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- As I watched the video,
I kept thinking to myself,

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\"Am I truly going to watch
a man die in front of me on TV?\"

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And for me, having spent
most of my adult life

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as a member
of that police department,

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leading that police department,

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I was questioning

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just about everything
I thought I had known.

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My goal as a police chief

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was creating change from within,

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and I really thought
that we would do it.

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Was I naive?

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Was I optimistic?

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I think I was
both of those things.

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But at what point
do you give up?

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I started in the early \'90s.

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Law enforcement has long been

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a culture of disrespect
and discrimination.

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It most often has
acts of violence

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against people of color.

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Also, women in general
were treated differently.

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We would request backup,

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and other officers would
cut out their transmissions

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so we couldn\'t get help.

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-Raise your right hand.

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Do you, Janeé Harteau,
solemnly swear

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that you will support
the Constitution

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of the United States of America?

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- I eventually became chief
in a department

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that I actually had to fight
20 years earlier.

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Policing needs
transformational change.

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And I saw women
as a critical part.

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-Hi. Hi.

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-Okay. Thank you.

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-How are you?

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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- Hi.
- Hey, you. How are you?

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- I\'m good.
- Yeah?

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Family doing okay?
- Yeah. They\'re all here.

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- Hi. Good. Good. How are you?
Good to see you.

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We\'re all so excited
for Charlie, huh?

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Did you ever think it would
be us running this place?

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Neither did I,
but look at us now.

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It\'s awesome. It\'s awesome.
[ Laughter ]

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- You\'re doing a great job.
- Thank you.

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Congratulations.

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- I pledge allegiance
to the flag

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of the United States of America

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and to the Republic
for which it stands,

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one nation under God,
indivisible,

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with liberty and justice
for all.

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-Welcome, everybody.

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Again, my name is Janeé Harteau,
and I\'m the Chief of Police.

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Today, we celebrate
your leadership.

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This continues to be a defining
time in our country in many ways

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but certainly
in American policing.

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We, the police, must have
public trust and confidence

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to be successful.

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We also have to acknowledge
as a profession,

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we can and must become better.

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We must be willing
to make tough decisions,

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sometimes without all
the information you want.

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Take it from one who knows,
they won\'t always be popular.

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And on that,
I\'m going to take a drink.

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[ Laughter ]

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It is water.

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[ Laughter ]

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Next, our newest commander,
Charlie Adams, come on up.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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We have to diversify
our police departments.

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Sergeant Vanessa Anderson,
juvenile.

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[ Applause ]

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But the role of women
in policing is often overlooked.

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Sergeant Gilles Antaya.

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16% of our officers are women,

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and although that\'s above
the national average,

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we need much higher.

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Sergeant Anna Hedberg.

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Officer-involved shootings

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almost always include
male officers.

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Sergeant Rebecca Lane,
domestic assault.

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Excessive force complaints,
very seldom with women.

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[ Applause ]

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So I see this as an opportunity

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to really change the culture
in an organization.

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And last but not least,
Sergeant Jaclyn Tuma.

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[ Applause ]

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I give you the sergeants.

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[ Cheers and applause ]

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- When people want change,
they want it quickly,

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but change is very challenging.

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[ Police radio chatter ]

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[ Crowd shouting angrily ]

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-North Minneapolis wants answers

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after an officer
shot Jamar Clark.

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- They killed that boy
in cold blood!

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[ Crowd shouting in distance ]

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Why?! \'Cause he\'s Black?!
- Some officers over there...

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-Why?! \'Cause he\'s Black?!

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- The police union
says Clark resisted

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when confronted during
a domestic disturbance call

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and tried to take
an officer\'s gun.

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Others who say they were there

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said Clark was on the ground
with his hands cuffed.

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- What do we want?!
- Justice!

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- After the shooting,
what ended up happening

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is an 18-day occupation
outside of a police precinct,

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which has never happened
in this country before.

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- Jamar Clark!
- Jamar Clark!

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- Jamar Clark!
- Jamar Clark!

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- Activists issued an SOS,
saying,

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\"Everybody come down
to the 4th Precinct,\"

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and we decided that
we were not going to leave.

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- What do we want?!
- Justice!

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- When do we want it?!
- Now!

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- I had community members
who were upset, because to them,

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it was another unarmed Black man

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killed at the hands of police.
- Don\'t shoot!

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- Hands up!
- Don\'t shoot!

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- And I had police officers
who were frustrated

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because nobody
had the facts yet,

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but they were already
deemed murderers.

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[ Crowd shouting angrily ]

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So we didn\'t do things in
the way we had always done them.

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We didn\'t make everybody leave.

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And we needed people
to have an opportunity

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to voice their pain.

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It was a minute-by-minute,
day-by-day challenge.

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- In the end, two Minneapolis
police officers

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will not be charged.

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It appears the evidence
wasn\'t there.

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- Although people disagree
with the findings,

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the officers were exonerated.

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We actually had three
independent investigations.

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We had the Department
of Justice,

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we had the Bureau
of Criminal Apprehension,

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and then we had the Hennepin
County Attorney\'s Office.

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- When the officers
who killed Jamar Clark

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were not held accountable,

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I realized the whole damn system
is guilty as hell.

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We are tired of what\'s been
happening within the system.

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We are tired of the voices
of African Americans

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and other people of color being
silenced within this system.

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We deserve to use our voices

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and to stand up
for what we believe in,

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free from police violence,

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free from discrimination...
- Fuck the police!

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- And free from incarceration!
- Fuck the police!

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-4-4-6. 4-4-6.

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-Jamar Clark.

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That was the first real time
that I felt like

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I needed to choose a side,
Black or blue.

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Had I been there,

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maybe it wouldn\'t have had
the same outcome.

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In my era, growing up
in the early \'90s,

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it was, \"Fuck the police.\"

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I figured
by becoming an officer,

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I could be the type of officer

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I wished we would have
encountered

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when I was growing up.

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As you were. Good morning.

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- Class, I want to introduce
Officer White.

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- Good morning.
- Good morning, ma\'am.

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- This is a training unlike
anything that\'s been presented

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within my career here,

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so have an open mind.

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You\'re going to go
to a ton of domestics.

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You\'re going to go to a ton
of traffic accidents,

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and each time you keep
going to these calls,

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you\'re going to feel like,

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\"I can predict
what\'s going to happen here.\"

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But the challenge is

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to treat everyone
involved in that call neutrally

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and not have any predisposed
thoughts or predictions

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about that particular situation

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in order to be neutral.

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We\'re still police officers.

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Using force is part of the job,

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but it\'s how you interact
with the person.

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Are we treating them with
proper respect as human beings?

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I\'m going to tell you,
I\'m just going to be honest.

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We interact with people
who are rapists, murderers.

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It\'s sometimes hard to show
respect to someone like that.

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So in my mind, I had to
switch this to professionalism.

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As long as you\'re
being professional,

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you\'re going to look respectful.

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- Okay. We\'re going
to compare this, okay?

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I\'m going to tell you
my friend\'s first reaction

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when they find out
that you\'re a cop,

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and I want to know
your friends\' first reactions.

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- Okay.
- The teachers love saying this.

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This is my teachers\'
favorite line.

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Me walking down the hall
with my friends,

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and if, like, we start fighting
or something

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or play-fighting or messing
around walking to class...

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- Mm-hmm.
- He\'ll be like, \"Y\'all better

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stop messing with Darah.
You know her mom\'s a cop.\"

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Oh, and adults think...

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They think they can\'t
drink around me,

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can\'t smoke around me, nothing.

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They think they\'re
going to killed.

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I mean like smoke cigarettes,
not...

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- Killed how? Like, literally,
I\'m going to go kill them?

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- Like, everybody thinks you can
just shoot and tase and cuff

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whoever you want,
whenever you want.

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Everybody thinks, like,

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\"Oh, Darah\'s mom\'s
going to come shoot you.\"

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How do your friends act
when they find out you\'re a cop?

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- I think people act similar
to how your friends act.

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- Like they can\'t do nothing.
- Yeah.

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That\'s why I don\'t tell people.
[ Chuckles ]

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You know what I say, right?

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I just say I work for the city.

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- Dang.
- Yeah.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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There\'s no Black
female sergeants

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on the street right now.

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♪♪

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Chief Harteau encouraged me
to take the sergeant\'s test,

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and I think I might be number
one on the sergeant\'s list now.

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♪♪

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♪♪

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- Information in response
to this channel.

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Second pursuit\'s currently
in a motor-vehicle pursuit.

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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- Hear that?
- What?

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- The annual owl saying,
\"Fuck 12, fuck 12, fuck 12,\"

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at 2:00 a.m. every night.

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[ Vehicle whooshing ]

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- Oh, man.
- That sounds...

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- Oh, man, and he just
ran a red light.

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-Squad 121, reckless driver.

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[ Siren wailing ]

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- Just turned onto 4th Street,
eastbound, silver sedan.

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We can view license plate
in a second.

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- Is there a reason for you
speeding down the street

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and running a red light, sir?

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-Honestly, no.

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-You got a license on you, man?

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You don\'t have a license?

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-Just came from the strip club.

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- You have anything
with your name on it?

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-Yeah. No, I...

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We literally just left...

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-I\'m gonna go get started on it.

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♪♪

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- Patrick and I have been
partners a little over a year,

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but right away
when we worked together,

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I actually didn\'t like
working with him

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\'cause I wasn\'t used
to his way of working,

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which is a little bit
more aggressive,

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wanting to take more action.

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- Okay. Why don\'t you hop out
the car, roll the windows up?

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Lock it up,
do what you got to do,

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but like I said, you ain\'t
driving away from here.

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- But eventually,
we found our groove.

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♪♪

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[ Indistinct conversations ]

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- It had stopped,
and so I\'m curious...

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-No. Things are good.

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There\'s two stats that I think
are the most impressive,

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are the gun recoveries
are up 113%,

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and the people who have been
shot are down 41%.

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- Mm-hmm, 162 guns
taken off the street

00:15:02.333 --> 00:15:03.957
so far, just in this precinct.
- Yeah.

00:15:03.958 --> 00:15:05.874
- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah. That increase...

00:15:05.875 --> 00:15:08.291
-I\'m ultimately responsible

00:15:08.292 --> 00:15:10.707
for the actions of my officers,

00:15:10.708 --> 00:15:16.749
yet I don\'t have full authority
to terminate when we need to.

00:15:16.750 --> 00:15:20.082
So, I fire an officer.
The union grieve it,

00:15:20.083 --> 00:15:23.082
fight it,
and they get their job back.

00:15:23.083 --> 00:15:26.124
Seldom are terminations
ever upheld.

00:15:26.125 --> 00:15:28.624
This is not just an ask.
It\'s a request.

00:15:28.625 --> 00:15:33.041
So it\'s rewarding to have
the authority to promote people

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that I think deserve
an opportunity.

00:15:35.625 --> 00:15:36.625
One or two precincts.

00:15:36.626 --> 00:15:39.582
- Just a quick snapshot
of Penn Avenue.

00:15:39.583 --> 00:15:41.541
You know,
that continues to be...

00:15:41.542 --> 00:15:43.374
- You know, I\'ve promoted Rondo
four times

00:15:43.375 --> 00:15:45.332
since I\'ve been the chief.

00:15:45.333 --> 00:15:48.374
He is a very good communicator.

00:15:48.375 --> 00:15:49.957
He grew up in the city.

00:15:49.958 --> 00:15:53.999
He is passionate about
our progressive initiatives.

00:15:54.000 --> 00:15:56.207
- And do you have a supervisor
assigned to that,

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that corridor point of contact?
- No.

00:15:58.792 --> 00:16:01.041
What I\'ve asked is for...

00:16:01.042 --> 00:16:02.707
-And I also made it a point

00:16:02.708 --> 00:16:06.291
to promote women
into leadership.

00:16:06.292 --> 00:16:07.957
And now every rank
of this police department

00:16:07.958 --> 00:16:10.666
is held by a woman or women,

00:16:10.667 --> 00:16:13.124
which is very unique.

00:16:13.125 --> 00:16:14.166
-Good. Okay.

00:16:14.167 --> 00:16:16.582
- Thank you.
- Thank you, Inspector Johnson.

00:16:16.583 --> 00:16:18.624
Commander Chiodo?

00:16:18.625 --> 00:16:21.916
- We\'re going to have to roll out
training to all the officers

00:16:21.917 --> 00:16:23.041
and all our investigators

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on changes to
the sexual assault protocol.

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♪♪

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[ Phone line ringing ]

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♪♪

00:16:35.167 --> 00:16:37.874
Hey, Mike. How are you doing?
- Not so bad.

00:16:37.875 --> 00:16:41.416
- I am heading out to a guardian
angel detail for the afternoon,

00:16:41.417 --> 00:16:42.832
so if you need me, text me.

00:16:42.833 --> 00:16:43.957
- Okay.
- Alright.

00:16:43.958 --> 00:16:45.999
- Bye-bye.
- Bye.

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I oversee
our domestic abuse unit

00:16:48.375 --> 00:16:52.832
and our sex crimes unit.

00:16:52.833 --> 00:16:55.541
When Chief Harteau
offered me the job,

00:16:55.542 --> 00:16:58.666
I knew that this was
what I was waiting for.

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♪♪

00:17:03.667 --> 00:17:07.332
- Hey, boss.
- Hey, Grant.

00:17:07.333 --> 00:17:11.957
- We\'ve got on just the one end
about 63 unique suspects,

00:17:11.958 --> 00:17:13.707
so times two, probably.

00:17:13.708 --> 00:17:17.374
120 just in the last hour
have responded to this ad.

00:17:17.375 --> 00:17:19.874
-Excellent.

00:17:19.875 --> 00:17:22.499
- We focus on sex trafficking
of minors,

00:17:22.500 --> 00:17:25.666
which has been a significant
problem in Minneapolis

00:17:25.667 --> 00:17:27.624
for a long time.
- Okay.

00:17:27.625 --> 00:17:29.582
Melissa, he sent a photo.

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Is this the guy?

00:17:30.750 --> 00:17:32.707
-Yeah. That\'s the guy.

00:17:32.708 --> 00:17:35.874
- \"What time is best for you?\"

00:17:35.875 --> 00:17:39.541
This is where we stoke
his ego a little bit.

00:17:39.542 --> 00:17:42.457
He\'s 2 minutes away. Paul?

00:17:42.458 --> 00:17:45.624
- I don\'t like
the old vice model...

00:17:45.625 --> 00:17:48.041
Arrest the person
providing the sex.

00:17:48.042 --> 00:17:49.957
They\'re the criminal.

00:17:49.958 --> 00:17:53.332
What 14-year-old
boy or girl says,

00:17:53.333 --> 00:17:55.041
\"I want to have sex
with a 50-year-old man

00:17:55.042 --> 00:17:58.707
and make $25 off of it and maybe
have him slap me around?\"

00:17:58.708 --> 00:18:02.582
They don\'t.

