Cop Murders Unarmed Black Ninth Grader

I WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT A TEENAGER NAMED JORDAN EDWARDS
WHO WAS MURDERED BY POLICE OFFICER THIS WEEKEND IN
BALCH SPRINGS, TEXAS.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO PUT IT IT IS A SAD STORY THAT IS
DEVELOPING FAST.
DOES NOT LOOK GOOD FOR THE COPS.
THERE YOU ARE SEEING JORDAN EDWARDS.
15 YEARS OLD AND THE SAME SORT OF STORY THAT REGRETTABLY
HAPPENS CONSTANTLY.
HE WAS A GREAT STUDENT, GREAT ATHLETE.
HIS LOSS OBVIOUSLY NOT JUST AFFECTING THE PEOPLE IN DOING
BUT HIS FAMILY IS ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED.
WE WANT TO
BREAK DOWN WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED BECAUSE THE MESSAGING
COMING OUT OF THE COPS HAS BEEN FAIRLY INSANE, THE WAY THAT
INITIALLY THEY TRIED TO PROTECT THE POLICE OFFICER WHO DID
THIS TO IS NOW BEEN PUT ON ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE AND WE'RE
IS ABOUT TO POSSIBLY BE FIRED.
INITIALLY THE NIGHT OF THIS IS WHAT THE POLICE SAID ABOUT
WHAT HAPPENED THAT LED TO JORDAN SHOOTING THE
OFFICERS RAT THE LOCATION THEY HEARD GUNFIRE.
THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN ALTERCATION WITH THE VEHICLE BACKING DOWN
THE TOWARD OFFICERS IN AN AGGRESSIVE MANNER.
THAT OFFICER SHOUTED THE VEHICLE STRIKING AFFRONTS THE PASSENGER.
THE RIGHT THERE, VERY CLEAR.
THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR WERE REVERSING IN AN AGGRESSIVE
FASHION AND IT'S NOT COINCIDENCE THAT THE USE OF TERMINOLOGY
BECAUSE OF COURSE WE'RE GOING TO GET IT LATER ON BY POLICE ARE
NOT SUPPOSED TO FIRE A MOVING VEHICLE START ARGUMENT THAT IS
OFTEN GIVEN IS I WAS IN DEFENSE OF MY LIFE, THEY WERE USING
THE VEHICLE AS A WEAPON.
CAME OUT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE CAR BY THE LAWYER THAT THAT IS
NOT AT ALL WHAT HAPPENED AND IT TURNED OUT THAT THE POLICE
EVENTUALLY CAUGHT UP TO THE TRUTH AS WELL BECAUSE JUST
YESTERDAY THIS IS WHAT THE POLICE ARE SAYING TO
I UNINTENTIONALLY INCORRECTLY YESTERDAY SAID THE VEHICLE WAS
BACKING DOWN THE ROAD.
IN FACT, ACCORDING TO THE VIDEO THAT I VIEWED, THE VEHICLE WAS
MOVING FORWARD.
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WHY WHERE THEY THERE?
APPARENTLY THERE WERE REPORTS OF UNDERAGE DRINKING AND NOISE.
DEAR GOD.
NOISE?
I WOULD FIND IT WEIRD FOR A GROUP OF TEENAGERS TO NOT BE
AMENDING NOISE AND ENGAGING IN UNDERAGE DRINKING SO WE HAVE THE
KIND OF TAKE A STEP BACK AND THINK TO OURSELVES WHY IS IT
THAT SUCH HUGE SWATHS OF THE POPULATION FEEL COMPELLED TO
SEEK POLICE INTERVENTION FOR THE MOST ROUTINE ACTIVITIES?
IF YOU DON'T CALL THE POLICE AND THERE IS NO CHANCE WHATSOEVER
THAT SOMETHING COULD ESCALATE INTO A DEADLY INCIDENT GOT A
KIND OF REMINDS ME OF THE VIDEOS
THAT WE SEE WITH SUCH FREQUENCY WHEN A TRAFFIC STOP ESCALATES
INTO A FATAL ENCOUNTER, RIGHT?
IF THE POLICE WERE IN THE POSITION WHERE THEY'RE
SURVEILLING PEOPLE SO CLOSELY AND SCRUTINIZING THEIR BEHAVIOR
ON THE ROAD WITHOUT ANY KIND OF REAL PUBLIC SAFETY INTEREST IN
MIND, THEN HE WOULD LESSEN THE INCIDENCE OF THESE THINGS
HAPPENING IN THE FIRST PLACE AND I THINK THAT SORT OF HAS TO BE
ADDRESSED FROM A STRUCTURAL
STANDPOINT OTHERWISE IT'S JUST AN INEVITABILITY THAT THESE
THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
I AGREE.
