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One word in a situation like this can make all the difference.

I think trying to avoid that problem, she created this problem for herself but this is a Mayor that has been respected.

I think she has been criticized for her words and for her deeds and I think it's going to continue.

The problem we have right now is that every police officer is coached.

You actually, they are not saints (INAUDIBLE). They are city employees.

We have a problem with the police doing things like this and turning in the same police report over and over again.

This looks like cold-blooded murder. And it looks like an attempted cover-up of that murder that just happened to be caught on video.

If he's acting under color of law and he seems to be acting under color of law and he is subjecting this person to different treatment because of the color of his skin that is unlawful in the United States.

That is very, very destructive and I'm so glad we now have some of these things caught on camera.

Absolutely. You know, police officers are supposed to arrest people for road rage, not subject people to road rage.

We did 30 years both parties in the wrong direction. This week, I think both parties are coming back to common sense.

People who have served their time, particularly nonviolent offenders, why not let them come back, have restoration of rights, the ability to get a job, housing, be with their families, have a productive life.

We need much better, what they indigent defense. If you're poor and you get trapped in the maze of the government's criminal justice system, you're going to be a in a world of hurt.

If you're non-violent drug offender, in other words, your basic crime is you're addicted, there's much smarter ways to deal with that than to put you in prison forever.

If you think about liberty and justice for all conservatives are big on liberty, making sure that each individual is treated right.

I do. And I also think that Darren Wilson's attorney does make a point that is worth hearing.

Well, first of all, I want to say my condolences and prayers are with the two officers, who almost lost their lives last night.

This thing was about Mike Brown for about two weeks. After that, it became a cry of a generation that feels that it is criminalized and guilty until it's proven innocent rather than innocent until proven guilty all too often.

This is a real moment where local law enforcement could come forward and say they are appalled.

There was pain underneath those protests. When you had working folks marching day after day, that it wasn't just about Mike Brown. It was about a police department that have gone off the rails.

The only thing shocking about this is, it's just not shocking at all. This is exactly what people who live in Ferguson were saying.

Before we go, I want to talk one last time about something called the Zadroga Bill. It was an NYPD detective who died in 2006 from respiratory illness thought to be caused by the dust he inhaled by working at ground zero in 2001. This bill…

When you have a pattern of overaggressive policing in our communities, it sets up a dynamic where these things can happen.

There's a bigger pattern in practice here, that policing of our communities have become so aggressive, that it creates a context in which these kinds of things are more likely to happen.