1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:01,333 >> Sreenivasan: FINALLY TONIGHT, 2 00:00:01,333 --> 00:00:02,733 A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT FROM ISAAC 3 00:00:02,733 --> 00:00:04,533 BRYAN, A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST 4 00:00:04,533 --> 00:00:06,100 AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT 5 00:00:06,100 --> 00:00:07,866 U.C.L.A'S BUNCHE CENTER ON WHAT 6 00:00:07,866 --> 00:00:09,500 IT MEANS FOR HIM TO BE PART OF 7 00:00:09,500 --> 00:00:11,333 THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. 8 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:13,366 IT'S PART OF KCET'S SERIES "I 9 00:00:13,366 --> 00:00:15,566 WAS THERE." 10 00:00:15,566 --> 00:00:16,666 >> MY NAME IS ISAAC BRYAN, I'M 11 00:00:16,666 --> 00:00:18,466 THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT 12 00:00:18,466 --> 00:00:19,566 THE RALPH J. BUNCHE CENTER FOR 13 00:00:19,566 --> 00:00:20,400 AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT 14 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:21,466 U.C.L.A. 15 00:00:21,466 --> 00:00:22,433 I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE 16 00:00:22,433 --> 00:00:24,766 BLACK POLICY PROJECT AT U.C.L.A. 17 00:00:24,766 --> 00:00:26,233 >> BLACK LIVES MATTER! 18 00:00:26,233 --> 00:00:27,633 >> WHO'’’S LIVES MATTER? 19 00:00:27,633 --> 00:00:29,300 >> BLACK LIVES MATTER! 20 00:00:29,300 --> 00:00:30,333 >> BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER 21 00:00:30,333 --> 00:00:30,966 WHERE? 22 00:00:30,966 --> 00:00:32,066 >> BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER 23 00:00:32,066 --> 00:00:33,133 HERE! 24 00:00:33,133 --> 00:00:34,200 >> BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER 25 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:41,333 WHERE? 26 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:43,100 >> 2020 MAY BECOME ONE OF THE 27 00:00:43,100 --> 00:00:44,233 MOMENTOUS YEARS OF AN ENTIRE 28 00:00:44,233 --> 00:00:45,766 GENERATION. 29 00:00:45,766 --> 00:00:47,133 THE PROTESTS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF 30 00:00:47,133 --> 00:00:48,066 LOS ANGELES MAYOR ERIC 31 00:00:48,066 --> 00:00:49,466 GARCETTI'S HOUSE WAS NOT 32 00:00:49,466 --> 00:00:50,500 PUBLICIZED. 33 00:00:50,500 --> 00:00:52,500 WE KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 34 00:00:52,500 --> 00:00:54,400 BEEN BRUTAL TO MANY ORGANIZES 35 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:55,333 IN THE CITY. 36 00:00:55,333 --> 00:00:57,100 I HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZED BY LAW 37 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:58,200 ENFORCEMENT DURING THESE TIMES 38 00:00:58,200 --> 00:00:59,200 OF PROTEST. 39 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:00,866 AND SO, THE IDEA MARCHING ON THE 40 00:01:00,866 --> 00:01:02,700 MAYOR'S HOUSE AND PEACEFUL 41 00:01:02,700 --> 00:01:04,133 PROTESTS, WE WERE, QUITE 42 00:01:04,133 --> 00:01:05,733 FRANKLY, SCARED OF WHAT COULD BE 43 00:01:05,733 --> 00:01:08,066 LETHAL REPERCUSSIONS. 44 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:09,200 IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 45 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:10,233 AND POWERFUL THINGS I'VE EVER 46 00:01:10,233 --> 00:01:11,733 BEEN A PART OF. 47 00:01:11,733 --> 00:01:13,633 IT WAS WELL ORGANIZED. 48 00:01:13,633 --> 00:01:16,400 WE SPENT TIME ORGANIZING IT. 49 00:01:16,400 --> 00:01:17,566 THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE IN THE 50 00:01:17,566 --> 00:01:18,466 STREETS. 51 00:01:18,466 --> 00:01:20,366 WE CHANTED, WE SANG, WE DID THE 52 00:01:20,366 --> 00:01:21,900 ELECTRIC SLIDE. 