POLICE OFFICIALS IN SACRAMENTO CALIFORNIA HAVE
RELEASED NEW FOOTAGE INVOLVING THE SHOOTING AND THE DEATH OF
STEPHON CLARK, THE UNARMED YOUNG BLACK MAN WHO WAS SHOT AND
KILLED BECAUSE POLICE HAD MISTOOK HIM FOR SOMEONE WHO WAS
BURGLARIZING CARS.
WE HAD SEEN SURVEILLANCE OF THIS PRIOR TO
WHAT THE POLICE HAD RELEASED BUT CURRENTLY WE HAVE 23 IN CAR
CAMERA VIDEOS AND 20 BODY CAMERA VIDEOS.
THIS IS ALL AN ATTEMPT
TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.
WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL
THE VIDEOS BUT WE DID FIND THE RELEVANT ONES.
ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT POLICE OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING IS WHETHER OR NOT
THE COPS WAITED TOO LONG TO ISSUE CPR AFTER SHOOTING STEPHON
CLARK.
THEY WAITED FIVE MINUTES.
ACCORDING TO REPORTS ñ I READ
YOU THAT QUOTE BECAUSE IT COMES FROM A POLICE TRAINING EXPERT
AND GIVES YOU A SENSE OF HOW THESE POLICE ARE TRAINED.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU A SERIES OF VIDEOS.
I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE FIRST ONE WHICH SHOWS THEM WAITING
AFTER SHOOTING AND KILLING STEPHON CLARK.
>>THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU GUYS, THE
TRAINING IS ALL WRONG.
THE TRAINING EXPERT SAYS THEY DID IT
PERFECTLY.
THAT IS DOING IT WELL?
IT IS OBVIOUS HE IS
UNCONSCIOUS.
I GRANT YOU THERE IS A SMALL PERCENTAGE THAT HE IS
FAKING.
WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE THAT HE IS FAKING?
1%? WHAT'S
THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU CAN SAVE HIS LIFE IF YOU RESPONDED
IMMEDIATELY?
MAYBE IF YOU DIDN'T WAIT FOR FIVE MINUTES THE CHANCE
OF SAVING HIS LIFE COULD BE FAIRLY HIGH.
THIS HAPPENS ALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT WHAT THE COPS ARE TAUGHT IS YOUR LIFE IS
WORTH SO MUCH MORE THAN THE GUY YOU SHOT.
THE GUY YOU SHOT IS
NOT IMPORTANT.
GOD FORBID INSTEAD OF BEING UNCONSCIOUS AND
BLEEDING TO DEATH, MAYBE IT IS A GIANT BEAR TRAP.
SO DON'T TAKE A
1% CHANCE, LET HIM JUST DIE.
WE HAVE SEEN IN VIDEO AFTER VIDEO,
COPS ARE TAUGHT TO LET US DIE.
THAT IS THE TRAINING.
AFTERWARDS
A TRAINING EXPERT SAYS BRAVO, WAY TO LET HIM DIE IN THE
STREET.
TO BE MORE ACCURATE, IN HIS OWN BACKYARD.
>> IT WAS HIS OWN BACKYARD, HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS GRANDMOTHER.
AGAIN HE WAS NOT THE PERSON BURGLARIZING ANYONE'S CAR.
HE
ALSO DID NOT HAVE A GUN, HE HAD A CELL PHONE AND COPS ASSUMED
THAT WAS A GUN.
YOU SHOULD WATCH THE ORIGINAL VIDEO WHERE WE SHOW
YOU HOW THE SHOOTING UNFOLDED BECAUSE THERE WERE VERY FEW
QUESTIONS ASKED.
HE HAD RUN AWAY FROM THE COPS.
THEY APPROACHED
HIM AND HE RAN INTO THE BACKYARD.
COPS DID NOT FIRE
THEIR WEAPON ONE TIME, THERE WERE DOZENS OF BULLETS INVOLVED.
ANY REASONABLE HUMAN BEING WOULD KNOW AFTER FIRING YOUR WEAPON
DOZENS OF TIMES IT IS LIKELY THAT HE WAS SHOT AND THAT HE IS
DEAD.
YOU DON'T NEED TO WAIT FIVE MINUTES.
>>IT TRIES ME CRAZY THAT WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT
HE DID OR DID NOT DO A BURGLARY.
AFTER YOU EXECUTED HIM ñ YOU ARE
NOT SUPPOSED TO EXECUTE PEOPLE WHO DID BURGLARIES.
HAVE YOU
EVER BEEN IN YOUR BACKYARD WITH A CELL PHONE?
MY ANSWER IS YES.
IF COPS COME IN AND HAPPEN TO BE BLACK, GOD HELP YOU IF YOU ARE
IN A POOR AREA.
THAT APPARENTLY IS CAUSED TO NOT ONLY SHOOT YOU
BUT TO MAKE SURE THEY DON'T SAVE YOUR LIFE.
