IN
IN THIS
IN THIS SEGMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY I SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WITH WARD 8 AND THEY WANT TO SEE
MORE POLICE OFFICERS.
IS THIS JUST TO 4@GET MORE GUNS
>> IT MAKES PEOPLE FEEL SAFE,4@
OUR RESPONSIBILITY FIRST OF ALL
IS TO REDUCE CRIME, AND ALSO TO
MAKE PEOPLE FEEL SAFE.
I CANNOT IGNORE THE PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO SEE
POLICE OFFICERS.
POLICE OFFICERS. >> I'M ASKING WHAT YOUR
SPECIFIC GOALS ARE?
>> THE GOAL OF HAVING MORE
POLICE IS TO HAVE A POLICE
PRESENCE OF THIS -- SO THAT
PEOPLE FEEL SAFER.
>>> GRADUATE WITH US ON4@ OFF
SCRIPT, I AM ADAM LONGO IN FOR
BRUCE JOHNSON.
BRUCE JOHNSON. PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING CHANGE TO
THE WAY THAT DC POLICE, POLICE
THE CITY.
THE CITY.
THE CITY. TODAY AFTER A ONE-YEAR LONG
INVESTIGATION BY WUSA9, DC
COUNCIL HOLDS PUBLIC HEARINGS
ABOUT OFFICER TACTICS
INCLUDING STOP AND FRISK4@4@, W
HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF THE
EMOTIONALLY CHARGED HEARINGS.
WE HAVE A CAMERA OF THE SECOND
MEETING BEING HELD AT THE 4@
DEANWOOD COMMUNITY CENTER, OUR
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER, ER4@IC
FLACK IS AT THE MEETING AND
THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR A
FEW HOURS, OUR PEOPLE FIRED UP?
>> Reporter: THERE IS A LOT OF
EMOTION IN THIS ROOM TO 4@BE
SURE, IT IS A REMARKABLE DAY IN
WASH4@INGTON DC WHEN YOU TALK
ABOUT THE DC POLICE DEPARTMENT
SORT OF ON TRIAL ANSWERING HARD
QUESTIONS THIS MORNING FROM DC
COUNCIL4@ ABOUT THE WAY THAT TH
POLICE MANY SEGMENTS OF THE
COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY
COMMUNITY, SPECIFICALLY DEANWOOD WHERE THERE HAS BEEN A
LOT OF UNREST AND WARD SEVEN
AND EIGHT IN GENERAL. 4@
THE 4@POLICE CHIEF GRILLED FOR
THE BETTER PART OF THREE HOURS
BY DC COUNCIL.
TONIGHT AT THE MEETING AT THE
DEANWOOD RECREATION CENTER, NO
POLICE INVITED, IN FACT, THE
CHIEF WAS ASKED TO STAY AWAY SO
THAT PEOPLE COULD SPEAK OPENLY
AND HONESTLY.
AND HONESTLY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE
THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET4@
ON THE STAND TO TELL THEIR
PERSONAL STORIES, STORIES THAT
WE 4@HAVE REPORTED ON FOR THE
BETTER PART OF A YEAR, LET'S
TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE GOT HERE.
>> Reporter: THESE IMAGES, A
WINDOW INTO THE ANGER AND
4@
WINDOW INTO THE ANGER AND OUTRAGE THAT SOME PEOPLE IN THE
DEANWOOD COMMUNITY HAVE TOWARDS
DC POLICE AND THE FORCE WITH
WHICH THOSE SAME OFFICERS ARE
PUSHING BACK, ALL BROUGHT ON BY
THE RELEASE4@4@ OF THE INFAMOUS
CELL PHONE VIDEO RECORDED IN
THE SAME SPOT, JUNE 13, OF A
STOP AND FRISK OF YOUNG BLACK
MEN THAT MANY HAVE CALLED 4@
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL. >> HE AIN'T EVEN DOING NOTHING.
>>
>>
>> >>
>> >> Reporter: WE FIRST BROUGHT
VIDEOS LIKE THIS TO 4@LIGHT AS
PART OF HER YEAR-LONG4@
INVESTIGATION, DC POLICE, STOP
AND FRISK.
AND FRISK. >> Reporter: OUR INVESTIGATION
REVEALED THAT EIGHT OUT OF 10
PEOPLE WERE STOP 4@IN FRIST 4@A
WERE BLACK EVEN THOUGH AFRICAN-
AMERICANS MAKE UP LESS THAN
HALF OF THE CITY'S POPULATION
AND THE STOPS CAN BE
INDISCRIMINATE, OFTEN BASED
UPON VAGUE DESCRIPTIONS OF
YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN AND
WOMEN.
