SMITHSONIAN COLLECTING PROTEST SIGNS AND OTHER ITEMS
DEMONSTRATORS PLACED AT THE
FENCE.
FENCE.
FENCE. LET'S START WITH THIS QUESTION
TONIGHT,4@ WHERE DOES THE PROTE
AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY GO
FROM HERE?
FROM HERE? TODAY, I HAD A REALLY GOOD
BRAIN CONVERSATION WITH SOME OF
THE YOUNG MEN WHO 4@PROTESTED I
D.C. STREETS LAST WEEK, THE
MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
FRATERNITY.
FRATERNITY. IT IS IS IN FRATERNITY I
BELONGED TO, SAME FRATERNITY
FOR COLIN KAEPERNICK.
LET'S START THERE.
MANY ARE ASKING WHAT IS OWED TO
THE FORMER FOOTBALL STAR WHO
SACRIFICED HIS CAREER IN 2016
BY TAKING4@ THE KNEE DURING THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM TO PROTEST THE
SAME ISSUE DRAWING PEOPLE TO
4@ THE STREETS TODAY.
>> COLIN KAEPERNICK IS OWED SO
MUCH, THE COMMISSIONER OF NFL
GOT IT WRONG, HE WAS4@ A MAN 4@
AHEAD OF HIS TIME.
HE SAW WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN
THIS COUNTRY, HE TOOK A STAND
BEFORE SO MANY OTHERS, A
TRAILBLAZER.
TRAILBLAZER. >> ROGER GOODELL4@4@ NEVER SPEA
HIS NAME.
HIS NAME.
HIS NAME. YOU CANNOT GIVE A FAIR APOLOGY
WITHOUT MENTIONING THE PERSON'S
NAME YOU SEND IT IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. I
PLACE. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A
PLACE. I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE A@
JOB.
JOB.
JOB. THEY
JOB. THEY NEED HIM MORE THAN HE
NEEDS 4@THE NFL.
>> WHY HAVEN'T WE HEARD FROM
COLIN KAEPERNICK YOU THINK?
>> HE LAID OUT HIS ARGUMENTS ON
POSITIONS OF BRUTALITY,
SPECIFICALLY BLACK PEOPLE ON
THE INJUSTICES PLAYERS BASED IN
THE LEAGUE.
THE LEAGUE. WHAT MORE IS THERE FOR HIM TO
SAY? HE MADE ALL HIS
STATEMENTS, CALLED ON THE NFL,
CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO 4@D
RIGHT BY PEOPLE.
>> YOU NEED TO BE IN4@ 4@THE LEE
, IN THE FRONT OFFICE OF THE NFL
TRYING TO CREATE CULTURAL
CHANGE 4@THAT WAY AS WELL.
>> RON RIVERA, THE HEAD COACH
FOR THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS
MADE A STATEMENT THEY ARE DOING
FOR THE WASHINGTON REDSKINS MADE A STATEMENT THEY ARE DOING@
SOME THINGS TO CHANGE THE
CULTURE WITHIN THAT
ORGANIZATION.
ORGANIZATION. I KNOW THEY SAID THEY WILL HAVE
DOUG WILLIAMS IS A 4@BIG FACE4@
THAT ORGANIZATION.
THAT ORGANIZATION. THEY4@ ARE DOING SOME THINGS,
THEY'RE 4@WORKING TO4@WARDS
CULTURALLY FOR THEIR PLAYERS.
>> THEY SHOULD START WITH
CHANGING THE NAME.
>> YEAH, CHANGE THE NAME.
>> A NUMBER OF THESE YOUNG MEN
TOOK PART IN THE
DEMONSTRATIONS.
DEMONSTRATIONS. THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE.
VIOLENCE. THEY DO NOT CONDONE THAT, JUST
THE OPPOSITE.
THE OPPOSITE. THEY WANT WE SHOULD NOT GET
CAUGHT UP IN WORDS LIKE4@
DEFUNDING THE POLICE DEPARTMENT
VERSUS REFORMING THE POLICE
DEPART4@MENT.
DEPART4@MENT. THIS IS WHAT THEY ARE CLEAR
ABOUT, THEY WANT A DIFFERENT
KIND OF POLICING.
>> YOU'RE NOT ANTI-POLICE
THOUGH?
THOUGH?
THOUGH? >> NO.
>> NO.
>> NO. >>
>> NO. >> I'M NOT ANTI-POLICE.
I'M ANTI-BRUTALITY.
I'M ANTI-BRUTALITY. >> WE NEE4@D TO TAKE A CLOSE LO
AT THE QUALIFIED IMMUNITY
POLICE HAVE WHERE THEY CAN KILL
PEOPLE BASED 4@ON THE COLOR OF
THEIR SKIN AND NOT BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT.
THEY DON'T GO TO 4@PRESENT,
RARELY ARRESTED AND CHARGED.
>> THE POLICE, THEIR4@ MINDSET,
THEIR TRAINING HAS BEEN TO
INTIMIDATE, TO FRIGHTEN, TO
SCARE, YOU KNOW.
THEY DO THAT.
>> THERE'S A COMPLETE DOUBLE
STANDARD IN HOW POLICE
DEPARTMENTS4@ INTERACT WITH THE
COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.
THE ACT4@ ONE WAY WITH THE WHIT
POPULATION, THEY ACT A 4@
DIFFERENT WAY WITH BLACK
POPULATION AND OTHER PEOPLE OF
COLOR.
COLOR.
COLOR. >>
COLOR. >> ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF
DEFUNDING POLICE DEPARTMENTS OR
YOU WANT TO REFORM POLICE
DEPARTMENTS?
DEPARTMENTS? >> I'M FOR REALLOCATION OR
REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS WITH
MORE FUNDS GOING TOWARD THE
COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, MENTAL
HEALTH4@ INSTITUTIONS.
HEALTH4@ INSTITUTIONS. >> WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET
POLICE REFORMS BEFORE MY TIME.
I KNOW MY PARENTS TRIED TO GET
POLICE REFORM, MY GRANDPARENTS
TRIED TO GET POLICE REFORM.
CURRENTLY, I WANT THE POLICE
DEFUNDED AND EVENTUALLY
4@
DEFUNDED AND EVENTUALLY DISBANDED.
DISBANDED. I FEEL LIKE IT IS EASIER TO
START FRESH AND START A NEW
TYPE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THEN
GET THIS REFORM BECAUSE WE ARE
NOT GETTING THIS REFORM.
WE SEE A BILL THAT SAYS POLICE
REFORM, THEN YOU GO THROUGH IT,
FIVE OR SIX MONTHS LATER, MAYBE
NOT EVEN THAT LONG,4@ WE WONDER
WHY THE REFORM DID NOT TAKE
CARE OF THAT.
>> WE SEEM TO BE ON THE VERGE
OF REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CHANGE,
THEN THAT BRINGS US TO THE
OTHER PIECE, THAT IS PIVOTING
FROM PROTEST TO POLITICS
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET THESE
CHANGES WE NEED IN TERMS OF
POLICY WITHOUT CHANGING THE
4@
POLICY WITHOUT CHANGING THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE POLICY.
>> I SPENT NEARLY A HALF HOUR
TALKING WITH THE BROTHERS.
I INVITE YOU TO WATCH THE