UNEMPLOYMENT EVER.
GREATEST GROWTHS IN MANUFACTURING JOBS.
LAST THING WE WANT TO SEE.
[LAUGHTER].
>> PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS, LAST WEEKEND IN MILWAUKEE FIVE KILLED INCLUDING A BABY WHEN A DRIVER GOING 80 MILES AN HOUR ON A CITY STREET RAN A RED LIGHT.
THE 20 YEAR OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE ACCORDING TO POLICE.
RECKLESS DRIVING HAS HAD THE ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS.
2020 A RECORD 107 PEOPLE DIED.
LAST WEEK TONY EVRS SIGNED A BILL.
OUR NEXT GUEST WOULD SAY IT IS ABOUT TIME.
TRACEY KNOWN AS MILWAUKEE ACTIVIST DIRECTOR OF PEACE FOR CHANGE ALLIANCE ACTIVE ON THIS FRIGHTENING PROBLEM IN HIS CITY.
HE JOINS US FROM HIS VEHICLE IN MILWAUKEE.
THANKS FOR DOING SO.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> TWO YEARS AGO YOU WERE QUOTED AS SAYING PEOPLE WERE TIRED AND AFRAID.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE DEADLY CRASH LAST WEEKEND?
>> TWO YEARS AGO TIRED AND AFRAID, NOW TIRED AND ANGRY.
THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED EVEN A BABY KILLED.
IT IS DEVASTATING.
WHOLE CITY IS DEVASTATED.
WE ARE TIRED AND ANGRY AND IT IS TIME FOR ACTION.
UM, YEAH, THAT IS ALL THE EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW.
FIGHTING BACK BASICALLY.
>> YOU ARE AN UBER DRIVER.
YOU DRIVE THE STREETS OF MILWAUKEE WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
>> IT IS LIKE THE INDY 500.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CUT YOU OFF, RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
THEY ARE RECKLESS.
THEY DON'T HAVE NO SENSE OF VALUE OF LIFE.
COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE YOU KNOW, I ALMOST WAS IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY BLEW THROUGH A RED LIGHT, A STOP SIGN.
SOMEBODY ALL THE SUDDEN TRIED TO BEAT TRAFFIC AND TURN IN FRONT OF US.
IT IS JUST, IT IS LIKE MAKE PS PEOPLE NOT WANT TO DRIVE ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS SO CRAZY OUT HERE.
>> RECENT STUDIES, DISPROPORTIONATELY A PROBLEM IN BLACK COMMUNITIES, WHAT IS THAT ABOUT?
>> UM, THAT, I MEAN, YOU SEE A HIGH SENSE OF RECKLESS DRIVE ON NORTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE YOU CAN SAY BLACK COMMUNITY, YES.
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE WE ARE SO RELAXED WHEN IT COMES TO UM, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND THEN IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
WE STAY IN MILWAUKEE SO SEGREGATED.
NORTH SIDE, BLACK COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE NO VALUE.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE TOUGH ON CRIME HERE IN MILWAUKEE ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THESE SAME DRIVERS WILL NOT DO THIS IN THE SUBURBIAN CITIES.
THEY WON'T DO IT IN OAK CREEK, IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE.
WE NEED ZERO TOLERANCE HERE IN MILWAUKEE.
>> WHAT IS THE MINDSET OF DRIVERS WHO ROAR AROUND BEHIND THE WHEEL BLOWING RED LIGHTS?
>> THEY THINK IT IS COOL.
THEY DO IT.
SOME RECORD IT AND PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, FOR VIEWS, FOR LIKES, FOR ATTENTION.
THAT IS THE INTHING.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS.
THEY WANT TO YOU KNOW, JUST SPEED.
IT IS LIKE THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF VALUE OF LIFE AND IF THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT THEIR LIVES, WHY SHOULD THEY CARE ABOUT YOURS.
>> THAT GOES FOR -- >> GO AHEAD.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK THE NEW LAW INCREASE IN JAIL TIME MIGHT CHANGE THIS FOR THE BETTER?
>> UM, I SUPPORT IT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T NEED PIPELINE TO PRISON.
WE NEED MORE RESOURCES.
THAT IS TRUE.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO OWN UP TO THEIR ACTIONS.
RIGHT NOW IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LAW IS AFRAID TO APPLY TOUGH ER PENALTIES ON PEOPLE OF COLOR BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED OF SEEING PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PRISON, IN JAIL.
YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE IN THE COUNTRY SO THEREFORE THEY TRY TO BE MORE LENIENT WHEN IT COMES TO TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
YOU KNOW.
BUT NOW IT IS TIME BECAUSE WE ARE LOSING PEOPLE.
IT IS TIME FOR ZERO TOLERANCE.
I SUPPORT THE JAIL TIME.
YOU GET THE YOUNGER GENERATION FEELS CURRENT LAW IS A JOKE.
A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR TEENAGERS.
IT IS LIKE THEY'LL GET ARRESTED.
FEW HOURS LATER BACK OUT AND STEALING ANOTHER CAR AND DRIVING OFF AGAIN.
WE NEED TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE IN CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
OAK CREEKS, SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY WHEN IT COMES TO RECKLESS DRIVING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
TRACEY, WE NEED TO LEAVE IT THERE.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENT ON THIS.