during the '50s oakland became a stagnant getto surrounded by the white hills of alameda county. all white police department earned a reputation for head-knocking brutality that left a well-remembered legacy of bitterness in the minds and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. >> i was growing up in the late '30s and early '40s. at that time the police department was perceived aez blue and for the most part there was extreme fear in the people at that time when the police came in the community. i remember one specific situation where several young blacks were being apprehended by the police or they went into their homes to pick them up for some alenged crime. i remember one particular police officer kicking one of the young people who couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 years old. ♪ i think that the black panthers raised a very significant issues, and that was the brutality of the police when they came into the black community. >> the police were in the same position as most of the government, not being in fact responsive to citizen's needs. >> for many years in our o

during the '50s oakland became a stagnant getto surrounded by the white hills of alameda county.akland's all white police department earned a reputation for head-knocking brutality that left a well-remembered legacy of bitterness in the minds and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. >> i was growing up in the late '30s and early '40s. at that time the police department was perceived as blue and for the most part there was extreme fear in the people at that time when the police came in the community. i remember one specific situation where several young blacks were being apprehended by the police or they went into their homes to pick them up for some alleged crime. i remember one particular police officer kicking one of the young people who couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 years old. ♪ i think that the black panthers raised a very significant issues, and that was the brutality of the police when they came into the black community. >> the police were in the same position as most of the government, not being in fact responsive to citizen's needs. >> for many years i

during the '50s oakland became a stagnant getto surrounded by the white hills of alameda county. all white police department earned a reputation for head-knocking brutality that left a well-remembered legacy of bitterness in the minds and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. >> i was growing up in the late '30s and early '40s. at that time the police department was perceived aez blue and for the most part there was extreme fear in the people at that time when the police came in the community. i remember one specific situation where several young blacks were being apprehended by the police or they went into their homes to pick them up for some alenged crime. i remember one particular police officer kicking one of the young people who couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 years old. ♪ i think that the black panthers raised a very significant issues, and that was the brutality of the police when they came into the black community. >> the police were in the same position as most of the government, not being in fact responsive to citizen's needs. >> for many years in our o

during the '50s oakland became a stagnant getto surrounded by the white hills of alameda county.ll white police department earned a reputation for head-knocking brutality that left a well-remembered legacy of bitterness in the minds and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. >> i was growing up in the late '30s and early '40s. at that time the police department was perceived aez blue and for the most part there was extreme fear in the people at that time when the police came in the community. i remember one specific situation where several young blacks were being apprehended by the police or they went into their homes to pick them up for some alenged crime. i remember one particular police officer kicking one of the young people who couldn't have been more than 13 or 14 years old. ♪ i think that the black panthers raised a very significant issues, and that was the brutality of the police when they came into the black community. >> the police were in the same position as most of the government, not being in fact responsive to citizen's needs. >> for many years in our opi

. >> the social order has collapsed in major gettos across the nation. we're seeing it again in st. louis. i think this is exhibit a. i've renamed this movement from black lives matter to black lies matter. this movement tries to make it seem like the police are the proprietorship problem. we see this black on black crime going just continually. not too far from the scene where the nine-year-old was. an airman was held up at gunpoint. there was a bullet riddled building nearby and you didn't see this mob really gather out and demand that something, you know, within the black community be done to change this. they want to make it about the police. this is nothing more than what happened with this nine-year-old, just an inconvenience with the group to keep the focus on the anti-police movement going on. it is having devastating consequences for good law abiding black people. >> do you think there's a way to have a conversation within the black community? people out are going to say we oar not the ones that can go in there and talk about black on black viol

. >> john dickson works in the hard core getto of west oakland.ood is very poor and almost exclusively black. it is not an easy beat for a white policeman working alone. >> you got to be realistic. you child may go through some more as a result of my talking to her. >> i don't think he can go through no more than any other kid that's on the street too. >> the move has been good, we're dealing with the people in a much better frame of mind. the results are much better. >> when i go into people's houses, you don't get as much of a hassell as you used to. yet at the same time, you're still respected as a policeman. >> the public respects us more than they used to. i get a lot mf cooperation and you find that more people are at least willing to give you information on the side than they were before. more people are inclined to give you a helping hand, where before i think very few people were. >> burglary. >> my car has not been involved in no burglary. >> that's what i ubs. >> i just came from any girlfriend's house. >> i remember when i first came o

and getto grab them those chemicals in their brain rolling. i can assure you that i don't care how -- in whatever role that kid plays in his school, whether he is the physical one of the smart one, they will participate. you have to give them an opportunity, all children, to get on the field that has something that offers all of them, whether they are tired or little grumpy, something that will grab them and regardless of their previous time in the day, this elevates them. this gets those chemicals going. host: randy in williamsburg, virginia. thank you for your time. this guy tweets and everyone gets a trophy for showing up? didn't realize we were talking gop presidential hopefuls. bonnie in florida, what do you think? caller: number one, i think i agree but i disagree. i'm not going to get into that respective it. certain children, i think a lot of it based on parents. parents want to make their kids the best, and i agree with the last caller, i did not have my in athletics.te i did have personal trainers, they got athletic programs to gems