(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) FIRST UP, DID YOU GUYS SEE THE
SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED TWO DAYS AGO?
BECAUSE DON'T WORRY, IF YOU MISSED IT, THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE
YESTERDAY.
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA AND FALCON HEIGHTS, MINNESOTA.
TWO VIDEOS IN TWO DAYS OF POLICE FATALLY SHOOTING TWO BLACKMEN
WHO, WHEN YOU WATCH THE VIDEO, DID NOTHING TO WARRANT THEM
LOSING THEIR LIVES.
YOU KNOW THE HARDEST PART OF HAVING A CONVERSATION
SURROUNDING POLICE SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA, IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE IN
AMERICA, IT'S LIKE IF YOU TAKE A STAND FOR SOMETHING, YOU
AUTOMATICALLY ARE AGAINST SOMETHING ELSE.
SUCH A STRANGE WORLD TO BE IN.
YOU'RE EITHER A CAT PERSON OR A DOG PERSON.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A RED SOX OR YOU'RE A YANKEES.
WHEN YOU TEXT, YOU TYPE LOL OR HA HA HA!
PERSONALLY I'M LOL.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HA HA HA, AND I RESPECT THAT.
THE POINT IS WE CAN COME TOGETHER AND HATE THOSE WHO TYPE
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL.
YOU CAN'T LAUGH OUT LOUD, HA HA HA HA HA.
IT SHOULD BE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
BUT POLICE SHOOTINGS, IT SHOULDN'T WORK THAT WAY.
FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU'RE PRO "BLACK LIVES MATTER" YOU'RE
ASSUMED TO BE ANTI-POLICE, AND IF YOU'RE PRO POLICE, YOU'RE
ASSUMED TO HATE BLACK PEOPLE.
WHEN IN REALITY, YOU CAN BE PRO COP AND PRO-BLACK, WHICH IS WHAT
WE SHOULD ALL BE!
(APPLAUSE) THAT'S WHAT WE SHOULD BE AIMING
FOR.
I GUESS TECHNICALLY THAT MEANS YOU COULD ALSO BE ANTI-COP AND
ANTI-BLACK WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU, I DON'T KNOW, MEL GIBSON, I
DON'T KNOW.
(LAUGHTER) BUT THE POINT IS YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE POLICE AND THE CITIZENS THAT
THEY ARE SWORN TO PROTECT.
YOU KNOW WHAT MAKES THESE INCIDENTS EVEN MORE PAINFUL IS
THE FACT THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE WHO DON'T EVEN THINK THAT THIS
POLICE PROBLEM EXISTS.
DO YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE CAT CALLING VIDEO IN NEW YORK CITY
WHERE A WOMAN WALKED AROUND IN NEW YORK FOR A DAY AND OVER 100
MEN TOOK THAT AS AN INVITATION TO HARASS HER.
REMEMBER THAT.
>> YES.
>> Trevor: I WAS SHOCKED BY THAT VIDEO, BY HOW EXTREME CAT
CALLING ACTUALLY WAS.
I DIDN'T KNOW, BECAUSE I'M A MAN.
I DID NOT SEE THAT IN MY WORLD AND I DIDN'T KNOW IT COULD
HAPPEN FOR BLOCKS AND A WOMAN WAS HARASSED OVER AND OVER
AGAIN.
I WAS SHOCKED BY THAT, WHEN I SAW THE VIDEO.
I DIDN'T THINK MEN WERE SO CONCERNED WITH THE SUGAR CONTENT
OF WOMEN'S BREASTS.
I DIDN'T KNOW THESE THINGS WERE HAPPENING BECAUSE I HADN'T SEEN
IT.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS ONLY DONE BY CONSTRUCTION WORKERS AND CARTOON
WOLVES.
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL ABOUT.
AFTER I WATCHED THE VIDEO, I REALIZED THERE WAS A PROBLEM,
BECAUSE SEEING IS BELIEVING, AND FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, WHEN IT
COMES TO VIDEOS OF POLICE SHOOTINGS, SEEING ISN'T
BELIEVING.
THE POLICE WILL ALWAYS COME OUT WITH A STATEMENT LIKE, I KNOW IT
LOOKS LIKE THE OFFICER SHOT THE MAN, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS SUBDUED.
BUT WHAT THE VIDEO DOESN'T SHOW FROM THIS ANGLE IS THAT THE
POLICEMAN FEARED FOR HIS LIFE DUE TO THE SUSPECT'S PHYSICAL
ACTIONS THAT, AGAIN, ARE NOT VISIBLE FROM THIS ANGLE.
I WAS ASKED THE QUESTION, WHY IS IT THAT THE POLICE ONLY DO THAT
WHEN THEY'RE THE ONES ON CAMERA?
BECAUSE IF THERE'S EVER A VIDEO OF YOU COMMITTING A CRIME, THE
POLICE WON'T BE, LIKE, OH, I KNOW THE IT LOOKS LIKE THE
SUSPECT IS ROBBING THE CASH REGISTER IN THE VIDEO, BUT WHAT
YOU DON'T SEE FROM THIS ANGLE IS -- IN FACT HOW DO WE KNOW THE
VIDEO ISN'T PLAYING IN REVERSE AND HE ISN'T PUTTING MONEY INTO
THE CASH REGISTER?
YOU CAN'T JUDGE FROM THE VIDEO!
