DEMOCRATS
DEMOCRATS BUT IS HE REALLY MEANING IT?
MEANING IT? HE BACKED OFF SIMILAR POSITIONS
IN THE PAST.
>> FIVE YEARS AGO THE COUNTRY
WAS FOCUSED ON FERGUSON
MISSOURI AND THE DEATH OF
MICHAEL BROWN.
MICHAEL BROWN. HE WAS AN UNARMED BLACK TEEN
THAT WAS GUNNED DOWN BY 4@POLIC
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. HIS DEATH FUELED NIGHTS OF
PROTEST. HIS COMMENT WAS HANDS
UP, DON'T SHOOT.
MARC LIVERMAN TAKES A LOOK AT
HOW FERGUSON MARKS THE
ANNIVERSARY.
ANNIVERSARY. >>4@ ON THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY O
THE DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD
MICHAEL BROWN, HIS FATHER IS
CALLING ON THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY TO REOPEN
THE CASE AGAINST THE WH4@ITE
POLICE OFFICER WHO KILLED HIM.
>> MY FAMILY WAS MURDERED IN
COLD BLOOD. 4@
NO MEDICAL TREATMENT.4@
MIKE LATE IN THE STREETS FOR 4 @
1/2 HOURS.
1/2 HOURS. AS HE LAID THERE, HE WAS
DEHUMANI4@ZED.
DEHUMANI4@ZED. >> DARREN WILSON SHOT AND
KILLED THE UNARMED BLACK
TEENAGER CLAIMING HE HAD
ATTACKED HIM.
ATTACKED HIM. THE GRAND JURY DECIDE TO NOT
INDICT WILSON.
INDICT WILSON. >>4@ 4@WHAT I HAVE HEARD TODAY
FRONT OF YOU ALL IS TO DEMAND
SOMEONE LOOK AT THE 4@CASE.
>> IT GOES TO THE ST. LOUIS
COUNTY BLACK 4@PROSECUTING
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY.
ATTORNEY. HE RESPONDED WITH A STATEMENT 4@
SAYING OUR OFFICE IS DOING
EVERYTHING WE CAN TO UNDERSTAND
THE 4@UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT
CONTRIBUTED TO THE TRAGIC DEATH
OF MICHAEL BROWN.
WE ARE WORKING EVERY DAY WITH
THE COMMUNITY AND LAWS LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO IMPLEMENT
POLICIES TO FORMALLY ADDRESS
THESE ISSUES4@ AND HELP THE
COMMUNITY GRIEVE AND HEAL.
HE WAS NOT CHARGED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
RESIGN FROM THE POLICE FORCE IN
NOVEMBER 2014.
NOVEMBER 2014. THAT FORCE LOOKS VERY
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. THERE WERE ONLY THREE BLACK
OFFICERS THEN AND IT IS EVENLY
SPLIT ALONG RACIAL LINES.
BROWN'S FAMILY4@ SAID IN THE
4@
BROWN'S FAMILY4@ SAID IN THE STREETS, NOT MUCH HAS CH4@ANGED
>> THIS WEEKEND THE BROWN
FAMILY WILL ATTEND A MEMORIAL,
HOST4@ED BY MOTHERS WHO HAVE LO
THEIR CHILDREN TO VIOLENCE.
>>>4@ IN D.C. IN 2016 DARREN
STIRLING, UNARMED BLACK MAN WAS
SHOT TO DEATH BY BLACK OFFICER,
THE DC POLICE OFFICER LOST HIS @
JOB AFTER SHOOTING HIM AFTER IT
WAS CLAIMED IT WAS UNJUSTIFIED.
STIRLING'S FAMILY TALK TO US
ABOUT STRUGGLING WITH THAT
DECISION.
DECISION.
DECISION. >> MY SON WAS A VIABLE PART OF
THIS FAMILY.
THIS FAMILY. HE STAYED IN THIS HOUSE WITH US,
I WAS WITH THEM EVERY DAY.
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD AND
MOVE ON BUT WE CAN'T BECAUSE
WERE STUCK YOU'RE WANTING TO
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
WHAT ARE THE AUTHORITIES DOING
IN TERMS OF, FEEDBACK, 4@WE'RE
NOT GETTING ANY FEEDBACK ABOUT
WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
I MEAN, INVESTIGATIONS, GRAND
JURY?
JURY?
JURY? I
JURY? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE ANY
ANSWERS TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH
OUR SON.
OUR SON.
OUR SON. >> FIVE YEARS AFTER 4@FERGUSON
AND IT'S TIME TO ASK, WHERE ARE
WE?
WE?
WE? WHAT
WE? WHAT ARE RELATIONS HERE IN DC?
I HAVE ASKED BRIAN MOSES TO
JOIN US, I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR
SEVERAL YEARS.
SEVERAL YEARS. I THOUGHT WE WOULD GO BACK AND
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHO WE ARE.
IT'S BEEN 4@ONE YEAR.
AT ONE POINT IN TIME YOU HAD TO
GET OUT ON THE STREETS.
>> IT'S MASS INCARCERATION
THROUGHOUT 4@THE UNITED STATES
AMERICA.
AMERICA.
AMERICA. >> SO YOU'VE GOT THE 4@THUMBS U
SO LET'S FAST-FORWARD.
