political ramifications. >> he said i've looked at all of it. is it the early release of prisoners from jail ? the point is, the spotlig...

Held high, taunting them when they get out of their cars. they said to me, we feel under siege and we don't feel much like getting out of our cars. so the suggestion, the question that's been asked of me is, are these kinds of things changing police behavior all over the country? and is that what explains the map and the calendar? the honest answer is, i don't know. and i don't know that explains it entirely. but i do have a strong sense that some part 06 the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through law enforcement over the last year. and that wind is surely changing behavior. >> gro...