>>YET ANOTHER DAY, YET ANOTHER AFRICAN-AMERICAN SHOT AND KILLED
BY POLICE, APPEARS TO BE COMPLETELY INNOCENT.
IT DRIVES
ME CRAZY THAT WE HAVE TO SAY APPEARS, BECAUSE AFTER EVERY ONE
OF THESE FOLKS THAT IS KILLED IMMEDIATELY THE PRESS GOES INTO
OVERDRIVE, HAVE THEY EVER COMMITTED ANY CRIME, IF SO, THEY
HAVE IT COMING.
WHAT IS YOUR INFERENCE?
IN THIS CASE -- IT
DRIVES ME CRAZY THAT I HAVE TO SAY THIS ABOUT VICTIMS -- HE
DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, HE HAS NO CRIMINAL RECORD, EVEN HIS
GIRLFRIEND WHO TAPED THE INCIDENT KEEPS TELLING THE COPS,
HE'S NOT A GANG MEMBER, WE ARE INNOCENT.
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO
SAY THAT BUT IF YOU ARE BLACK IN AMERICA YOU HAVE TO TELL THE
COPS I KNOW YOU ARE ASSUMING I'M GUILTY, BUT I'M ACTUALLY
INNOCENT.
BUT THEY SHOT AND KILLED HIM ANYWAY.
IN THIS CASE
THIS IS PHILANDRO CASTILE, THIS IS IN FALCON HEIGHTS, OUTSIDE OF
ST.
PAUL, THIS IS NOT THE ALTON STERLING STORY, THAT WAS
YESTERDAY.
HE GETS PULLED OVER, HIS GIRLFRIEND EXPLAINED IN THE
VIDEO, SHE STARTED STREAMING RIGHT AFTER HE WAS SHOT.
SHE
EXPLAINS THEY WERE PULLED OVER FOR A TAILLIGHT THAT WASN'T
WORKING.
WOW, WOW.
THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIG INFRACTION.
NOW, SHE
TAPES AFTER HE GOT SHOT, BUT YOU WILL HEAR THE DESCRIPTION OF
WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT VERY MOMENT.
YOU WILL SEE HIM
BLEEDING HERE, AND HE DIED, SO IF YOU ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH
THAT, DON'T WATCH THIS.
BUT I'VE GOT TO TELL YOU, AND WE'VE GOT
TO SHOW YOU, IT IS OUR JOB TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS GOING ON
IN AMERICA.
HERE IS THE BEGINNING OF THAT INCIDENT AS SHE STARTED TAPING.
>>STAY WITH ME.
WE GOT PULLED OVER FOR A BUSTED TAILLIGHT IN
THE BACK, AND THE POLICE -- THEY KILLED MY BOYFRIEND.
HE'S LICENSED, HE'S LICENSED TO CARRY, HE WAS TRYING
TO GET OUT HIS ID AND HIS WALLET OUT OF HIS POCKET AND HE LET THE
OFFICER KNOW THAT HE WAS -- HE HAD A FIREARM AND HE WAS
REACHING FOR HIS WALLET, AND THE OFFICER JUST SHOT HIM IN HIS
ARM.
WE'RE ARE WAITING FOR --
>>KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE I CAN SEE THEM.
>>I WILL, SIR.
NO WORRIES.
HE JUST SHOT HIS ARM OFF.
WE GOT
PULLED OVER.
>>I TOLD HIM NOT TO REACH FOR IT.
YOU TOLD HIM TO GET HIS ID, SIR.
HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE.
OH MY GOD,
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME HE'S DEAD.
PLEASE DON'T TELL ME MY BOYFRIEND WENT LIKE THAT.
>>KEEP YOUR HANDS WHERE THEY ARE.
>>I WILL, SIR.
I WILL KEEP MY HANDS WHERE THEY ARE.
PLEASE
DON'T TELL ME THIS LORD, DON'T TELL ME THAT HE IS GONE.
PLEASE
DON'T TELL ME HE'S GONE.
PLEASE OFFICER, DON'T TELL ME YOU JUST
DID THIS TO HIM.
YOU SHOT FOUR INTO HIM, SIR.
