Tom Perez: “You have my absolute commitment in that regard, Senator. We have to do better. We can do better. We will do better.”

I saw it in LA. I prosecuted an LAPD officer, Anderson, pre-Rodney King. That place was a cesspool when I was involved, and because of this pattern and practice authority, a decade later, there were a lot of reforms undertaken that helped…

If they had been in place, George Floyd might be alive today. They will put in place new accountability mechanisms, because clearly, people -- officers in Minneapolis who have done wrong have not been held accountable.

The National reckoning on race, Chris, is taking place here in Maryland. And I’ve spent my entire life as you know fighting for economic justice and racial justice.

Criminal prosecutions, Anderson, are a necessary, but insufficient condition of justice. In a pattern and practice investigation, a team of lawyers and experts, former Police Chiefs, use of force experts, accountability experts will come…