CAPTURED AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WITH THE REST AND THIS.
>> I WAS SITTING IN MY TRUCK
EATING LUNCH AND I HEARD A
WOMAN SCREAMING SO I GET OUT OF
MY TRUCK AND SOMEONE SAYS, YOU
KNOW, THIS GUY ATTACKED HER AND
I’M LIKE WHAT GUY?
SO THEY POINT TO THE GUY.
HE IS GETTING AWAY ACROSS THE
STREET AND I SEE BLOOD
EVERYWHERE JUST DRIPPING BLOOD.
>> Sandra: THAT WAS BENSON
PARKS WHO CHASED DOWN THE
ATTACKER SPEAKING TO BILL
EARLIER THIS WEEK.
THE ATTACKER NEARLY BLINDED OUR
NEXT GUEST.
SHE WAS WALKING AND THE SUSPECT
HIT HER IN A FACE AS A METAL
POLE.
A HOMELESS MAN WITH PREVIOUS
CONVICTIONS FOR FELONY ASSAULT
OUT ON PAROLE AT THE TIME OF
THAT ATTACK.
JOINING IS NOW IS KIM GLASS.
KIM, WELCOME.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
>> HI, HOW ARE YOU?
I’M HEALING.
MY EMOTIONS CHANGE EVERY DAY.
YOU KNOW, I’M ALWAYS REALLY
GRATEFUL AND HAPPY IT DIDN’T
TURN OUT AS BAD AS IT COULD
HAVE BEEN BUT I’LL BE IN THE
CAR WITH SOMEONE AND SOMEONE
COMES TOWARD THE CAR AND I
FREAK OUT.
EVERY DAY IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT
AND I’M PROCESSING IT ALL.
>> Bill: WE WANT TO REMIND
VIEWERS THIS WAS IN DOWNTOWN
LOS ANGELES, DAYLIGHT
>> RIGHT.
>> OUT OF NOWHERE YOU GET
SOCKED BY A 10 INCH BOLT AND
WHEN YOU THINK BACK ON THAT IT
HAS TO BE SOMETHING IN YOUR
MIND SAYING WHY IN THE WORLD
DID THAT HAPPEN?
AND WHEN YOU ASK YOURSELF THAT,
HOW DO YOU ANSWER IT?
>> YOU KNOW, I WAS THINKING
ABOUT IT IN THE AMBULANCE AND
TALKING TO MY MOM ON FACE TIME
AND I WAS LIKE MOM, I DON’T
KNOW WHY THIS HAPPENED TO ME.
I WAS LIKE THERE WAS NOTHING I
COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT IT.
I THINK SOMETIMES WE GET REALLY
-- WE FEEL IMMUNE WHEN WE ARE
WALKING IN THE DAYTIME, RIGHT,
REGARDLESS AND I THINK ABOUT
WHAT I COULD HAVE DONE AND FOR
ME, I FEEL LIKE I’M ALWAYS
ALERT AND THERE WAS NOTHING I
COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT THIS.
EVERYONE IS OUT THERE OFFERING
ME SELF-DEFENSE CLASSES AND HOW
DID YOU LET HIM GET CLOSE?
HE WASN’T CLOSE AND I COULD
HAVE NEVER PREDICTED THIS
HAPPENING.
AND AS I’VE BEEN HOME AND
THINKING ABOUT THIS I SAID GOD,
YOU CHOSE ME FOR A REASON, YOU
KNOW, AND THE REASON IS ONE,
I’M HARD HEADED AND YOU KNEW I
WAS GOING TO MAKE IT AND YOU
KNOW I STILL HAVE WORK TO DO
HERE AND -- BUT ALSO BECAUSE HE
HAD OTHER ATTACKERS AND THERE
IS OTHER VICTIMS AROUND LOS
ANGELES AND IT KEEPS ON
HAPPENING AND EVERYONE IS
PAYING ATTENTION TO ME BECAUSE
I’M AN OLYMPIAN, RIGHT?
THESE OTHER ATTACKERS --
VICTIMS HAVEN’T BEEN VINDICATED.
EVERY TIME SOMEONE IS BEING LET
OUT ON THE STREET AGAIN AND
AGAIN, THEY ARE DOING A
DISSERVICE AND SAYING THAT
THESE VICTIMS, TRAUMAS WERE IN
VAIN.
