You could argue, and many rightly do, that the folks on the South Side of Chicago need [law enforcement] even more." Patrick told David Axelrod on "The Axe Files," a podcast produced by CNN and the University of Chicago Institute of Politics. You don't get to be unaccountable in an official capacity," Patrick said. It really does mean that you don't get to be judge and jury and executioner out on the street." (CNN) As a former governor, civil rights lawyer and a product of Chicago's South Side, there may be few Americans who understand the current national debate about the need for police reforms better than Deval Patrick.

Source: CNN August 08, 2016 10:07 UTC