chief charlie beck faced a gauntless of community members, many of whom who claim the l.a.p.d. unfairly target their men. >> i came here tonight because i respect the people in the room. i hope you respect me. if we treat each other that way and we treat this investigation that way, and we treat where we live and work that way, then we can report from this. >> there's always been down through years not only the suspicion but the charge that police do two things, they overpolice in african american communities and they overprosecute young african american males. so now you have michael brown in ferguson. you have ezell ford in los angeles. a few weeks ago you had eric garner is choke hold in new york city. so things are coming together all at the same time. and people are asking, is there a war? is there a targeting against young african american males especially and they be occasionally females, too. >> why aren't we seeing the same reaction here in los angeles to mr. ford's death? >> here in l.a. you have a number of civil rights organization he. as soon as something happens,

>> first of all, charlie beck, the chief the lapd and bill bratton both understand that community policing have to be key elements to any police department in the united states of america, democratic country. we have to understand that the civilians are in charge which is why i frankly don't understand that i haven't seen enough of the mayor of that town in the situation. one of the things we did, we had about 67% of the city is of color and about that number of our police officers are of color. in fact, patrol, it's almost close to 80%. we focused a lot on making our police department more diverse, focusing on working in our community. our captains are in the community every week. our chief, both bratton and beck were meeting in the community quarterly so that there was a relationship before big incidents happened. that was critical. the diversity of our police department. a police commissioner in charge of the police department that reviews these things. >> mika, everything that he is talking about, ferguson didn't do. was overwhelmingly white police make up a diverse community. >> it is

charlie ] try zinc free super poligrip. >>> welcome back. now to more of my interview with glenn beckis frightening prediction about what might happen if left and right in this country don't start listening to each other. have you veered away from politics in part because it's bad for business and it' better for business to focus on culture and other things that are more uniting? >> better for business if i talk about it but not believe the complaints that i get. better for business. >> about moving away from it? >> glenn, you're telling us these things. that's what we count on you for. i know, but it's not where i feel i am best served. >> your pr person in preparation for this interview said glenn's focused on principles and values and focusing on lifestyle and not just politics. >> right. >> that's something that's obvious to your listeners for a while but maybe is not as obvious to non-listeners and non-viewers. >> i think, because, again, we view each other as cartoon characters. my daughter said to me, my children when -- generally when we're in the city are not allowed to walk