BEEN QUAKED SHOULD NOT BE A
SURPRISE, SO THEY HAVE TO
CONTINUE WITH THE CASE THEY
HAVE.
>> I WANT TO BRING IN SOMEONE
THAT HAS BEEN WATCHING NOT JUST
THIS CASE, BUT THE CASE THAT WE
HAVE TALKED ABOUT WHICH IS BEN
CRUMP, A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY
RESPECTING THE FAMILIES OF DANTE
RIGHT AND
WRIGHT AND GEORGE FLOYD, THANK
YOU FOR BEING ON OUR SHOW.
LET ME START WITH THE DEVELOPING
NEWS, AS YOU HEARD, I HOPE,
JUDGE CAHILL IN THE CASE OF
DEREK CHAUVIN AND HIS TRIAL
QUASHING HIS SUBPOENA FOR
MAURICE HALL WHO WAS WITH MR.
FLOYD BEFORE HIS DEATH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?
>> I AGREE WITH THE ATTORNEY.
IT IS SIGNIFICANT, BUT THEY HAD
TO ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WAS A
LONG SHOT.
THE FACT THAT HAL DOES HAVE A
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO FIFTH
AMENDMENT PRIVILEGES FAR SELF INCRIMINATION.
THE VIDEO TELLS US FROM DAY ONE
THAT DEREK CHAUVIN KILLED GEORGE
FLOYD AND SHOULD BE GENERALLY
LIABLE.
ANYTHING ELSE IS JUST A
DISTRACTION OR AN ATTEMPT TO
MAKE US LOOK AWAY AND NOT FOCUS
ON THAT VIDEO THAT OVER 50
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE VIEWED ON
THE EFFORT ALONE.
IT IS THE MOST WITNESSED MURDER
BY A POLICE OFFICER OF A SUICIDE
UNJUSTLY.
>> YOU ARE AT THE CENTER OF TWO
OF THE BIGGEST STORIES IN THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
YOU REPRESENT BOTH OF THE FAMILIES INVOLVED.
FAMILIES INVOLVED.
LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT DANTE WRITE
WRIGHT.
HOW CONFIDENCE ARE YOU THAT THEY
MAY ANNOUNCE CHARGES AGAINST
HER?
>> THE FAMILY DOESN’T THINK IT
IS STAIR THAT SHE COULD CLAIM IT
WAS A MISTAKE THAT I KILLED HIM
AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO RETIRE AND
HAVE ALL OF HER POINTS AND
PENSIONS AND RIDE OFF INTO THE
SUNSET.
WHEN THEY THINK ABOUT THIS AND
WHEN OUR LEGAL TEAM THINKS ABOUT
THIS, THIS IS A 26-YEAR-OLD
VETERAN TRAINING YOUNG OFFICERS.
KNEE KNOWS HER DUTY GUN IS ON
HER DOMINANT HAND AND HER TAZE
IS ON HER NONDOMINANT SIDE.
THE GUN IS 2.6 POUNDS, THE TASER
IS 8 OUNCES.
THE GUN IS ALL BLACK.
THE TAZER HAS BRIGHT YELLOW ON
IT.
AT SOME POINT YOU TO SAY YOU
INTENDED TO PULL THIS YOUNG MAN
OVER.
YOU INTENDED TO DO THE MOST,
WHICH THEY OFTEN DO WITH
MARGINALIZED MINORITIES
ESPECIALLY WITH BLACK MEN, AND
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU CONSIDER
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE
LIEUTENANT IN GEORGIA.
THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A
TICKET AND TOLD HIM TO GET THE
TAG REZ STERED.
THEY COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A
NOTICE TO APPEAR FOR THE
DEMEANOR WARN.
AND JUST LIKE GEORGE FLOYD, THEY
COULD HAVE GIVEN HIM A SIXTY FOR
THE BILL, BUT WHEN THE IS BLACK
PEOPLE, THEY SEEM TO ENGAGE IN
THE MOST USE OF FORCE POSSIBLE
IT ENDS UP WITH DEADLY
CONSEQUENCES.
SO THE FAMILY IS NOT GRATIFIED
THAT SHE RESIGNS AND GETS TO
KEEP HER PENSION AND BENEFITS IF
IS NOT FAIR.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE?
WHAT IS JUSTICE IN THAT CASE?
>> IT IS HER BEING HELD
ACCOUNTABLE TO THE FULL EXTENT
OF THE LAW, WE BELIEVE SHE
SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH
MANSLAUGHTER OF SOME KIND.
THE FACT THAT DANTE WAS TRYING
TO GET AWAY FROM THEM.
THEY TRY TO RUN FROM THE POLICE
BECAUSE BAD THINGS HAPPEN WHEN THE POLICE ENGAGE THEM.
THE POLICE ENGAGE THEM.
HE LIVES IN MINNEAPOLIS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE WHAT EVERY BLACK
PERSON THINKS THOUSAND?
ISZ SPECIALLY IN MINNEAPOLIS.
I’M OUTRAGED AT THE FACT THAT
THIS COULD HAPPEN TEN MILES FROM
WHERE THEY’RE HAVING THE COURT
FOR DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL
REGARDING THE KILLING OF GEORGE
FLOYD.
