then another other instances are joined the rodney king incident there were people who. you know of the the the east pressure cooker was all faster the beating of rodney king and a lot of the verdicts were really on people felt they didn't like the verdict so it was that they were rebellions we call it rebellion instead of rice because people rebelling over centuries of police brutality not an incident but in that instance they also brought the national guard in and there were there were fatalities in terms of those exchanges and then during the same the rebellion joined dr king when dr king was assassinated the same thing happened and there were also fatalities due to you know the police in the in the military mixed and the and we you know black and brown people get the worst end of those. that mix it's scary because you see the idea being floated and kind of common allies do you know in the in the language of the media i mean with more than a good healthy percent of new york city police department officers recently reported due to illness or self quarantine of the good

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

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pressure cooker was all faster the beating of rodney king and a lot of the verdicts were really on people felt they didn't like the verdict so it was that they were rebellions we call the rebellions instead of rights because people rebelling over centuries of police brutality not incident but in that instance they also brought the national guard in there were there were fatalities in terms of those exchanges and then during the same 3 billions on dr king when dr king was assassinated the same thing happen and there were also. due to you know the police didn't in the military and the and we don't black and brown people get the worst end of those. that mix it's scary because in your city the idea being floated out of a common allies the adore him of language of the media and with more than a good healthy percent of the new york city police department officers recently reported through the. coroutine of the good numbers like over 15 and even higher police absentee rates elsewhere an opinion piece in the a washington post help pontificated about how active u.s. military members could potentia

before becoming police chief, and you said nothing in your career, mass shootings, riots, following rodney king'spared you for this. you said the unknown enemy has been so unreal. >> i will tell you while nothing compares to the issues we dealt with when i was in los angeles for 28 years. but the one thing, why aren't the police officers across this country trained to deal with the unknown? you have to respond quickly when you go into situations. this unknown is so different, and i am so proud of the men and women at the detroit police department who i have to believe have their set of fears wondering if they're going to get the virus, take the virus home to their family, but that said, they still come to work. and even those that were quarantined, i know you saw the numbers of officers quarantined, they wanted to get back to work so they could help their fellow officers. >> and one sign of good news that detroit mayor duggan told us last week was this lab test allowed you to test all 700 of your officers that were quarantined and said when they could come back to work. that's great news. there i

share of my career was in los angeles, and it's no secret, earthquakes, civil unrest following rodney king, just to name a few, and then having served as police chief in the cities of portland, maine, and cincinnati, ohio, certainly tragedy is certainly not new to me. i talked to my colleagues across the country, they'll tell, none of us have ever dealt with this kind of enemy. in fact, an enemy who has attacked those on the front line. very different kind of fight. >> that makes a lot of sense. and you are in a business where you face down all kinds of danger but it's a reminder to us of what we're dealing with. stay with me, i want to also bring in as promised, a columbia university professor who writes for "the new yorker" magazine and someone we call on often on issues of civil rights and race in america. we live in a country right now that has far more african-americans in leadership positions, which of course includes chief craig, it includes the surgeon general, it includes the last president. and yet whatever those strides may bring, we are dealing with a health care crisis that's

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

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

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