1 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:07,600 >> PHIL, THANK YOU. 2 00:00:05,333 --> 00:00:10,933 >> SECOND DEGREE MURDER 3 00:00:06,566 --> 00:00:13,033 CONVICTION OF POLICE OFFICER 4 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:14,500 JASON VAN DYKE AS WELL AS HIS 5 00:00:10,933 --> 00:00:16,400 CONVICTION ON 16 COUNTS OF 6 00:00:13,033 --> 00:00:18,466 AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A WEAPON 7 00:00:14,500 --> 00:00:19,766 IN THE FATAL SHOOTING OF LAQUAN 8 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:21,833 McDONALD HAS GENERATED DIVIDED 9 00:00:18,466 --> 00:00:23,200 OPINION AMONG POLICE OFFICERS. 10 00:00:19,766 --> 00:00:25,433 SOME VIEW VAN DYKE AS ACTING 11 00:00:21,833 --> 00:00:26,433 FULLY WITHIN HIS RIGHTS WHEN 12 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:28,333 FACED WITH AN ARMED AND 13 00:00:25,433 --> 00:00:30,200 POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SUSPECT, 14 00:00:26,433 --> 00:00:32,100 OTHERS BELIEVE HE WAS TOO QUICK 15 00:00:28,333 --> 00:00:34,100 TO USE DEADLY FORCE. 16 00:00:30,200 --> 00:00:36,466 HERE NOW TO DISCUSS THE TRIAL, 17 00:00:32,100 --> 00:00:38,100 THE VERDICT AND WHAT IMPACT IT 18 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:40,400 MAY HAVE ON POLICING ARE THREE 19 00:00:36,466 --> 00:00:43,733 FORMER POLICE OFFICERS. 20 00:00:38,100 --> 00:00:45,400 BRIAN WARNER, HE IS RETIRED FROM 21 00:00:40,400 --> 00:00:47,066 THE CPD AND FOUNDER OF THE 22 00:00:43,733 --> 00:00:48,300 CHICAGO POLICE SURVIVORS A GROUP 23 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:50,700 OF OFFICERS WHO SURVIVED 24 00:00:47,066 --> 00:00:51,433 TRAUMATIC INCIDENTS. 25 00:00:48,300 --> 00:00:53,200 MIKE BROWN THE FORMER SOUTH 26 00:00:50,700 --> 00:00:54,333 SUBURBAN POLICE OFFICER AND 27 00:00:51,433 --> 00:00:57,233 OWNER OF A SECURITY AND FIREARMS 28 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:58,233 TRAINING AGENCY. 29 00:00:54,333 --> 00:01:00,600 AND KIMBERLY MARSHALL, A FORMER 30 00:00:57,233 --> 00:01:01,866 CHICAGO POLICE OFFICER WHO 31 00:00:58,233 --> 00:01:05,133 EARLIER THIS YEAR COMPLETED A 32 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:05,466 PSYCHOLOGY DEGREE AND HOPES TO 33 00:01:01,866 --> 00:01:06,533 WORK IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL 34 00:01:05,133 --> 00:01:07,300 HEALTH. 35 00:01:05,466 --> 00:01:09,766 WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO "CHICAGO 36 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:11,133 TONIGHT." 37 00:01:07,300 --> 00:01:14,000 LET'S JUST GO DOWN THE LINE. 38 00:01:09,766 --> 00:01:15,433 BRIAN, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR 39 00:01:11,133 --> 00:01:16,200 MIND WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ? 