HE WAS JUST
GETTING HIS LICENSE AND REGISTRATION, SIR.
>>IT HASN'T QUITE HIT HER YET.
YOU WILL SEE AT THE END OF THE
VIDEO THAT SHE UNDERSTANDS THE SEVERITY OF THE SITUATION LATER.
SHE THOUGHT HE GOT SHOT FOUR TIMES IN THE ARM, BUT HE WAS
BLEEDING OUT THERE.
HE IS LICENSED TO CARRY, A RESPONSIBLE
GUN OWNER WHO EXERCISED HIS SECOND AMENDED RIGHTS, HE TELLS
AN OFFICER HE HAS A WEAPON HE IS LICENSED TO CARRY.
RIGHT THERE
ON THE SPOT, IT IS NOT LIKE SHE HAD TIME TO MAKE UP ANYTHING, HE
SAYS THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SHE DID.
IN FACT THAT IS WHY THE COP
SHOT HIM.
YOU'VE GOT A WEAPON, YOU ARE LICENSED TO CARRY?
I
ASKED YOU TO SHOW ME ID, YOU ARE REACHING FOR ID?
YOU ARE A BLACK
GUY, YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE SAME SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
YOU
SCARE THE BEJEEZUS OUT OF ME, SO THE MINUTE I SEE ANYTHING
HAPPENING -- ALL I HEARD WAS BLACK GUY, GUN, I'M GOING TO PUT
YOU DOWN.
THAT COP IS FREAKING OUT, YOU CAN TELL, HE'S LIKE, I
TOLD HIM TO PUT HIS HANDS UP -- NO, YOU TOLD HIM TO REACH FOR
HIS ID AND HE TOLD YOU I HAVE A WEAPON, I'M NOT GOING FOR IT,
I'M GETTING MY ID, YOU SHOT HIM ANYWAY.
THIS IS MY POINT, PEOPLE
THINK THAT THE ONLY WAY THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE ABOUT RACE IS
IF THAT GUY, WHOEVER HE HAPPENS TO BE, IN THIS CASE HE IS
APPARENTLY ASIAN -- HE HAS TO BE WHITE -- THIS IS WHAT THEY THINK
IT HAS TO BE FOR IT TO BE ABOUT RACE -- HE HAS TO BE WHITE, IT
HAS TO BE A BLACK PERSON, AND THAT WHITE COP HAS TO THINK, I
HATE ALL BLACK PEOPLE, I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOOT ONE.
THERE IS ONE,
I WILL SHOOT ONE.
THAT IS NOT HOW IT WORKS, IT IS AN
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS FOR MOST PEOPLE.
IT EVEN APPLIES TO BLACK
COPS.
WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU IS FOR A LOT OF WHITE
PEOPLE, AND YOU SAW IT IMMEDIATELY ON SOCIAL MEDIA
YESTERDAY AND TODAY, THERE IS NO RACISM.
DON'T ACCUSE ME OF BEING
RACIST.
LISTEN GUYS, COME DOWN FOR A SECOND.
WE ARE NOT
ACCUSING YOU OF BEING RACIST, WE ARE TELLING YOU THERE IS AN
UNCONSCIOUS BIAS AND IT IS PROVEN IN EVERY STUDY.
COPS ARE
TRAINED, IN VIDEO SIMULATORS THEY SHOW A WHITE GUY AND A
BLACK GUY, COPS JUST THINK THEY ARE BEING TRAINED, THEY SHOOT
BLACK GUY MORE OFTEN AND QUICK.
BECAUSE THERE IS AN UNCONSCIOUS
BIAS OF, THE BLACK GUY BY DEFINITION IS A THREAT.
THE NRA
TALKS ABOUT A GOOD GUY WITH A GUN, THIS GUY WAS A GOOD GUY
WITH A GUN, HE WAS A CAFETERIA SUPERVISOR AT A MONTESSORI
SCHOOL, GOOD GUY, LICENSED, TELLS THE OFFICER.
THEY FORGOT
TO ADD GOOD WHITE GUY WITH A GUN.
THEN HE IS A PATRIOT AND HE
IS EXERCISING HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
BUT WHEN IT IS A BLACK
GUY, THE UNCONSCIOUS BIAS KICKS IN.
