Killer Mike has been very vocal with his thoughts on police militarization in Ferguson and he offered up a solution to end it during a chat with The Independents on FOX News.
"I believe we need to have more police athletic leagues and less tank vehicles," said the Atlanta rapper.
Mike, the son of a police officer, says community and police engagement are very important.
He also spoke on the fact that those protesting in honor of slain Mike Brown had their constitutional rights broken when tear gas was being used on American citizens to combat a domestic problem.
Killer Mike noted that the issue happening in Ferguson can and very well is happening in other areas in America. He says this type of police behavior can impact other areas also.
The "A.D.I.D.A.S." rapper suggested making police departments more representative of the communities they serve.
"We need black police officers. Let me say this, we need police officers that look like the people they are policing," he said.
Before appearing on FOX, Mike wrote an op-ed for Billboard on the shooting of the 18-year-old. In part, he wrote:
I have searched all night and day for new and better words that could express my feelings and fear for the people of this country. I found no new words. I have no hope-filled insight to deliver. I only have this warning to all Americans: Whatever this country is willing to do to the least of us, it will one day do to us all.
The police are paid by the public and carry a public trust, and they take an oath to protect us as citizens. The police have lost sight of that and must be reminded that we pay them to protect us, not to simply engage and cage us.
Watch what Killer Mike had to say below.