4@
SO LET'S FAST-FORWARD. THAT WAS A GROUP AND THE MAYOR
EMPLOYED YOU GOT TO GO OUT
THERE AND HELP AND STOP THE
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. SO IT'S A FEELING THAT YOU HAD
INSTANT CREDIBILITY.
INSTANT CREDIBILITY. OKAY, WATER RELATIONSHIPS LIKE
NOW BETWEEN POLICE AND
SPECIFICALLY THOSE COMMUNITIES.
>> I THINK WE HAVE MADE A LOT
OF PROGRESS.
OF PROGRESS. THE POLICE WERE PL4@ANTING DRUG
IN CARS AND KILLING PEOPLE AND
IT WAS CO4@VERED..
I THINK NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE
DEALING WITH TRANSPARENCY WITH
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT. BUT I THINK IT'S BETTER BUT I
THINK A LOT OF POLICE HAVE
RETIRED 4@FOR THAT REASON AND
THEY ARE BEING REPLACED BY
PEOPLE THAT NOT ARE AS
COMPETENT.
COMPETENT. >> WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
>> IF YOU WATCH TV AND COP
SHOWS, OR YOU WATCH THE SHOWS
AND REALITY SHOWS, YOU HAVE A
PERCEPTION OF BLACK PEOPLE AND
PEOPLE OF COLOR THAT WILL MAKE
YOU TREAT THEM4@ NOT THE WAY YO
WOULD TREAT 4@OTHERS.
SO WITH THE TREATMENT IN THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. I STILL THINK THERE'S ROOM FOR
IMPROVEMENT.
IMPROVEMENT. I THINK DC IS BETTER AS A CITY.
>> SO A FORMER POLICE CHIEF
SAID TO ME, YOU 4@DON'T TREAT I
THE SAME WAY IN EVERY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. >> THEY DON'T.
WE SAW THAT.
YOU HAVE A BLACK MAN IN A
CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU TREAT
HIM A CERTAIN WAY.
AND IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD YOU
TREAT THEM A CERTAIN WAY.
WE JUST HAD A MEETING WITH THIS
GROUP ACROSS THE STREET AND FOR
8 YEARS THEY WERE TRYING TO GET
THEM TO MOVE THE BUS STOP
BECAUSE THEY WERE SELLING DRUGS.
THEY HAD TO MOVE THE ENTRANCE
TO THE SCHOOL. 4@TO MAKE THAT G
AWAY.
AWAY.
AWAY. >>
AWAY. >> SO THE POLI4@CE DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE CULTURE, IS 4@TH
IN THE TRAINING OF THE OFFICERS?
OR MOVING THEM CLOSER TO HOME?4
>> I DON'T THINK YOU CAN TRAIN
UNDERSTANDING THE WAY4@ YOU CAN
EXPERIENCE IT.
EXPERIENCE IT. THE BEST THING PEOPLE SAY IS4@
A BETTER JOB OF RECRUITING
PEOPLE THAT COME FROM THESE
COMMUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE THESE
PEOPLE THAT COME FROM THESE COMMUNITIES WHERE WE HAVE THESE@
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS.
PROBLEMS. AND A LOT 4@OF PEOPLE DON'T WAN
TO BE POLICE ANYMORE.
IS THE PERCEPTION.4@
IT'S LIKE INTERACTING WITH THE
POLICE BUT WE NEED TO DO MORE.
WE NEED TO GET 4@THE COMMUNITY
WORRIED AND GIVE THEM MORE
CREDIBILITY,4@ BUT4@ WE NEED TO
FIND THOSE POLICE AND DEAL WITH
THEM.
THEM.
THEM. AND
THEM. AND THEN KIM PEOPLE IN THE4@
COMMUNITY CAN HOLD THE POLICE
ACCOUNTABLE.
ACCOUNTABLE. >> THE MAJO4@RITY OR THE
NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE 4@ARE
TALKING ABOUT, THE MAJORITY OF
THE COPS ARE TRYING TO DO THE
RIGHT THING.
RIGHT THING. >> I DO, THERE'S ALWAYS SOME
BAD APPLES4@ AND THEY MESS IT U
FOR EVERYBODY.
FOR EVERYBODY. AND WE 4@HAVE TO UNDERSTA4@ND T
OTHER JOBS.
OTHER JOBS. A LOT OF THESE POLICE OFFICERS
DO A LOT OF THINGS.
SOME GUYS GET THEIR NOSE BROKEN@
, EVERYBODY LOVE TO 4@THIS GUY.
SO SOME PEOPLE, THEY NEED 4@
COUNSELING4@ AND THEY NEED THIN
THAT THEY GO THROUGH.
JUST LIKE THE TRAUMA WE GO 4@
THROUGH ON THE STREETS AND IN
THE COMMUNITY, THEY GO THROUGH @
IT.
IT.
IT. SO
IT. SO WE
IT. SO WE NEED TO HAVE A DIALOGUE.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE LAW
ENFORCEMENT IN DC 4@THAT WORKS.
>> WHO INFLICTED THAT HARM ON 4@
THE 4@OFFICER?
THE 4@OFFICER? >> HE WAS TRYING TO HELP AND HE
WAS THE TYPE OF OFFICER, HE WILL
LOCK YOU UP 4@BUT THAT'S