Chief Brown's Story of Being Black and Blue

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 15, 2017

David O. Brown, now-retired Dallas police chief and the author (with Michelle Burford) of Called to Rise: A Life in Faithful Service to the Community That Made Me (Ballantine Books, 2017), shares his own compelling life story, culminating in the national attention over the shooting of 5 Dallas police officers by a sniper and his commitment to community-oriented law enforcement.

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