LOOK, THERE ARE PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT LATER ON
THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO CLUE IN COSTUME AREAS WERE THERE MORE
LIKELY TO BE NEEDED SO THEY PARKED THEMSELVES THERE.
THAT CAN LEAD TO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, SELF FULFILLING PROPHECY.
THERE IS AN INEQUALITY TO THIS THAT AGAIN, LIKE YOU IT MAKES
IT HARD.
PEOPLE DON'T WATCH THESE VIDEOS NECESSARILY ANYMORE BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT.
IT'S HARD TO TALK ABOUT THEM CONSTANTLY AND
IS ONE OF THE REASONS I TRIED TO BLOCK UP EMOTIONALLY AND TRY TO
LOOK AT IT ONLY INTELLECTUALLY TO PROTECT MYSELF BECAUSE WHEN
YOU DO THIS YEAR AFTER YEAR IT STARTS TO TAKE A TOLL ON YOU.
WHEN YOU WATCH THE VIDEOS OF THE FAMILIES TO DECIDE THEIR ENTIRE
LIVES RUINED BECAUSE OF THIS TERRIBLE THING THAT WAS DONE BUT
THE INEQUALITY OF IF A CALL COMES OUT TO THE COPS AT A
PARTY IN THIS AREA, IT CAN LEAD TO A SHOOTING.
IF I HAD BEEN INVITED TO PARTIES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER NIGHT GONE
IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN IN MY AREA.
THE COPS DID NOT GO THERE LOOKING TO SHOOT.
IF I GET PULLED OVER BY THE COPS, IT IS NOT THERE NOW SO
SCARED THAT THEY ARE HAVE THE GUN IN THEIR HAND AND READY TO
FIRE SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALL TOO OFTEN.
IT'S INEQUALITY EVEN ASSUMING IN AREAS DANGEROUS AND HE POINTED
OUT THE FEAR.
FEAR IN AMERICA IS NEVER MORE DANGEROUS THAN WHEN A COP IS
EXPERIENCING IT AND THEY ARE TRYING TO BE AFRAID IN THEIR
FEAR HAS FATAL CONSEQUENCES.
THERE FOR SOME CODIFIED INTO LAW AS REASONABLE JUSTIFICATION
TO KILL.
UNDERSTAND A POLICE OFFICER ONLY NEEDS TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR LIFE
IS IN DANGER OR SOMEONE ELSE IS
IN DANGER FOR THEM TO TAKE FATAL ACTION LEGALLY.
WITH CODIFIED THEIR FEAR AND NOW THAT THEY ARE NORMALLY FEARFUL
THAN WE'VE CODIFIED THAT A FEARFUL COP IS NORMAL AND CAN
KILL WHOEVER THEY WANT THE
ON THAT POINT, REALLY TELLY AT TELLING ASPECT OF THIS IS
JUST AFTER THE INCIDENT TOOK PLACE, THE OFFICER WHO FILED
FIRED THE FATAL SHOTS WAS ABLE TO BE TAKEN OFF AND ALLOWED
TIME TO DECOMPRESS.
IF A NORMAL CITIZEN SHOT AN UNARMED PERSON LET ALONE A
MINOR AND KILLED THEM, DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE KIND OF
GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO HIDE AWAY FOR A WHILE AND GET THEIR
STORIES STRAIGHT AND DECOMPRESS?
I SORT OF DOUBT IT.
TO ME THAT IS A FORM OF WHAT I WOULD CALL BLUE PRIVILEGE.
I SAW YOUR TWEET ON BLUE PRIVILEGE AND I KIND OF
DISAGREE WITH IT.
YEAH, THEY DO HAVE A PRIVILEGE, BUT WE KIND OF TAKE THE IDEA,
THE CONCEPT THAT WE SHOULD TAKE THAT PRIVILEGE AWAY FROM THEM
AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALLY PROBABLY THE BEST THING THAT
THE BEST THING WOULD BE TO GIVE EVERYONE THAT PRIVILEGE NOT
THE OTHER WAY AROUND JUST TO PUT IN PERSPECTIVE.
I AGREE WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT AS A WHOLE EQUAL LEGAL
INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO PRIORITIZE THE OFFICERS IN
THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS.
IS LIE HIDDEN ABOUT THE STORY.
THEY SAID THEY ARE REVIEWING THE BODY CAN FOOTAGE BECAUSE THERE
WERE BODY CAMERAS ON THE SCENE.
THEY HAVEN'T ACTUALLY RELEASED THAT BUT AS YET, THEY HAVEN'T
EVEN SAID THAT THEY WILL RELEASE IT.
