whur's troy johnson is here with the talk about town. many of your listeners are parents.> well, they applaud the sheriff's decision to make this situation, this officer's arrest. a lot of people say that's a good first start, but they would like to see some charges. they would like to see officer fields face criminal charges, but those, of course, would come from the justice department pending the investigation. the bottom line people tell me is we're talking about a child. and this is a student that was clearly, there's no question, in the wrong, needed to be disciplined, but the question that people are asking me is how disruptive does a child have to be in class to warrant being slammed on the floor and then dragged across the classroom and that's the question they have. people say that this is maybe a time for a meaningful examination of procedures in schools, on the streets when we're talking about police officers. it's a conversation that we've had time and time again. now we're focusing on schools and certainly there are questions that need to be answered just to m

troy johnson here with our talk around town. >> one came from a young african-american man who asked do black lives matter or do all lives matter? >> this is a huge question. the folks were pleased that i spoke with about the debate and their kitchen table issues were front and center last night and that gets to the black lives matter movement. people were saying this is a defining moment for black lives matter. during this race to the white house because now all of the protests and all of the dialogue, all of the conversations on social media in the wake of the deaths of michael brown, eric garner, sandra bland. now it's paying off because candidates are paying attention and they're forcing their hand and making them address some of these things and one person said they're supporting hillary clinton that i talked to, but they were impressed by the way bernie sanders passionately talked about this. he mentioned sandra bland. he was firm when he said black lives matter and also talked about combatting institutional racism. these are all things that were really resonating with folks th

troy johnson sheer with today's talk around town.ihanna said, look, you know, is it a horrible thing she pretended to be black? rachel dolezal changed people's perspective and woke them up. your listeners agree. >> listeners are not happy with rihanna right now. a lot of folks are conflicted because they do love her as an artist, she's a fashion icon, she's an outspoken person, but one person says that i spoke to today says that maybe she's gone too far today in a very blunt kind of way saying isn't she just a singer, why is she commenting on something like this? the pop star weighing in on one of these hot-button issues in america. specifically black america. and rachel dolezal's attempt to pretending to be black obviously was a big deal a few months ago. it's not something that rihanna is known to do, jump in on these controversial topics. maybe with the exception of the situation with domestic violence with chris brown. so her reaction to the "vanity fair" comments, folks were just -- they took issue with her calling rachel doleza

whur's troy johnson is here with today's talk around town. is behind the call of boycott and who started it? >> it started with boycott star wars 7 and a small group of folks on twitter suggested that the film was made to demoralize and destroy whites. people making outlandish comments and racist claims about the movie and what's worse than that, people are telling me it overshadows a great movement for a guy named john boyega. you don't know him now, but he's the main star of this film and lupita nyong'o is also in this movie and this backlash overshadows what people are looking forward to, at least the folks i was talking to. >> a lot of twitter users think the boycott is silly is they point to the original series and the original movie and the original stars. >> exactly. we're talking about these people that are boycotting, people saying they obviously don't know their jedi history and if you think billy dee williams, and james earl jones. >> the voice of darth vader. so there have been prominent african-americans throughout this film. a l

fans of "the cosby show" and in particular, whr's troy johnson is here with today's talk about town. it features a vintage photo of the show under shattered glass and the cliffhanger, can the cosby show survive and should it? >> you're getting a lot of reaction. people tell me they felt like members of the huxtable family when the tv show was on. they went off to school. denise, when "a different world" went on and the show lives on in re-runs. so there is a real emotional connection to the tv show and that's why people are conflicted. they're conflicted with the tv father that they saw that made all of the right moves and influenced people in the right way and juxtaposed with all of the accusations that bill cosby is going through now. it's really interesting. there are folks that i talked to, plenty of folks on social media that are also weighing in on this, and it really has a real visceral answer from both sides of the equation. it's a situation where art imitates life and it's the life that many black americans wanted to have. i talked to a listener in laurel who is disappointed

johnson got 15. night. the raptors beat indiana last night so they will be 1 and 0 when they come to boston, as well. troy visited the studio with espn's mike reese. they have collaborated on a new book called troy brown patriot pride. >> thinking about the book and some of the things that happened in my early years, the job i did started working at 10 in a cucumber field and paying bills at 12 and 13 years old, you know, and that type of stuff and you know, hopefully a lot of kids can see that and they really understanding a lot of times hard work pays off. i tell my kids all the time, you work hard at whatever you do, you may not make it to the nfl, may not make it to the nba, those type of things, but the lessons you learn when you work that hard to get things accomplished, you know, it'll pay off somewhere down the road. we'll add brian live during the 6:00 news and have highlights after the world series. >> and by the way, your guest was playing football right in the middle of the studio here >> yeah. >> no drops for that man, though. >>> here's the seven-day forecast, it will be near 60 tomorrow. mo

the same phrase uttered in the troy first, so it's amazing to think that perhaps the most famous presidential. they were both set in g. tried -- detroit first. lyndon johnson came in and he arrived at the detroit metropolitan airport and was greeted at the airport by walter reuther. he endorsed johnson for the first democrat he ever endorsed, he got on the helicopter and flew to ann arbor and was it was there that he delivered the great address. i first started going to g. tried -- detroit to research this years ago and i say half jokingly my wife and i would say most of the time at a bed and breakfast on don cherry street is a at the block from the detroit institute of arts and it's two blocks from the walter reuther library where we did much of the research. i felt like on the way to the end of the library i could walk across woodward avenue in the middle of the street. going back i have more energy and this last time i'd been back twice on the book tour just a few days ago and ten days ago and in both of those trips back it was vibrant in a way that really lifted my spirits. they were betting on dietrich trying to make money off of it but the effects ar