dealt with rodney king and when the tape came out rodney king fortunately didn't die.s met with us even if we disagreed with police brutality. this president saying that is a local issue. >> let's watch that. >> certainly a terrible incident. this is something that is a local matter and that is something we feel should be left up to local authorities. we want to make sure that all law enforcement is carrying out the letter of the law. the president is very supportive of law enforcement but at the same time in these specific cases and these specific instances those are left up to local authorities to make that determination and not something for the federal government to weigh into. >> every major civil rights case and every civil rights movement had to go to the federal government because dealing with local prosecutors you deal with the politics of the intrinsic relationship between police and prosecutors. secondly, what do you mean it's a terrible incident but for local authorities? what about dealing with the national issue of policing? one that you knew when you cam

this took place in the aftermath of the rodney king riots. there was a guy on the morning bouza.ogram, anthony i don't know if he is italian or letting nobody looks like a white guy and he was with the cincinnati dd for 17 years and a one point it was the chief of police. he said the following and i quote the best i can. ideaid most people have no what the duties of the police are. i think the police are there to serve and protect. he says no, the police have tw o functions, to protect the lives and property of the wealthy, they come was this by keeping mostly young and brown skinned black men in their place , and we also know that they think their place is the privately held prisons in which he holds stock. a friend of mine, a white guy because law enforcement the blue klux klan. you guys rock and i hope you are around for eternity. host: thanks for watching. debbie and l.a., good morning. caller: hi. host: what would you like to say, debbie? caller: mi on the air now? host: you are. caller: i would like to say, i'm in california and first o

changed, but usually it's been sort of different across generations, but almost universally male, so rodney kingcar grant, it's been mike brown, eric gardner, freddy gray and the list goes on and even this week i think if we ask the question the first name that came to mind this week in terms of police violence we would hear stephon clark cannot cynthia clements who was killed by police outside of chicago last week also. i'm often then asked why is that the case and i think my answer always focuses on the power of the story and the narrative. the story that is so deeply entrenched that racial profiling and police violence is something that happens exclusively to black men and we perceive it to be not transgender and not gay even though they might be. and that violence against women is something that only happens to white women in privacy and some of us out here are the cold experiencing violence of both kinds everyday without it the scene as part of those stories. so, the goal with invisible no more was truly expand our understanding of police violence and racial profiling and not incarceration

. >> one of my first stories as a cub reporter was rodney king. as we have to tell the stories that again we were unable to get from steve pat t petition petition patterson, you just change a couple thing tsz and tell the story again. how do you say it's okay, we'll get better? >> as tragic as these incidents are, they are as predictable as they are tragic. i'm very concerned about police brutali brutality. dr. king said that we will not be satisfied as long as the negro is the victim of the injustices of police brutality. but behind that really is america's commitment to being the capital of mass incarceration in the world. the land of the free he is the incarceration capital of the world. we warehouse 25% of the world's prisoners. as we saw the decline of industry in our country, a shift to service and post industrial economy, we could have invested on money in preparing our young people for that new economy. instead we have invested in systems this brokenness, we have invested in incarceration. and so these kinds ever he of escalations that we

it was right after the rodney king verdicts happened. why was he treated that way? why did the policeman get off -- policemen get off? why do not -- why do i not learn about my history in school? you know, just questioning things and seeing yourself and having pride in yourself and learning about different members of your race and the things they have done and accomplished in the past. that's when i started learning about muhammad ali. it tookd the courage for him to take a stand and everybody turned on him. he was the heavyweight champion of the world. they love him for a second. then he started -- then he cited talking about racism and war and things changed. having the courage to stand up for what you believe in, even though you know the majority will criticize you for it, it takes a lot of courage to be able to do that. i started learning more. brian: when did malcolm x. die and why? etan: there was so much that happened. when you stand up for what you believe in and you are a seeker of truth, especially in the 1960's, your life was on the line. do you talk abou

