Camden, New Jersey once had a murder rate 18 times the national average along with dozens of excessive force complaints against its police. Then in 2012, the mayor and city council decided to dissolve the police department. As Minneapolis considers a similar move, Soledad O’Brien speaks with Camden’s former police chief Scott Thomson about how they rebuilt their law enforcement system.
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