is&with me is michael eric dyson, and retired nypd lieutenant, darren porcher. when you see that public defender out there, keeping the peace between protesters and police, you know, that's awesome citizenship. >> it's haeartwarming. and it's the best of our masculinity as black men, the best of our humanity as people and the best of our citizens. this is what angers so many african-american and latino american people, that there are so many more of him than there are people that would instigate or start people, yet their humanity is not respected. that young man that we are celebrating. that young man upon whom the camera is trained, that young man who exhibits so profound humanity is like so many millions more of us out there, and yet at any moment, they may be subjected to arbitrary will of a police person, who with one blow, with one shot, with one bullet, can end a life. and this is why it's so necessary for us to talk about this. now, we can train our cameras on the people who are out there now. whether they are violent or not. the reality is, they are rea

he's a former chicago police officer and georgetown prefer michael eric dyson as well. mr. roberts, let me start with you. it seems as if on one hand there is plenty of attention to this problem. but the more attention that has been brought to it -- this is in a case where the more attention has focused everybody on finding the right solution. we seem to be struggling to find any solution. >> well, it's my opinion that the reason we struggle to find solutions is because folks feel like they need to be on one side of this issue or the other. just because someone add -- advocates for black lives matter doesn't mean they're not behind police. those who are for people of color, we can build a bridge and we have something so stand behind as sustainable solutions. >> michael, it does feel as if -- think about the last two years. you and i have had this conversation multiple times, and we've seen these ebbs and flows, and there's a lot of concentration on, we've got to solve this problem, and then we go a couple months without an incident, and bang, it comes back, and there just s

he's a former chicago police officer and georgetown prefer michael eric dyson as well. mr. roberts, let me start with you. it seems as if on one hand there is plenty of attention to this problem. but the more attention that has been brought to it -- this is in a case where the more attention has focused everybody on finding the right solution. we seem to be struggling to find any solution. >> well, it's my opinion that the reason we struggle to find solutions is because folks feel like they need to be on one side of this issue or the other. just because someone add voluntary cat -- advocates for black lives matter doesn't mean they're not behind police. those who are for people of color, we can build a bridge and we have something so stand behind as sustainable solutions. >> michael, it does feel as if -- think about the last two years. you and i have had this conversation multiple times, and we've seen these glyebbs and fl, and there's a lot of concentration a, we'on, we've g solve this problem, and then we go a couple months without an incident, and bang, it comes back, a

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the conversation among us editorially and among folks we've talked to reading an editorial by michael eric dyson, criticizing the president for missed opportunities and i'm wondering hearing the president weigh in on this, i know he's a busy man but is this something he should have waded into a tad sooner? >> well, i think it speaks volumes that president obama said what he said this morning. you have a black president yet again standing up there and giving legitimacy to issues that black people in america experience every single day. you have your black president standing up there and saying what colin kaepernick is protesting for, these are legitimate and real issues, these things are happening. when you have folks questioning whether -- what colin kaepernick is protesting for is a real thing. so i think president obama hit the nail on the head. he has a great legacy that he has -- that he is still writing that he will leave for the next president of the united states. i think yes there are some -- clearly there's some things that we wish we would have gotten done under president obama but mak

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