NOW ARE FOCUSED AND LOOKING
AHEAD AT WHAT’S TO COME.
AYMAN?
>> THANK YOU, SHAQUILLE BREWSTER
IN MINNEAPOLIS AND BRENT.
>>> WE’LL HAVE LIVE PICTURES OF
THE VIEWING TAKING PLACE FOR
DAUNTE WRIGHT LATER ON.
YOU SEE THE LIVE PICTURES THERE
AS FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER WELL
WISHERS COME TO PAY THEIR FINAL
RESPECTS.
ANTONIO, PUBLIC VIEWING, AS WE
MENTIONED, IS BEING HELD TODAY
FOR DAUNTE WRIGHT AHEAD OF HIS
FUNERAL TOMORROW.
THE OFFICER WHO SHOT DAUNTE HAS
BEEN CHARGED IN HIS DEATH.
HOW DOES THE WRIGHT FAMILY FEEL
ABOUT THE VERDICT AGAINST DEREK
CHAUVIN AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR
YOUR CASE?
>> WELL, YOU CAN IMAGINE THE J
JUXTAPOSITION THAT THE WRIGHT
FAMILY IS FEELING RIGHT NOW.
THEY WATCHED A VERDICT, WHICH
COULD CHANGE AMERICAN HISTORY IN
TERMS OF POLICE REFORM, SYSTEMIC
RACISM, AND THEY’RE BURYING
THEIR LOVED ONE AT THE SAME
MOMENT.
IT REALLY IS BITTERSWEET.
I THINK THE ONE CONSOLATION, OR
MAYBE EVEN MORE THAN ONE
CONSOLATION IS THAT THE WRIGHT
FAMILY HAS STAYED SO CLOSE TO
THEM.
THEY’VE BEEN COMFORTING EACH
OTHER.
THEY’VE BEEN WITH EACH OTHER.
THEY’VE BEEN HOLD INGING EACH OT
AND THAT’S BEEN A TREMENDOUS
SOURCE OF RELIEF AND COMFORT TO
THE WRIGHT FAMILY, KNOWING HOW
STRONG THE FLOYD FAMILY -- THE
MODEL PEOPLE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN
THROUGH THIS ORDEAL SINCE MAY
25th OF LAST YEAR.
>> I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND
OUR VIEWERS THE STATISTIC THAT
WAS FEATURED IN "THE NEW YORK
TIMES" THAT, QUOTE, THERE HAVE
ONLY BEEN SEVEN MURDER
CONVICTIONS OF OFFICERS FOR
FATAL POLICE SHOOTINGS SINCE
2005.
THIS, ACCORDING TO PHILIP
STINSON OF BOWLING GREEP STATE
UNIVERSITY.
THAT SUGGESTS THE CHANCES OF A
KILLING BY THE POLICE LEADING TO
A MURDER CONVICTION ARE ABOUT
ONE IN 2,000.
DOES THAT STATISTIC SURPRISE
YOU?
DO YOU THINK IT WILL CHANGE IN
THE COMING YEARS AFTER THE
CHAUVIN CONVICTION?
>> INTERESTINGLY, I KNOW OF ONE
OF THOSE CONVICTIONS BESIDES THE
GEORGE FLOYD ONE, AND THAT’S THE
LAQUAN McDONALD WHERE JASON VAN
DYKE WAS CONVICTED IN CHICAGO.
I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS ONE IN
2,000.
THAT’S JUST AN ABSURD NUMBER.
NOT BECAUSE IT NEEDS TO BE
HIGHER, BUT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT
POLICE HAVE ACTED
INAPPROPRIATELY OVER THE YEARS
AND HAVE GOTTEN AWAY WITH IT IN
THE PAST BECAUSE OF THE
QUALIFIED IMMUNITY OR THEY
ALWAYS DECLARE THE --
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BECAUSE OF WHAT THE MINNEAPOLIS
POLICE DEPARTMENT DID.
THEY TESTIFIED AGAINST ONE OF
THEIR OWN.
IF THEY RAISE THE BAR FOR POLICE
OFFICERS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
I DO SEE CHANGE.
>> PART OF THAT CHANGE INVOLVES
WHAT WE HEARD TODAY FROM THE
DOJ.
DO YOU THINK THE DOJ
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS
A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, A
STEP FORWARD?
DO YOU THINK FURTHER ACTION IS
NECESSARY?
>> WELL, WHAT THE DOJ IS DOING,
WHAT THEY’RE SAYING, RATHER, IS
THAT POLICE REFORM IN
MINNEAPOLIS DOESN’T BEGIN OR END
WITH YESTERDAY’S CONVICTION,
THAT THERE IS GOING TO BE AN
INVESTIGATION INTO OTHER USES OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE, WHICH HAVE BEEN
SYSTEMIC, WHICH HAVE GONE ON FOR
A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.
WHAT DEREK CHAUVIN DID WAS VERY
LIKELY A RESULT OF HIS LACK OF
TRAINING OR TRAINING IN KNEELING
IN THAT POSITION, WHICH LEADS TO
UNNECESSARY DEATH.
SO, I THINK THIS IS A TREMENDOUS
STEP.
IT’S A TREMENDOUS STEP IN
LEADERSHIP IN ORDER TO LOOK AT
THIS BECAUSE THE INVESTIGATION
ITSELF WILL BRING ABOUT POSITIVE