>> Harris: STEVE HARRIGAN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OFF THE CHARTS VIOLENCE IN NEW
YORK CITY.
11 PEOPLE SHOT IN JUST EIGHT
HOURS ON SUNDAY.
ONE DIED.
IN NEW YORK CITY MURDERS ARE UP
27% FROM LAST YEAR AND
SHOOTINGS UP 86%.
MEANWHILE, POLICE ARE STILL
LOOKING FOR THIS SUSPECT IN A
SERIES OF WEEKEND SUBWAY
SLASHINGS THAT LEFT AT LEAST
FOUR PEOPLE INJURED.
CRITICS RIPPING PRESIDENT BIDEN
FOR THE STATEMENT -- THIS
STATEMENT MARKING NATIONAL
POLICE WEEK.
THIS YEAR WE ALSO RECOGNIZE
THAT IN MANY OF OUR COMMUNITIES
ESPECIALLY BLACK AND BROWN
COMMUNITIES THERE IS A DEEP
SENSE OF DISTRUST TOWARD LAW
ENFORCEMENT, A DISTRUST THAT
HAS BEEN EXACERBATED BY THE
RECENT DEATHS OF SEVERAL BLACK
AND BROWN PEOPLE AT THE HANDS
OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, END QUOTE.
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES DURING POLICE
WEEK.
JASON RANTZ RADIO TALK SHOW
HOST.
YOUR TOP LINE REACTION.
>> THE STATEMENT STARTED OUT SO
WELL I THOUGHT AND THEN HE HAS
TO BOW TO THE RADICALS WITHIN
THE BLM MOVEMENT IN AND OUT OF
CONGRESS.
IF YOU DON’T DO THAT THEY END
UP THROWING A FIT AND TAKE TO
THE STREETS.
THEY ARE SELFISH BECAUSE THEY
HAVE TO MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT
THEM.
IT WAS NOT ABOUT THEM, IT WAS
ABOUT POLICE OFFICERS WHO EVERY
SINGLE DAY PUT ON THEIR UNIFORM
AND THEY RUN TOWARDS DANGER
WHEN WE RUN AWAY FROM IT.
THIS WAS ABOUT CELEBRATING WHAT
THEY DO, NOT ABOUT THE
REACTIONS FROM ACTIVISTS WHO
WILL NEVER BE HAPPY.
TO BE CLEAR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE VIOLENCE ON THE STREETS OF
THIS COUNTRY, THE VIOLENCE THAT
YOU JUST REFERENCED, YOU CAN
LOOK AT THE POLICE INVOLVED
SHOOTINGS OF BLACK AND BROWN
INDIVIDUALS, THE UNARMED ONES.
THERE WERE FOUR THIS YEAR SO
FAR OF UNARMED
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, FOUR.
THERE WERE MORE DEATHS OVER THE
WEEKEND IN CHICAGO AND IT
WASN’T FROM POLICE OFFICERS.
THAT SHOULD BE THE FOCUS.
WE CAN HAVE TWO CONVERSATIONS.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT BAD POLICING.
THERE IS CERTAINLY BAD POLICE
OFFICERS BUT IT’S A VERY, VERY
SMALL MINORITY OF WHAT IS GOING
ON HERE.
LET’S FOCUS ON THE GOOD, LET’S
FOCUS ON HOW TO GO AFTER THE
BAD.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY LET’S TALK
ABOUT THE VIOLENCE THAT IS
ENCOMPASSING SO MUCH OF WHAT
WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THAT WE
SHOULD BE.
>> Harris: WE’RE LOOKING ON OUR
SCREEN RIGHT NOW AND NEW YORK
CITY AND SOMETIMES THIS FILE
VIDEO, WE PUT THAT UP HERE MORE
THAN A WEEK OLD.
WE’VE BEEN SEEING THIS NIGHTLY
AND WHAT WE SAW OVER THE
WEEKEND AND AS RECENT AS MAYBE
A FEW WEEKS AGO TO CALL THIS
FILE IS MORE THAN JUST
FRIGHTENING AND DISTURBING.
IT SEEMS TO BE UNSTOPPABLE AT
THIS POINT.
WE KNOW THAT THIS POLICE
DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT DEFUNDING
A BILLION DOLLARS AND LAST WEEK
THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY SAID
WE’RE GOING TO NEED WELL OVER A
MILLION BACK BECAUSE WE’RE
HAVING A HARD TIME DOING WHAT
WE NEED TO DO NOW, TO FIGHT
CRIME.
A BILLION VERSUS A MILLION.
