- Crime
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Disliked
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- Nov 07, 2020
I disliked everything about the '60s.
- Corrupt
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some cops I don't like - the corrupt, the brutal.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's an unfortunate fact that in the male black population, a very significant percentage of them, more so than whites or other minority candidates, because of convictions, prison records, are never going to be hired by a police department. That's a reality. That's not a byproduct of stop-and-frisk.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Clearly, a large number of people who shouldn't have firearms actually apply through the process and obtain firearms.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's one crime for which there has to be a certainty of punishment, it is gun violence.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Stop-and-frisk is not something that you can stop. It is an absolutely basic tool of American policing. It would be like asking a doctor to give an examination to you without using his stethoscope.
- Complain
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cops have been complaining about morale since police forces were created. I used to complain about it a lot when I was a young cop.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Slavery, our country's original sin, sat on a foundation codified by laws enforced by police, by slave-catchers.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a temper, and it can flare from time to time, but as I've gotten older and more experienced, I think I use it in a controlled way. Oftentimes, I'm acting.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
You have to bare your fangs once in a while.
- Little Things
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- Nov 07, 2020
Broken-windows enforcement is really about controlling behavior to such an extent you change it: If you deal with the little things, you can keep them from going into the big things. Zero tolerance implies zealotry. It's oppressive. And it's not achievable. You're never going to be in a position to eliminate all crime.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've spent my life in the police profession, and I'm proud of that. But I am also very cognizant of the profession's limitations, its potential for abuse, and its potential negative impact.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Policing has to be done compassionately and consistently. You cannot police differently in Harlem than you're policing downtown. The same laws must apply. The same procedures must be employed. Certain areas at certain times may have more significant crime and require more police presence or more assertiveness, but it has to be balanced.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
If an African-American or a recent immigrant - or anyone else, for that matter - can't feel secure walking into a police station or up to a police officer to report a crime, because of a fear that they're not going to be treated well, then everything else that we promise is on a shaky foundation.
- First
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was still a recruit in the Boston Police Academy when I attended my first police funeral. It was September 28, 1970. I remember it still.
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020