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Acquisition has been bowman resist arrest. i want to bring in mark clackston here. your view of what this shows. >> disturbing and painful. it is difficult to watch. it is police violence that points to a more disturbing methodology. this is not armed, level of violence. we are talking about hand to hand and intimate violence. there is something disturbing about that. it is disturbing to watch not only trooper brown's conduct but

Sparking nationwide calls for reform. tomorrow's anniversary of floyd's death is the deadline set by the administration for passing the federal policing bill that bears his name. it's a deadline that lawmakers and the white house acknowledge they won't meet. instead of signing police reform into law, tomorrow president biden will meet with george floyd's family. outside of washington, there are communities that have enactio -- enacted changes. i'm joined by nbc's shaquille brewster who has been reporting on the push for reform and mark clackston. shaq, in terms of the reporting, what you have ...

States and municipalities taking it upon themselves to enact the change that many have been calling for for well over a year now. >> mark, let's pick up right there. what's your take on some of the changes we have seen from these local departments? is it enough? >> i think the most significant change that we have witnessed is the change in the level of activism and involvement of a diverse group of individuals who are really pushing for significant, substantive change. they are pushing for revolution. the government seems untent on -- intent on pushing against that. you have local municipaliti...

Much on the leadership of the police department and not enough on fighting crime. >> recent events prove that his being here was a distraction from what i believe my -- i've said repeatedly that my -- a key goal of my administration a primary focus is making baltimore a safer place. i think it's important that we understand that we cannot continue to debate the leadership of the department and think we're going to see the progress that we want to see in the crime fight. >> the city's deputy police commissioner kevin davis has been named as interim commissioner. joining me now is the director o...

I think when you're talking about law enforcement agencies in particular and the criminal justice system it has to be the carrot on the stick. you have to incentivize or penalize in order to get them to move or shift in another direction, which is desperately needed. it is obvious, it is apparent so i mean those are the key components there. if you incentivize and mrs. clinton spoke about the funding stream that is necessary and is opening up for so many different agencies, that's fine. we talk about incentivizing, but the penalty should be equally as substantial and then you'll begin to see a...