1. Two male
on motorbikes with
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of 5900 block south avalon.
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chevrolet white, in color.
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with a sawed-Off shotgun.
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'52 chevy white color
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for molotov cocktails.
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molotov cocktails.
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fuse was lighted.
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by white officers of the
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of two young negroes.
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drunk driving; the other,
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nearby, came to the scene.
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there was a scuffle.
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hundred negroes had gathered,
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brutality quickly spread
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block or so in that direction,
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leaders pleaded for peace
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intersection where cars were
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a television technician was
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almost beaten to death.
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the most widespread,
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violence in american history.
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shooting and beating went on
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all but 5 of them negroes.
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parker described los angeles
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"monkeys in a zoo."
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have more than once called
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the county, the schools?
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trying to find a failure other
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dangerous move because it,
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sanctify their acts.
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grievance that was had by
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started this thing,
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done to solve it.
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done was that massive forces
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the actual overt action.
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being pushed around by you
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street, kicking in the doors,
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police station,
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stopping people on the street
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weren't stopping people in
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a long time before now.
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references to respect for
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more particularly,
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for law enforcement.
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the problems of these people,
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what law enforcement has
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for a hundred years.
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man's law enforcement that's
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their parents being chased
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on one pretext or another.
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can understand that the people
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about law enforcement and
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make it better?
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the rioting stop?
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it'd ever stop, really.
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commission sought to answer
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is the situation,
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unless it is checked,
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be only a curtain raiser to
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one day in the future.
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avail our nation,
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man on the moon,
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sickness in our cities?
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for cbs reports,
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the ashes of this community i
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to build a better society in
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better housing conditions,
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with the police problem to
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city for the nation.
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was sworn in today as mayor
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city in this country
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policeman and the son of
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is not just a victory for
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victory for progress,
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had spent 28 years working
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ranks to the top job.
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parker's driver and bodyguard,
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my stamp on this organization.
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gates department.
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liberals have become intensely
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is excessive use of force
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police department.
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causing the kind of polarization
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of hollywood when they think
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is also the port of entry for
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immigrants from asia and
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united states of america.
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states of america.
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last fifteen years,
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immigrants from around the
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into the city.
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businesses are the american
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is a stunning ethnic
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of identity of common
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luther king's words,
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today and look out upon faces
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colors intermingle like the
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the face of the future."
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that at midnight tonight all
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forces will suspend
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time of euphoria,
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pride in our troops,
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people whose strength and
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quick, decisive, and just.
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gallup poll shows people in
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positive about their country
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following the allied victory
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say they are satisfied.
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next friday, I.A. Residents
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conservation measure today.
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looks none too good.
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saying that the recession is
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out of inflation right now.
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cloudy and 60.
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65 degrees here at kfi am 640.
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southbound on paxton,
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appears to be three male blacks
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hyundai, i believe.
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the light but failed to yield
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northbound.
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twist in a case of alleged
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brutality in los angeles.
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suspect knew that a home video
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high-Speed chase and ended
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with the motorist,
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brutally beaten and kicked.
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struck as many as 56 times,
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broken bones.
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public saw on videotape.
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lives across the street.
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and recorded what happened as
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being arrested.
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camera sort of ready and looked
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that's when i saw that the
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suspect identified as
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and has two step children,
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time for armed robbery.
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excuse for what happened.
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a traffic violation.
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arrest him and give him some
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the mess out of him like that?
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he suffered a concussion.
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was pulverized.
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in from the blows to his face
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reconstructive surgery.
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what i've seen,
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of war from american forces
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came back beaten that badly.
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police say the incident was
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but the black community is
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of the naacp marched on
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is an aberration.
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should never have happened.
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procedures that would keep it
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because of human error.
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receives about 55 calls a week
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police brutality.
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early sunday morning is
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is that we have the proof.
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happened to the audio?
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idea at all how many times
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times, several times.
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um, some kind of device
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kick out of that.
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they got a kick out of it?
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long they left it in me.
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little toy and they wanted to
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of things did you hear
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i didn't hear any.
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uh, made it very clear that
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to turn this into a, uh,
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doesn't want to make, uh,
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did this just because he
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to it and there may be
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these officers had that
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it doesn't seem like that.
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the district attorney's office
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investigation into the beating
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we have obtained indictments
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police officers for their role
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powell, timothy wind,
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stacey koon have been indicted
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weapon and for excessive use
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color of authority.
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sergeant koon are further
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great bodily injury in the
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now been witnessed by
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powell have also been indicted
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surrendered this morning to
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finger printed,
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recommendation at the
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for the officers?
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tonight with peter jennings.
