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unbelievable. shocking. this is not a video game the average us citizen is over 10 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by terrorists. after witnessing a wave of police brutality videos which appear on my news feed every day i decided to investigate the problem of police brutality in america. in united states the police kill stupid people every day adds up one day and. these are the official numbers according to unofficial numbers the police killed 4 people the day. the killing of people in this country has become a routine something normal it seems that human life is seizing to be the most
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valued human right one tomb. and just like that the person is dead. eliot we're in minneapolis minnesota this is a quiet on a fairly small city in northern united states as of recent several police brutality cases have happened here we're on our way to betty smith's house 7 years ago lawsuits if the devil took her son's life the officer is still free in service sometimes their patrol car drives by this very road right next to betty's house and the officers wave it betty i can just not imagine what betty must the went through . a very. high i think you say i mean. this is clinton graduates in a high school there that if you think my son wasn't even this tall as i am and i
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have heels on that's true you know. you play for. everything happened right before christmas speedy explains her son left his girlfriend's house breaking up his girlfriend got angry and called the police adding one fatal detail that quincy had a rifle allies cost quincey his life 5 police officers without any interest in finding out the truth tackled quincy and started being him shortly after quincy was pronounced dead. the only 3 are those who know you night. think police and you know you one key can you well. know which won't be the new he's not resisting arrest he's on the ground you have him in handcuffs why is there a recent need to tell him why is there a reason a need to hit him in the back with a rifle. she doesn't have the video of the actual killing just the homicide report
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there's a video officer devon apprehending another suspect in a similar way. he put his hands up and boom with a bunch in the face a kid by the number one who's from for force just kicks some unbelievable. hands. with says i surrender but i could just as them say if that means he was duped by. did he really like that maybe he'd feel that he was trying to. play gaga. when quincy sr died his son quincy de sean smith jr was just 2 months old. i worry i mean he's growing up all right. he knows his father was told. his father died.
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and knows that other good other good things about him. he's 70 look at the yet relating to quincy picked him up from school. everything. you try to be introduced my. 3. of us feeding. me in my house my dad was part of. that. as long as god gives me breath i'm going to be fighting. oh the injustice and the opposite they're breaking the other 4 guidelines you cannot just murder someone. by or convert.
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last to the riots in ferguson where michael brown was skill at the hands of the police 24 states have ratified a lot of mixed much harder for police to get away with excessive force perhaps this was the reason why choice shuffler is still alive today so we're approaching the house of choice. one of the victims off police brutality here in minneapolis minnesota. friendly. you know what just track you and film you as you drive as you ride the bike. together the choice we're headed to the crime scene where everything happened choi tells us about that night how he was riding his bike around midnight suddenly flashed by the socialites of 2 police cars and then in the rude manner asked by officer mark mcdonough to show him his id.
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and called i know one was still writing up when the 1st 2 squads what was your question to them what's going on are they interested in me and if they're not interested in me and you know i'd appreciate if they you know didn't act like they were receiving more. of the navy ideas. my breaking the law for you few months me did you see. why you're here and following me. every time i'd ask him a question you'd respond with the same question what's your name what's your name criteria. she wonders if you have a favorite literally maybe a 2nd or 2 after that is it actually so it's going to go i want to put handcuffs on you and you're going to go in the back of my squad car so at that point i'm like i'm getting arrested like what am i being arrested for and they respond for me enough. serious or you figure out why am i general rested.
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this year they. might excuse me. point. he just pushes me down and i. fell on the side and then he just jumped on me so i get drug rates of the side 4 of the rear right wheel well the squad car taken away my head and hitting it against the wheel well the tire you know the metal i tell. you haven't i didn't know. what you did. where in a note how. i went to school. ironically many many moons ago while many trips around the sun. that's a sort that's a twist in the story ok in virtually all police officers will only be
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friend other police officers they really don't have many just usual civilian friends it's just their little world that they establish and as i said before it's they developed us against them routine she's got sixteen's is that they recently obtained them from the u.s. military for what. was your question when we investigated everything the rapids exactly a small minnesota suburb they think that they need to be armed like they're in vietnam or something. police service is still a constant risk for the officer. the man in the white shirt with his back towards the camera is an ex police officer he's the only one from the other side who has agreed to speak to us on the condition that his identity remains hidden how long have you served 25 years 25 years as a police officer or have to shoot someone. no. we draw our guns
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frequently. people usually do the right thing and surrender and. you never hear about it at all. the standard issue that most departments are using a glock varies in caliber size of the bullet they are 15 so does this fire automatically or you know. different standards some have just the single action some have 3 round burst and some have full auto why does the police in this case the coon rapids a small town police precinct needs a ar 15 rifles better to have a tool and not need it the need to tool not have it what the rifle phenomena was caused by is the l.a. robbery probably 20 years ago where the bad guys were wearing kevlar suits basically and they had rifles.
