you are on with lisa cylar barrett. caller: good morning. couple of comments and something i would like your feedback on. as somebody who has been watching what has gone on the past few years i feel like there is a problem in the black community with complete lack of respect for law enforcement. the vast majority of cases i have seen involve people resisting, people not complying with simple commands, and nobody is talking about this. it is perpetuating this idea it is because of racism. america is probably one of the, if not the least racist country, in the world. i am married to a black woman. she was born and raised in ethiopia and i have a mixed race son. one woman called earlier and said living in fear and i believe you mentioned it is sad parents have to talk to their kids about how to in direct law enforcement. that is not happening. i talked to my son all the time about how to interact with law enforcement and let's be honest, if you are having an interaction of law enforcement, it's probably because you did something wrong. host: ms

host: lisa cylar barrett with us until the bottom of the hour. phone lines as usual. democrats (202)-748-8000, republicans (202)-748-8001, independents (202)-748-8002. for folks who do not know ldf, what is it? guest: the legal defense and education fund, thank you for asking. we are the oldest in the country founded by thurgood marshall. we have been separate from the naacp from -- we continue to fight for equality using all the tools in our toolbelt so to speak. we are primarily a legal organization and use it to fight for equality. we do a tremendous amount of policy work at the state, local and federal level. we have public education and research through the thurgood marshall institute. we are constantly trying to protect and advance the civil rights of individuals, particularly black individuals, in the country. host: on the police reform issue how involved have you been with legislators who are involved in discussions with cory booker? have you talked to him? have you talked to senator tim scott? guest: we certainly talked with folks on the hill both the house a

host: lisa cylar barrett serves as director of policy at the naacp legal defense and education fund joiningon the one-year anniversary of george floyd's murder. the same question we have been asking viewers throughout the past two hours of the program, in the past 365 days what has changed and what hasn't? ms. barrett: good morning, john. thank you for having me today. i want to take a moment to acknowledge the family and friends of george floyd and the immense grief they continue to experience as a result of the killing of mr. floyd. ef tco

you are on with lisa cylar barrett. caller: good morning.ouple of comments and something i would like your feedback on. as somebody who has been watching what has gone on the past few years i feel like there is a problem in the black community with complete lack of respect for law enforcement. the vast majority of cases i have seen involve people resisting, people not complying with simple commands, and nobody is talking about this. it is perpetuating this idea it is because of racism. america is probably one of the, if not the least racist country, in the world. i am married to a black woman. she was born and raised in ethiopia and i have a mixed race son. one woman called earlier and said living in fear and i believe you mentioned it is sad parents have to talk to their kids about how to in direct law enforcement. that is not happening. i talked to my son all the time about how to interact with law enforcement and let's be honest, if you are having an interaction of law enforcement, it's probably because you did something wrong. host: ms.