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washington, ted koppel.
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new, it's dramatic,
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los angeles police officers
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march 3rd beating of
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officers who wielded batons
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message after the arrest to
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exciting as our last call.
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gorillas in the mist."
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in the beating said quote,
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this bad in a long time."
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didn't deserve it."
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the transcript raises more
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police command.
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been devastating to the image
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to our police department.
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apparent that some, not all,
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are clearly out of control and
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willing to take a good hard
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of the department.
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Gates got to go, now.
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Gates got to go, now.
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have been, uh,
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the kind of, uh,
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both electronically and by
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more than any of us are.
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to brutalizing people in any,
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their worth as human beings.
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transcripts of the
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converse in racist terminology
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for that kind of discussion
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by any standard of decency.
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first of all is, uh,
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this council has supported
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that has supported you,
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behalf of the men and women of
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department that have served
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if you don't do that at this
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then i'm gonna tell you,
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department that is not going
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department that you want,
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the people deserve.
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you mean that as a threat?
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if i or other members of the
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criticizing you or the
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saying that you will,
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these services to fight crime
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insulting thing i have heard
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the time i've been here and
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than you've been alive.
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organization.
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up against the wall and
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me in the testicles.
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out of here now."
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where a dog attacked and
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a 16-Year-Old girl.
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large and aggressive.
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flesh and muscle.
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vessels and they will
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our kids completely
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every single day.
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tv beating a man like a dog.
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trained to approach black men
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and citizens second.
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leave south central,
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verbal abuse happens here
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the ground, nigger."
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what we're confronted with.
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the first thing they say is,
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getting so restless?
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we get restless?
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taking this to the streets and
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about just marching.
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publicized incident captured
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security camera videotape
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the last few moments of
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latasha harlins' life.
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15-Year-Old latasha harlins
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some orange juice.
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the money in her hand.
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money in the videotape.
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the backpack and there became
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over the backpack.
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turned to walk away from the
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a weapon and shot the victim
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student, honor roll student.
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her allowance so she did not
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is now in jail.
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outraged over the killing.
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426. Stop killing our children.
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427. The case has become
a symbol of tensions between
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428. Two large groups in this
ethnically diverse city,
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429. African americans
and the koreans,
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430. Who've become successful
merchants in many of the
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431. Poorest black neighborhoods.
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432. As many as 300,000 koreans
live in los angeles,
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433. Many of them in an area
known as koreatown.
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434. Some blacks see the koreans
as a merchant class that takes
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435. Advantage of the
black community.
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436. Why don't you open
a market that we can use
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437. For our family?
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438. Go back to korea.
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439. We are deeply
concerned that this incident
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440. May be detrimental to
the positive efforts between
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441. The two communities.
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442. In order to
strengthen our bonds,
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443. We will actively join with
the african american community
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444. To develop measures to
prevent further tragedy.
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445. Miss shepherd,
would you please give the
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446. Bailiff the um, verdict form?
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447. Thank you.
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448. Would the court please
read the verdicts?
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449. Title of
court and cause.
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450. We the jury, in the above
entitled action find the
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451. Defendant soon ja du guilty
of voluntary manslaughter in
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452. Violation of penal code
section 192a, a felony.
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453. A lessor included offense
to that charge in
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454. Of the indictment.
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455. We further find the allegation
that in the commission.
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456. It is
now a time for healing.
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457. It is not a time for rhetoric,
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458. Which serves no purpose
other than to fuel the fire.
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459. It's like throwing
gasoline on a fire
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460. That's already burning.
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461. It is my opinion that
mrs. Du is not a danger to
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462. The community and that
she is not going to reoffend.
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463. I know a criminal
when i see one.
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464. I know a person who presents
a danger to the community
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465. When i see one.
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466. When i don't, i treat
that person as something
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467. Other than that.
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468. She got
away with murder.
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469. Goddamn, sure hope so
that there will be all the
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470. Hell in the black community.
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471. I hope
somebody would care.
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472. And would
stand up and see this insanity
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473. For exactly what it is.
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474. About the death of a
child, you can murder a child.
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475. Black people, once again,
being unjustly treated by the.
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476. And walk away,
and stay on the street.
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477. Get the cameras off.
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478. Get the camera out of my face.
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479. Since we don't
pick cotton anymore,
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480. And cut sugarcane, we are,
we're, our lives is not,
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481. Not worth anything?
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482. Richard.
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483. Get out of my face.
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484. Richard, richard.
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485. I mean you can have
a black person killed, uh,
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486. With a video with eyewitnesses
and this is what you'll get.
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487. Richard,
richard, stop that.