>>WE HAVE A FEW MORE VIDEOS I WANT TO SHOW YOU.
IT FEATURES AN
OFFICER MENTIONING THAT HE COULD BE FAKING IT.
TAKE A LOOK.
>> THAT IS IT, THAT IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT WE TEACH COPS
THESE DAYS.
MAKE SURE YOU ARE A COWARD, JUST IN CASE HE MIGHT
HAVE A NAIL FILE ON HIM MAKE SURE HE DIES AND THEN WHEN YOU
GET THERE AND HE HAS BLED OUT HANDCUFFED HIM FIRST.
JUST IN
CASE YOU GET A HANGNAIL OR SOMETHING.
JUST IN CASE A COP
WOULD EVER BE IN DANGER.
THEN WE ARE SURPRISED WHY WE HAVE A
PROBLEM IN AMERICA.
CITIZENS ARE NOT ENJOYING BEING MURDERED.
WE
ARE NOT ENJOYING IT.
YOU ALREADY TAUGHT THEM THAT THE ONLY THING
THAT MATTERS IS COPS LIVES.
I AM NOT AT ALL SURPRISED BY THIS.
IT
IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS TOO.
>>ALTHOUGH THE COPS WERE WEARING BODY CAMERAS IN MULTIPLE VIDEOS
THEY KEPT MUTING THE CAMERAS SO YOU COULDN'T HEAR ANY AUDIO.
IF
YOU ARE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT AND YOU ARE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL
AND YOU HAVE NO REASON TO HIDE ANYTHING OR BE GUILTY WHY DO YOU
KEEP MUTING YOUR MIC?
OBVIOUSLY NONE OF THOSE SPECIFIC CASES
APPLIED WHEN IT CAME TO THEIR SHOOTING.
THIS NEW POLICY
OCCURRED AFTER THE SHOOTING BECAUSE I ASSUME THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT REALIZE THEY ARE MUTING THEIR CAMERAS.
>>WE ARE DEHUMANIZING COPS AS WELL.
A NORMAL HUMAN BEING
RUSHES INTO SAVE SOMEONE, BUT WE TRAIN THEM TO NOT HAVE NORMAL
HUMAN REACTIONS.
WE TRAIN THEM THAT THAT IS NOT A PERSON THERE.
GOD FORBID ANYTHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO YOU.
THAT GUY IS NOT
IMPORTANT SO LET HIM DIE.
LET HIM BLEED AND THEN HANDCUFFED
HIM TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY.
I'M NOT SAYING THOSE COPS THERE ARE
PARTICULARLY CRUEL OR TERRIBLE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT COPS ARE BY
DEFINITION NATURAL COWARDS.
OF COURSE NOT.
WE TRAIN FEAR INTO
THEM AND TRAIN THEM TO BE COWARDS AND NOT HAVE HUMAN
REACTIONS.
WE TRAIN THEM TO NOT CARE ABOUT OUR LIVES.
THAT IS
DEEPLY CONCERNING.
THERE ARE COPS EVERYWHERE, THEY ARE
SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US BUT INSTEAD THEY HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO
NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT OUR LIVES.
>> COPS ARE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY THEN THEY GO TO WORK AND PUT ON
A BULLETPROOF VEST AND ALL THE EQUIPMENT AND THEY ARE COPS.
REMEMBER THE STUDIES ABOUT HOW TEACHERS PUNISH KIDS IN SECOND
GRADE?
SO THEN WHEN COPS ARE OTHER PARTS OF SOCIETY AND THEY
SHOOT PEOPLE, IT IS LIKE HE HAS SUPERPOWERS.
I SHOOT THEM 12
TIMES, BUT THEY ARE JUST NOT DEAD YET.
THESE CREATURES ARE SO
STRONG THEY JUST SCARE ME.
THE LADY IN STARBUCKS THAT CALLED
THE COPS BECAUSE THOSE TWO GUYS WERE WAITING FOR FRIENDS, IF SHE
WAS A COP ñ IT IS A PROBLEM WITH SOCIETY AND BECOMING A COP GIVES
YOU THIS EXTRA AUTHORITY TO THEN APPLY LETHAL FORCE TO THE
SITUATION THAT YOU ARE ALREADY AFRAID OF WHEN HE BECAME A COP.
I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO KEEP SAYING IT.
>>THAT IS A REACTION OF MOST PEOPLE IN AMERICA LET ALONE
COPS.
BUT SPECIFICALLY THERE WAS A STUDY WE REPORTED ON WHERE
THEY SHOW COPS PICTURES OF WHAT APPEAR TO BE IN REAL LIFE
SITUATIONS.
AND THEY SHOOT A BLACK GUY QUICKER AND MORE OFTEN THAN
THEY SHOOT WHITE PEOPLE.