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In almost all cases now the police are as much an enemy as the others.

Let's stop pretending we can arrest our way to safety and security. Despite all the fine work that policemen and women do, we have got to find other solutions to deter crime.

There's good and evil going on. We have cops. We have robbers.

I believe that most police are conscientious and want only to provide safety for us.

We are often deterred from crime by the disgrace of others.

The United States isn't a dictatorship ruling with a brutal army and an iron fist, so our police departments must understand that they are there to serve and protect us - all of us. And when they do commit crimes, they must be arrested and prosecuted like anyone else, bottom line.

The police protect us, and we're going to protect the police.

Our people went out every single night trying to stop crime before it happened, trying to take people off the street that they believed were involved in crime. That made us a very aggressive, proactive police department.

I know there are some good American police. But I grew up in a country where we were afraid of the police.

Every single day, we have hundreds, if not thousands of police officers protecting the lives of not just New Yorkers, but the millions who come to New York City to work and to vacation.