if you are police department and you want to protect you, all right, or you want to protect jasmyn in los angeles you are going to keep an eye on what group is committing the overwhelming amount of crime, are you not? >> i understand your point on that. but it doesn't mean that it doesn't cross the line at some point. we all know and this is the ugly truth. we all know that racial profiling happens and we know as a result we are experiencing the disparities we have in the justice system with the number of african american people impacted in the justice system. >> bill: crime all dropped dramatically so that people in the poor neighborhoods are lot safer. people in beverly hills are always safe but in the poor neighborhoods they are a lot safer and dropped because of these targeted police actions. i'm saying to myself you are right, it is about profiling but there is two sides to the profiling, jasmyn. go. >> first i don't know if you are aware, bill, but we finally had a police officer here in los angeles found guilty of racial profiling yesterday and that is a big step in the history

if you are police department and you want to protect you, all right, or you want to protect jasmyn in los angeles you are going to keep an eye on what group is committing the overwhelming amount of crime, are you not? >> i understand your point on that. but it doesn't mean that it doesn't cross the line at some point. we all know and this is the ugly truth. we all know that racial profiling happens and we know as a result we are experiencing the disparities we have in the justice system with the number of african american people impacted in the justice system. >> bill: crime all dropped dramatically so that people in the poor neighborhoods are lot safer. people in beverly hills are always safe but in the poor neighborhoods they are a lot safer and dropped because of these targeted police actions. i'm saying to myself you are right, it is about profiling but there is two sides to the profiling, jasmyn. go. >> first i don't know if you are aware, bill, but we finally had a police officer here in los angeles found guilty of racial profiling yesterday and that is a big step in the history

. >> laura: what in particular jasmyne just so we understand.have heard of him we obviously know he is extremely homophobe bic and anti-semitic. his comments have been appear appear premembers cybil over the years. you can't get former slave masters. i guess all of us are former slave masters which i find to be sad. how do americans bond with that. >> first of all, you may find that so be sad and reprehensible, but there is a large segment of not only african-americans but people in america who do believe that way as well. so, i think you have to put everything in the context. he speaks to a certain group of people like any spiritual leader or religious leader who has their following, he has a following of people who do believe in that ideology, who look up to him and who do want to hear what he has to say. as far as the students are concerned, i think they are looking at it from a point of view of one black empowerment. you know, the honorable lewis mr. farrakhan he speaks of black empowerment while you guys in the media a lot of people will pi

. >> laura: what in particular jasmyne just so we understand. beam have heard of him we obviously know he is extremely homophobe bic and anti-semitic. his comments have been appear appear premembers cybil over the years. you can't get former slave masters. i guess all of us are former slave masters which i find to be sad. how do americans bond with that. >> first of all, you may find that so be sad and reprehensible, but there is a large segment of not only african-americans but people in america who do believe that way as well. so, i think you have to put everything in the context. he speaks to a certain group of people like any spiritual leader or religious leader who has their following, he has a following of people who do believe in that ideology, who look up to him and who do want to hear what he has to say. as far as the students are concerned, i think they are looking at it from a point of view of one black empowerment. you know, the honorable lewis mr. farrakhan he speaks of black empowerment while you guys in the media a lot of people w