Caught in the middle of war between black men, police

The Department of Justice released their plans Monday to reform racial profiling--a topic which hits close to home for Jennifer Borget.

Borget is the mother of a biracial son and the wife of a white police officer.

From her piece on Huffington Post:

Of course my husband, who is white, is lucky to have a diverse family: A black wife and two black children of his own at home, but the people he interacts with don't know that. Some threaten our children -- who they assume are white -- with incomprehensible violence. Sometimes it feels as though the badge that's suppose to protect us all is actually working against us on the streets and back at home.

My husband always has the option of changing careers. My son can never change who he is. But my son and other black boys need allies in uniform to protect him. Allies like his father.

Borget joins The Daily Circuit to talk about what it's like to be caught in the middle of the war between black men and the police.

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