Women In Blue

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Filmed from 2017-2020, WOMEN IN BLUE follows Minneapolis’ first female police chief Janeé Harteau, as she works to reform the Minneapolis Police Department by getting rid of bad cops, retraining the rest, diversifying the ranks, and promoting women—who statistically use less force than their male counterparts—into every rank of leadership. The film focuses on four women in Harteau’s department, each trying to redefine what it means to protect and serve. After a high-profile, officer-involved shooting forces Chief Harteau to resign, the new, male chief selects only men as his top brass. The women left behind must grapple with working to rebuild community trust, in a department where women have lost power.

WOMEN IN BLUE offers an unprecedented view into the inner workings of the MPD, chronicling a department—and a community—grappling with racism and a troubled history of police misconduct long before an MPD officer killed George Floyd in May of 2020. The film reveals the limitations of police reform through incremental change and asks questions that apply well beyond the city of Minneapolis. Could increased gender equity and more women—especially Black women—contribute to greater public safety?

The New York Times
Women In Blue "reveals the limitations of police reform through incremental changes and asks — and tries to answer — questions that apply well beyond the city of Minneapolis, including whether increased gender equity and more women, particularly Black women, contribute to better public safety."

Educational Media Reviews Online | Timothy Hackman, University of Maryland
RECOMMENDED "Women in Blue makes for compelling viewing for the access it offers to women both on the front lines and in leadership positions in the police department of a major American city, and for its portrait of the turmoil within the Minneapolis Police Department in the years immediately before the murder of Mr. Floyd."

Booklist
"This powerful documentary follows some of the Minneapolis Police Department’s “women in blue” as they patrol streets, make traffic stops, interact with a woman after a non-fatal suicide attempt, and serve on committees that works against domestic abuse and sex trafficking ... This program raises questions about the role of the police in society, the need to address the underlying causes of crime, and the challenges women face in law enforcement."

The Boston Globe
"An unflinching study of a complex situation, showing gray areas where often only black and white are seen."

Splice Today
"Women in Blue gives us some early clues that there was something dreadfully wrong going on in the Minneapolis Police Department."

The Aisle Seat
"Women in Blue reminds us that women officers are statistically way less likely to be involved in excessive force situations. This is a compelling look at a group of women who are dedicated to their job and transforming the department."

KUNC Radio
"Women in Blue is not only about the role of women, but the deep problem of race, all jumbled with the tremendously hard job of policing itself."

Indiewire
"Fishel’s doc will serve as a valuable reminder that women should be represented in leadership roles from the start."

Shondaland
"Deirdre Fishel’s sobering documentary follows the Minneapolis Police Department in the years leading up to George Floyd’s death."

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Main credits

Levison, Beth (film producer)
Fishel, Deirdre (film director)
Fishel, Deirdre (film producer)
Kane, Aideen (film producer)

Other credits

Directors of photography, Tom Bergmann, Eric Phillips-Horst; cinematographers, Sean Mattison, Mike Shum; editors, Sunita Prasad, Christopher White; original score, Chad Cannon.

MARC Record See Worldcat record

Keywords

Criminal Justice & Reform, Women’s Studies, African American Studies, Sociology, Minneapolis Police Department; "Women In Blue"; GOOD DOCS

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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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♪♪

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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.

00:13:30.375 --> 00:13:33.374
[ Siren wailing ]

00:13:33.375 --> 00:13:37.207
- Just turned onto 4th Street,
eastbound, silver sedan.

00:13:37.208 --> 00:13:39.249
We can view license plate
in a second.

00:13:39.250 --> 00:13:41.041
- Is there a reason for you
speeding down the street

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and running a red light, sir?

00:13:42.792 --> 00:13:44.124
-Honestly, no.

00:13:44.125 --> 00:13:46.832
-You got a license on you, man?

00:13:46.833 --> 00:13:49.582
You don\'t have a license?

00:13:49.583 --> 00:13:50.999
-Just came from the strip club.

00:13:51.000 --> 00:13:52.499
- You have anything
with your name on it?

00:13:52.500 --> 00:13:54.291
-Yeah. No, I...

00:13:54.292 --> 00:13:56.249
We literally just left...

00:13:56.250 --> 00:13:58.207
-I\'m gonna go get started on it.

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♪♪

00:14:01.583 --> 00:14:06.499
- Patrick and I have been
partners a little over a year,

00:14:06.500 --> 00:14:08.166
but right away
when we worked together,

00:14:08.167 --> 00:14:10.291
I actually didn\'t like
working with him

00:14:10.292 --> 00:14:13.332
\'cause I wasn\'t used
to his way of working,

00:14:13.333 --> 00:14:17.249
which is a little bit
more aggressive,

00:14:17.250 --> 00:14:18.999
wanting to take more action.

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:21.166
- Okay. Why don\'t you hop out
the car, roll the windows up?

00:14:21.167 --> 00:14:22.374
Lock it up,
do what you got to do,

00:14:22.375 --> 00:14:24.957
but like I said, you ain\'t
driving away from here.

00:14:24.958 --> 00:14:28.457
- But eventually,
we found our groove.

00:14:28.458 --> 00:14:36.458
♪♪

00:14:40.417 --> 00:14:42.541
[ Indistinct conversations ]

00:14:42.542 --> 00:14:45.458
- It had stopped,
and so I\'m curious...

00:14:48.667 --> 00:14:50.082
-No. Things are good.

00:14:50.083 --> 00:14:52.916
There\'s two stats that I think
are the most impressive,

00:14:52.917 --> 00:14:56.541
are the gun recoveries
are up 113%,

00:14:56.542 --> 00:15:00.041
and the people who have been
shot are down 41%.

00:15:00.042 --> 00:15:02.332
- 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

00:15:33.042 --> 00:15:35.624
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,

00:15:56.208 --> 00:15:58.791
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

00:16:23.042 --> 00:16:25.249
on changes to
the sexual assault protocol.

00:16:25.250 --> 00:16:30.791
♪♪

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[ Phone line ringing ]

00:16:32.875 --> 00:16:35.166
♪♪

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.

00:16:46.000 --> 00:16:48.374
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.

00:16:58.667 --> 00:17:03.666
♪♪

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.

00:17:29.583 --> 00:17:30.749
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
♪♪

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