00:18:02.583 --> 00:18:04.249
- Is that the guy?
- Is he walking up?

00:18:04.250 --> 00:18:05.250
-He\'s on foot?

00:18:05.251 --> 00:18:07.207
- Yeah. He just parked
outside the cul-de-sac,

00:18:07.208 --> 00:18:08.208
and now he\'s coming up.

00:18:08.209 --> 00:18:09.666
- The house is full
of police officers.

00:18:09.667 --> 00:18:13.082
-Yeah.

00:18:13.083 --> 00:18:14.749
-Is he there?

00:18:14.750 --> 00:18:15.750
Where is he?

00:18:15.751 --> 00:18:17.374
- Let me know
when you\'re cleared for...

00:18:17.375 --> 00:18:18.457
-In custody.

00:18:18.458 --> 00:18:19.624
- Alright.
- We\'re in custody.

00:18:19.625 --> 00:18:21.749
Whoo-hoo!
- Sending code.

00:18:21.750 --> 00:18:23.833
-[ Sighs ]

00:18:29.208 --> 00:18:31.082
Do we have apartment number?
- No.

00:18:31.083 --> 00:18:32.582
They said the second floor
somewhere.

00:18:32.583 --> 00:18:34.207
They couldn\'t get
an apartment number.

00:18:34.208 --> 00:18:35.624
We don\'t know what apartment
it\'s in,

00:18:35.625 --> 00:18:38.041
so we\'re just going to start
checking floors, I guess.

00:18:38.042 --> 00:18:41.541
[ Police radio chatter ]

00:18:41.542 --> 00:18:43.957
-Did you find out where she is?

00:18:43.958 --> 00:18:47.249
♪♪

00:18:47.250 --> 00:18:48.749
Are you Ms. [Bleep]

00:18:48.750 --> 00:18:51.124
-You know why we\'re here?

00:18:51.125 --> 00:18:53.457
Well, from what we heard,

00:18:53.458 --> 00:18:56.624
it sounds like you were
attempting to kill yourself.

00:18:56.625 --> 00:18:59.167
- Mm-hmm.
- Is that correct?

00:18:59.292 --> 00:19:01.458
- Mm-hmm.
- How did you try to do that?

00:19:04.708 --> 00:19:08.957
- Is life just kind of generally
pretty stressful right now?

00:19:08.958 --> 00:19:10.582
- Mm-hmm.
- Is it mainly, like,

00:19:10.583 --> 00:19:12.541
school stuff, family stuff?

00:19:12.542 --> 00:19:14.833
- School stuff.
- School stuff?

00:19:17.125 --> 00:19:18.666
Do...

00:19:18.667 --> 00:19:21.166
Who do you have
for, like, resources to talk to?

00:19:21.167 --> 00:19:24.124
-There\'s people I can talk to.

00:19:24.125 --> 00:19:26.166
-So, what happened today

00:19:26.167 --> 00:19:28.374
that, instead of reaching out
to talk to somebody,

00:19:28.375 --> 00:19:30.792
you tried to kill yourself?

00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:39.374
Well, clearly
people care about you.

00:19:39.375 --> 00:19:42.957
I don\'t think you\'d be a bother
to anybody.

00:19:42.958 --> 00:19:44.624
Since we got called,

00:19:44.625 --> 00:19:47.791
we\'re going to have to take you
to the hospital.

00:19:47.792 --> 00:19:49.166
- Mm-hmm.
- Let\'s go.

00:19:49.167 --> 00:19:51.666
-She\'s in full custody.

00:19:51.667 --> 00:19:59.667
♪♪

00:20:00.625 --> 00:20:08.625
♪♪

00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:11.375
[ Siren wailing ]

00:20:19.167 --> 00:20:21.207
- People in a South Minneapolis
neighborhood

00:20:21.208 --> 00:20:23.707
are in disbelief tonight
as they try to figure out

00:20:23.708 --> 00:20:27.041
why one of their neighbors
was shot and killed by police.

00:20:27.042 --> 00:20:29.707
- One of the responding
officers, Mohamed Noor,

00:20:29.708 --> 00:20:31.582
shot Justine Damond.

00:20:31.583 --> 00:20:34.707
- Justine Damond was a yoga
and meditation teacher.

00:20:34.708 --> 00:20:36.749
-She is who called 911

00:20:36.750 --> 00:20:39.999
after hearing a noise
in the alley near their home.

00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:43.457
- Damond approached the driver\'s
side window of the squad car.

00:20:43.458 --> 00:20:47.707
Noor fired his weapon through
the open driver\'s side window.

00:20:47.708 --> 00:20:50.249
- There\'s no body camera
evidence of what happened,

00:20:50.250 --> 00:20:52.499
even though officers
were wearing them.

00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:55.582
- We have opened up an internal
affairs use of force review.

00:20:55.583 --> 00:20:57.874
The chief has asked
that it be expedited

00:20:57.875 --> 00:21:01.249
so that she can take
appropriate action swiftly.

00:21:01.250 --> 00:21:03.291
♪♪

00:21:03.292 --> 00:21:06.624
-Justine didn\'t have to die.

00:21:06.625 --> 00:21:10.207
Based on the publicly released
information from the BCA,

00:21:10.208 --> 00:21:12.499
this should not have happened.

00:21:12.500 --> 00:21:14.541
I believe
the actions in question

00:21:14.542 --> 00:21:18.457
go against who we are
as a department, how we train,

00:21:18.458 --> 00:21:22.041
and the expectations
we have for our officers.

00:21:22.042 --> 00:21:26.791
These were the actions
and judgment of one individual.

00:21:26.792 --> 00:21:28.541
- Indict! Convict!
- Indict! Convict!

00:21:28.542 --> 00:21:31.166
- Send those killer cops to jail!
- Send those killer cops to jail!

00:21:31.167 --> 00:21:35.499
The whole damn system
is guilty as hell!

00:21:35.500 --> 00:21:38.791
- It\'s not about white!
It\'s not about Black!

00:21:38.792 --> 00:21:41.457
It\'s about the police
keep killing us!

00:21:41.458 --> 00:21:44.499
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:21:44.500 --> 00:21:48.791
But the good news is,
now we have allies!

00:21:48.792 --> 00:21:51.250
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:21:53.625 --> 00:21:57.166
- It is past time...
- Yes!

00:21:57.167 --> 00:22:02.624
- for me and other
white people to wake up!

00:22:02.625 --> 00:22:05.042
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:22:08.583 --> 00:22:10.916
- I hold our government
leaders accountable,

00:22:10.917 --> 00:22:12.999
because if they
had done their jobs,

00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:14.916
Justine would still be alive,

00:22:14.917 --> 00:22:16.999
Jamar Clark would
still be alive,

00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:20.041
and the list goes on and on.

00:22:20.042 --> 00:22:24.166
So I\'m calling for Chief Harteau
to be fired,

00:22:24.167 --> 00:22:26.457
To be fired.
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:22:26.458 --> 00:22:29.666
To be fired.

00:22:29.667 --> 00:22:32.124
So where do we go from here?

00:22:32.125 --> 00:22:34.249
[ Applause ]

00:22:34.250 --> 00:22:40.832
♪♪

00:22:40.833 --> 00:22:47.499
♪♪

00:22:47.500 --> 00:22:48.957
-I know that some in Minneapolis

00:22:48.958 --> 00:22:52.082
have lost confidence
in police leadership.

00:22:52.083 --> 00:22:55.416
Chief Harteau is not in
a position to lead us further,

00:22:55.417 --> 00:22:57.999
and I asked Chief Harteau
for her resignation.

00:22:58.000 --> 00:23:01.416
She tendered it,
and I have accepted it.

00:23:01.417 --> 00:23:04.041
- We\'re asking
for your prompt resignation.

00:23:04.042 --> 00:23:06.791
We don\'t want you as our mayor
of Minneapolis anymore.

00:23:06.792 --> 00:23:09.457
Your police department
has terrorized us enough!

00:23:09.458 --> 00:23:12.041
And you didn\'t want to hear us,
so you hear me now!

00:23:12.042 --> 00:23:14.291
We do not want you
as the mayor of Minneapolis!

00:23:14.292 --> 00:23:16.791
And we\'re asking you
to resign...

00:23:16.792 --> 00:23:20.541
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:23:20.542 --> 00:23:22.374
We do not want you as the mayor!

00:23:22.375 --> 00:23:24.499
You have been ineffective!

00:23:24.500 --> 00:23:29.582
♪♪

00:23:29.583 --> 00:23:34.666
♪♪

00:23:34.667 --> 00:23:37.332
- I wanted to make a difference
in the world.

00:23:37.333 --> 00:23:40.791
I wanted to help people,
and I wanted to have an impact.

00:23:40.792 --> 00:23:46.707
♪♪

00:23:46.708 --> 00:23:49.707
It\'s not the ending
I would have written for myself.

00:23:49.708 --> 00:23:54.374
♪♪

00:23:54.375 --> 00:23:56.416
-In 2012, history was made.

00:23:56.417 --> 00:23:58.624
She would be the first female
police chief.

00:23:58.625 --> 00:24:01.374
She would be the first
openly gay chief.

00:24:01.375 --> 00:24:04.791
Her biggest crises... the police
shooting of Jamar Clark

00:24:04.792 --> 00:24:08.207
and the police shooting
of Justine Damond.

00:24:08.208 --> 00:24:11.249
- When I read the e-mail
that Janeé resigned,

00:24:11.250 --> 00:24:13.207
I was sitting with my family
when I read it

00:24:13.208 --> 00:24:16.749
and was, like, shocked,

00:24:16.750 --> 00:24:18.166
and my kids could get it,

00:24:18.167 --> 00:24:20.541
and they were like,
\"Is everything okay?\"

00:24:20.542 --> 00:24:22.374
And I just said, \"I don\'t know.\"

00:24:22.375 --> 00:24:25.957
You know, I don\'t know.

00:24:25.958 --> 00:24:28.833
It rocks your sense
of stability.

00:24:30.917 --> 00:24:32.332
Alright. So, we just
wanted to reach out

00:24:32.333 --> 00:24:34.082
and see if anyone in here
has questions

00:24:34.083 --> 00:24:37.541
about, you know,
what occurred last Friday,

00:24:37.542 --> 00:24:40.875
questions about the leadership
change that\'s gone on.

00:24:46.292 --> 00:24:48.791
- We\'ve been updated
in the newspaper every day.

00:24:48.792 --> 00:24:51.332
[ Chuckles ]
- Yes. Okay.

00:24:51.333 --> 00:24:53.541
There is going to be a complete
independent audit

00:24:53.542 --> 00:24:56.207
of our body cam policy,
and I\'m sure you\'ve heard

00:24:56.208 --> 00:24:58.666
City Council\'s looking
at making it a criminal act

00:24:58.667 --> 00:25:00.166
if you don\'t turn
your body cameras on.

00:25:00.167 --> 00:25:03.166
I\'m sure that\'s no surprise
if you saw the news last night.

00:25:03.167 --> 00:25:05.499
One of the people running
for mayor is pushing for that.

00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:10.333
There\'s a few on the council
that like that idea, so, yeah.

00:25:18.042 --> 00:25:20.791
- Body cam stuff, please make
sure we\'re keeping track

00:25:20.792 --> 00:25:22.249
so that nobody\'s
getting jammed up

00:25:22.250 --> 00:25:24.499
for not turning them on
when they\'re supposed to,

00:25:24.500 --> 00:25:26.124
for not doing
their startup checks.

00:25:26.125 --> 00:25:28.583
Just make sure that
we\'re keeping an eye on it.

00:25:32.250 --> 00:25:35.332
According to the policy, you do,
because you are issued one.

00:25:35.333 --> 00:25:36.999
You are required
when you are on duty

00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:38.582
or working an approved
off-duty job.

00:25:38.583 --> 00:25:40.999
As of right now, there is
no policy exception

00:25:41.000 --> 00:25:42.541
for those things.
That is part of...

00:25:42.542 --> 00:25:46.499
I wasn\'t stunned when Chief
Harteau was asked to resign,

00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:49.124
but I think it was a loss,

00:25:49.125 --> 00:25:51.124
because she created
an environment

00:25:51.125 --> 00:25:55.166
where progressive cops
have the opportunity to lead.

00:25:55.167 --> 00:25:56.957
And make sure that they get
what they want

00:25:56.958 --> 00:25:58.791
for their bid,
which means the...

00:25:58.792 --> 00:26:01.207
When Chief Harteau talked to me

00:26:01.208 --> 00:26:04.541
about being an inspector
of the 3rd Precinct,

00:26:04.542 --> 00:26:07.207
we had some specific
conversations about the fact

00:26:07.208 --> 00:26:10.166
that it was a place
that needed culture change.

00:26:10.167 --> 00:26:13.832
Any other questions
that you guys have?

00:26:13.833 --> 00:26:15.457
Alright.
- Thank you, Inspector.

00:26:15.458 --> 00:26:17.957
-Go. Get out of here.

00:26:17.958 --> 00:26:22.374
And so it\'s my responsibility
to change that culture.

00:26:22.375 --> 00:26:24.417
- We need a couple of
[Speaks indistinctly]

00:26:26.417 --> 00:26:30.166
- The 3rd Precinct has always
had a reputation

00:26:30.167 --> 00:26:33.333
for the aggressiveness
of the officers.

00:26:36.708 --> 00:26:38.999
For many cops,
policing is law enforcement.

00:26:39.000 --> 00:26:42.707
That\'s what we do.
We enforce the law.

00:26:42.708 --> 00:26:45.666
- Have they put up the poles
at 12th and 15th yet

00:26:45.667 --> 00:26:46.707
like they were supposed to,
Brian?

00:26:46.708 --> 00:26:49.166
- But we can\'t arrest our way
out of the problems that exist.

00:26:49.167 --> 00:26:50.499
-I haven\'t seen any.

00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.541
- They\'re mostly,
like, scared of...

00:26:52.542 --> 00:26:53.707
-Engaging with the community

00:26:53.708 --> 00:26:57.416
and trying to make sure that
those relationships are solid

00:26:57.417 --> 00:27:00.458
might be the most important
thing that I do.

00:27:02.958 --> 00:27:05.041
When we\'re talking about
this group of offenders,

00:27:05.042 --> 00:27:08.457
one of their key needs
is behavioral health service.

00:27:08.458 --> 00:27:11.582
So how do we
effectively fix that?

00:27:11.583 --> 00:27:14.624
- They need assistance,
not just incarcerate them

00:27:14.625 --> 00:27:15.749
and take them away.
- Right.

00:27:15.750 --> 00:27:18.041
- You know?
- And some of this ties in

00:27:18.042 --> 00:27:21.749
with the drop-off center
to provide an option

00:27:21.750 --> 00:27:23.416
so cops can bring people,

00:27:23.417 --> 00:27:25.832
whether they\'re committed
a crime or not,

00:27:25.833 --> 00:27:28.457
to this one spot and say,

00:27:28.458 --> 00:27:30.749
\"How do we connect them with
the services that they need?\"

00:27:30.750 --> 00:27:32.457
And the cops use
their discretion and say,

00:27:32.458 --> 00:27:33.749
\"Well, we\'re not going
to take you to jail

00:27:33.750 --> 00:27:34.957
\'cause that doesn\'t serve
any purpose.

