JUAN: "KCAL 9 NEWS", RICH WILL
BE BACK THROUGHOUT THE NEWSCAST
WITH LIVE REPORTS COMING UP IN
"KCAL 9 NEWS" AT 10.
LEYNA: METHOD IS GROWING CALLS
FOR BOYCOTT OF HOLLYWOOD
DIRECTOR QUENTIN TURN TINO.
VALLESE NEWS IN LOS ANGELES AND
ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE
DENOUNCING THE PULP FICTION AND
JANGLING CHAINS DIRECTOR FOR HIS
RECENT COMMENTS ABOUT
CONTROVERSIAL POLICE KILLINGS.
POLITICAL REPORTER DAVE BRYAN
JOINS US WITH MORE ON THE
CONTROVERSY.
REPORTER: CLINTON TURN TINO IS
KNOWN WORLDWIDE FOR MAKING TOUGH
NO-NONSENSE MOVIES WITH PLENTY
OF NO-NONSENSE BUT NOW TARANTINO
FINDS HIMSELF AS A FIGURE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE GROWING NATIONAL
CONTROVERSY WITH POLICE OVER
COMMENTS HE MADE AT A RALLY LAST
WEEKEND IN NEW YORK.
WHEN THE GROUP RISING UP OCTOBER
OCTOBER HELD A MARCH IN MIDTOWN
MANHATTAN ON SATURDAY CALLING
FOR JUSTICE FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE
KILLED BY THE POLICE AND
SHOOTINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
ONE OF THOSE WHO WAS THE LEADER
IN THE MARCH WAS HOLLYWOOD
SUPERSTAR DIRECTOR QUENTIN
TARANTINO WHO IS MORE OFTEN SEEN
DOING A RED CARPET WALK IN MOVIE
AWARDS FROM LEADING STREET
PROTESTS.
I THINK IN PART IN A RED
ZONE.
REPORTER: MOVIES LIKE RESERVOIR
DOGS POPE FICTION AND KILL BILL
MADE QUENTIN TARANTINO A
HOUSEHOLD NAME A CRUSH AMERICA
AND AT THE PROTEST RALLY IN NEW
YORK'S TARANTINO DIDN'T PULL ANY
PUNCHES WITH LASHING OUT AT
POLICE USE OF FORCE.
WHAT AM I DOING HERE?
I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M A HUMAN
BEING WITH A CONSCIENCE AND WHEN
I SEE MURDER I CANNOT STAND BY
AND I HAVE TO CALL THE MURDER
AND MURDER AND THE MURDERERS OF
THE MURDERERS.
REPORTER: TARANTINO'S REMARKS
CALLING FOR POLICE OFFICERS
MURDERERS IN SEVERAL SHOOTING
CASES WERE HEARD FROM COAST TO
COAST AND POLICE GROUPS ANGRILY
PROTESTED.
THE PRESENT OF THE PHILADELPHIA
POLICE UNION SAID MR. TARANTINO
HAS MADE A GOOD LIVING FOR HIS
FILMS PROJECTING INTO SOCIETY AT
LARGE VIOLENCE AND RESPECT FOR
CRIMINALS.
BE IT TURNS OUT ALSO HATES COPS.
AN L.A. POLICE -- CHARGES
TARANTINO TOOK YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY TO A NEW
COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE LEVEL
THIS FAT -- PAST WEEKEND BY
REFERRING TO POLICE IS
MURDEROUS.
HE MADE THE STATEMENT FOUR DAYS
AFTER NEW YORK PLEASE OFFICER
WAS GUNNED DOWN IN THE LINE OF
DUTY.
WE ISSUED A POLICE OFFICER
SHIELD.
HE DID A PROUD.
REPORTER: FORMER POLICE CHIEF
WILLIAM BRATTON WHO NOW LEADS
THE NYPD EULOGIZED THAT POLICE
OFFICER AND A FUNERAL SERVICE
THIS WEEK AND TOLD THE REPORTER
THERE WERE NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
THE CONTEMPT HE HAS FOR
TARANTINO AND HIS COMMENTS.
SHAME ON HIM.
NOW WITH THE NEW TARANTINO
BLOCKBUSTER WESTERN MOVIE
HATEFUL AID SCHEDULED TO OPEN ON
CHRISTMAS POLICE UNION TO NEW
YORK, L.A. AND PHILADELPHIA ARE
ORGANIZING A NATIONAL BOYCOTT
AGAINST TARANTINO AND HIS NEW
FILM DATA BOYCOTT THEY HOPE WILL
SPREAD NATIONWIDE WITH SUPPORT
FROM OTHER POLICE ORGANIZATIONS
ACROSS AMERICA.
AND THAT HAS TRIGGERED FIERCE
RESPONSE FROM ONE OF THE RISE OF
BOB UBER LEADERS WHO SAID IN A
STATEMENT THIS WEEK THE POLICE
THREATS AGAINST QUENTIN
TARANTINO AMOUNT TO A MAFIA
STYLE PROTECTION RACKET ONLY TO
PAY OFF BEING DEMANDED IS TOWING
A POLITICAL LINE NOT CASH.
TARANTINO NOW FINDS HIMSELF AT
LEAST FOR THE MOMENT AND A KEY
FIGURE IN THE GROWING DEBATE
OVER POLICE USE OF FORCE, HOW
WHEN AND UNDER WHAT
CIRCUMSTANCES THE FORCE IS USED
AND HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH.
ISSUES THAT ARE BEING HASHED OUT