AND THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT EVERY
POLICE OFFICER TO USE THE
GREATEST STANDARD OF CARE.
THAT THEY WOULD DO THEIR BEST TO
DEESCALATE.
>> DO YOU PLAN TO PURSUE A CIVIL
CASE?
>> WE WILL EXPLORE EVERY AVENUE
POSSIBLE.
WE KNOW THAT THE GENERAL JUSTICE
SYSTEM OFTEN FAILS BLACK PEOPLE,
AND IT JUST PLAYS OUT OVER AND
OVER AGAIN.
THEY CAN DEESCALATE JUST FINE
WHEN IT IS A WHITE AMERICAN
CITIZEN, LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT THE
INSURRECTION ON JANUARY 6th,
2021, BUT WHEN IT IS AN UNARMED
BLACK KID TRYING TO RUN AWAY
FROM THEM, THEY SEE THAT AS A
THREAT WHERE THEY WILL USE SOME
MEASURE OF FORCE WHEN THEY HAD
HIS TAG, THEY KNEW THE CAR, THEY
DID NOT ARE HAVE TO USE THIS
KIND OF FORCE.
IT’S JUST BLACK PEOPLE IN
AMERICA THAT ARE JUST FRUSTRATED
AND OUTRAGED THAT THIS WOULD
HAPPEN WITHIN TEN MILES OF WHAT
I BELIEVE IS THE MOST
CONSEQUENTIAL CIVIL RIGHTS
POLICE USE OF FORCE CASE IN THE
HISTORY OF MARK.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT HOW YOU
REPRESENT NOT JUST THE FAMILY OF
DANTE WRIGHT, BUT GEORGE FLOYD
THIS AFTERNOON.
YOU’RE EXPECTING TO MAKE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT.
CAN YOU GIVE US AN EXPECTATION
OF WHAT YOU’RE GOING TO PRESENT?
>> IT WILL BE A UPDATE ON BOTH
CASES.
I’M HERE WITH REVEREND AL
SHARPTON AND KAREN BASS.
AND WE KNOW THEY’RE
CONTEMPLATING WHETHER OR NOT TO
CHARGE THE OFFICER OR NOT.
I BELIEVE THAT DECISION WILL BE
ANNOUNCED AT SOME POINT AND WE
WILL GIVE A REACTION TO WHATEVER
THE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
DECIDED.
>> VERY QUICKLY DO YOU
ANTICIPATE WHAT IS HAPPENING
COULD HAVE AN IMPACT?
DO YOU THINK IT WILL HAVE AN
IMPACT IN THE TRIAL OF DEREK
CHAUVIN? AND THE JURY WILL DELIBERATE?
AND THE JURY WILL DELIBERATE?
>> YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT PEOPLE
ARE TENDING TO BELIEVE THAT
JURORS DON’T FOLLOW THE LAW, BUT
THEY DO.
BUT IT JUST INFURIATES ME THAT
WHEN A WHITE PERSON KILLS A
BLACK PERSON, ESPECIALLY A
POLICE OFFICER, EVERYONE SAYS
WILL THEY GET A FAIR TRIAL?
I HAVE NEVER SEEN IN MY
PROFESSIONAL LIFE WHEN A BLACK
PERSON IS ACCUSED OF KILLING
ANYBODY THAT PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED WHETHER OR NOT THEY
WILL GET A FAIR TRIAL OR NOT.
IT SEEMS AS IF WE GO OUT OF OUR
WAY WHEN WHITE PEOPLE KILL BLACK
PEOPLE TO BE THE MOST SENSITIVE,
COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE.
AND YOU LOOK AT THAT VIDEO THERE
WAS NO COMPASSION, NO HUMANITY
EXTENDED TO THIS UNARMED BLACK
MAN THAT WAS FACE DOWN IN
HANDCUFFS.
>> ARE YOU SAYING YOU BELIEVE
THE JURY IS PERHAPS BEING
PERSUADED BY THE ARGUMENTS RIGHT
NOW? >> I DON’T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED
>> I DON’T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED
AT ALL, HALLIE THAT A POLICE
OFFICER BE CON SIXTIED FOR
KILLING A BLACK PERSON.
I HAVE BEEN A CIVIL RIGHTS
LAWYER ALL OF MY PROFESSIONAL
CAREER, BUT I HAVE BEEN BLACK
ALL OF MY LIFE, AND WHAT HISTORY
HAS SHOWN SUS THERE IS NOT THE
SAME VALUE GIVEN FOR BLACK LIVE
IN AMERICA THAT IS EXTENDED TO
OUR WHITE BROTHERS AND ASKERSSIS
HISTORY TAUGHT US THAT.
A WHILE NARN KILLS A MINORITY IN
AMERICA IS ALWAYS GIVEN THE
GREATEST CONSIDERATION.
WE PRAY THAT WHEN WE’RE ACCUSED
OF CRIMES THAT WE CAN GET EQUAL
CONSIDERATION SO WE WON’T HAVE
SO MANY BLACK MEN WRONGFULLY