QUICKLY, WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK BUT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF
THE CROWDS LAST NIGHT.
TWITTER WAS ABUZZ WITH IT, REPUBLICAN
TWITTER, SHOWING US IMAGES LIKE THIS, HUGE CROWDS, LOOK AT THOSE
PEOPLE OUTSIDE.
OUTSIDE OF WHERE THE CLEVELAND CAVALIERS WON THE
NBA CHAMPIONSHIP IN 2016.
THAT ISN'T THE TRUMP RALLY EVEN
THOUGH IT WAS PUT OUT THERE AS THOUGH IT WAS THAT.
IT DOESN'T
LOOK AT ALL LIKE ARIZONA, BUT THAT KIND OF MESSAGE WAS GOING
AROUND WHEN IN FACT THE TRUMP RALLY SIZE LOOK A LITTLE MORE
LIKE THIS.
HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON.
THERE WERE HOWEVER PROTESTS OUTSIDE, AND SOME OF THEM GOT A
LITTLE UGLY.
TRUMP, IN A WAY, YOU CAN PLAY SOME OF THIS BEHIND
THIS, GOT TO TALKING ABOUT THOSE PEOPLE OUTSIDE ALMOST LIKE HE
CONTINUES TO INCITE AS HE DID DURING THE ELECTION THIS KIND OF
ACTIVITY.
THIS WAS HAPPENING OUTSIDE AFTERWARDS, PROTESTERS, AND
SOME OF THE BACKLASH WAS HARSH AS WELL.
TWO DIFFERENT ISSUES, ONE IS THE MEMES REPUBLICANS WERE
PUTTING OUT.
CONSERVATIVES ARE PUTTING OUT THE PICTURE OF THE
CAVALIERS STADIUM PRETENDING IT WAS THE TRUMP RALLY FROM
YESTERDAY, THEN IRONICALLY THEY CALL OTHER PEOPLE FAKE NEWS.
ITS
PROJECTION, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY DO IS LIE AFTER LIE, AND THEY
KNOW IF THEY ACCUSE THE OTHER SIDE OF LYING YOU WILL THINK
IT'S 50-50.
IT'S A SMART ENERGY.
NOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE
REACTION OF THE PROTESTERS OF TRUMP, BY ALL ACCOUNTS THE COPS
DID THE PEPPER BALLS THEY THREW IN THERE, WHICH SOUNDS FUNNY,
WHEN PROTESTERS TRIED TO MOVE THE BARRICADES AFTER TRUMP WAS
DONE.
WELL, IF THAT IS ACCURATE, I SIDE WITH THE COPS.
WHEN
YOU'VE GOT THE PRESIDENT, WHO AS MUCH AS WE DISLIKE HIM HE'S THE
PRESIDENT, AND HE'S IN THE BUILDING, AND YOU HAVE A LARGE
CROWD WHO FERVENTLY DISLIKES HIM TRYING TO MOVE THE BARRICADES
OUT OF THE WAY -- EVEN IF YOU AREN'T WORRY ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT, YOU HAVE PRESIDENTIAL SUPPORTERS COMING OUT, THAT'S
POTENTIALLY AN UGLY SITUATION.
AS TO THE AMOUNT OF FORCE BEING
USED, I HAVE NO WAY OF JUDGING THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS
TOO MUCH, TOO LITTLE, ETC., I DON'T THINK IT WAS TOO LITTLE
BECAUSE IT WORKED -- BUT DON'T MOVE THE BARRICADES.
THAT'S A BAD IDEA.
HAVING BEEN IN THESE SITUATIONS BEFORE, COVERING THEM
AND AS A PROTESTER, SOMETIMES THEY USE THE EXCUSE OF YOU HAVE
MOVED THE BARRICADES, AND YOU ARE IN A SITUATION, WE COVERED
THIS IN JANUARY, THERE WAS A PROTEST IN FRONT OF TRUMP TOWER
IN NEW YORK CITY, WHERE ALL OF THE PROTESTERS WERE BEING
CONTAINED IN AN AREA -- IN THE REPORTERS -- AND THEY COULDN'T
MOVE, AND THE BARRICADES WERE MOVING BECAUSE THERE WERE LIKE
400 PEOPLE IN A BLOCK BEING CONTAINED, THEY ARE MOVING, AND
IT ESCALATES THAT WAY.
