PETE: WELCOME TO FOX AN AND
FRIEND FRIENDS ON THIS SUNDAY
MORNING.
WE BEGIN WITH A FOX NEWS ALERT.
A BLACK ON WAS SHOT AND KILLED
ON POLICE.
IT WAS CAUGHT ON POLICE BODYCAM.
WE WARN YOU, THIS FOOTAGE COULD
BE DISTURBING, WATCH.
>> PUT YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR
BACK.
HEY.
STOP FIGHTING.
>> YOU’RE GOING TO GET TASED.
>> 63.
>> STOP.
STOP.
[GUNFIRE]
GRIFF: RASHARD BROOKS WAS SHOT
AN KILLED AT A FAST-FOOD
RESTAURANT.
PROTESTERS SET FIRE TO THE
RESTAURANT.
JEDEDIAH: ATLANTA’S POLICE CHIEF
RESIGNED FROM THE DEPARTMENT
LESS THAN 24 HOURS AFTER THE
SHOOTING.
WELCOME TO THE 6:00 A.M. HOUR OF
"FOX & FRIENDS."
HERE WITH GRIFF JENKINS.
PETE HEGSETH.
WE’LL COVER THE LATEST THE
ATLANTA SHOOTING AND WHAT IS
GOING ON THE GROUND IN SEATTLE.
PETE: PROTESTS, LIGHTING OF
WENDY’S ON FIRE HAPPENED LAST
NIGHT.
FIRING OF POLICE CHIEF.
RESIGNING THE POLICE CHIEF.
WE’LL BRING IN TED WILLIAMS,
FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER
D.C. HOMICIDE DETECTIVE TO WEIGH
IN.
THANKS FOR JOINING THE PROGRAM.
I WATCHED A LOT OF THIS FOOTAGE.
THE POLICE WERE CALLED TO THIS
WENDY’S A MAN REPORTEDLY STOPPED
IN HIS CAR.
THEY FOUND OUT HE WAS
INTOXICATED.
THEY ASKED HIM TO GET OUT OF THE
VEHICLE.
INITIALLY NOT RESISTING ARREST.
IT QUICKLY BECAME THAT HE
GRABBED AN OFFICER’S TASER.
HE RAN.
SHOTS FIRED.
TED, REACTION LOOKING AT TAPE AS
IT HAPPENED.
>> GUYS.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL.
WHAT WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, A CITY ON
FIRE, INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY.
WHEN WE SAY THAT I THINK WHAT I
HAVE SEEN LOOKING AT VIDEO AND
RESPONSE BY THE CITY, I THINK
MAYOR KEISHA LANCE BOTTOMS MAY
HAVE ACTED PRECIPITOUSLY
TERMINATING ONE OFFICER AND PUT
ONE OFFICER ON LEAVE BEFORE THE
INVESTIGATION WAS COMPLETED.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THESE SITUATIONS
NORMALLY IS THAT THERE IS A
INVESTIGATION.
OFFICERS ARE NORMALLY PUT ON
ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE.
THE GEORGIA BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION CONDUCTING THE
INVESTIGATION, WOULD ISSUE A
REPORT AND THEN THE MAYOR WOULD
ACT.
BUT MY UNDERSTANDING THE MAYOR
OF ATLANTA IS ON A SHORT LIST TO
BE THE RUNNING MATE AS THE
VICE PRESIDENT FOR THE BIDEN
COMMITTEE.
AND THEREFORE I’M DEEPLY
CONCERNED.
BUT I THINK WHAT OUR VIEWERS
MUST UNDERSTAND IS THAT A POLICE
OFFICER CAN USE DEADLY FORCE
WHEN THERE IS A FLEEING FELON.
AND IF THAT POLICE OFFICER
BELIEVES THAT HIS LIFE OR THE
LIFE OF OTHERS ARE IN TANKER, HE
CAN USE DEADLY FORCE.
GRIFF: YOU KNOW, TED, WE WERE
TEXTING A LOT LAST NIGHT BECAUSE
REMEMBER THE CALL CAME FOR AN
INDIVIDUAL SLEEPING IN HIS CAR
IN A DRIVE-THROUGH.
THEN, EVEN THOUGH BROOKS APPEAR
TO TURN GUN WHICH IS A TASER
FIRE AT HIM.
THERE IS SPACE, THEY’RE GIVING
CHASE.
DIFFERENT PERHAPS THAN THE FORCE
USED HAD THEY STILL BEEN
WRESTLING.
SO AS YOU AND I OVER THESE YEARS
GONE IN LOOKED AT USE OF FORCE
WAS IT APPROPRIATE OR HAS
POLITICS PLAYED TOO BIG AFTER
ROLE IN THIS DECISION?
>> WELL, THIS IS THE
64,000-DOLLAR QUESTION WHY THE
DECISION WAS MADE SO
PRECIPITOUSLY.
