>>> WE TURN NOW TO A SPECIAL
REPORT ON AN IMPORTANT AND
SPECIAL CASE, HOW DANIEL PRUDE
TURNED TO OFFICIALS FOR HELP
WITH HIS BROTHER
THEY WERE PLAYING UP THE
POTENTIAL DANGER THAT MIGHT HAVE
BEEN POSED BY PRUDE WHO WOULD BE THE POTENTIAL VICTIM IN A CASE
THE POTENTIAL VICTIM IN A CASE
NEWLY RELEASED EMAILS HAD HE
KEEP THE KEY BODY CAMERA SECRET.
THESE DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT ACCESS
WAS PREVENTED BY PRUDE’S FAMILY,
A TOP POLICE OFFICIAL, TOLD HIS
BOSS WAS IT WAS TO DEFEND THE
POLICE AND SEPARATE THIS FROM
THE WIDER CONCERNS ABOUT SUCH
PROTESTS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND
PREVENT PEOPLE THAT MIGHT
CONFLATE THE INCIDENT WITH THE
REASON INCIDENTS OF UNARMED
BLACK MEN.
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO CREATE
ANIMOSITY.
THEN THE POLICE UNION SAYS I
TOTALLY AGREE.
MANY OF THESE CONTROVERSIES TURN
ON WHAT PEOPLE THINK POLICE DO
DO THEY INVESTIGATE AND
INDEPENDENTLY INVESTIGATE FACTS
OR ARE THEY BIASED ON WHAT
POLICE DID AND HOW THEY INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES
INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES
THAT ISSUE IS ON DISPLAY
A, QUOTE, INDIVIDUAL
HIS BROTHER CALLED FOR POLICE
HELP
THERE WAS NO KNOWN CRIME
THEY CIRCLED THAT WORD AND THEN
PUSHED FOR THIS.
WRITTEN IN RED, MAKE HIM A
SUSPECT.
PRUDE WAS NOT KNOWN TO BE A
SUSPECT OF ANY PREVIOUS CRIME.
INSTEAD, HE WAS IN GREAT
DISTRESS OFFICERS RESTRAINED HIM.
OFFICERS RESTRAINED HIM.
WHEN THE VIDEO WAS RELEASED, SHE’S IT
THE ARRESTING OFFICER SAID HE
TRIED TO RESTRAIN HIM BUT IT
SHOWS HIM LEANING HEAVILY ON HIS
HEAD FOR 68 SECONDS.
ONLY STOPPING WHEN MR. PRUDE
PASSED OUT
THE DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE
AS FICTION I CAN’T
THERE WAS PCP FOUND, THIS IS A
REMINDER OF HOW THESE CASES CAN
BE SO SYSTEMIC WHICH MEANS
LARGER THAN ANY PERSON
A POLICE CHIEF OR POLYXIGS
SHE SAID SHE WAS OUT OF THE LOOP
>> I ALSO WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR
TODAY ABOUT WHAT I KNEW, ABOUT
MR. PRUDE’S DEATH, AND WHEN I
KNEW IT.
CHIEF SINGLETARY NEVER INFORMED
ME OF THE ACTIONS OF HIS
OFFICERS TO FORCIBLY RESTRAIN
MR. PRUDE.
>> NOW, THEY HAD SOME AUTHORITY
OVER THE POLICE.
THAT YOU TONIGHT, WRITING THE
MAYOR HAS BEEN IN THE WHO SENSE MARCH 23ED
MARCH 23ED
CRITICS SAY IT, THE REVEREND AL
SHARPTON IS PRESIDENT OF THE
NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK AND A
COLLEAGUE HERE ON MSNBC.
GOOD EVENING, SIR.
>> GOOD EVENING.
>> WE LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE AND
SEE WHAT
>> I THINK IT HAS GONE BEYOND
THE COVER-UP TO A CRIME.
WHEN YOU HAVE A POLICE OFFICER
SAYING MAKE HIM A SUSPECT.