GRANTED THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE, WHICH
IS BY NO MEANS AN EXAMPLE FOR HOW YOU HANDLE CROWDS, THEY HAVE
THEIR OWN ISSUES, I THINK THEY ARE LITTLE MORE USED TO THIS
THEN THE ARIZONA POLICE DEPARTMENT, I WORKED IN ARIZONA,
I DID A LOT OF CAMPAIGN WORK THERE, THAT'S A CITY, THE MAYOR
IS A DEMOCRATIC MAYOR, MAYOR STANTON, THEY HELD EVENTS PRIOR
TO TRUMP COMING OUT WHERE THEY HAD ALL THESE DEMOCRATS, ELECTED
OFFICIALS, LINED UP GIVING SPEECHES, THEY ARE PREPARED FOR
THIS.
I WONDER IF THIS WAS THE STATE POLICE OR THE CITY POLICE,
I CAN'T REALLY TELL, BECAUSE THAT PLAYS A FACTOR INTO
THIS KIND OF STUFF, HOW YOU HANDLE PROTESTS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS KIND OF REACTION TO PRESIDENTS IN A VERY
LONG TIME, PROBABLY SINCE GEORGE HW BUSH AFTER GOING INTO
AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ AND EVEN THEN IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN THE
TENOR HERE.
SO THIS KIND OF THING HAPPENING, WHERE THE
PRESIDENT IS INSIDE GIVING THIS GLORIOUS SPEECH TO THESE
SYCOPHANTS, IT'S PRETTY AMAZING.
ONE LESS THING ON THIS -- I'M NOT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE.
I'M TRYING TO THREAD THE NEEDLE --
BOTH SIDES.
MANY SIDES.
WHAT IS THE RIGHT AND APPROPRIATE REACTION?
NOMI IS
CLEARLY RIGHT ABOUT THE SITUATION SHE WENT THROUGH, THAT
HAPPENS FROM TIME TO TIME.
AT THE SAME TIME, THOSE COPS HAVE
TO BE THINKING WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, I
HAVE TO MAINTAIN ORDER HERE, AND I'VE GOT SIZABLE CROWDS ON BOTH
SIDES, MAYBE THEY AREN'T AS LARGE AS TRUMP MAKES THEM OUT TO
BE, BUT YOU HAVE THESE SIZED CROWD ON TRUMP'S SIDE ENTITIES
IN SIZE CROWD OF PROTESTERS, IF THEY MEET WE COULD HAVE MAYHEM.
AT THE HARD SITUATION FOR COPS TO BE IN, KEEP IT REAL ON THAT.
ON THE OTHER SIDE I WILL SAY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE COPS IN
AMERICA HAVE AN ENORMOUS RIGHT-WING PROTESTER BIAS.
WHAT
I MEAN IS IF YOU HAVE RIGHT-WING PROTESTERS, TIME TO PUT ON THE
KID GLOVES.
WAIT, BUNDY GUNS, THEY HAVE GUNS AND ARE POINTING
THEM AT OUR HEADS.
NICE AND EASY.
NAZIS RALLYING, THEY
SHOULD PROTECT THEIR RIGHT TO MARCH EVEN THOUGH IT'S MADDENING
AND INFURIATING, IT'S A FREE SPEECH ISSUE AND THE COURTS ASK
THEM TO DO IT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE, HAVING SAID
THAT, KID GLOVES ALL AROUND.
THE NEXT DAY THE KID SHOWS UP, HE
GOT KICKED OUT OF HIS COLLEGE, I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE, TO
HONOR THE CONFEDERACY, HE GOT A GIANT LONG GUN ON HIM AND A
HANDGUN, AND AS COPS ARE ESCORTING HIM OUT -- AND AGAIN
HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, COPS ARE JUST TRYING TO PROTECT
HIM -- THEY LET HIM IN THE COP CAR WITH THE GUN.
THERE IS NO
WAY A BLACK GUY GETS LET INTO A COP CAR WITH A GUN WHEN PEOPLE
THAT WERE ALIGNED WITH HIM, HE DIDN'T DO IT, BUT IDEOLOGICALLY
ALIGNED WITH HIM JUST KILLED SOMEONE THE DAY BEFORE.
THERE IS
NO WAY.
EVERY TIME THERE IS A LEFT-WING PROTEST, HERE WE GO,
NO PROBLEM, BATONS, PEPPER GAS, ETC., RIGHT-WING PROTEST, BE
CAREFUL, BE CAREFUL.
ALMOST EVERY TIME.
THAT IS ALSO THE
REALITY OF AMERICA.