Sept. 4 — Special Edition: Policing in America

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🗓️ 4 September 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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During a special edition of Meet the Press, Chuck Todd does a deep dive into policing in America and the death of Anton Black. Paul Butler, Albert Brick Professor in Law at the Georgetown University Law Center, and Jason Johnson, president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund join to discuss the police training necessary for dealing with citizens with known mental health issues. Rebecca Brown, director of policy for the Innocence Project, talks about the challenge of “wandering cops.” Howard University Chief of Pathology Dr. Roger Mitchell says violence is viewed as a public health issue.

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0:00.0	This Sunday, policing in America.
0:04.1	He didn't attack nobody.
0:05.8	He didn't rob a bank.
0:06.7	He didn't kill nobody.
0:07.8	A young man with bipolar disorder.
0:09.9	How you guys doing?
0:10.6	My name is Anton Black.
0:12.0	Wrongly believed to be committing a crime.
0:14.2	The black male wearing all black just flat on foot.
0:17.0	Apparently he is a schizophrenic.
0:21.6	Dyes in police custody.
0:23.6	In front of his mother.
0:26.6	He told our mother that he loved her.
0:28.6	Anton Black's story raises so many larger questions about policing in America.
0:34.6	Get the f*** out!
0:35.6	How did a police officer who lost his job in one city get a job in another?
0:40.3	You called him a monster?
0:41.3	Yes.
0:42.3	How could Anton's death be ruled an accident?
0:45.3	Anton Black was in a fight and lost, and that is a homicide.
0:50.3	And our police unfairly attacked while doing a dangerous job.
0:54.6	I don't see any indication of malice.
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