EMILY COMPAGNO.
THIS IS THE FIVE.
NEW FALLOUT AFTER A BLOOD A
WEEKEND OF GUN VIOLENCE IN
AMERICAN CITIES.
GEORGIA GOVERNOR BRIAN KEMP
CALLING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD
AFTER 31 PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN
ATLANTA AND AN 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
WAS KILLED.
NEW YORK CITY IS SEEING A SPIKE
IN A CRIME, SHOOTINGS UP 130%
LAST MONTH COMPARED TO THE SAME
TIME LAST YEAR.
SHOCKING VIDEO SHOWS A FATHER
GUN DOWN CROSSING THE STREET IN
BROAD DAYLIGHT WITH HIS
6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER AS HE HOLDS
HER HAND.
MAYOR BILL de BLASIO UNDER
PRESSURE TO ACT WHERE
"THE NEW YORK POST" TELLING HIM
TO DO SOMETHING TO COVER VERY
SIMILAR TO THE 1990s WHEN THEY
EXPERIENCED A CRIME WAVE.
ALL OF THIS HAPPENING IN THE
BACKDROP OF THE DEFUND THE
POLICE MOVEMENT, VICTIMS OF GUN
VIOLENCE ARE SAYING WE NEED MORE
COPS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE.
>> WE CAN’T TAKE MONEY FROM THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
WE NEED THE POLICE.
YOU TAKE THE POLICE FROM HERE
AND WE WIND UP HAVING LESS
POLICE OFFICERS IN THE STREET,
IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK.
THE CRIME IS GOING TO GET WORSE.
GOING AFTER THE POLICE OFFICERS
WHEN THEY HURT SOMEONE THAT LOOK
LIKE ME, WE NEED TO GO AFTER THE
PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME THAT
HURT PEOPLE THAT LOOK LIKE ME.
>> Dana: AND DON LEMON CAUSING
CONTROVERSY FOR LECTURING ACTOR
CONTROVERSY FOR LECTURING ACTOR
TERRY CREWS.
>> THE BLACK LIVES MATTER
MOVEMENT WAS TALKING ABOUT
POLICE BRUTALITY.
IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GUN
VIOLENCE IN COMMUNITIES
INCLUDING BLACK COMMUNITIES,
THEN START THAT MOVEMENT BUT
THAT NAME BUT THAT’S WHAT BLACK
LIVES MATTER IS ABOUT.
>> Dana: WE WILL GET TO ALL OF
THIS.
LET ME START WITH YOU.
WE HAVE THE WORST VIOLENT CRIME
WAVE IN YEARS, DAYS AFTER CITY
WAVE IN YEARS, DAYS AFTER CITY
OFFICIALS THIS VIOLENT CRIME, IF
YOU THINK BACK TO THE 1990s
AND HOW BAD IT GOT THEN AND HOW
LONG IT TOOK TO GET THINGS BACK
TO A SAFE PLACE SO THAT
NEW YORK CITY COULD BE THAT
THRIVING SAFE CITY, WHAT DO YOU
THINK SHOULD BE DONE AND WHAT
ABOUT THE PAPERS CALLING FOR
MAYOR de BLASIO TO DO THOSE,
THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE
ASKING FOR MORE POLICE, NOT
FEWER?
>> I THINK THEY WANT BETTER
POLICE.
FIRST OF ALL, I THINK LET’S
DEBUNK THIS THEORY THAT SOMEHOW
THERE IS THIS CRIME WAVE GOING
ON OUT THERE, THE REALITY IS
CRIME IS DOWN TO THE TOP 25
AMERICAN CITIES, 5% VIOLENT
CRIME IS DOWN 2%, BUT WHAT YOU
HAVE IS MURDER UP ABOUT 16% IF
THOSE 25 BIG AMERICAN CITIES.
EVEN AS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
THAT, YOU SHOULD KEEP IN MIND
THAT THE MURDER RATE THAT WE ARE
EXPERIENCING NOW IN NEW YORK WAS
THE SAME THAT IT WAS IN 2020.
WHAT WE SEE AS AN EXPLOSION IN
TERMS OF GUN VIOLENCE AND WHY IS
THAT?
I THINK IT’S ACCORDING TO THE
EXPERTS, THEY POINTED A LOT OF
THESE GANGSTERS, A LOT OF THESE
DRUG DEALERS, EVEN A SURGE IN
TERMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES
AND IT’S ALL REALLY BEING
ACCELERATED BY EASY ACCESS TO
GUNS, GUN VIOLENCE.