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we rule to follow and in order for you to use deadly force you have to meet. the requirements to use that force if you use excessive force that's when you get in trouble you get sued you go to jail do you feel that officers like that ruin it for you in the image of the police in the united states in general we have 50 states you can probably find at least one bad thing that happens in every state but then when you start running those stories day after day people think there is a huge amount yes it happens yes there are bad cops but we have to remember that 99 percent of the cops are good at doing the right thing and helping people.
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ask yourself if you think. it's ok let's place officers. superfast our staff there let me take this up that they are. the reason. that we're. 6 not. we could be here through time warner. anything about. getting. does it reflect the reality of frustration. with. the convenience for the government in which. to conquer we're the ones who ultimately congress.
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8 we are at the post board of minneapolis. we are about to meet with the communities united against police brutality. no other motherhood should have to be told at any time death may not be for the holiday that my son has been murdered that he was not armed and what every was it does not take 5 opposites time simultaneously tasing a young man and wonder if he's going to die. a magical stone lanie and there's a taser here there's a taser here is a taser here i had to look at those burns on my big body now and the protocol was followed christie was murdered and it was not his fault i am 66 years ago maybe
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all of the most of you now you try to imagine raising a baby back to the daycare that diapers and trying to do a job and maintain your household and a student when my taxes go is not up to me and you help telling me that my son is the criminal. you have a complaint for if you let people think that something will happen but it never does my understanding was attacking me finish yes i'm finished as i've been very gracious i've given you more than the time that was on the agenda because because you have folks that are out here to speak i want them to speak that's more with you have an open forum and to give you a bit we did respond to your request for data we provided considerable amount of data right i know they didn't investigate because in our 300 page complaint there is when this is listed it's not a single one was ever called so how do you want vast the gate and you'll flow investigation if you don't talk to everyone it's listed. so like i said i i am
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appealing to you because this is dramatically impacted my family in a negative way for minimum 10 years actually this is shameful the fact that people are here and i'm sitting here listening to a white man who 15 year has not gotten just as well but i expect to see you turn your back on your own. speeches ok let's. keep. it going for you if you. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see if.
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the spiral downward depending on who you believe in the media the civil unrest in america is the result of systematic racism this explains protest and writing but does it the commanding heights controlling the financial system media and the business world are those to admit it's the economy stupid for them greece all these . 54 jets and more than 1300 military personnel are headed to heal some air force base in alaska where is that to say come on i'll show you what's the reason for any type of enhanced u.s. military presence in this area rush up. what is it suddenly about the south china sea that makes it so that it 11000000000 barrels of oil. take a look at this map. who really owns what kind of says no it belongs to us india says
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no we claim that that belongs to us both of these countries have nuclear weapons capabilities there is reason for concern so that's why we're going to drill down on this story for you today right here on the news with rick sanchez where you know as we always like to say we do believe by golly it's time to do news again. what happened to me is. not. cool here i am in new york and i'm not alone this time i'm a choice again out here with us all the way from minnesota. to participate
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in stop october. nationwide actually protest but suburbs over specifically new york protesting against police brutality. her own time. and her. this still isn't. happening here where our. mass media is implicit in the propaganda of demonizing black male you and black people across this country among the protesters i spotted quentin tarantino a world famous filmmaker of film such skill build reservoir dogs pulp fiction i guess he decided that reality is a times more gruesome than his films were in your idea is this the issue that is being dealt with in our country police brutality or is this something that is not that is not being dealt with the right way now is i'm being dealt with in any way at all as far as i can see that's why we're out here you know it was being dealt
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with and then these murdering cops would be in jail or believe space and try and write here but that's not that's not what's going on so my whole thing is i actually think that there is a corruption inside of the police but i don't think it would punch or is it. if. you are born of this protest against b.p. . then why do you make such a model. to the public to get nothing that you wouldn't have got nothing to do and nothing. this thing involves people all kinds of people. from someone as great. as this example to. simplify absolutely simple folk are also fighting because because they want to see. a little light you.