40 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,333 >> I THOUGHT IT WAS A 41 00:01:15,433 --> 00:01:20,033 CONTINUATION OF THE TRAGEDY 42 00:01:16,200 --> 00:01:22,933 BECAUSE THE TRAGEDY THAT 43 00:01:17,333 --> 00:01:25,033 HAPPENED THAT NIGHT WAS LAQUAN 44 00:01:20,033 --> 00:01:26,933 McDONALD WHO WAS FROM BORN TO 45 00:01:22,933 --> 00:01:29,300 A MOTHER 13 OR 14 YEARS OLD. 46 00:01:25,033 --> 00:01:31,433 HE WAS THROUGH A FOSTER CARE 47 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:33,166 SYSTEM THROUGH HIS OWN ADMISSION 48 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:34,966 HE STARTED DOING DRUGS. 49 00:01:31,433 --> 00:01:36,166 THE SYSTEM FAILED HIM, HIS 50 00:01:33,166 --> 00:01:37,466 FAMILY FAILED HIM AND THAT 51 00:01:34,966 --> 00:01:39,700 VERDICT FAILED JASON VAN DYKE 52 00:01:36,166 --> 00:01:41,033 BECAUSE OF POLITICS. 53 00:01:37,466 --> 00:01:42,500 THE POLITICIANS GOT INVOLVED AND 54 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:44,266 EMOTION GOT INVOLVED NOW WE HAVE 55 00:01:41,033 --> 00:01:46,500 A FATHER AND HUSBAND WHO IS 56 00:01:42,500 --> 00:01:47,900 GOING AWAY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS 57 00:01:44,266 --> 00:01:48,433 AND I DON'T THINK IT IS JUST. 58 00:01:46,500 --> 00:01:50,433 >> MIKE, WHAT WENT THROUGH YOUR 59 00:01:47,900 --> 00:01:52,600 MIND? 60 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:53,700 >> WELL, I KNEW THE STATE DID 61 00:01:50,433 --> 00:01:55,466 NOT ESTABLISH ENOUGH BURDEN TO 62 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:57,166 MEET FIRST DEGREE MURDER. 63 00:01:53,700 --> 00:01:57,966 BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT THE FORCE 64 00:01:55,466 --> 00:02:00,200 USED IN THAT CASE WAS NOT 65 00:01:57,166 --> 00:02:02,200 JUSTIFIED. 66 00:01:57,966 --> 00:02:03,633 AND SO THERE HAS TO BE A DIVIDE 67 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:05,266 OR A FINE LINE BETWEEN 68 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:06,933 SUPPORTING POLICE ACTIONS THAT 69 00:02:03,633 --> 00:02:09,166 ARE LAWFUL AND HAVING THE 70 00:02:05,266 --> 00:02:10,433 COURAGE TO BE ABLE TO STATE WHEN 71 00:02:06,933 --> 00:02:11,533 IT'S UNLAWFUL THAT WE CALL IT 72 00:02:09,166 --> 00:02:14,233 WHAT IT IS. 73 00:02:10,433 --> 00:02:16,000 >> YOU THOUGHT SECOND DEGREE 74 00:02:11,533 --> 00:02:16,833 MURDER WAS FAIR AND 16 COUNTS OF 75 00:02:14,233 --> 00:02:19,566 AGGRAVATED BATTERY WITH A WEAPON 76 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:20,900 FAIR? 77 00:02:16,833 --> 00:02:23,433 >> I FOUND THE 16 COUNTS TO BE 78 00:02:19,566 --> 00:02:26,000 ODD INVESTIGATING HOMICIDES IT 79 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:28,100 IS NOT THE CASE THAT PER SHOT IS 80 00:02:23,433 --> 00:02:29,066 A CHARGE WHERE IT IS A THEORY OF 81 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,666 THE CRIME. 82 00:02:28,100 --> 00:02:32,966 >> KIMBERLY WHAT ABOUT YOU? 83 00:02:29,066 --> 00:02:34,000 >> I THOUGHT THAT THE VERDICT 84 00:02:30,666 --> 00:02:36,333 WAS JUST. 85 00:02:32,966 --> 00:02:37,066 UNFORTUNATELY FOR OFFICER VAN 86 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,766 DYKE HE MADE A VERY BAD CHOICE 87 00:02:36,333 --> 00:02:39,700 THAT NIGHT. 