1 00:00:34,534 --> 00:00:36,701 WELCOME, WELCOME, 2 00:00:36,702 --> 00:00:37,235 WELCOME, TO 3 00:00:37,236 --> 00:00:38,536 "LAST WEEK TONIGHT!" 4 00:00:38,537 --> 00:00:38,903 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 5 00:00:38,904 --> 00:00:39,604 THANKS FOR JOINING US. 6 00:00:39,605 --> 00:00:40,271 IT'S BEEN A BUSY WEEK! 7 00:00:40,272 --> 00:00:40,838 THE SOUTHEAST CONTINUED ITS 8 00:00:40,839 --> 00:00:41,305 RECOVERY FROM HELENE, 9 00:00:41,306 --> 00:00:42,173 PORT WORKERS BRIEFLY WENT ON 10 00:00:42,174 --> 00:00:44,142 STRIKE, AND THE MIDDLE EAST 11 00:00:44,143 --> 00:00:45,343 INCHED CLOSER TO ALL-OUT WAR, 12 00:00:45,344 --> 00:00:46,377 SOMETHING ONE LOCAL STATION 13 00:00:46,378 --> 00:00:48,246 TRIED TO FOLD INTO ITS 14 00:00:48,247 --> 00:00:50,014 BROADCAST, WITH MIXED RESULTS. 15 00:00:50,015 --> 00:00:51,783 ALL RIGHT, SOME BREAKING 16 00:00:51,784 --> 00:00:51,983 NEWS. 17 00:00:51,984 --> 00:00:53,885 IRAN HAS LAUNCHED A MISSILE 18 00:00:53,886 --> 00:00:56,621 ATTACK AGAINST ISRAEL. 19 00:00:56,622 --> 00:00:58,489 THE U.S. OFFICIALLY HAD WARNED 20 00:00:58,490 --> 00:01:00,758 IRAN EARLIER TO NOT LAUNCH ANY 21 00:01:00,759 --> 00:01:02,694 MISSILES OR ELSE THERE COULD BE 22 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:05,530 SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. 23 00:01:05,531 --> 00:01:06,964 AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE 24 00:01:06,965 --> 00:01:09,000 TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION AND 25 00:01:09,001 --> 00:01:09,667 FOLLOW THIS AND PROVIDE THAT FOR 26 00:01:09,668 --> 00:01:11,135 YOU AS SOON AS WE GET IT. 27 00:01:11,136 --> 00:01:12,637 ALSO, SWITCHING GEARS HERE 28 00:01:12,638 --> 00:01:13,604 NOW, TODAY, NATIONAL TACO DAY, 29 00:01:13,605 --> 00:01:15,273 FALLS ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF 30 00:01:15,274 --> 00:01:15,506 OCTOBER. 31 00:01:15,507 --> 00:01:17,842 YOU MAY NOT KNOW THIS. 32 00:01:17,843 --> 00:01:20,611 TAMARA BERG RECENTLY COMPETED IN 33 00:01:20,612 --> 00:01:21,112 A TACO EATING CONTEST-- 34 00:01:21,113 --> 00:01:21,412 OH, WOW. 35 00:01:21,413 --> 00:01:23,247 AT JIMBOY'S TACOS. 36 00:01:23,248 --> 00:01:23,881 YEAH, YOU REALLY ARE WHAT YOU 37 00:01:23,882 --> 00:01:25,049 EAT AREN'T YOU, TAMARA? 38 00:01:25,050 --> 00:01:28,052 ABSOLUTELY. 39 00:01:28,053 --> 00:01:29,487 AND YOU GUYS KNOW IF YOU FOLLOW 40 00:01:29,488 --> 00:01:30,588 ME, ESPECIALLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, 41 00:01:30,589 --> 00:01:32,223 MY PASSION RUNS DEEP FOR TACOS. 42 00:01:32,224 --> 00:01:35,360 EXCELLENT. 43 00:01:35,361 --> 00:01:36,728 THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANT FROM 44 00:01:36,729 --> 00:01:37,028 LOCAL NEWS. 45 00:01:37,029 --> 00:01:37,628 SAVE THE GLOBALLY SIGNIFICANT 46 00:01:37,629 --> 00:01:38,029 EVENTS FOR LATER! 47 00:01:38,030 --> 00:01:40,698 I WANT TO SEE A JOURNALISM MAJOR 48 00:01:40,699 --> 00:01:41,766 WITH A GIANT TACO ON HER HEAD 49 00:01:41,767 --> 00:01:42,967 LOOK DIRECTLY INTO THE CAMERA 50 00:01:42,968 --> 00:01:43,501 AND SAY-- AND I QUOTE-- 51 00:01:43,502 --> 00:01:44,369 "MY PASSION RUNS DEEP FOR 52 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:47,038 TACOS". 53 00:01:47,039 --> 00:01:47,739 JUST IMAGINE OTHER NEWS 54 00:01:47,740 --> 00:01:49,474 DELIVERED THAT WAY. 55 00:01:49,475 --> 00:01:50,641 "FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, THE FLASH 56 00:01:50,642 --> 00:01:51,642 APPARENTLY OFFICIAL. 57 00:01:51,643 --> 00:01:53,211 PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED AT 58 00:01:53,212 --> 00:01:55,079 1:00 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. 59 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,281 YOU PROBABLY 60 00:01:57,282 --> 00:01:58,182 ALREADY KNEW THIS ABOUT ME, BUT 61 00:01:58,183 --> 00:01:59,817 I'M THE BIGGEST HOT DOG HOUND 62 00:01:59,818 --> 00:02:02,020 AROUND." 63 00:02:02,021 --> 00:02:04,022 MEANWHILE, IT WAS THE 64 00:02:04,023 --> 00:02:05,189 VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ON 65 00:02:05,190 --> 00:02:06,190 TUESDAY, IN THIS VERY BUILDING. 66 00:02:06,191 --> 00:02:08,626 IN FACT, THIS STUDIO SERVED AS 67 00:02:08,627 --> 00:02:12,697 THE POST-DEBATE SPIN ROOM. 68 00:02:12,698 --> 00:02:14,132 MEANING THAT YOU ARE ALL 69 00:02:14,133 --> 00:02:15,566 BREATHING IN THE SAME AIR 70 00:02:15,567 --> 00:02:16,334 PARTICLES THAT WERE ONCE INSIDE 71 00:02:16,335 --> 00:02:16,868 DON JR.'S NOSE AND MOUTH. 72 00:02:16,869 --> 00:02:17,735 SO IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE 73 00:02:17,736 --> 00:02:18,870 WAKES UP TOMORROW FEELING LIKE 74 00:02:18,871 --> 00:02:19,937 YOU HAVE A SORE THROAT AND 75 00:02:19,938 --> 00:02:23,141 YOU'RE A TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT TO 76 00:02:23,142 --> 00:02:24,208 YOUR FATHER, THAT IS PROBABLY 77 00:02:24,209 --> 00:02:24,942 WHY. 78 00:02:24,943 --> 00:02:25,943 IN CONTRAST TO THE PRESIDENTIAL 79 00:02:25,944 --> 00:02:27,545 DEBATE, WALZ AND VANCE SEEMED AT 80 00:02:27,546 --> 00:02:29,480 PAINS TO BE COURTEOUS TO ONE 81 00:02:29,481 --> 00:02:30,014 ANOTHER-- SOMETHING MANY 82 00:02:30,015 --> 00:02:31,916 COMMENTATORS SAW AS A PLUS. 83 00:02:31,917 --> 00:02:32,517 THE DEBATE WAS SO POLITE. 84 00:02:32,518 --> 00:02:33,718 IT'S BEING CALLED "A NIGHT OF 85 00:02:33,719 --> 00:02:35,586 MIDWEST NICE." 86 00:02:35,587 --> 00:02:37,689 DESPITE THEIR DIFFERENCES, 87 00:02:37,690 --> 00:02:38,890 THEY STILL MANAGED TO BE CIVIL. 88 00:02:38,891 --> 00:02:40,491 IT WAS SO REFRESHING TO SEE 89 00:02:40,492 --> 00:02:41,426 THESE TWO GUYS, THOUGH. 90 00:02:41,427 --> 00:02:41,993 THEY WERE SO POLITE TO ONE 91 00:02:41,994 --> 00:02:43,261 ANOTHER. 92 00:02:43,262 --> 00:02:43,594 THEY WERE. 93 00:02:43,595 --> 00:02:44,595 I LIKED IT. 94 00:02:44,596 --> 00:02:46,064 IT WAS A CIVIL DEBATE. 95 00:02:46,065 --> 00:02:47,665 IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE THEY LIKE 96 00:02:47,666 --> 00:02:47,965 EACH OTHER. 97 00:02:47,966 --> 00:02:49,767 IN MANY WAYS, THAT'S WHAT THE 98 00:02:49,768 --> 00:02:51,202 COUNTRY HAS BEEN SAYING THEY 99 00:02:51,203 --> 00:02:52,804 WANT MORE OF. 100 00:02:52,805 --> 00:02:54,639 OKAY, FIRST: ON THE 101 00:02:54,640 --> 00:02:55,239 LIST OF THINGS AMERICA'S BEEN 102 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,075 SAYING IT WANTS MORE OF, 103 00:02:57,076 --> 00:02:57,675 "CIVILITY" IS, AT BEST, NUMBER 104 00:02:57,676 --> 00:02:59,377 SIX, AFTER AFFORDABLE 105 00:02:59,378 --> 00:02:59,877 HEALTHCARE, GUN CONTROL, 106 00:02:59,878 --> 00:03:00,478 CHEAPER HOUSING, REPRODUCTIVE 107 00:03:00,479 --> 00:03:01,746 RIGHTS, AND STARRING VEHICLES 108 00:03:01,747 --> 00:03:04,148 FOR NICOLA COUGHLAN. 109 00:03:04,149 --> 00:03:04,916 BUT ALSO, WHY DO MANNERS MATTER 110 00:03:04,917 --> 00:03:06,484 HERE? 111 00:03:06,485 --> 00:03:08,119 THE DEBATE INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS 112 00:03:08,120 --> 00:03:09,520 ON HOW TO CARRY OUT MASS 113 00:03:09,521 --> 00:03:10,355 DEPORTATIONS, AND WHETHER WOMEN 114 00:03:10,356 --> 00:03:11,622 SHOULD HAVE CONTROL OVER THEIR 115 00:03:11,623 --> 00:03:14,392 OWN BODIES. 116 00:03:14,393 --> 00:03:15,593 ETIQUETTE IS KIND OF BESIDE THE 117 00:03:15,594 --> 00:03:15,793 POINT. 118 00:03:15,794 --> 00:03:16,427 IT'S LIKE READING A RANSOM NOTE 119 00:03:16,428 --> 00:03:17,562 AND GOING, "THIS CURSIVE IS 120 00:03:17,563 --> 00:03:20,164 JUST SO LOVELY. 121 00:03:20,165 --> 00:03:22,734 LOOK AT THE CAPITAL Y IN "YOU 122 00:03:22,735 --> 00:03:24,302 HAVE 24 HOURS BEFORE HE DIES." 123 00:03:24,303 --> 00:03:25,036 THERE ARE STILL SOME PEOPLE WHO 124 00:03:25,037 --> 00:03:26,704 WERE RAISED RIGHT." 125 00:03:26,705 --> 00:03:27,739 AND COMPLIMENTING VANCE ON HIS 126 00:03:27,740 --> 00:03:29,674 CIVIL TONE IS A LITTLE HARD TO 127 00:03:29,675 --> 00:03:30,408 TAKE, GIVEN HOW HE SPENT THE 128 00:03:30,409 --> 00:03:31,743 REST OF HIS WEEK. 129 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:34,412 JUST DAYS BEFORE THE DEBATE, HE 130 00:03:34,413 --> 00:03:36,147 TOOK PART IN AN EVENT CALLED 131 00:03:36,148 --> 00:03:37,648 THE COURAGE TOUR-- HOSTED BY 132 00:03:37,649 --> 00:03:38,182 LANCE WALLNAU, A PROMINENT 133 00:03:38,183 --> 00:03:40,752 FAR-RIGHT CHRISTIAN NATIONALIST, 134 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:41,720 AND SOMEONE WHO'S TALKED ABOUT 135 00:03:43,423 --> 00:03:45,690 SHE CAN LOOK PRESIDENTIAL. 136 00:03:45,691 --> 00:03:47,191 AND WE'LL GO TO THIS LATER. 137 00:03:47,192 --> 00:03:47,992 THAT'S THE SEDUCTION OF WHAT I 138 00:03:47,993 --> 00:03:49,594 WOULD SAY IS WITCHCRAFT. 139 00:03:49,595 --> 00:03:51,696 THAT'S THE MANIPULATION OF 140 00:03:51,697 --> 00:03:53,431 IMAGERY THAT CREATES AN 141 00:03:53,432 --> 00:03:53,965 IMPRESSION CONTRARY TO THE 142 00:03:53,966 --> 00:03:54,732 TRUTH. 143 00:03:54,733 --> 00:03:56,501 BUT IT SEDUCES YOU INTO SEEING 144 00:03:56,502 --> 00:03:57,802 IT. 145 00:03:57,803 --> 00:03:59,971 SO THAT SPIRIT, THAT OCCULT 146 00:03:59,972 --> 00:04:01,773 SPIRIT, I BELIEVE, IS OPERATING 147 00:04:01,774 --> 00:04:05,076 ON HER AND THROUGH HER. 148 00:04:05,077 --> 00:04:05,543 OKAY, FIRST: 149 00:04:05,544 --> 00:04:06,344 KAMALA HARRIS ISN'T THE ONE 150 00:04:06,345 --> 00:04:07,879 WHO'S BEEN RELENTLESSLY 151 00:04:07,880 --> 00:04:08,846 PROMOTING WITCHCRAFT-- YOU'RE 152 00:04:08,847 --> 00:04:09,347 THINKING OF UNIVERSAL'S 153 00:04:09,348 --> 00:04:11,082 MARKETING DEPARTMENT. 154 00:04:11,083 --> 00:04:11,816 AND THIS GUY CLEARLY SHOULDN'T 155 00:04:11,817 --> 00:04:13,885 BE COMMENTING ON THE ELECTION. 156 00:04:13,886 --> 00:04:16,154 HE SHOULD BE STANDING IN A TENT 157 00:04:16,155 --> 00:04:17,722 IN 1856 SELLING CHILDREN MERCURY 158 00:04:17,723 --> 00:04:18,322 TONICS HE CLAIMS WILL LET THEM 159 00:04:18,323 --> 00:04:20,558 TALK TO GHOSTS. 160 00:04:20,559 --> 00:04:21,626 HONESTLY, IT FEELS LIKE THE 161 00:04:21,627 --> 00:04:22,727 QUESTION THAT LOWER BANNER 162 00:04:22,728 --> 00:04:23,928 SHOULD REALLY BE ASKING THERE 163 00:04:23,929 --> 00:04:24,729 "HOLD ON, IS THIS WACKY 164 00:04:24,730 --> 00:04:26,998 BITCH FOR REAL?" 165 00:04:26,999 --> 00:04:28,132 AND IT GETS WORSE. 166 00:04:28,133 --> 00:04:29,634 BECAUSE AT THE EVENT IN 167 00:04:29,635 --> 00:04:31,669 PENNSYLVANIA, WALLNAU EXPLAINED 168 00:04:31,670 --> 00:04:34,205 VANCE HAD BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE 169 00:04:34,206 --> 00:04:34,972 ELSEWHERE, BUT GOD MANAGED TO 170 00:04:34,973 --> 00:04:36,007 CHANGE HIS PLANS-- AND YOU'RE 171 00:04:36,008 --> 00:04:36,741 NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THE LOGIC 172 00:04:36,742 --> 00:04:39,644 BEHIND THAT. 173 00:04:39,645 --> 00:04:41,179 AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 174 00:04:41,180 --> 00:04:42,613 VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE 175 00:04:42,614 --> 00:04:46,518 J.D. VANCE COMING. 176 00:04:48,888 --> 00:04:49,754 AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, I 177 00:04:49,755 --> 00:04:51,456 TAKE THAT AS A DIRECT ACT OF 178 00:04:51,457 --> 00:04:55,760 GOD. 179 00:04:55,761 --> 00:04:57,729 BECAUSE IT JUST CAME TOGETHER IN 180 00:04:57,730 --> 00:04:58,596 A CERTAIN WAY. 181 00:04:58,597 --> 00:04:59,597 PITTSBURGH WASN'T EVEN ON THE 182 00:04:59,598 --> 00:04:59,764 MAP. 183 00:04:59,765 --> 00:05:01,833 IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE 184 00:05:01,834 --> 00:05:02,967 NORTH CAROLINA. 185 00:05:02,968 --> 00:05:05,970 AND GOD SWITCHED IT THAT FAST... 186 00:05:05,971 --> 00:05:06,971 FOR YOU. 187 00:05:06,972 --> 00:05:08,206 YEAH. 188 00:05:08,207 --> 00:05:09,941 APPARENTLY, GOD MADE SURE 189 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:11,376 HELENE'S FLOODS BROUGHT 190 00:05:11,377 --> 00:05:12,443 J.D. VANCE TO THAT EVENT. 191 00:05:12,444 --> 00:05:13,745 AND LOOK, I AM NOT THE AUTHORITY 192 00:05:13,746 --> 00:05:15,013 ON BEING CHRISTIAN. 193 00:05:15,014 --> 00:05:16,414 I WAS EVIDENTLY THE ONLY 194 00:05:16,415 --> 00:05:18,916 COMEDIAN IN THE WORLD WHO DID 195 00:05:18,917 --> 00:05:22,186 NOT MEET THE FUCKING POPE THIS 196 00:05:22,187 --> 00:05:23,521 YEAR! 197 00:05:23,522 --> 00:05:24,322 BUT IF YOU BELIEVE IN A GOD 198 00:05:24,323 --> 00:05:25,590 WHO'D UNLEASH A DEVASTATING 199 00:05:25,591 --> 00:05:26,190 HURRICANE, JUST SO J.D. VANCE 200 00:05:26,191 --> 00:05:27,392 COULD SPEND AN AFTERNOON OUTSIDE 201 00:05:27,393 --> 00:05:28,459 PITTSBURGH, YOUR GOD SOUNDS LIKE 202 00:05:28,460 --> 00:05:30,595 AN ASSHOLE. 