william yeomans: i think those are very apt comments. of the things that comes through in the ferguson report is that the police department simply lost sight of the principles you discussed. they lost sight of the fact that in many instances, the people of ferguson or people. that is a basic thing. it is the foundation of good policing that the police have to have respect for the people for whom they work. they are there to serve these communities and they need to treat people with respect. ylan: we have time for one more color and that will be walled from pittsburgh, pennsylvania on our republican line. caller: my grandmother was mexican and with george zimmerman i started looking at this. 94% of blacks are killed by a lax, 72% of whites are killed by blacks. i am part mexican, the first thing the black caucus did was convict zimmerman before they knew any facts. i submit to you, you are part of this problem, the police have a right to protect themselves, black people nowadays think they do not have to give into the police. put your han

william yeomans: i think those are very apt comments. of the things that comes through in the ferguson report is that the police department simply lost sight of the principles you discussed. they lost sight of the fact that in many instances, the people of ferguson or people. that is a basic thing. it is the foundation of good policing that the police have to have respect for the people for whom they work. they are there to serve these communities and they need to treat people with respect. ylan: we have time for one more color and that will be walled from pittsburgh, pennsylvania on our republican line. caller: my grandmother was mexican and with george zimmerman i started looking at this. 94% of blacks are killed by a lax, 72% of whites are killed by blacks. i am part mexican, the first thing the black caucus did was convict zimmerman before they knew any facts. i submit to you, you are part of this problem, the police have a right to protect themselves, black people nowadays think they do not have to give into the police. put your han

acting assistant attorney general for the civil rights division at the department of justice, william yeoman. you worked in the division that wrote this report. and i'm curious as someone who was there for, what, 20, 25 years, something like that, your reaction in terms of where it stacks up. it read to me incredibly forceful. i'm curious to hear your response. >> chris, i think it's a stunning report. it's breathtaking. the detail that is contained in those 100 pages, it's just -- it's a blueprint for bad policing, racially biased policing, for a police department that has completely lost its sense of mission. and as you pointed out, became more of a revenue raising institution than an institution designed to protect the public safety. so the department, i think, here now has its work cut out for it in ensuring that ferguson implements the 26 recommendations that are contained in the report. and they are recommendations that cut to the core of the ferguson police department. if they are implemented. and i think many of them will be implemented, they will completely restructure the departmen

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