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>> i say thanks to the federal government for finally seeing things our way. it's like it happened yesterday, to me, you know? i miss my son very much. and i'm just glad this is, you know, is coming to some type of conclusion, you know? maybe i can get some type of closure. >> the department of justice's report pulled back the veil on a particularly rotten miami police department. the department that regularly uses an excess of force. the use of excess force by police against the very citizens they're sworn to protect is by no means limited to miami. in an amazing new book titled "rise of the ...

Writing for the "huffington post." it's a fantastic book, remarkable reporting. i suggest folks check it out. what did you make of this report from the doj on miami? how atypical? where is this demarmt on this spectrum? >> you said it was reminiscent of the lapd in the '90s but reminiscent -- this is not the first doj investigation in miami. in 2003, there were several officers indicted for planting guns at shootings. for wiping finger prints off of guns at shootings. 1996, squad of miami cops shot richard brown, also unarmed 123 times while his daughter hid in the bathroom. you know, this is ...

His mother, sheila, fought to hold the department accountable for her son's death, hopes this week's reports give her a bit of closure. >> i say thanks to the federal government for finally seeing things our way. it's like it happened yesterday, to me, you know? i miss my son very much. and i'm just glad this is, you know, is coming to some type of conclusion, you know? maybe i can get some type of closure. >> the department of justice's report pulled back the veil on a particularly rotten miami police department. the department that regularly uses an excess of force. the use of excess force b...

Hold the department accountable for her son's death, hopes this week's reports give her a bit of closure. >> i say thanks to the federal government for finally seeing things our way. it's like it happened yesterday, to me, you know? i miss my son very much. and i'm just glad this is, you know, is coming to some type of conclusion, you know? maybe i can get some type of closure. >> the department of justice's report pulled back the veil on a particularly rotten miami police department. the department that regularly uses an excess of force. the use of excess force by police against the very citi...

Producing -- >> what about the system is doing it? so what is broadly the argument of the rise of the warrior cop? what is new, what's risen? what do we have now that we didn't before? >> one is you have the rise of s.w.a.t. teams dramatic over the last 30 years. we've seen a 1 rkz,500% increas s.w.a.t. teams. there are 3,000 s.w.a.t. raids per year in the 1980s. the vast majority of those are for consensual drug crimes. what i also argue in the book, though, this militarization, it's a mindset, right? it's not just the s.w.a.t. teams. it bleeds over into patrol officers who are, you know, als...