after the police killing of dante wright
during a traffic stop
now new calls for defunding and
abolishing the police altogether
with one even coming from a
congresswoman representative rashida
talib
tweeted quote it wasn't an accident
policing in our country is inherently
and intentionally racist
dante wright was met with aggression and
violence i'm done with those who condone
government-funded murder no more
policing incarceration and
militarization
it can't be reformed so a congresswoman
protected by a military fence and
thousands of
national guard soldiers wants to abolish
the police
today white house press secretary john
saki was asked if the president feels
the same way watch
what do you make of those comments do
you disavow or calls for no more
policing
that's not the president's view the
president's view is that
there are necessary outdated reforms
that should be put in place
that there is accountability that needs
to happen that the loss of
life is far too high it is far too high
she still didn't say anything abolishing
the police probably not the answer but
what can be done between the extremes
to keep citizens police and our city
safe joining me tonight in studio
fox news political analyst and this week
he is the host of fox news primetime 7
p.m on the fox news channel
lawrence jones welcome back hey my
friend i love this studio this is nice
the nightclub yes that's right we're
going to have bottle services
it's going to be sweet between the
commercial that's absolutely right
that's what we do
because we can't drink on camera
allegedly um all right so lawrence let's
talk about this because
uh there is inherent
racism throughout society you cannot
deny that and and
i saw you earlier uh you had a brilliant
monologue you were talking about
tim scott getting stopped six times in
the capital
you know if you and i made the same
wrong term
only one of us would get pulled up yeah
it it's hard for me
because i have such respect for cops
grew up wanting to be a cop i'm a
criminal justice major and so
it's a difficult conversation because
there is nowhere in my life where i
make an excuse for the way i look yeah
right i want to go out there and do my
job just like everybody
else but when we have these
conversations it becomes such a tribal
conversation
of either you back the blue or you back
the community
and my my my fear of that is
first of all it's a base of humanity
right you can't say law and order
and not give people due process right
just because
someone commits a criminal act doesn't
mean they shouldn't be able to go home
that night yes
and we can go into different cases of
where it was justified and when it
wasn't justified
but when republicans don't provide a
response
to what's happening in america when it
comes to that relationship
it leaves room for bad ideas
and the squad and the radicals that want
to be funded
of course is ridiculous you know what
they're talking about they don't know
what they're talking about
if any one of their family members were
in harm's way
they would pick up the phone and they'd
call
that everyone gets 911 a firearm these
are one of the other like
these you have to be able to defend
yourself either you call the police
uh when you've been assaulted or your
life is in danger or
you see something suspicious or you have
a firearm with you at all and these are
the same people that don't want you to
have firearms
well so and these are people that have
security details that are protected by
the capital that
beg nancy pelosi to get 24 hours so
their ideas are dumb
but there has to be something to fill
that void you cannot just say
business as usual because people are fed
up and
you know i got to tell you this shooting
particularly
is heartbreaking because i i feel for
the family of mr wright
he deserved to go home that day but i
also feel for the officer
and i know one p people want this to be
black and white
but i don't think she mean meant to
shoot him and
she also uh this is a person who had 26
years 26
so how does that happen okay so i was
talking to my brother who's a former
police officer he's a smart person
uh he said that he he didn't know
anything about
the details of this officer he said i
bet she's been on the force for a long
time
i bet she's retired on duty i bet she's
lazy and hasn't had proper training
and you know she kind of did what she
was supposed to do but she reached for
the wrong weapon
and discharged and killed the guy killed
the guy because he was pulled over
for tabs and air freshener you know
someone like that
regardless
who allows that to happen why are people
being pulled over for that and i
understand
people want law and order but we got to
choose
what is more important is it more
important for americans to go home
all americans to go at home important is
was that worth it was that stop worth it
oops is not enough when someone lose
their life yeah
and so like like i said i look i have
grace for everyone in this situation
i don't think that she needs to be tried
for capital murder yeah but she does
have to pay the piper because someone
she's gonna get charged tomorrow
she and we're gonna be sorry but but she
should even if it was gross incompetence
doesn't matter that kid is dead
he's not his story ends and it could not
happen
at a worse time in a worse place
like this is the city is already on edge
and there are two different cases
yes but life was lost yes and and the
anger is yeah
and you know and and you said it
brilliantly earlier that rashida talib
just came
with a bunch of gasoline and poured it
all over fire yep
and that's sad you know you know who
could solve this who black cops
yeah they truly they could and having
this conference and
look i i don't just say community
policing
i say community relationship yeah the
community should step in
first and then the police should back
them up it has to be hand in hand
i grew up with that i know good cops all
right
i grew up wanting to be those cops a lot
of people i know it can be done yes
absolutely lawrence jones thanks kennedy
to be a stranger i won't be
come by yeah but you got to bring booze
the patron
silver yeah it's for lawrence very good