00:27:34.958 --> 00:27:38.499
We\'re going to take you here
instead.\"

00:27:38.500 --> 00:27:39.832
There was a direction
we were going,

00:27:39.833 --> 00:27:43.041
and we all kind of knew
what that direction was.

00:27:43.042 --> 00:27:44.999
That\'s kind of
up in the air now.

00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:48.124
[ Indistinct shouting,
police radio chatter ]

00:27:48.125 --> 00:27:49.999
-Oh, they\'re fighting.

00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:52.332
- Get down.
- Stay right here!

00:27:52.333 --> 00:27:53.832
[ Indistinct shouting ]

00:27:53.833 --> 00:27:55.458
Stop!
- That\'s my husband!

00:27:55.583 --> 00:27:57.707
- Let go!
- That is my husband!

00:27:57.708 --> 00:27:59.999
- I understand.
- What you mean, let go?

00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:01.041
Me and my husband...

00:28:01.042 --> 00:28:02.457
- I don\'t know
where your purse is.

00:28:02.458 --> 00:28:03.707
You\'re going to have
to get it tomorrow.

00:28:03.708 --> 00:28:04.999
- Go. Go get your purse.
Let\'s go!

00:28:05.000 --> 00:28:08.666
- Squad 121, can you let EMS
code 2 for a head injury?

00:28:08.667 --> 00:28:10.958
[ Indistinct chatter ]

00:28:15.208 --> 00:28:18.000
-What a great night.

00:28:23.125 --> 00:28:25.249
- Since the shooting
of Justine Damond,

00:28:25.250 --> 00:28:27.916
Officer Noor
not talking to investigators,

00:28:27.917 --> 00:28:31.291
we asked why two rookie cops,
officer Noor and his partner,

00:28:31.292 --> 00:28:33.541
who had a combined
3 years of experience,

00:28:33.542 --> 00:28:35.082
were paired together.

00:28:35.083 --> 00:28:36.707
- The Hennepin County Attorney
will decide

00:28:36.708 --> 00:28:39.750
whether Noor faces
criminal charges in this case.

00:28:42.208 --> 00:28:45.707
- I mean, we spent 8 months
with him,

00:28:45.708 --> 00:28:48.625
seeing him every Monday
through Friday.

00:28:52.208 --> 00:28:56.499
I don\'t know. He had just
as much experience as we did.

00:28:56.500 --> 00:28:58.749
And because he was
in our academy class,

00:28:58.750 --> 00:29:02.999
it... it does affect us.

00:29:03.000 --> 00:29:05.791
- Actually best
not to think about it.

00:29:05.792 --> 00:29:07.292
-Yeah. I don\'t know.

00:29:16.083 --> 00:29:18.332
- No need to call him
\"acting chief\" anymore.

00:29:18.333 --> 00:29:21.832
Medaria Arradondo, the
28-year veteran on the force,

00:29:21.833 --> 00:29:24.666
is the city\'s first
Black police chief.

00:29:24.667 --> 00:29:26.666
♪♪

00:29:26.667 --> 00:29:28.916
Arradondo was greeted
by supporters,

00:29:28.917 --> 00:29:32.082
who came to watch
the historic moment.

00:29:32.083 --> 00:29:34.499
♪♪

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:35.957
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

00:29:35.958 --> 00:29:38.666
- We love you.
We got you on the prayer list.

00:29:38.667 --> 00:29:40.207
- Oh, good.
- We got your back.

00:29:40.208 --> 00:29:42.874
-Right over here.

00:29:42.875 --> 00:29:44.166
There. I took several.

00:29:44.167 --> 00:29:46.291
1, 2, 3.

00:29:46.292 --> 00:29:51.707
♪♪

00:29:51.708 --> 00:29:57.166
♪♪

00:29:57.167 --> 00:29:59.083
[ Whistle blows ]

00:30:02.042 --> 00:30:07.124
- Medaria Arradondo, \"Rondo,\"
uniquely understands

00:30:07.125 --> 00:30:09.957
that community trust
and community safety

00:30:09.958 --> 00:30:13.082
are not separate
nor incompatible.

00:30:13.083 --> 00:30:16.166
That orientation is exactly
what our city

00:30:16.167 --> 00:30:20.874
and our department need
at this very moment.

00:30:20.875 --> 00:30:25.666
So, Chief Arradondo,
thank you for your service.

00:30:25.667 --> 00:30:28.832
On this very special day,
we move forward together

00:30:28.833 --> 00:30:32.166
by swearing in the first
African American police chief

00:30:32.167 --> 00:30:36.082
in the 150 years of our city.

00:30:36.083 --> 00:30:38.916
This is a moment to celebrate.

00:30:38.917 --> 00:30:41.208
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:30:50.500 --> 00:30:54.582
- I need my department members
to be truthful

00:30:54.583 --> 00:30:56.291
in their words and actions.

00:30:56.292 --> 00:30:59.457
We must be accountable
to one another,

00:30:59.458 --> 00:31:03.957
and we must, we must continue to
build trust in our communities

00:31:03.958 --> 00:31:05.874
where that trust
has been shaken.

00:31:05.875 --> 00:31:09.624
And I do believe
when this chapter is written,

00:31:09.625 --> 00:31:11.374
the Minneapolis
Police Department

00:31:11.375 --> 00:31:13.833
will be on the right side
of history.

00:31:20.708 --> 00:31:25.874
My executive team here today...
Deputy Chief Henry Halvorson,

00:31:25.875 --> 00:31:30.791
Assistant Chief Mike Kjos,

00:31:30.792 --> 00:31:35.666
Deputy Chief,
Chief of Staff Art Knight,

00:31:35.667 --> 00:31:38.583
Deputy Chief Erick Fors.

00:31:42.208 --> 00:31:45.249
- The day that the changes
in the chief\'s office

00:31:45.250 --> 00:31:47.166
were announced...

00:31:47.167 --> 00:31:49.291
♪♪

00:31:49.292 --> 00:31:53.124
I got a phone call
from one of my lieutenants,

00:31:53.125 --> 00:31:55.791
who said,

00:31:55.792 --> 00:31:57.624
\"I\'m really sorry
that you didn\'t get a job

00:31:57.625 --> 00:31:58.749
in the chief\'s office,

00:31:58.750 --> 00:32:02.957
but I\'m really glad you\'re
staying at the 3rd precinct.\"

00:32:02.958 --> 00:32:04.166
So I looked at my e-mail,

00:32:04.167 --> 00:32:07.874
and I found out
that two male lieutenants

00:32:07.875 --> 00:32:13.166
were pulled up from underneath
me to deputy chiefs positions.

00:32:13.167 --> 00:32:17.207
The chief has selected no women
for his executive team.

00:32:17.208 --> 00:32:20.666
♪♪

00:32:20.667 --> 00:32:26.041
I have a great deal of respect
for Chief Rondo.

00:32:26.042 --> 00:32:28.166
But the thing that hurt me
the most was the fact

00:32:28.167 --> 00:32:32.624
that in a profession
dominated by male voices,

00:32:32.625 --> 00:32:35.457
they\'re losing
any female perspective.

00:32:35.458 --> 00:32:37.999
-Cross to her! Cross to her!

00:32:38.000 --> 00:32:46.000
♪♪

00:32:46.500 --> 00:32:54.500
♪♪

00:33:01.250 --> 00:33:03.541
- I think there\'s certainly
more conversation today,

00:33:03.542 --> 00:33:06.291
even nationally, about
what does gender equity mean?

00:33:06.292 --> 00:33:09.167
What does power mean
in this profession?

00:33:11.167 --> 00:33:13.957
But I had to make sure
that I was very considerate

00:33:13.958 --> 00:33:15.916
and intentional in making sure
I had the right people

00:33:15.917 --> 00:33:18.000
at the right time in leadership.

00:33:22.083 --> 00:33:25.249
My first job has been to ensure

00:33:25.250 --> 00:33:27.124
the stability
of our organization

00:33:27.125 --> 00:33:30.875
under a very trying time,
quite frankly.

00:33:36.125 --> 00:33:38.874
- You guys just starting
this profession right now,

00:33:38.875 --> 00:33:42.582
but one thing I like
to talk with cops about...

00:33:42.583 --> 00:33:44.249
We have a lot of training,
and our training say,

00:33:44.250 --> 00:33:47.332
\"How do we go out there?
How do we treat the public?\"

00:33:47.333 --> 00:33:50.374
Has anyone ever seen this photo
right here before?

00:33:50.375 --> 00:33:53.166
It\'s actually three people
being lynched.

00:33:53.167 --> 00:33:55.124
Duluth, Minnesota.

00:33:55.125 --> 00:33:58.541
First thing people said was,
\"Where the police at?\"

00:33:58.542 --> 00:34:00.791
The sad fact was,
a lot of times,

00:34:00.792 --> 00:34:04.082
the police were actually
involved in a lot of them.

00:34:04.083 --> 00:34:06.374
Think about it. It is shown
that history repeats itself

00:34:06.375 --> 00:34:09.874
if we don\'t learn from it.

00:34:09.875 --> 00:34:11.749
What is this right here?
[ Chuckles ]

00:34:11.750 --> 00:34:13.999
Anybody know who this is?

00:34:14.000 --> 00:34:16.749
- It is Rodney King?
- Rodney King.

00:34:16.750 --> 00:34:18.624
Someone in a recruit class
asked,

00:34:18.625 --> 00:34:20.874
\"What do you think
about Rodney King?\"

00:34:20.875 --> 00:34:24.041
Here is exactly what I told her.
I said, \"Fuck Rodney King.\"

00:34:24.042 --> 00:34:27.957
I said, \"Rodney King led cops
on a high-speed chase.

00:34:27.958 --> 00:34:30.957
He endangered cops.
He endangered motorists,

00:34:30.958 --> 00:34:34.291
and guess what? He deserved
to get his ass whooped.\"

00:34:34.292 --> 00:34:38.957
Because when I first came on,
we didn\'t just go out there

00:34:38.958 --> 00:34:42.291
beating the crap
out of nice people.

00:34:42.292 --> 00:34:45.249
But if you were a dink,
we were a dink back to you.

00:34:45.250 --> 00:34:46.791
You know what? I don\'t want
to even lie. It was fun

00:34:46.792 --> 00:34:49.249
back in the day, some of the
stuff we used to get away with,

00:34:49.250 --> 00:34:54.541
but it wasn\'t right, because
I\'ve seen a lot of good cops

00:34:54.542 --> 00:34:57.624
lose their jobs,
pension, careers

00:34:57.625 --> 00:35:00.582
over knuckleheads.

00:35:00.583 --> 00:35:04.042
You want to lose your job,
your career over a knucklehead?

00:35:08.792 --> 00:35:11.457
- There had been changes
in our front office,

00:35:11.458 --> 00:35:14.957
but I didn\'t think
any would impact me.

00:35:14.958 --> 00:35:16.791
And then I received
a phone call saying,

00:35:16.792 --> 00:35:19.332
\"Yep, you\'re transferred.

00:35:19.333 --> 00:35:22.249
You\'re now commander
of internal affairs.\"

00:35:22.250 --> 00:35:26.666
♪♪

00:35:26.667 --> 00:35:30.791
I had three days to kind of
wrap up what I was doing,

00:35:30.792 --> 00:35:36.166
and I was running seven units,
about 100 employees.

00:35:36.167 --> 00:35:39.457
I really liked my old job.

00:35:39.458 --> 00:35:42.749
I really felt like
I was making a difference.

00:35:42.750 --> 00:35:45.291
But eyes are on our department
right now,

00:35:45.292 --> 00:35:48.749
and it\'s my role to determine
the best course of action

00:35:48.750 --> 00:35:52.957
when officers don\'t act
appropriately.

00:35:52.958 --> 00:35:55.291
At the end of the day,
if people can\'t trust us,

00:35:55.292 --> 00:35:56.707
you wonder what
you\'ve been doing

00:35:56.708 --> 00:35:59.374
for the better part
of your life.

00:35:59.375 --> 00:36:04.875
♪♪

00:36:12.625 --> 00:36:19.124
- The shift has gone from
a very female-run department

00:36:19.125 --> 00:36:21.582
back to the original

00:36:21.583 --> 00:36:24.792
and standard
male-run department.

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:30.541
But I don\'t know
if I want to start

00:36:30.542 --> 00:36:34.624
making assumptions
about my chief.

00:36:34.625 --> 00:36:39.292
And I\'m excited to see
a Black person become chief.

00:36:45.250 --> 00:36:53.250
♪♪

00:36:53.458 --> 00:37:01.458
♪♪

00:37:01.667 --> 00:37:03.207
- In Minneapolis,
voters are deciding

00:37:03.208 --> 00:37:05.541
whether to give Betsy Hodges
a second term

00:37:05.542 --> 00:37:08.041
or choose a new mayor.

00:37:08.042 --> 00:37:11.207
- Questions about policing
and social justice

00:37:11.208 --> 00:37:13.999
top of mind for many voters.

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:18.041
- A few you suggested recently
that police should be disarmed

00:37:18.042 --> 00:37:20.082
or even eliminated in time.

00:37:20.083 --> 00:37:21.832
Can you imagine
creating alternatives

00:37:21.833 --> 00:37:24.291
to police led by communities,

00:37:24.292 --> 00:37:26.999
or how would you change it?

00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:28.624
-After the death of Jamar Clark,

00:37:28.625 --> 00:37:31.291
I heard very clearly
from the community

00:37:31.292 --> 00:37:33.791
that folks wanted to take
more responsibility

00:37:33.792 --> 00:37:35.999
for public safety
in their neighborhoods.

00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:40.207
So this year, I invested over
a million dollars in strategies

00:37:40.208 --> 00:37:43.082
so that we can change the center
of gravity of public safety

00:37:43.083 --> 00:37:46.707
away from just law enforcement
to law enforcement and community

00:37:46.708 --> 00:37:51.332
working together
to create safety.

00:37:51.333 --> 00:37:52.999
[ Applause ]

00:37:53.000 --> 00:37:56.249
- I could go all day
on this subject.

00:37:56.250 --> 00:37:59.291
We allow police
to come into our communities

00:37:59.292 --> 00:38:02.916
without actually evaluating
the use of those resources.

00:38:02.917 --> 00:38:04.707
And now we\'re looking at deaths,

00:38:04.708 --> 00:38:07.416
unnecessary deaths
at the hands of police.

00:38:07.417 --> 00:38:09.207
It\'s unacceptable.

00:38:09.208 --> 00:38:12.291
So, yes, we do need alternatives
to policing work.

00:38:12.292 --> 00:38:15.332
I do believe restorative-justice
programs are necessary.

