PRAYING FOR THE POLICE BUT ALSO
THAT SHE EXPECTED JUSTICE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE HAS BEEN A
RESPONSE ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
THIS TRAGIC SHOOTING.
HERE IS L.A. CLIPPERS HEAD COACH
DOC RIVERS SPEAKING YESTERDAY
ABOUT JACOB BLAKE’S PLIGHT.
>> WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME IS JUST
WATCHING THE REPUBLICAN REVENGE
CONVENTION AND THEY’RE SPEWING
THIS FEAR, RIGHT?
LIKE ALL YOU HEAR IS DONALD
TRUMP AND ALL OF THEM TALKING
ABOUT FEAR.
WE’RE THE ONES GETTING KILLED.
WE’RE THE ONES GETTING SHOT.
WE’RE THE ONES THAT WERE DENIED
TO LIVE IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.
WE’VE BEEN HUNG, WE’VE BEEN SHOT
AND ALL YOU DO IS KEEP HEARING
ABOUT FEAR.
IT’S -- IT’S AMAZING WHY WE KEEP
LOVING THIS COUNTRY AND THIS
COUNTRY IS NOT LOVING BACK.
AND IT’S JUST -- IT’S REALLY SO
SAD.
LIKE I SHOULD JUST BE A COACH
AND IT’S SO OFTEN REMINDED OF MY
COLOR, YOU KNOW?
IT’S JUST REALLY SAD.
WE’VE GOT TO DO BETTER, BUT
WE’VE GOT TO DEMAND BETTER.
YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY, WE PROTEST
AND THEY SEND RIOT GUARDS,
RIGHT?
THEY SEND PEOPLE IN RIOT
OUTFITS.
THEY GO TO MICHIGAN WITH GUNS
AND THEY’RE SPITTING ON COPS AND
NOTHING HAPPENS.
THE TRAINING HAS TO CHANGE IN
THE POLICE FORCE.
THE UNIONS HAVE TO BE TAKEN DOWN
IN THE POLICE FORCE.
MY DAD WAS A COP.
I BELIEVE IN GOOD COPS.
WE’RE NOT TRYING TO DEFUND THE
POLICE AND TAKE ALL THEIR MONEY
AWAY, WE’RE TRYING TO GET THEM
TO PROTECT US JUST LIKE THEY
PROTECT EVERYBODY ELSE.
I DIDN’T WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT
BEFORE THE GAME BECAUSE IT’S SO
HARD LIKE TO JUST KEEP WATCHING
IT.
THAT VIDEO, IF YOU WATCH THAT
VIDEO, YOU DON’T NEED TO BE
BLACK TO BE OUTRAGED.
YOU NEED TO BE AMERICAN AND
OUTRAGED AND HOW DARE
REPUBLICANS TALK ABOUT FEAR?
WE’RE THE ONES THAT NEED TO BE
SCARED.
WE’RE THE ONES HAVING TO TALK TO
EVERY BLACK CHILD.
WHAT WHITE FATHER HAS TO GIVE
HIS SON A TALK ABOUT BEING
CAREFUL IF YOU GET PULLED OVER?
>> YEAH.
YOU HAVE -- DOCK RIVERS,
EXTRAORDINARY.
YOU HAVE AT THE CONVENTION THE
SONS OF A BILLIONAIRE WHO
INHERITED $400 MILLION TALKING
ABOUT FEAR, STIRRING FEAR,
TRYING TO STIR FEAR AMONG WHITE
VOTERS IN THE SUBURBS, THAT THE
BLACKS ARE COMING TO GET YOU.
TALKING ABOUT THE FEAR, MAKING
UP -- JUST MAKING THINGS UP,
TALKING ABOUT THE FEAR, THEY’RE
COMING FOR YOU.
THEY’RE GOING TO ABOLISH THE
SUBURBS.
GANGS ARE COMING TO YOUR
NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE GOING TO
KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES.
THEY TALK ABOUT FEAR, SHAWNA,
AND YET AS DOC RIVERS SAID,
DONALD TRUMP NEVER HAD TO SIT
HIS SONS DOWN AND HAVE THE TALK
WITH HIS SONS, HEY, YOU KNOW, IF
YOU GET STOPPED WHILE YOU’RE
DRIVING IN YOUR PORSCHE OR YOUR
LAMBORGHINI OR WHATEVER YOU
DRIVE IN, AS YOU’RE DRIVING DOWN
TO ATLANTIC CITY, TURN THE
LIGHTS ON IN THE CAR, KEEP YOUR
HANDS ON THE DASHBOARD BECAUSE
IF YOU MAKE THE WRONG MOVE, YOU
MAY GET SHOT.
SHAWNA?
I THINK WE LOST HER.
REV, TO YOU ON THAT SAME
THOUGHT, THAT DOC RIVERS,
EXTRAORDINARY POINT THAT DOC
RIVERS MADE.
>> I THINK IT WAS AN
EXTRAORDINARY POINT, BUT I ALSO
THINK IT WAS EXTRAORDINARY, IT
WAS DOC RIVERS.
BECAUSE WHEN YOU SEE LeBRON, YOU
SEE A DOCK RIVERS, YOU SEE
PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT ACTIVISTS
LIKE I AM, THAT ARE NOT INVOLVED
IN MOVEMENTS FOR DECADES BUT
THAT STEP OUTSIDE OF THEIR ZONE,
MAYBE A LOT OF PEOPLE AND
CLEARLY FROM THE POLLING IT IS
TRUE A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T
ORDINARILY GIVE THE KIND OF
ATTENTION THEY SHOULD ARE GOING
TO LOOK AT THIS.
