NOW, WE'VE BEEN COVERING THE FREDDIE GRAY CASE THIS WHOLE
WEEK, SO LAST NIGHT AFTER THE SHOW I DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE SHOULD TALK TO SOME ACTUAL PROTESTERS.
SO I HOPPED ON A TRAIN TO BALTIMORE-- THIS IS TRUE-- AND,
OF COURSE, AS SOON AS I DID, THIS HAPPENED.
>> IN NEW YORK CITY, DEMONSTRATORS CLASHED WITH
POLICE.
>> MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED DURING THE PROTESTS IN
MANHATTAN.
>> Larry: COME ON, GUYS!
I JUST LEFT TOWN TO GO TO SOME PROTESTING.
( LAUGHTER ) IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU WEREN'T
EVEN THINKING ABOUT "THE NIGHTLY SHOW WITH LARRY WILMORE" AT ALL
WHEN YOU MADE YOUR "LET'S START A PROTEST IN LARRY'S 'HOOD"
PLAN.
KNOW MY SCHEDULE, ALL RIGHT.
MAN. BUT OF ALL THE THINGS GOING ON IN BALTIMORE
THE THING THAT FASCINATED ME THE MOST WAS THIS GANG TRUCE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HEARD ABOUT IT, BUT EVERYBODY WAS
TALKING ABOUT IT.
>> RIVAL GANGS IT'S BLOODS, CRIPS, AND BLACK GUERILLA
GANGS-- CALLING A TRUCE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HISTORY.
THE REAL PROBLEM THEY SAY IS DECADES OF POVERTY AND POLICE
BRUTALITY
>> Larry: YOU KNOW THE COPS ARE RUNNING WILD WHEN GANG
LEADERS START SOUNDING LIKE NOAM CHOMSKY BY COMPARISON.
THAT'S PRETTY BAD, MAN.
SO ANYWAY, LAST NIGHT, I HEADED DOWN TO BALTIMORE, AND I SAT
DOWN IN A DINER WITH SOME RIVAL GANG MEMBERS WHO CALLED A TRUCE,
AND WE ATE A LITTLE PIE.
TAKE A LOOK.
I'M HERE WITH SOME OF THE BROTHERS WHO ARE HERE IN
BALTIMORE HERE DOING ALL THE UPRISING, THE UNREST.
HAVE YOU GUYS EATEN YOU HAVE LOOKED AT THE MENU?
>> I ALREADY KNOW WHAT I WANT.
>> Larry: CAN WE HAVE A WAITRESS IN HERE.
WHO BROUGHT YOU GUYS TOGETHER?
>> I HAVE KNOWN THIS BROTHER A LONG TIME.
KNOWN THIS BROTHER A LONG TIME >> HOW LONG YOU HAVE KNOWN HIM.
>> LIKE FOUR YEARS.
>> FOUR YEARS.
>> Larry: IN GANG TIME, THAT'S LIKE 18 YEARS, RIGHT.
SO ARE YOU GUYS IN THE SAME ORGANIZATION OR DIFFERENT
ORGANIZATIONS.
>> NO, THE SAME ORGANIZATION.
>> Larry: SAME ORGANIZATION.
YOU'RE THE SAME.
YOU'RE NOT IN THE ORGANIZATION.
>> I'M COOL WITH EVERYBODY.
>> Larry: HE'S COOL WITH EVERYBODY.
>> HE'S COOL WITH EVERYBODY.
>> Larry: SO YOU GUYS HAVE CALLED A TRUCE-- WAIT, IS IT A
TRUCE OR A TREATY?
IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE RATIFIED BY CONGRESS OR ANYTHING.
>> >> NO,.
>> Larry: BECAUSE JOHN BOEHNER IS AN [BLEEP] I'LL TELL YOU NOW
>> WE DIDN'T HAVE A TRUCE OR TREATY.
WE HAD MEN RESPECTING MEN AS MEN AND WE DID IT JUST LIKE THAT.
>> I WAS WALKING AND WE WAS ALL IN A PACK DOWN FULTON AVENUE
AND ONE THE BLOOD HOMIES STEPPED ON MY SHOE. AND I LOOKED AT HIM
AND SAID YOU KNOW 3 DAYS AGO I'D HAVE HIT YOU IN THE MOUTH FOR
THAT? AND HE SMILED.
>> Larry: THREE DAYS FROM NOW THINGS MIGHT BE BACK TO NORMAL
AND YOU CAN HIT HIM IN HIS MOUTH AGAIN.
>> NO, HE'S GOOD.
>> Larry: THAT'S GOOD.
THE TRUCE IS GOOD.
IT'S FOREVER NOW, RIGHT?
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING?
>> AS FAR AS US.
WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR WHOLE COUNTRY, BUT AS FAR AS
BALTIMORE, WHAT WE'RE DOING, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE START WITH US.
>> Larry: WHERE DO YOU GUYS THINK THE ANGER IN THE COMMUNITY
COMES FROM?
WHERE TO YOU THINK THAT COMES FROM?
>> THE ANALOGY I'VE BEEN USING IS, NOW YOU SEE THIS
CORNER ON THE MENU? THIS IS A CORNER.
THIS IS A PERSON.
THIS IS YOU.
IT'S ONLY SO FAR BACK INTO THIS CORNER YOU CAN PUSH ME BEFORE I
HAVE TO PUSH BACK.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED
THEY PUSHED BACK.
>> Larry: THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF AMERICA CAN'T RELATE TO RIGHT
NOW.
THEY CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
>> OF COURSE NOT. IF YOU LIVE IN A MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSE
HOW CAN YOU RELATE TO LIVING IN THE HOOD AND GETTING PUSHED?
