CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC AND RACIAL
STRIKES IN THE COMMUNITY,
DETROITERS ARE STANDING STRONG
TO LIFT EACH OTHER UP. THERE IS NO ONE WHO EXEMPLIFIES
THERE IS NO ONE WHO EXEMPLIFIES
STRENGTH AND COURAGE LIKE THIS
WOMAN DOES.
5 FEET TALL AND MANAGES TO KEEP
A PROTEST PEACEFUL WITH JUST HER
PRESENCE.
STEPHANIE BRODY IS A TEACHER,
LIFE LONG VOTER AND SOMEONE WHO
CARES ABOUT HER COMMUNITY, THE
EPITOME OF THE SPIRIT OF
DETROIT.
>> I WAS WATCHING TV.
WHAT HAPPENED?
I WANTED TO BE NOSEY. >> SHE SPEAKS NONCHILANTLY WHAT
>> SHE SPEAKS NONCHILANTLY WHAT
SHE DID JULY 10th.
SHOOTING DEATH OF A 20-YEAR-OLD
MAN IN DETROIT SPARKED OUTRAGE
IN THE COMMUNITY.
>> A LOT OF OFFICERS HAVE MOVED
BACK.
>> PROTESTERS MARCHED DOWN SEVEN
MILES TO THE 12th PRECINCT.
THERE IN A TEAL COLORED SHIRT IN
THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL WAS
STEPHANIE BRODY.
>> BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE
PROTESTERS, WHAT WAS GOING
THROUGH YOUR MIND AT THAT
MOMENT.
>> ARE YOU SERIOUS?
DO YOU SEE WHAT’S BEHIND ME?
AND THAT’S -- MY UNCLE USED TO
WORK AT THAT PRECINCT. SO ALL I CAN THINK IS, ARE YOU
SO ALL I CAN THINK IS, ARE YOU
GUYS SERIOUS?
DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS?
THAT’S WHAT I SAID TO THEM.
>> I SAW YOU DOING A LOT OF
THIS.
>> THAT’S ME.
THAT’S IT.
>> YOU TOOK CONTROL OF THE
SITUATION.
>> WHEN I’M IN THE CLASSROOM I
DO THE SAME THING.
IF I DO THIS OR WHATEVER, THEY
CUT IT SO I’M LOOKING AT THESE
FOLKS AND LOOKING AT WHAT’S
BEHIND ME.
I’M LIKE ARE YOU SERIOUS?
DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS?
APPARENTLY IT WAS ENOUGH FOR
THEM TO THINK ABOUT IT AND GO,
WELL WE MIGHT NOT REALLY WANT
THIS.
I’M LIKE PUT THIS ENERGY BEHIND
SOME EDUCATION.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
HOW ABOUT TEACH THE KIDS HOW TO READ AND WRITE?
READ AND WRITE?
NOT PULL OUT PISTOLS FOR NO
REASON.
>> I KNOW WE’RE IN A VERY
DIFFICULT TIME.
NOT JUST HERE BUT ACROSS THIS
COUNTRY.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK THE POLICE CHIEF HANDLED THE SITUATION?
CHIEF HANDLED THE SITUATION?
>> I LOVE IT.
HE HANDLED IT.
HE PUT THAT VIDEO OUT REAL
QUICK.
IF NOTHING ELSE.
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING.
WE NEED TO LOOK AT OURSELVES AND
LOOK AT THE KIDS WE’RE RAISING
UP. >> HAVE YOU BEEN PROUD OF THE
>> HAVE YOU BEEN PROUD OF THE
WAY DETROIT HAS, YOU KNOW,
HANDLED THIS RACIAL TENSION IN
TERMS OF THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN
PROTESTING HERE IN THE CITY?
>> DEFINITELY.
>> IN WHAT WAY?
>> WHAT YOU SAID, WHEN CRAIG PUT
THAT VIDEO OUT NICE AND QUICK,
THAT SQUASHED A WHOLE LOT. HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THAT BUT HE
HE DIDN’T HAVE TO DO THAT BUT HE
DID THAT TO KEEP DOWN THE
TENSIONS.