00:38:15.333 --> 00:38:18.666
We do not need police responding
to mental-health calls.

00:38:18.667 --> 00:38:21.832
There need to be
alternatives in place.

00:38:21.833 --> 00:38:24.291
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:38:24.292 --> 00:38:28.416
- Well, we have to start
rejecting the false choice

00:38:28.417 --> 00:38:30.832
between police accountability
and safety.

00:38:30.833 --> 00:38:33.957
We need both, and they are
intrinsically linked,

00:38:33.958 --> 00:38:36.624
and, yes, that does require
a bigger investment.

00:38:36.625 --> 00:38:38.457
We can do that, though.
- Wait a minute.

00:38:38.458 --> 00:38:41.582
Did Jacob just say
requires more investment?

00:38:41.583 --> 00:38:43.957
I just would like for him,
if that\'s okay, to clarify.

00:38:43.958 --> 00:38:45.874
You\'re talking about
spending more on police?

00:38:45.875 --> 00:38:47.957
- I do believe that we need
to be investing more

00:38:47.958 --> 00:38:51.124
in community policing, yes.

00:38:51.125 --> 00:38:53.374
[ Scattered applause ]

00:38:53.375 --> 00:38:55.582
- I would also push
for not only a stronger

00:38:55.583 --> 00:38:58.374
community-policing model
but actual accountability

00:38:58.375 --> 00:39:00.374
when officers
violate people\'s rights.

00:39:00.375 --> 00:39:02.083
-Thank you. Thank you.

00:39:07.667 --> 00:39:11.166
- What we need to do is keep
politics out of policing.

00:39:11.167 --> 00:39:13.791
If the politicians
stay out of their way,

00:39:13.792 --> 00:39:16.041
policing would be great
in Minneapolis again.

00:39:16.042 --> 00:39:17.624
There was no attempt

00:39:17.625 --> 00:39:20.166
to cover up or perjury
or anything like that.

00:39:20.167 --> 00:39:22.666
They were serious allegations
that the media ran with,

00:39:22.667 --> 00:39:24.499
which were
complete garbage, so...

00:39:24.500 --> 00:39:27.541
We\'ve got officers now
that are so afraid to engage,

00:39:27.542 --> 00:39:29.999
not because they can\'t handle it
and take care of business

00:39:30.000 --> 00:39:32.499
but so afraid of,
they could get fired.

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:33.666
They could go to prison.

00:39:33.667 --> 00:39:36.499
They could be become
national news.

00:39:36.500 --> 00:39:38.457
So they back away.

00:39:38.458 --> 00:39:39.749
I want to get this guy
back to work

00:39:39.750 --> 00:39:41.624
and not let this thing
go on forever.

00:39:41.625 --> 00:39:43.791
De-escalation has a point,

00:39:43.792 --> 00:39:45.582
but at some point,
you got to take action.

00:39:45.583 --> 00:39:48.707
You ask them. You tell them.
You make them.

00:39:48.708 --> 00:39:51.041
There\'s yes people,
and there\'s no people,

00:39:51.042 --> 00:39:53.541
and all the de-escalating
in the world

00:39:53.542 --> 00:39:58.082
isn\'t going to make
a no person become yes.

00:39:58.083 --> 00:40:01.666
- We do investigate
officers\' misconduct.

00:40:01.667 --> 00:40:03.624
We put the case together.
There\'s the facts.

00:40:03.625 --> 00:40:06.166
The front office disciplines,

00:40:06.167 --> 00:40:08.957
and then it goes to this
weird mediation in Minnesota.

00:40:08.958 --> 00:40:11.291
One time they\'re going to rule
in favor for the unions,

00:40:11.292 --> 00:40:13.249
one time in favor for the city.

00:40:13.250 --> 00:40:16.707
And the public confuses that,

00:40:16.708 --> 00:40:18.249
lumps it all together, and says,

00:40:18.250 --> 00:40:20.332
\"Oh, you don\'t investigate
misconduct.\"

00:40:20.333 --> 00:40:22.249
I mean, it\'s just an ugly cycle.

00:40:22.250 --> 00:40:23.916
-You\'re doing your job,

00:40:23.917 --> 00:40:26.082
and whatever happens
out of your realm

00:40:26.083 --> 00:40:28.291
or out of your control
has nothing to do with you.

00:40:28.292 --> 00:40:30.082
- But the community
doesn\'t get that,

00:40:30.083 --> 00:40:33.249
and it looks like
we\'re a bunch of incompetents

00:40:33.250 --> 00:40:37.250
running around willingly
violating people\'s rights.

00:40:40.583 --> 00:40:41.791
Hey, babe. Scooch over.

00:40:41.792 --> 00:40:43.707
Mama\'s going to snuggle
with you for a minute.

00:40:43.708 --> 00:40:45.333
Oh.

00:40:48.375 --> 00:40:50.750
Give me kiss.
- Mwah.

00:40:55.375 --> 00:40:57.833
- Love you.
- Love you, too.

00:41:02.125 --> 00:41:04.832
- We got to go.
[ Siren wailing ]

00:41:04.833 --> 00:41:08.041
[ Man speaking indistinctly
over radio ]

00:41:08.042 --> 00:41:14.666
♪♪

00:41:14.667 --> 00:41:21.291
♪♪

00:41:21.292 --> 00:41:23.541
-Okay, we\'ll go way back here.

00:41:23.542 --> 00:41:28.666
♪♪

00:41:28.667 --> 00:41:33.832
♪♪

00:41:33.833 --> 00:41:35.457
- Did you, like, crap your pants
a little bit?

00:41:35.458 --> 00:41:38.124
- I just got a little blood
on my arm.

00:41:38.125 --> 00:41:40.832
- Oh, from the shattered...
- Yeah.

00:41:40.833 --> 00:41:42.041
-God.

00:41:42.042 --> 00:41:44.957
[ Indistinct conversations ]

00:41:44.958 --> 00:41:46.582
-Oh, my God.

00:41:46.583 --> 00:41:51.167
- That pisses me off,
like, hard.

00:41:53.167 --> 00:41:56.291
I can understand
why you can hate cops.

00:41:56.292 --> 00:41:59.582
I don\'t understand why you
would want to take out people

00:41:59.583 --> 00:42:02.833
whose sole purpose
is to help others.

00:42:05.958 --> 00:42:08.666
One person who\'s
running for mayor

00:42:08.667 --> 00:42:12.374
is saying that they\'re going
to try to do what they can

00:42:12.375 --> 00:42:14.333
to take cops\' guns away.

00:42:16.708 --> 00:42:18.457
I mean, straight-up,
I\'m not going to be

00:42:18.458 --> 00:42:20.249
working for Minneapolis
Police Department

00:42:20.250 --> 00:42:25.041
if the mayor is trying
to take guns away from cops.

00:42:25.042 --> 00:42:26.707
No.

00:42:26.708 --> 00:42:29.374
♪♪

00:42:29.375 --> 00:42:31.832
[ Indistinct conversations ]

00:42:31.833 --> 00:42:39.707
♪♪

00:42:39.708 --> 00:42:42.791
- ♪ Puerto Rico,
say the word and we go ♪

00:42:42.792 --> 00:42:46.791
♪ You can be my fleeka,
girl, be, be, fleeko, mamacita ♪

00:42:46.792 --> 00:42:49.374
♪ I\'ll never make a promise
that I can\'t keep ♪

00:42:49.375 --> 00:42:51.041
-So, everyone, I don\'t know

00:42:51.042 --> 00:42:53.166
which results
will come in tonight,

00:42:53.167 --> 00:42:55.041
but we already made history.

00:42:55.042 --> 00:42:58.374
Regardless of the outcome,

00:42:58.375 --> 00:43:00.749
we made history in Minneapolis.

00:43:00.750 --> 00:43:03.291
Minneapolis politics
will never be the same.

00:43:03.292 --> 00:43:04.624
- Never!
- So thank you, guys,

00:43:04.625 --> 00:43:06.249
for being here.

00:43:06.250 --> 00:43:09.124
[ Indistinct conversations ]

00:43:09.125 --> 00:43:11.542
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:43:15.083 --> 00:43:17.999
-So, here\'s the truth.

00:43:18.000 --> 00:43:20.374
Things are looking
really damn good right now.

00:43:20.375 --> 00:43:23.332
[ Laughter,
cheers and applause ]

00:43:23.333 --> 00:43:25.916
- Minneapolis has
a new mayor tonight,

00:43:25.917 --> 00:43:28.416
and Jacob Frey beat out more
than a dozen other candidates,

00:43:28.417 --> 00:43:31.124
including incumbent
Betsy Hodges.

00:43:31.125 --> 00:43:35.166
- The same challenges that faced
Betsy Hodges remain in place,

00:43:35.167 --> 00:43:38.582
especially public frustration
regarding the investigation

00:43:38.583 --> 00:43:41.291
into the death
of Justine Damond.

00:43:41.292 --> 00:43:49.292
♪♪

00:43:56.208 --> 00:43:57.874
-First order of business...

00:43:57.875 --> 00:44:00.499
It\'s kind of a large change
coming to the precinct,

00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:05.499
and I hope that
it won\'t be overly disruptive.

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:09.332
We are unfortunately having
to shrink the size of our beats.

00:44:09.333 --> 00:44:13.416
So right now, we have 21 beat
officers on those two shifts.

00:44:13.417 --> 00:44:16.124
Next year, we will have 10.

00:44:16.125 --> 00:44:17.332
-It gets disruptive

00:44:17.333 --> 00:44:19.666
with personnel being switched
all over the city

00:44:19.667 --> 00:44:22.666
and relationships
having to be re-established.

00:44:22.667 --> 00:44:25.166
- It\'s not ideal,
but in order to make sure,

00:44:25.167 --> 00:44:26.832
with the staffing
we\'ve got right now

00:44:26.833 --> 00:44:29.166
that I\'ve got actually
the number of people I need

00:44:29.167 --> 00:44:31.416
out on those
911-response shifts,

00:44:31.417 --> 00:44:36.707
this was the way that appeared
to be most effective for me.

00:44:36.708 --> 00:44:39.291
The other kind of large change
coming to the precinct

00:44:39.292 --> 00:44:40.374
is to let you all know

00:44:40.375 --> 00:44:43.082
that this will most likely be
my last Ventura Village meeting

00:44:43.083 --> 00:44:46.791
as the inspector
of the 3rd precinct.

00:44:46.792 --> 00:44:49.166
- That\'s sad.
- I have...

00:44:49.167 --> 00:44:51.166
[ Chuckles ]
I\'m glad you think it\'s sad.

00:44:51.167 --> 00:44:52.291
It\'s sad for me
in some ways, too.

00:44:52.292 --> 00:44:54.124
Believe me.
It\'s bittersweet for me.

00:44:54.125 --> 00:44:55.707
I\'ve accepted a position

00:44:55.708 --> 00:44:58.166
to run the Department
of Community Corrections

00:44:58.167 --> 00:45:00.541
and Rehabilitation
for Hennepin County.

00:45:00.542 --> 00:45:04.750
I will be gone from the precinct
effective December 10th.

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:09.083
So...

00:45:11.250 --> 00:45:13.250
Hi, Mogey.

00:45:13.375 --> 00:45:16.791
Hi, Mogey.

00:45:16.792 --> 00:45:19.041
[ Velcro ripping ]

00:45:19.042 --> 00:45:26.749
♪♪

00:45:26.750 --> 00:45:29.249
The Minneapolis
Police Department,

00:45:29.250 --> 00:45:32.041
they\'re my family.

00:45:32.042 --> 00:45:33.541
But as a women

00:45:33.542 --> 00:45:37.999
going back to a department
dominated by male voices

00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:40.749
again,

00:45:40.750 --> 00:45:43.082
that wears on you.

00:45:43.083 --> 00:45:51.083
♪♪

00:45:52.292 --> 00:46:00.292
♪♪

00:46:01.500 --> 00:46:03.916
-Ooh! Ooh!

00:46:03.917 --> 00:46:09.457
♪♪

00:46:09.458 --> 00:46:15.042
♪♪

00:46:20.958 --> 00:46:25.791
- It\'s very strange to be
packing up 22 years of my life.

00:46:25.792 --> 00:46:27.707
[ Voice breaking ] I\'m proud
of what I\'ve done here,

00:46:27.708 --> 00:46:30.916
and I am looking forward
to the next chapter

00:46:30.917 --> 00:46:32.666
and to what comes next.
But there\'s also part of me

00:46:32.667 --> 00:46:35.291
that feels a little bit
like a quitter,

00:46:35.292 --> 00:46:38.707
like I gave up a little bit,
which is weird,

00:46:38.708 --> 00:46:42.749
because I didn\'t think
I\'d feel like that, either.

00:46:42.750 --> 00:46:44.875
[ Clears throat ]

00:47:00.958 --> 00:47:02.916
- It\'s only been four months
since I\'ve been gone,

00:47:02.917 --> 00:47:06.207
and unfortunately,
I\'m starting to hear

00:47:06.208 --> 00:47:08.541
that, you know,
our top women leaders

00:47:08.542 --> 00:47:10.999
seem to be leaving
for other jobs,

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:14.749
passed up for promotions.

00:47:14.750 --> 00:47:17.374
I don\'t think
focusing on women in leadership

00:47:17.375 --> 00:47:19.999
is a thought process
for most men,

00:47:20.000 --> 00:47:23.582
but my hope was
that during my entire tenure,

00:47:23.583 --> 00:47:25.666
we spent a considerable
amount of time

00:47:25.667 --> 00:47:29.249
talking about the value of women
in the organization,

00:47:29.250 --> 00:47:31.916
from the front line
to the front office.

00:47:31.917 --> 00:47:35.374
And so although
it might not be something that,

00:47:35.375 --> 00:47:38.041
you know,
men typically think about,

00:47:38.042 --> 00:47:40.832
the men that sat next to me
that I chose,

00:47:40.833 --> 00:47:43.791
I expected them to continue
the progress we had made,

00:47:43.792 --> 00:47:48.208
because I believed they saw
the same value in it that I did.

00:47:59.000 --> 00:48:02.707
-CJ leaving is... It\'s a blow.

00:48:02.708 --> 00:48:03.832
It\'s a blow to our department

00:48:03.833 --> 00:48:07.791
\'cause she had
so much experience.

00:48:07.792 --> 00:48:12.541
To lose strong female leaders
at our department is tough.

00:48:12.542 --> 00:48:14.207
Good morning.
I\'m here to meet with the chief.

00:48:14.208 --> 00:48:16.457
- Yep.
- I see the recruitment numbers,

00:48:16.458 --> 00:48:18.624
and they\'re still really low.

00:48:18.625 --> 00:48:22.041
[ Men speaking indistinctly ]

00:48:22.042 --> 00:48:24.791
-What are any current challenges

00:48:24.792 --> 00:48:27.916
that you\'re seeing right now?

