PHILADELPHIA D.A. AND COOK
COUNTY PROSECUTORS UNDER FIRE
AS CRIME SURGES IN THEIR CITIES.
POLITICAL ANALYST UNDERSTANDS
ALL TOO WELL THIS ISSUE.
MY HEART IS WITH YOU.
I KNOW YOUR BABY BROTHER,
CHRISTIAN, WAS MURDERED GUN
VIOLENCE A MONTH AGO, THE
FUNERAL IS TOMORROW.
ALWAYS PRAYERS AND YOUR
PERSPECTIVE ON THIS IS FRESH
AND SPOT ON AND WE CAN’T WAIT
TO HEAR IT.
WE SHOWED A PICTURE OF
CHRISTIAN.
>> WELL, HARRIS, I’M GOING TO
BE HONEST, THIS IS QUITE A
DIFFICULT EXPERIENCE TO SAY THE
LEAST FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO
BE FIGHTING IN THE NAME OF
JUSTICE FOR MY BABY BROTHER,
CHRISTIAN, TO BE BURYING HIM
TOMORROW.
MY 18-YEAR-OLD BROTHER.
I’VE CRIED SO MANY TEARS MY
EYES HURT AND I JUST THINK I’VE
GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I CAN
MENTION HIS NAME AND NOT BUST
OUT IN TEARS BUT I RECOGNIZE
WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THIS CITY
OF CHICAGO.
WE JUST HAD OVER THE WEEKEND
FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND OVER 70
PEOPLE SHOT.
YOU KNOW WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
HERE IN CHICAGO?
WELL, AT LEAST IT WAS ONLY 70.
WHAT?
ARE YOU SERIOUS?
WHAT SHOULD ACCEPT THIS?
THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN
ANY AMERICAN CITY WHATSOEVER.
AND WHAT WE HAVE IS INDIVIDUALS
IN LEADERSHIP IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO, THE MAYOR, COUNTY
PROSECUTOR AND WHOEVER ELSE WHO
IMPLEMENTED THESE POLICIES THAT
HAVE INFLUENCED CRIMINALS INTO
CREATING MORE CRIME.
THAT IS SIMPLY WHAT WE HAVE
HERE.
THEY DON’T FEAR THE POLICE.
THEY DON’T FEAR BEING CHARGED.
AND THAT’S THE SENTIMENT THAT
CONTINUES TO RING TRUE IN THE
CITY OF CHICAGO.
THIS HAS CAUSED MY LITTLE
BROTHER TO BE MURDERED IN THE
CITY I GREW UP IN AND THE CITY
THAT I LOVE.
IT NEEDS TO END.
IT MUST CHANGE BECAUSE THERE
ARE COUNTLESS OTHER VICTIMS
BEING CREATED BY THE DAY
BECAUSE OF THESE POLICIES THAT
HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
IT MUST CHANGE, HARRIS.
>> Harris: AS I’M LISTENING TO
YOU AND I KNOW THE CATEGORY I
READ WAS GUN VIOLENCE BUT
THAT’S THE CATEGORY.
YOU HAVE AN ADMINISTRATION
TRYING TO GET TO THE ROOT
CAUSES OF CERTAIN THINGS.
LET’S GET TO THE ROOT CAUSES OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
WHEN THOSE CASES ARE
ADJUDICATED IT IS BASED ON THE
DAs.
BRAGG WANTS TO REWRITE A CRIME
AND SELF-DEFENSE ISN’T ALLOWED
IN HIS WORLD, APPARENTLY.
>> AND THAT’S AN EVEN LARGER
ISSUE, I THINK.
YOU KNOW, IN THE CITY OF
CHICAGO AS AN EXAMPLE, THEY
HAVE THESE ANKLE MONITORS THAT
PEOPLE WEAR, THOSE WHO HAVE
COMMITTED CRIMES.
ON AVERAGE 3200 OF THOSE BEING
WORN JUST AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THERE ARE OVER 100 PEOPLE WHO ARE SUSPECTS IN MURDERS WHO ARE
ARE SUSPECTS IN MURDERS WHO ARE
ON THE STREETS WEARING THESE
ANKLE BRACE LETS.