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488. Richard.
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489. Get out of my face.
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490. Richard.
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491. Get out of my face.
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492. Get him
on the elevator.
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493. Shut the door.
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494. Unfortunately,
a judge who's probably never
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495. Been down here, a judge who
probably knows very little
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496. About this community.
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497. A judge decided that the
life was not valuable enough.
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498. Latasha was killed,
our family was killed.
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499. Racism is not the
korean killing her,
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500. Racism is the court system
that allows her to kill her.
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501. We
have to show los angeles
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502. That we are resilient.
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503. And we are committed to the
salvation of our people.
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504. And we are prepared to
be civilly disobedient.
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505. Judge bernard kamins
caught observers by surprise
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506. When he reversed himself and
announced that he would grant
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507. A change a venue in the trial
of the four police officers
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508. Charged in connection
with the beating of
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509. Motorist rodney king.
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510. The change
of venue motion is greatly
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511. Entwined with whether
we can get jurors,
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512. And i'm very concerned
whether we can get jurors
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513. Who are untainted.
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514. Other
high-Profile cases,
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515. Such as those of charles
manson and robert kennedy
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516. Assassin sirhan sirhan
were not transferred out
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517. Of los angeles despite
high publicity.
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518. But defense attorneys
say this case is different.
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519. Everyone
has opinion on the uh,
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520. Guilt or innocence
of these defendants,
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521. And that's why it would
be very difficult to get
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522. A fair trial here.
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523. To move
the trial away from the
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524. Swarming controversy
in the I.A. Media,
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525. The venue was
changed to the simi valley,
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526. A mostly white suburb
of los angeles where many
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527. Police officers live.
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528. Simi valley is a
town of 100,000 people
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529. Just 35 miles north
of los angeles.
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530. Simi valley residents
are 88% white,
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531. Just one and a half percent
of the people who live
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532. Here are black.
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533. Thinking about right
now before you go and start?
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534. Start
banging up my car i'm gonna,
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535. You're gonna have another
the rodney king incident.
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536. Waiting
a long time for this.
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537. Finally getting
it going, a good feeling?
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538. Yes.
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539. Morning.
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540. Did you say anything
to, uh, mr. King?
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541. Yes.
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542. What did
you say to him?
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543. I yelled at
him to lay down on the ground,
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544. Get down on the ground,
a series of those commands.
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545. A series?
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546. Yes.
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547. You repeated it?
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548. Right.
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549. And, uh, tell
the jury what happened next.
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550. A, i
continued to hit him and then
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551. Knocked him to the ground,
yelled at him to stay on the
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552. Ground and he repeated
the motion again,
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553. Getting up again.
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554. I was completely in
fear for my life,
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555. Scared to death that if this
guy got back up he was gonna
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556. Take my gun away from me, or
there was gonna be a shooting,
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557. And i was doing everything
i could to keep him down
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558. On the ground.
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559. At any time during
this evening did it go through
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560. Your mind that this
was not a human being that
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561. You were beating?
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562. No.
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563. Um, he wasn't
an animal, was he?
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564. No, sir,
just acting like one.
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565. He wasn't, he
was just acting like one?
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566. Yes, sir.
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567. Was he
acting like a gorilla?
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568. No, sir.
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569. Now this call
that involved these african
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570. Americans, was it in a jungle?
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571. In a what?
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572. A jungle.
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573. No.
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574. Was it at the zoo?
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575. No.
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576. Were there
any gorillas around?
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577. I didn't see any.
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578. Sergeant, what
are you watching during
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579. All of this?
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580. What are you thinking when
you're focusing on this?
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581. I'm
thinking that, uh,
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582. Mr. King has
been subjected to, uh,
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583. An enormous amount of,
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584. Uh, uh, pain
and he's, uh, not,
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585. It's almost as if his body
is anesthetized to the pain.
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586. What were
you thinking now?
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587. I was thinking
that i have exhausted all of
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588. Uh, the use of force that
i have short of deadly force
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589. At this time.
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590. I'm thinking at this
time i'm either gonna have
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591. To use a
chokehold or my weapon.
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592. And why didn't you
want to use a chokehold, sir?
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593. Because,
um, in los angeles the
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594. Chokehold, uh, is associated
with death of blacks.
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595. How do you view
looking at this videotape, sir?
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596. It's
violent and it's brutal.
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597. Was this
anything that you enjoyed?
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598. No.
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599. Why was it done?
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600. It's
done to control, uh,
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601. An aggressive combative
suspect and sometimes police
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602. Work is brutal.
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603. That's just a fact of life.
