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Young women who died. >> it's heartbreaking to see anyone killed at the hands of those entrusted to protect us. but, it's unthinkable when it's kids. and yet, it's all too often the case that black children, especially our boys, grow up with targets on their backs from day one. you remember the tamir rice? >> you know, i went to oakland public schools. and when you grow up in a place that is overwhelmingly majority students of color, there's just a different way that the system views kids' behavior. the education system and system that is supposed to be sort of a great equalizer is actually of...

Not which -- not to identify them, but i wanted to know which law enforcement units were in there. the last thing that i was told, it began with two state troopers and as many as 13 state troopers were in that hallway. that's an important issue for me, because those are the folks who are accountable to me at the state legislature. my concern here is that there's a lot of finger-pointing. no one seems to know who the incident commander is. we've been told that it's this one school cop. at what point does the next agency with higher fire power, higher equipment not take command and control? dps ...

Officers. we didn't sign up for that gig. >> no. >> but these guys did. >> yep. >> there's a protocol that says you do it this way. that didn't happen. so i've talked to congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she wants to have hearings in this community. she wants to have people testify. she wants to bring those witnesses here. but to put it on the local school cop and say, it's just him. well, that's not right either. every law enforcement agency that had more manpower, that had more equipment, that had more fire power. >> more tech, dhs, dps. >> absolutely. they were here. that's where this inves...

Really influenced me as a youngster that the police are good people and i wanted to be something like that some day. >> and because of that and because of him being at your school, did you start out doing that? >> yes. >> and what was your first job or volunteer work as some type of a law enforcement officer, student, explorer, school cop? >> well, the first thing i did -- in junior high i was a school patrol officer if that counts. >> yes, it does count. >> and what does d a school patrol officer go back then? >> it was junior high so we helped the younger grade school aged children get acros...

Good people and i wanted to be something like that some day. >> and because of that, because of him being at your school, did you start out doing that? >> yes. >> and what was your first job or volunteer work as a -- some type of a law enforcement officer student, school cop? >> first thing i did was in junior high was a school patrol officer, if that counts. >> yes, it does count. what did the school patrol officer do back then? >> it was junior high so we helped the younger grade school aged children get across the street. >> and did you continue to do that throughout junior high? >> yes, si...