00:48:27.917 --> 00:48:30.499
- We would like to start going
to precincts and roll calls

00:48:30.500 --> 00:48:32.832
to re-explain
what internal affairs is

00:48:32.833 --> 00:48:35.666
and show you how
to do your job well.

00:48:35.667 --> 00:48:37.582
And that\'s what
we\'re really here for.

00:48:37.583 --> 00:48:38.999
-Yeah. And as, you know,

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:41.707
the pillars we\'re built upon
are trust and accountability.

00:48:41.708 --> 00:48:43.791
- Mm-hmm.
- So I\'ll be interested to see

00:48:43.792 --> 00:48:45.416
once we roll that out,

00:48:45.417 --> 00:48:47.749
any feedback your teams
are getting,

00:48:47.750 --> 00:48:49.124
so that\'s great.
- Yeah.

00:48:49.125 --> 00:48:51.916
Yeah. The only thing else, and I
guess it\'s not directly related,

00:48:51.917 --> 00:48:54.416
it was about the hiring process
and the standards.

00:48:54.417 --> 00:48:59.082
And I\'m just wondering,
as part of this conversation,

00:48:59.083 --> 00:49:01.499
if some women on our department
have been brought in

00:49:01.500 --> 00:49:06.249
to have this conversation,
because I think right now,

00:49:06.250 --> 00:49:08.082
we need to look
at a bigger picture

00:49:08.083 --> 00:49:09.916
of why aren\'t women applying?

00:49:09.917 --> 00:49:11.582
What are roadblocks
to women coming here?

00:49:11.583 --> 00:49:12.624
- Yeah.
- And once they come,

00:49:12.625 --> 00:49:13.666
why are they leaving?

00:49:13.667 --> 00:49:15.999
We\'ve got a lot of talented,
great women on this department.

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:18.707
We\'d like to be included
in that conversation.

00:49:18.708 --> 00:49:22.457
- Okay. I would like
to put you on the spot

00:49:22.458 --> 00:49:26.291
and volunteer you to be a voice
in those discussions,

00:49:26.292 --> 00:49:28.249
\'cause they haven\'t
really launched off yet.

00:49:28.250 --> 00:49:29.582
- Yeah. No.
I\'d be happy to do it,

00:49:29.583 --> 00:49:31.541
and we have some great women,
you know, Alice White,

00:49:31.542 --> 00:49:32.749
other women...
- Oh, absolutely.

00:49:32.750 --> 00:49:34.291
- that are busy mentoring
in the community, too.

00:49:34.292 --> 00:49:35.582
So they have their finger
on the pulse

00:49:35.583 --> 00:49:37.457
of what is appealing
about this particular career,

00:49:37.458 --> 00:49:40.083
what isn\'t.
- Absolutely.

00:49:41.792 --> 00:49:43.583
Thanks again.
- Yeah.

00:49:46.375 --> 00:49:49.417
[ Elevator beeping ]

00:49:59.333 --> 00:50:02.166
- I got assigned
to become a sergeant

00:50:02.167 --> 00:50:06.207
in the 4th precinct.

00:50:06.208 --> 00:50:08.582
For a department that has

00:50:08.583 --> 00:50:12.707
a total of six
Black female officers,

00:50:12.708 --> 00:50:14.666
it\'s important
for the Black community

00:50:14.667 --> 00:50:18.625
to see women who look like me
in this role.

00:50:24.375 --> 00:50:27.624
I honestly hope that seeing me

00:50:27.625 --> 00:50:29.916
helps them feel like

00:50:29.917 --> 00:50:32.374
whatever\'s going to happen
is legitimate

00:50:32.375 --> 00:50:34.833
because they trust me.

00:50:37.542 --> 00:50:40.374
It\'s the first time I\'ve put
this shirt on with the stripes,

00:50:40.375 --> 00:50:44.541
and... it looks different.

00:50:44.542 --> 00:50:46.000
[ Chuckles ]

00:50:51.667 --> 00:50:55.042
The 4th precinct
is an amazing place.

00:50:57.042 --> 00:50:58.707
It\'s gotten a bad rap, I think,

00:50:58.708 --> 00:51:02.457
because it has the highest
percentage of violent crime

00:51:02.458 --> 00:51:06.624
in the city...
Lots of domestics,

00:51:06.625 --> 00:51:08.999
lots of shootings.

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:12.166
But there\'s still
a lot of community

00:51:12.167 --> 00:51:15.291
in the 4th precinct.

00:51:15.292 --> 00:51:17.916
I grew up riding my bike
up and down Plymouth.

00:51:17.917 --> 00:51:19.457
This is Plymouth Avenue,

00:51:19.458 --> 00:51:22.250
and when I grew up,
we called it The Ave.

00:51:25.042 --> 00:51:27.707
This is the 1600 block
of Plymouth,

00:51:27.708 --> 00:51:29.041
and this is the block

00:51:29.042 --> 00:51:33.666
that the Jamar Clark shooting
occurred.

00:51:33.667 --> 00:51:37.791
To me, that shooting was

00:51:37.792 --> 00:51:40.666
just as big
as the Rodney King beating.

00:51:40.667 --> 00:51:46.583
Like, Minneapolis was just
one shooting away from a riot.

00:52:01.000 --> 00:52:03.792
[ Police radio chatter ]

00:52:06.750 --> 00:52:08.332
-Dude.

00:52:08.333 --> 00:52:10.167
405 traffic.

00:52:12.833 --> 00:52:15.000
[ Siren chirps ]

00:52:18.667 --> 00:52:23.374
-2, Minneapolis police 2.

00:52:23.375 --> 00:52:24.624
- Hi.
- Hi.

00:52:24.625 --> 00:52:25.999
- Do you know
why I\'m stopping you?

00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:27.541
- No.
- You can calm down.

00:52:27.542 --> 00:52:29.666
I see you\'re shaking.
Just relax!

00:52:29.667 --> 00:52:32.624
- Okay.
- Relax! It\'s all good.

00:52:32.625 --> 00:52:34.874
You should\'ve waited,
let that car go straight,

00:52:34.875 --> 00:52:36.416
and then you made
your left-hand turn.

00:52:36.417 --> 00:52:38.082
That\'s what alerted me
to you, okay?

00:52:38.083 --> 00:52:39.416
Do you have
a valid driver\'s license?

00:52:39.417 --> 00:52:40.541
- I don\'t.
- Okay.

00:52:40.542 --> 00:52:42.124
- But I was just dropping
a friend off,

00:52:42.125 --> 00:52:43.749
and I was like, \"Okay, fine.\"

00:52:43.750 --> 00:52:45.416
- So that\'s why you\'re nervous.
- Yes.

00:52:45.417 --> 00:52:47.624
- Okay. So, I\'m not going
to take you to jail

00:52:47.625 --> 00:52:49.499
for not having
a valid driver\'s license.

00:52:49.500 --> 00:52:50.916
That\'s for sure. Okay?

00:52:50.917 --> 00:52:52.166
- Okay.
- Do you have any warrants

00:52:52.167 --> 00:52:53.582
or anything?
- I don\'t have any warrants.

00:52:53.583 --> 00:52:56.207
- Anything in the vehicle that
I should be concerned about?

00:52:56.208 --> 00:52:58.791
Okay. Alright. I\'ll be
right back with you, okay?

00:52:58.792 --> 00:53:00.167
Alright.

00:53:04.833 --> 00:53:06.082
I\'m not going
to give you a ticket

00:53:06.083 --> 00:53:07.416
for the driving
after suspension.

00:53:07.417 --> 00:53:09.499
I can\'t allow you to drive
this vehicle, though,

00:53:09.500 --> 00:53:11.207
so you\'re going to have
to have someone come pick it up.

00:53:11.208 --> 00:53:13.541
I\'m not going to tow it,
either, okay?

00:53:13.542 --> 00:53:14.832
Have a better day.
- Yep.

00:53:14.833 --> 00:53:18.041
-Alright.

00:53:18.042 --> 00:53:22.041
Like, when I walked up to that
guy, he was obviously shaking.

00:53:22.042 --> 00:53:25.166
I know that fear.
Your heart starts racing.

00:53:25.167 --> 00:53:28.832
Even as a police sergeant,
I still know what it\'s like

00:53:28.833 --> 00:53:33.250
to feel nervous
when the police get behind me.

00:53:35.208 --> 00:53:38.457
I just tell people,
\"Don\'t be nervous.\"

00:53:38.458 --> 00:53:41.416
I don\'t want to add
to the trauma.

00:53:41.417 --> 00:53:43.124
[ Turn signal clicking ]

00:53:43.125 --> 00:53:48.791
♪♪

00:53:48.792 --> 00:53:54.457
♪♪

00:53:54.458 --> 00:53:56.666
[ Camera shutters clicking ]

00:53:56.667 --> 00:54:04.667
♪♪

00:54:05.208 --> 00:54:13.208
♪♪

00:54:13.750 --> 00:54:15.749
-Good afternoon.

00:54:15.750 --> 00:54:16.832
Today, I announce

00:54:16.833 --> 00:54:19.082
that the Hennepin County
Attorney\'s Office

00:54:19.083 --> 00:54:20.207
has filed charges

00:54:20.208 --> 00:54:23.874
of third-degree murder
and second-degree manslaughter

00:54:23.875 --> 00:54:26.999
against Minneapolis
police officer Mohamed Noor

00:54:27.000 --> 00:54:31.249
in the shooting death
of Justine Damond Ruszczyk.

00:54:31.250 --> 00:54:32.999
- Mr. Noor,
how do you plan to defend

00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:34.249
what made you cross that line?

00:54:34.250 --> 00:54:36.207
- Sir, will you be entering
a plea today?

00:54:36.208 --> 00:54:40.332
♪♪

00:54:40.333 --> 00:54:42.291
-Justine deserves justice.

00:54:42.292 --> 00:54:46.124
We say this knowing the profound
pain of so many other families

00:54:46.125 --> 00:54:50.416
whose lives have been destroyed
by police who never see justice.

00:54:50.417 --> 00:54:54.624
- I know that many people
are celebrating the fact

00:54:54.625 --> 00:54:56.624
that Officer Noor
has been charged

00:54:56.625 --> 00:55:00.166
because you\'ve been waiting
eight whole months

00:55:00.167 --> 00:55:02.957
for some semblance of justice.

00:55:02.958 --> 00:55:07.707
And Justine deserves justice.

00:55:07.708 --> 00:55:10.457
But on the flip side,
I have to be honest

00:55:10.458 --> 00:55:14.624
about the fact that justice
for one is not justice for all.

00:55:14.625 --> 00:55:18.041
This is an anomaly
within this situation.

00:55:18.042 --> 00:55:19.624
Now that your eyes are open

00:55:19.625 --> 00:55:22.499
to the injustices that are
happening within this system,

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:24.041
do something about it.

00:55:24.042 --> 00:55:25.749
Do it in the name of Justine.

00:55:25.750 --> 00:55:27.749
Do it in the name of Jamar.

00:55:27.750 --> 00:55:31.832
So let today be the first day
of the rest of our lives

00:55:31.833 --> 00:55:34.207
in the fight
for freedom, justice,

00:55:34.208 --> 00:55:39.166
and equality for all residents
of Minneapolis!

00:55:39.167 --> 00:55:40.332
[ Cheers and applause ]

00:55:40.333 --> 00:55:41.541
-Thank you.

00:55:41.542 --> 00:55:44.375
-Yes! Yes!

00:55:49.292 --> 00:55:50.624
-So, Black officer

00:55:50.625 --> 00:55:52.457
getting charged
with shooting a white woman.

00:55:52.458 --> 00:55:54.166
- Mm-hmm.
- And so many white officers

00:55:54.167 --> 00:55:56.541
have not been charged
with shooting people of color.

00:55:56.542 --> 00:55:57.999
- Mm-hmm.
- That\'s the concern, right?

00:55:58.000 --> 00:55:59.166
- That\'s the concern.
That\'s the...

00:55:59.167 --> 00:56:00.624
- So what\'s the community
saying here?

00:56:00.625 --> 00:56:01.999
- People are angry.
- Mm-hmm.

00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:04.666
- You know, we say we want
this even playing field,

00:56:04.667 --> 00:56:07.124
or we want to live
a community... happy,

00:56:07.125 --> 00:56:09.124
everybody, you know, diverse.

00:56:09.125 --> 00:56:11.749
- Mm-hmm.
- But it makes you wonder.

00:56:11.750 --> 00:56:14.874
Like, they used to say
back in the \'90s,

00:56:14.875 --> 00:56:16.874
those things
that make you go, \"Hmm.\"

00:56:16.875 --> 00:56:18.666
- ♪ Things that make you go hmm ♪
- ♪ Hmm ♪

00:56:18.667 --> 00:56:20.791
- Yep. [ Laughs ]
- [ Laughing ] You know, so...

00:56:20.792 --> 00:56:22.874
I mean, it just
makes you go, \"Hmm.\"

00:56:22.875 --> 00:56:24.457
- I would love for people
to understand,

00:56:24.458 --> 00:56:27.124
like, Michael Freeman,
the city attorney,

00:56:27.125 --> 00:56:30.249
is the one who decides whether
or not to charge officers,

00:56:30.250 --> 00:56:34.541
because ultimately, that\'s where
those decisions come from.

00:56:34.542 --> 00:56:37.874
But the backlash of that

00:56:37.875 --> 00:56:41.374
comes to law enforcement.

00:56:41.375 --> 00:56:43.041
- I can\'t even tell the pulse
of the department.

00:56:43.042 --> 00:56:45.124
Have you guys heard
how the officers are responding

00:56:45.125 --> 00:56:47.249
or kind of what the general
feeling is out there?

00:56:47.250 --> 00:56:49.082
I don\'t know if you guys
have heard anything.

00:56:49.083 --> 00:56:50.249
-Related to the Noor thing?

00:56:50.250 --> 00:56:52.499
- Yeah.
- It\'s still fresh.

00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:53.541
-Okay.

00:56:53.542 --> 00:56:55.874
- Yeah. It\'s a weird time
right now. I know that.

00:56:55.875 --> 00:56:57.457
It\'s the first time
it\'s ever been done,

00:56:57.458 --> 00:57:01.582
and it\'s kind of throwing us off
a little bit.

00:57:01.583 --> 00:57:05.082
- Freeman says officers
refuse to cooperate

00:57:05.083 --> 00:57:07.582
because they were advised
by the union not to?

00:57:07.583 --> 00:57:09.749
- I think a lot of people
are worried

00:57:09.750 --> 00:57:11.166
if they come forward
with something

00:57:11.167 --> 00:57:13.332
or [Clears throat] you know,
not under subpoena...

00:57:13.333 --> 00:57:14.582
- Mm-hmm.
- That it\'s going to get used

00:57:14.583 --> 00:57:16.791
against them or twisted, so...
- Mm-hmm.

00:57:16.792 --> 00:57:19.916
Because of what\'s going on and
how this plays out in the news,

00:57:19.917 --> 00:57:22.124
it may impact
how people see our officers

00:57:22.125 --> 00:57:24.124
on every day-to-day call.