YOU’RE RIGHT, GRIFF, YOU AND I
COVERED MANY OF THESE SCENARIOS
AND SITUATIONS AROUND THE
COUNTRY AND IN THIS SITUATION
THE QUESTION OF WHETHER DEADLY
FORCE WAS USED PROPERLY SHOULD
HAVE BEEN LEFT UP TO THE GEORGIA
BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND IT
WAS NOT.
AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAD
PEOPLE OUT ON THE HIGHWAY
PROTESTERS OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.
WE HAD THE WENDY’S ON FIRE.
WE HAVE GATES STATIONS RIGHT IN
THAT AREA.
IT IS A VERY UNFORTUNATE
SITUATION.
>> YOU KNOW, TED, DID
AUTHORITIES RESPOND TO QUICKLY
PUNISHING THE OFFICER, THERE WAS
PERCEPTION IN CASE OF GEORGE
FLOYD BY MANY, MANY PEOPLE SAID
WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG TO HOLD
THE OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE?
WHY DID IT TAKE FIVE DAYS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS VIDEO
TRUTHFULLY.
IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE POLICE
PANICKED.
I WATCHED IT FROM SEVERAL
DIFFERENT ANGLES.
I UNDERSTAND RAYSHARD RESISTED
ARREST.
HE FAILED A SOBRIETY TEST.
HE POINTED A TASER AT POLICE
OFFICER, THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT
DO.
POLICE ARE TRAINED IN THIS
SITUATION.
THEIR JOB IS NOT TO USE DEADLY
FORCE WHERE SOMEONE IS NOT USING
DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THEM.
WHEN I LOOK AT IT, THAT IS MY
PERCEPTION.
COULD THAT HAVE POSSIBLY LED THE
AUTHORITIES TO MAKE THE CHARGE
QUICKLY IN COMBINATION WITH THE
PERCEPTION IN THE CASE OF GEORGE
FLOYD THERE WAS DELAY THAT THE
PUBLIC DID NOT TAKE TO VERY
WELL?
>> WELL IT COULD VERY WELL HAVE
LED TO THAT, JED, BUT I GOT TO
TELL YOU, YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK
AT THIS IN THE EYES OF A LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
REMEMBER THEY’RE TUSSLING WITH
THIS GUY, THEY’RE WRESTLING WITH
THE GUY.
THE GUY HAS NOW GOT A TASER.
HE IS RUNNING.
THEY’RE RUNNING AFTER HIM.
THE ADRENALINE IS FLOWING.
HE TURNS AROUND, FIRES AT THEM
AND ONE OF THE OFFICERS FIRES
BACK.
I DON’T KNOW WHETHER AT THIS
STAGE WAS REASONABLE OR NOT BUT
I THINK YOU HAVE TO LET THE
FACTS AND INVESTIGATION PLAY OUT
TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.
I DON’T THINK, AND AGAIN, YOU
CAN REACT IF YOU’RE THE MAYOR
BUT WHY NOT PUT THE PERSON ON
LEAVE PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THE
INVESTIGATION?
YOU’VE GOT TO WONDER ABOUT
MORALE IN THE GEORGIA, IN THE
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
TOO MANY TIMES, JUST TWO WEEKS
AGO, FOUR OFFICERS WERE FIRED
AND I THINK SOMETIMES YOU MAY BE
ACTING BUT PERHAPS MAYBE
OVERREACTING UNFORTUNATELY.
PETE: TED, YOU’RE RIGHT YOU HAVE
TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOES OF
OFFICER, YOU DON’T KNOW,
UNCERTAINTY, THEY ARE AFRAID.
THEY WANT TO GO HOME.
THEY DON’T WANT CONFRONTATION.
RESISTING OF ARREST.
CONTEXT OF DEFUND THE POLICE
MOVEMENT.
THERE IS A TON OF SCRUTINY RIGHT
NOW.
SEATTLE IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES
AS WELL.
THERE IS CHAZ WHICH CHANGED ITS
NAME WE’RE TOLD.
THERE ARE PROTESTS THERE.
THERE WERE COUNTERPROTESTERS IN
SUPPORT OF THE POLICE YESTERDAY.
ONE OF THOSE PROTESTERS, WE GOT
VIDEO OF IT, WAS CARRYING AN
AMERICAN FLAG.
AT WHICH POINT SHE WAS
CONFRONTED, YELLED AT, PART OF
PROTESTS.
THEN THAT HAPPENED.
THE FLAG IS STOLEN, TAKEN AWAY.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT CARING THE FLAG
IN COUNTRY TODAY WOULD BE
AFFRONT TO BRAC LIVES MATTER
OR -- BLACK LIVES MATTER OR
ANYONE TAKING ON THE POLICE
RIGHT NOW?
>> THE BOTTOM LINE, ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING THAT IS GOING ON IN OUR
COUNTRY THAT SHOULD HAVE US
DEMEANING THE FLAG OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA, SPECIFICALLY
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.
SEATTLE WASHINGTON IS COMPLETELY
OUT OF CONTROL.