203 00:05:30,596 --> 00:05:31,796 AND DURING VANCE'S APPEARANCE AT 204 00:05:31,797 --> 00:05:32,964 THE EVENT, HE SEEMED MORE THAN 205 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:34,832 HAPPY TO PLAY TO THE CROWD. 206 00:05:34,833 --> 00:05:35,967 THE AMERICAN EDUCATION SYSTEM 207 00:05:35,968 --> 00:05:37,568 USED TO BE THE ENVY OF THE 208 00:05:37,569 --> 00:05:39,704 WORLD. 209 00:05:39,705 --> 00:05:41,005 RICH OR POOR ALIKE, WE BELIEVE 210 00:05:41,006 --> 00:05:42,373 IN THIS COUNTRY THAT EVERY 211 00:05:42,374 --> 00:05:43,207 PERSON DESERVES A QUALITY 212 00:05:43,208 --> 00:05:45,043 EDUCATION. 213 00:05:45,044 --> 00:05:46,644 WELL, NOW WE'VE GOT AMERICAN 214 00:05:46,645 --> 00:05:48,846 CHILDREN WHO CAN'T ADD FIVE PLUS 215 00:05:48,847 --> 00:05:50,481 FIVE, BUT THEY CAN TELL YOU THAT 216 00:05:50,482 --> 00:05:52,350 THERE ARE 87 DIFFERENT GENDERS. 217 00:05:52,351 --> 00:05:53,451 WHAT ARE YOU TALKING 218 00:05:53,452 --> 00:05:55,486 ABOUT? 219 00:05:55,487 --> 00:05:56,587 THAT IS OBVIOUSLY BIGOTED 220 00:05:56,588 --> 00:05:58,256 BULLSHIT. 221 00:05:58,257 --> 00:05:59,891 IF ANY KIDS ARE MISSING OUT ON 222 00:05:59,892 --> 00:06:00,558 THEIR ADDITION LESSONS, IT'S FOR 223 00:06:00,559 --> 00:06:01,393 THE SAME REASON THEY ALWAYS 224 00:06:01,594 --> 00:06:02,694 BECAUSE THEY'RE WAY TOO 225 00:06:02,695 --> 00:06:03,394 DISTRACTED BY 226 00:06:03,395 --> 00:06:05,630 THE CLASS HAMSTER. 227 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:06,964 HOW ARE KIDS SUPPOSED TO FOCUS 228 00:06:06,965 --> 00:06:07,865 ON THEIR MATH WORKSHEET WHEN 229 00:06:07,866 --> 00:06:09,100 "MEATBALL" OVER HERE IS 230 00:06:09,101 --> 00:06:09,734 SPRINTING ON HIS WHEEL LIKE HE'S 231 00:06:09,735 --> 00:06:11,602 ON COKE, ROLLING AROUND 232 00:06:11,603 --> 00:06:12,970 CHAOTICALLY IN A TOILET PAPER 233 00:06:12,971 --> 00:06:14,038 TUBE, AND PANIC-STUFFING HIS 234 00:06:14,039 --> 00:06:15,606 CHEEKS WITH A MONTH'S SUPPLY OF 235 00:06:15,607 --> 00:06:16,607 CARROT CHUNKS? 236 00:06:16,608 --> 00:06:18,409 HE LOOKS LIKE MARLON BRANDO IN 237 00:06:18,410 --> 00:06:20,311 "THE GODFATHER," AND THOSE KIDS 238 00:06:20,312 --> 00:06:21,079 ARE SUPPOSED TO FOCUS ON MATH? 239 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,514 IT'S NOT HAPPENING! 240 00:06:23,515 --> 00:06:24,682 BUT THAT IS WHO VANCE ACTUALLY 241 00:06:24,683 --> 00:06:26,284 IS. 242 00:06:26,285 --> 00:06:31,022 AND AT THE END OF THE DEBATE, HE 243 00:06:31,023 --> 00:06:32,824 LET A GLIMPSE OF THAT COME 244 00:06:32,825 --> 00:06:33,758 THROUGH, WHEN THE SUBJECT TURNED 245 00:06:33,759 --> 00:06:34,359 TO THE LAST ELECTION, AND HE 246 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:35,093 OFFERED THIS REVISIONIST 247 00:06:35,094 --> 00:06:35,326 HISTORY. 248 00:06:35,327 --> 00:06:36,361 REMEMBER, HE SAID THAT ON 249 00:06:36,362 --> 00:06:37,261 JANUARY 6TH, THE PROTESTERS 250 00:06:37,262 --> 00:06:39,630 OUGHT TO PROTEST PEACEFULLY. 251 00:06:39,631 --> 00:06:40,631 AND ON JANUARY 20TH, WHAT 252 00:06:40,632 --> 00:06:41,432 HAPPENED? 253 00:06:41,433 --> 00:06:42,166 JOE BIDEN BECAME THE PRESIDENT. 254 00:06:42,167 --> 00:06:43,234 DONALD TRUMP LEFT 255 00:06:43,235 --> 00:06:43,868 THE WHITE HOUSE. 256 00:06:43,869 --> 00:06:44,769 DID HE LOSE THE 2020 257 00:06:44,770 --> 00:06:45,603 ELECTION? 258 00:06:45,604 --> 00:06:47,238 TIM, I'M FOCUSED ON THE 259 00:06:47,239 --> 00:06:48,106 FUTURE. 260 00:06:48,107 --> 00:06:49,741 THAT IS A DAMNING-- THAT IS 261 00:06:49,742 --> 00:06:50,742 A DAMNING NONANSWER. 262 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:51,809 YEAH, IT IS. 263 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:53,444 "I'M FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE" IS 264 00:06:53,445 --> 00:06:54,412 ONE OF THE MOST GENERIC, 265 00:06:54,413 --> 00:06:55,413 STORE-BRAND FUCKBOY DEFLECTIONS 266 00:06:55,414 --> 00:06:57,782 THERE IS. 267 00:06:57,783 --> 00:06:59,751 IT'S NO WONDER TIM WALZ BROKE 268 00:06:59,752 --> 00:07:00,351 THE FOURTH WALL THERE LIKE HE 269 00:07:00,352 --> 00:07:01,953 WAS IN "ABBOTT ELEMENTARY." 270 00:07:01,954 --> 00:07:04,222 BECAUSE "I'M FOCUSED ON THE 271 00:07:04,223 --> 00:07:04,956 FUTURE" IS WHAT YOU SAY WHEN YOU 272 00:07:04,957 --> 00:07:05,890 WANT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT. 273 00:07:05,891 --> 00:07:07,859 IF NOT, YOU JUST ANSWER THE 274 00:07:07,860 --> 00:07:08,127 QUESTION. 275 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:09,694 "JOHN, HAVE YOU EVER MURDERED 276 00:07:09,695 --> 00:07:10,228 SOMEONE?" 277 00:07:10,229 --> 00:07:11,396 NO, I HAVEN'T. 278 00:07:11,397 --> 00:07:12,597 "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN MISTAKEN FOR 279 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:13,364 PENN BADGLEY?" 280 00:07:13,365 --> 00:07:14,632 NO, I HAVEN'T. 281 00:07:14,633 --> 00:07:15,833 "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN FORCIBLY 282 00:07:15,834 --> 00:07:17,368 REMOVED FROM A RAINFOREST CAFE 283 00:07:17,369 --> 00:07:18,002 FOR INSISTING THAT THE FROG WAS 284 00:07:18,003 --> 00:07:20,505 COMING ON TO YOU?" 285 00:07:20,506 --> 00:07:23,041 LOOK, I'M FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE. 286 00:07:23,042 --> 00:07:25,877 I'M MOVING FORWARD. 287 00:07:25,878 --> 00:07:28,413 AND THAT ANSWER WAS ESPECIALLY 288 00:07:28,414 --> 00:07:29,681 GLARING CONSIDERING THE DAY 289 00:07:29,682 --> 00:07:33,384 AFTER THE DEBATE, A JUDGE 290 00:07:33,385 --> 00:07:34,519 UNSEALED SPECIAL PROSECUTOR 291 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:35,053 JACK SMITH'S BRIEF IN THE 292 00:07:35,054 --> 00:07:36,287 ELECTION FRAUD CASE AGAINST 293 00:07:36,288 --> 00:07:37,455 TRUMP, REMINDING US YET AGAIN OF 294 00:07:37,456 --> 00:07:38,289 THE RIDICULOUS STEPS HE TOOK TO 295 00:07:38,290 --> 00:07:41,192 AVOID LEAVING OFFICE. 296 00:07:41,193 --> 00:07:42,026 THE BRIEF PRESENTS THE 297 00:07:42,027 --> 00:07:44,462 FULLEST PICTURE YET OF SMITH'S 298 00:07:44,463 --> 00:07:45,730 CASE THAT TRUMP KNEW HE LOST, 299 00:07:45,731 --> 00:07:47,098 BUT LIED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE 300 00:07:47,099 --> 00:07:47,965 ANYWAY. 301 00:07:47,966 --> 00:07:49,701 PROSECUTORS CLAIM THEY SPOKE TO 302 00:07:49,702 --> 00:07:51,936 ONE WHITE HOUSE STAFFER WHO SAID 303 00:07:51,937 --> 00:07:53,171 HE OVERHEARD TRUMP TELLING 304 00:07:53,172 --> 00:07:54,238 FAMILY MEMBERS, "IT DOESN'T 305 00:07:54,239 --> 00:07:55,506 MATTER IF YOU WON OR LOST THE 306 00:07:55,507 --> 00:07:55,773 ELECTION. 307 00:07:55,774 --> 00:07:56,908 YOU STILL HAVE TO FIGHT LIKE 308 00:07:56,909 --> 00:07:59,077 HELL. 309 00:07:59,078 --> 00:07:59,977 BUT IT SUPER MATTERS IF 310 00:07:59,978 --> 00:08:02,280 YOU LOST! 311 00:08:02,281 --> 00:08:03,548 IT'S KIND OF THE MAIN THING THAT 312 00:08:03,549 --> 00:08:05,249 MATTERS. 313 00:08:05,250 --> 00:08:05,817 THAT IS THE MOST UNSETTLING 314 00:08:05,818 --> 00:08:06,718 THING YOU COULD POSSIBLY 315 00:08:06,719 --> 00:08:07,585 OVERHEAR IF YOU WORK IN THE 316 00:08:07,586 --> 00:08:08,886 WHITE HOUSE, INCLUDING LBJ 317 00:08:08,887 --> 00:08:10,355 ORDERING PANTS WITH MORE ROOM 318 00:08:10,356 --> 00:08:12,590 AROUND HIS "BUNGHOLE"-- REAL 319 00:08:12,591 --> 00:08:15,259 ONES WILL KNOW-- AND COMMANDER 320 00:08:15,260 --> 00:08:16,194 BIDEN MAULING HIS 78TH 321 00:08:16,195 --> 00:08:19,731 SECRET SERVICE AGENT. 322 00:08:19,732 --> 00:08:20,832 AND WHILE THERE IS A LOT IN THE 323 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:21,432 FILING WE ALREADY KNEW-- LIKE 324 00:08:21,433 --> 00:08:22,000 TRUMP RESPONDING AFTER BEING 325 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:22,533 TOLD MIKE PENCE HAD TO BE 326 00:08:22,534 --> 00:08:24,135 EVACUATED FROM THE CAPITOL WITH 327 00:08:24,136 --> 00:08:26,604 "SO WHAT?"-- IT ALSO FEATURED 328 00:08:26,605 --> 00:08:28,639 NEW DETAILS, LIKE TRUMP AT ONE 329 00:08:28,640 --> 00:08:30,208 POINT MUTING SIDNEY POWELL WHEN 330 00:08:30,209 --> 00:08:31,309 SHE WAS OUTLINING HER BOGUS 331 00:08:31,310 --> 00:08:32,577 FRAUD CLAIMS, TELLING PEOPLE SHE 332 00:08:32,578 --> 00:08:34,345 WAS "CRAZY." 333 00:08:34,346 --> 00:08:35,880 AND IF I EVER FOUND OUT I LIED 334 00:08:35,881 --> 00:08:38,082 SO BADLY THAT DONALD TRUMP MUTED 335 00:08:38,083 --> 00:08:39,484 THE CALL TO SAY, "THIS IS SOME 336 00:08:39,485 --> 00:08:40,118 CRAZY SHIT," YOU'D NEVER SEE ME 337 00:08:40,119 --> 00:08:44,222 AGAIN. 338 00:08:44,223 --> 00:08:45,223 I WOULD WALK DIRECTLY INTO THE 339 00:08:45,224 --> 00:08:45,423 OCEAN. 340 00:08:45,424 --> 00:08:47,525 AND NONE OF THIS IS THEORETICAL. 341 00:08:47,526 --> 00:08:54,601 IF HE LOSES NEXT MONTH, THERE'S 342 00:08:55,101 --> 00:08:56,134 EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE TRUMP 343 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:57,001 WILL DISPUTE THE RESULTS AGAIN. 344 00:08:57,002 --> 00:08:57,635 AND VANCE HAS MADE IT CLEAR HE'S 345 00:08:57,636 --> 00:08:58,169 GOT NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. 346 00:08:58,170 --> 00:08:58,670 AND THAT ALONE SHOULD BE 347 00:08:58,671 --> 00:08:59,771 DISQUALIFYING. 348 00:08:59,772 --> 00:09:00,405 FOR ALL THE TALK THIS WEEK ABOUT 349 00:09:00,406 --> 00:09:01,739 HIS "CIVILITY" AT THE DEBATE, 350 00:09:01,740 --> 00:09:03,274 LET'S NOT FORGET, HE'S THE SAME 351 00:09:03,275 --> 00:09:04,709 COLOSSAL DIPSHIT WHO SPEWS 352 00:09:04,710 --> 00:09:06,177 RIGHT-WING HATE WITH DISTRESSING 353 00:09:06,178 --> 00:09:08,112 EASE, AND CONTINUES TO DEFEND 354 00:09:08,113 --> 00:09:08,646 THE BIG LIE THAT THE LAST 355 00:09:08,647 --> 00:09:10,815 ELECTION WAS STOLEN. 356 00:09:10,816 --> 00:09:11,949 IT IS ALL TREMENDOUSLY BLEAK, 357 00:09:11,950 --> 00:09:14,052 WHICH IS WHY-- TO BORROW A 358 00:09:14,053 --> 00:09:15,987 PHRASE I HEARD RECENTLY-- "I AM 359 00:09:15,988 --> 00:09:17,221 FOCUSED ON THE FUTURE"-- 360 00:09:17,222 --> 00:09:20,258 SPECIFICALLY, ONE IN WHICH IN 361 00:09:20,259 --> 00:09:21,426 FOUR WEEKS' TIME, TRUMP 362 00:09:21,427 --> 00:09:21,993 HOPEFULLY LOSES THIS FUCKING 363 00:09:21,994 --> 00:09:22,260 ELECTION. 364 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:22,594 AND NOW, THIS. 365 00:09:23,963 --> 00:09:29,467 AND NOW... 366 00:09:29,468 --> 00:09:30,968 MIKA BRZEZINSKI WOULD LIKE HER 367 00:09:30,969 --> 00:09:36,507 COHOST TO PLEASE SHUT THE FUCK 368 00:09:36,508 --> 00:09:38,376 UP ABOUT A SPORTS THERAPIST 369 00:09:38,377 --> 00:09:39,110 BECAUSE THEIR QUARTERBACK DID AN 370 00:09:39,111 --> 00:09:40,378 EXTRAORDINARY JOB. 371 00:09:40,379 --> 00:09:42,246 LET'S STOP PRETENDING THAT THE 372 00:09:42,247 --> 00:09:44,349 SEC DOESN'T PLAY IN A COMPLETELY 373 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:46,017 DIFFERENT LEVEL THAN EVERYBODY 374 00:09:46,018 --> 00:09:46,451 ELSE. 375 00:09:46,452 --> 00:09:46,918 ALL RIGHT. 376 00:09:46,919 --> 00:09:48,052 NOW LET'S JUST STOP TALKING 377 00:09:48,053 --> 00:09:50,555 ABOUT SPORTS AND DO THE NEWS. 378 00:09:50,556 --> 00:09:53,224 EVEN DOWN 2-0 TONIGHT, 379 00:09:53,225 --> 00:09:55,259 MADISON SQUARE IS GOING TO BE 380 00:09:55,260 --> 00:09:55,460 CRAZY. 381 00:09:55,461 --> 00:09:56,294 OKAY. 382 00:09:56,295 --> 00:09:57,895 I'M GOING TO MOVE ON. 383 00:09:57,896 --> 00:09:59,397 A COUPLE OF INCREDIBLE GAMES 384 00:09:59,398 --> 00:09:59,897 TOMORROW. 385 00:09:59,898 --> 00:10:01,299 WORLD CUP GAMES TOMORROW. 386 00:10:01,300 --> 00:10:02,600 WE ARE GOING FRANCE. 387 00:10:02,601 --> 00:10:04,902 I'M GOING TO TAKE THE 388 00:10:04,903 --> 00:10:05,303 FURNITURE OUT-- 389 00:10:05,304 --> 00:10:05,603 BRAZIL. 390 00:10:05,604 --> 00:10:07,538 THERE MIGHT BE A GAME 7. 391 00:10:07,539 --> 00:10:09,207 MIKA, I SWEAR WE WILL GET OFF 392 00:10:09,208 --> 00:10:09,874 SPORTS. 393 00:10:09,875 --> 00:10:10,908 PLEASE, WE WILL GET TO MORE 394 00:10:10,909 --> 00:10:11,242 SPORTS LATER. 395 00:10:11,243 --> 00:10:13,544 WE WILL GET TO THE NEWS NOW. 396 00:10:13,545 --> 00:10:14,712 NO, WE WANT. 397 00:10:14,713 --> 00:10:15,947 BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH 398 00:10:15,948 --> 00:10:16,714 TIME FOR SPORT SPIRITS. 