But he also called on the police to be more open about deaths in custody and warned of the "growing suspicionandmistrust" between officers and the black community in light of the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry.
There's a certain amount of suspicionandmistrustand there's also a reality that this is still a communist-run country and they've had a military that's been the primary guarantor of that system for a number of years.
Here at home, we will strengthen our defenses, but we will not succumb to a siege mentality that sacrifices the open society and liberties and values that we cherish as Americans, because great and proud nations don't hunker down and hide behind walls of suspicionandmistrust.
After many years of mistrustandsuspicionand violence, there must be an intercessor that will guarantee both sides that what ever is agreed is going to be executed.