In the same speech, he had praise for the efforts of the Nation of Islam in dealing with crime in the cities, saying: When you want to clear your neighbourhood out, first thing you do is go get the black Muslims, bean pies and all. And your neighborhood is then clear. After that statement, he pointed out the police's inability to resolve the crime problem: The police can't do it. He then had critical remarks for black Christians' seeming inability to create positive social change for the urban population to which he was referring: I'm telling you Christians, what's wrong with you? Why can't you hit the streets? Why can't you clean it out yourselves?