399 00:10:16,715 --> 00:10:20,852 THIS HAS TO PUT HIM UP 400 00:10:20,853 --> 00:10:21,085 THERE-- 401 00:10:21,086 --> 00:10:21,786 HOLD ON. 402 00:10:21,787 --> 00:10:21,986 MIKA! 403 00:10:21,987 --> 00:10:24,455 HE IS TALKING ABOUT MAN CITY. 404 00:10:24,456 --> 00:10:26,057 LET ME ASK YOU A FORMER 405 00:10:26,058 --> 00:10:27,425 BASEBALL QUESTION. 406 00:10:27,426 --> 00:10:29,193 WE HAVE NOT TALKED ABOUT SPORTS 407 00:10:29,194 --> 00:10:29,761 TODAY. 408 00:10:29,762 --> 00:10:31,462 ON THE 5-YARD LINE-- MIKA 409 00:10:31,463 --> 00:10:33,665 THANKS, OH, SUPER BOWL. 410 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:36,200 DO YOU JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT 411 00:10:36,201 --> 00:10:38,703 BASEBALL JUST UPSET MIKA? 412 00:10:38,704 --> 00:10:39,804 IS THIS-- 413 00:10:39,805 --> 00:10:40,405 YES. 414 00:10:40,406 --> 00:10:41,506 IS IT? 415 00:10:41,507 --> 00:10:42,106 YOU SHOULD JUST PICK UP YOUR 416 00:10:42,107 --> 00:10:43,074 DEVICE OR READ THE PAPER 417 00:10:43,075 --> 00:10:44,275 WHENEVER THEY GO TO SPORTS. 418 00:10:44,276 --> 00:10:47,278 I CLEAN MY PURSE. 419 00:10:47,279 --> 00:10:48,680 OF THE NEW YORK KNICKS, THE 420 00:10:48,681 --> 00:10:51,315 LAST TIME THE ADVANCE TO THE 421 00:10:51,316 --> 00:10:53,619 FINALS IN 2000. 422 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:56,654 MOVING ON. 423 00:10:56,655 --> 00:10:57,455 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 424 00:10:57,456 --> 00:10:58,022 WHERE GOLF CARTS SEE 425 00:10:58,023 --> 00:10:59,691 THEMSELVES IN FIVE YEARS. 426 00:10:59,692 --> 00:11:00,291 SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO 427 00:11:00,292 --> 00:11:01,759 TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC STOPS, THE 428 00:11:01,760 --> 00:11:02,794 MOST COMMON LAW ENFORCEMENT 429 00:11:02,795 --> 00:11:04,162 INTERACTION IN AMERICA. 430 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:05,630 POLICE PULL OVER MORE THAN 431 00:11:05,631 --> 00:11:07,165 50,000 DRIVERS ON A TYPICAL DAY, 432 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:08,232 ADDING UP TO MORE THAN 433 00:11:08,233 --> 00:11:12,637 20 MILLION MOTORISTS A YEAR. 434 00:11:12,638 --> 00:11:13,771 AND THEY DO SO FOR ALL SORTS OF 435 00:11:13,772 --> 00:11:14,639 REASONS-- FROM SPEEDING, TO 436 00:11:14,640 --> 00:11:16,374 BROKEN TAIL LIGHTS, TO-- 437 00:11:16,375 --> 00:11:17,608 SPECTACULARLY-- THIS. 438 00:11:17,609 --> 00:11:18,209 THE WAY HE CAME UP TO THE 439 00:11:18,210 --> 00:11:18,943 TRUCK, I KNEW. 440 00:11:18,944 --> 00:11:20,411 I WAS LIKE, "OH, I DONE PISSED 441 00:11:20,412 --> 00:11:21,446 THIS MAN OFF." 442 00:11:21,447 --> 00:11:22,413 HE'S MAD ABOUT SOMETHING. 443 00:11:22,414 --> 00:11:24,182 "YOU'RE UNDER ARREST," 444 00:11:24,183 --> 00:11:25,683 AND I WAS LIKE, "FOR WHAT? 445 00:11:25,684 --> 00:11:28,486 FOR-- WHAT DID I DO?" 446 00:11:28,487 --> 00:11:29,120 THE REASON I PULLED YOU OVER 447 00:11:29,121 --> 00:11:29,721 IS YOUR DEROGATORY STICKER ON 448 00:11:29,722 --> 00:11:31,155 THE BACK OF YOUR TRUCK. 449 00:11:31,156 --> 00:11:32,657 IT'S WORDS. 450 00:11:32,658 --> 00:11:33,391 OKAY, WELL, WHAT DO THOSE WORDS 451 00:11:33,392 --> 00:11:34,425 MEAN? 452 00:11:34,426 --> 00:11:35,693 IT'S "ASS, EAT." 453 00:11:35,694 --> 00:11:36,060 "I EAT ASS." 454 00:11:36,061 --> 00:11:37,929 OKAY. 455 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:40,164 IF I TOLD YOU I WENT TO JAIL 456 00:11:40,165 --> 00:11:40,765 FOR A STICKER, YEAH, WHATEVER, 457 00:11:40,766 --> 00:11:41,299 DUDE. 458 00:11:41,300 --> 00:11:42,333 LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO 459 00:11:42,334 --> 00:11:44,402 BELIEVE THAT. 460 00:11:44,403 --> 00:11:45,470 ALL IN CAPITAL LETTERS. 461 00:11:45,471 --> 00:11:49,107 "I EAT ASS." 462 00:11:49,108 --> 00:11:49,640 YES. 463 00:11:49,641 --> 00:11:50,942 EVERY PART OF THAT IS EXCELLENT. 464 00:11:50,943 --> 00:11:51,876 VERY MUCH INCLUDING THE 465 00:11:51,877 --> 00:11:53,244 "ASS ME ABOUT MY FIRST AMENDMENT 466 00:11:53,245 --> 00:11:53,811 RIGHTS" T-SHIRT, WHICH IS A 467 00:11:53,812 --> 00:11:54,612 MASTERCLASS IN PERSONAL 468 00:11:54,613 --> 00:11:55,713 BRANDING. 469 00:11:55,714 --> 00:11:57,715 THOUGH-- I'M JUST GOING TO SAY 470 00:11:57,716 --> 00:12:00,618 IT-- 471 00:12:00,619 --> 00:12:03,021 THAT GUY DOESN'T STRIKE ME AS A 472 00:12:03,022 --> 00:12:03,321 REAL EATER. 473 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:04,022 DON'T GET ME WRONG. 474 00:12:04,023 --> 00:12:04,889 I'M SURE HE'S ENTHUSIASTIC. 475 00:12:04,890 --> 00:12:05,456 BUT ATTENTIVE AND WILLING TO 476 00:12:05,457 --> 00:12:05,857 FOLLOW DIRECTIONS? 477 00:12:05,858 --> 00:12:06,724 ABSOLUTELY NOT. 478 00:12:06,725 --> 00:12:08,559 BUT AS YOU UNDOUBTEDLY KNOW, NOT 479 00:12:08,560 --> 00:12:09,327 ALL TRAFFIC STOPS MAKE THE NEWS 480 00:12:09,328 --> 00:12:10,762 BECAUSE THEY'RE RIDICULOUS. 481 00:12:10,763 --> 00:12:12,196 SOMETIMES, IT'S BECAUSE THEY END 482 00:12:12,197 --> 00:12:14,399 IN VIOLENCE. 483 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:16,434 SINCE 2017, POLICE HAVE KILLED 484 00:12:16,435 --> 00:12:17,502 AT LEAST 813 PEOPLE DURING 485 00:12:17,503 --> 00:12:18,403 TRAFFIC STOPS, WITH BLACK PEOPLE 486 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:21,072 DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED, 487 00:12:21,073 --> 00:12:22,807 MAKING UP 29% OF THOSE KILLED, 488 00:12:22,808 --> 00:12:24,042 DESPITE REPRESENTING ONLY AROUND 489 00:12:24,043 --> 00:12:26,544 14% OF THE POPULATION. 490 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:28,713 WE'VE ALL SEEN THE VIDEOS OF 491 00:12:28,714 --> 00:12:30,081 HIGH-PROFILE KILLINGS LIKE THOSE 492 00:12:30,082 --> 00:12:31,983 OF PHILANDO CASTILE, 493 00:12:31,984 --> 00:12:32,617 DAUNTE WRIGHT, OR TYRE NICHOLS. 494 00:12:32,618 --> 00:12:34,352 THE HORROR OF THOSE VIDEOS 495 00:12:34,353 --> 00:12:36,788 SHOULD BE SEARED INTO OUR 496 00:12:36,789 --> 00:12:38,456 COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS BY NOW, 497 00:12:38,457 --> 00:12:39,724 SO I'M NOT GOING TO BE PLAYING 498 00:12:39,725 --> 00:12:41,059 ANY OF THAT FOOTAGE TONIGHT. 499 00:12:41,060 --> 00:12:42,393 AND FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN 500 00:12:42,394 --> 00:12:43,928 PARTICULAR, THOSE INCIDENTS HAVE 501 00:12:43,929 --> 00:12:45,630 HIGHLIGHTED WHAT THEY ALREADY 502 00:12:45,631 --> 00:12:46,431 KNOW ONLY TOO WELL-- THAT 503 00:12:46,432 --> 00:12:47,198 DRIVING COMES WITH A CONSTANT 504 00:12:47,199 --> 00:12:48,800 UNDERCURRENT OF FEAR. 505 00:12:48,801 --> 00:12:50,068 WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO DRIVE 506 00:12:50,069 --> 00:12:51,803 WHILE BLACK? 507 00:12:51,804 --> 00:12:54,572 DRIVING SCARED. 508 00:12:54,573 --> 00:12:56,474 EVERY TIME YOU GET IN YOUR 509 00:12:56,475 --> 00:12:58,643 VEHICLE, YOU'RE SCARED BECAUSE 510 00:12:58,644 --> 00:12:59,544 IF ANY COP GETS BEHIND YOU, IF 511 00:12:59,545 --> 00:13:00,778 YOU ASK ANY AFRICAN AMERICAN, 512 00:13:00,779 --> 00:13:02,246 OUR HEARTS INSTANTLY DROP. 513 00:13:02,247 --> 00:13:04,415 IT MEANS TO DRIVE AROUND IN 514 00:13:04,416 --> 00:13:05,416 FEAR. 515 00:13:05,417 --> 00:13:07,251 IT MEANS TO DRIVE AROUND AND 516 00:13:07,252 --> 00:13:07,852 ALSO HOPE. 517 00:13:07,853 --> 00:13:09,487 WHAT'S THE HOPE? 518 00:13:09,488 --> 00:13:10,455 HOPE THAT WE MAKE IT HOME 519 00:13:10,456 --> 00:13:11,022 SAFE. 520 00:13:11,023 --> 00:13:12,190 HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR LIFE 521 00:13:12,191 --> 00:13:13,057 WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF YOU WERE A 522 00:13:13,058 --> 00:13:13,591 WHITE DUDE? 523 00:13:13,592 --> 00:13:16,461 FOR DRIVING PURPOSES, I 524 00:13:16,462 --> 00:13:17,095 WOULDN'T WORRY EVERY TIME I SEE 525 00:13:17,096 --> 00:13:17,628 A COP. 526 00:13:17,629 --> 00:13:20,264 LOOK, THERE ARE LOTS OF 527 00:13:20,265 --> 00:13:21,666 THINGS PEOPLE HAVE TO WORRY 528 00:13:21,667 --> 00:13:22,133 ABOUT WHILE DRIVING-- 529 00:13:22,134 --> 00:13:22,734 GETTING LOST, GETTING INTO AN 530 00:13:22,735 --> 00:13:24,068 ACCIDENT, GETTING STOPPED BY A 531 00:13:24,069 --> 00:13:25,236 CROSSWALK FLASH MOB WHERE 532 00:13:25,237 --> 00:13:27,071 JAMES CORDON THRUSTS AT YOUR CAR 533 00:13:27,072 --> 00:13:28,172 WHILE DRESSED LIKE A LARGE 534 00:13:28,173 --> 00:13:29,340 MOUSE. 535 00:13:29,341 --> 00:13:30,108 ALL REAL AND UPSETTING 536 00:13:30,109 --> 00:13:32,243 POSSIBILITIES! 537 00:13:32,244 --> 00:13:33,644 BUT NO ONE SHOULD ALSO HAVE TO 538 00:13:33,645 --> 00:13:34,379 WORRY ABOUT GETTING HARASSED OR 539 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:35,813 POTENTIALLY KILLED. 540 00:13:35,814 --> 00:13:37,682 AND WHILE THE INCIDENTS THAT 541 00:13:37,683 --> 00:13:39,350 GIVE RISE TO THAT FEAR OFTEN GET 542 00:13:39,351 --> 00:13:40,585 DISCUSSED AS THE RESULT OF 543 00:13:40,586 --> 00:13:42,520 INDIVIDUAL "BAD APPLE" COPS, THE 544 00:13:42,521 --> 00:13:44,222 TRUTH IS, THEY'RE THE INEVITABLE 545 00:13:44,223 --> 00:13:45,556 RESULT OF DELIBERATE DECISIONS 546 00:13:45,557 --> 00:13:47,625 THAT HAVE TURNED TRAFFIC STOPS 547 00:13:47,626 --> 00:13:48,393 INTO A SYSTEMIC ISSUE. 548 00:13:48,394 --> 00:13:49,561 SO TONIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT 549 00:13:51,431 --> 00:13:53,531 THE POWER WE'VE GIVEN TO COPS 550 00:13:53,532 --> 00:13:54,999 DURING THEM, HOW THEY EXERCISE 551 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:56,868 AND OFTEN ABUSE THAT POWER, AND 552 00:13:56,869 --> 00:13:57,969 SOME SIMPLE WAYS WE CAN START TO 553 00:13:57,970 --> 00:13:59,103 CHANGE ALL THIS. 554 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,772 AND LET'S START BY ACKNOWLEDGING 555 00:14:00,773 --> 00:14:02,607 THAT POLICE DO PULL PEOPLE OVER 556 00:14:02,608 --> 00:14:04,809 FOR COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE ROAD 557 00:14:04,810 --> 00:14:05,743 SAFETY REASONS, LIKE DANGEROUS 558 00:14:05,744 --> 00:14:07,211 SPEEDING OR DRUNK DRIVING. 559 00:14:07,212 --> 00:14:08,446 AND YOU WANT THOSE PEOPLE OFF 560 00:14:08,447 --> 00:14:09,814 THE ROADS. 561 00:14:09,815 --> 00:14:11,549 YOU DON'T NEED ME TO SHOW YOU A 562 00:14:11,550 --> 00:14:12,950 CLIP ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 563 00:14:12,951 --> 00:14:14,585 ROAD SAFETY, BUT I'M GOING TO DO 564 00:14:14,586 --> 00:14:16,054 THAT ANYWAY, BECAUSE WHEN ELSE 565 00:14:16,055 --> 00:14:16,954 AM I GOING TO HAVE THE CHANCE TO 566 00:14:16,955 --> 00:14:20,124 SHOW YOU THIS? 567 00:14:20,125 --> 00:14:24,429 AN ACCIDENT! 568 00:14:24,430 --> 00:14:26,197 THE HUMANS HAD AN ACCIDENT! 569 00:14:26,198 --> 00:14:28,066 THERE WAS A CHILD IN THE CAR! 570 00:14:28,067 --> 00:14:32,170 A CHILD? 571 00:14:32,171 --> 00:14:32,470 A CHILD! 572 00:14:32,471 --> 00:14:33,638 CATS HAVE NINE LIVES. 573 00:14:33,639 --> 00:14:35,073 CHILDREN ONLY ONE. 574 00:14:35,074 --> 00:14:36,274 HELP THEM LIVE THAT LIFE. 575 00:14:36,275 --> 00:14:37,775 BUCKLE THEM INTO A CAR SEAT. 576 00:14:37,776 --> 00:14:39,043 NO ONE WANTS A CHILD TO BECOME 577 00:14:39,044 --> 00:14:41,479 OUR MEMORY. 578 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,581 ♪ MEMORY ♪ 579 00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:46,084 ♪ ALL ALONE IN THE 580 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:49,454 MOONLIGHT ♪ 581 00:14:49,455 --> 00:14:51,622 WELL, THAT WAS A LOT! 582 00:14:51,623 --> 00:14:52,323 I'D ALMOST FORGOTTEN ALL THOSE 583 00:14:52,324 --> 00:14:54,792 WEIRD CHARACTERS FROM "CATS", 584 00:14:54,793 --> 00:14:57,328 LIKE ANJELICASPLAT, TURNIP, 585 00:14:57,329 --> 00:14:58,296 ZAZZLE-SKUNK, OLD COLOSTOMY, 586 00:14:58,297 --> 00:14:59,964 SKEEZLE-JIZZ, NIPPLE-TWISTER, 587 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:01,265 AND MISTER BUMBLEFUCK. 588 00:15:01,266 --> 00:15:02,834 I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR REAL 589 00:15:02,835 --> 00:15:04,669 NAMES, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE 590 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:05,536 THAT'S CLOSE ENOUGH. 591 00:15:05,537 --> 00:15:06,070 THAT 592 00:15:06,071 --> 00:15:09,307 MUSICAL IS AN ABOMINATION. 