THANK YOU FOR STAYING PATIENT
WITH US.
>> THANK YOU.
BYE.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
LAST NIGHT IN NEW YORK CITY, MY
HOME CITY, I GREW UP HERE, LIVE
IN, THERE WAS A CURFEW AND A
LARGE PEACEFUL PROTEST THAT WAS
HAPPENING.
THE PEACEFUL PROTEST DESCENDED
INTO VIOLENCE NOT BECAUSE OF THE
PROTESTERS BUT BECAUSE THE NYPD
STARTED BEATING PEOPLE.
THIS IS WHAT THAT MOMENT LOOKED
LIKE.
ALL RIGHT.
I STARTED GETTING REPORTS OF
THIS AND SEEING IT ON TWITTER
AND I GOT TO SAY WE’VE SEEN A
MILLION VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS UNREST IN
DIFFERENT PERMUTATIONS AND
DIFFERENT POLITICAL
PERSPECTIVES.
IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO NOT
JUST TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE 20
SECOND OR 30 SECONDS YOU SEE AS
COMPLETE FACE VALUE AND TELLING
YOU THE WHOLE STORY.
BUT IN THIS CASE, IT’S NOT JUST
SNAPSHOTS OF CAMERA PHONES, IT’S
FIRST PERSON ACCOUNTS OF PEOPLE
WHO WERE THERE AND JOURNALISTS
THERE TO DOCUMENT THE PROTEST,
INCLUDING ONE PHOTOGRAPHER WHO
WAS BEATEN WITH A BATON WHILE
TAKING PICTURES.
THE PUBLIC ADVOCATE OF THE CITY
OF NEW YORK WAS PRESENT AT THE
PROTEST AND LIVE STREAMING.
"NEW YORK TIMES" REPORTER WAS
FOLLOWING THE CROWD AND DOCUMENT
THE PEACEFUL PROTEST IN THE
MARCH OF BROOKLYN THAT WAS
PUSHED BACK BY A LINE OF POLICE
INTO A WALL OF OFFICERS.
SINGLE, APPARENTLY, EMPTY WATER
BOTTLE WAS THROWN TOWARD THE
POLICE LINE, QUOTE, BATONS
STARTED COMING OUT.
PERHAPS THE MOST INFOUREAR RATIN
ASPECT IS LETTING THE PROTEST
DIE BY ATTRITION IS THE MAYOR
AND THE GOVERNOR WENT BEFORE
PUBLICS TO GASLIGHT THE PUBLIC
INTO BELIEVING WE DIDN’T SEE
WHAT WE SAW.
THAT THE WITNESSES ARE NOT
TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT POLICE
BEATING PROTESTERS WITH THEIR
BATONS.
MAYOR DE BLASIO WAS ASKED ABOUT
IT THIS MORNING.
>> A LOT OF FOLKS CAN SEE ON
VIDEO THAT VIDEO THE USE OF BATONS.
VIDEO THE USE OF BATONS.
PROTESTERS BEING HIT WITH
BATONS.
WONDERING WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT
THAT AND WHETHER YOU CONDONE
THAT TYPE OF POLICE BEHAVIOR.
>> THERE WAS SOME PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
OVERWHELMINGLY PEACEFUL
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND THE
NIGHT.
A LOT OF RESTRAINT FROM THE NYPD
OVERALL.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE VIDEOS YOU
REFER TO OR SEEN THOSE ACCOUNTS,
BUT IT IS ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO
BE REVIEWED, IT WILL BE.
>> SO THERE WAS SOME PEACEFUL
PROTESTS.
I HAVEN’T SEEN THE ACCOUNTS.
THAT WAS THE MAYOR BEING ASKED
ABOUT THAT.
THIS IS FOOTAGE SHOT IN
MANHATTAN.
IT APPEARS TO SHOW OFFICERS
STRIKING A PERSON ON A BIKE AS
ONLOOKERS RECORDED THE SCENE.
THEY ARE AGHAST, BY THE WAY.
THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE BEATING
THE ONE GUY ON HIS BIKE?
THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK TOOK
SUCH UMBRAGE AND SUGGESTION THAT
POLICE WOULD USE BATONS HE
CALLED THE QUESTION A PARTISAN
ATTACK.
>> DO YOU THINK THERE’S ANY
SENSIBLE POLICE OFFICER WHO
BELIEVES THEIR JOB IS HITTING A
PEACEFUL PERSON WITH A BATON?
IT’S THAT KIND OF INCENDIARY
RHETORIC THAT IT’S NOT A FACT.
IT’S NOT A FACT.
IT’S NOT EVEN AN OPINION.
THAT IS A HYPERPARTISAN
RHETORICAL ATTACK.
POLICE HIT PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
WITH BATONS FOR NO REASON.
THAT’S NOT A FACT.
THEY DON’T DO THAT.
>> WELL, IT IS A FACT.
IT IS VERY MUCH A FACT.
THEY DO DO THAT.
TABLOID MAGAZINE REPORTER --
MAYBE HE’S LYING.
MAYBE IT’S A FIGMENT OF OUR
IMAGINATION, GOVERNOR.
HE SAID COPS CLUBBED ME AND TOOK
MY BIKE.
THIS DESPITE HIM WEARING A
HELMET THAT SAID "PRESS."
IT’S NOT A FACT?
THEY DON’T DO THAT.
VIDEOS HAVE BEEN APPEARING ON
TWITTER FROM NEW YORK CITY
SHOWING POLICE USING BATONS ON
ARE
PROTESTERS.
IF THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
AND BASED ON EYE WITNESS
ACCOUNTS, IT SURE APPEARS WHAT