We've got to start by licensing police officers and I call for that today. We've got to change state laws so that we have a baseline of conduct that's acceptable and that we eliminate the problem of so-called past the trap where an officer gets disgraced, gets fired, and then he just moves down the road to the next town.
Mayor Lightfoot discusses the need for police reform and better accountability measures.
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I understand that she thought she was being helpful, but her failure - or anybody on her team to just pick up the phone and communicate with us was really disappointing.
He is going to make the same mistake against Kamala Harris and he is going to be pushed back on his heels.
What I think we're seeing manifest in our cities is not just decades of disinvestment, decades of not giving people a seat at the table.
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