53 00:01:21,900 --> 00:01:22,833 I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT 54 00:01:22,833 --> 00:01:26,266 OUT TO COMMON FOR COMING OUT. 55 00:01:26,266 --> 00:01:28,066 WE WERE MET BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 56 00:01:28,066 --> 00:01:31,266 CLEARLY, A MESSAGE OF, OF 57 00:01:31,266 --> 00:01:33,366 STANDING OFF AND STANDING BACK 58 00:01:33,366 --> 00:01:35,200 IS STARTING TO RESONATE WITH THE 59 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:36,633 L.A.P.D. 60 00:01:36,633 --> 00:01:37,866 THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW IS THE 61 00:01:37,866 --> 00:01:40,000 CULMINATION OF PERSONAL AND 62 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,233 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MY 63 00:01:41,233 --> 00:01:43,266 LIFE COMING TOGETHER. 64 00:01:43,266 --> 00:01:45,366 MY ORIGIN BEGINS IN DALLAS, 65 00:01:45,366 --> 00:01:47,333 TEXAS, IN THE EARLY '’’90s. 66 00:01:47,333 --> 00:01:48,433 I'M THE PRODUCT OF A VIOLENT 67 00:01:48,433 --> 00:01:50,866 ATTACK ON A TEENAGE MOTHER. 68 00:01:50,866 --> 00:01:53,033 I LIVED IN POVERTY THAT 69 00:01:53,033 --> 00:01:54,533 ULTIMATELY FORCED ME TO COME IN 70 00:01:54,533 --> 00:01:55,633 TO EARLY CONTACT WITH CHILD 71 00:01:55,633 --> 00:01:57,366 WELFARE SYSTEM. 72 00:01:57,366 --> 00:01:59,000 AND WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 73 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,866 I WAS SUSPENDED SEVEN OR EIGHT 74 00:02:00,866 --> 00:02:01,866 TIMES. 75 00:02:01,866 --> 00:02:03,366 I WAS PUSHED OUT OF SCHOOL 76 00:02:03,366 --> 00:02:04,366 DESPITE BEING IN THE GIFTED AND 77 00:02:04,366 --> 00:02:06,166 TALENTED PROGRAM. 78 00:02:06,166 --> 00:02:08,400 I DIDN'’’T GRADUATE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 79 00:02:08,400 --> 00:02:10,566 IN FACT, I STRUGGLED SO HARD 80 00:02:10,566 --> 00:02:11,500 THAT I ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT TO 81 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:12,366 COLLEGE. 82 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:13,766 I ACCEPTED THE OFFER AT U.C.L.A. 83 00:02:13,766 --> 00:02:14,766 AND I GOT MY MASTERS IN PUBLIC 84 00:02:14,766 --> 00:02:16,166 POLICY. 85 00:02:16,166 --> 00:02:17,333 I GRADUATED TOP OF MY CLASS OUT 86 00:02:17,333 --> 00:02:18,500 HERE. 87 00:02:18,500 --> 00:02:19,500 AND I WORKED FOR MAYOR ERIC 88 00:02:19,500 --> 00:02:20,500 GARCETTI IN THE OFFICE OF 89 00:02:20,500 --> 00:02:23,600 REENTRY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 90 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,133 I'’’VE BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS. 91 00:02:25,133 --> 00:02:26,733 I'VE BEEN IN THE HALLS OF POWER 92 00:02:26,733 --> 00:02:28,000 NEGOTIATING CHANGE. 93 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,433 AND I'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES 94 00:02:29,433 --> 00:02:31,066 OF ORGANIZING. 95 00:02:31,066 --> 00:02:32,166 AS SOMEONE WHO HAS MOVED BETWEEN 96 00:02:32,166 --> 00:02:33,333 DIFFERENT SPACES, I CAN TELL YOU 97 00:02:33,333 --> 00:02:34,366 RIGHT NOW IS THE SPACE FOR 98 00:02:34,366 --> 00:02:36,266 ORGANIZING. 99 00:02:36,266 --> 00:02:38,233 IT IS THE SPACE FOR PROTESTING. 100 00:02:38,233 --> 00:02:40,333 IT IS THE SPACE FOR EXCLAIMING 101 00:02:40,333 --> 00:02:43,100 JUST HOW UPSET WE ARE. 102 00:02:43,100 --> 00:02:46,133 WE SAW A MAN MURDERED ON CAMERA, 103 00:02:46,133 --> 00:02:49,000 FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, AND IT'S 104 00:02:49,000 --> 00:02:50,533 NOT TRAINING THAT'S GONNA FIX 105 00:02:50,533 --> 00:02:52,766 THAT. 106 00:02:52,766 --> 00:02:53,866 WE NEED OUR LEADERS TO BE 107 00:02:53,866 --> 00:02:55,633 INSPIRING, TO BE BOLD AND TO 108 00:02:55,633 --> 00:02:57,533 PUSH FOR ACTIONS THAT MIGHT SEEM 109 00:02:57,533 --> 00:02:59,700 UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT ARE VERY, 110 00:02:59,700 --> 00:03:02,466 VERY NECESSARY. 111 00:03:02,466 --> 00:03:03,166 AND THAT IS THE END OF MY RANT.