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The way in which you address that issue is by teaching people to be anti-racist. by teaching people to recognize the racial groups as equals. it's fascinating and we learned this year that the republican party isn't pro cop, because if they were pro cop, they would have responded differently to the capitol insurrection. certainly we're showing now they're not even pro military. these are wedges and terms and constructs they use and they lie about them just as they lie about anti-racism and critical race theory and the 1619 project. >> and your book really took off after the george floyd murder...

Because they're not sure if the department is going have their back. >> the perception that you have to be overly aggressive and strong to enforce law is wrong. >> reporter: ray kelly is one of the community organizers who has helped monitor the changes. if you were to grade the consent decree, what grade would you give it? >> i would give the consent decree a c-minus. >> reporter: why? >> well, the process itself is slow beyond slow. >> reporter: four years in and millions of dollars later, we asked residents in west baltimore, the most violent area of the city, if they noticed change. >> i h...

Statement from carolyn polenty. i saw you two look at each other. what did you think of that moment in. >> i was surprised. i've never seen that before. you don't see that sort of system on behalf of the defendant. you know, listen, she's a person. sentencing is a very solemn thing. it's weighty thing. when you're the judge and going to take away someone's freedom and send that person to freedom for much of the rest of their life, that's a powerful and weighty and solemn thing to do. she's a human being just like the defendant is. you can't help but be touched and sad for her that this is happ...

The bayabuse of position of tru which seems linked to his role as a police officer, the defense tried to use that as one of the mitigating factors to try to get a lenient sentence. >> he clearly abused his authority. there's no question about that . the impact statements were powerful, including including c mother. he should sever receive a sente above the guidelines. what you witnessed in that video was nothing short of murder in slow motion. 9:30 seconds or so on this man's neck. he was not resisting. there's simply no excuse. i think a strong message has to be sent. i don't think the guidel...

Officer tao watched most of the suffocation and only went over to keep people from giving help. one bhoeperson identified add a medical trained firefighter for the city of minneapolis and that was dismissed. like are we going to believe her. they kept trained medical people from tproviding help. these were all uniformed peace officers adding to the abuse of trust and authority. i know the defense asked the court for probation. i'm not going to spend a lot of time arguing that. it's so outside of the realm of, i think, real possibility. this is murder. i understand some of the arguments made on...