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Local approach to this. >> that was new york city mayor eric adams commenting on the prevalence of gun violence across the u.s. his comments came after being questioned about a mass shooting that took place in a new york city substation last week. new york city transit crimes have increased by more than 75% between this year and last year. retired nypd detective mark claxton joins me now. he's the director of the black law enforcement alliance. mark, thanks for joining me. how do we strike the right balance in addressing the uptick in violence without going backward in implementing policies li...

Or some other way to share that. along with the technology and those types of things there's going to be a lot of traditional boots on the ground manhunt work at this point until the information or evidence leads them otherwise. >> if you don't mind, mark, the very top of your answer the last few seconds you were hard to hear. how quickly are they able to make a match? >> there will be -- [ inaudible ]. access to databases will be expedited and there will be information available to the investigators immediately and that includes the fingerprint databases and the dna databases that are availab...

Burger king employee was shot and killed when the shooter tried to rob the restaurant. it was her last week on the night shift. just tase ago an 11-month-old girl was struck in the face by a stray bullet in the bronx. mayor adams will reinstate controversial antigun units. today the city remembers a young man tragically lost. >> jason, love you. you will always be remembered, always. >> reporter: officer rivera's funeral will be held at the cathedral on friday. what he wanted to do as a police officer is repair the relationship between the community and the police force. he barely got a chance...

Whites and one black in the deep south stood up in the courtroom and said that black lives do matter. you came in the state of georgia, a state known for segregation, a state known for jim crow, and you turned it around. you took a young unarmed boy that they thought was worthless and you put his name in history today. >> leading off our discussion tonight, kirk burkhalter, criminal law professor at new york law school where he is the director of the 21st century policing project. mark claxton, director of the black law enforcement alliance. both are former nypd detectives. and paul butler, la...

Of 11 white and one black, in the deep south, stood up in the courtroom, and said that black lives do matter. you came in the state of georgia, a state known for segregation, a state known for jim crow, and you turned it around. you took a young unarmed boy, that they thought was worthless, and you put his name in history. kirk burkhalter, criminal law professor at new york law school where is he the -- 21st century policing project. mark claxton director of the black law enforcement alliance, both the former and ypg detectives. paul butler, law professor at georgetown university and former pr...