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The Al Franken Podcast

18: Fmr. DC and Philly Police Chief Charles Ramsey Talks Police Reform

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The Al Franken Podcast

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4.67.7K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Al in conversation with the co-chair of Obama’s police reform commission.

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0:00.0

Hey, everybody. I got a great one today, you know, for a change. And this time, I really mean it. Now, a few people have accosted me on the street and said, hey, Al, I've been listening to your podcast and you always say you've got a great one today and it never is.

0:22.9

And you know what I say?

0:24.4

I say, hey, stay at least six feet from me, okay?

0:28.2

And then I say, fool me once, shame on you.

0:32.5

Fool me twice.

0:33.9

Shame on me.

0:34.7

And in this case, the me is you and the you is me but I think you know

0:39.2

what I'm saying anyway this is a great one today Charles Ramsey former chief of

0:44.3

police in Washington DC and in Philadelphia to talk about police reform

0:49.6

Chief Ramsey is a 50 year law enforcement veteran and one of our nation's leaders on police reform.

0:59.0

And I do think you will love this one.

1:02.1

I could not have talked to a better person on this issue.

1:07.1

We are about to take a few weeks off here at the podcast.

1:10.5

We've done about 50 of these in the last year, so we're taking a well-deserved break.

1:15.8

I just recorded my conversation with Andrew Yang, a really great one, and we'll be dropping

1:22.0

that in a week.

1:23.6

Now, I always record the top of these podcasts as close to when they air, so I can comment a little bit on what's been happening in the news.

1:32.3

So for the next three weeks, these intros will be slightly less topical.

1:37.0

But every bit as entertaining.

1:40.1

Speaking of entertaining, the president has resumed his daily coronavirus news conferences.

1:46.7

Did I say entertaining?

1:48.0

I meant horrifying.

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