WEBVTT 00:00.600 --> 00:01.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> Sreenivasan: FINALLY TONIGHT, 00:01.333 --> 00:02.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% A FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT FROM ISAAC 00:02.733 --> 00:04.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BRYAN, A CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST 00:04.533 --> 00:06.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT 00:06.100 --> 00:07.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% U.C.L.A'S BUNCHE CENTER ON WHAT 00:07.866 --> 00:09.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT MEANS FOR HIM TO BE PART OF 00:09.500 --> 00:11.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT IN HISTORY. 00:11.333 --> 00:13.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT'S PART OF KCET'S SERIES "I 00:13.366 --> 00:15.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WAS THERE." 00:15.566 --> 00:16.666 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> MY NAME IS ISAAC BRYAN, I'M 00:16.666 --> 00:18.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AT 00:18.466 --> 00:19.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE RALPH J. BUNCHE CENTER FOR 00:19.566 --> 00:20.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES AT 00:20.400 --> 00:21.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% U.C.L.A. 00:21.466 --> 00:22.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'M ALSO THE DIRECTOR OF THE 00:22.433 --> 00:24.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BLACK POLICY PROJECT AT U.C.L.A. 00:24.766 --> 00:26.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> BLACK LIVES MATTER! 00:26.233 --> 00:27.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> WHO'’’S LIVES MATTER? 00:27.633 --> 00:29.300 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> BLACK LIVES MATTER! 00:29.300 --> 00:30.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER 00:30.333 --> 00:30.966 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHERE? 00:30.966 --> 00:32.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER 00:32.066 --> 00:33.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HERE! 00:33.133 --> 00:34.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> BLACK LIVES THAT MATTER 00:34.200 --> 00:41.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WHERE? 00:41.333 --> 00:43.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> 2020 MAY BECOME ONE OF THE 00:43.100 --> 00:44.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MOMENTOUS YEARS OF AN ENTIRE 00:44.233 --> 00:45.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GENERATION. 00:45.766 --> 00:47.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THE PROTESTS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF 00:47.133 --> 00:48.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LOS ANGELES MAYOR ERIC 00:48.066 --> 00:49.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GARCETTI'S HOUSE WAS NOT 00:49.466 --> 00:50.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PUBLICIZED. 00:50.500 --> 00:52.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE KNOW THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS 00:52.500 --> 00:54.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BEEN BRUTAL TO MANY ORGANIZES 00:54.400 --> 00:55.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN THE CITY. 00:55.333 --> 00:57.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I HAVE BEEN BRUTALIZED BY LAW 00:57.100 --> 00:58.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ENFORCEMENT DURING THESE TIMES 00:58.200 --> 00:59.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF PROTEST. 00:59.200 --> 01:00.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND SO, THE IDEA MARCHING ON THE 01:00.866 --> 01:02.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MAYOR'S HOUSE AND PEACEFUL 01:02.700 --> 01:04.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROTESTS, WE WERE, QUITE 01:04.133 --> 01:05.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FRANKLY, SCARED OF WHAT COULD BE 01:05.733 --> 01:08.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LETHAL REPERCUSSIONS. 01:08.066 --> 01:09.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL 01:09.200 --> 01:10.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND POWERFUL THINGS I'VE EVER 01:10.233 --> 01:11.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% BEEN A PART OF. 01:11.733 --> 01:13.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT WAS WELL ORGANIZED. 01:13.633 --> 01:16.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE SPENT TIME ORGANIZING IT. 01:16.400 --> 01:17.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WERE IN THE 01:17.566 --> 01:18.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STREETS. 01:18.466 --> 01:20.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE CHANTED, WE SANG, WE DID THE 01:20.366 --> 01:21.900 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ELECTRIC SLIDE. 01:21.900 --> 01:22.833 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WANT TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT 01:22.833 --> 01:26.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OUT TO COMMON FOR COMING OUT. 01:26.266 --> 01:28.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE WERE MET BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 01:28.066 --> 01:31.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CLEARLY, A MESSAGE OF, OF 01:31.266 --> 01:33.