>> POLICE OFFICIALS IN GEORGIA REFUSED TO RELEASE THE IDENTITY
OF A DETECTIVE WHO SHOWED UP TO THE HOME OF A COUPLE.
I DON'T WANT TO GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY, BUT BEFORE WE GET TO
THE VIDEO I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT.
SO, WHETHER OR NOT THE FAMILY IS INVOLVED IN DRUG
TRAFFICKING IS UNCLEAR AT THE MOMENT.
>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EARLIER IN THE VIDEO THEY
TALK ABOUT SOMETHING TO DO WITH HER BROTHER.
AND SHE SAYS I AM NOT MY BROTHER AND WE INSIST ON HAVING NO
DRUGS IN THIS HOUSE.
IT SUCKS THAT THE COPS CAN SHOW UP SOMEWHERE AND CLAIM
THERE IS DRUGS.
THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE BURDEN OF PROOF SHIFTS ONTO YOU AND
YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW PROVE YOU'RE CHEMICAL FREE.
THAT IS NOT THE WAY IT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK IN AMERICA.
AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF CONTEXT HERE, EARL KENNEDY AND HIS
WIFE YELLED AT THE COPS, AND THE COPS YELLED BACK
AGGRESSIVELY
>>
THE POLICE OFFICIALS DO NOT HAVE A WARRANT TO ENTER THE HOUSE.
HERE IS THE REALITY, IF YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF PROBABLE CAUSE
INDICATING THAT THERE IS ANY TYPE OF DRUG ACTIVITY
HAPPENING, YOU CAN OBTAIN A WARRANT REALLY FAST.
BUT THEY DID NOT HAVE A WARRANT.
KEEP THAT IN MIND AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO.
>>YOU WANT TO SEARCH MY HOUSE?
>>YOU AIN'T SEARCHING SHIT.
YOU HAVE A WARRANT?
>> I CAN GO GET ONE.
>> BYE.
I DON'T DO SHIT.
I DON'T DO DRUGS.
>>NUMBER
ONE, YOU ARE GOING TO QUIT TALKING, CUSSING AT ME LIKE
THAT.
>> LOOK, MAN ñ
>>I DON'T GIVE A FUCK IF I AM AT YOUR HOUSE OR NOT, YOU ARE
NOT GOING TO TALK TO ME LIKE THAT.
I DON'T GIVE A FUCK ñ
YOU ARE GOING TO COME UP ON ME SQUARE UP ON ME.
>>I NEED YOU TO CALM DOWN.
>>NO, I NEED YOU TO SIT DOWN AND SHUT YOUR MOUTH.
>> YOU'RE GETTING A LITTLE TOO AGGRESSIVE.
YOU GUYS NEED TO LEAVE OUR YARD.
THAT IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.
I AM TELLING YOU, THEY'RE TELLING I SELL DRUGS, THAT IS
RIDICULOUS.
>> THINGS HAVE GOTTEN SO BAD, THAT VIDEO ENDED AND I SAID
THANK GOD NO ONE GOT SHOT.
>> I WAS HONESTLY SHOCKED THAT NO ONE GOT SHOT.
WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY CASES WHERE POLICE OFFICIALS ARE IN A
POSITION WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO DE-ESCALATE WHAT IS HAPPENING.
THEN IT DEVOLVES INTO A SITUATION WHERE SOMEONE
GETS SHOT AND KILLED.
HONESTLY I WAS SO RELIEVED THAT WHEN I FIRST SAW THE VIDEO
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK IT WAS A NEWS STORY.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT CASES LIKE THIS BECAUSE
EVEN IF SOMEONE IS NOT KILLED IN THE PROCESS OF BEING
CONFRONTED BY COPS, THE WAY THEY HANDLED THE SITUATION AND
THE WAY THEY FAIL TO DE-ESCALATE IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEIR
TRAINING OR LACK THEREOF.
>> IF YOU ARE A COP, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IT COOL.
I KNOW IT'S HARD, BUT YOU HAVE TO.
MY SECOND TAKE AWAY IS I
NOTICED THAT YOU SEE HER LEGS AT SOME POINT.
>>THEY WILL NOT RELEASE HIS IDENTITY.
WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE
THAT HE WAS DISCIPLINED IN ANY WAY.
I DOUBT HE WAS.
>>LET'S KEEP IT REAL, THOSE COPS SHOW UP IN GEORGIA AND THAT
COUPLE IS BLACK AND THEY BOTH HAVE GUNS ON THEM.
THAT STORY ENDS A DIFFERENT WAY.
THERE IS NO DE-ESCALATION OR A COP WALKING AWAY.
THIS IS A NATIONAL STORY NOW BECAUSE THEY COP YELLED AT
A WHITE PERSON, WHO HAD A GUN ON HIM.
HOW MANY STORIES THAT WE HAVE SEEN OF BLACK PEOPLE WITH
NO GUNS ON THEM BEING SHOT?
LOOK, YOU CAN DISAGREE BUT I HAVE SEEN IT WAY TOO MANY TIMES.
I WOULD BE SHOCKED IF THAT STORY ENDED THE SAME WAY.
THE COPS ARE WRONG.
WHETHER PEOPLE INVOLVED ARE WHITE OR
BLACK, THEY ARE WRONG.
IT IS NOT A CRIME TO DISRESPECT THE POLICE
OFFICERS.
>>YES.
>>BUT THEY THINK IT IS THE BIGGEST CRIME IN THE WORLD.
>>NOT ONLY DO THEY THINK THAT, THE PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT COPS
REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY DO OR HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNARMED AND INNOCENT GET SHOT AND KILLED, THEY WILL ALWAYS GO
TO THAT ARGUMENT.
IT IS NOT A FUCKING CRIME TO DISRESPECT COPS.
YOU CAN CUSS AT THE COPS, WHICH I DON'T RECOMMEND.
BUT IF SOMEONE IS CURSING AT A COP OR BEING VERBALLY
DISRESPECTFUL TO A COP, THAT IS NOT GROUNDS FOR SHOOTING THEM.
>> THE FACT IS YOU DON'T HAVE A WARRANT.
I ALSO KNEW THAT THEY WERE WHITE WHEN THEY INSISTED ON A WARRANT.
GOD BLESS THEM.
THEY HAVE THAT RIGHT AS AMERICANS, AND THEY SHOULD
EXERCISE THAT RIGHT.
IN OUR EXPERIENCE AS WE HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS OVER AND
OVER AGAIN, A BLACK GUY ASKS FOR A WARRANT, THAT IS THE LAST
THING HE SAYS.
>>I KNEW THEY WERE WHITE WHEN ONE OF THEM SAID BYE.
THE WAY THAT SHE WAS REACTING TO HIM, IT SHOWED A CERTAIN
LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE, LACK OF FEAR, THAT I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE WOULD NOT IDENTIFY WITH.
>> I DON'T KNOW WHETHER POLITICS IS, BUT I KNOW THE PEOPLE
THAT CARRY GUNS AND THEY FEEL THAT THE COPS HAVE NO RIGHT
TO MESS WITH HIM.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IF A BLACK PERSON SAYS THE COPS HAVE NO
RIGHT TO MESS WITH ME, GENERALLY THEY ARE CALLED A THUG.
THANK GOD NO ONE GOT SHOT OR KILLED HERE.
YES, THERE SHOULD BE SOME REPERCUSSIONS FOR COPS.
YOU DO NEED A WARRANT AND YOU CAN'T GET UP IN PEOPLE'S
GRILLS THAT WAY.