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604. Every day, regular
folks from the public file in
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605. To watch the trial and you can
too if you can beat the rush.
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606. Actually, you have
a pretty good chance.
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607. Um, we have 17 seats
allocated for the, um, public.
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608. However, the other seats
that we have reserved,
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609. If people don't show up
for those seats then we
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610. Immediately open them
up to the public.
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611. If you want
to come here though,
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612. Here's a little advice.
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613. They should dress
appropriately for court,
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614. Of course.
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615. Um, nothing that says
anything about the trial itself
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616. Or any type of racial slurs,
um, anything that might be
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617. Misconstrued by anyone.
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618. Well anyway,
court order covers that.
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619. Do you have another
shirt in the car?
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620. I'll look and see.
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621. Otherwise.
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622. Stopping
the video at 03:51:02,
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623. Have you seen mr. King
swing at anyone?
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624. No, i haven't.
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625. Uh, have you
seen him punch at anyone?
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626. No, i haven't.
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627. Is your testimony
then at any point after
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628. 03:42:20, any baton blow
received by mr. King is
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629. Unreasonable and unnecessary?
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630. Yes sir, it is.
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631. Had
sergeant koon not been there
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632. To control that situation,
as ugly as it looks,
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633. Rodney king wouldn't
have been home now.
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634. And maybe sergeant koon
would have had to go tell
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635. Some officer's family why
they didn't come home.
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636. You've
got this man down.
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637. He's not doing anything.
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638. He's not trying to escape.
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639. He's not trying to resist.
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640. When you reach that point
on that tape where you say,
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641. Enough is enough, that's when
unreasonable force starts.
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642. Our whole system
of justice is based on the
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643. Belief that if we get twelve
people from the community to
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644. Fairly and dispassionately
decide this issue,
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645. Devoid of prejudice and bias,
then the truth will come out,
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646. Justice will be done.
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647. Think ahead and make a
decision now about which you
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648. Will be able to say years from
now, "i was true to my oath.
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649. I was true to the law.
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650. I was true to myself."
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651. Who's
the package for?
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652. How're you doing?
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653. Is that for the officers?
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654. Yes, sir.
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655. The defendants?
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656. Do you support those guys?
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657. You better believe it.
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658. Why?
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659. Those guys are heathens.
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660. Yeah.
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661. Those guys are
animalistic heathens.
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662. Yeah, they're,
they're holding the
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663. Jungle back, tiger.
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664. Jungle?
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665. No.
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666. Yes sir.
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667. I think the defendants
are jungle people, okay?
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668. For you to support those
defendants is another,
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669. It's an indication
of your humanity.
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670. Your immorality.
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671. You got a, you got a
constitutional right of poor
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672. Judgment, and you're
exercising it right now.
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673. No, no, no, no, no, no.
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674. You have a constitutional
right of just
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675. Inconspicuous inhumanities.
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676. Ah, blow it!
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677. Yeah, right.
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678. That's ridiculous
for you to do that.
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679. Yeah.
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680. Keep your mouth shut.
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681. I didn't ask you a damn thing.
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682. I have a
constitutional right to
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683. Freedom of speech, brother.
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684. Yeah, well aim
it somewhere else.
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685. Okay,
that's disgusting.
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686. Yeah.
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687. Good
morning, gentlemen.
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688. Good morning sergeant.
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689. How'd your ball
game and barbecue go yesterday?
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690. Oh the
barbecue was great.
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691. Looks like you're
dressed for it today.
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692. I got my
clothes in the car, shhh!
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693. Can you just
tell us what it's like the
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694. Last few days for you?
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695. It's been hard
but uh, i'll, i'll make it.
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696. I'll make it.
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697. The waiting's got
to be extremely tough, though.
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698. Sure.
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699. Thank you.
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700. Just out of curiosity, have
you made a conscious decision
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701. To talk to us and
tell your side of it?
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702. No not
really, it's just ah.
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703. David,
get down, david.
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704. I have
nothing to hide, really.
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705. You should.
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706. I better
get in to court, i'm late.
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707. What do you
think of the donuts there?
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708. I don't
know if they're donuts yet.
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709. I haven't opened it yet.
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710. And you're
not a hero buddy.
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711. You're a heathen!
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712. You're an animalistic heathen.
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713. Good luck.
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714. We're behind you!
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715. Go for it, guy.
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716. Excuse me, mr. Wind?
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717. How is it waiting right now?
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718. Waiting.
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719. Yeah.
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720. No, i mean for the verdict.
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721. How do you feel about it?
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722. It's got to be really tough.
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723. Let's go to bryan
live now at the courthouse
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724. In simi valley.