88 00:02:37,066 --> 00:02:43,066 I KNOW HIS FAMILY WILL BE 89 00:02:38,766 --> 00:02:46,366 DEVASTATED BUT LAQUAN McDONALD 90 00:02:39,700 --> 00:02:46,700 IS STILL DEAD. 91 00:02:43,066 --> 00:02:48,000 AND HIS TRAGEDY OF HIS LIFE IS 92 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:50,133 EVEN -- 93 00:02:46,700 --> 00:02:51,900 LIKE YOU SAID -- 94 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:53,666 IT IS TRAGIC IT IS MORE TRAGIC. 95 00:02:50,133 --> 00:02:55,900 BUT IF HE WAS ALIVE THERE WOULD 96 00:02:51,900 --> 00:03:00,066 BE THE POSSIBILITY HE COULD GET 97 00:02:53,666 --> 00:03:02,333 THE HELP THAT HE NEEDS. 98 00:02:55,900 --> 00:03:03,833 OFFICER VAN DYKE'S ACTIONS WERE 99 00:03:00,066 --> 00:03:05,300 A TRAGIC MISTAKE. 100 00:03:02,333 --> 00:03:07,666 >> ALL THREE OF YOU HAVE WORN A 101 00:03:03,833 --> 00:03:11,033 SHIELD AND CARRIED A WEAPON. 102 00:03:05,300 --> 00:03:13,166 WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THE 103 00:03:07,666 --> 00:03:19,466 ARGUMENT THAT OFFICER VAN DYKE 104 00:03:11,033 --> 00:03:21,000 FIRED WHEN EVERY OTHER OFFICER 105 00:03:13,166 --> 00:03:22,866 ON THAT SCENE DID NOT? 106 00:03:19,466 --> 00:03:26,800 >> ONE OF THE FIRST OFFICERS ON 107 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:28,800 THE SCENE KEPT DESCRIBING HIM HE 108 00:03:22,866 --> 00:03:30,700 IS FOLLOWING BEHIND LAQUAN. 109 00:03:26,800 --> 00:03:31,933 JASON IS ONE OF THE FEW OFFICERS 110 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:33,600 THAT HE APPROACH AND WENT TOWARD 111 00:03:30,700 --> 00:03:35,033 IT IS A DIFFERENCE FROM 112 00:03:31,933 --> 00:03:37,333 FOLLOWING SOMEBODY OR TRYING TO 113 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:39,333 BOX SOMEBODY IN AND THE PERSON 114 00:03:35,033 --> 00:03:41,000 IS COMING DOWN ON YOU WITH A 115 00:03:37,333 --> 00:03:43,300 KNIFE AND REFUSING LAWFUL ORDERS 116 00:03:39,333 --> 00:03:44,700 TO DROP THAT KNIFE HE HAS EVERY 117 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:46,633 RIGHT TO PROTECT HIMSELF BYLAW 118 00:03:43,300 --> 00:03:49,000 AND HIS TRAINING. 119 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:51,666 TO CHASTISE HIM AND VILIFY THE 120 00:03:46,633 --> 00:03:52,866 POLICE AND HANDOUT $5 MILLION OF 121 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:54,300 OUR TAX DOLLARS TO A CRIMINAL, 122 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:55,866 IT IS UNFORTUNATE. 123 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:56,766 AND THAT HAS TO STOP. 124 00:03:54,300 --> 00:03:58,400 THERE ARE SO MANY TIMES WE 125 00:03:55,866 --> 00:04:00,266 HANDOUT MONEY -- 126 00:03:56,766 --> 00:04:01,933 >> BEFORE WE GET TO THE MONEY. 127 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:04,000 THE BUSINESS THAT NO OTHER 128 00:04:00,266 --> 00:04:05,866 OFFICER FIRED. 129 00:04:01,933 --> 00:04:07,566 IS THAT A REASONABLE ARGUMENT? 130 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:10,000 >> THAT IS A VERY REASONABLE 131 00:04:05,866 --> 00:04:13,133 ARGUMENT AND THERE IS ANOTHER 132 00:04:07,566 --> 00:04:13,500 ARGUMENT IN USE OF FORCE 133 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:16,033 TRAINING CALLED OFFICER INDUCED 134 00:04:13,133 --> 00:04:18,333 JEOPARDY. 