YOU'RE GOOD. YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING
THROUGH. SAME, AS WHEN YOU'RE LIKE MAN, I HAVE TO PAY MY
PROPERTY TAX. I CAN'T RELATE TO THAT.
I NEVER PAID PROPERTY TAX BEFORE.
>> Larry: I'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE ANGER OF THE PROPERTY TAX.
SO LET'S SAY THIS IS MY MILLION-DOLLAR HOUSE, OKAY.
( LAUGHTER ) AND THE PROPERTY TAX IS PUSHING
ME INTO THIS CORNER.
THAT'S WHEN I GET ANGRY.
( LAUGHTER ) THAT'S WHEN I BURST.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CAN'T RELATE TO THAT.
>> YOU CALL A LAWYER AND YOU PUSH BACK.
EXACTLY.
>> Larry: AND THEN IT'S A VICIOUS CYCLE.
HAVE YOU GUYS EVER STOPPED SOMEBODY FROM DOING SOMETHING,
LIKE PHYSICALLY STOPPED SOMEBODY FROM THROWING SOMETHING?
>> I WHOOPED SOMEBODY'S ASS >> DID YOU?
>> YEAH.
>> THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP ON THE AVENUE, WEREN'T FROM THERE.
>> Larry: SO THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T EVEN FROM AROUND
THERE. >> IT WAS LITTLE KIDS
>> IT WAS ALSO PEOPLE -- >> HOW OLD WERE THEY?
>> HIGH SCHOOL, LIKE, MIDDLE SCHOOL.
>> THEY STARTED-- >> I SAW JON STEWART OUT THERE.
>> Larry: YOU SAW JON STEWART OUT THERE.
>> I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, ME AND A COUPLE OF
HOMIES. >> Larry: OK, SCOOBY AND
A COUPLE OF HOMIES STANDING IN FRONT OF THE STORE.
>> JON STEWART IS RIGHT BEHIND US.
>> JON STEWART IS NOT HERE.
TRUST ME.
TRUST ME ON THAT.
HE IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND.
>> THE POLICE PULL UP IN A TANK.
>> Larry: A TANK, LIKE ONE OF THOSE BIG HUMVEES.
>> THEY COME OUT WITH THEIR ASSAULT RIFLES.
AND I WAS LIKE, "MAN, THIS IS 'CALL OF DUTY'."
>> Larry: THEY JUMPED OUT.
THEY DID, THEY POINT THEIR GUNS AND ALL THAT AND I GOT HIT WITH
A CONCUSSION GRENADE. I GOT HOLES ALL IN MY FAVORITE HOODIE
>> Larry: WAIT, THAT HAPPENED THIS PAST WEEK?
YOU GOT HIT WITH A CONCUSSION GRENADE?
>> TWO DAYS AGO. THEY THREW IT RIGHT TOWARDS US AND WE WERE
PROTECTING THE STORES >> IT HIT ME RIGHT IN THE RIBS.
>> WE WERE MAKING SURE THERE WAS NO LOOTING
>> WE RAN THROUGH THE ALLEY, TO
THE PROJECTS, MADE SURE EVERYONE ELSE WAS OKAY AND WENT RIGHT
BACK TO OUR POST AND LINKED ARMS AND MADE SURE NOBODY GOT IN THAT
STORE.
>> Larry: WOW.
>> THEY SET ONE POLICE CAR ON FIRE AND WE STOPPED THEM FROM
SETTING THE OTHER CAR ON FIRE.
>> Larry: WOULD YOU GUYS EVER MEET WITH THE POLICE?
>> YEAH.
>> Larry: YOU TALKED TO THEM?
>> EVERY DAY, WE WALK RIGHT PAST THEM.
WE ASKED, "ARE YOU GOOD?
DO YOU NEED WATER?" >> Larry: WHAT WAS YOUR
REACTION.
>> THEY DID BRING US FOOD.
>> Larry: THEY BROUGHT YOU FOOD?
>> I COULDN'T-- I COULDN'T EAT THE SANDWICHES BECAUSE THEY HAD
PORK. SO I HAD TO EAT FIVE BAGS OF CHIPS
>> Larry: I COULD DO A PIG JOKE.
WHAT'S THE MOST SURPRISING THING THAT CAME OUT OF ALL OF THIS?
>> ALL THE POSITIVE PEOPLE COMING TOGETHER.
IT WAS FOR ONE COMMON CAUSE-- IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
>> Larry: DO YOU GUYS HAVE HOPE?
>>, OF COURSE,.
>> OF COURSE,.
>> WHAT ELSE DO WE GOT?
>> Larry: YOU HAVE HOPE, SEAN?
>> THAT'S THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE TO HAVE IF YOU WANT TO
PROGRESS.
>> Larry: I THINK WE HAVE-- I THINK WE HAVE PIE COMING RIGHT
NOW.
SEAN DOESN'T LIKE PORK, SO MAKE SURE SEAN DOESN'T GET THE PORK.
YOU GUYS HAVE REALLY BEEN GREAT.
I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH ME.
IS THERE ANY OTHER THING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY EITHER TO
AMERICA, TO PEOPLE WATCHING THIS PROGRAM?
>> I WANT EVERYBODY TO KEEP THEIR HOPE, AND STAY PEACEFUL.
I MEAN, WHEN-- WHEN THEY HEAR THE POLICE VERDICT FRIDAY,
DON'T GIVE UP BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE LAST OF THE INVESTIGATION.
IT'S A LOT MORE INVESTIGATIONS AFTER THAT.
( APPLAUSE )
>> Larry: ARE WE SPLITTING THIS SIX WAYS?
I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW WE'RE GOING.
>> YEAH. LET'S SEE HOW MANY POCKETS YOU'VE GOT
>> Larry: YOU DON'T HAVE, LIKE, A CORPORATE CREDIT CARD
THAT YOU USE?