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Rep. Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on His Black Sons: I Fear Cops More than Robbers (clip)
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CNN
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Christiane Amanpour
, Hakeem Jeffries
Name: Christiane Amanpour
Employment: CNN
Position: Chief International Correspondent
Name: Hakeem Jeffries
Employment: U.S. Congress
Position: Congressman
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Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
Name: Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C.
URL: http://www.visitthecapitol.gov/
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12/05/2014 05:25 pm
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Amanpour The entertainer and ░░░░░░░░ culture figure Chris Rock ░░░░░░░░ given quite a indecipherable ░░░░░░░░ to New York Magazine ░░░░░░░░ which he talked about ░░░░░░░░ relationships and he basically ░░░░░░░░ Here is the thing ░░░░░░░░ we talk about race ░░░░░░░░ in America or racial ░░░░░░░░ it s all nonsense ░░░░░░░░ are no race relations ░░░░░░░░ people were crazy Now ░░░░░░░░ re not as crazy ░░░░░░░░ say that black people ░░░░░░░░ made progress would be ░░░░░░░░ say that they deserve ░░░░░░░░ happened to them before ░░░░░░░░ says about President Obama ░░░░░░░░ s not black progress ░░░░░░░░ s white progress Congressman ░░░░░░░░ do you agree Jeffries ░░░░░░░░ ve gone from slavery ░░░░░░░░ emancipation to reconstruction and ░░░░░░░░ a backlash that resulted ░░░░░░░░ Jim Crow which was ░░░░░░░░ institutionalized segregation in the ░░░░░░░░ South We then eradicated ░░░░░░░░ to some degree with ░░░░░░░░ 1964 Civil Rights Act ░░░░░░░░ Voting Rights Act But ░░░░░░░░ there was another backlash ░░░░░░░░ the efforts to integration ░░░░░░░░ reality all across the ░░░░░░░░ anti bussing anti affirmative ░░░░░░░░ So every time we ░░░░░░░░ made progress in America ░░░░░░░░ we have there s ░░░░░░░░ a backlash to that ░░░░░░░░ So the election of ░░░░░░░░ Obama was historic and ░░░░░░░░ remain historic But clearly ░░░░░░░░ we ve come a ░░░░░░░░ way we still have ░░░░░░░░ long way to go ░░░░░░░░ is not a post ░░░░░░░░ America and the instances ░░░░░░░░ Ferguson in Cleveland with ░░░░░░░░ young 12 years old ░░░░░░░░ being gunned down by ░░░░░░░░ police officer and then ░░░░░░░░ course in Staten Island ░░░░░░░░ that we still have ░░░░░░░░ to do Amanpour What ░░░░░░░░ you tell your children ░░░░░░░░ they may come across ░░░░░░░░ police officer Jeffries This ░░░░░░░░ one of the toughest ░░░░░░░░ in the aftermath of ░░░░░░░░ grand jury s decision ░░░░░░░░ to indict I ve ░░░░░░░░ two sons one is ░░░░░░░░ and the other is ░░░░░░░░ And I was really ░░░░░░░░ as a father as ░░░░░░░░ what to say to ░░░░░░░░ oldest son in particular ░░░░░░░░ what this verdict or ░░░░░░░░ to indict means in ░░░░░░░░ of his every day ░░░░░░░░ on the streets of ░░░░░░░░ York I was actually ░░░░░░░░ by the fact that ░░░░░░░░ called and he got ░░░░░░░░ safely And I ve ░░░░░░░░ to worry every day ░░░░░░░░ what could happen to ░░░░░░░░ not just from the ░░░░░░░░ but from a bad ░░░░░░░░ of the police department ░░░░░░░░ do want to say ░░░░░░░░ Jeffrey said that the ░░░░░░░░ majority of New York ░░░░░░░░ officers are to be ░░░░░░░░ for their great work ░░░░░░░░ they have done in ░░░░░░░░ partnership with the community ░░░░░░░░ reducing crime But there ░░░░░░░░ bad apples on the ░░░░░░░░ force and when you ░░░░░░░░ them without consequence you ░░░░░░░░ this] type of tragedy.”
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