593 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:09,874 IF THERE IS EVER A DAY THAT 594 00:15:09,875 --> 00:15:12,443 ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER HAS NO 595 00:15:12,444 --> 00:15:13,711 HATERS, THAT MEANS THAT I AM 596 00:15:13,712 --> 00:15:15,313 DEAD, AND SO, BY THE WAY, IS 597 00:15:15,314 --> 00:15:15,646 PATTI LuPONE. 598 00:15:15,647 --> 00:15:16,180 BUT OF COURSE, THAT AD IS 599 00:15:16,181 --> 00:15:16,681 COMPLETELY RIGHT. 600 00:15:16,682 --> 00:15:17,715 YOU DON'T WANT SOMEONE DRIVING 601 00:15:17,716 --> 00:15:20,018 UNSAFELY TO CLAIM THE LIFE OF A 602 00:15:20,019 --> 00:15:24,522 CHILD, A CHILD, A CHILD. 603 00:15:24,523 --> 00:15:26,624 BUT THE TRUTH IS, LOTS OF STOPS 604 00:15:26,625 --> 00:15:28,059 AREN'T ABOUT SAFETY AT ALL. 605 00:15:28,060 --> 00:15:29,660 IN FACT, MANY ARE SO-CALLED 606 00:15:29,661 --> 00:15:30,995 "PRETEXTUAL" STOPS-- BASICALLY, 607 00:15:30,996 --> 00:15:33,731 THE POLICE USING A MINOR TRAFFIC 608 00:15:33,732 --> 00:15:34,666 VIOLATION TO DETAIN YOU, WHILE 609 00:15:34,667 --> 00:15:35,600 THEY INVESTIGATE FOR FURTHER 610 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:36,234 EVIDENCE OF CRIMES LIKE ILLEGAL 611 00:15:36,235 --> 00:15:37,468 GUNS OR DRUGS. 612 00:15:37,469 --> 00:15:38,736 AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF LEEWAY TO 613 00:15:38,737 --> 00:15:40,171 DO THAT. 614 00:15:40,172 --> 00:15:41,739 BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES TO 615 00:15:41,740 --> 00:15:43,408 SEARCHING YOUR HOUSE, THE FOURTH 616 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:44,609 AMENDMENT GENERALLY REQUIRES 617 00:15:44,610 --> 00:15:45,677 POLICE GET A WARRANT APPROVED BY 618 00:15:45,678 --> 00:15:47,045 A JUDGE BEFOREHAND. 619 00:15:47,046 --> 00:15:48,680 BUT WHEN IT COMES TO CARS, THE 620 00:15:48,681 --> 00:15:51,149 COURTS DECIDED THAT-- BECAUSE 621 00:15:51,150 --> 00:15:52,350 CARS CAN DRIVE AWAY-- REQUIRING 622 00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:53,317 A WARRANT IS IMPRACTICAL. 623 00:15:53,318 --> 00:15:54,385 SO OVER THE YEARS, 624 00:15:54,386 --> 00:15:55,420 THE SUPREME COURT'S 625 00:15:55,421 --> 00:15:57,055 GIVEN POLICE WIDE DISCRETION IN 626 00:15:57,056 --> 00:15:58,956 HOW A TRAFFIC STOP IS HANDLED. 627 00:15:58,957 --> 00:16:00,358 AND IN 1996, IN 628 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:02,593 WHREN VS. THE U.S., IT FULLY 629 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:04,962 LEGALIZED PRETEXTUAL STOPS, 630 00:16:04,963 --> 00:16:05,963 UNANIMOUSLY RULING THAT THE 631 00:16:05,964 --> 00:16:08,599 "CONSTITUTIONAL REASONABLENESS" 632 00:16:08,600 --> 00:16:09,600 OF A STOP DID NOT DEPEND ON THE 633 00:16:09,601 --> 00:16:11,202 "ACTUAL MOTIVATIONS OF THE 634 00:16:11,203 --> 00:16:12,603 INDIVIDUAL OFFICERS INVOLVED." 635 00:16:12,604 --> 00:16:14,772 ESSENTIALLY, AS LONG AS POLICE 636 00:16:14,773 --> 00:16:17,241 HAVE EVIDENCE OF A TRAFFIC 637 00:16:17,242 --> 00:16:18,810 VIOLATION, HOWEVER MINOR, THEY 638 00:16:18,811 --> 00:16:20,211 CAN USE A SIMPLE STOP TO START A 639 00:16:20,212 --> 00:16:21,145 CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. 640 00:16:21,146 --> 00:16:23,014 AND WHAT THIS MEANS IN PRACTICE 641 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:24,148 IS THAT A LOT OF STOPS NOW 642 00:16:24,149 --> 00:16:25,683 AMOUNT TO JUST SHAKING PEOPLE 643 00:16:25,684 --> 00:16:26,751 DOWN TO SEE WHAT CRIMES FALL 644 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:27,652 OUT. 645 00:16:27,653 --> 00:16:29,921 ONE OF THE POPULAR MANUALS FOR 646 00:16:29,922 --> 00:16:30,888 TRAINING POLICE IN TRAFFIC 647 00:16:30,889 --> 00:16:33,057 INVESTIGATIONS FLAT-OUT STATES, 648 00:16:33,058 --> 00:16:33,791 "CRIMINAL PATROL IN LARGE PART 649 00:16:33,792 --> 00:16:35,226 IS A NUMBERS GAME" AND 650 00:16:35,227 --> 00:16:36,027 "YOU NEED A LOT OF CONTACTS TO 651 00:16:36,028 --> 00:16:37,295 FIND THE RELATIVELY FEW FELONY 652 00:16:37,296 --> 00:16:38,363 OFFENDERS YOU'RE MOST INTERESTED 653 00:16:38,364 --> 00:16:39,998 IN." 654 00:16:39,999 --> 00:16:41,666 ONE FORMER OFFICER HAS EVEN 655 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,601 ADMITTED, "WE FISH. 656 00:16:43,602 --> 00:16:44,702 IF I FOLLOW A CAR FOR FIVE 657 00:16:44,703 --> 00:16:46,971 MINUTES, I CAN ALWAYS FIND ONE 658 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:47,939 OR TWO MOVING VIOLATIONS." 659 00:16:47,940 --> 00:16:50,008 AND THAT'S TRUE. 660 00:16:50,009 --> 00:16:51,809 THERE ARE SO MANY LAWS ON THE 661 00:16:51,810 --> 00:16:52,710 BOOKS, A COP CAN ALWAYS FIND A 662 00:16:52,711 --> 00:16:55,046 REASON TO PULL SOMEONE OVER. 663 00:16:55,047 --> 00:16:56,781 EXPERTS SAY FINDING THE 664 00:16:56,782 --> 00:16:58,149 INITIAL REASON TO PULL SOMEONE 665 00:16:58,150 --> 00:16:59,884 OVER IS EASY. 666 00:16:59,885 --> 00:17:01,519 THAT BECAME QUICKLY APPARENT 667 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:02,553 DURING AN AFTERNOON WITH AN 668 00:17:02,554 --> 00:17:03,788 OFFICER OF THE OAKLAND, 669 00:17:03,789 --> 00:17:05,690 CALIFORNIA, POLICE DEPARTMENT. 670 00:17:05,691 --> 00:17:08,593 THIS INFINITI THAT DROVE BY 671 00:17:08,594 --> 00:17:09,527 HAS A BUMPER THAT'S LOOSE. 672 00:17:09,528 --> 00:17:10,428 THAT'S A VEHICLE CODE VIOLATION. 673 00:17:10,429 --> 00:17:11,429 ALL LIGHTS MUST WORK, RIGHT? 674 00:17:11,430 --> 00:17:12,063 SO HIS TOP BRAKE LIGHT DOES NOT 675 00:17:12,064 --> 00:17:13,264 WORK. 676 00:17:13,265 --> 00:17:13,965 SO I CAN STOP HIM FOR THAT. 677 00:17:13,966 --> 00:17:15,400 RIGHT. 678 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:17,368 AND IT'S NOT JUST LOOSE BUMPERS. 679 00:17:17,369 --> 00:17:18,670 THERE ARE TONS OF MINOR 680 00:17:18,671 --> 00:17:20,138 INFRACTIONS ON THE BOOKS. 681 00:17:20,139 --> 00:17:21,472 MASSACHUSETTS HAS A LIST OF 682 00:17:21,473 --> 00:17:22,840 TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS THAT'S 683 00:17:22,841 --> 00:17:24,042 25 PAGES LONG. 684 00:17:24,043 --> 00:17:27,679 FLORIDA'S IS 32 PAGES. 685 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:29,747 AND IN NEW YORK CITY, THE LIST 686 00:17:29,748 --> 00:17:32,784 IS 135 PAGES LONG. 687 00:17:32,785 --> 00:17:33,384 AND NO DRIVER IS GOING TO BE 688 00:17:33,385 --> 00:17:36,421 FAMILIAR WITH EVERY SINGLE RULE. 689 00:17:36,422 --> 00:17:37,655 NO ONE IS READING THAT WHOLE 690 00:17:37,656 --> 00:17:38,056 THING! 691 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:39,057 NOT EVEN ME, AND I HAVE RESTING 692 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:39,557 "READS TRAFFIC CODES FOR 693 00:17:39,558 --> 00:17:41,292 PLEASURE" FACE. 694 00:17:41,293 --> 00:17:42,226 AND SOME OF THE LAWS AROUND THE 695 00:17:42,227 --> 00:17:43,928 COUNTRY ARE TRULY ABSURD. 696 00:17:43,929 --> 00:17:45,430 SOME STATES, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE 697 00:17:45,431 --> 00:17:46,064 LAWS THAT PROHIBIT DRIVERS FROM 698 00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,032 HANGING OBJECTS FROM THEIR 699 00:17:48,033 --> 00:17:49,667 REARVIEW MIRRORS, INCLUDING 700 00:17:49,668 --> 00:17:52,136 AIR FRESHENERS AND ROSARY BEADS. 701 00:17:52,137 --> 00:17:52,770 INCIDENTALLY, A DANGLING 702 00:17:52,771 --> 00:17:53,938 AIR FRESHENER WAS A 703 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:56,341 JUSTIFICATION FOR PULLING OVER 704 00:17:56,342 --> 00:17:57,041 DAUNTE WRIGHT. 705 00:17:57,042 --> 00:17:58,476 BUT MANY OFFICERS WILL INSIST 706 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:00,078 PRETEXTUAL STOPS ARE ESSENTIAL 707 00:18:00,079 --> 00:18:03,081 TO FIGHTING CRIME. 708 00:18:03,082 --> 00:18:04,015 HERE IS A POLICE CHIEF, 709 00:18:04,016 --> 00:18:04,649 EXPLAINING WHY STOPPING SOMEONE 710 00:18:04,650 --> 00:18:05,450 FOR HAVING SOMETHING AS 711 00:18:05,451 --> 00:18:06,050 INNOCUOUS AS AN AIR FRESHENER 712 00:18:06,051 --> 00:18:08,319 ACTUALLY MAKES TOTAL SENSE. 713 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:09,354 SO IT COULD SEEM PETTY TO 714 00:18:09,355 --> 00:18:11,689 SOME PEOPLE. 715 00:18:11,690 --> 00:18:12,256 BUT IN MY 32 YEARS IN 716 00:18:12,257 --> 00:18:13,524 LAW ENFORCEMENT, I'VE SEEN MANY 717 00:18:13,525 --> 00:18:14,625 MINOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS LEAD TO 718 00:18:14,626 --> 00:18:15,960 BIG ARRESTS. 719 00:18:15,961 --> 00:18:17,428 WANTED FELONS, FUGITIVES FROM 720 00:18:17,429 --> 00:18:23,368 JUSTICE, MURDER SUSPECTS. 721 00:18:23,369 --> 00:18:23,901 BUT THAT IS STILL 722 00:18:23,902 --> 00:18:25,970 PETTY. 723 00:18:25,971 --> 00:18:26,971 IT IS PETTY TO PULL SOMEONE OVER 724 00:18:26,972 --> 00:18:27,538 FOR NOT WANTING THEIR CAR TO 725 00:18:27,539 --> 00:18:28,406 SMELL LIKE FARTS AND A YOGURT 726 00:18:28,407 --> 00:18:30,241 THEY KNOW IS BACK THERE 727 00:18:30,242 --> 00:18:31,676 SOMEWHERE BUT CANNOT FIND. 728 00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:33,311 AND WHEN PRESSED FOR EVIDENCE OF 729 00:18:33,312 --> 00:18:34,379 PRETEXTUAL STOPS BEING AN 730 00:18:34,380 --> 00:18:34,979 EFFECTIVE CRIME FIGHTING TOOL, 731 00:18:34,980 --> 00:18:36,881 COPS WILL CONSTANTLY BRING UP 732 00:18:36,882 --> 00:18:38,282 THAT THIS IS HOW A STATE TROOPER 733 00:18:38,283 --> 00:18:39,917 CAUGHT OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBER 734 00:18:39,918 --> 00:18:40,718 TIMOTHY McVEIGH, BY STOPPING HIM 735 00:18:40,719 --> 00:18:41,886 FOR DRIVING WITH NO LICENSE 736 00:18:41,887 --> 00:18:42,487 PLATE. 737 00:18:42,488 --> 00:18:44,822 IT'S A CASE THAT NOW HOLDS 738 00:18:44,823 --> 00:18:45,356 MYTHIC STATUS AMONG POLICE 739 00:18:45,357 --> 00:18:47,091 OFFICERS. 740 00:18:47,092 --> 00:18:48,459 WHICH IS A LITTLE WEIRD, BECAUSE 741 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:49,761 ONE, HE WAS ONLY CAUGHT AFTER 742 00:18:49,762 --> 00:18:51,095 THE BOMBING-- WHICH, TO BE 743 00:18:51,096 --> 00:18:52,163 HONEST, FEELS A LITTLE MORE LIKE 744 00:18:52,164 --> 00:18:53,131 A MISS THAN A HIT. 745 00:18:53,132 --> 00:18:54,298 AND TWO, THE REASON THEY WERE 746 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,601 ABLE TO ARREST HIM IS BECAUSE 747 00:18:56,602 --> 00:18:57,802 McVEIGH WAS CARRYING A CONCEALED 748 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,604 WEAPON, SOMETHING WHICH IS NOT 749 00:18:59,605 --> 00:19:00,271 ACTUALLY ILLEGAL IN OKLAHOMA 750 00:19:00,272 --> 00:19:02,173 ANYMORE. 751 00:19:02,174 --> 00:19:03,808 SO IF WE'VE ALL GOT OUR DICKS UP 752 00:19:03,809 --> 00:19:05,410 FOR "HANGING ON TO LAWS THAT 753 00:19:05,411 --> 00:19:06,711 CAUGHT TIMOTHY McVEIGH," LET'S 754 00:19:06,712 --> 00:19:08,312 GO AHEAD AND ADD GUN CONTROL TO 755 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:12,551 THAT PILE, SHALL WE? 756 00:19:13,553 --> 00:19:15,353 BUT THE TRUTH IS, RESEARCH HAS 757 00:19:15,354 --> 00:19:16,821 CONSISTENTLY SHOWN PRETEXTUAL 758 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:17,588 STOPS DO VERY LITTLE TO MAKE US 759 00:19:17,589 --> 00:19:17,789 SAFER. 760 00:19:17,790 --> 00:19:21,459 A PHILADELPHIA STUDY FOUND THAT, 761 00:19:21,460 --> 00:19:23,761 OUT OF 300,000 STOPS, ONLY 0.67% 762 00:19:23,762 --> 00:19:25,997 RECOVERED ANY SORT OF CONTRABAND 763 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:28,499 - WHICH COULD INCLUDE WEED-- 764 00:19:28,500 --> 00:19:29,367 AND JUST 0.17% RECOVERED ANY 765 00:19:29,368 --> 00:19:30,034 WEAPONS. 766 00:19:30,035 --> 00:19:32,103 SO WHEN YOU MEASURE THE SUCCESS 767 00:19:32,104 --> 00:19:33,571 RATE OF PRETEXTUAL STOPS WITH 768 00:19:33,572 --> 00:19:34,872 ANY METRIC OTHER THAN 769 00:19:34,873 --> 00:19:37,175 "PERCENTAGE OF TIMOTHY McVEIGHS 770 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:38,609 CAUGHT," THEY'RE A TREMENDOUS 771 00:19:38,610 --> 00:19:39,844 WASTE OF TIME. 772 00:19:39,845 --> 00:19:41,412 ALSO, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, IN 773 00:19:41,413 --> 00:19:42,513 SOME SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES, 774 00:19:42,514 --> 00:19:43,114 POLICE AREN'T JUST LOOKING FOR 775 00:19:43,115 --> 00:19:44,248 CRIMES. 776 00:19:44,249 --> 00:19:45,883 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR MONEY. 