Art Acevedo and Maya Wiley. Reforming The Police.

Let's Find Common Ground

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🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Outrage, grief, and despair over cases of police brutality and racism erupted nationwide, with growing demands for major reforms. The protests appeared to sway public opinion. A Washington Post poll in June found that 69% of Americans agreed that the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis suggests a broader problem within law enforcement. This episode brings together a police chief and a critic of law enforcement. Both discuss their hopes for better policing in the future, and find some areas of agreement on proposed changes, including greater diversity, better training, and firmer action against officers who step over the line. Art Acevedo is Chief of Police for the Houston Police Department. He now serves as President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association. MSNBC legal analyst Maya Wiley is a civil rights activist, former board chair of New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board, and senior vice president for Social Justice at The New School.

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0:00.0	Anger over cases of police brutality and racism have erupted nationwide, with growing demands for major reforms.
0:08.0	Can there be common ground between police critics and the police. We explore.
0:13.0	This is Let's find common ground.
0:20.0	This is Let's Find Common Ground. I'm Richard Davies and I'm Ashley Melnite.
0:26.0	We hear from Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo and Civil Rights Advocate, Myel Wiley,
0:32.0	they have differences but also find some areas of
0:35.1	agreement on how to respond to Black Lives Matter protests. First we spoke to
0:41.0	Chief Acevedo, the Hispanic leader of one of the largest police departments in the country.
0:46.0	He now serves as president of the Major Cities Chiefs Association.
0:50.0	We caught up with him during a very busy day on the job. His phone rang several times.
0:56.0	So Chief, just to kick off, what is your response to the Black Lives Matter protests against the police?
1:03.2	Well, I was standing with Black Lives Matter,
1:06.1	having press conferences with Black Lives Matter,
1:08.9	supporting Black Lives Matter five years ago,
1:12.1	well before it became sexy to stand with Black Lives
1:16.3	Matter so I absolutely feel their pain I stand with them and I look forward to working with Black Lives Matter and other civic and activist groups to make policing better and society better.
1:29.0	The protesters argue that racism is a huge problem in policing across the country.
1:37.0	Do you agree?
1:38.0	I think that this proportionality and an inappropriate use of force disproportionately impacts communities of
1:46.7	color and poor communities including white poor communities to a
1:50.7	lesser extent. Do we have racist in our midst? Absolutely, but I've been a cop for
1:55.4	34 years and I can tell you that there's less racism amongst the law enforcement ranks today than they were 34 years ago.
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