one of the events that really stuck with me when i was growing up was actually the rodney king riots. we lived in southern california at the time, and my parents had a restaurant in inglewood, california. i can remember smelling smoke, seeing ashes where we lived. it was incredibly scary because we didn't know if we were going to lose that restaurant, if it was going to be burned down, if it was going to be damaged, and it was our entire livelihood. and i remember there were a lot of conversations at that time around what it was that government to do to create more opportunities or help people be more successful, and that stuck with me. it stuck with me because i remain believe government has a role, government has a responsibility to change the outcomes for communities, to create opportunities, to help people go to school, to help people open businesses and be successful. >> make sure to be safe, and of course to have fun. >> and then, i think as you continue to serve in government, you realize that those convictions and the persons that you are really help to inform you, and so long

wary of my camera to mark ruffled iraq where on my mark sad shot list say to quote the great dr rodney king can't we all just get along she said the next time look i wasn't a fan of his and he was the president. it's now watching the game she's not running as his as his running mate i mean every seriously this has been as a player while nonsense stop it and mark ruffalo i think it was lyndon johnson who said when you've lost mark well follow you've lost middle america oh come on well you know it's interesting about where the outrage comes because when i look at this i look no one can make her own decisions at the same time i think people are allowed to quit. sizer decisions and i think when you when she sits up there next to george bush was a divisive figure who i believe is a war criminal i believe that the acts that him and dick cheney pulled off and lying to get us into the iraq war and the 1000000 people that died as a result of it do constitute severe criticism if not charges but we won't do that because well you know he's an ex-president we only do that on popular presidents but there

. >> the ferguson, city after acts, you had professional administrators that rodney king and diallo, and they at least know ow to say the right things and that's led to some of the lessons -- >> compared to chief parker in 1965, in the water riots. he recruited his cops from mississippi and then after the riots, he said, well, it's like in the zoo, one monkey throws a throw a rock.all those were the kind of people running the police departments 1965. >> clarence. >> thanks for calling on me. couple of clarifications from an old boomer. los angeles times, it was a guy in the classified ad department actually. a dime and told, would you please go to the watts and take some notes telephone, on -- pay i don't know if you guys can remember that or not. other thing is, the guy you after --ng k was named sing q call himself sing q not guess, aken french, i but anyway, that's just -- chicago.street in >> guilty. guilty. please get it right. anyway. corrected honor to be by you, clarence. > thank you, it's so seldom we old guys get any respect from you young people. [laughter] > i appreciate

the rodney king beating, those officers were found not guilty.icer georgia just last week it was videotaped shooting an african-american gentleman in the back, videotape, and he was found not guilty. again, he may have done something wrong, but i realize the police chief has to cover the back side of the department. in the same sense, let's all just relax and take a deep breath. >> harris: critics would say this keeps happening. you gave two instances i hadn't thought about in a while, but fort worth, a woman was just found guilty, a police officer come up shooting a man in his home. the question becomes, why is this happening? is a training? what is it? what have you looked at? >> you know what i think it is? i think the biggest problem is the nonstop coverage and criticism of police officers have both decrease the number of candidates we have becoming police officers, and if it's possible, the training has even dissipated and gotten worse. it's amazing how about the reputation of police officers are today versus even ten or 15 years ago. the nu

ferguson, city after city, after bad acts, you had professional administrators that grew up on rodney king and diallo, and they at least know how to say the right things and that's led to some of the lessons -- >> compared to chief parker in 1965, in the water riots. he recruited his cops from mississippi and then after the riots, he said, well, it's like in the zoo, one monkey throws a rock and they all throw a rock. those were the kind of people running the police departments in 1965. >> clarence. >> thanks for calling on me. just a couple of clarifications rom an old boomer. the los angeles times, it was a guy in the classified ad department actually. who was given a dime and told, would you please go to the watts community and take some notes and call -- on -- pay telephone, i don't know if you guys can emember that or not. the other thing is, the guy you called sing k was named after -- sing q call himself sing q not having taken french, i guess, but anyway, that's just -- >> gulf street in chicago. >> guilty. guilty. please get it right. anyway. >> it's an honor to be corrected by yo