WOMEN.
WOMEN. >>
WOMEN. >> THIS IS MY LICENSE, I AM A
PHARMACIST, I HAVE TO SHOW
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. >>
THIS. >> Reporter: IT WAS STORIES OF
PEOPLE LIKE THIS PHARMACIST,
ALEXANDER, THAT BOTHERED US THE
MOST.
MOST.
MOST. >>
MOST. >> TWO CARS CAME UP AND PUT ME @
IN HANDCUFFS, THE WHOLE TIME, I
WAS LITERALLY4@4@ PEEING MY PAN
I AM A PHARMACIST, I DIDN'T DO
ANYTHING BUT THEY DID NOT CARE.
>> Reporter: WE FOUND THAT THEY
FAILED TO FOLLOW A CRITICAL
PART OF THE 2-YEAR-OLD LONG
KNOWN AS THE MIRROR ACT4@ THAT
WAS SUPPOSED TO PROTECT AGAINST
RACIAL BIAS BY POLICE OFFICERS.
AFTER OUR RE4@PORT, THE ACLU DC
BLACK LIVES S -- MATTER DC AND
STOP TERROR DC FIRED A LAWSUIT @
AGAINST4@ 4@MANY TO HOLD THE CI
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. THE CHIEF WAS NOT INTERESTED IN
TALKING ABOUT STOP AND FRISK
WITH US.
WITH US.
WITH US. >> WE CANNOT WORK WITH YOU, I 4@
AM SORRY.
AM SORRY.
AM SORRY. >> Reporter: CAN YOU TELL US
WHY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS
4@
WHY PEOPLE ARE SAYING THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE?
INAPPROPRIATE? >> Reporter: LESS THAN TWO
MONTHS AFTER OUR REPORT AIRED,
NEWSOM ADMITTED TO THE DC
COUNCIL THAT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS GUILTY OF
FAIL4@ING TO FOLLOW THE LAW OF
BETTER TRACKING STOP AND FRISK
BY OFFICERS.
BY OFFICERS. >> TO AN EXTENT THERE HAS BEEN
A DELAY IN THIS 4@DATA PIECE 4@
NOT A COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING OF
THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE
CHANGES THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED,
WE ARE GUILTY OF THAT.
>> Reporter: DC COUNCIL HAS
FUNDED A $.5 MILLION PLAN TO
COLLECT COMPREHENSIVE STOP AND
FRISK DATA BUT IT WILL NOT BE
UP AND RUNNING UNTIL NEXT
SUMMER SO INCIDENTS LIKE THIS
STOP AND FRISK WILL STILL NOT
GET THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
THAT IS REQUIRED UNDER THE ACT.
>> Reporter: THIS WILL LEAVE
TENSIONS BETWEEN POLICE AND
PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AT A 4@
BREAKING POINT.4@ 4@
>> Reporter: COUNCILMEMBER
CHARLES ALLEN IS THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE DC PUBLIC SAFETY
COMMITTEE AND IS THE PERSON
THAT CALLED FOR BOTH OF TODAY'S
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON POLICE
CONDUCT.
CONDUCT.
CONDUCT. I SPOKE WITH HIM JUST BEFORE
THE MEETING BEGAN TO ASK WHAT
HE THOUGHT OF THE CHIEF'S
RESPONSE, TAKE 4@A LISTEN, WERE
YOU 4@CONCERNED BY ANYTHING THA
RESPONSE, TAKE 4@A LISTEN, WERE YOU 4@CONCERNED BY ANYTHING THA@
YOU HEARD4@?
YOU HEARD4@? >> IT IS A TOUGH CONVERSATION.
OBVIOUSLY4@ THIS IS NOT WHAT WE
NEED TO DO AND WE HAVE MORE
WORK IN FRONT OF US, I'M ALSO
CONCERNED THAT WE 4@HAVE4@ HAD
MUCH OF A CONCERN ON JUST
LEGALITY AND PERMISSIBILITY AND
NOT WHAT IS RIGHT.
WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT BUILDING
4@TRUST AND IF WE THINK ABOUT
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE CHIEF
NAVY THERE WILL BE CONTINUED
OVERSIGHT.4@
OVERSIGHT.4@ >> Reporter: WERE YOU SATISFIED
BY THE CHIEF'S ANSWERS TO YOUR
QUESTIONS AND THE OT4@HER
COUNCILMEMBERS4@ QUESTI4@ONS?