JASON.
>> YOU WILL NEED A LOT MORE
THAN THAT NOT JUST IN NEW YORK
CITY.
ARE YOU SENSING THE TREND HERE?
WE’VE SEEN ALL ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THE DEPARTMENTS THAT
DEFUNDED THE POLICE AS A RESULT
HAVE SEEN INCREASES IN CRIME.
WE’VE SEEN IT IN SEATTLE AND
PORTLAND, IN L.A., WE’VE SEEN
IT IN MINNEAPOLIS.
THIS IS A TREND.
WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND
DEMONIZE POLICE AND GO AFTER
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ADOPT
POLICIES TO SAY ENDLESS CHANCES
TO CRIMINALS AND PUT THEM BACK
ON THE STREETS.
WE AREN’T GOING TO ENFORCE THE
LAW.
GUESS WHAT?
ALL YOU ARE DOING IS ENABLING
THAT BEHAVIOR AND CREATING MORE
VICTIMS.
AND WE ARE BECOMING THE VICTIMS.
OUR NEIGHBORS, OUR FRIENDS, OUR
FAMILIES ARE BECOMING VICTIMS
AND IT IS GROWING.
THERE IS MORE MOMENTUM.
THAT’S NOT THE KIND OF MOMENTUM
THAT ANY CITY WANTS.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF FOLKS
OUT THERE WHO SAY THIS IS NOT
GOING TO COME TO MY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT DOES.
IT DOESN’T JUST STAY IN THESE
BIG CITIES.
IT STARTS TO SPREAD AND IT
BECOMES AN ISSUE IN YOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS IF PEOPLE DON’T
SPEAK UP.
>> Harris: NEW YORKERS CAN TELL
YOU THAT.
SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
BUREAUS IN THE WORLD ARE RIGHT
NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
IT IS COMING TO YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT’S A FEW FEET AWAY.
AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF
CHAOS IN PORTLAND.
PEOPLE LIVING THERE SAY THE
CITY HAS LOST ITS APPEAL.
THE LOCAL NEWSPAPER ASKED
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE LIVING IN
AND AROUND THE CITY TO LIST
THREE WORDS DESCRIBING DOWNTOWN
PORTLAND, OREGON.
HERE IS WHAT WE GOT.
WORLD CLOUD SHOWS THE WORD
HOMELESS, DIRTY, TRASH, RIOTS,
UNSAFE, DESTROYED ALL TOP THE
LIST.
JASON, HEARTBREAKING.
>> IT IS.
I WOULD HAVE USED MOST OF THOSE
WORDS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.
BEFORE THIS LAST YEAR.
IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A
WHILE AND IT IS ONLY GETTING
WORSE.
I’M OF TWO MINDS HERE.
NUMBER ONE I’M CERTAINLY
SYMPATHETIC TO THE PEOPLE WHO
LIVE IN PORTLAND.
I GO THERE SEMI FREQUENTLY
BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE IT IS.
I HAVE FRIENDS THERE.
IT HAS TURNED TO A DUMPSTER.
IT IS REALLY BAD.
IMAGES ARE HARD TO CONVEY HOW
BAD IT IS.
AT THE SAME TIME THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN A COMMUNITY GIVES
UP.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH PEOPLE
STANDING UP AND SAYING WE NEED
TO TAKE OUR COMMUNITIES BACK.
YOU ARE LOSING THE SOUL OF
PORTLAND LIKE SO MANY OTHER
CITIES BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE
GIVEN UP.
I UNDERSTAND IT IS DIFFICULT,
BELIEVE ME, I LIVE IN SEATTLE.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO STAND UP TO
THE POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT.
TO THE ACTIVIST CLASS.
IT IS HARD.
YOU ARE GOING TO GET YELLED AT
AND ATTACKED AND SOME CASES YOU
MIGHT GET HURT.
THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS IF
PEOPLE DON’T STAND UP FOR THEIR
OWN HOMETOWNS THIS IS WHAT
HAPPENS.
YOU SEE WHAT’S GOING ON IN
PORTLAND AND IT IS COMING TO
MANY OTHER CITIES.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF
YOUR OWN COMMUNITIES.
>> Harris: JASON, BEFORE I LET
YOU GO AND WE HAVE TO BE QUICK
I WANT TO EXPRESS TO YOU WHEN
YOU SAY PEOPLE GET HURT I KNOW
YOU HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE
MELE RECENTLY.
STAY SAFE OUT THERE.
YOU ARE BRINGING US PICTURES
AND INFORMATION WE CAN’T ALWAYS