STATE,
STATE, BUT IT IS IN A A SITUATION LIKE THIS. OKAY.
WELL, WITH THAT IN MIND, LET'S
BRING IN OUR CITY'S TOP COP,
CHIEF CARPUT KNEE.
CAN YOU TELL US WHAT WE'RE
SEEING AS OFFICERS CONTINUE TO
TRY TO CONTROL THIS CROWD?
>> YES, GOOD EVENING SMG WE'RE
STILL TRYING TO MAINTAIN
ORDER.
THE ISSUE IS WE'RE STILL
RECEIVING ROCKS AND BOTTLES
BEING THROWN AT US.
IS OVER TIME THAT HAPPENS,
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE IN THE
PROCESS OF DOING RIGHT NOW.
>> CHIEF, FROM YOUR
PERSPECTIVE, HOW DOES THIS
COMPARE TO WHAT YOU SAW LAST
NIGHT AROUND THIS SAME TIME?
WE SAW A LOT OF THESE SAME
TACTICS BEING DEPLOYED.
WE SAW A LOT OF TENSION RISING
LAST NIGHT.
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
IS THIS FEELING SIMILAR TO YOU
FROM WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND
HEARING?
>> THE SEQUENCE IS A LITTLE
AMISS.
WE'RE SEEING AN ESCALATION IN
THE BALANCE FROM THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE PROTESTING, AND SO
WE'RE HAVING TO OBVIOUSLY
ENGAGE THESE PEOPLE AND ARREST
THOSE REFUSING TO LEAVE.
YES, IT IS ALSO SIMILAR TO
LAST NIGHT.
WE CAN'T STAND FOR PEOPLE
ASSAULTING OUR OFFICERS.
AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE THAT,
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MAKE ARRESTS UNTIL WE CAN GAIN
CONTROL AND HAVE PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO BE PEACEFUL AS
THEY PROTEST.
>> CHIEF, I KNOW THAT YOU'VE
SAID THIS BEFORE.
I'VE BEEN IN ATTENDANCE OF
GROUPS THAT YOU'VE SPOKEN TO,
AND ACTUALLY JUST RECENTLY YOU
MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND HOW YOU GOT
INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
BUT AS WE SEE THESE PRO
TESTIFIES, NOT JUST SOMEONE IN
CHAR LOT, BUT SPECIFICALLY I'M
TALKING ABOUT AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MEN WHEN YOU HEAR AND SEE THIS
VIDEO OF GEORGE FLOYD AND WHAT
HAPPENED IN MANIPULATE APPEAR
PLACE.
AND YOU, AS THE CITY'S TOP
CONGRESS, EXPRESSED SOMETHING
THAT -- ACTUALLY, YOU SAID ON
A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, EVEN
YOU, YOU GET A TIGHT FIG YOUR
STOMACH OR YOUR CHEST WHEN
YOU'RE DRIVING AND THERE'S A
POLICE OFFICER BEHIND YOU.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT THAT?
>> SURE, QUITE BRIEFLY.
YES, ALMOST AN AUTOMATIC
REACTION.
JUST THE FEELING TIN PIT OF MY
STOMACH.
ALSO, JUST TO GIVE YOU
CONTEXT, THAT'S EXACTLY HOW I
FELT WHEN I SAW THE OFFICER IN
MINNEAPOLIS KNEELING ON THE
NECK OF MR. FLOYD WHO WAS NOT
ARRESTING, WHO WAS PRONE, IN A
POSITION THAT WE'RE IN CONTROL
OF.
SO THAT'S THE KIND OF SICKNESS
THAT I GET.
OVER THE YEARS IT'S NOT AS
STRONG AND SEVERE AS IT WAS
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER IN MY 20s,
BUT IT'S STILL AN INSTANT
REACTION THAT I STILL GET.
JUST A REACTION THAT I THINK
MANY PEOPLE GET WHEN THEY SEE
THOSE BLUE LIGHTS, JUST
BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY AND
WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, BASED ON
WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE
YEARS.
>> AND HOW HAS THAT MADE YOUR
JOB DIFFICULT?
I KNOW THERE ARE LOT OF
CHALLENGES THAT WE COULD TALK
ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE
WORK, THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS
DEALT WITH.
BUT I NOTICE YOU IN YOUR OWN
SKIN IT'S GIVEN YOU SOME
UNIQUE CHALLENGES.
>> I THINK IT'S GIVEN ME SMUN
NECK PERSPECTIVES.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE REHE
STRAINLT THAT WE SHOW.
THAT'S WHY YOU SEE WE TRY TO
DE-ESCALATE, WE TRY TO GAIN
COOPERATION.
WE HAVE ENGAGEMENTS WITH
CONVERSATION.
WE UNDERSTAND THE ANGER.
BUT PROFESSIONALLY MY JOB IS
NOT TO TOLERATE VIOLENCE AND
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY.
WHEN MY OFFICERS ARE STARTING
TO BE ASSAULTED, BOTTLES
THROWN AT THEM, WE'RE GOING TO
HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL BECAUSE
THAT IS THE THIN BLUE LINE
THAT OUR OFFICERS STAND ON.
>> CHIEF, I KNOW ONE OF THE
CORNERSTONES OF YOUR
LEADERSHIP HAS A BEEN ABOUT
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SO
MUCH WORK THAT IS DONE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOODS DAY IN AND DAY
OUT.
DO YOU WORRY THAT SOME OF THAT
WORK ZEROEDED WHEN WE SEE A
SITUATION LIKE WHAT HAPPENED
WITH MR.
>> WHAT FLOYD.
WHAT I SAW TONIGHT, OUR
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM, IN A
VEHICLE THAT HAD BEEN
SURROUNDED.
I WOULDN'T HAVE SEEN THAT YEARS
AGO.
I APPLAUD PEOPLE WHO ARE
STEPPING UP DOING IT THE RIGHT
WAY TSM WORK IS NOT IN VEIN.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET OUR 0
YOU REMEMBER.
THAT IS 10 OF 11 OF THE WORK
THAT WE'RE DOING AND THE
DIVIDENDS.
>> YOU MAY HAVE MENTIONED
THIS, BUT YOU ARE IN THE
TWILIGHT OF YOUR CAREER WITH
BEING THE POLICE CHIEF IN THIS
CITY.
WHAT WOULD I -- WHAT DO YOU
WANT YOUR OCHE.
>> PEOPLE STANDING UP, DOING
THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, WITHOUT
VIOLATING THE LAW, AND SEEING
US AS THEY ARE, HUMAN.
WE'RE STRUGGLING WITH THIS
FORMER OFFICER NOW ARRESTED.
WE KNOW HE'S HURT OUR
PROFESSION.
IT'S LIKE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
THE OFFICER STEPPING UP,
STEPPING BETWEEN HIM AND
POTENTIAL DANGER.
THAT'S ALL I NEED.
THAT'S MY LEGACY.
IF THAT'S MAY LEGACY, I'M
PROUD OF IT.
BUT RIGHT NOW I'VE GOT WORK TO
DO.
THANK YOU, THOUGH.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH CHIEF