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% STANDING OFF AND STANDING BACK 01:33.366 --> 01:35.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IS STARTING TO RESONATE WITH THE 01:35.200 --> 01:36.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% L.A.P.D. 01:36.633 --> 01:37.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THIS MOMENT RIGHT NOW IS THE 01:37.866 --> 01:40.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% CULMINATION OF PERSONAL AND 01:40.000 --> 01:41.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES OF MY 01:41.233 --> 01:43.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% LIFE COMING TOGETHER. 01:43.266 --> 01:45.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% MY ORIGIN BEGINS IN DALLAS, 01:45.366 --> 01:47.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TEXAS, IN THE EARLY '’’90s. 01:47.333 --> 01:48.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'M THE PRODUCT OF A VIOLENT 01:48.433 --> 01:50.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ATTACK ON A TEENAGE MOTHER. 01:50.866 --> 01:53.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I LIVED IN POVERTY THAT 01:53.033 --> 01:54.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ULTIMATELY FORCED ME TO COME IN 01:54.533 --> 01:55.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TO EARLY CONTACT WITH CHILD 01:55.633 --> 01:57.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WELFARE SYSTEM. 01:57.366 --> 01:59.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND WHEN I WAS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, 01:59.000 --> 02:00.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WAS SUSPENDED SEVEN OR EIGHT 02:00.866 --> 02:01.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TIMES. 02:01.866 --> 02:03.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I WAS PUSHED OUT OF SCHOOL 02:03.366 --> 02:04.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DESPITE BEING IN THE GIFTED AND 02:04.366 --> 02:06.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% TALENTED PROGRAM. 02:06.166 --> 02:08.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I DIDN'’’T GRADUATE MIDDLE SCHOOL. 02:08.400 --> 02:10.566 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IN FACT, I STRUGGLED SO HARD 02:10.566 --> 02:11.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT I ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT TO 02:11.500 --> 02:12.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% COLLEGE. 02:12.366 --> 02:13.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I ACCEPTED THE OFFER AT U.C.L.A. 02:13.766 --> 02:14.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND I GOT MY MASTERS IN PUBLIC 02:14.766 --> 02:16.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% POLICY. 02:16.166 --> 02:17.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I GRADUATED TOP OF MY CLASS OUT 02:17.333 --> 02:18.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% HERE. 02:18.500 --> 02:19.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND I WORKED FOR MAYOR ERIC 02:19.500 --> 02:20.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% GARCETTI IN THE OFFICE OF 02:20.500 --> 02:23.600 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% REENTRY FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. 02:23.600 --> 02:25.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'’’VE BEEN OUT IN THE STREETS. 02:25.133 --> 02:26.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I'VE BEEN IN THE HALLS OF POWER 02:26.733 --> 02:28.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NEGOTIATING CHANGE. 02:28.000 --> 02:29.433 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND I'VE BEEN ON THE FRONT LINES 02:29.433 --> 02:31.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% OF ORGANIZING. 02:31.066 --> 02:32.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AS SOMEONE WHO HAS MOVED BETWEEN 02:32.166 --> 02:33.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% DIFFERENT SPACES, I CAN TELL YOU 02:33.333 --> 02:34.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% RIGHT NOW IS THE SPACE FOR 02:34.366 --> 02:36.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% ORGANIZING. 02:36.266 --> 02:38.233 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT IS THE SPACE FOR PROTESTING. 02:38.233 --> 02:40.333 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% IT IS THE SPACE FOR EXCLAIMING 02:40.333 --> 02:43.100 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% JUST HOW UPSET WE ARE. 02:43.100 --> 02:46.133 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE SAW A MAN MURDERED ON CAMERA, 02:46.133 --> 02:49.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% FOR THE UMPTEENTH TIME, AND IT'S 02:49.000 --> 02:50.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% NOT TRAINING THAT'S GONNA FIX 02:50.533 --> 02:52.766 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% THAT. 02:52.766 --> 02:53.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% WE NEED OUR LEADERS TO BE 02:53.866 --> 02:55.633 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% INSPIRING, TO BE BOLD AND TO 02:55.633 --> 02:57.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% PUSH FOR ACTIONS THAT MIGHT SEEM 02:57.533 --> 02:59.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT ARE VERY, 02:59.700 --> 03:02.466 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% VERY NECESSARY. 03:02.466 --> 03:03.166 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% AND THAT IS THE END OF MY RANT.