THEN YOU CONTRAST IT WITH A
PRESIDENT WHO WAS BORN WITH A
SILVER SPOON IN HIS MOUTH AND
NEVER HAD TO FEAR ANYTHING BUT
GETTING CAUGHT UP IN SOME REAL
ESTATE SCHEMES OF DISCRIMINATION
START TRYING TO PUT FEAR IN THE
MINDS OF PEOPLE.
HE HAS PEOPLE THAT HELD WEAPONS
ON NON-VIOLENT PROTESTORS IN ST.
LOUIS AND ARE UNDER INDICTMENT
FOR DOING SO FEATURED TO SPEAK
AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
THAT IS WHY PEOPLE LIKE DOC
RIVERS ARE CALLING OUT.
YOU CONTRAST THAT, LASTLY, JOE,
AND WE LOOK AT THE FACT THAT THE
MOTHER TOLD THE STORY, THE
MOTHER OF JACOB YESTERDAY TOLD A
STORY YESTERDAY THAT WHEN SHE
WAS STANDING AT BEDSIDE WITH HER
SON AND SAID, LET’S PRAY, THERE
WAS SOMEONE IN THE ROOM, AN
OFFICER, AND HER SON SAID, ARE
YOU A PERSON OF FAITH?
SAID, YES.
HE SAID, PRAY WITH US.
THEY COULD PRAY TOGETHER WITH
PEOPLE THAT YOU WOULD THINK THEY
WOULD BE ANGRY AT AT A TIME THAT
A PRESIDENT IS STOKING FEAR,
FEAR AGAINST WHO AND FOR WHAT?
THIS HAS TO STOP AND WE’RE THE
ONLY ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE
ABLE TO STOP IT, AND THAT’S ALL
OF US TOGETHER.
>> WE HAVE SHAWNA BACK NOW.
WATCHING DOC RIVERS, I’VE BEEN A
BASKETBALL FAN MY WHOLE LIFE.
I WATCHED HIM AS A PLAYER AND A
COACH.
I THINK THAT WAS THE BEST MOMENT
I’VE EVER SEEN HIM.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE AND A
BEAUTIFUL SPEECH AND OBVIOUSLY
WASN’T EASY FOR HIM TO DO, BUT
HE FELT LIKE IT WAS IMPORTANT
WITH THE ADDITIONAL MEANING, AS
HE POINTED OUT, THAT HIS FATHER
WAS A POLICE OFFICER FOR 30
YEARS IN MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS,
WHERE DOC GREW UP.
WHAT DID YOU HEAR IN THAT
MESSAGE FROM DOC RIVERS?
WHAT DID YOU SEE IN HIS FACE?
WHAT DID YOU HEAR IN HIS VOICE?
>> I MEAN, I HEARD EXTREME PAIN,
AND I THINK THAT IS BEING
REFLECTED THROUGHOUT THE
COUNTRY.
I WAS WATCHING THE PRESS
CONFERENCE WITH MR. BLAKE’S
FAMILY YESTERDAY, AND I JUST
WANT TO READ A QUOTE THAT I
ENDED UP TEXTING ONE OF MY
FRIENDS FROM HIS SISTER.
QUOTE, HE WAS NOT TREATED LIKE A
HUMAN THAT DAY.
HE WAS TREATED LIKE SOME FOREIGN
OBJECT THAT DIDN’T BELONG, AND
THAT IS -- WHEN WE SEE THESE
SHOOTINGS ON TAPE, WHEN WE SEE
THESE THINGS HAPPEN, WHEN WE
HEAR COACH RIVERS SAY WHAT HE
SAID, THAT’S THE REALITY THAT
MANY PEOPLE ARE LIVING.
AND FORGIVE ME FOR BRINGING THIS
BACK TO POLITICS, BUT PART OF
THE ISSUE OF THE REPUBLICAN
NATIONAL CONVENTION IS THAT IT
IS LIKE TWO REALITIES.
THIS IS KIND OF WHAT DOC RIVERS
WAS TALKING ABOUT, THAT THAT
JUXTAPOSITION BETWEEN THIS IDEA
THAT A WOMAN’S BROTHER WENT OUT
AND WASN’T TREATED LIKE A HUMAN
VERSUS THE IDEA THAT IT WASN’T
REALLY BEING ACKNOWLEDGED BY AN
ENTIRE PARTY IN THE UNITED
STATES DURING A PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION IS REALLY -- IT MAKES
IT IN SOME WAYS EVEN HARDER TO
DEAL WITH.
IT’S PART OF WHY MELANIA, AND I
HEARD EVERYTHING JOE SAID ABOUT
MELANIA’S SPEECH AS WELL AS ALL
OF THE THINGS THE PRESIDENT HAS
DONE AND SAID, I HEARD ALL OF
THAT.
BUT ONE THING THAT STANDS OUT TO
ME ABOUT THE CONVENTION LAST
NIGHT IS THAT MELANIA TRUMP, THE
FIRST LADY, DID ACKNOWLEDGE SOME
OF THE DIVISION.
IT WASN’T LIKE THE ENTIRE
CONVENTION WAS IN THIS ALTERNATE
UNIVERSE, BUT THE THING THAT IS
INTERESTING THAT YOU DECIDED TO
LEAD WITH THIS, BECAUSE WHAT DOC
RIVERS IS SAYING IS WHAT SO MANY
PEOPLE ARE LIVING EVERY DAY IS
THAT SENSE OF FEAR.
WE WANT OUR GOVERNMENT TO AT
LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE IT AND TRY TO
WORK TOWARDS IT.
NOT EVEN INCLUDING WHAT’S
HAPPENING WITH COVID-19 RIGHT
NOW ON TOP OF THAT.
ALL OF THESE THINGS MAKE IT
PRETTY SCARY TO BE A BLACK
PERSON IN THIS COUNTRY AND WE
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO WORK