AND MY THING IS, DETROIT, WE
DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF PROBLEM. WE HAVE FOLKS COMING IN WHO
WE HAVE FOLKS COMING IN WHO
WANTED TO STIR THINGS UP.
BUT I THINK OVERALL, WE HAVE
BEEN DOING A PRETTY GOOD JOB
BECAUSE DETROIT COULD HAVE BEEN
ON FIRE.
AND I KNOW THE WORLD HAS BEEN
WAITING ON DETROIT TO BE ON
FIRE.
AND WE DID.
AND I DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING
TO.
I REALLY DON’T THINK WE’RE GOING
TO.
AND I LIKE THAT.
>> WHY DO YOU THINK WE’RE NOT
GOING TO?
>> BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE
ENOUGH SENSE NOT TO.
WE HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
>> YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
RIOTS?
>> RIGHT.
BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
THE YOUNG FOLKS DON’T KNOW THAT.
THE OLDER FOLKS, WE KNOW IT.
BEEN THERE DONE THAT.
>> WHAT ABOUT YOUR PRIDE FOR
THIS CITY.
YOU LIVED THERE ALL YOUR LIFE.
>> ALL MY LIFE.
>> YOU DIDN’T HAVE THE NECESSARY
INTENTION OF DOING WHAT YOU DID.
BUT YOU CARED ENOUGH TO GO SEE
ABOUT IT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE SAW THAT AND SAID I’M GOING TO STAY
THAT AND SAID I’M GOING TO STAY
AS FAR AWAY AS POSSIBLE BUT YOU
CARED ENOUGH TO GET UP AND GO
SEE ABOUT IT.
>> BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN SEEING
THE PROTESTS AND I HEARD SOME OF
THE COMMENTS AND SOME OF THE
PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
INTERVIEWING.
BUT MY THING IS STILL, WHAT ARE YOU PROTESTING ABOUT?
YOU PROTESTING ABOUT?
WHAT ARE YOU MAD ABOUT?
AND THAT’S STILL MY QUESTION.
WHAT ARE YOU MAD ABOUT?
OR ARE WE JUST PROTESTING TO BE
ON TV?
SO IF YOU’RE GOING TO PROTEST
AND YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE
POLICE, I’M WORRIED ABOUT THE
FOLKS AROUND ME, ARE THEY GOING
TO SHOOT MY CHILD? BUT WE OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT WE OKAY WITH THAT.
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING.
WE OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT DON’T LET A COP SHOOT US.
>> BUT WE NEED -- YOU’RE SAYING
THE PROTESTERS.
>> WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER.
>> RIGHT.
RIGHT.
>> TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS IN OUR OWN
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHY CAN YOUR CHILD NOT READ OR
WRITE?
YOU OKAY WITH THAT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO SAY
THANK YOU TO YOU BECAUSE --
>> I SAY LEAVE ME ALONE
ACTUALLY.
>> IF YOU WEREN’T THERE AND --
>> OH, NO.
IF I WASN’T THERE, YOUR
NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT BE A LITTLE
UPSET RIGHT NOW AND ALL I CAN
THINK WAS OH, LORD.
ONCE THEY FINISH WITH THE POLICE
STATION, THEY GOING TO GO ACROSS
THE STREET.
I COULDN’T.
I JUST COULDN’T.
>> YOU HAD TO DO SOMETHING.
THAT’S WHO YOU ARE.
JUST ADMIT IT.
THAT’S WHO YOU ARE.
>> THAT’S WHO I AM.
THAT’S WHAT I DID.
>> AS YOU CAN SEE SHE HAS AN
INCREDIBLE SPIRIT AND SHE IS NOT
SOMEONE WHO REALLY ENJOYS BEING
IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT ALL BUT SHE
DOES DO A LOT TO GIVE BACK TO
THE COMMUNITY.
SHE TEACHES ROBOTICS, AND OTHER