DANGER, MY WHOLE LIFE,
SOCIETY TELLS ME BLACK PEOPLE ARE DANGEROUS.
IT TURNS OUT
BECAUSE THE COPS HAVE THAT IN THEIR HEAD, COPS ARE DANGEROUS.
ALTON STERLING YESTERDAY WAS THE 135TH BLACK MAN KILLED BY COPS
THIS YEAR, NOW PHILANDRO CASTILE IS 136.
DID SOMEONE GET KILLED
IN THE TIME BETWEEN WHEN WE PREPARED THIS SHOW AND THE TIME
YOU'RE WATCHING IT?
IT IS A DECENT CHANCE, IT IS NEARLY
ONE A DAY NOW.
YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE BETTER TRAINING, WE CAN'T
HAVE THE COPS THINKING EVERYTHING IS A THREAT, I'VE
BEEN TRAINED, ANYTHING CAN POP UP AT ANY MOMENT AND KILL ME AND
I'VE GOT TO GET HOME, THE ONLY THING I CARE ABOUT IS MY
WELL-BEING, RIGHT?
AND I'VE GOT THIS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS.
AND LET'S
NOT KID OURSELVES, FOR SOME PEOPLE IT IS A CONSCIOUS BIAS.
BUT I'M GIVING PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT TO SAY FOR
MOST IT IS UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, NO MATTER WHAT RACE YOU ARE.
IN
STUDIES IN PLACES LIKE NEW YORK, SOMETIMES AFRICAN-AMERICAN
CITIZENS IN THAT CITY SAY THEY ARE MORE WORRIED ABOUT AFRICAN
AMERICAN COPS.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN COPS SOMETIMES ABUSE THEM MORE.
WHY?
THEY HAVE THE SAME UNCONSCIOUS BIAS BUILT INTO THEM
BY OUR SOCIETY, PLUS THEY HAVE TO PROVE THEMSELVES.
THEY HAVE
TO SAY, WATCH THIS, I WILL BE EVEN TOUGHER ON THESE GUYS
BECAUSE OF THE TRAINING AND CULTURE CREATED BY POLICE
DEPARTMENTS.
YOU HAVE TO CHANGE THE CULTURE.
I'VE GOT
MORE ON THAT, UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS MORE FROM THE VIDEO
YOU'VE GOT TO SEE.
THIS IS THE MIDDLE OF IT, AGAIN THE GIRLFRIEND REACTING.
>> GET THE FEMALE PASSENGER OUT.
>>EXIT THE CAR WITH YOUR HANDS OUT.
LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS.
EXIT NOW, KEEP THEM UP, KEEP THEM UP.
>>HAVE YOU GOT MY DAUGHTER?
>>FACE AWAY FROM ME AND WALK BACKWARDS.
WALK BACKWARDS
TOWARDS ME.
>>KEEP WALKING, KEEP WALKING, KEEP WALKING.
GET ON YOUR KNEES,
GET ON YOUR KNEES.
>>[CHILD CRYING]
>>SO THERE WAS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD IN THE CAR.
THANK GOD THEY HAD
TAKEN HER OUT OF THE CAR BEFORE THE SHOOTING.
YOU CAN SEE ONE OF
THE COPS HOLDING HER IN THE BACKGROUND, YOU CAN HEAR HER
CRYING, IN THE LAST VIDEO SHE WILL COME BACK IN IN A SECOND.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING WATCHING THAT, HERE'S
WHAT I'M THINKING -- FOR GOD'S SAKE, GET HIM SOME HELP.
HE IS
DYING.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT -- AGAIN, OBSESSED WITH I DON'T
WANT ANY SAFETY RISK.
NO, NO.
I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP POINTING
THE GUN AT HIM.
HE'S BLEEDING OUT, I'M POINTING THE GUN AT
HIM, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND -- WELL, SHE IS BLACK TOO, AND IT DOESN'T
REALLY MATTER BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS A THREAT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO
GET HIM ANY HELP, I'M NOT GOING TO HELP HIM OUT OF THE CAR, I'M
GOING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT ME AS USUAL BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRAINED
AS A COP, THE ONLY PERSON WHO MATTERS IS ME.