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please r.t. they are trained to be aggressive as any apply force and crowd person but you know person what it is like are like cell phones none of them don't have family members don't want friends he's either in jail you know or has been brutalized by. what is this picture about this is just my life but the cyber you still have a california about this man it's not for you. that loving you go find. something. 2 good out of it. how to go through you coming out of a small community like rapids in your city you know being a part of. being our marginal. people that. it seems that there is
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a theory here that. the. magnitude of this process should shock me came clear the killing of people in the streets of american cities isn't a tragic accident it is nice for the system to desist the new system of law enforcement in american communities. remembering the past is not something the victims' families like to do and it's difficult to believe those horrible moments exceptions were made for our crew many mothers hope to bring to light these atrocities will help them finally see justice. peace. looking after she says the self. tension for 7 hours. with the door.
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or you thanks so much for finding time to meet us and i'm sorry to bring you back to that they. tell you. everything but there you. go to work. yeah i need to gently touches the urn with cremated remains of her daughter and remembers how her khiam came home from a barbecue how 2 officers came shortly after to arrest her for being intoxicated in a public place however and he just shows us the papers where the drug screening states that her daughter was completely alcohol free while being held sensual booking the police wouldn't give crime the medical attention for her health
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condition which evidently letter unfortunate death inside the brooklyn cell 2 of those came to my door and told me about. this is. the right. conditions here were there as well. but she was worried take a pill every day for the resolute like. and she never went down to put the hospital they would let me see my daughter usually when a person dies or drug you both be able to see your road to think of no. they told me you do it it's in the more they could do to. so they waited about 20 more minutes back and forth calling calling calling fear is ok for me to see my daughter because we're going to investigate how she died so they were basically covering no covering on their negligence providing help yes.
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my doula dealt with my. dad the way like i said before bill once they killed mine to the day not gonna rest until justice for all the months and my have all of that to go to this i mean you know not it's feels. nobody knows how it feels. the rights and wrongs of the more turbulent neighborhoods in new york city inside a local barber shop which also happens to be a spot for the local people of their local police brutality complaints for the cameras. so they can to stand while the nasties like this and i'm like take a picture brother to last longer and then when i got past paper man i noticed i had to stop him and when i'm home now i notice around him his own gun and i'm wait this . i'm like i don't have the weather sorry you want to have a gun not
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a concert hall like this you stop me from going on i have got to go about your business i say doing your job but not your fish i'm actually afraid to call. for one more call in the political. be back. so you don't feel safe in your community or protected by the police well you don't feel protected by. just a place they respond. because we don't know because. because they feel like we are not educated enough to know that they feel that wait wait wait you're not it's only actually which that's my fright. do it say so now if you don't know arrest me for my rights and i'll fight.
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i mean. scott is one of the most well known lawyers finance police brutality in new york. mr i mean how many cases in general have you. solved and had a positive outcome for your clients thousands of police brutality has to be in the high hundreds or thousands i think police brutality is a real issue in this country i have a number of cases where people were injured very badly in police chase cases and when you speak to a police officer and question them about the training they receive in the cademy they will tell you then never in a real situation that's a very good point but with this case the question is did the officer have the right to do what he did let's watch when it's about a couple more minutes here. and
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i got no problem with. this or kicks the phone out i miss him. generally the kid gets up. there for shots. actually more but i think a lot of this issue escalated because. officers don't like when people talk back to them or don't like when people don't comply with their the man's i think in this situation no is different in somebody's others because this officer obviously wasn't threatened by any imminent. we can stop this announced civil war between communities and the police the lawyer goes on to say simple us isn't silly powerful weapon it's not a gun korey rifle smartphone. there's no question in my 26 years of practicing i've seen the number of police brutality cases rise i've seen the
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number of charges rise and i think the only reason it's really coming to the forefront is the invention of the cell phone if it wasn't a cell phone camera people wouldn't believe half of the things that go on and we have these videos to prove that. this is a racist or is this a class issue or is this even just in the for terry so all these things racism authoritarianism inequality class inequality class issues right psychological issues all of that is thrown into the spot it's called police brutality and that's why you do your best for you with regard to your own ability and transparency did you never you. never have never ever.
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forget to stamp out disdain becomes the etiquette and engagement equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. virtually never great is founded on the raids in the murder. of nothing changed so we said oh response to these situations that we're dealing with. people his shadow every bill the day she is this he will kill each other blood for the killing children. so it was just no way that people are going to just sit back and allow children to be shot down law enforcement. this
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