Amanpour and Company

June 15, 2020

Christiane speaks with Baroness Valerie Amos about the UK's new commission to investigate racial inequality. She also speaks with David Simon, creator of "The Wire," about the role of cops in the American public imagination. Michel Martin speaks with law enforcement scholar Phillip Atiba Goff about fighting implicit biases in police departments.

Does Popular Culture Put Police on a Pedestal?

3m

Shows like "Cops" are being taken off the air after more than three decades. David Simon created perhaps the most widely praised depiction of American policing in "The Wire," having started as a journalist for The Baltimore Sun many years ago. He’s also written several bestselling books on crime and policing, and joins the show to discuss the role of cops in the American public imagination.

Previews + Extras

  • How to Make Policing Less Deadly and Less Racist: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    How to Make Policing Less Deadly and Less Racist

    S2020 E2251 - 17m 45s

    Phillip Atiba Goff is a leading scholar on law enforcement and race. He’s a psychologist and CEO of the Center for Policing Equity (CPE), a think tank that collects and analyzes data to better understand police behavior and fight implicit bias. He tells Michel Martin how CPE is working in collaboration with law enforcement and communities to help make policing less deadly and less racist.

  • Amos: "I Don't Think We Need Another Commission": asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Amos: "I Don't Think We Need Another Commission"

    S2020 E2251 - 3m

    Having denied the existence of institutional racism in the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has now announced a commission to investigate racial inequality. To discuss all this, Christiane speaks with Baroness Valerie Amos – she has served as a cabinet minister in the UK government, worked at the United Nations, and will soon be the first ever black master of a college at Oxford University.

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