COUNCILMEMBERS4@ QUESTI4@ONS? >> HE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS 4@
FAIRLY WELL.
FAIRLY WELL. THERE IS A BIT OF A GAP.
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS STILL TO BE ANSWERED
BY THE COUNCIL, THE QUESTION
NOW IS, WITH ALL OF THE
PERSONAL STORIES, WHAT DOES THE
NOW IS, WITH ALL OF THE PERSONAL STORIES, WHAT DOES THE@
COUNCIL DO WITH THOSE
EXPERIENCES MOVING FORWARD,
ADAM BACK TO YOU. 4@
>> WILL IT LEAD TO CHANGE AND
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE? EVERYONE
IN THE ROOM WANTS TO SEE ACTION
AND THEY WANT TO SEE IT NOW.4@
WE WILL FOLLOW UP, OF COURSE,
GREAT JOB.
GREAT JOB. AS ERIC SAID, THE ACLU
REQUESTED THAT THE CHIEF4@ NOT
ATTEND THE MEETING.
HE WAS INVITED TO THE 4@MORNING
DISCUSSION.
DISCUSSION. DC COUNCILMEMBERS GRILLED THE
CHIEF ABOUT HIS DEPARTMENT'S
PRACTICES4@.
PRACTICES4@. >> I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
OTHER VIDEOS, THE REALITY IS
THEY WERE CLEARLY PUSHING
PEOPLE AROUND SAYING MOVE ALONG@
. THEY WERE T4@HROWING A KID OU
OF A CHAIR.
>> THAT TENS4@ION MAKES US ALL
UNCOMFORTABLE.
UNCOMFORTABLE. I THINK4@ THAT THE BALANCES, AN
WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS,
EVERYONE ON THE DAY HAS
MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A
VIOLENT CRIME PROBLEM,
PARTICULARLY IN WARDS SEVEN AND
EIGHT.
EIGHT.
EIGHT. IF
EIGHT. IF YOU WANT TO DISAGREE, YOU
ARE WELCOME.
ARE WELCOME. >> I DON'T 4@DISAGREE.
>> THERE WERE 38 PEOPLE 4@THAT
HAVE BEEN MURDERED SINCE
JANUARY 1 IN WARD 8 IN OUR CITY
.
.
. >>
. >> AS
. >> AS I
. >> AS I AM WELL AWARE, THAT IS
WHAT I AM SAYING, LET ME BE
CLEAR ABOUT THIS.
I AM SAYING THAT I DO NOT THINK
THE TACTICS YOU ARE EMPLOYING
ON THE STREETS ARE SOLVING THE
PROBLEM4@. AND I DON'T THINK TH
TAKING ON THE COMMUNITY IN THIS
WAY WHERE YOU STORM INTO THE
COMMUNITY AND MAKE EVERYONE
UNCOMFORTABLE AND YOU DO NOT
ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND ENGAGE IN
A COMMUNITY CONVERSATION.
>> LET ME FINISH.
>> THAT IS A CHARACTERIZATION.
WE SPEND4@ A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
TIME ENGAGING IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE ARE 100% OPEN TO CHANGING
HOW WE OPERATE AND WE WILL TAKE
A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS INCIDENT
IN PARTICULAR.
IN PARTICULAR. >> LET ME JUST STOP YOU THERE4@
>> THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE BEHIND
ME THAT 4@ARE CONCERNED.
>> ME AS WELL.
I REALLY BELIEVE THERE IS AN
ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE
ADDRESSED IN THIS PARTICULAR
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT.
INCIDENT. WHAT I AM REFERRING TO IS THE
SENTIMENT4@ THAT I HEAR FROM TH
YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT SAY
THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE THE
POLICE OR SOMEONE THAT THEY CAN
CALL.
CALL.
CALL. THEY ARE AFRAID TO TALK TO THE
POLICE.
POLICE.
POLICE. WHEN THEY GO DOWN THE STREET
THEY CROSS THE STREET TO AVOID
THE POLICE.
THE POLICE. >> AFTER THE MEETING THIS
MORNING, WE SPOKE WITH THE
CHIEF DOING A4@ -- DURING A PRE
CONFERENCE YOU CAN SEE THAT ON
OUR WUSA9 FACEBOOK PAGE.
MANY PEOPLE ARE WEIGHING IN
ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
. TABBY SAYS THAT CITIZENS ARE
STARTING TO LOOK AT ALL