>>> THIS ONGOING RECKONING OF
POLICING CONTINUES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY, DRAWING IMPORTANT
SCRUTINY.
STORIES THAT OFFER A FACT YOU’LL
CONTRAST TO EMERGING DEFENSE BY
OFFICIALS LIKE BILL BARR WHO
DENIES SYSTEMIC RACISM AS
EVIDENCE, POINTS TO CERTAIN DATA
AND HE’S BEEN POINTING TO SOME
DATA ON HIS SUBSET OF POLICE
KILLINGS.
>> I DON’T AGREE THAT THERE’S
SYSTEMIC RACISM IN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT.
THE FACT IS THAT THESE EVENTS
ARE FORTUNATELY QUITE RARE.
ACCORDING TO STATISTICS COMPILED
BY THE "WASHINGTON POST," THE
NUMBER OF UNARMED BLACK MEN
KILLED SO FAR BY POLICE IS
EIGHT.
>> BARR MAY BE WONDERING THAT HE
THINKS EIGHT IS NOT A LARGE
NUMBER.
THAT SAME "WASHINGTON POST"
FOUND ACTUALLY FOUND 976 TOTAL
PEOPLE SHOT AND KILLED BY POLICE
IN THE PAST YEAR WITH BLACK
AMERICANS KILLED AT MORE THAN
TWICE THE RATE OF WHITE
AMERICANS.
SO THE DISPARITIES IN KILLINGS
ARE DOCUMENTED.
BUT THIS ALSO GOES BEYOND
HORRIFIC KILLINGS.
THE SCRUTINY ON SYSTEMIC RACISM
DOES GO BEYOND THE MOST EXTREME
THING AN OFFICER COULD POSSIBLY
DO.
KILL SOMEONE.
TO ALSO, PROBE HOW RACIAL
PROFILING AND RACISM CAN INFECT
MANY PARTS OF POLICING.
FROM WHEN POLICE CHOOSE TO
DE-ESCALATE OR ESCALATE, TO WHEN
THEY GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK ON A
TECHNICALITY INSTEAD OF THROWING
THE BOOK AT THEM.
TO WHOM POLICE STOP IN THE FIRST
PLACE.
LIKE COLORADO POLICE PULLING
OVER A BLACK WOMAN AND TAKING SO
MEASURES LIKE ORDERING FOUR
CHILDREN AT GUNPOINT TO LIE FACE
DOWN IN THE PARKING LOT LEADING TO THIS SCENE.
>> THOSE ARE CHILDREN.
YOU CAN HEAR AND SEE YOURSELF
WHAT HAPPENED.
A WITNESS DESCRIBING THE MOMENTS
LEADING UP TO THAT STOP.
>> I SAW A CAR NEXT TO ME WITH
FOUR GIRLS IN IT, FEET WERE UP
ON THE DASH.
IT WAS REAL CUTE.
THE NEXT THING I KNOW, THE
POLICE PULL UP SILENTLY BEHIND
THEM AND HAD GUNS DRAWN ON THE
CHILDREN.
>> THE OFFICERS SAY THEY WERE
INVESTIGATING A STOLEN VEHICLE.
THE DEPARTMENT, THOUGH, HAS
ALREADY APOLOGIZED.
THEY SAY IT WAS MISTAKEN
IDENTITY.
HERE’S REACTION FROM TWO OF THE
WOMEN IN THE CAR WHO WERE PULLED
OVER AND HANDCUFFED.
>> THAT’S POLICE BRUTALITY.
I DON’T GIVE A DAMN WHAT NOBODY
SAY, THAT’S POLICE BRUTALITY.
>> IT’S LIKE THEY DON’T CARE.
WHO AM I GOING TO CALL WHEN MY
LIFE IS IN DANGER?
>> A LIFE IN DANGER.
NOW, WE’VE BEEN HEARING THESE
TYPES OF STORIES FOR DECADES IN
AMERICA, THE DOCUMENTED CONCERN
THAT FOR MANY COMMUNITIES OF
COLOR, IT IS THE POLICE WHO POSE
THE DANGER.
NOW, THAT’S AN INCIDENT THERE
REGARDING LOCAL POLICE.
THERE’S ALSO SCRUTINY ON TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS AND THE
SECRET SERVICE WHO DETAINED
THESE TWO MOTHERS WHO WERE THEN
SURROUNDED AT GUNPOINT, HAND
KUFD,
CUFFED, DETAINED WITHOUT MIRANDA
RIGHTS WARNING, AND THEN THEY
WERE STUCK LIKE THAT FOR 45
MINUTES.
"THE POST" REPORTING BABIES
WAILING IN THE BACK SEAT OF THE
CAR.
ONE OF THE WOMEN PULLED OF SAYS
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN ANOTHER
BREONNA TAYLOR, ANOTHER INNOCENT
WOMAN SHOT.
SHE SAID SHE THOUGHT THE POLICE
ARE HERE TO PROTECT AND SEVEN.
AND NOW IT’S REALLY
UNCOMFORTABLE HAVING LIVED
THROUGH THAT.
THESE FEDERAL OFFICERS IN THAT
TOTALLY SEPARATE CASE, GUESS
WHAT?
THEY OFFERED THE SAME DEFENSE WE
HEARD FROM COLORADO POLICE,
MISTAKEN IDENTITY.
THEY WERE PURSUING A STOLEN CAR.
THE DATA SHOWS THESE ARE NOT
JUST INCIDENTS.
THIS HAPPENS ALL THE TIME IN
POCKETS OF AMERICA, LARGE AND
SMALL.
AND YES, PLACES RUN BY BOTH
POLITICAL PARTIES.
CONSIDER THE NYPD, WHICH STOPPED
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF BLACK
PEOPLE ANNUALLY, THE VAST
MAJORITY NOT ACCUSED OF
ANYTHING, NEVER EVEN ARRESTED OR
CONVICTED.
THESE NUMBERS ADD UP.
THEY ARE THE DOCUMENTED,
WIDESPREAD AMERICAN REALITY.
AND IT IS FAR DIFFERENT FROM
THESE ATTEMPTS YOU MAY HEAR TO
CHERRY PICK A SMALL SUBSET FROM
THE MOST EXTREME TRAGEDIES OF
KILLINGS TO ASSURE AMERICANS, AS
BILL BARR DID UNDER OATH, THAT
WHAT YOU KEEP SEEING AND HEARING
ABOUT IS A RARITY THAT BARELY
OCCURS.
>> THE FACT IS THAT THESE EVENTS
ARE FORTUNATELY QUITE RARE.
>> THERE IS NOTHING RARE ABOUT
THIS WIDER DOCUMENTED REPORTS OF
PROFILING, OF POLICE STOPPING
AND DETAINING PEOPLE WITHOUT
CHARGES OR SYSTEMIC BIAS.
THE ONLY QUESTION, AS WE
CONTINUE TO LIVE THROUGH THIS
YEAR OF NATIONAL RECKONING, IS
WHETHER PEOPLE LISTEN MORE TO