Historian and Journalist Jelani Cobb on New Frontline Documentary ‘Policing the Police 2020′

In the new Frontline documentary “Policing the Police 2020,”
historian and journalist Jelani Cobb returns as a correspondent,
taking viewers inside a U.S. police department. The current wave of
protests against police brutality and calls to defund the police
prompted the update to Frontline’s 2016 documentary, “Policing the
Police,” which focused on reform efforts at the Newark, N.J. police
department. In the 2020 sequel, premiering Sept. 15 on PBS, Cobb
revisits the Newark police department to illustrate the broader
challenges the nation faces in eradicating police brutality,
improving public safety and establishing a more just society. In
this hour, we’ll talk to Cobb about the film and whether America
can change for the better.