TO PROTECT AND
SERVE IS A DAMN JOKE, WE SERVE OURSELVES, NOT YOU.
SO I'M NOT
GOING TO HELP HIM.
HE'S DYING, YOU JUST SHOT HIM AND PROBABLY
KILLED HIM, DAMMIT, HELP HIM.
NOPE.
HEY, OTHER BLACK PERSON IN
THE CAR, MAKE SURE YOU GET OUT, MAKE SURE I'M SAFE.
GET ON YOUR
KNEES AND EVEN THOUGH I JUST PROBABLY KILLED YOUR BOYFRIEND
IN FRONT OF YOU, WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE AND HANDCUFF YOU AND MAKE
SURE YOU ARE NOT A THREAT TO US BECAUSE YOU DON'T EXIST IN THE
WORLD.
THE ONLY ONES WHO EXIST IN THE WORLD ARE COPS, THEY ARE
THE ONLY PERSON WHO GETS TO GO HOME.
THE LAST PART OF THIS
VIDEO, SHE IS -- NOW THE GIRLFRIEND IS INCONSOLABLE, SHE
UNDERSTANDS HER BOYFRIEND HAS PROBABLY DIED, AND LISTEN TO THE
FOUR-YEAR-OLD IN THE BACK.
>>[INAUDIBLE]
>>I'LL TALK TO MY SUPERVISOR.
JUST SIT BACK HERE.
>>I'M GOING TO GIVE MY MOMMY HERS.
>>I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT, CAN YOU STAND RIGHT HERE?
>> COME HERE.
>>IS THAT YOUR PHONE?
>>WE ARE IN THE BACKSEAT OF THE POLICE CAR.
>> I CAN'T REALLY DO SHIT BECAUSE THEY GOT ME HANDCUFFED.
>>IT'S OKAY, MOMMY.
>>I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY JUST DID THIS, I'M FUCKING -- [YELLING].
>>IT'S OKAY, I'M RIGHT HERE WITH YOU.
>> DON'T DO THIS TO PEOPLE, MAN.
DON'T DO IT TO THEM.
AND IF THAT
DOESN'T BREAK YOUR HEART, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH
YOU.
THAT I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
RIGHT NOW THE NRA SHOULD
BE SCREAMING FROM THE ROOFTOPS, HOW DARE JACKBOOTED THUGS OF THE
GOVERNMENT DO THIS TO SECOND AMENDMENT-CHERISHING AMERICANS?
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE NRA.
I HEARD FROM THAT
FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
YOU HEARD SOME OF THE COPS BEING DECENT TO HER IN
THE BEGINNING, TO THE FOUR-YEAR-OLD.
BUT DON'T
HANDCUFF THE MOM.
I KNOW, YOUR STUPID GODDAMN PROCEDURE.
EVEN
THOUGH I JUST MURDERED HER BOYFRIEND FOR NO REASON, I'VE
GOT TO HANDCUFF HER.
WHY?
DECENCY IS NOT PARAMOUNT, SAVING
HIS LIFE IS NOT PARAMOUNT, MY SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT.
SO EVEN
THOUGH I'M MASSIVELY IN THE WRONG AND I'M LETTING HIM DIE ON
THE GROUND RIGHT THERE, I'M GOING TO HANDCUFF HIS GIRLFRIEND
AND PUT HER IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR AND HAVE HER
FOUR-YEAR-OLD SEE ALL OF THAT, BECAUSE WHAT IF SHE PULLS OUT A
NAIL CLIPPER?
WHAT IF, WHAT IF?
WE CANNOT TAKE ANY, ANY DANGER
AT ALL WITH THE COPS' WELL-BEING, EVER.
BUT WE CAN
TAKE ALL OF THE RISK THAT WE WANT WITH YOUR LIFE.
ESPECIALLY
IF YOU ARE BLACK.
I CAN TAKE 100% RISK WITH YOUR LIFE.
IN
ORDER TO AVOID 1% RISK FOR ME, I WILL END YOUR LIFE.
AND I WON'T
THINK TWICE ABOUT IT.
AND WHAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THEY ARE
NOT TAKING TWICE ABOUT IT?
