like places are portugal and europe have decriminalized all drugs, they decided to disband the narcotics unit, get the police out of the drug business and turn over to public healthug officials. and the rest of europe, no one heard of school policing, they think we arere crazy that they have high-quality counselors, high-quality afterschool programs

they disband the narcotics unit, get the people out of the drug business, and turn it to public health officials. europe, they've never heard of school policing. they think we are crazy that we fill our schools with police. they have high quality counselors, afterschool programs, and they don't criminalize their children. there are a lot of examples of how to do that. my book has hundreds of footnotes with examples of studies and reports that show what we could be doing instead. host: "the end of policing," is the book we are referencing. here to take your calls. if you want to ask him questions, it is (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats are (202) 748-8000. independents are (202) 748-8002. if you want to tax us, you can do it at -- text us, you can do a debt (202) 748-8003. if you are law enforcement and you want to give us a call, (202) 748-8003 that you can call there too. house democrats unveiling a list of proposals when it comes to efforts of reforms. senate republicans working on the same legislative effort. do you think there is something there as far as offering these ref

they decided to just disband the narcotics units, get the police out of the drug business, and turn it over to public health officials. in the rest of europe, no one has heard of school policing. they think we're crazy that we fill our schools with police. they have high-quality counselors, high-quality after-school programs, and they don't criminalize their own children. so there are a lot of examples out there of how to do this, and my book that you mentioned has hundreds of footnotes with examples of studies and reports that show what we could be doing instead. >> "the end of policing" is the book that our guest references. he's the author as well as teaching at brooklyn college and here to take your calls too. if you want to call, 202-748-8001 for democrats. republicans, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. and if you wish -- if you're a member of law enforcement and want to give your perspective, 202-748-8003 is the number. you can call, too. mr. vitale, you probably are aware here on capitol hill house democrats unveiling a list of proposal whz it comes to efforts of ref

the district strikeforce units, the narcotics unit was completely cut, swat was downsized, the fugitive unit was disbanded, the intelligence unit was cut to bare-bones, the mounted unit was cut 85%. the aviation units was down completely for three years and is only utilized during special events. the harbor unit was disabled, boats rotting in a drydock. the scientific investigation unit was cut 80%. all the lab techs were let go. all evidence collection is done by priority. the drug abuse resistance education program was cut, community policing was cut, 45%. cleveland went through a decade-long downsizing which saw the 1900 officers down to 1500 officers on average. zone car coverage, which directly affects citizens, has been cut. police presence in any given district or shift has been cut in half. one and two men units have been cut in half. response time is dramatically longer. if the police show up at all. the murder rates have climbed. the property crime is at record levels. aggravated robbery statistics are higher. drug use and drug sales and abuse is higher. cleveland went from a

the district strikeforce units, the narcotics unit was completely cut, swat was downsized, the fugitive unit was disbanded, the intelligence the was cut to bare-bones, aviation units was down completely for three years and is now only utilized ring special events, harbor unit was disabled, both rotting in a drydock. the scientific investigation unit was cut 80%. all the lab techs were let go. all evidence collection is done by priority. abuse resistance education program was cuts, community policing was cut, 45%. cleveland went a decade-long sawsizing with saw -- which the 1900 officers down to 1500 officers on average. coverage that affect citizens has been cut. police presence in any given district or shift has been cut in half. one and two men units have been cut in half. response time is dramatically longer. if the police show up at all. the murder rates have climbed. the property crime is at record levels. aggravated robbery statistics are higher. drug use and drug sales and abuse is higher. cleveland went from a relatively safe city per capita to an unbelievably unsafe city. becau

the district strikeforce units, the narcotics unit was completely cut, swat was downsized, the fugitive unit was disbanded, the intelligence the was cut to bare-bones, aviation units was down completely for three years and is now only utilized ring special events, harbor unit was disabled, both rotting in a drydock. the scientific investigation unit was cut 80%. all the lab techs were let go. all evidence collection is done by priority. abuse resistance education program was cuts, community policing was cut, 45%. cleveland went a decade-long sawsizing with saw -- which the 1900 officers down to 1500 officers on average. coverage that affect citizens has been cut. police presence in any given district or shift has been cut in half. one and two men units have been cut in half. response time is dramatically longer. if the police show up at all. the murder rates have climbed. the property crime is at record levels. aggravated robbery statistics are higher. drug use and drug sales and abuse is higher. cleveland went from a relatively safe city per capita to an unbelievably unsafe city. becau

