The Debate Around the Fund

There was this incredible national focus and a shift in public opinion on this issue that was very dramatic. But then the conversation around to fund, was exploited by Republicans. The training for this unit consisted of three days of PowerPoint presentations and one day at a firing range. They operate in high crime areas with less oversight than other police units. And in Memphis, the reporting says that they tended to hire younger and more inexperienced officers with a propensity for aggression.