NOW YOU HAVE A PROACTIVE MOVE TO
NOT ONLY PREJUDGE THE
INVESTIGATION, BUT TO ACTUALLY
COME TO A CONCLUSION BY MAKING
THE VICTIM THE SUSPECT
YOU HAVE ENGAGED NOW WITH
TAMPERING AND TARNISHING AN
INVESTIGATION BUT TO TRY TO
CRIMINALIZE IT,.
>> LET’S DIG INTO THAT
A LOT OF AMERICANS WOULD LIKE TO
BELIEVE A POLICE REPORT IS JUST THE FACTS, MA’AM, THESE RED
THE FACTS, MA’AM, THESE RED
CIRCLES SAY THEY WILL CALL THEIT
TAMPERING.
WHY?
>> THERE IS NO EVIDENCE AT ALL
THAT MR. PRUDE WAS A SUSPECT OF
ANY CRIME.
SO TO DEEP HIM A SUSPECT IS TO
KNOWINGLY TAMP WE ARE THE
EVIDENCE
AS AN OFFICER OF THE RAW
YOU HAVE DECIDE IN THE SOME
CRAZY KIND OF RATIONALE, THAT WE
WANT TO NOT HOOK THIS UP TO
WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND THE
COUNTRY.
THAT YOU’RE REQUESTING TO
THEREFORE CRIMINALIZE A VICTIM
WHO DIED IN YOUR CUSTODY AND
THAT IS A CRIME.
NOT ONLY DO WE FIND OUT THAT THE
CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DIFFERENT, WE
NOW FIND OUT THAT THEY IN A VERY
CLEAR AND PRACTICAL WAY TRIED TO
CRIMINALIZE A MAN WHO HAD DIED
WHOSE BROTHER ONLY ASKS THAT HE
BE HELPED BECAUSE HE’S FACING
ISSUES NOW YOU’RE GOING TO CRIMINALIZE
NOW YOU’RE GOING TO CRIMINALIZE
HIM BY DISRUPTING A SITUATION.
>> THE OTHER THING IS ABOUT
POLICY
LONG TIME MSNBC VIEWERS DO KNOW,
I CAN SAY THIS SIX WE’RE
FRIENDS.
THERE’S OLD REV AND NEW REV.
NEW REV HAS LEANER SUITS
AND YOU’VE ADJUSTED YOUR VIBE IN
SOME WAYS.
BUT ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN
ALWAYS CONSISTENT, OLD REV AND
NEW.
YOU’VE SAID IT YEARS AGO WHEN IT
WASN’T ON THE FRONT BURNER
THE POLICY SITUATION HAS TO BE
INDEPENDENT PROBES BECAUSE
POLICE CAN’T INVESTIGATE
THEMSELVES
YOU’VE GONE DOWN AND DONE TRIPS
WITH FAMILIES NOT ON THE NATIONAL HEADLINES AND SAID
NATIONAL HEADLINES AND SAID
THAT’S WHAT THEY’VE NEEDED FOR
JUSTICE.
HOW MUCH CLOSER DO YOU THINK IT
IS
>> THIS GIVE, THEIR NOT
INVESTIGATING THEMSELVES
HAD IT BEEN LEFT THERE, WE
WOULDN’T HAVE KNOWN WHAT’S
HAPPENING.
IT IS NOW IGINLA TO THE STATE
ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE
OUTSIDE.
YOU CAN’T HAVE POLICE
INVESTIGATE POLICE MATTERS
BECAUSE THEY TEND TAD THIS
THEY TRY TO DOCTOR UP THING IT
IS A SET-UP.
THIS IS A CASE IN POINT.
WHEN WE ASK FOR INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS AND INDEPENDENT
PROSECUTORS AND INDEPENDENT
PROSECUTOR OUGHT TO BRING POLICE
IN FRONT OF A GRAND JURY
BECAUSE THAT PAYMENT THAT YOU
HAVE, THE DOCUMENT YOU HAVE, SHOULD GO IN FRONT OF A GRAND
SHOULD GO IN FRONT OF A GRAND
JURY IN SINCE THE PUBLIC
DISCLOSURES, BEEN A NEW