WATCH: Dr. Ben Carson on Ferguson and Racial Profiling

The host of Bloomberg News asked Dr. Ben Carson if he’d ever been racially profiled now or as a young man. Dr. Carson said there were potential run-ins with the police when he was young, but he was taught how to respond appropriately to authority. Consequently, the situations never escalated into anything serious. The host, who didn’t seem satisfied with that answer, pushed.

Dr. Carson said some positive things about the police. Would you want to live in a country without law enforcement?

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