777 00:19:45,884 --> 00:19:47,318 THERE ARE TOWNS AROUND THE 778 00:19:47,319 --> 00:19:48,219 COUNTRY THAT HAVE RESORTED TO 779 00:19:48,220 --> 00:19:49,620 RAMPING UP TICKETING WHILE 780 00:19:49,621 --> 00:19:53,925 ENDURING BUDGETARY SHORTFALLS. 781 00:19:53,926 --> 00:19:54,692 BASICALLY, AS SOON AS THEIR 782 00:19:54,693 --> 00:19:55,226 BALANCE SHEET GETS WORSE, 783 00:19:55,227 --> 00:19:56,127 MAGICALLY, IT SEEMS, SO DO THE 784 00:19:56,128 --> 00:19:56,761 DRIVING SKILLS OF THE PEOPLE IN 785 00:19:56,762 --> 00:19:58,363 THEIR COMMUNITY. 786 00:19:58,364 --> 00:19:59,464 WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT THE 787 00:19:59,465 --> 00:20:01,265 PRACTICE OF USING MUNICIPAL 788 00:20:01,266 --> 00:20:02,734 VIOLATIONS TO FUND LOCAL 789 00:20:02,735 --> 00:20:03,968 GOVERNMENT, IN PLACES LIKE 790 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:05,103 FERGUSON, MISSOURI, AND 791 00:20:05,104 --> 00:20:05,536 BROOKSIDE, ALABAMA. 792 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:08,473 AND PEOPLE CAN STILL WIND UP 793 00:20:08,474 --> 00:20:09,040 BEING STOPPED, TICKETED, AND 794 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:09,674 EVEN IMPRISONED FOR INABILITY TO 795 00:20:09,675 --> 00:20:11,976 PAY. 796 00:20:11,977 --> 00:20:13,478 BECAUSE IN 17 STATES, MINOR 797 00:20:13,479 --> 00:20:16,014 TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS ARE 798 00:20:16,015 --> 00:20:16,714 ARRESTABLE OFFENSES THAT COME 799 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,050 WITH A CRIMINAL RECORD. 800 00:20:19,051 --> 00:20:20,518 AND EVEN IN STATES WHERE THAT'S 801 00:20:20,519 --> 00:20:21,352 NOT THE CASE, PEOPLE CAN STILL 802 00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:22,253 END UP IN JAIL BECAUSE MANY 803 00:20:22,254 --> 00:20:23,788 PLACES CAN LOCK YOU UP FOR 804 00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:24,889 FAILURE TO PAY FINES. 805 00:20:24,890 --> 00:20:27,091 JUST LISTEN TO THIS WOMAN FROM 806 00:20:27,092 --> 00:20:29,027 ST. LOUIS EXPLAIN HOW TRAFFIC 807 00:20:29,028 --> 00:20:29,660 FINES CAN QUICKLY SPIRAL INTO A 808 00:20:29,661 --> 00:20:32,196 DIRE SITUATION. 809 00:20:32,197 --> 00:20:35,133 HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN 810 00:20:35,134 --> 00:20:37,935 STOPPED? 811 00:20:37,936 --> 00:20:38,836 I'M IN ST. LOUIS. 812 00:20:38,837 --> 00:20:40,371 I DON'T KEEP COUNT OF THAT. 813 00:20:40,372 --> 00:20:41,906 FIVE? 814 00:20:41,907 --> 00:20:42,807 TEN? 815 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:44,409 KEEP GOING. 816 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:45,710 TEN WAS THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF 817 00:20:45,711 --> 00:20:47,945 TIMES I'VE BEEN LOCKED UP. 818 00:20:47,946 --> 00:20:49,080 SO TAKE THAT AND DOUBLE IT. 819 00:20:49,081 --> 00:20:50,348 I'VE BEEN STOPPED NO LESS THAN 820 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:51,049 20 TIMES. 821 00:20:51,050 --> 00:20:52,116 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO 822 00:20:52,117 --> 00:20:52,684 PAY THE FINE, YOU CAN GO TO 823 00:20:52,685 --> 00:20:52,884 COURT. 824 00:20:52,885 --> 00:20:55,520 WHEN YOU GO TO COURT, THEY'LL 825 00:20:55,521 --> 00:20:57,355 TELL YOU COURT COSTS, TICKET, 826 00:20:57,356 --> 00:20:57,955 PLUS FEES, DA, DA, DA, DA, DA. 827 00:20:57,956 --> 00:21:00,224 YOU NOW OWE $300. 828 00:21:00,225 --> 00:21:00,925 DO YOU HAVE $300 TO PAY TODAY? 829 00:21:00,926 --> 00:21:01,492 NO. 830 00:21:01,493 --> 00:21:02,727 ALL RIGHT, PUT YOU ON PAYMENT 831 00:21:02,728 --> 00:21:04,062 PLAN. 832 00:21:04,063 --> 00:21:07,865 SO EVERY MONTH, COME SEE US AND 833 00:21:07,866 --> 00:21:08,333 PAY THIS BY THE 21ST. 834 00:21:08,334 --> 00:21:09,534 IF NOT, WE'LL ISSUE YOU A 835 00:21:09,535 --> 00:21:09,967 WARRANT ON THE 22ND. 836 00:21:09,968 --> 00:21:11,703 MAKE YOUR PAYMENTS ON TIME 837 00:21:11,704 --> 00:21:13,838 OKAY. 838 00:21:13,839 --> 00:21:15,673 SO LET'S SAY, YOU DON'T MAKE 839 00:21:15,674 --> 00:21:16,307 THAT PAYMENT, YOU GET A WARRANT. 840 00:21:16,308 --> 00:21:16,741 SO WHAT DO YOU DO? 841 00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:17,842 IF YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES, YOU 842 00:21:17,843 --> 00:21:19,010 CAN PAY, BUT MOST PEOPLE DON'T 843 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:20,044 HAVE THE RESOURCES. 844 00:21:20,045 --> 00:21:21,512 SO YOU JUST-- YOU RUN. 845 00:21:21,513 --> 00:21:22,780 AND CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. 846 00:21:22,781 --> 00:21:23,781 HOW MANY WARRANTS DID YOU 847 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:25,049 RACK UP? 848 00:21:25,050 --> 00:21:26,017 AT ONE POINT IN TIME, I WAS 849 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:27,118 WANTED IN 11 DIFFERENT 850 00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:28,686 MUNICIPALITIES. 851 00:21:28,687 --> 00:21:29,754 11 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES. 852 00:21:29,755 --> 00:21:33,191 HOW DID YOU LIVE WITH THAT? 853 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:34,592 CAREFULLY. 854 00:21:34,593 --> 00:21:35,226 YEAH, THAT SEEMS ABOUT 855 00:21:35,227 --> 00:21:36,194 RIGHT! 856 00:21:36,195 --> 00:21:37,895 ASKING, "HOW DO YOU LIVE WITH 857 00:21:37,896 --> 00:21:39,497 11 WARRANTS?" IS A BIT LIKE 858 00:21:39,498 --> 00:21:40,932 ASKING, "HOW DO YOU HOLD A 859 00:21:40,933 --> 00:21:42,533 NEWBORN BABY?" OR "HOW DO YOU 860 00:21:42,534 --> 00:21:44,836 GIVE A PORCUPINE A HAND JOB?" 861 00:21:44,837 --> 00:21:45,503 FUCKING 862 00:21:45,504 --> 00:21:48,473 CAREFULLY. 863 00:21:48,474 --> 00:21:50,575 AND THE COST OF THESE STOPS IS 864 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:51,075 BORNE OVERWHELMINGLY BY 865 00:21:51,076 --> 00:21:51,743 COMMUNITIES OF COLOR, AND 866 00:21:51,744 --> 00:21:52,844 PARTICULARLY BLACK DRIVERS. 867 00:21:52,845 --> 00:21:54,846 ONE ANALYSIS OF MASSACHUSETTS 868 00:21:54,847 --> 00:21:56,881 COUNTY FOUND THAT POLICE PULL 869 00:21:56,882 --> 00:21:57,682 OVER BLACK DRIVERS AT MORE THAN 870 00:21:57,683 --> 00:21:59,450 TWICE THE RATE OF WHITE DRIVERS 871 00:21:59,451 --> 00:22:00,785 FOR NONTRAFFIC SAFETY 872 00:22:00,786 --> 00:22:03,154 VIOLATIONS, LIKE A BROKEN 873 00:22:03,155 --> 00:22:03,421 TAILLIGHT. 874 00:22:03,422 --> 00:22:05,189 AND MANY POLICE DEPARTMENTS-- 875 00:22:05,190 --> 00:22:06,024 EVEN LARGE ONES-- WILL OBSCURE 876 00:22:06,025 --> 00:22:08,593 THIS BY SIMPLY REFUSING TO TRACK 877 00:22:08,594 --> 00:22:09,193 THE RACIAL MAKEUP OF WHO THEY 878 00:22:09,194 --> 00:22:10,528 STOP AND TICKET. 879 00:22:10,529 --> 00:22:12,163 WHILE OTHERS WILL GATHER THE 880 00:22:12,164 --> 00:22:14,098 DATA, BUT FAIL TO CONNECT THE 881 00:22:14,099 --> 00:22:14,966 DOTS AS TO WHAT IT MEANS. 882 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:16,267 JUST WATCH THIS POLICE OFFICIAL 883 00:22:16,268 --> 00:22:17,802 IN NEW JERSEY CITE DATA OF HIS 884 00:22:17,803 --> 00:22:19,103 OWN, BEFORE HAVING HIS CASE 885 00:22:19,104 --> 00:22:21,072 DESTROYED WITH A SIMPLE 886 00:22:21,073 --> 00:22:22,240 STATISTIC. 887 00:22:22,241 --> 00:22:26,110 I MEAN, I PULLED OUR MOTOR 888 00:22:26,111 --> 00:22:27,645 VEHICLE STOP DATA BY RACE THIS 889 00:22:27,646 --> 00:22:28,179 MORNING BEFORE WE DID THE 890 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:28,646 INTERVIEW TO GET IT IN 891 00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:31,616 REAL-TIME. 892 00:22:31,617 --> 00:22:33,317 AND WE'RE AT 1814 MOTOR VEHICLE 893 00:22:33,318 --> 00:22:36,020 STOPS FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. 894 00:22:36,021 --> 00:22:40,258 AND 576 ARE HISPANIC, 573 WHITE, 895 00:22:40,259 --> 00:22:41,926 AND 574 AFRICAN-AMERICAN. 896 00:22:41,927 --> 00:22:42,560 SO IT IS PRETTY EVEN ACROSS THE 897 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:43,661 BOARD. 898 00:22:43,662 --> 00:22:45,196 AND IF IT EVER SPIKES, THEN 899 00:22:45,197 --> 00:22:46,097 WE'LL INVESTIGATE WHY. 900 00:22:46,098 --> 00:22:48,166 YEAH, BUT WHAT YOU JUST TOLD 901 00:22:48,167 --> 00:22:48,766 ME IS REALLY STARK BECAUSE 60% 902 00:22:48,767 --> 00:22:51,569 OF THE POPULATION OF BLOOMFIELD 903 00:22:51,570 --> 00:22:53,438 IS WHITE AND ONLY ABOUT 20% OF 904 00:22:53,439 --> 00:22:53,971 THE POPULATION IS BLACK. 905 00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:57,742 SO HOW DO YOU ACCOUNT FOR THAT? 906 00:22:57,743 --> 00:22:58,710 UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT'S 907 00:22:58,711 --> 00:22:59,377 BASICALLY WHERE OUR POLICE 908 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:00,111 OFFICERS ARE DEPLOYED. 909 00:23:00,112 --> 00:23:01,879 RIGHT! 910 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:03,314 IT'S ABOUT WHERE YOUR OFFICERS 911 00:23:03,315 --> 00:23:06,117 ARE DEPLOYED! 912 00:23:06,118 --> 00:23:07,251 YOU ARE SO CLOSE TO FIGURING IT 913 00:23:07,252 --> 00:23:07,418 OUT. 914 00:23:07,419 --> 00:23:08,386 YOU JUST NEED TO SEE THE OBVIOUS 915 00:23:08,387 --> 00:23:08,686 CONCLUSION. 916 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:09,754 IT'S LIKE WATCHING A 917 00:23:09,755 --> 00:23:11,556 FOURTH GRADER DO A 918 00:23:11,557 --> 00:23:12,657 MULTIPLICATION PROBLEM ON THE 919 00:23:12,658 --> 00:23:13,424 BLACKBOARD, GET ALL THE WAY TO 920 00:23:13,425 --> 00:23:13,991 THE END, AND THEN WRITE THE 921 00:23:13,992 --> 00:23:15,393 ANSWER, "WOODY ALLEN IS 922 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:15,660 INNOCENT." 923 00:23:15,661 --> 00:23:16,994 NO, WHAT? 924 00:23:16,995 --> 00:23:18,596 HOW DID YOU GET TO THAT? 925 00:23:18,597 --> 00:23:20,131 THE ANSWER'S STARING YOU IN THE 926 00:23:20,132 --> 00:23:21,466 FACE, YOU IDIOT! 927 00:23:21,467 --> 00:23:24,335 AND LOOK, RACIAL PROFILING 928 00:23:24,336 --> 00:23:25,737 DURING TRAFFIC STOPS IS 929 00:23:25,738 --> 00:23:26,838 OBVIOUSLY NOTHING NEW-- FROM 930 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:28,306 THE JIM CROW ERA SOUTH, ALL THE 931 00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:29,240 WAY THROUGH THE '80s, WHEN COPS 932 00:23:29,241 --> 00:23:31,142 WERE TRAINED USING A DRUG 933 00:23:31,143 --> 00:23:32,844 COURIER PROFILE, WHICH HAD THEM 934 00:23:32,845 --> 00:23:33,478 LOOKING FOR SUPPOSEDLY TELLTALE 935 00:23:33,479 --> 00:23:36,547 TRAITS LIKE "DREADLOCKS" AND 936 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:38,683 "WEARING LOTS OF GOLD JEWELRY." 937 00:23:38,684 --> 00:23:39,951 WHICH IS PROFILING BOTH 938 00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:43,021 BLACK PEOPLE AND I GUESS, 939 00:23:43,022 --> 00:23:44,489 VERY OCCASIONALLY, WHITE GIRLS 940 00:23:44,490 --> 00:23:45,123 NAMED BRANCH WHO MAKE THEIR OWN 941 00:23:45,124 --> 00:23:45,456 TAMPONS. 942 00:23:45,457 --> 00:23:48,059 BUT SHE'S GOING TO BE FINE. 943 00:23:48,060 --> 00:23:48,526 HER DAD IS A SENATOR. 944 00:23:48,527 --> 00:23:49,627 AND THAT WAS EVEN BEFORE THAT 945 00:23:49,628 --> 00:23:51,496 SUPREME COURT CASE I MENTIONED 946 00:23:51,497 --> 00:23:52,930 EARLIER, WHICH RAISED THE BAR TO 947 00:23:52,931 --> 00:23:54,399 PROVE CASES OF RACIAL BIAS. 948 00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:57,769 BECAUSE TO DO THAT NOW, YOU NEED 949 00:23:57,770 --> 00:23:59,671 TO ESTABLISH INTENT, WHICH IS 950 00:23:59,672 --> 00:24:00,304 OBVIOUSLY HARD, BECAUSE NO COP'S 951 00:24:00,305 --> 00:24:01,739 GOING TO EXPLICITLY ADMIT THEY 952 00:24:01,740 --> 00:24:03,141 PULLED YOU OVER BECAUSE OF YOUR 953 00:24:03,142 --> 00:24:05,309 RACE. 954 00:24:05,310 --> 00:24:06,144 AND THAT HAS LED COURTS TO ALLOW 955 00:24:06,145 --> 00:24:07,245 SOME PRETTY EXPLICIT PROFILING. 956 00:24:07,246 --> 00:24:09,647 ONE FEDERAL JUDGE EVEN REJECTED 957 00:24:09,648 --> 00:24:10,281 CLAIMS OF RACIAL INTENT AFTER AN 958 00:24:10,282 --> 00:24:11,215 OFFICER JUSTIFIED PULLING OVER A 959 00:24:11,216 --> 00:24:15,053 BLACK DRIVER BY SAYING, "ONE CAN 960 00:24:15,054 --> 00:24:16,220 NEVER TELL WITH YOU PEOPLE." 