135 00:04:13,500 --> 00:04:20,733 GIVEN ALL THE OFFICERS WERE 136 00:04:16,033 --> 00:04:22,400 TRAINED AT THE ACADEMY, THE 137 00:04:18,333 --> 00:04:24,633 QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS WHAT IF 138 00:04:20,733 --> 00:04:25,266 ANYTHING MADE JASON VAN DYKE 139 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:27,466 FIRE THAT DID NOT MAKE THE OTHER 140 00:04:24,633 --> 00:04:29,366 OFFICERS FIRE? 141 00:04:25,266 --> 00:04:30,866 WE CAN ARGUE HIS PARTNER 142 00:04:27,466 --> 00:04:33,233 INJECTED HIM INTO A SITUATION 143 00:04:29,366 --> 00:04:33,633 THAT MIGHT HAVE CREATED THAT 144 00:04:30,866 --> 00:04:36,300 LEVEL BUT THEN WHERE IS THE 145 00:04:33,233 --> 00:04:38,433 RESTRAINT? 146 00:04:33,633 --> 00:04:40,666 AND WE SEE THE VIDEO WE CANNOT 147 00:04:36,300 --> 00:04:42,100 ACCURATELY MEASURE DISTANCE BUT 148 00:04:38,433 --> 00:04:43,466 I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE HE WAS IN 149 00:04:40,666 --> 00:04:45,833 IMMINENT FEAR OF LOSING HIS LIFE 150 00:04:42,100 --> 00:04:48,200 AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME. 151 00:04:43,466 --> 00:04:50,466 >> AND KIMBERLY YOU AGREE? 152 00:04:45,833 --> 00:04:52,633 >> I AGREE WITH MIKE. 153 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:54,433 DEADLY FORCE IS JUST THAT. 154 00:04:50,466 --> 00:04:56,100 IT IS TO PROTECT LIFE. 155 00:04:52,633 --> 00:04:58,966 IT IS TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE OR 156 00:04:54,433 --> 00:04:59,266 THE LIFE OF SOMEONE ELSE. 157 00:04:56,100 --> 00:05:02,533 THAT YOU FEEL THIS PERSON WILL 158 00:04:58,966 --> 00:05:04,833 KILL. 159 00:04:59,266 --> 00:05:06,700 WE HAVE A USE OF FORCE MODEL 160 00:05:02,533 --> 00:05:08,633 THAT STATES WHEN A PERSON IS 161 00:05:04,833 --> 00:05:10,500 INSIDE YOUR ENVELOPE THAT IS 162 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:12,366 WHEN YOUR LIFE IS IN DANGER. 163 00:05:08,633 --> 00:05:14,300 THAT IS WHEN YOUR LIFE IS 164 00:05:10,500 --> 00:05:17,700 THREATENED AND THAT IS WHEN 165 00:05:12,366 --> 00:05:18,466 DEADLY FORCE THAT IS WHAT I WAS 166 00:05:14,300 --> 00:05:21,066 TAUGHT WHEN DEADLY FORCE IS 167 00:05:17,700 --> 00:05:25,100 USED. 168 00:05:18,466 --> 00:05:27,533 I DID NOT SEE ON THE TAPE WHERE 169 00:05:21,066 --> 00:05:28,333 VAN DYKE AND LAQUAN McDONALD 170 00:05:25,100 --> 00:05:30,333 WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO ACTUALLY BE 171 00:05:27,533 --> 00:05:32,066 A VIABLE THREAT. 172 00:05:28,333 --> 00:05:33,600 HE HAD OTHER OPTIONS. 173 00:05:30,333 --> 00:05:33,966 HE COULD HAVE RETREATED. 174 00:05:32,066 --> 00:05:34,433 >> BRIAN YOU SAW SOMETHING 175 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:36,200 DIFFERENT? 176 00:05:33,966 --> 00:05:39,366 >> I DID. 177 00:05:34,433 --> 00:05:41,566 IT WAS MEASURED THE DISTANCE 178 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:43,833 CAME TO ABOUT 13 FEET. 179 00:05:39,366 --> 00:05:44,133 AND YOU STATE A LOT OF FACTS IN 180 00:05:41,566 --> 00:05:47,033 TRAINING, AND YOU KNOW 21-FOOT 181 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:49,166 RULE. 182 00:05:44,133 --> 00:05:54,166 THE 21-FOOT RULE WAS VIOLATED. 