The Whitehouse has posted the video A Conversation with President Obama and The Wire Creator David Simon on YouTube.

President Barack Obama and David Simon, the creator of HBO’s The Wire, sat down to talk honestly about the challenges law enforcement face and the consequences communities bear from the war on drugs.

Thanks to Earl Faneuf for posting this on Facebook. I liked the video when I saw it, but didn’t see the need to post it on my blog until just now.

One of the comments on YouTube does a good job of explaining why I finally realized it was worth posting on my blog.

Scott Jackson

Great conversation. I like the connections made between economics, humanity, law enforcement, sentencing, recidivism, justice, policy, education, and employment. This is a wide-ranging discussion in such a short time.

Sharon and I were having such a conversation when I decided to show her this video that Earl had posted.

When I watch President Obama in videos like this, I wonder how he can be so wise on many things, but so off track on some others. A few off track areas are his promoting the awful TPP “trade” agreement, failure to prosecute the criminals on Wall Street, and his failure to understand that the value of reducing the deficit is pure myth.