WHY IS THE VIDEO NEVER ENOUGH?
TAHRIR RICE, ERIC GARNER, VIDEO, ONLY SKEPTICISM.
WHEN IT COMES TO BIG FOOT, PEOPLE SEE ONE BLURRY VIDEO AND
PEOPLE DEDICATE THEIR LIVES TO FINDING HIM.
THEY LEAVE THEIR FAMILIES AND DEDICATE THEMSELVES TO THAT
(BLEEP).
IT'S HARD TO BLAME BLACK PEOPLE FOR NOT TRUSTING THE POLICE IN
THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE EVEN WHEN POLICE HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY
OF FILMING THEMSELVES, STUFF LIKE THIS HAPPENS.
>> THE TWO OFFICERS ARE NOW ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE, BOTH WORE
BODY CAMERAS, HOWEVER -- >> DURING THE ALTERCATION, THE
BODY CAMERAS DID BECOME DISLODGED.
>> Trevor: REALLY?
THE BODY CAMERA BECAME DISLODGED?
SO, WHAT, HAS IT GOTTEN SO BAD THAT EVEN THE CAMERAS ARE, LIKE,
SORRY, I CAN'T BE PART OF THIS, I'VE SEEN ENOUGH.
REALLY?
THE CAMERA BECAME DISLODGED?
I CALL (BLEEP), YEAH.
(APPLAUSE) BECAUSE I'VE SEEN WHITE PEOPLE
CAMERAS, AND THOSE THINGS NEVER COME OFF.
>> (BLEEP)!
>> WHOA!
WHOA!
I'M ALIVE!
>> Trevor: YEAH.
YOU KNOW IT'S A WHITE PEOPLE VIDEO WHEN IT ENDS WITH SOMEONE
SCREAMING, I'M ALIVE!
(LAUGHTER) YOU KNOW WHAT PISSES ME OFF MOST
ABOUT THIS?
I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE POLICE.
SOME PEOPLE SAY I DON'T THINK THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE
POLICE.
YOU KNOW, BLACK PEOPLE ARE SURELY DOING SOMETHING.
MAYBE THE BLACK GUY DID SOMETHING WRONG.
YOU CAN'T DENY THE RACISM.
AT SOME POINT YOU HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE IT.
IN FACT, THINK OF THIS, THINK OF THE MOST RACIST THING PEOPLE CAN
CALL BLACK PEOPLE.
THEY CALL THEM MONKEYS, BABOONS, GORILLAS.
YET, WHEN PEOPLE WATCH THE VIDEO OF AN ACTUAL GORILLA BEING SHOT
FOR DRAGGING A CHILD, NOT ONLY WAS THERE MORE OUTRAGE FOR THE
GORILLA, THE ORGANIZATION RESPONSIBLE FOR KILLING THE
GORILLA ADMITTED THERE WERE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT NEEDED TO
BE FIXED.
>> A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION IS NOW FOCUSED ON HOW A LITTLE BOY
FELL INTO A GORILLA ENCLOSURE CLOSURE AT THE CINCINNATI ZOO.
REPORTS SHOW THE ZOO IS MAKING CHANGES TO PREVENT TRAGIC
ACCIDENTS LIKE THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN.
>> THAT'S RIGHT, (BLEEP) GORILLA!
THEY'RE MAKING CHANGES FOR A GORILLA!
ONE GORILLA!
ONE!
(APPLAUSE) IT'S THE TRUTH!
IT'S THE TRUTH.
I SHOULDN'T EVEN BE AFRAID TO SAY IT.
AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM WITHIN ITS POLICE FORCE, AND ALTHOUGH THIS
IS A PROBLEM THAT DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS BLACK
PEOPLE, IT'S NOT JUST A BLACK PROBLEM.
THIS IS AN AMERICAN PROBLEM BECAUSE, JUST TODAY, THERE WAS A
THIRD VIDEO THIS TIME OF A WHITE KID GETTING SHOT BY THE POLICE
WHILE HE WAS LYING DOWN ON THE GROUND.
THIS IS AN AMERICAN PROBLEM, EVERYONE IS INVOLVED.
WITH ALL THIS EVIDENCE ON VIDEO, SURELY THE LEAST AMERICA CAN
EXPECT FROM ITS POLICE IS FOR THEM TO ADMIT THERE IS A PROBLEM
BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIX SOMETHING UNTIL YOU ADMIT IT'S BROKEN.
YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, TREVOR, WHAT DOES IT HELP TO JUST ADMIT
YOU HAVE A PROBLEM?
WELL THE LAS VEGAS POLICE DEPARTMENT DID THAT.
IN 2011, THEY ADMITTED THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR BIAS, A BETTER
WAY FOR POLICE TO INTERACT WITH SUSPECTS.
BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT AND TRAINING OFFICERS ON HOW TO
ASSESS AND DEEASE CAY CALCULATE A SITUATION, THEY DECREASED
SHOOTINGS BY 36%.
36%!
(APPLAUSE) WHICH IS NOT PERFECT, BUT AT
LEAST THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING, AND IF THE POLICE CAN GET THEIR
(BLEEP) TOGETHER, IN A CITY WHERE YOU CAN RENT A TIGER AND
GET MARRIED TO A FILIPINO ELVIS PRESLEY, THEN THE REST OF
AMERICA HAS NO EXCUSE.