SO TO ME, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A
MIXED SITUATION AND IT COMES IN
THE AFTERMATH OF COURSE OF THE
GEORGE FLOYD CASE AND I JUST
REALLY OBJECT TO THE SUGGESTION
THAT THE POLICE ARE DOING THEIR
JOB.
POLICE AREN’T CONDEMNING COMMITT
MURDERS.
THIS IS BLACK ON BLACK CRIME IN
POOR NEIGHBORHOODS DONE BY
HOODLUMS.
AND THAT’S WHERE I SAY EVERY
COMMUNITY WANTS BETTER POLICING
BUT IT’S NOT TO BE USED TO
BUT IT’S NOT TO BE USED TO
DILUTE.
>> Dana: YOU CAN’T SOLVE OTHER
PROBLEMS EITHER IF YOU WANTED
REFORM ARE BETTER POLICING, IF
YOU WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF A
SITUATION, WHAT I’M LOOKING AT
IS PRETTY SHOCKING STATISTICS
WHEN IT COMES TO INCREASING
CRIME.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THIS REQUIRES A COHESION THAT A
LOT OF THESE BIG CITIES ARE
MISSING TO INCLUDE TWO REALLY
IMPORTANT ELEMENTS WHICH ARE
ENFORCEMENT AND FOLLOW THROUGH.
SO WHAT DOES IT MATTER IF WE
CALL FOR MORE COPS OR WE BRING
IN THE NATIONAL GUARD TO AUGMENT
LOCAL DEPARTMENTS IF THEY ARE
NOT ABLE TO MAKE ANY ARRESTS OR
IF THEY ARE, BUT THERE ISN’T A
PROSECUTION OR IF THERE IS A
PROSECUTION BUT THERE AREN’T
ACTUAL DETERRENT CONSEQUENCES OR
JUDICIAL DISCRETION TO WITHHOLD
BAIL OR TO MAKE AN EXCEPTION TO
A PRECLASSIFIED NONVIOLENT CRIME
IF HE OR SHE FEELS WITH THAT
SITUATION RIGHT DETAINMENT OR
EXTENDED CUSTODY AND ALL OF THAT
FALLS FLAT ALSO IF STATE AND
LOCAL LEADERSHIP ARE ENGAGING IN
MESSAGING FOR VIOLENCE AND CRIME
AND ALSO ALSO FOR THE RANK AND
FILE.
THE ORGANIZED LEVEL THAT JUAN
MENTIONED AND ALSO THE LOCAL
PETTY LEVEL AND ALSO STYMIED
THEM THAT LOOKED ALL THAT
WORKABLE SOLUTION THAT DEPENDS
ON THOSE INTERRELATED FACTORS
THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT.
>> Dana: STORY SORRY ABOUT THAT
TRAIN.
DOWN IN GEORGIA WHERE BRIAN KEMP
THE GOVERNOR HAS JUST CALLED IN
THE NATIONAL GUARD IN THE STATE
OF EMERGENCY, THE DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR IS CALLING FOR GUN
CONTROL NOT URGING, IN THE
STREETS.
>> JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT JUAN
SAID, CRIME IS FLAT, BUT
HOMICIDES ARE OUT.
HOMICIDE IS A CRIME AND I’M
GOING TO GO ON A LIMB AND SAY
THAT HOMICIDE IS PROBABLY THE
WORST CRIME THERE IS, SO LET’S
JUST GET THAT STRAIGHT.
THE OTHER THING IS ANYONE WITH A
BRAIN KNOWS THAT IN A VIOLENT
NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A LOT OF DRUG
TRAFFICKING, YOU NEED A STRONG
POLICE PRESENCE BECAUSE WHAT THE
POLICE DO AS THEY PULL PEOPLE
OVER AND THEY TAKE LEGAL GUNS
AND NARCOTICS OUT OF THE CAR.
THEY ALSO SERVE WARRANTS AND
TAKE DANGEROUS GUYS OFF THE
STREETS AND USE IN FORM UNDER
COVERS THE STOP DRUGS AND
ILLEGAL GUN TRAFFICKING SO WHEN
THE POLICE PULLED BACK, CRIME
SURGES.
ALSO DOESN’T HELP WHEN THERE IS
A THAT SQUEEZES DRUG PROFITS AND
IT FALLS OUT ONTO THE BOTTOM AND
PRICES DROPPED SO PEOPLE ARE
FIGHTING VIOLENTLY OVER A
SMALLER PIECE OF THE PIE.
TODAY HAVE PEOPLE FLEEING CITIES
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, FLEEING
CITIES BECAUSE OF A CRIME WAVE,
AND YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE WHAT WE
SAW IN MANHATTAN WHICH WAS IN
THE A GRITTY UNGOVERNABLE CITY
WHERE NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE IN
BECAUSE IT IS A LOW QUALITY OF
LIFE.