183 00:05:47,033 --> 00:05:56,500 >> AND THE 21-FOOT RULE IS THAT 184 00:05:49,166 --> 00:05:56,933 IN A MATTER OF SECONDS A SUSPECT 185 00:05:54,166 --> 00:05:57,333 CAN SEPARATE THE DISTANCE OF 21 186 00:05:56,500 --> 00:05:59,700 FEET? 187 00:05:56,933 --> 00:06:01,066 >> YES. 188 00:05:57,333 --> 00:06:02,433 THE 21-FOOT RULE IS BY THE TIME 189 00:05:59,700 --> 00:06:04,133 THE BRAIN BEGINS TO RECOGNIZE 190 00:06:01,066 --> 00:06:05,700 THAT THERE IS A THREAT YOU DON'T 191 00:06:02,433 --> 00:06:07,966 HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO BE ABLE TO 192 00:06:04,133 --> 00:06:08,666 REACT TO THE THREAT BY THE TIME 193 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:09,566 YOU BEGIN TO REACT YOU ARE 194 00:06:07,966 --> 00:06:11,700 STABBED. 195 00:06:08,666 --> 00:06:12,033 SO -- 196 00:06:09,566 --> 00:06:13,800 >> REACTION IS SLOWER THAN 197 00:06:11,700 --> 00:06:15,400 ACTION. 198 00:06:12,033 --> 00:06:17,733 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND BEING 199 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:19,966 TRAINED TO KNOW THIS ATTACK IS 200 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:22,766 COMING UPON HIM HE FELT AN 201 00:06:17,733 --> 00:06:25,333 IMMINENT THREAT AND TOOK ACTION. 202 00:06:19,966 --> 00:06:27,000 >> WHAT IMPACT IS THIS VERDICT 203 00:06:22,766 --> 00:06:28,566 HAVING ON THE STREET? 204 00:06:25,333 --> 00:06:29,900 YOU ALL, ALL THREE OF YOU ARE 205 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,066 RETIRED AND YOU TALK TO YOUR 206 00:06:28,566 --> 00:06:33,166 FELLOW OFFICERS YOUR COLLEAGUES 207 00:06:29,900 --> 00:06:34,800 ALL THE TIME. 208 00:06:31,066 --> 00:06:37,033 WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE STREET? 209 00:06:33,166 --> 00:06:38,866 >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 210 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:40,833 WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IS THAT 211 00:06:37,033 --> 00:06:43,733 DURING THAT SAME WEEK THAT THE 212 00:06:38,866 --> 00:06:44,100 VAN DYKE VERDICT CAME OUT, THERE 213 00:06:40,833 --> 00:06:46,000 WAS A SHOOTING IN SOUTH 214 00:06:43,733 --> 00:06:47,633 CAROLINA. 215 00:06:44,100 --> 00:06:50,300 SEVEN POLICE OFFICERS, ONE DEAD 216 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:52,133 ON THE SCENE. 217 00:06:47,633 --> 00:06:53,966 AND THAT OFFENDER WAS TAKEN 218 00:06:50,300 --> 00:06:54,433 ALIVE. 219 00:06:52,133 --> 00:06:56,166 >> YOU KNOW WHY HE WAS TAKEN 220 00:06:53,966 --> 00:06:57,600 ALIVE? 221 00:06:54,433 --> 00:06:58,466 BECAUSE HE GAVE UP AND DROPPED 222 00:06:56,166 --> 00:07:01,866 HIS WEAPON. 223 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:03,766 HAD LAQUAN McDONALD DROPPED 224 00:06:58,466 --> 00:07:04,333 HIS KNIFE HE MAY BE ALIVE. 225 00:07:01,866 --> 00:07:05,466 YOU ARE TALKING APPLES AND 226 00:07:03,766 --> 00:07:07,900 ORANGES. 