THEY GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO
ADDITIONAL CRIMES OR MURDER A
WITNESS, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY
BE.
IT IS TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT THIS
MEANS.
I WILL TELL YOU ACROSS THE
COUNTRY WHETHER IT’S LOS
ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, A CLEAR
EXAMPLE, EVEN LIBERALS ARE
RECOGNIZING THAT THESE
PROGRESSIVE POLICIES ARE
ENDANGERING THE LIVES OF THEIR
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS.
THAT’S WHY WE’RE SEEING SO MUCH
SUCCESS IN THE RECALL EFFORTS.
IT HAS GONE TOO FAR.
YOU CAN BALANCE CRIMINAL
JUSTICE REFORM, POLICE REFORM
AND STILL HAVE RULE OF LAW AS
JUSTICE.
THAT’S WHAT WE NEED.
LAW AND ORDER.
THAT MUST BE THE ORDER OF THE
DAY.
THAT MUST BE THE LAW OF THE
LAND.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T, YOU
CERTAINLY HANDCUFF THE POLICE
FROM DOING THEIR JOBS.
>> Harris: BEFORE I LET YOU GO
YOU SAY YOU TALKED TO PEOPLE IN
THE CHICAGO AND THEY’RE
GRATEFUL MORE WEREN’T SHOT OR
KILLED.
DOES ANYBODY DRAW THE LINK?
WE HAVE HAD JAIL HOUSE TAPES.
YOU HEARD THEM ON THE AIR ON
"THE FAULKNER FOCUS" OF THE
CRIMINALS SAYING I’M GLAD SO
AND SO, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
CHESA BOUDIN OR GASCON OR ANY
OF THEM.
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN TO ME NOW. ARE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE FACT
ARE PEOPLE AWARE OF THE FACT
THE REVOLVING DOOR INCLUDES THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE?
>> YES, THE CRIMINALS KNOW THAT.
THEY KNOW THE LAWS.
>> Harris: DO THE POTENTIAL
VICTIMS?
IT’S A WAR BETWEEN THE
POTENTIAL VICTIMS AND THE
KILLERS, VIOLENT ACTORS WHO
WILL DO ANYTHING AND KNOW THAT
THEY WON’T GET PUNISHED THE WAY
THEY USED TO BE.
>> LISTEN, HARRIS, THEY’RE SO
CONFIDENT.
I’M REFERRING TO THE CRIMINALS
THAT THEY WON’T GET CHARGED.
THEY GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND
TAKE CREDIT FOR THEIR CRIMES.
YOU SEE THAT TIME AND TIME
AGAIN AND I’VE SPOKEN WITH
DETECTIVE ON MY LITTLE
BROTHER’S CASE.
HE WASN’T THE INTENDED TARGET.
HE WAS IN THE WRONG PLACE AT
THE WRONG TIME IS WHAT THE
DETECTIVE SAID.
EVERY PLACE IS THE WRONG PLACE
WRONG TIME IN CHICAGO.
I WILL TELL YOU, THERE ARE SO
MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO WALK DOWN
THE STREETS OF CHICAGO OR
DOWNTOWN OR ANYWHERE ELSE AND
THEY’RE CONCERNED FOR THEIR
SAFETY AND THEIR LIVES BECAUSE
IN CHICAGO, THE IDEA THAT
RESONATES WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE
IS NO ONE IS SAFE AND THAT’S AN
ISSUE AND IT SHOULD BE THE
FIRST JOB OF ANY MAYOR OR ANY
COUNTY PROSECUTOR, SAFETY AND
SECURITY FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
IT’S NOT HAPPENING IN THE CITY
OF CHICAGO.
>> Harris: YOU GOT THE MAYOR
THERE IN LORI LIGHT FOOT WHO
WOULD RATHER GET HER AFRO DONE
DURING THE LOCKDOWNS.
>> SHE WON’T EVEN MEET WITH ME
ABOUT MY LITTLE BROTHER’S CASE.
I REACHED OUT TO THE MAYOR’S
OFFICE AND THEY AREN’T EVEN
RESPONDING BACK.
>> Harris: GOD BLESS YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY AS YOU SAY GOING