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When I talk to Chicagoans who live in our most violence-prone neighborhoods, they do not hate the police. In fact, they tell me they want more cops and fewer gangs. They do not want more officers in cars just driving through their communities. They want officers on the beat in their neighborhoods.

Not only are police officers often taken for granted, many people are highly vocal about their dislike for cops.

I think people really don't like cops so much; they're kind of rude to them or treat them like they can't see them.

I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.

My own perception of cops was that they came into your neighborhood, they roughed up people that you loved for no reason and took them away. As a child you saw that.

We're not anti-police... we're anti-police brutality.

I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.

Some cops I don't like - the corrupt, the brutal.

Let me be clear: as I have said repeatedly, I do not believe that all police officers are bad, nor do I believe that most are bad. But there must be a transparent, impartial and fair system to judge those that engage in criminal or unethical acts.

I respect the police officers, but something you learn as a young black man in this country is that... life is a little bit different for you even though, on the surface, it seems to be the same.