00:57:24.125 --> 00:57:25.374
- I can\'t see anything!
- You said,

00:57:25.375 --> 00:57:28.291
\"I have a right
to disobey the law.\"

00:57:28.292 --> 00:57:30.958
[ Woman shouting indistinctly ]

00:57:35.625 --> 00:57:39.207
- Thank you.
- What am I under arrest for?!

00:57:39.208 --> 00:57:41.166
[ Woman shouting indistinctly ]

00:57:41.167 --> 00:57:43.292
[ Police radio chatter ]

00:57:47.583 --> 00:57:49.791
- So, here\'s the thing.
I just got here.

00:57:49.792 --> 00:57:50.916
I don\'t know what happened.

00:57:50.917 --> 00:57:52.624
- [ Crying ] No, nothing. They...
- No, no, no, no.

00:57:52.625 --> 00:57:55.249
-Jasmine, hey, listen to me.

00:57:55.250 --> 00:57:56.332
Like I said, I just got here.

00:57:56.333 --> 00:57:58.374
I don\'t know what happened,
okay?

00:57:58.375 --> 00:58:00.249
I just saw that you were
struggling with the other cop,

00:58:00.250 --> 00:58:01.291
which is why I came over.
- No, I wasn\'t.

00:58:01.292 --> 00:58:02.832
I was in the car
before I got out!

00:58:02.833 --> 00:58:05.999
- No, no, no. I\'m just saying
right before I got here, okay?

00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:08.207
- [ Crying ] I was in the car
before, like I said.

00:58:08.208 --> 00:58:09.499
-Did you get maced?

00:58:09.500 --> 00:58:10.582
- No.
- No?

00:58:10.583 --> 00:58:12.666
- Alvarado or whatever
the fuck his name is.

00:58:12.667 --> 00:58:14.582
- There\'s no...
- Are these your glasses, ma\'am?

00:58:14.583 --> 00:58:17.332
- Yeah, and you fucking got
my handcuffs fucking...

00:58:17.333 --> 00:58:19.582
You got my handcuffs cuffed!
- Miss, what is your...

00:58:19.583 --> 00:58:20.791
- No, listen to me!
- No, what is your name?

00:58:20.792 --> 00:58:22.082
- I told them.
- What is your name?

00:58:22.083 --> 00:58:24.791
- And this bitch cop right here
want to fucking attack me!

00:58:24.792 --> 00:58:26.207
- Danielle!
- We weren\'t even...

00:58:26.208 --> 00:58:27.499
That\'s my partner.
- I just showed up,

00:58:27.500 --> 00:58:29.499
and I\'m grabbing your purse for
you to make sure you have it.

00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:31.332
- I\'m sorry,
but you look like that girl

00:58:31.333 --> 00:58:33.082
that fucking threw me
on the ground!

00:58:33.083 --> 00:58:34.207
-That was... I just showed up.

00:58:34.208 --> 00:58:35.541
- And I was just trying
to hold my glasses!

00:58:35.542 --> 00:58:36.957
- But listen... Listen...
- Calm down, lady.

00:58:36.958 --> 00:58:38.000
- All I was trying to do was...
- Listen!

00:58:38.125 --> 00:58:39.624
- Girl.
- Listen.

00:58:39.625 --> 00:58:42.832
- No! I\'m not going to listen,
because you guys are fucking...

00:58:42.833 --> 00:58:48.124
You guys are fucking murderers!
You guys are fucking criminals!

00:58:48.125 --> 00:58:49.957
- The sergeant\'s going to talk
to you real quick, alright?

00:58:49.958 --> 00:58:51.666
- No, I need to find out.
What\'s her name?

00:58:51.667 --> 00:58:54.583
Because she fucking
police brutality\'d me!

00:58:56.833 --> 00:59:04.832
♪♪

00:59:04.833 --> 00:59:12.833
♪♪

00:59:12.875 --> 00:59:20.875
♪♪

00:59:20.917 --> 00:59:28.917
♪♪

00:59:31.750 --> 00:59:33.916
- The officer said,
\"This doesn\'t affect you.\"

00:59:33.917 --> 00:59:35.416
And I said, \"Yes, it does.
I live right there.

00:59:35.417 --> 00:59:37.249
This is my neighborhood.\"

00:59:37.250 --> 00:59:40.957
This has got to stop of just
coming into the neighborhood,

00:59:40.958 --> 00:59:42.624
stopping a guy
walking down the street

00:59:42.625 --> 00:59:45.791
\'cause you think he looks like
a person of interest.

00:59:45.792 --> 00:59:47.041
What\'s the person of interest?

00:59:47.042 --> 00:59:49.416
5\'9\", a Black man
wearing a hoodie?

00:59:49.417 --> 00:59:52.041
That\'s like everybody.

00:59:52.042 --> 00:59:54.124
-Did someone call in?

00:59:54.125 --> 00:59:56.416
\'Cause that\'s one thing.
- Well, yes...

00:59:56.417 --> 01:00:00.332
Well, he did,
but the call in was...

01:00:00.333 --> 01:00:02.207
- Because if someone
calls in and says,

01:00:02.208 --> 01:00:04.249
\"There\'s a suspicious person
walking in my...\"

01:00:04.250 --> 01:00:05.291
- So what do we do
about that now?

01:00:05.292 --> 01:00:06.499
- Hold on. Let me just finish
real quickly, Kitty.

01:00:06.500 --> 01:00:08.249
- No. I know that.
- And I\'m not getting defensive,

01:00:08.250 --> 01:00:09.291
but I just want
a chance to talk.

01:00:09.292 --> 01:00:11.374
- No, this guy was
incredibly compliant.

01:00:11.375 --> 01:00:13.249
- Yeah.
- Gave him his driver\'s license,

01:00:13.250 --> 01:00:15.832
which he didn\'t have to do,
for I.D.... He did.

01:00:15.833 --> 01:00:18.082
- He did have to.
- Well, and he\'s like,

01:00:18.083 --> 01:00:19.416
\"Why are you stopping me?\"

01:00:19.417 --> 01:00:21.916
And the cop wouldn\'t tell him
until I walked up.

01:00:21.917 --> 01:00:24.791
And people,
white people in particular,

01:00:24.792 --> 01:00:29.624
are calling the police on,
\"This guy looks suspicious.\"

01:00:29.625 --> 01:00:32.916
- Then that might be a really
nice place for you to step in

01:00:32.917 --> 01:00:36.082
and start educating
your neighbors.

01:00:36.083 --> 01:00:37.874
\"If you saw someone
of a different color

01:00:37.875 --> 01:00:39.166
doing the exact same thing,

01:00:39.167 --> 01:00:41.999
would that have prompted you
to call 911 on them?\"

01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:43.666
- Well, I was just really angry
because, you know,

01:00:43.667 --> 01:00:46.124
why does a white woman
have to stop in and say,

01:00:46.125 --> 01:00:47.541
\"This isn\'t right\"?

01:00:47.542 --> 01:00:48.791
- Or anyone...
- Well...

01:00:48.792 --> 01:00:50.666
- not just a white woman.
- Yeah, I know, but I...

01:00:50.667 --> 01:00:52.291
You know, I have to tell you,
if I was...

01:00:52.292 --> 01:00:54.166
I really think
if I was a Black woman,

01:00:54.167 --> 01:00:56.499
the situation would have
turned out a lot differently.

01:00:56.500 --> 01:00:58.375
-You\'re assuming. Mm-hmm.

01:01:01.458 --> 01:01:03.832
- The relationship
between law enforcement

01:01:03.833 --> 01:01:07.999
and the community
obviously could be better.

01:01:08.000 --> 01:01:09.916
But it\'s not just
law enforcement

01:01:09.917 --> 01:01:10.957
that needs to change,

01:01:10.958 --> 01:01:13.832
and that\'s what people
aren\'t discussing.

01:01:13.833 --> 01:01:21.833
♪♪

01:01:23.042 --> 01:01:31.042
♪♪

01:01:32.250 --> 01:01:40.250
♪♪

01:01:41.500 --> 01:01:44.667
- This women\'s leadership
initiative was in the newspaper.

01:01:47.417 --> 01:01:48.707
But it\'s just
something I\'m doing.

01:01:48.708 --> 01:01:51.499
You know, nobody said,
\"Here, you have funds for this,\"

01:01:51.500 --> 01:01:53.958
or, \"This is what
we expect of it.\"

01:02:02.875 --> 01:02:05.832
I created a survey that\'s going
to go to the entire department,

01:02:05.833 --> 01:02:07.457
not just to women,
\'cause I want to see

01:02:07.458 --> 01:02:13.166
what both genders think
about job satisfaction.

01:02:13.167 --> 01:02:14.541
I asked questions if they feel

01:02:14.542 --> 01:02:16.999
any type of discrimination
in the workplace.

01:02:17.000 --> 01:02:18.041
If there is discrimination,

01:02:18.042 --> 01:02:22.541
is it based on gender,
race, ethnicity?

01:02:22.542 --> 01:02:24.666
What can we do to improve

01:02:24.667 --> 01:02:27.457
everything from job satisfaction
of women on this department

01:02:27.458 --> 01:02:31.291
to creating that path
for promotion

01:02:31.292 --> 01:02:34.624
that I think
is lacking right now?

01:02:34.625 --> 01:02:38.166
Law enforcement is still
a male-dominated field,

01:02:38.167 --> 01:02:41.166
and women still want to fit in.

01:02:41.167 --> 01:02:43.416
As a woman, you have to be
on this department a long time

01:02:43.417 --> 01:02:45.624
before you can be yourself.

01:02:45.625 --> 01:02:47.666
And before you can be yourself,

01:02:47.667 --> 01:02:49.749
you\'re generally labeled
as something.

01:02:49.750 --> 01:02:53.082
You\'re either seen as a mother,

01:02:53.083 --> 01:02:58.541
a bitch, or a whore
on this department.

01:02:58.542 --> 01:03:00.457
And I know that would
make people uncomfortable,

01:03:00.458 --> 01:03:02.207
but that\'s true.

01:03:02.208 --> 01:03:05.000
[ Men laughing,
conversing indistinctly ]

01:03:07.583 --> 01:03:11.124
- I do my best to act as...
Oh, Christ.

01:03:11.125 --> 01:03:12.166
How you doing?

01:03:12.167 --> 01:03:14.416
-Good morning.

01:03:14.417 --> 01:03:17.832
Alright. So, today,
directed patrol,

01:03:17.833 --> 01:03:19.624
if you guys had
an area yesterday,

01:03:19.625 --> 01:03:23.416
can you just DP that same area
again today, please?

01:03:23.417 --> 01:03:26.541
I don\'t know if anyone yesterday
went to North Regional Library.

01:03:26.542 --> 01:03:28.624
You\'ve been walking through
North Regional, right?

01:03:28.625 --> 01:03:29.874
Did you make it over there?

01:03:29.875 --> 01:03:32.374
No?

01:03:32.375 --> 01:03:33.457
There was a homicide.

01:03:33.458 --> 01:03:35.207
It was right outside
the library,

01:03:35.208 --> 01:03:37.916
so, please, let\'s make
a stop up at North Regional...

01:03:37.917 --> 01:03:40.249
- So work overtime till 2:00 in
the morning outside the library?

01:03:40.250 --> 01:03:42.832
- [ Sighs ] I can\'t approve that,
but I can send that request

01:03:42.833 --> 01:03:46.957
to Inspector Bayer
if you\'d like me to.

01:03:46.958 --> 01:03:48.999
-Library\'s got to go.

01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:50.499
[ Laughter ]

01:03:50.500 --> 01:03:53.082
- \"Fahrenheit 451\"?

01:03:53.083 --> 01:03:54.499
- There\'s a common
denominator here.

01:03:54.500 --> 01:03:56.249
It\'s the library.

01:03:56.250 --> 01:03:58.999
- That\'s the problem.
- The stench of liberalism.

01:03:59.000 --> 01:04:01.666
-Oh, boy. [ Laughs ]

01:04:01.667 --> 01:04:04.541
Being a female sergeant,
the guys you\'re supervising

01:04:04.542 --> 01:04:09.332
are looking to see, how organic
can they be around you?

01:04:09.333 --> 01:04:12.624
\'Cause cops have
their own sense of humor.

01:04:12.625 --> 01:04:14.207
It\'s very raunchy.

01:04:14.208 --> 01:04:15.791
If you are easily offended,

01:04:15.792 --> 01:04:18.957
you might could make
a human resource complaint

01:04:18.958 --> 01:04:23.374
about, you know, graphic
sexual conversations.

01:04:23.375 --> 01:04:24.916
[ Laughter ]

01:04:24.917 --> 01:04:28.582
I let them do it, and I think
that means a lot to them

01:04:28.583 --> 01:04:31.791
that they can be who they are
and not be worried,

01:04:31.792 --> 01:04:34.374
\"Is Sergeant White
going to go make

01:04:34.375 --> 01:04:36.374
an internal affairs
complaint on us?

01:04:36.375 --> 01:04:39.749
Do we have to censor
everything we say around her?\"

01:04:39.750 --> 01:04:41.166
And once they figured out, like,

01:04:41.167 --> 01:04:43.541
\"Oh, she\'s cool.
She\'s easygoing.

01:04:43.542 --> 01:04:48.124
If the conversation gets too
far, she steps out the room.\"

01:04:48.125 --> 01:04:49.207
[ Laughs ]

01:04:49.208 --> 01:04:51.541
- I\'m sure I would love
to see you in jail.

01:04:51.542 --> 01:04:52.707
- Alright, good talking
to you guys.

01:04:52.708 --> 01:04:54.374
Have a great day.

01:04:54.375 --> 01:04:55.625
[ Laughter ]

01:04:58.583 --> 01:05:03.874
♪♪

01:05:03.875 --> 01:05:07.124
- Tensions continue to rise
in North Minneapolis.

01:05:07.125 --> 01:05:09.041
Police say officers shot
and killed a man

01:05:09.042 --> 01:05:11.166
after two 911 callers

01:05:11.167 --> 01:05:13.583
said he was
shooting a gun into the air.

01:05:20.250 --> 01:05:22.124
- Family members
have identified the man

01:05:22.125 --> 01:05:24.666
as 31-year-old Thurman Blevins.

01:05:24.667 --> 01:05:27.374
Minneapolis Police Federation
president Bob Kroll says,

01:05:27.375 --> 01:05:30.416
\"The officers involved
made the right calls.\"

01:05:30.417 --> 01:05:32.416
- They placed themselves
in harm\'s way

01:05:32.417 --> 01:05:33.916
and had to stop a threat.

01:05:33.917 --> 01:05:36.374
This was nothing short
of heroic activity.

01:05:36.375 --> 01:05:38.832
- Community members are demanding
more answers from police

01:05:38.833 --> 01:05:40.124
about what happened.

01:05:40.125 --> 01:05:42.249
-And now here we are again.

