the head of New York City's largest
police union railing against what he
says is the way the New York Police
Department has been treated by the media
and lawmakers take a look I am NOT Derek
Siobhan they are not him he killed
someone we didn't stop treating us like
animals and thugs and start treating us
with some respect
we've been vilified it's disgusting
Jessie defund the police won't really be
an issue if we can't find people that
want to work as police anymore that's
true I mean these people volunteer
they're not drafted it's a noble
profession we should be thanking them
whenever there's an emergency who do you
call you call the police when your baby
stops breathing when your friend gets
raped when your dad Odie's when your
husband has a heart attack when there's
a massive collision on the highway you
call 9-1-1 and they're there to help
they say what's your emergency you give
the address and within minutes squad
cars are there do you know how much
violence these people see you know much
blood you know much danger I mean they
wear bulletproof vests because they're
being shot at they're bad guys out there
who take advantage their scam artist
there's con artists identity thieves
strong-armed robberies all over the
place and these police are there to
protect you we just had a Kovan 19
outbreak
you guys are everyone sitting home
washing your hands watching Netflix
they're out there patrolling the streets
every day with masks on they're going
into people's homes when there's a
domestic dispute when some girl calls
the police because their boyfriend is
drunk and beating her up they're there
to help her and to help other people and
to sit on the sidelines and say you know
these guys are bad guys we need to take
their money away they don't like black
people no that's not the case at all I
think everybody needs to step back and
look these people are good
people and we need to honor them because
without the police
there'd be no civilization Lawrence when
you saw the video of that police union
chief what was your take away you know
it it it was heartbreaking because I
think there is a similar feeling you got
the police that are saying look don't
judge us by the bad apples right and
you've gotten people in the community
sin look not all of us are criminal too
so don't treat us all like the bad guys
as well I think we're at a boiling point
in this country and we got to look at
people as individuals you know I'm
reminded of the Minnesota police chief
he did a press conference today and he
talked about him implementing the duty
to intervene in this Police Department
this is a guy that's trying to reform
the police department got the majority
of his cops to get on board and now the
story in Minnesota has become about the
guy that put his knee and killed
American citizen and the other ones that
did intervene even though he was making
so much headway and hits the police
department the bottom line they're bad
people out there guys there's bad
criminals out there that American
citizens there's bad cops we got to
reform this thing together and we got to
look at each other's humanity and I'm
just afraid that the country the Wills
and and us looking at each other as
Americans we're doing harm to ourselves
right now I think there are real reforms
that need to take place but there was a
report by the AP today saying that the
Homeland Security is saying that people
are leaking officers personal
information that's not cool either
you can't put innocent cops at risk as
well because you're angry so we got to
take a chill pill
Emily you said you wanted to make some
comments about the police and defending
the police and this block would let you
do that now thank you so much yeah I
think this vilification of law
enforcement is dangerous and it's
absolutely heartbreaking and we talk
about we keep talking about the good
officers out there
well Seattle PD Seattle where I live
just lost one
officer Josh Johnson posted a really
sobering account on his personal
Facebook page and he said you know he
acknowledged the need for reform and
accountability and especially the
department's commitment to ensuring
justice for all he said but by the way
this was not new Seattle law enforcement
has been invested in our community for
quite some time and holding community
meetings and gatherings and the like and
he said however that in the wake of
George Floyd's killing but he was
hopeful that he had hoped that actually
things could have that monumental change
but he said the only thing he learned in
the last two weeks is that all hope has
been extinguished for that he said that
he has seen his black colleagues be
called traitors Uncle Tom's and the
n-words
by white protesters and that he sees now
and acknowledges that the community
quote doesn't want them there that they
have totally turned their back on them
and that they see them as worse than the
criminals that they are they're trying
to protect
he said progress is off the table
discussion is off the table progress
counts for nothing and that unity to
address problems is dismissed and keep
in mind you guys the real victims here
is Jesse pointed out they are domestic
violence victims they're in state child
pornography victims they are sex
trafficking victims they are everyone
who is voiceless at this moment who is
muted by these loud protests and cries
for defunding when we all know that the
Vil ocation of police will have lasting
ramifications for our community one of
it final thoughts from you I don't see
vilification of police what I see is
that we live in a system that celebrates
police and protects police and by the
way Dana that man that police chief the
police union representative that was
talking there I think going back to
something you touched on unions are part
of the root of this problem why is that
because they protect bad cops and they
put it into the contracts today in the
press conference that Lawrence was
referencing chief Arnott arredondo in
Minneapolis he was talking about why
that department is saying they're going
to withdraw this contract with their
police and he said it's not about
benefits it's not about wages it's about
the fact that when you want to
discipline
a bad cop the union has a contract that
prevents that office the chief the Chief
of Police from doing that job he can't
get rid of a bad cop he's got to put him
back on the force and even worse he says
he's got to put him back on the street
so you get somebody like the man who put
his knee and George Floyd's neck who had
several issues but again he's back on
the street you know have no data no way
to monitor no process that's the Union
not serving good policemen and women and
I think that's the real heart of the
issue when Jesse is talking about well
if your girlfriend boyfriend is drunk or
somebody has a heart attack maybe we
shouldn't be sending police to that
maybe we have to look at better ways to
serve that need but it's not about you
know tough cops and and Dirty Harry
showing up at the door I don't think
that serves the police or the community
woman's getting beaten up by her drunk
boyfriend I don't think a therapist is
gonna help her I'd take law enforcement
I think everybody agrees with you on the
unions there's a lot of us agree but
what I have a problem with Democrats is
if you guys can notice the fault with
the unions with the police department
why don't you all see the faults with
all the other police use like the
teachers unions that prevent us from
getting quality enterprise Lawrence
Lawrence you're talking to me I am
somebody who deputies the problems with
the teachers union because I don't see
good public schools for black kids and
cities and I like if you know me you
know I'm for school choice that's not an
issue I just don't like the boy as a
whole these police unions protecting bad
cops