227 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:09,900 >> NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE 228 00:07:05,466 --> 00:07:13,100 TIME THAT THEY WAITED TO 229 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:15,966 NEGOTIATE AND TO MAKE SURE THAT 230 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:16,333 THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN ALIVE. 231 00:07:13,100 --> 00:07:19,100 >> IT WAS AN ONGOING ESCALATING 232 00:07:15,966 --> 00:07:20,500 SITUATION. 233 00:07:16,333 --> 00:07:20,800 HE SHOWED HIS ABILITY TO USE THE 234 00:07:19,100 --> 00:07:22,966 KNIFE ON THE GENTLEMAN AT THE 235 00:07:20,500 --> 00:07:24,766 YARD. 236 00:07:20,800 --> 00:07:26,400 HE SHOWED HIS ABILITY TO USE THE 237 00:07:22,966 --> 00:07:26,833 KNIFE ON A SQUAD CAR HOW MUCH 238 00:07:24,766 --> 00:07:28,333 MORE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GIVE 239 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:29,833 HIM? 240 00:07:26,833 --> 00:07:31,633 >> BACK TO TODAY AND ON THE 241 00:07:28,333 --> 00:07:32,000 STREET AND OFFICERS TODAY WHAT 242 00:07:29,833 --> 00:07:33,433 IS THE EFFECT OF THIS VERDICT ON 243 00:07:31,633 --> 00:07:35,133 THEM? 244 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,800 >> MORE IMPORTANTLY, I THINK YOU 245 00:07:33,433 --> 00:07:38,200 SAW IT IN ENGLEWOOD YESTERDAY 246 00:07:35,133 --> 00:07:40,666 WHEN THE PEOPLE PULLED THE 247 00:07:36,800 --> 00:07:42,733 OFFICERS INTO THE APARTMENT AND 248 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:44,166 WANTED TO LOCK THE DOOR AND BEAT 249 00:07:40,666 --> 00:07:45,433 THEM BECAUSE NOW THEY ARE MORE 250 00:07:42,733 --> 00:07:48,533 BRAZEN BECAUSE THIS IS THE 251 00:07:44,166 --> 00:07:50,200 ENVIRONMENT WE ARE CREATING. 252 00:07:45,433 --> 00:07:52,000 >> I AGREE WITH THAT PEOPLE ARE 253 00:07:48,533 --> 00:07:52,300 GETTING MORE BRAZEN WHEN THEY 254 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:53,500 ATTACK THE POLICE. 255 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:55,300 SO -- 256 00:07:52,300 --> 00:07:55,766 WHAT IS HAPPENING -- 257 00:07:53,500 --> 00:07:57,633 >> IS THAT THE EFFECT OF THE 258 00:07:55,300 --> 00:07:58,866 VERDICT? 259 00:07:55,766 --> 00:08:02,566 >> NOT JUST THE VERDICT BUT THE 260 00:07:57,633 --> 00:08:04,166 FERGUSON EFFECT AFTER FERGUSON 261 00:07:58,866 --> 00:08:05,233 AND THEN THE SITUATION INVOLVING 262 00:08:02,566 --> 00:08:06,800 DARREN WILSON AND THE UNFAIR 263 00:08:04,166 --> 00:08:07,800 CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT THE 264 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:08,733 POLICE CAN DO AND WHAT THEY NEED 265 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:10,566 TO REFORM AND NOT THE 266 00:08:07,800 --> 00:08:12,533 CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO 267 00:08:08,733 --> 00:08:14,833 HAPPEN IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 268 00:08:10,566 --> 00:08:16,400 NOW YOU ARE HAVING OFFICERS WHO 269 00:08:12,533 --> 00:08:17,766 ARE SELFLESS PERSONS WE RUN 270 00:08:14,833 --> 00:08:19,100 TOWARDS GUNFIRE WE DON'T THINK 271 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:20,633 ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AT THAT TIME 272 00:08:17,766 --> 00:08:22,633 NOW YOU ARE BEGINNING TO THINK 273 00:08:19,100 --> 00:08:23,833 ABOUT FAMILIES AND PENSIONS 274 00:08:20,633 --> 00:08:25,933 BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO BE 275 00:08:22,633 --> 00:08:27,233 VILIFIED FOR DOING THE RIGHT 276 00:08:23,833 --> 00:08:31,100 THING AND LOSE YOUR JOB AND YOUR 277 00:08:25,933 --> 00:08:31,666 WELL-BEING AS WELL. 278 00:08:27,233 --> 00:08:33,166 >> WHERE DOES RACE COME IN THIS 279 00:08:31,100 --> 00:08:34,166 CONVERSATION? 280 00:08:31,666 --> 00:08:37,533 >> RACE IS IMPORTANT PART OF ALL 281 00:08:33,166 --> 00:08:39,533 LAW ENFORCEMENT. 282 00:08:34,166 --> 00:08:42,333 BUT I'M SURE YOU'VE SAT IN THE 283 00:08:37,533 --> 00:08:45,133 SAME SQUAD CAR I'VE HEARD A LOT 284 00:08:39,533 --> 00:08:47,300 OF CHATTER ON THE POLICE RADIO I 285 00:08:42,333 --> 00:08:47,600 HAVE NEVER HEARD AN OFFICER SAY 286 00:08:45,133 --> 00:08:51,433 SQUAD IS THAT OFFENDER BLACK OR 287 00:08:47,300 --> 00:08:52,666 WHITE? 288 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:53,300 YOU ARE OUT THERE LOOKING FOR 289 00:08:51,433 --> 00:08:55,933 THE DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON 290 00:08:52,666 --> 00:08:57,766 GIVEN TO YOU. 291 00:08:53,300 --> 00:08:59,900 AND FERGUSON DID A DISSERVICE. 292 00:08:55,933 --> 00:09:01,700 >> THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 293 00:08:57,766 --> 00:09:03,400 CITY OF CHICAGO. 294 00:08:59,900 --> 00:09:06,600 >> NO, JOE McMAHON WHEN HE IN 295 00:09:01,700 --> 00:09:08,000 HIS OPENING REMARKS SAID THIS 296 00:09:03,400 --> 00:09:09,900 WAS A BLACK BOY WHO HAD THE 297 00:09:06,600 --> 00:09:10,200 AUDACITY TO WALK PAST A 298 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,033 POLICEMAN AND THAT IS WHY HE WAS 299 00:09:09,900 --> 00:09:14,133 SHOT. 300 00:09:10,200 --> 00:09:15,266 THERE IS NOT ONE SHRED OF 301 00:09:12,033 --> 00:09:18,000 EVIDENCE TO SAY RACE HAD 302 00:09:14,133 --> 00:09:19,200 ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS. 303 00:09:15,266 --> 00:09:20,066 I AGREE, I DON'T SEE THAT RACE 304 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,600 PLAYED A FACTOR IN THE DECISION 305 00:09:19,200 --> 00:09:23,366 TO USE FORCE. 306 00:09:20,066 --> 00:09:25,166 I DISAGREE WITH THE FORCE, I 307 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:25,866 CANNOT HONESTLY STATE THAT RACE 308 00:09:23,366 --> 00:09:29,366 PLAYED A FACTOR. 309 00:09:25,166 --> 00:09:31,766 >> KIMBERLY? 310 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:33,100 >> I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHEN WE 311 00:09:29,366 --> 00:09:36,400 LOOK AT MASS SHOOTERS AND SCHOOL 312 00:09:31,766 --> 00:09:40,566 SHOOTERS AND THE AMOUNT OF THEM 313 00:09:33,100 --> 00:09:41,066 THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN ALIVE, 314 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:43,200 WITHOUT BEING KILLED, DYLAN 315 00:09:40,566 --> 00:09:46,666 ROOF -- 316 00:09:41,066 --> 00:09:49,500 >> DID RACE PLAY A ROLE IN THIS? 317 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:52,733 >> IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IF THIS 318 00:09:46,666 --> 00:09:54,500 PERSON THAT IS DOING THE 319 00:09:49,500 --> 00:09:59,566 SHOOTING HAS BEEN WHITE IN THE 320 00:09:52,733 --> 00:10:01,400 PAST, HE IS TAKEN ALIVE. 