Rep. Meeks: If We’re Afraid of the Police ... What Are We Supposed To Do?

Rep. Meeks: If We're Afraid Of The Police And The Police Are Afraid Of Us, What Are We Supposed To Do? (RealClearPolitics)

TOURE, MSNBC: Why are police entering into these sorts of confrontations, hyper-aggressive, over tiny things in black communities. And I think the reason for that is the war on drugs. And as long as we have that, then we'll have police officers barging into communities attacking people for smaller offenses. How can we get an end to the war on drugs? 

REP. GREGORY MEEKS (D-New York): Well, let me tell you something, you say that, but if you look at all the statistics currently, heroin now is alive and well. And where heroin use is, is not in the black communities. You don't see war there, it's a different method of policing in black communities. And I believe, it has to do with some who have fear. I had a young man who works here in the capitol. He came up to me this morning and said, Congressman, my 14-year-old son says what happens, I'm afraid of the police and the police are afraid of me. How is this solution going to work? A 14-year-old boy.