961 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:18,556 AND IF THAT DOESN'T PROVE RACIAL 962 00:24:18,557 --> 00:24:20,825 INTENT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT DOES. 963 00:24:20,826 --> 00:24:23,828 EVEN MORE RECENTLY, JUST LISTEN 964 00:24:23,829 --> 00:24:24,696 TO THE OFFICER WHO PULLED OVER 965 00:24:24,697 --> 00:24:25,496 PHILANDO CASTILE-- FOR A BROKEN 966 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:26,931 TAILLIGHT, BY THE WAY-- 967 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:29,000 EXPLAINING ON THE RADIO 968 00:24:29,001 --> 00:24:29,634 BEFOREHAND WHY HE WAS ABOUT TO 969 00:24:29,635 --> 00:24:31,703 DO THAT. 970 00:24:31,704 --> 00:24:33,338 I'M GOING TO STOP THE CAR. 971 00:24:33,339 --> 00:24:34,138 I'M GOING TO CHECK IDs. 972 00:24:34,139 --> 00:24:35,740 I HAVE REASON TO PULL OVER. 973 00:24:35,741 --> 00:24:38,242 THE DRIVER LOOKS MORE LIKE ONE 974 00:24:38,243 --> 00:24:40,144 OF OUR SUSPECTS, JUST CAUSE OF 975 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,212 THE WIDE-SET NOSE. 976 00:24:41,213 --> 00:24:43,281 HOLY SHIT. 977 00:24:43,282 --> 00:24:44,716 IT IS HARD TO ARGUE YOU'RE NOT 978 00:24:44,717 --> 00:24:45,683 PROFILING SOMEONE WHEN YOU'RE 979 00:24:45,684 --> 00:24:46,584 PULLING THEM OVER BECAUSE OF 980 00:24:46,585 --> 00:24:48,419 THEIR FACE'S LITERAL PROFILE. 981 00:24:48,420 --> 00:24:49,687 CASTILE WAS APPARENTLY PULLED 982 00:24:49,688 --> 00:24:51,789 OVER IN AND AROUND ST. PAUL, 983 00:24:51,790 --> 00:24:53,858 MINNESOTA, 46 TIMES, AMASSING 984 00:24:53,859 --> 00:24:57,295 MORE THAN $5,000 IN FINES. 985 00:24:57,296 --> 00:24:57,895 AND HIS MOTHER IS PRETTY CLEAR 986 00:24:57,896 --> 00:24:59,664 ABOUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO HIM. 987 00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:00,298 WHY DO YOU THINK YOUR SON WAS 988 00:25:00,299 --> 00:25:03,534 STOPPED SO MANY TIMES? 989 00:25:03,535 --> 00:25:07,238 BECAUSE HE WAS BLACK. 990 00:25:07,239 --> 00:25:08,706 I MEAN, NOBODY CAN BE THAT 991 00:25:08,707 --> 00:25:09,574 UNLUCKY. 992 00:25:09,575 --> 00:25:11,743 AND NOBODY IS THAT HORRIBLE OF A 993 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:13,044 DRIVER. 994 00:25:13,045 --> 00:25:14,579 IT WASN'T, HE RAN A STOP SIGN OR 995 00:25:14,580 --> 00:25:16,547 HE WAS IN A CAR ACCIDENT. 996 00:25:16,548 --> 00:25:19,283 IT'S NONE OF THAT. 997 00:25:19,284 --> 00:25:20,451 IT'S WHAT THEY CALL NOW PRETEXT 998 00:25:20,452 --> 00:25:22,320 STOPS. 999 00:25:22,321 --> 00:25:23,187 YEAH. 1000 00:25:23,188 --> 00:25:24,088 SHE'S JUST STATING THE OBVIOUS 1001 00:25:24,089 --> 00:25:26,190 THERE. 1002 00:25:26,191 --> 00:25:27,058 THERE IS NO OTHER 1003 00:25:27,059 --> 00:25:27,425 INTERPRETATION. 1004 00:25:27,426 --> 00:25:29,394 IT'S NOT SOME BIG UNSOLVABLE 1005 00:25:29,395 --> 00:25:30,895 MYSTERY, LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO 1006 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:32,196 AMELIA EARHART? 1007 00:25:32,197 --> 00:25:32,797 OR WHERE DO ALL YOUR SOCKS GO 1008 00:25:32,798 --> 00:25:33,998 WHEN YOU WASH THEM? 1009 00:25:33,999 --> 00:25:35,066 OR WHAT THE FUCK DO THESE TWO 1010 00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:36,834 TALK ABOUT? 1011 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:38,069 QUESTIONS NO ONE HAS AN ANSWER 1012 00:25:38,070 --> 00:25:38,903 TO. 1013 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:40,038 I'M NOT SAYING I'M NOT HAPPY FOR 1014 00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:42,940 THEM. 1015 00:25:42,941 --> 00:25:44,475 I AM HAPPY FOR THEM. 1016 00:25:44,476 --> 00:25:45,643 I'M HAPPY FOR THEM. 1017 00:25:45,644 --> 00:25:46,878 I'M SAYING, I DON'T KNOW WHAT 1018 00:25:46,879 --> 00:25:47,512 THEIR DINNER TABLE CONVERSATION 1019 00:25:47,513 --> 00:25:48,112 IS LIKE, AND I DON'T THINK YOU 1020 00:25:48,113 --> 00:25:50,748 DO, EITHER. 1021 00:25:50,749 --> 00:25:53,117 BUT WE ARE HAPPY FOR THEM. 1022 00:25:53,118 --> 00:25:54,385 I AM HAPPY FOR THEM. 1023 00:25:54,386 --> 00:25:56,454 THE POINT IS, 1024 00:25:56,455 --> 00:25:57,522 THE STAKES HERE ARE INCREDIBLY 1025 00:25:57,523 --> 00:25:57,722 HIGH. 1026 00:25:57,723 --> 00:25:58,923 AND INFURIATINGLY, COPS WILL 1027 00:25:58,924 --> 00:25:59,557 SOMETIMES GLIBLY REMIND DRIVERS 1028 00:25:59,558 --> 00:25:59,791 OF THAT. 1029 00:25:59,792 --> 00:26:00,358 JUST WATCH THIS INTERACTION 1030 00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:01,626 BETWEEN A FLORIDA OFFICER AND A 1031 00:26:01,627 --> 00:26:04,162 DRIVER HE SAW AS UNCOOPERATIVE. 1032 00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:05,430 29-YEAR-OLD GERARDSON 1033 00:26:05,431 --> 00:26:07,031 NICHOLAS WAS ON HIS WAY TO WORK 1034 00:26:07,032 --> 00:26:07,632 WHEN HE WAS PULLED OVER BY AN 1035 00:26:07,633 --> 00:26:09,233 OFFICER FOR NOT WEARING HIS 1036 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:09,801 SEATBELT. 1037 00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:11,102 LET'S SHOW YOU HOW IT ALL WENT 1038 00:26:11,103 --> 00:26:11,402 DOWN. 1039 00:26:11,403 --> 00:26:12,103 GOING TO JAIL TODAY? 1040 00:26:12,104 --> 00:26:12,770 I'M-- I'M GOING TO WORK, 1041 00:26:12,771 --> 00:26:13,871 MAN. 1042 00:26:13,872 --> 00:26:14,939 NO, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO WORK. 1043 00:26:14,940 --> 00:26:18,976 I'M GOING TO WORK. 1044 00:26:18,977 --> 00:26:19,977 YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE ME YOUR 1045 00:26:19,978 --> 00:26:20,611 DRIVER'S LICENSE, REGISTRATION, 1046 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:21,379 AND INSURANCE. 1047 00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:22,914 IF NOT, YOU WILL NOT BE GOING TO 1048 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,082 WORK TODAY. 1049 00:26:24,083 --> 00:26:25,283 SIMPLE THING, MAN. 1050 00:26:25,284 --> 00:26:26,584 THIS IS HOW YOU GUYS GET KILLED 1051 00:26:26,585 --> 00:26:28,386 OUT HERE, MAN. 1052 00:26:28,387 --> 00:26:29,187 WHAT? 1053 00:26:29,188 --> 00:26:31,823 SAY THAT AGAIN. 1054 00:26:31,824 --> 00:26:33,658 YEAH, "SAY THAT AGAIN." 1055 00:26:33,659 --> 00:26:34,258 THERE'S A LOT TO OBJECT TO IN 1056 00:26:34,259 --> 00:26:36,194 THAT EXCHANGE, BUT LET'S ZERO IN 1057 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:37,995 ON THE PASSIVITY OF THE WORDS 1058 00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:39,897 "GET KILLED" AS IF A SHOOTING IS 1059 00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,299 GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT JUST 1060 00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:42,066 HAPPENS AS OPPOSED TO AN ACTION 1061 00:26:42,067 --> 00:26:43,034 THAT OFFICER WOULD BE CHOOSING 1062 00:26:43,035 --> 00:26:44,902 TO TAKE. 1063 00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:46,604 AND ONE MAJOR REASON WHY COPS 1064 00:26:46,605 --> 00:26:48,306 MAY BE ESPECIALLY JUMPY DURING 1065 00:26:48,307 --> 00:26:49,540 STOPS IS THEY'RE ACTIVELY TAUGHT 1066 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:50,975 TO FEAR THEM. 1067 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:52,677 TRAINERS AND TACTICAL GUIDES 1068 00:26:52,678 --> 00:26:53,678 OFTEN CLAIM THAT VEHICLE STOPS 1069 00:26:53,679 --> 00:26:54,579 ACCOUNT FOR MORE KILLINGS OF 1070 00:26:54,580 --> 00:26:56,047 OFFICERS THAN ALMOST ANY OTHER 1071 00:26:56,048 --> 00:26:57,048 TYPE OF INTERACTION. 1072 00:26:57,049 --> 00:26:58,716 AND POLICE TRAINING REINFORCES 1073 00:26:58,717 --> 00:27:00,618 ALL OF THIS. 1074 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:01,919 JUST LAST YEAR, SOME FOOTAGE 1075 00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:03,654 CAME TO LIGHT FROM A SIX-DAY 1076 00:27:03,655 --> 00:27:05,990 TRAINING CONFERENCE FOR COPS 1077 00:27:05,991 --> 00:27:07,058 HELD IN NEW JERSEY, A 1078 00:27:07,059 --> 00:27:07,925 SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF WHICH 1079 00:27:07,926 --> 00:27:09,027 FOCUSED ON TRAFFIC 1080 00:27:09,028 --> 00:27:09,660 INVESTIGATIONS, AND ALSO 1081 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,763 FEATURED THIS BOLD MOTIVATIONAL 1082 00:27:11,764 --> 00:27:13,731 SPEECH. 1083 00:27:13,732 --> 00:27:14,666 I LOVE WHAT THE FUCK I DO FOR 1084 00:27:14,667 --> 00:27:15,433 A LIVING. 1085 00:27:15,434 --> 00:27:16,200 THERE'S NOTHING ELSE I'M GOOD 1086 00:27:16,201 --> 00:27:17,435 AT. 1087 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:19,303 I LOVE VIOLENCE, I LOVE 1088 00:27:19,304 --> 00:27:20,138 FIGHTING, I LOVE SHOOTING, AND I 1089 00:27:20,139 --> 00:27:21,572 FUCKING LOVE FREEDOM. 1090 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:22,874 IT WASN'T THAT LONG AGO THAT WE 1091 00:27:22,875 --> 00:27:23,675 WERE DRINKING OUT OF THE SKULLS 1092 00:27:23,676 --> 00:27:25,877 OF OUR ENEMIES. 1093 00:27:25,878 --> 00:27:27,111 LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I'M GONNA 1094 00:27:27,112 --> 00:27:27,945 FUCKING MURDER THIS GUY, THEN 1095 00:27:27,946 --> 00:27:28,546 I'M GONNA TAKE HIS HEAD, THEN 1096 00:27:28,547 --> 00:27:29,947 I'M GONNA CUT HIS HEAD IN HALF, 1097 00:27:29,948 --> 00:27:32,383 AND THEN I'M GONNA BOIL HIS 1098 00:27:32,384 --> 00:27:33,384 SKULL, AND THEN I'M GONNA DRINK 1099 00:27:33,385 --> 00:27:36,154 OUT OF THAT SKULL. 1100 00:27:36,155 --> 00:27:38,389 FUCKING RAD, RIGHT? 1101 00:27:38,390 --> 00:27:40,258 OKAY, FEW THINGS. 1102 00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:41,592 NO, NOT FUCKING RAD. 1103 00:27:41,593 --> 00:27:42,193 I DO BELIEVE YOU THAT 1104 00:27:42,194 --> 00:27:43,428 THERE'S NOTHING ELSE YOU'RE GOOD 1105 00:27:43,429 --> 00:27:44,629 AT. 1106 00:27:44,630 --> 00:27:45,963 AND LEAST IMPORTANTLY, WHY ARE 1107 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:46,564 YOU WEARING A SHIRT COVERED IN 1108 00:27:46,565 --> 00:27:48,399 ELEGANT BIRDS? 1109 00:27:48,400 --> 00:27:49,734 YOU'RE TALKING LIKE A DERANGED 1110 00:27:49,735 --> 00:27:51,402 SERIAL KILLER, BUT DRESSED LIKE 1111 00:27:51,403 --> 00:27:52,937 YOU'RE AT BRUNCH IN 1112 00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:53,504 WEST PALM BEACH. 1113 00:27:53,505 --> 00:27:54,439 THAT SHIRT DOESN'T REMOTELY 1114 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:55,973 MATCH YOUR PERSONA, WHICH, FROM 1115 00:27:55,974 --> 00:27:56,908 WHAT I CAN TELL IS "WHAT IF 1116 00:27:56,909 --> 00:27:57,875 SOMEONE FED MILO VENTIMIGLIA 1117 00:27:57,876 --> 00:27:58,976 NOTHING BUT RAW MEAT AND 1118 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:01,012 TRAUMA?" 1119 00:28:01,013 --> 00:28:02,146 THAT CONFERENCE WAS RUN BY A 1120 00:28:02,147 --> 00:28:03,548 COMPANY CALLED "STREET COP 1121 00:28:03,549 --> 00:28:05,183 TRAINING"-- WHOSE LOGO 1122 00:28:05,184 --> 00:28:05,750 APPARENTLY FEATURES AN EAGLE 1123 00:28:05,751 --> 00:28:07,618 DRY-HUMPING A POLICE BADGE. 1124 00:28:07,619 --> 00:28:09,721 THE COMPANY ESTIMATES IT TRAINS 1125 00:28:09,722 --> 00:28:11,656 BETWEEN 25,000 AND 30,000 1126 00:28:11,657 --> 00:28:13,991 OFFICERS NATIONWIDE EVERY YEAR. 1127 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:16,027 IN FACT, BETWEEN 2020 AND 2023, 1128 00:28:16,028 --> 00:28:17,995 PUBLIC AGENCIES IN AT LEAST 1129 00:28:17,996 --> 00:28:19,764 46 STATES PROVIDED DIRECT 1130 00:28:19,765 --> 00:28:22,400 PAYMENT TO STREET COP TRAINING. 1131 00:28:22,401 --> 00:28:24,035 THAT CONFERENCE YOU JUST SAW WAS 1132 00:28:24,036 --> 00:28:24,535 ATTENDED BY NEARLY 1,000 1133 00:28:24,536 --> 00:28:25,603 OFFICERS FROM AROUND THE 1134 00:28:25,604 --> 00:28:28,272 COUNTRY, WHO-- IN ADDITION TO 1135 00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:28,873 HEARING SPEECHES-- WERE ALSO 1136 00:28:28,874 --> 00:28:29,607 GIVEN WHAT WAS CALLED A 1137 00:28:29,608 --> 00:28:30,808 "REASONABLE SUSPICION FACTORS" 1138 00:28:30,809 --> 00:28:32,276 CHECKLIST-- A LIST OF BEHAVIORS 1139 00:28:32,277 --> 00:28:35,680 SUPPOSEDLY INDICATING WHEN A 1140 00:28:35,681 --> 00:28:36,647 DRIVER IS TRYING TO COVER UP A 1141 00:28:36,648 --> 00:28:37,081 MORE SERIOUS CRIME. 1142 00:28:37,082 --> 00:28:38,016 IT ADVISES LOOKING OUT FOR 1143 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:39,784 THINGS LIKE "PASSENGERS ON THEIR 1144 00:28:39,785 --> 00:28:41,552 CELL PHONE, USUALLY TEXTING" 1145 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:42,520 DURING A STOP, AND "NOT ALWAYS, 1146 00:28:42,521 --> 00:28:44,922 BUT OFTEN YAWNING." 