>>> NOW TO AN IMPORTANT REPORT
AS WE END THE WEEK.
YOU’VE BEEN WITNESSING PROTESTS
ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY AROUND
THE NATION.
SOME POLICE HAVE BEEN
RESPONDING, THOUGH, WITH MORE
POLICE BRUTALITY.
I WANT TO WARN YOU, THE FOOTAGE
YOU’RE TO BE SEE IS IMPORTANT TO
DOCUMENT, BUT IT’S ALSO
DISTURBING.
THIS IS THE REALITY OF HOW THIS
CRISIS IS UNFOLDING.
HERE IS A VIDEO SHOWING TWO
OFFICERS IN BUFFALO, NEW YORK,
SHOVING A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN TO THE
GROUND.
YOU CAN WATCH AS HE FELL THERE.
YOU SEE HIM THEN ON THE GROUND.
HE BEGAN BLEEDING FROM HIS EARS.
YOU COULD SEE HOW MANY OFFICERS
THERE ARE VERSUS JUST THAT ONE
UNARMED INDIVIDUAL.
YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE MOVING ON TO
OTHER INTERACTIONS RIGHT
AFTERWARD
AFTERWARD.
THOSE VERY OFFICERS WE CAN
ALREADY TELL YOU HAVE ALREADY
BEEN SUSPENDED.
THE MAN IS IN THE HOSPITAL.
THIS, LIKE SO MANY OTHER
INCIDENTS, HAS HAD
ACCOUNTABILITY BECAUSE OF THIS
HOMEMADE VIDEO YOU SEE HERE FROM
WBFO.
LATE TODAY 57 OFFICERS FROM THAT
DEPARTMENT RESIGNED FROM THE
UNIT TO PROTEST WHAT?
THEIR COLLEAGUES’ SUSPENSION.
ALL OF THIS A DAY AFTER BUFFALO
POLICE WERE ALSO PHOTOGRAPHED
KNEELING WITH PROTESTERS, IN
FACT, IN THE VERY SAME SPOT.
THIS SIDE BY SIDE TELLS YOU
THERE IS NUANCE, BUT THERE IS
ALSO MUCH THAT NEEDS TO CHANGE.
IT’S NOT JUST NEW YORK.
INSTANCES LIKE THIS ARE
HAPPENING AROUND THE NATION.
INDIANAPOLIS POLICE
INVESTIGATING OFFICERS SEEN HERE
FIRING PEPPER BALLS AT A WOMAN
AND STRIKING HER WITH A BATON.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE.
A VIDEO OUT OF CHICAGO SHOWS AN
OFFICER CHASING AND PUNCHING A
PROTESTER.
POLICE DEPARTMENT OPENING AN
INTERNAL REVIEW OF THAT
INCIDENT, AGAIN, CAUGHT ON
HOMEMADE VIDEO.
ANOTHER ONE SHOWS L.A. POLICE
OFFICERS STRIKING PROTESTERS
YOU’LL SEE BOOM, WITH BATONS,
AGAIN.
AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT IS I
COULD TELL YOU AS AN ATTORNEY
TEXTBOOK EVIDENCE OF EXCESSIVE
FORCE, BECAUSE THE INDIVIDUALS
APPEAR UNARMED AND DOCILE AS
THEY ARE HIT REPEATEDLY YOU SEE
WITH THESE BATONS.
AGAIN, I’M SORRY THAT THIS IS
DISTURBING, BUT WE ARE
DOCUMENTING THIS IN THE NEWS
BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN.
NOW TAKE THIS VIDEO.
SHOWING PHILADELPHIA POLICE
HITTING CIVILIANS WITH BATONS.
AND HEAR THE OUTRAGE AND
CONCERN.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHOVING.
TACKLING THE WOMAN TO THE GROUND
ULTIMATELY.
ALMOST LIKE A MELEE HERE.
YOU SEE HERE TRYING TO GET AWAY
BASICALLY FROM THE ATTACK.
LOCAL NEWS REPORT THAT OFFICER
IS NO LONGER ON STREET PATROL,
AND THERE IS A LOCAL
INVESTIGATION OF THE INCIDENT.
WE’RE SEEING A DISTURBING POLICE
RESPONSE IN NEW YORK AS WELL
WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN SOME OF
THE LARGEST PROTESTS AND WHERE
THE MAYOR, WHO HAPPENS TO BE A
DEMOCRAT, HAS BEEN CHOOSING TO
CONTINUE TO ISSUE THESE CURFEWS.
HERE IS OFFICERS BEATING
PROTESTERS, HITTING THEM WITH
BATONS, THROWING PEOPLE TO THE
GROUND, STRIKING, AGAIN, PEOPLE
WHO APPEAR NOT TO POSE AN
IMMINENT THREAT, AND APPEAR SOME
OF THEM WHO ARE GETTING HIT TO
BE UNARMED.
NEW YORK’S ELECTED OFFICIALS,
THOUGH, I WANT YOU TO SEE THIS
WITH YOUR OWN EYES BEFORE I PLAY
THE NEXT CLIP.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU SEE MULTIPLE PEOPLE GETTING
HIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE BATS ON THE.
YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE A
MELEE.
BUT HERE IS NEW YORK LEADERSHIP
SEEMING TO DOWNPLAY WHAT YOU
JUST SAW WITH YOUR OWN EYES WHEN
ASKED ABOUT IT.
>> A LOT OF RESTRAINT FROM THE
NYPD OVERALL.
THE NYPD HAS TAKEN I THINK A
VERY OPEN APPROACH, RESPECTING
PROTESTS, FLEXIBLE AS ALWAYS.
POLICE.
>> POLICE BLUDGEON PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS WITH BATONS FOR NO
REASON.
THAT’S NOT A FACT.
THEY DON’T DO THAT.
ANYONE WHO DID DO THAT WOULD BE
OBVIOUSLY REPREHENSIBLE, IF NOT
CRIMINAL.
>> WE TRY TO SHOW YOU ALL THE
FACTS HERE SO YOU CAN MAKE UP
YOUR OWN MIND.
WE SHOWED YOU THE VIDEOS, THAT’S
THE EVIDENCE.
AND WE SHOWED YOU THE RESPONSE
FROM THOSE TWO NEW YORK LEADERS.
WHO BOTH HAPPEN TO BE DEMOCRATS.
MAYOR DE BLASIO A VERY LIBERAL
DEMOCRAT WHEN HE CAME INTO
OFFICE.
THIS IS WHY THE ISSUE IS SO BIG.
THIS IS WHY IT’S SO MUCH BIGGER
THAN POLITICS OR WHO WANTS TO BE
PRESIDENT.
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
BIGGER THAN RED OR BLUE.
"THE NEW YORK TIMES" REACTING TO
THAT TODAY SAYING MAYOR DE
BLASIO IS UNWILLING TO CONFRONT