EVERYBODY KNOWS BLACKS DON’T
HATE THE POLICE ON THE POLICE
DON’T HATE BLACK PEOPLE.
YES, THERE ARE ISSUES, BUT WE
CAN DEAL WITH THEM THROUGH
MUTUAL RESPECT, AND I DON’T
THINK IT’S TOO LATE FOR THE
PRESIDENT TO MAKE A SPEECH ON
PRESIDENT TO MAKE A SPEECH ON
THE TELEPROMPTER.
I EMPLOY ALL THE SOURCES OF
THEIR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP
EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN LIFE
BECAUSE EVERY SINGLE AMERICAN
LIFE IS PRECIOUS AND SAFETY IS
NOT A POLITICAL ISSUE.
THAT COULD GO A LONG WAY AND I
DON’T THINK IT’S TOO LATE FOR
HIM TO DELIVER A SPEECH LIKE
THAT.
>> I WANT TO GET TO THE ISSUE OF
LAST NIGHT, DON LEMON HAD ACTOR
TERRY CREWS ON AND YOU EVER HAVE
A SITUATION WHERE A GUEST IS
INVITED ON OR YOU’VE BEEN A
GUEST SOMEWHERE IN THE HOST
WON’T LET YOU TALK?
I WILL STOP TALKING AND ALLOW
YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
YOU TO TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
LAST NIGHT ON CNN.
>> AN ELOQUENT PERSON TRYING TO
>> AN ELOQUENT PERSON TRYING TO
MAKE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT,
THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT SYSTEMIC
RACISM WITHOUT SPECIFICS THAN
WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU
IS THAT YOU NEED TO THROW
EVERYTHING OUT AND I AM NOT
EXAGGERATING THIS.
THEIR LEADERS WILL TELL YOU THIS
THAT THEY WANT TO GET RID OF
CAPITALISM, PATRIOTISM AND
REPLACE IT WITH IDENTITY
POLITICS, THE BELIEF BEHIND
THAT, HE REDEEMABLE AS A COUNTRY
BUT DON LEMON COULDN’T LET TERRY
MAKE THAT POINT SO WHAT HE DID
IS HE EXPLAINED TO TERRY CREWS,
TALKED OVER HIM AND THROUGH HIM
BECAUSE HE WAS TERRIFIED THE
VIEWERS MIGHT ACTUALLY HEAR THE
TRUTH AND DIDN’T WANT A BLACK
MAN’S VOICE AND IT’S A
COMPARISON WORTH NOTING, TERRY
CREWS HAS BEEN AROUND, PLAYED IN
THE NFL, AN ARTIST, AND
ACTIVIST, HE’S GOT FIVE KIDS, HE
IS JUST A MEDIA MOUTHPIECE AND
WHEN YOU TAKE THE CONTRAST
LARGER AS THIS VIOLENCE EXPLODES
ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND BY THE
WAY, NO ONE IS SAYING HERE THAT
THE COPS ARE DOING THEIR JOBS.
SAYING POLITICIANS AND LEADERS
AREN’T LETTING THEM DO THEIR
JOBS.
IT’S A VERY FINE DETAIL THAT YOU
LOVE TO GLOSS OVER.
BACTERIA CREWS, WHAT DOES HE
CARE ABOUT?
HE CARES ABOUT THE SUFFERING IN
HIS COMMUNITY, THE REAL
PROBLEMS, BLACK ON BLACK CRIME.
WHAT IS HE CARE ABOUT, PRODUCTS
AND PEOPLE.
TRYING TO SOLVE THE BIGGER
PROBLEMS AND MAKES YOU WONDER IF
PEOPLE LIKE DON LEMON AND THE
MEDIA DON’T ACTUALLY WANT TO
ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEMS
BECAUSE MAYBE THEY REALIZE THAT
THERE WAS REAL ARE CAUSED BY
THEM, I.E. DEMOCRATS AND
LIBERALS WHO RUN THE CITY, WHO
PUT OUT THESE POLICIES, WHO MAKE
THE POLICE STAND BACK AND
PREVENT THE POLICE FROM DOING
THEIR JOBS AND HELPING PEOPLE IN
MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT IS THE CITIES, DEMOCRAT
CITIES THAT WE ARE SEEING HELD
UNLEASHED AND HE DOESN’T WANT TO
HAVE THEIR VIEWERS TO SEE THE
TRUTH AND THAT’S WHY HE TALKED
