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To the institutions with whom we all work so closely. and i know i'm confident that those people in those institutions will also continue to make their voice heard about the importance of the work that we've been doing. we've been able to strike a positive balance and working relationship with law enforcement in this country. they often come to us for assistance, training, technical assistance, resources like body worn cameras, bullet proof vests but they also come to us and say we're concerned about our use of force policy. can you give us some examples? we're concerned about crowd control, m...

The death of laquan mcdonald is the latest strategy in a city that highlights the use of unlawful and excessive force by chicago police officers and the lack of accountability for such abuse. chicago cannot move ahead and rebuild trust between police and the community to improve policing practice ps . that request comes the same day that the chicago police superintendent gary mccarthy was fired. >> we began a discussion on sunday about the direction of the department and the indeniable fact that the public trust and the leadership of the department has been shaken and eroded. this morning, i f...

>> well, i think the first thing to realize is that there is a relatively unique estimate. there is only one other estimate that we have in the literature from. 1967, in fact, and at that time they estimated 34% of males in this country were arrested at least once by the age of 23. so, the current number is around 4 -- is around 40% from our study. so, you know, it isn't a new thing that this level of prevalence. and i think people have to be aware that when you are talking about arrests, this is a relatively common experience. it's not rare. having said that there has been an increase in the ...

>> well, i think the first thing to realize is that there is a relatively unique estimate. there is only one other estimate that we have in the literature from. 1967, in fact, and at that time they estimated 34% of males in this country were arrested at least once by the age of 23. so, the current number is around 4 -- is around 40% from our study. so, you know, it isn't a new thing that this level of prevalence. and i think people have to be aware that when you are talking about arrests, this is a relatively common experience. it's not rare. having said that there has been an increase in the ...