>>HERE IS WHAT I CAN'T STAND, AFTER SOMEONE IS SHOT BY THE
COPS, USUALLY AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN, IMMEDIATELY
THE MEDIA JUMPED INTO OVERDRIVE.
I KNOW IT IS FED BY LEAKS FROM
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO WANT TO EXONERATE THEMSELVES AND SAY IT
WAS A GOOD SHOOTING, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THEIR DIRTY
WORK FOR THEM.
THEY JUMP IN AND IMMEDIATELY GO INTO, DID HE HAVE
IT COMING?
THAT SOUNDS WAY TOO HARSH.
DO THEY REALLY SAY THAT?
NOT IN THOSE WORDS, BUT THEY SAY, DID HE HAVE A CRIMINAL
RECORD?
PHILANDRO CASTILE WAS KILLED IN MINNESOTA, THEY SAY
WHAT DID HE DO?
HE HAD A BUSTED TAILLIGHT AND HE MIGHT HAVE HAD
SOME MARIJUANA IN HIS CAR.
RIGHT, BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS BUST
INTO WHITE NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHOOT ALL THE WHITE KIDS WITH
MARIJUANA.
THEY NEVER DO THAT.
PEOPLE WATCHING THIS WILL GO,
NOT NEVER, IT HAS HAPPENED.
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO DEFEND THE DEAD
CUSTODY.
TRAYVON MARTIN, 17-YEAR-OLD, SKITTLES IN HIS
HAND, ICED TEA, WHATEVER -- YEAH BUT HE HAD TROUBLE IN SCHOOL
ONCE.
SO ZIMMERMAN EXECUTED HIM FOR THAT?
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO
DO WITH THE FIGHT THEY HAD THAT DAY?
DID ZIMMERMAN PURSUE HIM OR
NOT?
DID HE SHOOT HIM OR NOT?
HE MIGHT HAVE SMOKED MARIJUANA A
BUNCH OF DAYS AGO.
HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A DRINK.
WHAT DOES THAT HAVE
TO DO WITH WHETHER ZIMMERMAN SHOT HIM THAT DAY IN A WAY THAT
WAS UNWARRANTED OR NOT?
THE THING IS, THEY THINK IT HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BECAUSE THEY THINK, WELL, IF WE CAN
PROVE THAT HE IS A VIOLENT BLACK MAN BY NATURE, AND GO INTO HIS
PAST, THEN EVERYBODY WILL FEEL BETTER.
OH, YEAH.
THAT GUY WAS A
VIOLENT BLACK GUY, OF COURSE THE COPS HAD TO SHOOT HIM.
THERE IS
NO PROBLEM IN AMERICA, LET'S GO BACK TO HOW THINGS WERE.
HOW IS
CNN HELPING THAT WITH ALTON STERLING, A PERSON SHOT A DAY
GO?
THEY USED, FOR EXAMPLE, THE ONE PICTURE OF HIM THEY USED
YESTERDAY WAS HIS MUG SHOT.
THAT IS FROM 16 YEARS AGO.
WHY ARE
YOU USING THAT PICTURE?
IT'S NOT LIKE YOU COULDN'T FIND ANY
PICTURES.
HERE.
WE FOUND A PICTURE, WE DID SOME
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING, WE WENT ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE AND GRABBED
A PICTURE.
MAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT OF THAT, BUT THAT IS HIS
RECENT PICTURE.
NO, NO -- IT IS A SCARY BLACK GUY, CRIMINAL
RECORD.
ALLISON COMOROTO WILL BE TALKING TO A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY,
LET'S SEE WHICH DIRECTION SHE DECIDES TO GO.
>>WE UNDERSTAND, OR THE POLICE HAVE SAID, AN ANONYMOUS PERSON
CALLED 911 AND SAID THERE WAS A GUY SELLING CDS WHO WE BELIEVE
TO BE YOUR NEPHEW WHO HAD THREATENED HIM WITH A GUN.
DID
YOUR NEPHEW HAVE A GUN?
>>NO, MY NEPHEW WOULD NEVER HAVE A GUN BECAUSE OF HIS SITUATION.
>>MEANING WHAT?
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>>MEANING THAT HE WAS KIND OF IN A LITTLE TROUBLE WITH THE LAW.
HE WOULD NEVER HAVE A GUN, HE WAS ON PROBATION.
BUT HE WAS
TAKEN OFF, BUT IN LOUISIANA HE CANNOT CARRY A WEAPON, BECAUSE
OF HIS PREVIOUS INCIDENT.
HE CANNOT CARRY A WEAPON.
>>HIS PREVIOUS INCIDENT, DOES HE HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE?
>>HE DOES NOT HAVE A HISTORY -- NO.
HE WAS LIKE A GENTLE GIANT.