they disband the narcotics unit, get the people out of the drug business, and turn it to public healthicials. europe, they've never heard of school policing. they think we are crazy that we fill our schools with police. they have high quality counselors, afterschool programs, and they don't criminalize their children. there are a lot of examples of how to do that. my book has hundreds of footnotes with examples of studies and reports that show what we could be doing instead. host: "the end of policing," is the book we are referencing. here to take your calls. if you want to ask him questions, it is (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats are (202) 748-8000. independents are (202) 748-8002. if you want to tax us, you can do it at -- text us, you can do a debt (202) 748-8003. if you are law enforcement and you want to give us a call, (202) 748-8003 that you can call there too. house democrats unveiling a list of proposals when it comes to efforts of reforms. senate republicans working on the same legislative effort. do you think there is something there as far as offering these reforms

narcotics here are more skeptical. john whalen is a bit tired united states drug enforcement agent he worked with the da inside me in march for 25 years the chance to hurt me found told me that they're serious about eradicating drugs in their territory how seriously should we take i mean i personally i wouldn't take them very seriously if they're there for years put on shows for the benefit of the west more or less to say that they're serious about it . but they still benefit from the trade they have to fund their army they have to pay them somehow feed them somehow so there's too much financial benefit for them to be out of the trade. denies any involvement and orders his right hand man to take us on a patrol. to prove it. major hunk leads us to an area where he says they've destroyed methamphetamine labs. we've made sure that the truck traffic. their drugs into our area that. he brings me to a based on their border. and what to read. what about the other 11. more than 11. business i'm. just not in control of it. everyone knows who is producing the dr

common conditions were soon diverted and abused in 1904 the united states congress banned heroin declaring it a dangerous addictive illegal narcotic it probably would take too long for me to. provide a theory of why as americans we have. such love affairs with with drugs that potentially can kill us opioid addiction led doctors to fear its use for anything but short term richard pain or end of life palliative care that was a time when the medical community did understand that opioids needed to be prescribed. there obviously important medicines for easing suffering at the end of life they play an important role when used on a short term basis for severe acute pain for example after major surgery then surely scientists started creating new semi synthetic opioids similar to heroin in 1017 oxy code was one of several semi synthetic opioids developed in germany you literally start with opium to make hydrocodone and oxy caught on in the effects that hydrocodone oxy co don't produce in the brain are indistinguishable from the effects produced by heroin if you give an experienced heroin. user oxy called tone and heroin it's hard for that

a local unit set up to disseminate drug information quickly turned into emergency treatment center. the emergency physician treated over 600 narcoticsice aerial surveillance indicated the crowd had grown to over 25,000. early evening photos showed 45,000 had spilled over the confines of the park, posing health hazards and threatening the destruction of public property. these repeated and flagrant violations of the park permit, which was negotiated and accepted by the mayday leaders, left no alternative for the government but to close the campsite down. it was up to chief wilson to execute the revocation, the singularly challenging and delicate assignment for the metropolitan police force. at 4:00 a.m. sunday, all members of the department were mobilized for a top-secret predawn trip to west potomac park. at 6:00 a.m., the announcement was made to the slumbering and surprised crowd that they must vacate the area or face arrest and their permit had been revoked. they must vacate the area or face arrest. >> those who do not leave the area are in violation of the law and will be arrested. all those wishing to leave the area and avoid ar

deck in maimie and more officials said they seized a record level of narcotics including an unprecedented amount of fan to know the united nations has warned southeast asia is becoming a leading source of synthetic drugs destined for other parts of the world india has reported nearly 500000 coronavirus cases the country's largest care facility is being readied in south delhi to tackle a surge in infections it's the size of 15 football fields it can accommodate more than 10000 patients at a time but analysts warn it's not enough to tackle the pandemic let's get more now from our colleague elizabeth peron i'm in new delhi liz welcome back to the news hour is this facility up and running yet less. well the government has just confirmed was that the facility facility is now ready to start taking patients it was a spiritual center that used to host sermons for up to 300000 people that's been converted into a treatment facility and that by the end of next week it will have 10000 beds they say that it's going to have 400 doctors oxygen facilities its own testing labs ambulances and paramedics but those who need critical kid tho

