“Unfortunately, the Union is doing what unions do, not necessarily protecting the interest of the public and the community but the police officers who pay their salaries very often,” said Davis. “They’re saying it’s too much work for them to do, which leads me to question their commitment to the community and improving the relationships. Let’s remember that stop and frisk and striking it down by a federal judge is the reason that we’re at this point of needing cameras on police officers to begin with. If in fact we go to body cameras, you’ll see a marked decline in complaints against police officers because they’ll be on their best behaviors.”
Added author and leadership strategist Dr. Avis Jones-DeWeever, “[Police] really want to live in a lawless police state, and it’s very disturbing. On the one hand, if we have these tools used properly, they really can definitely help to protect the public. But the challenge is, if you’re doing it in the way that they’re pushing to do it, they want to have broad discretion over when they can and can’t turn it on, and if that’s going to be the way they use it you may as well not have it at all.”
NY's Police Body-Camera Program Challenged
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Martin also spoke with republican political strategist and consultant, Rina Shah Bharara about today’s special election in Georgia’s Sixth District to fill Tom Price’s seat, who left to become Secretary of Health for the Trump administration. Among the popular candidates is democrat Jon Ossoff and republican Karen Handel. The candidate must receive 50 percent of the vote in order to win the seat, and if neither does, then there will be a runoff election in June. Last week in Kansas, republican Ron Estes won the special election to fill the seat of former congressman Mike Pompeo in the 4th district of the state.
“I think the crux of the matter here is republicans are making a big mistake if they compare this district to what happened in Kansas – that was a solid red seat,” said Bharara. “This is a mix because the demographic has changed. Again it’s college-educated, wealthy younger white women that are going to turn out to vote here. And they are frustrated with Trump – they were frosted with him during the general election. And republicans should be worried, and I don’t think we can draw parallels here. But democrats again should live to see another day.”
Will A Democratic Challenger Win Georgia's Conservative 6th District?
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In yesterday’s News One Now press release, Dr. Jeffrey Menzise is the president of the D.C. chapter of the Association of Black Psychologists, not the national association, and his last name is spelled Menzise, not Menzies. We regret the error.
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