1147 00:28:44,923 --> 00:28:46,090 THE CHECKLIST ALSO SAYS IT'S 1148 00:28:46,091 --> 00:28:48,426 SUSPICIOUS IF A DRIVER LOOKS 1149 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:49,660 AWAY FROM THE POLICE CAR WHILE 1150 00:28:49,661 --> 00:28:50,461 PASSING IT, BUT ALSO IF THEY 1151 00:28:50,462 --> 00:28:52,397 LOOK AT IT. 1152 00:28:52,398 --> 00:28:53,531 LEAVING THE OPTION OF "CLOSING 1153 00:28:53,532 --> 00:28:55,933 YOUR EYES WHILE DRIVING PAST A 1154 00:28:55,934 --> 00:28:57,001 POLICE CAR" WHICH FEELS... 1155 00:28:57,002 --> 00:28:57,502 BAD. 1156 00:28:57,503 --> 00:28:59,103 AND YOU KNOW WHO'D AGREE? 1157 00:28:59,104 --> 00:28:59,704 THOSE ROAD SAFETY FREAKS FROM 1158 00:28:59,705 --> 00:29:01,239 "CATS." 1159 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,007 YOU KNOW, LIKE RUMPLE-WEASEL, 1160 00:29:03,008 --> 00:29:04,375 CRUMPLE-BUTT, JUMBLE-SCAT, 1161 00:29:04,376 --> 00:29:05,810 LICKETY-FLOP, JAZZLE-BANGER, 1162 00:29:05,811 --> 00:29:07,879 JINGLE-SPHINCTER, AND 1163 00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:10,748 OF COURSE, OLD TINKLE-SHIT. 1164 00:29:10,749 --> 00:29:11,349 AGAIN, I DON'T REMEMBER THEIR 1165 00:29:11,350 --> 00:29:12,083 NAMES, AND I'M NOT WILLING TO 1166 00:29:12,084 --> 00:29:14,052 LEARN. 1167 00:29:14,053 --> 00:29:16,320 ALL IN ALL, WHAT WAS TAUGHT AT 1168 00:29:16,321 --> 00:29:17,689 THAT CONFERENCE WAS SO 1169 00:29:17,690 --> 00:29:18,756 EGREGIOUS, NEW JERSEY'S OFFICE 1170 00:29:18,757 --> 00:29:19,791 OF THE STATE COMPTROLLER FOUND 1171 00:29:19,792 --> 00:29:21,159 THAT A NUMBER OF THE TACTICS 1172 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,360 WERE BOTH UNJUSTIFIABLY 1173 00:29:22,361 --> 00:29:24,429 HARASSING AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL. 1174 00:29:24,430 --> 00:29:26,130 AND FOR ALL THE FEAR PUMPED INTO 1175 00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:27,065 COPS, I SHOULD NOTE THAT-- 1176 00:29:27,066 --> 00:29:30,001 WHILE IT CAN, OF COURSE, BE A 1177 00:29:30,002 --> 00:29:32,270 DANGEROUS JOB-- STUDIES HAVE 1178 00:29:32,271 --> 00:29:35,773 SHOWN THE DANGERS OF STOPS HAVE 1179 00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,041 OFFICER'S CHANCE OF BEING KILLED 1180 00:29:37,042 --> 00:29:38,576 DURING A STOP ESTIMATED AT 1181 00:29:38,577 --> 00:29:40,111 SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1182 00:29:40,112 --> 00:29:41,746 1 IN 3.6 MILLION AND 1183 00:29:41,747 --> 00:29:43,181 1 IN 6.5 MILLION. 1184 00:29:43,182 --> 00:29:44,816 AS ONE D.A. WHO'S CALLED FOR 1185 00:29:44,817 --> 00:29:46,884 POLICE REFORM HAS SAID, THE RISK 1186 00:29:46,885 --> 00:29:48,152 IS STATISTICALLY NEGLIGIBLE, BUT 1187 00:29:48,153 --> 00:29:52,023 EXISTENTIALLY AMPLIFIED. 1188 00:29:52,024 --> 00:29:53,391 AND IT IS NOTABLE THAT, DURING 1189 00:29:53,392 --> 00:29:54,292 CERTAIN ENCOUNTERS, COPS DO SEEM 1190 00:29:54,293 --> 00:29:55,059 ABLE TO HAVE LESS OF A HAIR 1191 00:29:55,060 --> 00:29:55,727 TRIGGER. 1192 00:29:55,728 --> 00:29:58,029 BECAUSE WHILE THAT MAN IN 1193 00:29:58,030 --> 00:30:00,031 FLORIDA GOT LECTURED FOR HAVING 1194 00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:00,665 THE TEMERITY TO TALK BACK TO AN 1195 00:30:00,666 --> 00:30:01,699 OFFICER, JUST WATCH THIS COP 1196 00:30:01,700 --> 00:30:04,335 DEAL WITH A DRIVER IMMEDIATELY 1197 00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:06,037 DOING A LOT MORE THAN THAT. 1198 00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:07,005 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE 1199 00:30:07,006 --> 00:30:09,173 DOING, PULLING ME OVER? 1200 00:30:09,174 --> 00:30:10,008 FOR BLOWING MY HORN? 1201 00:30:10,009 --> 00:30:13,077 SIR, GO BACK INTO YOUR CAR. 1202 00:30:13,078 --> 00:30:14,178 I'LL BE WITH YOU IN A SECOND. 1203 00:30:14,179 --> 00:30:14,779 YOU BETTER CHECK THE 1204 00:30:14,780 --> 00:30:15,513 REGISTRATION ON THIS PLATE SOON, 1205 00:30:15,514 --> 00:30:16,114 MISTER. 1206 00:30:16,115 --> 00:30:17,982 WOW. 1207 00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:20,651 THAT GUY EXITED THE CAR WITH 1208 00:30:20,652 --> 00:30:21,986 FULL RIGHTEOUS BITCH ENERGY. 1209 00:30:21,987 --> 00:30:23,154 HE DELIVERED THAT LINE WITH THE 1210 00:30:23,155 --> 00:30:24,155 CONVICTION OF JULIA ROBERTS IN 1211 00:30:24,156 --> 00:30:24,522 "PRETTY WOMAN." 1212 00:30:24,523 --> 00:30:25,123 BIG MISTAKE! 1213 00:30:25,124 --> 00:30:26,290 BIG! 1214 00:30:26,291 --> 00:30:29,527 HUGE! 1215 00:30:29,528 --> 00:30:32,163 THAT GUY, BY THE WAY, WAS A 1216 00:30:32,164 --> 00:30:33,464 COUNTY JUDGE, AND WHEN THE COP 1217 00:30:33,465 --> 00:30:34,232 FOUND THAT OUT, AFTER CHECKING 1218 00:30:34,233 --> 00:30:35,267 HIS REGISTRATION, THIS IS HOW 1219 00:30:37,270 --> 00:30:38,569 HAVE A GOOD DAY, JUDGE. 1220 00:30:38,570 --> 00:30:39,704 YOU BET. 1221 00:30:39,705 --> 00:30:41,539 "YOU BET." 1222 00:30:41,540 --> 00:30:42,440 RESPONDING TO "HAVE A GOOD DAY" 1223 00:30:42,441 --> 00:30:43,608 WITH "YOU BET" INSTEAD OF SAYING 1224 00:30:43,609 --> 00:30:45,576 "YOU TOO" IS A LEVEL OF PETTY 1225 00:30:45,577 --> 00:30:47,111 SELF-ASSUREDNESS I'LL NEVER 1226 00:30:47,112 --> 00:30:48,413 ATTAIN. 1227 00:30:48,414 --> 00:30:49,781 WHEN THAT MAN ORDERS AT A 1228 00:30:49,782 --> 00:30:51,315 RESTAURANT AND WAITERS TELL HIM, 1229 00:30:51,316 --> 00:30:53,484 "GOOD CHOICE," HE SAYS, "I 1230 00:30:53,485 --> 00:30:54,252 KNOW." 1231 00:30:54,253 --> 00:30:55,353 AND INCIDENTALLY, YOU MIGHT 1232 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,688 ASSUME THE BACK OF HIS CAR IS 1233 00:30:56,689 --> 00:30:57,689 BLACKED OUT THERE TO HIDE HIS 1234 00:30:57,690 --> 00:30:58,423 LICENSE PLATE, BUT I'M GOING TO 1235 00:30:58,424 --> 00:31:00,158 CHOOSE TO BELIEVE IT'S BECAUSE 1236 00:31:00,159 --> 00:31:02,226 HE WAS PROUDLY DISPLAYING ONE OF 1237 00:31:02,227 --> 00:31:04,328 THOSE "I EAT ASS" STICKERS. 1238 00:31:04,329 --> 00:31:06,931 PROVE ME WRONG, JUDGE! 1239 00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:09,802 PROVE ME WRONG! 1240 00:31:11,871 --> 00:31:12,503 AND FOR BLACK DRIVERS, EVEN WHEN 1241 00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:13,538 TRAFFIC STOPS DON'T RESULT IN A 1242 00:31:13,539 --> 00:31:14,172 SHOOTING, OR AN ARREST, OR EVEN 1243 00:31:14,173 --> 00:31:16,941 A FINE, THERE CAN STILL BE REAL 1244 00:31:16,942 --> 00:31:17,542 HARM FROM THE STEADY WEAR AND 1245 00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:18,543 TEAR THAT COMES FROM 1246 00:31:18,544 --> 00:31:20,712 DEHUMANIZING INTERACTIONS. 1247 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:22,046 TAKE WHAT HAPPENED TO 1248 00:31:22,047 --> 00:31:23,715 TAE-AHN LEA, A TEENAGER WHO IN 1249 00:31:23,716 --> 00:31:24,682 2018 WAS DRIVING HOME AFTER 1250 00:31:24,683 --> 00:31:25,316 GRABBING A SLUSHY AND CHIPS AT A 1251 00:31:25,317 --> 00:31:26,651 GAS STATION. 1252 00:31:26,652 --> 00:31:28,186 HE WAS PULLED OVER FOR 1253 00:31:28,187 --> 00:31:29,987 SUPPOSEDLY MAKING TOO WIDE A 1254 00:31:29,988 --> 00:31:31,756 TURN, SUBJECTED TO QUESTIONING 1255 00:31:31,757 --> 00:31:33,191 ABOUT WHETHER HE HAD DRUGS IN 1256 00:31:33,192 --> 00:31:34,359 THE CAR-- WHICH HE DIDN'T-- 1257 00:31:34,360 --> 00:31:36,928 AND WAS THEN ORDERED TO STEP 1258 00:31:36,929 --> 00:31:37,795 OUTSIDE, WHERE HE WAS HANDCUFFED 1259 00:31:37,796 --> 00:31:38,730 AND FRISKED WHILE POLICE 1260 00:31:38,731 --> 00:31:39,797 SEARCHED HIS VEHICLE. 1261 00:31:39,798 --> 00:31:40,431 AND JUST WATCH HOW, WHEN A COP 1262 00:31:40,432 --> 00:31:42,066 TRIES TO BLAME HIM FOR THE STOP, 1263 00:31:42,067 --> 00:31:44,569 LEA CALLS HIM ON HIS BULLSHIT. 1264 00:31:44,570 --> 00:31:46,270 IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING 1265 00:31:46,271 --> 00:31:48,473 WHY DO YOU HAVE LIKE THIS 1266 00:31:48,474 --> 00:31:51,943 NEGATIVE VIEW TOWARDS THE 1267 00:31:51,944 --> 00:31:54,245 POLICE, WHAT'S THE DEAL? 1268 00:31:54,246 --> 00:31:55,646 WHATEVER-- WHAT'S EVER HAPPENED 1269 00:31:55,647 --> 00:31:57,048 IN YOUR LIFE PERSONALLY? 1270 00:31:57,049 --> 00:31:57,682 WERE YOU, LIKE, CAN YOU GIVE ME 1271 00:31:57,683 --> 00:31:58,983 A GOOD EXPLANATION? 1272 00:31:58,984 --> 00:32:02,587 ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. 1273 00:32:02,588 --> 00:32:03,788 REALLY? 1274 00:32:03,789 --> 00:32:05,957 FUCKING, I GRADUATED. 1275 00:32:05,958 --> 00:32:06,424 I GOT A GOOD ASS JOB. 1276 00:32:06,425 --> 00:32:07,592 I GRADUATED WITH THREE FULL-RIDE 1277 00:32:07,593 --> 00:32:09,060 SCHOLARSHIPS. 1278 00:32:09,061 --> 00:32:09,627 I DIDN'T NEVER DO SHIT IN MY 1279 00:32:09,628 --> 00:32:11,529 LIFE. 1280 00:32:11,530 --> 00:32:12,864 I'VE BEEN IN THE HOUSE ALL DAY. 1281 00:32:12,865 --> 00:32:16,300 SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? 1282 00:32:16,301 --> 00:32:17,402 LIKE, WHY ARE WE-- WHY ARE WE 1283 00:32:17,403 --> 00:32:19,704 IN THIS SITUATION? 1284 00:32:19,705 --> 00:32:20,872 YOU FUCKING YOU PUT ME IN 1285 00:32:20,873 --> 00:32:21,239 THIS SITUATION. 1286 00:32:21,240 --> 00:32:21,873 WE DIDN'T DO-- WE DIDN'T DO 1287 00:32:21,874 --> 00:32:23,408 IT. 1288 00:32:23,409 --> 00:32:23,875 YOU PULLED ME OVER. 1289 00:32:23,876 --> 00:32:24,642 YEAH, OF COURSE IT'S 1290 00:32:24,643 --> 00:32:25,243 THAT COP'S FAULT. 1291 00:32:25,244 --> 00:32:26,077 HE'S PLAYING DUMB WHILE CREATING 1292 00:32:26,078 --> 00:32:29,248 THE PROBLEM! 1293 00:32:29,883 --> 00:32:30,615 "WHY ARE YOU SO BUMMED OUT RIGHT 1294 00:32:30,616 --> 00:32:30,815 NOW?" 1295 00:32:30,816 --> 00:32:31,816 AS IF I HAVEN'T BEEN 1296 00:32:31,817 --> 00:32:32,684 PROFESSIONALLY BUMMING YOU OUT 1297 00:32:32,685 --> 00:32:35,753 FOR THE PAST 25 MINUTES. 1298 00:32:35,754 --> 00:32:37,321 THE COP WHO PULLED LEA OVER 1299 00:32:37,322 --> 00:32:38,690 LATER TESTIFIED THAT HE BELIEVED 1300 00:32:38,691 --> 00:32:40,158 HE WAS ARMED BECAUSE OF "THE 1301 00:32:40,159 --> 00:32:42,126 INTERACTION WITH HIM AND SEEING 1302 00:32:42,127 --> 00:32:44,595 HIM DISPLAY THE NERVOUSNESS," 1303 00:32:44,596 --> 00:32:45,596 WHICH IS CLEARLY RIDICULOUS. 1304 00:32:45,597 --> 00:32:46,364 AND THANKFULLY, A JUDGE LATER 1305 00:32:46,365 --> 00:32:47,665 SIDED WITH LEA, RULING THAT 1306 00:32:47,666 --> 00:32:48,433 "NERVOUSNESS ALONE IS NOT A 1307 00:32:48,434 --> 00:32:49,667 SUFFICIENT BASIS ON WHICH TO 1308 00:32:49,668 --> 00:32:50,768 ARTICULATE REASONABLE 1309 00:32:50,769 --> 00:32:53,971 SUSPICION." 1310 00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:56,007 A LEGAL RATIONALE EXPERTS REFER 1311 00:32:56,008 --> 00:32:58,076 TO AS "A FUCKIN' DUH." 1312 00:32:58,077 --> 00:32:59,877 THAT COP ALSO TRIED TO JUSTIFY 1313 00:32:59,878 --> 00:33:00,478 HIS ACTIONS BY MENTIONING THE 1314 00:33:00,479 --> 00:33:02,246 PRESENCE OF A SMALL SOUVENIR 1315 00:33:02,247 --> 00:33:03,548 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER BAT IN THE 1316 00:33:03,549 --> 00:33:04,415 CAR, WHICH HE CLAIMED COULD HAVE 1317 00:33:04,416 --> 00:33:06,117 BEEN USED AS A WEAPON. 1318 00:33:06,118 --> 00:33:08,286 BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW THE "BAT" IN 1319 00:33:08,287 --> 00:33:09,320 QUESTION WAS ONE OF THESE, 1320 00:33:09,321 --> 00:33:14,826 WEIGHING ONLY SIX OUNCES. 1321 00:33:14,827 --> 00:33:15,426 AND I'M SORRY, BUT THAT IS NOT 1322 00:33:15,427 --> 00:33:16,127 LONG ENOUGH TO BE A WEAPON. 1323 00:33:16,128 --> 00:33:17,395 IT'S BARELY LONG ENOUGH TO BE 1324 00:33:17,396 --> 00:33:18,496 ONE OF PINOCCHIO'S NOSE BONERS. 1325 00:33:18,497 --> 00:33:20,398 AS THAT STOP CONTINUED, ANOTHER 1326 00:33:20,399 --> 00:33:21,733 COP ARRIVED, AND SO DID LEA'S 1327 00:33:21,734 --> 00:33:23,368 MOTHER, WHO ASKED HIM WHY HER 1328 00:33:23,369 --> 00:33:25,003 SON WAS BEING TREATED THIS WAY. 1329 00:33:25,004 --> 00:33:26,004 AND HE EXPLAINED THEY WERE 1330 00:33:26,005 --> 00:33:27,538 ACTUALLY PART OF A SERIOUS CRIME 1331 00:33:27,539 --> 00:33:29,240 UNIT, AND ESSENTIALLY ADMITTED 1332 00:33:29,241 --> 00:33:29,807 THAT DOING BULLSHIT TRAFFIC 1333 00:33:29,808 --> 00:33:30,408 STOPS WAS A KEY PART OF THEIR 1334 00:33:30,409 --> 00:33:33,378 JOB. 1335 00:33:33,379 --> 00:33:34,645 SO WHAT WE DO-- ONE OF THE 1336 00:33:34,646 --> 00:33:37,615 ASPECTS OF WHAT WE DO IS WE 1337 00:33:37,616 --> 00:33:40,451 FOCUS ON TRAFFIC STOPS, OKAY? 1338 00:33:40,452 --> 00:33:41,052 RIGHT NOW-- YOU LISTENING TO 1339 00:33:41,053 --> 00:33:44,922 ME? 1340 00:33:44,923 --> 00:33:45,923 YEAH, I'M LISTENING. 