THEY ARE CONSIDERING IT.
I NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW THEY CAN BE LEGAL, THAT YOU CANNOT
PROVIDE EVIDENCE.
I KNOW SEEING FOOTAGE IS NOT HUNDRED PERCENT OBJECTIVE, AND
SOME PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW AND THINGS CAN BE DARK BUT IT IS
INFORMATION AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE ACCESS TO IT THAT AS
YOU SAID, HE WAS SPARED AWAY, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS IDENTITY.
AND OTHER CASES SOME OF HIS KILLED UNARMED AND THAT
IDENTITY COMES ON WE LOOK AT THE PLACES RISEN BEFORE AND VERY
OFTEN THESE GUYS HAVE MULTIPLE VIOLENT INCIDENTS AND THEY ARE
SETTLED FROM ONE PRINTING TO ANOTHER.
IS THIS GUY ONE OF THOSE?
I DON'T KNOW THAT I TRIED TO FIND OUT I CAN FIND THE
IDENTITY.
THAT IS IN THE WAY HE IS BEING PROTECTED I UNDERSTAND THEIR
DEATH THREATS AND STUFF LIKE THAT BUT PEOPLE ARE RIGHTFULLY
ANGRY AND THEY EXPECT JUSTICE.
THE GUY MIGHT BE FIRED THEORETICALLY BUT IT LOOKS
LIKE EVEN FROM THE COPS ONE OF YOU HE BASICALLY MURDERED
SOMEONE WITHOUT CAUSE ANY IS IT BEING ARRESTED.
IF THAT HAPPENS YOU ARE I HAD DONE THAT WHAT I STILL BE AT
THIS DESK?
I DON'T THINK SO.
TO DRAG OUT THE STORY LITTLE BIT LONGER, WHAT I DO WANT TO PUSH
PEOPLE TOWARD REMEMBERING ASIDE JUSTICE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE
IS EQUALITY BUT THAT IS NOT REAL JUSTICE IN THESE CASES.
AND WE WANT TO LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL ASPECTS OF IT BUT THE
JUSTICE NEEDS TO BE A CHANGING OF THE SYSTEM SO WHEN WE WATCH
TO MERE RICE AND JORDAN EDWARDS GET KILLED WE FIGHT AND CHANGE
THE SYSTEM SO WE DON'T ALLOW COPS TO BE THAT WAY AND
OPERATE IN A MANNER SO THAT THEY WORK FOR YOU.
IF WE JUST CONTINUE TO SAY WE ARE GOING TO ARREST THIS COP
AND PUT THEM AWAY FOR LIFE WE STILL HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE
THAT WILL IMMEDIATELY PUT THAT NEXT FREEWAY THERAPY COP INTO
A POSITION THAT SHOULDN'T BE IN THE EXACT SAME SCENARIO NEW OF
THE NOTHING TO PROTECT LIFE.
WE MUST FIND JUSTICE TO CHANGING THE SYSTEM WHERE THE POLICE
WORK FOR THE MAYOR OF POLITICIANS.
THEY DO NOT WORK FOR YOU.
YOU MUST CHANGE THE PARADIGM.
YOUR HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES TELL COPS
NOT TO FIRE ON MOVING VEHICLES FOR REASONS THAT ARE FAIRLY
OBVIOUS BUT FOR SOME REASON NEED TO BE TRAINED.
WATER POLICE DEPARTMENT ON THE COUNTRY ESPECIALLY MAJOR
CITIES TO HAVE REGULATIONS LIKE THAT.
IN THIS CITY THEY DO
NOT UNFORTUNATELY.
PERHAPS IF THEY HAD TRAINED THE
COPS NOT FIRE AT MOVING VEHICLES
HE WOULD STILL BE ALIVE TODAY BUT ONE OTHER THING, OBVIOUSLY
THE FAMILY NOT JUST EMOTIONALLY DEVASTATED BUT ALSO FINANCIALLY
DEVASTATED BECAUSE NOW THEY SUDDENLY HAVE A FUNERAL THEY ARE
GOING TO HAVE LEGAL FEES THEY
HAVE TO PAY SYSTEMS OR EVEN INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE OUT OF THIS
SO WE CAN ADVANCE TO GRAPHIC 22
THERE IS A NEW CARRYING FUNDRAISER SET UP BY THE FAMILY.
IT IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL FUNDRAISER GOING ON SO IF YOU
ARE INTERESTED IN POSSIBLY HELPING OUT THE FAMILY OF
JORDAN EDWARDS, THAT IT IS SOMEONE WE CAN DO IT.

Cop Murders Unarmed Black Ninth Grader

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