for what sure as hell looked to me like a wildly excessive and prolonged beating of an unarmed rodney kinghey were acquitted. for me, it was a, "holy shit, i never saw that coming," moment. for african americans, it was a somewhat ruder surprise. to say people were angry would be an understatement. >> protestor: they don't represent the people no more. >> roy choi: south central is that way. so, you could almost -- >> anthony: right. >> roy choi: -- feel it like a tidal wave coming. >> anthony: the l.a.p.d. were completely unprepared for what happened next. >> roy choi: everything you see right here, all this, was being looted. chairs and rocks and everything being thrown through walls. if you go straight down western, on venice, the whole plaza burned on fire. we were calling 911 and there was no response. >> anthony: did cops come at all? >> roy choi: i was here all three days. i didn't see any cops. >> anthony: well, where did they set up their front line? >> roy choi: rodeo drive. >> anthony: where did the forces of law and order set up their perimeter? not here. koreatown was left to

it was right after the rodney king verdicts happened. why was he treated that way? did the policemen get off? why do i not learn about my history in school? you know what i mean? why is the only time i learned about my history at home with my mother teaches me? just questioning things. seeing yourself and having pride in yourself and learning about different members of your race. the things they have done and accomplished in the past. that is when i started learning about muhammad ali. i learned about the courage it took him for take the stance he took and how america turned on him when he did. he was a champion of the world. they loved him for a second and then he started talking about racism and how he was not going to go let into the war and then he joined islam and everything changed. having the courage to send up for what you believe in, even though you know the majority will do this i shoot for. it takes a lot of courage to do that. i started learning want. -- more. brian: when did malcolm x die and why? etan: there was so much that happened. when you stand up

times have changed but usually across generations but almost universally male like rodney king. oscar grant. freddie gray. but even this week if we asked the question and not just cynthia clemens who was killed byof police outside of chicago. in my answer always focuses on that narrative and that is so deeply entrenched and it happened exclusively to black men that we perceive not to be transgender and not gay. and violence against women is something that only happens to white women and some of us are just out here in the cold. so the goal was really to expand our understanding of police violence to bring into that narrative the story that have driven the women's population so that rate of growth has increased at a rate 50% greater so what are the stories for women who wind up and then predominantly black women?do so that doubles again looking at the population in jail increased 14 times over the last decade maybe we are not doing as much hard time inde prison but going in and out of local jail cells instead of maybe going up say -- upstate but even less healthcare or less suppo

rodney king, it has been oscar graham, mike brown, eric gardner, freddie gray, the list goes on.his week if we ask the question, first name became to mind this week in terms of police violence we would hear stephan clark and not cynthia clemens who was killed by police outside chicago. why is that the case? my answer focuses on the power of the story and the narrative and the story that is so deeply entrenched the racial profiling and police violence, it hasn't exclusively to black blue plumed perceived not to be transgender and not gay even though they might be and violence against women is something that only happens to white women in private spaces, without it being seen as any of those stories. the goal was to expand our understanding of police violence and racial profiling and mass criminalization by bringing into that narrative the story of black women and girls that have driven the growth of 700%. and 50% greater. and were predominantly black women continue to be incarcerated twice as much is right women. and in jail increased 14 times in the foot past we for decades, wome

maybe he's talking about the '90s when we had a police officer beating rodney king. have the same issues. when my president says let's make america great again, when was he talking about? he must be talking about when it was great for europeans. america has never been great for minorities. and even now it makes me go hmmm, when i'm trying to figure out when was it great. >> a lot of people, a lot of parents are up in arms about this. the school put out a second statement about this, they say it could not be stated anymore strongly or clearly that we do not condone the actions taken by our teachers in these unrelated incidents and will not tolerate the infusion of political bias into our classrooms. these two incidents did not hold to our standards. we responded to the matters at hand and the appropriate action was taken with regards to this personal matter. >> the other incident they're referring to in that statement is an assignment given to kids to write about why we should implement gun control and reduce the second amendment. you have two unrelated incidents. >>

this was april 8 march that rodney was in caretta king went in carried on his legacy in continued toork for labor rights and women's rights and things he would've done if he would've lived. the great boycott. cesar chavez. the movement has gone on. about unions and ordinary -- organize workers as well. and this is kind of where i am. as soon as i got there i will be put in jail just like everybody else. this is a jail that i was in for three weeks. this picture ends up in my fbi file. i did not know that. it's another case that we worked on. one of the myths is when king died things ended. no actually the accelerated. in memphis they certainly did and all around the south south in the country they certainly did. how do we remember king. they know what this was about. workers know it. i love this picture. in front of the lorraine motel when it was ready to be closed down. it probably was closed down at this point. i will stop to take it and make a few comments. opened up for a few questions and discussions. [applause]. mike is with some tremendous work because i think oftentimes we ha