1341 00:33:45,924 --> 00:33:46,691 RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS BEEN 1342 00:33:46,692 --> 00:33:48,092 PLAGUED BY GUN-- 1343 00:33:48,093 --> 00:33:48,693 I DON'T WANT THE HISTORY, I 1344 00:33:48,694 --> 00:33:49,327 JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY MY SON-- 1345 00:33:49,328 --> 00:33:49,927 WHEN I SAY RIGHT NOW, IT'S 1346 00:33:49,928 --> 00:33:50,228 NOT HISTORY. 1347 00:33:50,229 --> 00:33:51,129 I'M TELLING YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING 1348 00:33:51,130 --> 00:33:52,230 RIGHT NOW, OKAY, AND I'M TRYING 1349 00:33:52,231 --> 00:33:53,498 TO JUST LET YOU UNDERSTAND. 1350 00:33:53,499 --> 00:33:54,499 BUT IT'S LIKE YOU DON'T WANT TO 1351 00:33:54,500 --> 00:33:54,832 HEAR IT. 1352 00:33:54,833 --> 00:33:56,134 I JUST WANT TO HEAR ABOUT MY 1353 00:33:56,135 --> 00:33:56,434 SON. 1354 00:33:56,435 --> 00:33:57,201 I KNOW THE STATISTICS-- 1355 00:33:57,202 --> 00:34:01,372 I'M GETTING TO THAT. 1356 00:34:01,373 --> 00:34:02,607 I KNOW ALL ABOUT. 1357 00:34:02,608 --> 00:34:03,107 I'M GETTING TO THAT. 1358 00:34:03,108 --> 00:34:04,175 I'M TELLING YOU WHY YOUR SON IS 1359 00:34:04,176 --> 00:34:04,876 BEING STOPPED AND WHY HE'S OUT 1360 00:34:04,877 --> 00:34:05,610 OF THE CAR BUT YOU'RE NOT 1361 00:34:05,611 --> 00:34:06,277 ALLOWING ME TO DO THAT. 1362 00:34:06,278 --> 00:34:08,579 SO IT'S A TRAFFIC INFRACTION 1363 00:34:08,580 --> 00:34:09,681 THAT HE WAS STOPPED FOR, OKAY? 1364 00:34:09,682 --> 00:34:11,149 I DON'T BELIEVE THAT. 1365 00:34:11,150 --> 00:34:11,749 BUT OKAY. 1366 00:34:11,750 --> 00:34:12,850 YOU DON'T BELIEVE IT? 1367 00:34:12,851 --> 00:34:14,452 YOU WEREN'T HERE. 1368 00:34:14,453 --> 00:34:14,986 YOU DIDN'T SEE IT. 1369 00:34:14,987 --> 00:34:15,453 YOU WASN'T EITHER. 1370 00:34:15,454 --> 00:34:16,120 I KNOW. 1371 00:34:16,121 --> 00:34:17,321 YOU BELIEVE YOUR GUY AND I 1372 00:34:17,322 --> 00:34:19,290 BELIEVE MY SON, SO WE'RE EVEN. 1373 00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:20,224 HAS YOUR SON EVER MADE A 1374 00:34:20,225 --> 00:34:20,825 TRAFFIC INFRACTION, YOU THINK? 1375 00:34:20,826 --> 00:34:21,225 NO, HE HAS NOT. 1376 00:34:21,226 --> 00:34:21,793 HE'S NEVER MADE A TRAFFIC 1377 00:34:21,794 --> 00:34:22,093 INFRACTION. 1378 00:34:22,094 --> 00:34:23,161 HE HAS NOT. 1379 00:34:23,162 --> 00:34:24,529 I BET WE COULD WATCH HIM 1380 00:34:24,530 --> 00:34:25,163 DRIVE FOR FIVE MINUTES AND PICK 1381 00:34:25,164 --> 00:34:25,697 OUT A TRAFFIC INFRACTION. 1382 00:34:25,698 --> 00:34:31,269 I BET YOU COULD. 1383 00:34:31,270 --> 00:34:32,136 YEAH, SHE IS RIGHT. 1384 00:34:32,137 --> 00:34:32,904 SHE'S ALSO SHOWING SUPERHUMAN 1385 00:34:32,905 --> 00:34:34,372 RESTRAINT, IN THE FACE OF 1386 00:34:34,373 --> 00:34:36,207 SOMETHING UTTERLY ENRAGING. 1387 00:34:36,208 --> 00:34:36,808 BECAUSE "I BET WE COULD FIND A 1388 00:34:36,809 --> 00:34:37,442 BULLSHIT REASON TO PULL YOUR SON 1389 00:34:37,443 --> 00:34:39,243 OVER" JUST ISN'T THE FLEX THAT 1390 00:34:39,244 --> 00:34:41,646 COP SEEMS TO THINK IT IS. 1391 00:34:41,647 --> 00:34:42,413 IT'S ACTUALLY KIND OF THE WHOLE 1392 00:34:42,414 --> 00:34:43,581 PROBLEM HERE. 1393 00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:45,616 IN FACT, THE COP WHO ORIGINALLY 1394 00:34:45,617 --> 00:34:46,217 DETAINED LEA ACTUALLY TOLD HIM 1395 00:34:46,218 --> 00:34:48,753 AT ONE POINT, "WE'RE GOING TO 1396 00:34:48,754 --> 00:34:50,455 STOP 30 MORE PEOPLE AFTER YOU," 1397 00:34:50,456 --> 00:34:52,023 SHOWING THAT STOP WASN'T ABOUT 1398 00:34:52,024 --> 00:34:53,825 ONE BAD INTERACTION. 1399 00:34:53,826 --> 00:34:55,860 IT WAS A BAD SYSTEM, WORKING 1400 00:34:55,861 --> 00:34:57,528 EXACTLY AS DESIGNED. 1401 00:34:57,529 --> 00:35:00,798 SO WHAT DO WE DO? 1402 00:35:00,799 --> 00:35:01,733 WELL, I WOULD ARGUE THE FIRST 1403 00:35:01,734 --> 00:35:02,367 THING WE SHOULD DO IS INCREDIBLY 1404 00:35:02,368 --> 00:35:02,600 SIMPLE. 1405 00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:03,201 AND THAT'S TO JUST STOP DOING 1406 00:35:03,202 --> 00:35:05,269 PRETEXTUAL STOPS. 1407 00:35:05,270 --> 00:35:10,742 AND ONE BIG STEP TOWARD THAT 1408 00:35:10,743 --> 00:35:13,311 WOULD BE ELIMINATING 1409 00:35:13,312 --> 00:35:14,445 NON-SAFETY RELATED STOPS. 1410 00:35:14,446 --> 00:35:15,079 AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE SAYING 1411 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:15,446 THIS. 1412 00:35:15,447 --> 00:35:16,481 IN CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY, 1413 00:35:16,482 --> 00:35:17,081 ACTIVISTS HAVE PUSHED FOR THIS 1414 00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:18,616 CHANGE. 1415 00:35:18,617 --> 00:35:19,417 IN ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, THIS 1416 00:35:19,418 --> 00:35:20,485 CITY COUNCILWOMAN PUSHED TO 1417 00:35:20,486 --> 00:35:21,319 REDUCE THE USE OF PRETEXTUAL 1418 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:22,053 STOPS-- IN PART OUT OF FEAR FOR 1419 00:35:22,054 --> 00:35:22,820 HER SONS-- AND LAST YEAR, THAT 1420 00:35:22,821 --> 00:35:25,323 LAW ACTUALLY PASSED. 1421 00:35:25,324 --> 00:35:28,426 WE ARE TRYING TO SET AN 1422 00:35:28,427 --> 00:35:29,927 EXAMPLE ABOUT WHAT POLICING 1423 00:35:29,928 --> 00:35:30,895 COULD LOOK LIKE. 1424 00:35:30,896 --> 00:35:33,665 A CRACKED WINDSHIELD, TINTED 1425 00:35:33,666 --> 00:35:34,265 WINDOWS, LOUD EXHAUST, BROKEN 1426 00:35:34,266 --> 00:35:36,401 TAILLIGHT, OR EXPIRED 1427 00:35:36,402 --> 00:35:38,336 REGISTRATION OR PLATES AND OTHER 1428 00:35:38,337 --> 00:35:40,204 NON-SAFETY-RELATED ISSUES WOULD 1429 00:35:40,205 --> 00:35:40,838 BECOME NO LONGER BE GROUNDS FOR 1430 00:35:40,839 --> 00:35:41,372 A STOP. 1431 00:35:41,373 --> 00:35:42,473 STOPS INVOLVING SPEEDING, 1432 00:35:42,474 --> 00:35:44,075 RECKLESS DRIVING, AND OTHER 1433 00:35:44,076 --> 00:35:44,942 SERIOUS VIOLATIONS WOULD REMAIN 1434 00:35:44,943 --> 00:35:46,811 PRIORITY. 1435 00:35:46,812 --> 00:35:52,617 THIS FREES UP POLICE TO WORK 1436 00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:53,451 ON THOSE TYPES OF PRIMARY 1437 00:35:53,452 --> 00:35:53,718 OFFENSES. 1438 00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:54,552 EXACTLY. 1439 00:35:54,553 --> 00:35:56,554 THE LAW GIVES POLICE MORE TIME 1440 00:35:56,555 --> 00:35:57,722 TO INVESTIGATE ACTUAL DANGEROUS 1441 00:35:57,723 --> 00:35:59,657 DRIVING, AS WELL AS OTHER 1442 00:35:59,658 --> 00:36:00,291 MICHIGAN-RELATED CRIMES, WHICH I 1443 00:36:00,292 --> 00:36:01,359 HAVE TO ASSUME ARE, LIKE... 1444 00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:03,394 FISH THEFT? 1445 00:36:03,395 --> 00:36:04,629 OR MAYBE SECRETLY SHITTING IN A 1446 00:36:04,630 --> 00:36:05,096 LAKE? 1447 00:36:05,097 --> 00:36:06,664 I'M NOT SURE WHAT CRIMINALS DO 1448 00:36:06,665 --> 00:36:07,298 IN MICHIGAN, BUT COPS COULD HAVE 1449 00:36:07,299 --> 00:36:09,133 MORE TIME TO STOP WHATEVER IT IS 1450 00:36:09,134 --> 00:36:11,903 THAT'S HAPPENING THERE. 1451 00:36:11,904 --> 00:36:12,904 AND PROMISING CHANGES HAVE BEEN 1452 00:36:12,905 --> 00:36:17,575 IMPLEMENTED ELSEWHERE, TOO. 1453 00:36:17,576 --> 00:36:18,843 A FEW YEARS AGO, 1454 00:36:18,844 --> 00:36:19,911 PHILADELPHIA WAS ACTUALLY THE 1455 00:36:19,912 --> 00:36:20,878 FIRST MAJOR CITY TO BAN POLICE 1456 00:36:20,879 --> 00:36:21,579 FROM MAKING STOPS FOR CERTAIN 1457 00:36:21,580 --> 00:36:22,580 LOW-LEVEL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS. 1458 00:36:22,581 --> 00:36:23,214 AND AFTER JUST EIGHT MONTHS WITH 1459 00:36:23,215 --> 00:36:24,349 THE LAW IN PLACE, STOPS 1460 00:36:24,350 --> 00:36:25,450 ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE VIOLATIONS 1461 00:36:25,451 --> 00:36:28,052 DROPPED BY MORE THAN HALF, 1462 00:36:28,053 --> 00:36:29,187 MEANING NEARLY 12,000 FEWER 1463 00:36:29,188 --> 00:36:30,288 BLACK DRIVERS WERE STOPPED. 1464 00:36:30,289 --> 00:36:31,889 AND WHILE THAT'S GREAT, IT 1465 00:36:31,890 --> 00:36:34,592 SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BE ONLY THE 1466 00:36:34,593 --> 00:36:35,159 BEGINNING HERE. 1467 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:36,461 WE SHOULD ALSO DECRIMINALIZE 1468 00:36:36,462 --> 00:36:37,762 MINOR TRAFFIC OFFENSES AND STOP 1469 00:36:37,763 --> 00:36:39,063 LOCKING PEOPLE UP TO ENFORCE 1470 00:36:39,064 --> 00:36:42,800 FINES AND FEES. 1471 00:36:42,801 --> 00:36:43,401 EXPERTS ALSO TOLD US ONE MAJOR 1472 00:36:43,402 --> 00:36:45,503 STEP WOULD BE TO REQUIRE CITIES 1473 00:36:45,504 --> 00:36:48,406 KEEP DATA ON ALL THEIR TRAFFIC 1474 00:36:48,407 --> 00:36:50,408 STOPS, INCLUDING THE RACE OF WHO 1475 00:36:50,409 --> 00:36:52,744 THEY'RE STOPPING, AND WHAT 1476 00:36:52,745 --> 00:36:54,045 ACTIONS THEY'RE TAKING, TO MAKE 1477 00:36:54,046 --> 00:36:54,612 IT EASIER TO SEE AND ADDRESS 1478 00:36:54,613 --> 00:36:55,913 PATTERNS THAT EMERGE. 1479 00:36:55,914 --> 00:37:01,586 AND WE SHOULD DO THAT, BECAUSE 1480 00:37:01,587 --> 00:37:02,653 IT IS FRANKLY FUCKING INCREDIBLE 1481 00:37:02,654 --> 00:37:03,287 THAT IT'S NOT ALREADY HAPPENING. 1482 00:37:03,288 --> 00:37:04,122 AND LOOK, AGAIN, I'M NOT SAYING 1483 00:37:04,123 --> 00:37:05,690 YOU DON'T STOP PEOPLE WHO ARE 1484 00:37:05,691 --> 00:37:09,327 CLEARLY DRIVING DANGEROUSLY. 1485 00:37:09,328 --> 00:37:10,461 YOU CAN, AND ABSOLUTELY SHOULD, 1486 00:37:10,462 --> 00:37:10,695 DO THAT! 1487 00:37:10,696 --> 00:37:11,596 BUT THAT'S CLEARLY NOT THE ONLY 1488 00:37:11,597 --> 00:37:12,330 WAY TRAFFIC STOPS ARE BEING USED 1489 00:37:12,331 --> 00:37:12,864 RIGHT NOW. 1490 00:37:12,865 --> 00:37:14,332 AND DOING FEWER OF THEM FOR 1491 00:37:14,333 --> 00:37:15,900 BULLSHIT REASONS SHOULD BE AN 1492 00:37:15,901 --> 00:37:17,769 EASY SELL. 1493 00:37:17,770 --> 00:37:19,337 IF THEY POSE A SAFETY CONCERN 1494 00:37:19,338 --> 00:37:20,972 FOR POLICE OFFICERS, LET'S 1495 00:37:20,973 --> 00:37:21,706 REDUCE THE NUMBER THEY HAVE TO 1496 00:37:21,707 --> 00:37:22,540 DO. 1497 00:37:22,541 --> 00:37:23,508 AND YOU KNOW WHAT? 1498 00:37:23,509 --> 00:37:24,275 IF THAT JUST SO HAPPENS TO 1499 00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:26,344 REDUCE THE NUMBER OF COPS WE 1500 00:37:26,345 --> 00:37:26,744 NEED? 1501 00:37:26,745 --> 00:37:28,246 WHAT A HAPPY ACCIDENT THAT WOULD 1502 00:37:28,247 --> 00:37:32,551 BE! 1503 00:37:33,586 --> 00:37:34,585 AN ACCIDENT? 1504 00:37:34,586 --> 00:37:36,554 AN ACCIDENT! 1505 00:37:36,555 --> 00:37:38,723 WHAT A HAPPY ACCIDENT! 1506 00:37:38,724 --> 00:37:40,725 YES! 1507 00:37:40,726 --> 00:37:41,259 THERE ARE... 1508 00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:43,661 SO MANY OF YOU! 1509 00:37:43,662 --> 00:37:44,896 THE POINT IS, WE HAVE TO STOP 1510 00:37:44,897 --> 00:37:45,830 THE ABUSIVE PRACTICES ASSOCIATED 1511 00:37:45,831 --> 00:37:46,631 WITH TRAFFIC STOPS. 1512 00:37:46,632 --> 00:37:48,533 IT'S SO OBVIOUS, EVEN A CHILD 1513 00:37:48,534 --> 00:37:49,400 CAN SEE IT. 1514 00:37:49,401 --> 00:37:53,204 A CHILD? 1515 00:37:53,205 --> 00:37:58,943 A CHILD! 1516 00:37:58,944 --> 00:37:59,877 YES, WELL SAID. 1517 00:37:59,878 --> 00:38:01,145 AND IF WE CAN DO THIS, 1518 00:38:01,146 --> 00:38:02,046 HOPEFULLY, SOMEDAY IN THE NEAR 1519 00:38:02,047 --> 00:38:02,747 FUTURE, FEAR OF TRAFFIC STOPS 1520 00:38:02,748 --> 00:38:03,348 WILL BE NOTHING BUT A DISTANT, 1521 00:38:03,349 --> 00:38:03,815 HAUNTING-- 1522 00:38:03,816 --> 00:38:10,188 MEMORY! 1523 00:38:10,189 --> 00:38:12,123 ♪ MEMORY, ALL ALONE IN THE 1524 00:38:12,124 --> 00:38:13,024 MOONLIGHT ♪ 1525 00:38:13,025 --> 00:38:14,125 EXACTLY! 1526 00:38:14,126 --> 00:38:15,460 THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANKS SO MUCH 1527 00:38:15,461 --> 00:38:16,461 FOR WATCHING, GOOD NIGHT! 1528 00:38:16,462 --> 00:38:16,961 DOWN! 1529 00:38:16,962 --> 00:38:19,998 YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED UP HERE! 1530 00:38:19,999 --> 00:38:22,633 GET OFF MY DESK! 1531 00:38:22,634 --> 00:38:22,900 GET DOWN! 1532 00:38:22,901 --> 00:38:25,503 BAD CATS! 1533 00:38:25,504 --> 00:38:28,040 HAVE A TOY. 1534 00:38:30,010 --> 00:38:32,310 DO YOU LIKE IT WHEN IT GOES OVER 1535 00:38:32,311 --> 00:38:33,144 THERE? 1536 00:38:33,145 --> 00:38:35,446 DO YOU LIKE IT WHEN IT GOES OVER 1537 00:38:35,447 --> 00:38:35,647 HERE? 1538 00:38:36,716 --> 00:38:37,617 GET IT, CAT.