>>> LAWMAKERS WORKING ON POLICE
REFORM, AS WE SAID, WILL NOT
PASS THE LEGISLATION AS WE HOPED
BY THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF
HIS DEATH.
BUT POLITICO REPORTS, VIRTUALLY
ALL PARTIES ARE OKAY WITH
MISSING WITH THE DEADLINE, AND
ACTIVISTS AND LAWMAKERS WILL SAY THEY WANT TO A BIG.
THEY WANT TO A BIG.
IT COMES AS NEW POLING SHOWS 72%
OF BLACK AMERICANS AND BLACK AND
BROWN YOUTHS HAS WORGSED IT.
JOINING ME, A PROFESSOR OF
GEORGETOWN LAW.
AMONG HIS BOOKS IS CHOKE HOLD.
POLICING BLACK MEN.
PROFESSOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR JOINING US AND I WOULD LIKE
TO SHARE WHAT THE AUDIENCE WHAT
YOU WROTE IN THE WASHINGTON POST
TODAY.
EVERY DAY, THE POLICE CONFRONT
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT FEEL LIKE
BEING ARRESTED.
SUSPECTS SHOULD COOPERATE AND
FIGHT THE CASE IN COURT BUT THEY
MAKE THE FIGHT AND FLEE, THAT
ONE DESERVES TO DIE.
THE LICENSE TO KILL CARRIES THE
RESPONSIBILITY TO PROMOTE THE
SANCTITY OF EVERY LIFE.
PAUL, HAVE YOU SEEN FROM YOUR
PERCH ANY PROGRESS ON POLICING
IN THE LAST 12 MONTHS?
>> THE BEST PLEASURE OF PROGRESS
IS THAT DEREK CHAUVIN IS GUILTY
OF MURDER.
THE EVIDENCE IS OVERWHELMING.
IT CAN NEVER BE TAKEN FOR
GRANTED THAT HE IS PROSECUTED, LET ALONE CONVICTED.
LET ALONE CONVICTED.
ALL FOUR OFFICERS FACE FEDERAL
PROSECUTIONS REGARDING THIS.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS
BROUGHT TOGETHER THE POLICE
DEPARTMENTS, AND THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION DID IN FOUR
YEARS.
>> DO YOU THINK THAT KIND OF
THING, AS A FORMER FED YOURSELF,
DOES HAVE WHAT WE USED TO CALL A
CHILLING EFFECT?
ONLY IN THIS CASE, A CHILLING
EFFECT CAUSING POLICE OFFICERS
IN THE MOMENT TO THINK TWICE,
THAT MAY STOP BAD BEHAVIOR
BEFORE IT HAPPENS?
>> I HOPE IT HAS A CHILLING
EFFECT.
BUT EVERY YEAR, U.S. POLICE KILL
ABOUT 1,000 PEOPLE.
THAT NUMBER DID NOT CHANGE LAST
YEAR.
DESPITE ALL THE PROTESTS.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, THE POLICE
HAVE KILLED 353 PEOPLE.
SO THE GEORGE FLOYD ACT IS JUST
COMMON SENSE REQUIRING NATIONAL
STANDARDS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE
LICENSED TO KILL.
BUT AS YOU DISCUSS, ITS FAR
FROM A DONE DEAL.
THERE ARE CASES LIKE BREONNA
TAYLOR, THE UNARMED BLACK WOMAN
GUNNED DOWN BY LOUISVILLE
POLICE.
>> WOULD I BE WRONG TO ARGUE
PART OF THE SOLUTION SHOULD BE,
THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO FLOODED THE
STREETS OF THIS COUNTRY DURING A
LONG, HOT SUMMER, TO CONSIDER
JOINING THE ACADEMY, LEARNING
THE JOB ON THE INSIDE AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, ONCE YOU GET THERE,
TRY TO MAKE THAT ONE MAN, ONE
WOMAN EFFORT TO CHANGE THE
INSTITUTION ON THE INSIDE.
>> IM AN ACADEMIC AND I WOULD
LOVE TO HAVE THESE AMAZING
ACTIVISTS JOIN ME.
THEY LAUNCH WHAT THE NEW YORK
DESCRIBES AS THE MOST -- THERE
IS A LOT OF APPROPRIATE CONCERN
ABOUT THE INSURRECTION ON
JANUARY 6th.
I PREPARE TO REMEMBER JANUARY
6th.
ON THAT DAY, "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" REPORTS THERE WERE
PROTESTS AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE
IN 550 DIFFERENT CITIES.
FAR FROM WANTING TO TEACH THE
ACTIVISTS.
IM LEARNING FROM THERE.