there will continue to be plain clothes units in the nypd, whether it is in surveillance teams, whether it is narcotics or things of that nature. but when you look at historically, when you look coming out of floyd, when you look coming out of the monitorship, when you look at the number of anti-crime officers, that operation within new york city, and you look at a disproportionate quite frankly percentage of complaints, shootings and they are doing exactly what was asked of them. again, i think we can do better. i think that policing in 2020 is not what it was five, ten, or 15 years ago. we've shown that we can build prosecutable cases with evidence, with intelligence, with video, and we will need -- make no mistake, we'll need the cooperation of the five district attorneys to continue to keep new york city the safest big city in america. but we also have to do it with the communities that we serve. we need cooperation. we need trust. and all of this goes into the decision of mine. >> a lot of the anti-crime guys -- >> and women. >> they were used during the protests and something that i have not seen

proactive units in this job, it will continue to be plainclothes units in the nypd, whether it is in surveillance teams, whether it is narcoticsthat nature, but when you look historically out of floyd and out of the monitor ship, and you look at the number of anti-crime offices that operate within new york city and you look at the number of disproportionate quite frankly percentage of complaints, shootings, and who they are doing exactly what is asked of them, again, i think that we can do better. i think that policing in 2020 is not what it was five, ten, or 15 years ago. we have shown that we can build prosecutable cases with evidence, with intelligence, with video, and we will need -- make no mistake, we will need the cooperation of the five district attorneys to continue to keep new york city the safest big city in america. but we also have to do it with the communities that we serve. meaning cooperation. we need trust, and all of this goes into the it's decision of mine. >> a lot of the anti-crime men -- >> and women. >> they were used during the protest, that something that i had not seen before in terms of the way that

like china and the united states will take place in november when hey al jazeera bangkok the authorities in myanmar say they've destroyed nearly $840000000.00 worth of illegal narcotics a portion of the drugs were set on fire in the on ground for flames at one point got too close to a nearby observation deck in may mean marshals seized a record level of narcotics including an unprecedented amount of fentanyl the u.n. is warning southeast asia is becoming a leading source of synthetic drugs destined for other parts of the world. the reopening of an airport in paris has been disrupted by climate action protesters around 30 demonstrators from extinction rebellion made it on to the runway of paris orly airport police were called in one of the terminals was closed because of a suspicious package orly airport has been shut down for the past 3 months due to coronavirus restrictions the u.s. house of representatives has passed a sweeping police reform bill brought by the democratic party but i just ration would reduce legal protections for officers and ban chokeholds from now be sent to the republican controlled senate where it's likely to be rejected as that debate in the h

united states with cocaine the secretary of state my palm pilot tweeted today that quote the us is taking action to bring justice bring to justice former fork members involved in international narcotics trafficking the colombian people deserve an enduring peace accord with former members who are specked the rule of law and commit to peaceful reintegration into society after the march indictment of madeira president trump announced also in april that the us was sending u.s. navy warships to the caribbean and towards the coast of venezuela to intercept narco traffickers well speaking of these types of interceptions the u.s.s. problem navy destroyer with help from the u.s. coast guard seized a smuggling vessel in the eastern pacific earlier this month that was carrying 2000 kilos of coke that's worth more than $40000000.00 on the street according to the u.s. southern command well that's just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to cocaine trafficking last june actually almost a year ago today more than 60 tons of cocaine was see from seized from a cargo ship at the port of philadelphia that's worth more than a $1000000000.00 i said it right a $1000000000.00 well a day later 300 $33.00 p

division,e narcotics one of the most corrupt departments in the united states. the fbi indicted six police officers and they couldn't get a conviction, but they had ofusands and thousands descendents they brought to court and they had to overcome their convictions because they planted evidence, they were when on police reports they would say we made a traffic stop for this and that, but it was all made up. that went on for years. supervisors turned their head. if you say anything, they come after you. host: why did you leave? caller: because it was apparently -- i said wait a minute, i didn't sign up to go after a certain type of vehicle because these types of people drive these type of vehicles. i didn't sign up and go through the academy to target people. that is not right. that is not why i joined the police department. when i found out that was going on, me and many people left. we went to the ig, we went to the feds and the state. they turned their heads for years. host: thanks for calling in this morning. we go to joe. caller: i have been calling into your

narcotics and cultural and political change to brain democratic principles honest government and someone. without realizing and thousands of years of history we are still facing problems at the beginning of the united states with the race issues in the united states today so we still have the imperfect democracy. so thinking at the point of the bayonet to other countries is one reason first of all we have been involved in these long-lasting wars. but it's also one of my favorite quotes from winston churchill late 1944 he was approached about overthrowing the dictatorship that was very supportive of what the allies were trying to accomplish to be the germans and the nazis. they wanted him to install the democratic government and churchill's response was and then of the point of a tommy gun. you cannot force a country with a rudimentary democracy today. that the cost has been extraordinarily high. a lot of the iraqis that he dominated government. so there is a long and tough road ahead for iraq but this is to bring social cultural change basically using the united states military. we should encourage democracy and provide the tools. and then move toward democracy but that contributed to several failu