01:05:42.250 --> 01:05:43.666
We know, Chief Rondo,

01:05:43.667 --> 01:05:46.291
that you have been connected
to the community

01:05:46.292 --> 01:05:47.624
for a very long time.

01:05:47.625 --> 01:05:50.124
This is not about a principle
attack against you.

01:05:50.125 --> 01:05:52.957
We want to know the names
of the officers

01:05:52.958 --> 01:05:56.291
who were responsible
for killing Thurman Blevins.

01:05:56.292 --> 01:05:58.791
- Right.
- Let the public know.

01:05:58.792 --> 01:06:02.541
- And in public.
Let it be released.

01:06:02.542 --> 01:06:05.249
We want to see a release
of the footage.

01:06:05.250 --> 01:06:08.457
And we know that you have
limited capacity in that regard

01:06:08.458 --> 01:06:10.624
because it\'s now
a BCA investigation.

01:06:10.625 --> 01:06:13.249
But we\'re asking you, Chief,
to use your influence

01:06:13.250 --> 01:06:18.874
so that the BCA releases
the information that they have.

01:06:18.875 --> 01:06:20.666
- This is my community,
and it\'s important.

01:06:20.667 --> 01:06:22.916
I serve the people,
and it\'s important for me

01:06:22.917 --> 01:06:24.416
to listen and hear from them,

01:06:24.417 --> 01:06:27.207
and a lot of people are going
through some pain right now.

01:06:27.208 --> 01:06:28.916
-For the whole community,

01:06:28.917 --> 01:06:31.707
\'cause everybody\'s talking
about community police,

01:06:31.708 --> 01:06:34.833
but I don\'t see nobody in
the community ready to police.

01:06:36.833 --> 01:06:38.624
-He\'s got a gun.

01:06:38.625 --> 01:06:40.499
-Put your fucking hands up now!

01:06:40.500 --> 01:06:41.707
-Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop!

01:06:41.708 --> 01:06:45.374
-Put your fucking hands up!

01:06:45.375 --> 01:06:46.957
-Put your [Static] up!

01:06:46.958 --> 01:06:50.124
I will fucking shoot you!

01:06:50.125 --> 01:06:51.375
Stop!

01:06:54.042 --> 01:06:56.207
Put your hands up!

01:06:56.208 --> 01:06:58.207
You got a gun, you motherfucker!

01:06:58.208 --> 01:07:00.499
Yes, you do!
- It\'s not there! It\'s not there!

01:07:00.500 --> 01:07:03.374
- Put it down!
- It\'s not there!

01:07:03.375 --> 01:07:05.124
It\'s not there!
- Put it down!

01:07:05.125 --> 01:07:07.957
- It\'s not there!
- I will fucking shoot you!

01:07:07.958 --> 01:07:10.499
Put your hands up!

01:07:10.500 --> 01:07:14.582
[ Eight gunshots ]

01:07:14.583 --> 01:07:22.583
♪♪

01:07:23.333 --> 01:07:31.333
♪♪

01:07:32.125 --> 01:07:40.125
♪♪

01:07:40.875 --> 01:07:48.875
♪♪

01:07:49.625 --> 01:07:53.082
-I-I always wonder

01:07:53.083 --> 01:07:56.082
if that was a white guy,
would they have been shot?

01:07:56.083 --> 01:07:57.916
I always wonder that.

01:07:57.917 --> 01:08:00.791
And it\'s not just because
of police.

01:08:00.792 --> 01:08:05.707
It\'s because of this country
and what it\'s been founded upon.

01:08:05.708 --> 01:08:08.416
♪♪

01:08:08.417 --> 01:08:09.707
I don\'t know. I don\'t know.

01:08:09.708 --> 01:08:12.041
Like, I might have responded
that way

01:08:12.042 --> 01:08:16.124
because there was
a gun involved.

01:08:16.125 --> 01:08:18.124
I didn\'t watch the video.

01:08:18.125 --> 01:08:22.874
I really try to stay
as neutral as I can,

01:08:22.875 --> 01:08:26.416
because I think
I have a propensity

01:08:26.417 --> 01:08:31.957
to sway towards the people
who look like me.

01:08:31.958 --> 01:08:38.916
And I don\'t want that...
I don\'t want that to overshadow

01:08:38.917 --> 01:08:42.666
my ability to do my job
professionally

01:08:42.667 --> 01:08:46.207
and legally.

01:08:46.208 --> 01:08:47.957
So I really just...

01:08:47.958 --> 01:08:50.541
I go to work, and I do what
I\'m doing for that day,

01:08:50.542 --> 01:08:54.457
and I go home, and I\'m a mom.

01:08:54.458 --> 01:08:57.874
So, that\'s how I survive.
[ Scoffs ]

01:08:57.875 --> 01:09:05.875
♪♪

01:09:07.792 --> 01:09:15.792
♪♪

01:09:26.208 --> 01:09:28.582
-2:00 a.m. It\'s bar close now.

01:09:28.583 --> 01:09:31.749
- It\'s probably the last
nice weekend of the summer.

01:09:31.750 --> 01:09:33.833
Doesn\'t look too busy.

01:09:42.792 --> 01:09:46.166
- Okay.
- Call out suspicious person.

01:09:46.167 --> 01:09:48.666
- Squad 121, can you put us out
with a suspicious person

01:09:48.667 --> 01:09:50.542
500 Block of First Avenue North?

01:09:53.667 --> 01:09:54.999
-And here we go.

01:09:55.000 --> 01:09:57.917
- \'Cause she gonna tell me I came
and put her hands on me.

01:10:00.583 --> 01:10:02.207
- Okay, then why don\'t
we get going?

01:10:02.208 --> 01:10:03.541
Come on. Let\'s get going, then.

01:10:03.542 --> 01:10:05.082
- Ma\'am, I\'m not gonna
move nowhere.

01:10:05.083 --> 01:10:07.124
You don\'t have no right.
I haven\'t done nothing.

01:10:07.125 --> 01:10:08.499
-I\'m telling you to move.

01:10:08.500 --> 01:10:10.124
-Ma\'am, I was going this way!

01:10:10.125 --> 01:10:12.207
- Listen, you\'re causing
a disturbance.

01:10:12.208 --> 01:10:14.082
- How I\'m trying to...
- You can walk away,

01:10:14.083 --> 01:10:15.707
or you can get cited.
- I was going this way...

01:10:15.708 --> 01:10:17.541
- Okay, then let\'s go this way.
Here you go.

01:10:17.542 --> 01:10:20.166
Here you go. Here you go.
- Walk.

01:10:20.167 --> 01:10:21.874
- Thank you!
- Walk.

01:10:21.875 --> 01:10:24.207
- I\'m not the motherfucking one
that fucking called.

01:10:24.208 --> 01:10:27.041
I\'m Kurt... My name is Hoover.

01:10:27.042 --> 01:10:28.541
- Nice to meet you, Hoover.
Let\'s get going.

01:10:28.542 --> 01:10:31.874
- I\'m a devil!
- Okay, let\'s get going.

01:10:31.875 --> 01:10:34.082
-You best remember that.

01:10:34.083 --> 01:10:36.458
Took my kid to jail.

01:10:38.958 --> 01:10:40.332
I\'m cap.

01:10:40.333 --> 01:10:41.624
- 121 [Speaks indistinctly]
- Alright.

01:10:41.625 --> 01:10:43.666
- I was coming... I\'m coming!
- Let\'s go!

01:10:43.667 --> 01:10:45.707
- Listen. Walk over to the squad.
- I didn\'t do nothing!

01:10:45.708 --> 01:10:46.999
- We told you to walk away.
You did not walk away.

01:10:47.000 --> 01:10:48.582
- I was trying to,
but the girl hit me!

01:10:48.583 --> 01:10:51.749
- No, you were not trying to.
No one just hit you.

01:10:51.750 --> 01:10:53.916
- The girl pushed me,
and I was telling her,

01:10:53.917 --> 01:10:56.332
I didn\'t do nothing!

01:10:56.333 --> 01:10:59.541
- It\'s all on body camera,
which is why you\'re going

01:10:59.542 --> 01:11:01.666
to be receiving a citation
for disorderly conduct,

01:11:01.667 --> 01:11:03.249
because you continued
that behavior

01:11:03.250 --> 01:11:06.000
as you walked down the street.
- [ Speaks indistinctly ]

01:11:11.333 --> 01:11:13.124
- Go ahead and grab your stuff
off the hood of the squad,

01:11:13.125 --> 01:11:15.042
and you\'re free to go.

01:11:21.542 --> 01:11:25.207
-I told you. Hey!

01:11:25.208 --> 01:11:29.082
-[ Sighs ]

01:11:29.083 --> 01:11:30.457
-Sorry I pushed him, by the way.

01:11:30.458 --> 01:11:32.957
I thought that we were going
to push him off, not cite him.

01:11:32.958 --> 01:11:35.291
-He kept, like...

01:11:35.292 --> 01:11:37.832
Made a movement
to come back towards us,

01:11:37.833 --> 01:11:40.624
which was telling me
that he wasn\'t gonna listen.

01:11:40.625 --> 01:11:42.624
-Yeah, no, he wasn\'t set to.

01:11:42.625 --> 01:11:45.332
[ Police radio chatter ]

01:11:45.333 --> 01:11:52.874
♪♪

01:11:52.875 --> 01:12:00.416
♪♪

01:12:00.417 --> 01:12:07.999
♪♪

01:12:08.000 --> 01:12:09.666
So, we actually
just had a complaint

01:12:09.667 --> 01:12:14.249
saying that I used
excessive use of force.

01:12:14.250 --> 01:12:18.291
And it came out
that I was the number-one female

01:12:18.292 --> 01:12:20.916
in the precinct
for using use of force.

01:12:20.917 --> 01:12:23.416
And that was just
because of mace

01:12:23.417 --> 01:12:26.416
and because I would always
report the mace that I used,

01:12:26.417 --> 01:12:29.999
and a lot of people
would just not create a report.

01:12:30.000 --> 01:12:31.666
-You know, I worry about you.

01:12:31.667 --> 01:12:36.249
You know, they talk about
the PTSD with police officers.

01:12:36.250 --> 01:12:37.791
Now you\'re three years in.

01:12:37.792 --> 01:12:40.707
You\'ve got 31 years to go
before you retire.

01:12:40.708 --> 01:12:41.749
-Mm-hmm.

01:12:41.750 --> 01:12:44.249
- You know, how is this
going to affect you?

01:12:44.250 --> 01:12:46.166
-I guess overall, like, this job

01:12:46.167 --> 01:12:48.416
is obviously more stressful
than other jobs,

01:12:48.417 --> 01:12:50.666
but I don\'t think
there\'s been any, like,

01:12:50.667 --> 01:12:52.374
calls that I\'ve had yet,

01:12:52.375 --> 01:12:56.499
but I haven\'t had anything that
would be considered traumatic.

01:12:56.500 --> 01:12:59.207
I don\'t really remember, like,
most of the things,

01:12:59.208 --> 01:13:00.541
so I don\'t know.

01:13:00.542 --> 01:13:03.374
- Are you the same person
you were three years ago

01:13:03.375 --> 01:13:05.707
when you first started?
- No. [ Chuckles ]

01:13:05.708 --> 01:13:08.707
-Okay. What\'s changed?

01:13:08.708 --> 01:13:11.124
-I don\'t know. [ Laughs ]

01:13:11.125 --> 01:13:12.582
I don\'t take no bullshit.

01:13:12.583 --> 01:13:14.624
[ Laughs ]

01:13:14.625 --> 01:13:20.499
♪♪

01:13:20.500 --> 01:13:22.207
[ Indistinct conversations ]

01:13:22.208 --> 01:13:25.582
[ Police radio chatter ]

01:13:25.583 --> 01:13:33.457
♪♪

01:13:33.458 --> 01:13:41.332
♪♪

01:13:41.333 --> 01:13:49.166
♪♪

01:13:49.167 --> 01:13:51.707
- Mohamed Noor, the defendant,
was very stoic.

01:13:51.708 --> 01:13:54.082
The jury reached
their verdict... guilty

01:13:54.083 --> 01:13:57.874
on third-degree murder
and second-degree manslaughter.

01:13:57.875 --> 01:14:03.416
♪♪

01:14:03.417 --> 01:14:08.999
♪♪

01:14:09.000 --> 01:14:11.999
- Minneapolis will pay a record
$20 million settlement

01:14:12.000 --> 01:14:14.291
to the family
of Justine Ruszczyk Damond.

01:14:14.292 --> 01:14:17.041
The payment comes three days
after former police officer

01:14:17.042 --> 01:14:19.332
Mohamed Noor
was found guilty of murder.

01:14:19.333 --> 01:14:22.624
- Mayor Jacob Frey and members
of the Minneapolis City Council

01:14:22.625 --> 01:14:24.957
talked about how
an unprecedented conviction

01:14:24.958 --> 01:14:28.124
of a former police officer
led to a record settlement.

01:14:28.125 --> 01:14:31.332
- This is not a victory
for anyone

01:14:31.333 --> 01:14:36.082
but rather a way for our city
to move forward.

01:14:36.083 --> 01:14:37.332
[ Siren wailing in distance ]

01:14:37.333 --> 01:14:39.666
- What do we want?!
- Justice!

01:14:39.667 --> 01:14:41.749
- When do we want it?!
- Now!

01:14:41.750 --> 01:14:44.791
- Who do we want justice for?!
- Jamar!

01:14:44.792 --> 01:14:46.291
-Who do we want justice for?

01:14:46.292 --> 01:14:48.207
- Jamar!
- Jamar!

01:14:48.208 --> 01:14:50.541
[ Crowd chanting indistinctly ]

01:14:50.542 --> 01:14:54.292
- We must love each other
and support each other.

01:14:54.417 --> 01:14:57.874
- We must love each other
and support each other.

01:14:57.875 --> 01:15:00.291
-We have nothing to lose.

01:15:00.292 --> 01:15:03.707
- We have nothing to lose
but our chains.

01:15:03.708 --> 01:15:09.416
♪♪

01:15:09.417 --> 01:15:15.125
♪♪

01:15:20.792 --> 01:15:23.499
- In Minneapolis, I guess
I became disappointed

01:15:23.500 --> 01:15:27.832
with the police department.

01:15:27.833 --> 01:15:29.082
And when I was looking at

01:15:29.083 --> 01:15:30.999
taking everything I\'ve learned
from Minneapolis

01:15:31.000 --> 01:15:33.499
and going somewhere else
and sharing that knowledge,

01:15:33.500 --> 01:15:37.292
it brought back a spark
that I didn\'t know was gone.

01:15:41.208 --> 01:15:43.499
And someone I knew called me up
and said, \"Hey,

01:15:43.500 --> 01:15:47.207
Inver Grove Heights
is hiring a police chief,\"

01:15:47.208 --> 01:15:50.208
and so I decided
I\'m going to go for it.

01:15:54.792 --> 01:15:58.832
Chief Harteau did inspire me
to do this.