HE DON'T HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.
>>CAN YOU TELL US WHAT HIS PREVIOUS INCIDENT WITH THE LAW
WAS?
>>I CAN TELL YOU THIS ABOUT THAT, IT'S PUBLIC RECORD IN
LOUISIANA.
BUT IT WAS SOMETHING SO MINOR -- IT'S NOT WORTH EVEN
SAYING OVER THE PHONE.
>>LOOK, IF YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT WHETHER HE HAD A GUN, I GET IT.
ALTHOUGH APPROPRIATELY SHE SAID IN THE BEGINNING WE UNDERSTAND,
BECAUSE THE POLICE HAVE SAID -- I KNOW, YOU TAKE WHAT THE POLICE
SAY AS FACT, IT IS OVER.
THEY ARE LEGITIMATE, YOU ARE NOT
REALLY.
BUT I'M FINE WITH THAT, IF YOU WANT TO ASK ABOUT WHETHER
HE HAD A GUN, I GET IT.
BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A PICTURE -- THE
COPS SAY THEY SHOT HIM BECAUSE HE HAD A GUN.
WHETHER HE HAD A
GUN ON HIM, THE POLICE STILL HAVE NOT CLARIFIED.
BUT WE DO
KNOW THAT WHEN HE WAS SHOT THEN, HE DID NOT HAVE A GUN IN HIS
HAND.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH CLEARER IT COULD BE.
AND THEY
WERE RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM.
THERE WERE THREE GUYS ON TOP OF HIM,
THEY HAD HIM PINNED DOWN, THEY HAD THE GUN INCHES FROM HIS
CHEST, HE DID NOT HAVE A GUN IN HIS HAND, IT IS RIGHT THERE.
AND
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE HAD A GUN ON HIS PERSON.
BUT THIS IS
WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS PART OF THE PROCESS OF SMEARING
THE DEAD.
BUT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DID HE HAVE IT COMING, DID
HE DESERVE TO BE EXECUTED ON THE SPOT?
MAYBE HE HAD SOMETHING
TUCKED IN HIS PANTS, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY GOT HIM PINNED DOWN.
I'VE SHOWN YOU VIDEOS ON TODAY'S SHOW, WHITE GUYS POINTING GUNS
AT COPS LEFT AND RIGHT, POINTING THEM AT COPS, DON'T GET SHOT.
HE
MIGHT HAVE A GUN ON HIM BUT IT IS NOT IN HIS HAND, AND THEY ARE
RIGHT ON TOP OF HIM, BOOM, BOOM, THEN RIGHT AFTERWARDS LET'S TALK
ABOUT HOW GUILTY HE WAS.
NO, LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW GUILTY THE
COPS WERE.
BUT YOU DON'T WANT THAT CONVERSATION.
AND THE PART
THAT IS DISGUSTING, DID HE HAVE A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE?
EVEN IF
HE HAD A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, LET'S SAY HE WAS A TERRIBLE GUY,
DID A BUNCH OF TERRIBLE THINGS -- THEY'VE GOT HIM SUBDUED AND
PINNED DOWN.
SHOULD THEY EXECUTE HIM ON THE SPOT?
IS THAT THE
IMPLICATION?
THAT IS NOT THE QUESTION.
THE QUESTION IS, COULD
THEY HAVE SUBDUED HIM ANOTHER WAY?
COULD THEY HAVE TAKEN A
TINY PERCENTAGE CHANCE, SINCE THEY HAVE ALL THOSE GUYS AROUND
HIM, THAT MAYBE HE WENT TO GET THE GUN BECAUSE HE DIDN'T --
BECAUSE YOU ARE PINNING HIM DOWN.
ANYONE WHO SAW THE VIDEO,
WE SHOWED IT YESTERDAY, FROM TWO ANGLES, YOU CAN SEE, OF COURSE
THEY HAD 1000 OTHER CHOICES, THEY CHOSE NOT TO TAKE THAT TINY
CHANCE, I'D RATHER KILL THE GUY ON THE SPOT.
LATER WE WILL HAVE
CNN SMEAR HIM AND SAY, WELL, I'LL BRING UP CHARGES FROM 16
YEARS AGO.
HISTORY, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE.
TRAYVON MARTIN MIGHT
HAVE SMOKED MARIJUANA AT SOME POINT.
COME ON, PHILANDRO
CASTILE HAD A BUSTED TAILLIGHT, THEY HAD IT COMING.
SMEAR THE
DEAD AND YOU ARE DONE WITH IT.
DEAD MEN CAN'T TALK, AND THE MEDIA TALKS FOR THE COPS
AND PEOPLE IN POWER.
PROBLEM SOLVED, NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
WE ARE SICK OF IT AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE.