mr. woodson. [applause] bob: some of my friends said i'm the only non-communist to get a macarthur award. [laughter] thank you so much. i want to use my time to talk to you from the perspective of the people in low income neighborhoods, particularly low income black neighborhoods. part of my resume is that these issues are personal with me because over the course of the last 25 years, i have lost three family members to violence and two nephews were put in intensive care coming home from work. they were not assaulted and killed by white marauding police officers, they were killed by other blacks. what i find troubling about the testimony i have heard today is there is a drumbeat to vilify the police departments around this country. i believe police unions and correctional officers union are not being held accountable. i believe, the police, because they are representative of the state have an increased responsibility and obligation to be just in the execution of their duties. but, i represent an o

mr. woodson: talking about race always seems to be the issue itself.trudz the problem of always looking at the police through the prism of ace, it means that we discount that black lives matter only when it's taken by a white police officer. and it means that when the perpetrators are black, we look other way. geraldo, rivera, for instance, two-hour special on the rape of women in prisons country.t this for two hours. was a case, the victim black woman and in each case, he victimizer was a black correctional officer. but because the victim and the perpetrators are black, it did large-scale any discussion or debate, because we first have to know the race of the victim and the victimizer before we can become animated to take action. that if the perpetrator wears a black face, it means evil escapes responsibility. host: a couple of facebook posted that are being on our page. raymond says america still sucks relations, always has. seemsz seems like it always will. americans live to hate other americans. ammy says race relations have deteriorated dramatically since obama became president. the d

mr. woodson has said it could backfire. that's unimportant-- a important criticism. we shouldn't rush to judgment and adopt body cameras and all police departments. we need to sort of look at it and sort of assess what the affect is an unfortunately, sometimes it takes years to actually assess whether or not a change in policy or a program is actually having the intended result. as always i urge caution because sometimes our policies backfire and cause more harm than good. >> thank you. i feel a bit like a referee refereeing a boxing match, but i want-- >> no one has thrown any chairs yet. >> i went to have the audience members have an opportunity to participate. >> bob woodson, your brief against vilification of the police misidentifies the issue. tim lynch and his colleague on the other side are not vilifying the police. they are vilifying criminal police. you are calling for prosecution of criminals in the communities in which you work. this is exactly what these other people are calling for, prosecution of police criminals. that's not the same thing as vilificati

mr. woodson.applause]. >> some of my friends said i'm the only non- communistic to win the macarthur award. [laughter] >> thank you, so much. i went to use my time to talk to you from the perspective of the people in low-income neighborhoods particularly low-income black neighborhoods. i also-- part of my resume is that these issues are personal with me because over the course of the last 25 years, i have lost three family members to violence, predatory violence and two nephews who were put in intensive care coming home from work. they were not assaulted and killed by whites police officers. they were killed by other blacks and so i think that when i find troubling about the testimony in the statements that i have heard today, there's a drum beat to vilify the police department around this country. i believe that police unions and correction officers unions have too much power and they are not being held accountable. i believe that the police because they are representative of the state have an in

woodson. the fourth overall pick in 1998, by mr. davis.nd believe it or not, as a player, he says his good-bye to the coliseum. tonight. >> physically i could do it. my body has responded. but mentally, it's not there. it's not going to happen. >> reporter: the day after he announced his retirement, woodson was named to his ninth career pro bowl. he will join khalil mack and marcel reece in hawaii and recently, i spoke to reece at raider practice. you were 13 years old when he broke into the lead. >> he was. man, you know, he was my twin brother's favorite player of all time still is to this day. i used to rag on him about this old jersey he used to wear around the house all the time and it's almost, um, almost surreal to play years with c- wood and not only to have played with him alongside of him but also just becoming such a grade friend with him. >> you get to go to the pro bowl with him. >> his final year and we are going to the pro bowl together and he came to me earlier this year and he asked me, he said, so, if bee get voted to the

mr. charles wouldson. >> emotions running high tonight. he's one of the facings of the franchise over parts of three decades in oak land. tonight, raiders nation bids fair well to charles woodson. the future hall of famer announced his retirement this week equity evafter the season. he's the oldest defensive player at the nfl but played at a high level with interceptions. tonight, woodson is a one to sub plots with one that's creating quite a buzz inside the raider locker room. >> search going to be watching. it's christmas eve. families are -- will gather around the tv and see the oakland raiders and san diego chargers playing in the coliseum. it will be fun, a great atmosphere for everybody. especially the young guys because it's the atmosphere they probably haven't felt. it's going to be special. >>> throw the records out the window. it's christmas eve division rivals. and may be the last game in oakland, a lot going on tonight. >> speaking of the last game in oakland and whether it's really the last game in oakland, what do you think the changes are of the raiders sticking around? from tough question. if you asked me months ago, i would say it's 50/50. it's less than 50/50