WELL, WHO IS GOING TO TRY THEM?
THE
INVESTIGATION WILL BE DONE BY LOCAL COPS WHO ARE THEIR
FRIENDS, AND THE PEOPLE DECIDING WHETHER THEY WILL CHARGE THEM
ARE LOCAL PROSECUTORS WHO ARE ALSO THEIR FRIENDS WHO THEY WORK
WITH EVERY DAY, AND THEY WILL BE TRIED IN FRONT OF A JUDGE THEY
ALSO SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS.
NO, THAT'S GOT TO END.
EVERY POLICE
SHOOTING SHOULD GO TO THE FEDERAL LEVEL SO YOU DON'T HAVE
THIS OBVIOUS CONFLICT OF INTEREST WERE A BUNCH OF FRIENDS
GET TOGETHER AND DECIDE IT IS OKAY TO KILL ALL THESE PEOPLE,
DISPROPORTIONATELY BLACK.
WHO CARES?
YOU ARE FREE TO GO.
THEY
GET OFF OVER 90% OF TIMES, COPS WHO DO SHOOTINGS.
BY THE WAY,
THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE, A LOT OF THEM, WHO ARE CHARGED.
IF IT WAS
A JUSTIFIED SHOOTING THEY DON'T GET ANYWHERE NEAR CHARGED.
BUT
EVEN IF YOU ARE A COP, YOU MUST BE ABOVE REPROACH.
WHO THINKS
COPS ARE RELIABLE WITNESSES NOW?
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN THEM
LIE, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE SEEN THEM KILL PEOPLE LIKE THIS?
SICKENING.
LAST THING, AGAIN FOR THE PEOPLE SCREAMING IT IS NOT
ABOUT RACE -- SHOW YOU LATER IN THE PROGRAM, I'VE GOT ENDLESS
NUMBERS OF WHITE PEOPLE POINTING GUNS, HANDLING GUNS NEXT TO
COPS, POINTING GUNS AT COPS, THEY NEVER GET SHOT.
IT'S NOT
THAT A WHITE GUY HAS NEVER BEEN SHOT BY A COP, OF COURSE THEY
ARE.
DO BACKS GET SHOT DISPROPORTIONATELY?
YES.
EVEN
WHEN THEY ARE UNARMED?
YES.
UNARMED BLACK MEN ARE FIVE TIMES
AS LIKELY TO GET SHOT AS UNARMED WHITE MEN.
YOU THINK THAT IS A
COINCIDENCE?
THE ONLY REASON YOU THINK THAT IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T
CARE ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND YOU HAVE SOME SORT OF GUILT THAT YOU
THINK WE ARE CALLING YOU RACIST, SO YOU SAY IN ORDER TO AVOID BE
FEELING GUILTY I WILL NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM AND I WILL HAVE
MORE FOUR-YEAR-OLDS CRYING LIKE THAT AND TRYING TO CONSOLE THEIR
MOMS, AND MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE KILLED, WHAT DO I CARE, THEY
DON'T LOOK LIKE ME, I DON'T EMPATHIZE WITH THEM.
THAT IS
WHAT YOU ARE SAYING WHEN YOU SAY THIS ISN'T IMPORTANT.
BLACK
LIVES HAVE NOT MATTERED, THEY DIDN'T MATTER IN THAT CASE, THAT
IS WHY YOU HAVE A THING CALLED BLACK LIVES MATTER.
WE HAVE GOT
TO FIX THIS, MAN.
IF IT ISN'T HEARTBREAKING TO YOU, YOU'RE
MONSTROUS.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR OPINION ON THIS.
ALL OF THE
REST OF US DECENT HUMAN BEINGS IN THIS COUNTRY WHO CARE ABOUT
OTHER CITIZENS, WHO CARE ABOUT OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, WE HAVE
GOT TO FIX THIS NOW.
YOU'VE GOT TO STOP TRAINING THE COPS TO
SHOOT AT EVERYTHING, BECAUSE THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IN THE
WORLD IS THEIR OWN WELL-BEING.
NO, THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT
AND SERVE US.
THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PEACE OFFICERS.
DO THEY
LOOK LIKE PEACE OFFICERS TO YOU?