01:15:58.833 --> 01:16:00.291
Had it not been for her,

01:16:00.292 --> 01:16:02.917
I don\'t know
if I would have gone for it.

01:16:04.250 --> 01:16:07.249
♪♪

01:16:07.250 --> 01:16:09.374
-[ Gasps ] There\'s my mommy!

01:16:09.375 --> 01:16:12.874
-Hey, baby.

01:16:12.875 --> 01:16:15.124
20 years ago, I just saw myself

01:16:15.125 --> 01:16:18.500
as being a patrol officer
till I retired.

01:16:22.667 --> 01:16:25.749
- Looks good on you.
- [ Laughing ]

01:16:25.750 --> 01:16:27.291
- Looks better
than the other one.

01:16:27.292 --> 01:16:29.749
How you doing, Chief?

01:16:29.750 --> 01:16:32.832
- I, Melissa Chiodo, do solemnly
swear that I will...

01:16:32.833 --> 01:16:37.291
Policing is different
in the 21st century.

01:16:37.292 --> 01:16:38.707
It\'s hard to see the future,

01:16:38.708 --> 01:16:42.416
but I can hopefully
make a difference.

01:16:42.417 --> 01:16:44.624
- Congratulations.
- Thank you.

01:16:44.625 --> 01:16:47.125
[ Cheers and applause ]

01:16:56.458 --> 01:17:02.249
♪♪

01:17:02.250 --> 01:17:08.041
♪♪

01:17:08.042 --> 01:17:11.332
- George Floyd! George Floyd!
- George Floyd! George Floyd!

01:17:11.333 --> 01:17:13.499
- Say his name!
- George Floyd!

01:17:13.500 --> 01:17:16.791
- Say his name!
- George Floyd!

01:17:16.792 --> 01:17:21.416
- George Floyd! George Floyd!
- George Floyd! George Floyd!

01:17:21.417 --> 01:17:22.957
-I can\'t breathe!

01:17:22.958 --> 01:17:26.582
- By the afternoon, nearly
everybody had seen the video.

01:17:26.583 --> 01:17:29.374
Frustration was evident,
as peaceful protests

01:17:29.375 --> 01:17:32.916
grew to huge numbers
by the late afternoon.

01:17:32.917 --> 01:17:35.957
The protests began to take shape
just as the city announced

01:17:35.958 --> 01:17:39.041
all four officers involved
had been fired.

01:17:39.042 --> 01:17:41.624
- Why did you decide
that firing the officers

01:17:41.625 --> 01:17:43.249
would happen
as quickly as it did?

01:17:43.250 --> 01:17:46.749
Many departments do not
fire officers that fast.

01:17:46.750 --> 01:17:49.874
- In my mind, this was
a violation of humanity.

01:17:49.875 --> 01:17:53.332
I did not need days
or weeks or months

01:17:53.333 --> 01:17:58.499
or processes or bureaucracies
to tell me it was wrong.

01:17:58.500 --> 01:18:01.666
- I salute the chief
for taking that bold step.

01:18:01.667 --> 01:18:05.041
That has never happened before
in Minneapolis.

01:18:05.042 --> 01:18:07.207
If we\'re going to change
the culture,

01:18:07.208 --> 01:18:09.416
that\'s what it\'s going to take.

01:18:09.417 --> 01:18:11.624
- Organizers led a march
to the 3rd Precinct

01:18:11.625 --> 01:18:13.791
calling for criminal charges,

01:18:13.792 --> 01:18:17.957
all of it evidence of the anger
over George Floyd\'s death.

01:18:17.958 --> 01:18:20.041
[ Crowd screaming ]

01:18:20.042 --> 01:18:23.041
♪♪

01:18:23.042 --> 01:18:26.249
- The 3rd Precinct
has been compromised.

01:18:26.250 --> 01:18:32.291
♪♪

01:18:32.292 --> 01:18:38.332
♪♪

01:18:38.333 --> 01:18:42.249
- I have had many moments
where I have thought about,

01:18:42.250 --> 01:18:43.291
would it had been different

01:18:43.292 --> 01:18:46.666
if I had still been the
inspector at the 3rd Precinct?

01:18:46.667 --> 01:18:49.374
♪♪

01:18:49.375 --> 01:18:53.291
Based on who I knew
was coming in to replace me,

01:18:53.292 --> 01:18:58.124
I was afraid we were going
to lose some of that progress,

01:18:58.125 --> 01:18:59.624
because it was the person
that had been there

01:18:59.625 --> 01:19:04.041
as the inspector
before I came in.

01:19:04.042 --> 01:19:06.916
I don\'t know
what the future of policing

01:19:06.917 --> 01:19:08.416
looks like in Minneapolis.

01:19:08.417 --> 01:19:10.749
I know that it needs to look
very different

01:19:10.750 --> 01:19:13.874
than what it looks like now.

01:19:13.875 --> 01:19:16.249
- The calls for Minneapolis
Police Federation president

01:19:16.250 --> 01:19:19.624
Bob Kroll to resign
are getting louder and louder.

01:19:19.625 --> 01:19:21.916
-And fire Bob Kroll!

01:19:21.917 --> 01:19:26.457
- Fire Bob Kroll! Fire Bob Kroll!
- Fire Bob Kroll! Fire Bob Kroll!

01:19:26.458 --> 01:19:28.582
Fire Bob Kroll!
- His former boss, Janeé Harteau,

01:19:28.583 --> 01:19:31.249
calling on him
to turn in his badge.

01:19:31.250 --> 01:19:33.916
This after Kroll wrote a letter
to union members

01:19:33.917 --> 01:19:36.457
calling George Floyd
\"a violent criminal\"

01:19:36.458 --> 01:19:40.291
and referring to recent protests
as \"a terrorist movement.\"

01:19:40.292 --> 01:19:42.666
[ Crowd shouting indistinctly ]

01:19:42.667 --> 01:19:45.249
♪♪

01:19:45.250 --> 01:19:48.249
- Defund MPD! Defund MPD!
- Defund MPD! Defund MPD!

01:19:48.250 --> 01:19:50.499
- Today, a majority of
Minneapolis City Council Members

01:19:50.500 --> 01:19:53.416
revealed their plan
to defund and dismantle

01:19:53.417 --> 01:19:55.166
the police department.

01:19:55.167 --> 01:19:58.457
- Our commitment is to end
our city\'s toxic relationship

01:19:58.458 --> 01:20:01.249
with the Minneapolis
Police Department,

01:20:01.250 --> 01:20:05.749
to end policing as we know it.

01:20:05.750 --> 01:20:07.749
- There are some folks
who believe

01:20:07.750 --> 01:20:09.457
that the problems are so bad

01:20:09.458 --> 01:20:13.207
that it is not possible
to reform the police department.

01:20:13.208 --> 01:20:15.707
- Defund MPD! Defund MPD!
- Defund MPD! Defund MPD!

01:20:15.708 --> 01:20:17.207
-But if they were serious,

01:20:17.208 --> 01:20:19.916
they\'d be talking
to the Black community,

01:20:19.917 --> 01:20:23.666
those who understand that there
are a number of social issues

01:20:23.667 --> 01:20:26.499
that impact some of the levels
of violence and crime

01:20:26.500 --> 01:20:29.832
that we experience.

01:20:29.833 --> 01:20:31.832
So it shouldn\'t be
a zero-sum game.

01:20:31.833 --> 01:20:35.541
We shouldn\'t have to choose
between no police

01:20:35.542 --> 01:20:38.250
and extremely violent police.

01:20:42.750 --> 01:20:45.791
♪♪

01:20:45.792 --> 01:20:49.374
And so now with the world
watching, my hope is that

01:20:49.375 --> 01:20:53.749
this is a wake-up call,
that this is a reckoning.

01:20:53.750 --> 01:20:56.791
We need a paradigm shift.

01:20:56.792 --> 01:20:59.832
♪♪

01:20:59.833 --> 01:21:04.666
- What I learned is
intention isn\'t enough.

01:21:04.667 --> 01:21:06.707
♪♪

01:21:06.708 --> 01:21:10.374
Actions in a broken system
isn\'t enough.

01:21:10.375 --> 01:21:13.624
If we want to make real progress
in police reform,

01:21:13.625 --> 01:21:17.624
I do believe we have to
start over with a blank slate.

01:21:17.625 --> 01:21:19.624
What is it
communities really need?

01:21:19.625 --> 01:21:22.082
They need jobs.
They need affordable housing.

01:21:22.083 --> 01:21:25.707
They need
all their basic needs met.

01:21:25.708 --> 01:21:26.957
When we fix all these things,

01:21:26.958 --> 01:21:28.957
guess who we\'re not gonna
need as much?

01:21:28.958 --> 01:21:30.957
The police.

01:21:30.958 --> 01:21:33.249
♪♪

01:21:33.250 --> 01:21:37.707
What is it we want police to
look like in the 21st century?

01:21:37.708 --> 01:21:45.708
♪♪

01:21:46.375 --> 01:21:50.208
- I sat at my desk
and cried uncontrollably.

01:21:52.208 --> 01:21:56.666
I\'ve never cried at work.

01:21:56.667 --> 01:22:00.499
-It just hurt.

01:22:00.500 --> 01:22:02.292
Yeah.

01:22:04.750 --> 01:22:07.291
- I didn\'t know you watched it.
- Mm-hmm.

01:22:07.292 --> 01:22:08.332
Everybody saw it.

01:22:08.333 --> 01:22:11.207
It was all kind of at once
that everybody saw it.

01:22:11.208 --> 01:22:13.249
It, like, started,
and then I closed it,

01:22:13.250 --> 01:22:16.207
and I was like wait, wait,
\'cause obviously

01:22:16.208 --> 01:22:19.541
this is gonna cause something
really, really big.

01:22:19.542 --> 01:22:20.916
And I didn\'t even...
I didn\'t watch,

01:22:20.917 --> 01:22:23.499
\'cause he just started crying
for his mom,

01:22:23.500 --> 01:22:26.207
and I just clicked it off.

01:22:26.208 --> 01:22:30.666
Yeah. It was a lot.

01:22:30.667 --> 01:22:33.499
-Yeah.

01:22:33.500 --> 01:22:35.500
-[ Sniffles ]

01:22:43.000 --> 01:22:45.541
- Do you feel embarrassed
sometimes that...

01:22:45.542 --> 01:22:47.582
- No.
- Of my job?

01:22:47.583 --> 01:22:49.166
- I\'m supporting
Black Lives Matter

01:22:49.167 --> 01:22:50.666
and the riot and stuff.

01:22:50.667 --> 01:22:53.957
I support it all, but it\'s like,

01:22:53.958 --> 01:22:56.916
I support my mom, so...

01:22:56.917 --> 01:22:59.624
- There\'s so many days
where I\'m just like,

01:22:59.625 --> 01:23:01.749
\"What am I doing?\"
- Yeah.

01:23:01.750 --> 01:23:04.624
- [ Scoffs ]
\"Why am I doing this?\"

01:23:04.625 --> 01:23:08.416
And then I\'ll get 300 messages

01:23:08.417 --> 01:23:11.499
saying, \"We need you.
Please don\'t quit.

01:23:11.500 --> 01:23:14.416
Stick it out,\" and I\'m like,
\"Okay, I\'m in the right place.\"

01:23:14.417 --> 01:23:16.541
It kind of centers me
and makes me realize

01:23:16.542 --> 01:23:19.708
and remember... Like,
remember why you started.

01:23:21.875 --> 01:23:25.499
♪♪

01:23:25.500 --> 01:23:26.749
- If you wouldn\'t have
became a cop,

01:23:26.750 --> 01:23:30.749
what would you have become?

01:23:30.750 --> 01:23:31.999
-I don\'t know.

01:23:32.000 --> 01:23:34.832
Like, this is all
I ever had planned.

01:23:34.833 --> 01:23:37.832
After George Floyd\'s murder,

01:23:37.833 --> 01:23:43.166
it\'s given me a lot more courage
and strength to stand up.

01:23:43.167 --> 01:23:45.041
Now my brain is like,

01:23:45.042 --> 01:23:48.332
\"You will not tolerate
any bullshit.

01:23:48.333 --> 01:23:50.249
None.\"

01:23:50.250 --> 01:23:53.874
♪♪

01:23:53.875 --> 01:23:57.416
- I\'m glad you\'re a sergeant
teaching those group of cops

01:23:57.417 --> 01:24:00.374
so hopefully when they become
sergeants, they\'re like you,

01:24:00.375 --> 01:24:01.832
and then the next ones
and the next ones,

01:24:01.833 --> 01:24:05.666
and hopefully it just clears out
the bad ones.

01:24:05.667 --> 01:24:09.249
-[ Sighs ]

01:24:09.250 --> 01:24:13.291
Yeah. That\'s part of the reason
I stay.

01:24:13.292 --> 01:24:15.541
♪♪

01:24:15.542 --> 01:24:19.166
- Alright. So my biggest thing is
just make sure somebody on BWC,

01:24:19.167 --> 01:24:20.874
make sure that they
don\'t need medical attention.

01:24:20.875 --> 01:24:23.874
- Hey, Kenoki, you asked
your guy on BWC

01:24:23.875 --> 01:24:25.791
if you need
medical attention, right?

01:24:25.792 --> 01:24:27.666
- Were you processing?
- Yeah, I\'ll get it done...

01:24:27.667 --> 01:24:29.666
-Okay, sounds good.

01:24:29.667 --> 01:24:37.667
♪♪

01:24:39.542 --> 01:24:42.832
[ Window rolls down ]

01:24:42.833 --> 01:24:44.749
You\'re good? Okay.

01:24:44.750 --> 01:24:46.791
Alright. You\'re welcome.

01:24:46.792 --> 01:24:49.124
[ Police radio chatter ]

01:24:49.125 --> 01:24:56.917
♪♪

01:25:00.375 --> 01:25:08.375
♪♪

01:25:09.917 --> 01:25:17.917
♪♪

01:25:19.500 --> 01:25:27.500
♪♪

01:25:29.083 --> 01:25:37.083
♪♪

01:25:38.625 --> 01:25:46.625
♪♪

01:25:48.167 --> 01:25:56.167
♪♪

01:25:57.708 --> 01:26:05.708
♪♪

01:26:07.292 --> 01:26:15.292
♪♪

01:26:16.875 --> 01:26:24.875
♪♪

01:26:26.417 --> 01:26:34.417
♪♪

01:26:35.958 --> 01:26:43.958
♪♪

01:26:45.542 --> 01:26:53.542
♪♪

01:26:55.125 --> 01:27:03.125
♪♪

01:27:04.667 --> 01:27:12.667
♪♪

01:27:14.208 --> 01:27:22.208
♪♪

01:27:23.792 --> 01:27:31.792
♪♪

01:27:33.333 --> 01:27:41.333
♪♪

01:27:42.917 --> 01:27:50.917
♪♪

01:27:52.458 --> 01:28:00.458
♪♪