THE TRAGIC EXAMPLE OF JUST HOW
INCOMPETENT OR PROBLEMATIC THE
INSTITUTION IS.
AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, IF THE
POLICE KILLED, HE'S, AND ON
ARMED PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY FEAR
FOR THEIR LIVES, AND THEY WILL
NOT STOP HARM PEOPLE FROM
SLAUGHTERING CHILDREN, THEN
CLEARLY THE INSTITUTION ITSELF
IS NOT SOUND.
YOU'VE ALREADY PROVIDES 40% OF
THEIR MUNICIPAL BUDGET TO
POLICE.
I AM VERY SURE THAT BEING
TACKLED AND HANDCUFFED WHILE
YOU ARE TRYING TO GO IN AND
RESCUE YOUR OWN CHILDREN IS NOT
WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THAT TOWN
PAY FOR.
IT IS CERTAINLY WOULD TAXPAYERS
ARE NOT PAYING FOR.
SPEAKERS HAVE SPENT MANY YEARS
AND A LOT OF MONEY MITIGATING
THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO
ENDANGER THEIR LIVES IF THEY DO
NOT HAVE TO.
IT IS A CHALLENGING THING TO
ASK OF ANYBODY.
WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT WE
SHOULD STOP TELLING PEOPLE THAT
IS WHAT THEY DO.
WE SHOULD STOP LEADING WITH
THIS SERVE AND PROTECT IDEA.
IT IS FRANKLY NOT HOW THEY
FUNCTION.
WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT THERE
IS A CULTURE, IN MEDIA AND IN
TELEVISION AND FILM, THAT HAS
CREATED A NARRATIVE THAT POLICE
ARE PERFECT AND HEROES AND
EVERYTHING THEY DO IS DONE WITH
AUTHORITY THAT SHOULD BE
RESPECTED WITHOUT QUESTION.
INSTEAD OF THE FACT THAT WE CAN
LOOK AT OTHER COUNTRIES AND
RECOGNIZE THAT AT THE VERY
LEAST, IF ARMING PLEASE,
DEMILITARIZING PLEASE, AND
THINKING CREATIVELY ABOUT HOW
WE WILL ABOLISH POLICING AS WE
KNOW WOULD I REALLY GET TO THE
MEETING OF PUBLIC SAFETY, THAT
IS THAT OUR COMMITTEES DESERVE.
IT IS NOT WHAT WE TIE BUT --
IT IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHERE WE
TAKE AWAY BUT WHAT WE DO TO
CREATE HEALTHY COMMUNITIES AND
HEALTHY SOLUTIONS.
THE INSTITUTION OPPOSING HAS
FAR TOO LONG CONVINCED US THAT
THEY ARE HERE TO SERVE AND
PROTECT WHEN SO OFTEN, BUT THEY
ARE ALWAYS DOING, IS ACTUALLY
ENFORCING THE WILL OF THE STATE.
THEY ARE TERRORIZING BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE TO DO THIS.
BROWN PEOPLE TO DO THIS.
dinner and desert,
LIKELY TO SIGN THAT DISTURBING
VIDEO, BEFORE WE GO, I KNOW
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE
WORKED INTIMATELY ON THERE WAS
SOME REPORTING THAT BIDEN'S
EXECUTIVE ORDER LEAKED, AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT WAS UNHAPPY WITH
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT --
THEY DIDN'T LIKE DRAFT
REFERENCES TO SYSTEMIC RACISM,
THEY DIDN'T LIKE THAT FEDERAL
GRANT MONEY WOULD BE REQUIRED
TO SUBMIT RECORDS AND CONSULT
WHEN THEY'RE HIRING NEW
OFFICERS.
WE'RE ASKING THE PROBLEM TO
SOLVE THE PROBLEM.
IS THAT --
WHEN I HEARD THAT, WHO GIVES
SUGAR HONEY A SEAT TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
IF THEY'RE OFFENDED WITH THE
WHITE HOUSE PUT IN THIS ORDER?
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
GET ALL PERSPECTIVES.
THE PROBLEM YOUR HIGHLIGHTING,
VERY APPROPRIATELY IS WHOSE
PERSPECTIVE IS CENTERED?
WHOSE PERSPECTIVE ONLY THINKING
NEEDS TO BE THE FINAL
DECISION-MAKER THAT WE USE AS
AN ULTIMATE SCALE WITH HIS
RIGHT AND WRONG IN ANY ACTION?
WHAT'S NOTABLY MISSING IS THE
COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT
KNOW ALL TOO WELL THE IMPACT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT UNDER LIVES.
I'M BLACK COMMUNITIES.
ASKING THEM WET ABOUT THIS
EXECUTIVE ORDER AFFINITY OR
PLACES YOU?
LEADING WITH THOSE ANSWERS.
IT WILL ALSO PERHAPS UNDERSTAND,
OR AT LEAST LISTENING TO LAW
ENFORCEMENT SO WE HAVE THOSE
PERSPECTIVES.
BUT THE IDEA THAT THOSE FOLKS
ARE THE ONES THAT ARE HELPING
TO DRAW THE ORDER, OR THAT WE
NEED TO PAINT THEM HAPPY AS
COMPLICIT --
IS CERTAINLY A PROBLEM.
THE LAST THING WE'VE LEARNED IS
THAT THE COMMUNITIES HAVE THE