the number of suspected narcotic offenses reported through proactive policing dropped by 30%. as reverend rodney hudson of ames memorial united methodist church in west baltimore stated, quote, drug dealers are taking control of the corners and the police's hands are tied. we have a community that is afraid. end of quote. these calls to sideline the police will have a grave impact and will only take us further from providing safety, justice, and equal protection for every man, woman, and child in this country. having said that, i would ask my colleagues to join me in this amendment, passed the amendment, make this a stronger bill, and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. i will recognize myself in opposition to the amendment. this amendment would -- sorry, the bill would eliminate qualified immunity. this is one of the most important provisions of the bill. for anyone who wants to crack down on police brutality and on police misconduct of any kind. qualified immunity was invented by the supreme court in the 1970's and 1980's. we never had qualified immunity before the 1970's and 1980's. and the world did not fall in. p

the number of suspected narcotic offenses recorded through proactive policing dropped by 30%. as rodney hudson of ames memorial united methodist church in west baltimore stated, "rug dealers are taking control of the corners and the police's hands are tied. we have a community that is afraid." these calls to sideline the police will have a grave impact and will only take us further from providing safety, justice, and equal protection for every man, woman, and child in this country. having said that, i would ask my colleagues to join me in this amendment, passing it would make this a stronger bill. and i yelled back. rep. nadler: the gentleman reels back. i will recognize myself in opposition to the amendment. this amendment would -- the bill would eliminate qualified immunity, this is one of the most important provisions of the bill. for anyone who wants to crack down on police brutality and police misconduct of any kind. qualified immunity was invented by the supreme court in the 1970's and 1980's. we never had qualified immunity before the 1970's and 1980's. toice officers one afraid make arrests. qualified immunit

the number of suspected narcotic offenses reported through proactive policing dropped by 30%. as reverend rodney hudson of ames memorial united methodist church in west baltimore stated, quote, drug dealers are taking control of the corners and the police's hands are tied. we have a community that is afraid. end of quote. these calls to sideline the police will have a grave impact and will only take us further from providing safety, justice, and equal protection for every man, woman, and child in this country. having said that, i would ask my colleagues to join me in this amendment, passed the amendment, make this a stronger bill, and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. i will recognize myself in opposition to the amendment. this amendment would -- sorry, the bill would eliminate qualified immunity. this is one of the most important provisions of the bill. for anyone who wants to crack down on police brutality and on police misconduct of any kind. qualified immunity was invented by the supreme court in the 1970's and 1980's. we never had qualified immunity before the 1970's and 1980's. and the world did not fall in. p

narcotics and human trafficking. while there, i saw the need for greater border security. now, uniquely among the military services, and i know our presiding officer had a distinguished career in the united states army, but marines are charged by statute by tackling whatever mission, however daunting, the president requests of us. in fact, in 1834, congress passed a statute right on point indicating a law -- under the law marines would, quote, conduct such other duties as the president or department of defense may direct. pretty broad. pretty broad language. when in doubt, send in the marines, i guess. well, our unit's mission, not glamorous, but important then and important now was to help make the border more secure. it's a critical mission which remained a priority under presidents clinton and bush. later a physical barrier was placed in the huma sector. it was years after i left active duty.trafficking increased by 95% after the physical barrier was erected. shouldn't be controversial. it's not ideological. this is just factual. we know walls work. when properly and intelligently placed. now, historically there has been a bipartisan consensus around the idea that we not only put boot

like places are portugal and europe have decriminalized all drugs, they decided to disband the narcotics unit, get the police out of the drug business and turn over to public healthug officials. and the rest of europe, no one heard of school policing, they think we arere crazy that they have high-quality counselors, high-quality afterschool programs. >> members of virginia's allegation mark warner and congresswoman are holding a town hall discussion with voters in the two democrats original cosponsors of justice and policing act on police reform, they are expected to answer questions about that and to address concerns about covid-19. >> it is a very fundamental issue. and mark has done it with great skill and on a bipartisan basis which is not easy to accomplish which shows a lot about senators gilson and ability to reach across the aisle to find common ground and it's not easy. i applaud you mark for your leadership and as i said i look forward to being with you on a ticket this fall and i agree this is one of the most consequential elections in the last half-century. where the country is is