321 00:09:54,500 --> 00:10:03,666 TOO MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN UNARMED 322 00:09:59,566 --> 00:10:07,000 AND LIKE LAQUAN BLACK PEOPLE 323 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:08,133 THAT ARE NOT TAKEN ALIVE. 324 00:10:03,666 --> 00:10:09,700 SO IS THAT ABOUT RACE? 325 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:11,366 >> ROOF, YOU GAVE ANOTHER 326 00:10:08,133 --> 00:10:13,000 EXAMPLE OF A GUY WHO KILLED ALL 327 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:15,000 THESE PEOPLE, PULLED OVER BY THE 328 00:10:11,366 --> 00:10:17,166 POLICE AND PUTS HIS HANDS OUT 329 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,800 THE WINDOW AND GIVES UP. 330 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,800 HAD LAQUAN DONE THAT COMPLIANCE 331 00:10:17,166 --> 00:10:22,033 IS SO IMPORTANT WE HAVE TO PUT 332 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:23,433 RESPONSIBILITY IN THE COMMUNITY 333 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:26,333 AND IN THE OFFENDERRERS AND STOP 334 00:10:22,033 --> 00:10:31,866 REWARDING THEM FOR BAD BEHAVIOR. 335 00:10:23,433 --> 00:10:32,866 >> I DON'T THINK THAT HIM BEING 336 00:10:26,333 --> 00:10:34,100 KILLED WAS A REWARD FOR HIS BAD 337 00:10:31,866 --> 00:10:35,133 BEHAVIOR. 338 00:10:32,866 --> 00:10:36,800 [INAUDIBLE] 339 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:38,166 >> I THINK THAT. 340 00:10:35,133 --> 00:10:40,300 >> WAS HE BREAKING THE LAW? 341 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:41,533 WAS HE HIGH ON DRUGS? 342 00:10:38,166 --> 00:10:44,166 IS THAT GOOD BEHAVIOR? 343 00:10:40,300 --> 00:10:46,100 >> BRIAN, I'M NOT -- 344 00:10:41,533 --> 00:10:48,733 I DON'T WANT TO VOLLEY WITH YOU 345 00:10:44,166 --> 00:10:49,066 ON THAT LEVEL. 346 00:10:46,100 --> 00:10:49,833 WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS 347 00:10:48,733 --> 00:10:53,366 THIS... 348 00:10:49,066 --> 00:10:56,366 INDIVIDUAL POLICE OFFICERS THAT 349 00:10:49,833 --> 00:10:58,500 THE MAKE THE DECISION TO USE 350 00:10:53,366 --> 00:10:59,800 DEADLY FORCE HAVE TO HAVE 351 00:10:56,366 --> 00:11:01,400 EXHAUSTED ALL OTHER MEASURES. 352 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:01,866 >> AND THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING 353 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:04,600 TO STOP THE CONVERSATION FOR 354 00:11:01,400 --> 00:11:04,966 NOW. 355 00:11:01,866 --> 00:11:07,966 BUT THIS CONVERSATION WILL 356 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:08,233 CONTINUE. 357 00:11:04,966 --> 00:11:10,400 AND WE HAVE A SENTENCE YET TO 358 00:11:07,966 --> 00:11:14,366 SEE. 359 00:11:08,233 --> 00:11:14,666 AND MUCH MORE TO DISCUSS AND WE