AND NOW I’M HERE AND HOPING
THAT THIS DOESN’T HAPPEN TO
ANYONE ELSE AGAIN.
HOWEVER I CAN HELP, I THINK
THAT’S WHAT THIS HAPPENED FOR.
>> Sandra: BECAUSE OF THAT YOU
ARE CALLING FOR CHANGE.
WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD HELP
CRACK DOWN ON ATTACKS LIKE THIS
FROM HAPPENING?
>> WELL, WHEN I LOOK AT IT IT’S
LIKE I THINK THAT WE ALL
DESERVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE
FREEDOM BUT NOT IF YOU ARE A
TERROR TO SOCIETY.
AND THIS HISTORY REPEATED
ITSELF WITH THIS.
HE WAS LET OUT ON PROBATION AND
HE ATTACKED SOMEONE ELSE AND
THAT WAS A MISS DEMEANOR, RIGHT?
BUT BEFORE THAT HE HAD ALREADY
ASSAULT AND BATTERY TWO OTHER
PEOPLE, ALL WOMEN, RIGHT?
AND SO WHAT DOES IT TAKE, YOU
KNOW?
WE JUST KEEP DROPPING THE BALL
AND DROPPING THE BALL.
I LOOK AT IT LIKE THIS.
I’M A PROFESSIONAL -- I WAS A
PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE AND BEEN
PART OF TEAMS ALL MY LIFE,
RIGHT?
IF I KEEP DOING SOMETHING WRONG
THE ENTIRE TIME, I HAVE TO
CHANGE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT IS
NOT WORKING FOR THE TEAM, YOU
KNOW?
IF I’M NOT CHANGING SOMETHING,
THEN I GET TAKEN OUT AND
SOMEONE ELSE REPLACES ME.
AND AT THIS POINT WHAT’S THE
ANSWER, YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE EVERYTHING THAT WE’RE
DOING RIGHT NOW IS NOT WORKING.
AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGE.
THAT’S EVIDENT.
>> Bill: A LOT OF THAT ANSWER,
FRANKLY, COMES FROM PEOPLE LIKE
YOU WHEN YOU GO PUBLIC.
WE’RE LOOKING AT YOU AND WE
KNOW WHAT YOU LOOKED LIKE IN
THE HOURS AFTER.
YOU LOOK TERRIFIC, BY THE WAY,
BEFORE AND AFTER.
>> THANK YOU.
>> Bill: WHEN YOU GO PUBLIC AND
TELL PEOPLE WE CAN’T LIVE LIKE
THIS.
LET’S GET OUR HOUSE IN ORDER SO
THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME DON’T HAVE
TO SUFFER BECAUSE THE DECISIONS
OF OTHER PEOPLE THEY’RE MAKING
FOR US.
THAT’S YOUR PURPOSE NOW?
>> I KNOW, MAN, AND I JUST HOPE
THAT GOD LEADS ME AND IS --
GIVES ME THE RIGHT WORDS AND
LEADS ME IN THE DIRECTION FOR
EVERYONE’S HIGHEST GOOD.
SORRY, I DIDN’T EXPECT ALL THIS.
>> Bill: WE’RE PRAYING FOR YOU.
HANG TOUGH.
YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE BEHIND YOU
THAN YOU HAVE ANY IDEA.
SO MANY PEOPLE SUPPORT YOU.
>> I FEEL IT, YOU GUYS.
IT IS CRAZY AND I THINK THIS IS
WHAT WE STAND FOR, RIGHT?
ALL THE BAD THAT’S HAPPENED, I
TELL YOU, HOW DIVIDED OUR
COUNTRY IS, BUT I TELL YOU WHEN
YOU SEE EVERYONE COME TOGETHER,
HOW EVERYONE HAS RALLIED AROUND
ME THIS IS WHAT AMERICA IS
SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT AND WHAT
WE STAND FOR AND WE HAVE TO DO
THIS TOGETHER, YOU KNOW?
>> Bill: AMEN TO THAT.
HANG TOUGH.
THANK YOU.
HANG TOUGH.
>> THANK YOU, GUYS.
>> Bill: THANK FOR SHARING YOUR
STORY.
>> Sandra: WE’LL KEEP SHARING
IT.
>> THANK YOU GUYS FOR TALKING