IT WILL GET WORSE BEFORE IT GETS
BETTER.
YOU HAVE GOT THE CHIEF OF
POLICE, CHIEF CARMEN BEST, IS AT
ODDS WITH THE MAYOR.
WHY?
BECAUSE SHE HAS SEEN
DEMONSTRATORS COME INTO AN AREA
OF SEATTLE THERE, TAKE OVER A
POLICE PRECINCT AND THESE
DEMONSTRATORS ARE HAVING
PARTIES.
THEY’RE EATING PIZZA.
DOING MOVIES.
THEY’RE NOW MAKING DEMANDS THAT
ARE JUST UNREALISTIC.
THEY WANT ANSWERS.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, WANT IT
TO BE DISBANDED.
NOT ONLY ASKED FOR THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT DISBANDED.
ASKED FOR FREE EDUCATION, A LOT
OF THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT BE
HAPPENING.
I CAN TELL YOU THIS WILL NOT
PLAY OUT WELL.
IT IS NOT GOING TO GET BETTER.
THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A
MEETING, GOVERNOR, STATE POLICE,
PERHAPS MAYBE EVEN THE NATIONAL
GUARD, THEY WILL HAVE TO GO IN,
IN SEATTLE AND BRING THAT BACK
UNDER CONTROL.
GRIFF: TED, YOU TALK ABOUT
PROTESTERS THE DEMANDS THERE,
HERE IS SHORT CLIP OF SOME OF
THE UNUSUAL DEMANDS WE’RE
SEEING.
>> I WANT YOU TO FIND BY THE
END, BY THE TIME YOU LEAVE THIS
AUTONOMOUS ZONE, I WANT YOU TO
GIVE $10 TO ONE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
PERSON FROM THIS AUTONOMOUS
ZONE.
IF YOU HAVE A HARD TIME GIVING
OUT $10, GOT TO THINK ABOUT, ARE
YOU REALLY DOWN WITH THIS
STRUGGLE?
ARE YOU REALLY DOWN WITH THE
MOVEMENT?
BECAUSE IF THAT IS A CHALLENGE
FOR YOU, THEN I’M UNSURE IF
YOU’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
GRIFF: NOW, TED, I CHUCKLED AT
IT, SERIOUS IN THE SENSE HOW IS
THAT POSSIBLY HELPING BRING ANY
SORT OF SOLUTION TO RACIAL
INJUSTICE WHICH IS SUCH AN
IMPORTANT THING TO ADDRESS
TODAY?
>> GRIFF, LET’S BE VERY
REALISTIC WHAT IS GOING ON IN
SEATTLE IS A MOVEMENT WITHIN
ITSELF.
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE
DEATH EVER GEORGE FLOYD.
WHAT IS GOING ON IS THAT
INDIVIDUALS HAVE THERE HAVE
THEIR OWN AGENDAS, THEY HAVE NOW
TAKEN OVER THE CITY.
THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER THESE
BLOCKS IN THE CITY AND SOMETHING
SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE INITIALLY.
THE LONGER THIS GOES ON IN
SEATTLE, YOU CAN TAKE IT TO THE
BANK, THAT THERE ARE GOING TO BE
MORE PEOPLE INJURED IN TRYING TO
BRING ABOUT CHANGE IN THAT AREA,
WHEN I SAY BRING ABOUT CHANGE, I
MEAN SIMPLY, GETTING CONTROL OF
THAT AREA.
IT IS OUT OF CONTROL.
THE MAYOR IS CLEARLY WRONG HERE.
THESE ARE NOT JUST PEACEFUL
PROTESTERS.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS, LIKE I
SAID, IS AT ODDS WITH THE MAYOR.
THE CHIEF OF POLICE WOULD LIKE
TO SEND PEOPLE IN THERE AND TAKE
OVER.
HERE AGAIN, YOU’RE LOOKING AT
MORALE PROBLEM IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WHERE POLICE
OFFICERS SEE WHERE THEY ARE
BEING DISRESPECTED, THEIR
PRECINCT IS BEING DISRESPECTED,
THEIR CITY IS BEING
DISRESPECTED.
THIS CANNOT CONTINUE TO GO ON IN
THAT CITY.
JEDEDIAH: YES.
TED, OBVIOUS FEAR IS, THAT YOU
KNOW, YOU SAY WE NEED TO GET THE
SITUATION UNDER CONTROL IN
SEATTLE.
MANY AGREE.
THE FEAR HOPEFULLY IT WILL NOT
ESCALATE INTO VIOLENCE WHEN THAT
HAPPENS.
AT SOME POINT THE POLICE WILL
SAY, LISTEN YOU CAN’T SET UP AN
AUTONOMOUS ZONE WE’RE UNABLE TO
GET TO PEOPLE IN THE ZONE
REPORTING CRIMES THEY NEED OUR
HELP DEALING WITH.
SO THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
HOPEFULLY DOESN’T ESCALATE TO