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725. Well pat,
everybody is in a state of
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726. Nervous, uh, a state of
nervousness just waiting for
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727. The decision to come down.
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728. Right now, uh, there
are people outside.
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729. Uh, there was, uh,
beefed up security here,
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730. Uh for what, we don't know.
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731. But, uh, i'm
supposing that, uh,
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732. They're prepared for
whatever may arise in the
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733. Event of a verdict.
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734. So, uh, everyone's in a,
a state of nervous anticipation.
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735. 5,
4, 3, 2, 1, hello.
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736. They want to come
to us live as soon as we
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737. Can get our picture.
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738. Uh.
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739. I'm told that, uh, we
have the courtroom verdict so
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740. We will go live there.
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741. A verdict's
been reached on all counts as
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742. To all defendants who are
mentioned in those counts and
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743. Have you brought with
you the verdict forms
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744. For those counts?
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745. Okay, would you hand them
to the bailiff please?
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746. Title of
court and cause.
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747. We the jury, in the
above entitled action,
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748. Find the defendant
laurence m. Powell not guilty
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749. Of the crime of assault
by force likely to
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750. Produce great bodily injury,
and with a deadly weapon,
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751. In violation of penal code
section 245a1, a felony,
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752. As charged in account one
of the amended indictment,
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753. This 29th day of april,
1992, signed by the foreman.
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754. We the jury, in the
above entitled action,
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755. Find the defendant
timothy e. Wind not guilty
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756. Of the crime of
assault by force likely to
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757. Produce great bodily injury,
and with a deadly weapon.
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758. We the jury, in the
above entitled action,
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759. Find the defendant
theodore j. Briseno not guilty
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760. Of the crime of assault
by force likely to produce
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761. Great bodily injury,
and with a deadly weapon.
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762. We the jury, in the
above entitled action,
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763. Find the defendant
stacey c. Koon not guilty
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764. Of the crime
of assault by force likely to
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765. Produce great bodily injury,
and with a deadly weapon.
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766. Ladies and gentlemen of the
jury, are these your verdicts,
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767. So say you one,
so say you all?
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768. Yes.
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769. The jury in the
los angeles police brutality
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770. Trial has just
reached its verdicts.
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771. The four police officers who
were videotaped repeatedly
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772. Beating an unarmed man
were found not guilty on
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773. All but one count.
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774. And not one
of the four police officers
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775. Seen on videotape beating
mr. King a year ago,
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776. Is guilty of using
excessive force.
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777. They've all been
found not guilty.
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778. Not guilty
on all but one count.
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779. And
judges declared a mistrial
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780. On one count.
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781. They've essentially
been found not guilty of all
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782. Charges except for the one
count of excessive force
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783. Against laurence powell.
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784. The disputed
verdict was returned after a
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785. Week of deliberations
at the end of a long and
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786. Closely watched trial.
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787. The juror said
racism didn't enter into the
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788. Jury's deliberations.
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789. None of the jurors is black.
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790. There were ten whites,
one asian, and one hispanic.
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791. Today, this
jury told the world that what
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792. We all saw, with our
own eyes, wasn't a crime.
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793. Today, that jury asked us
to accept the senseless and
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794. Brutal beating of
a helpless man.
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795. Today, that jury said that we
should tolerate such conduct
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796. By those who are sworn
to protect and serve.
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797. My friends, i'm here
to tell this jury, no.
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798. No, our eyes did
not deceive us.
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799. We saw what we saw, and
what we saw was a crime.
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800. You got
another white jury ah,
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801. Saying that it's okay
for white cops to beat
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802. Up black people.
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803. And that's racism,
american style,
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804. And it's been that
way from the get.
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805. They're
making it bad for all
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806. The good cops.
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807. If they're gonna
let dirty cops off,
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808. How's that make a guy who's
trying to do his job feel?
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809. My little boy,
he wanted to be a cop
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810. Just like his father,
but after seeing that tape,
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811. He doesn't want to
be that anymore.
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812. Now i have to
train him not to.
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813. For us
to try to go back to tell
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814. Black people in the community
that justice is blind,
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815. They'll say, you're right.
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816. It is so blind that
they can't see us.
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817. It is so blind to whenever
something happens to one of
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818. Us, we get the max if we
don't get killed first.
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819. And so it is blind.
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820. Where's my justice?
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821. There is no justice.
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822. There is no justice.
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823. Letting, letting
a person drive down in my
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824. Streets with a
belly full of beer.
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825. But you
know that out there,
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826. There are a lot of
people that aren't going
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827. To be very happy.
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828. How will you respond to them?
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829. What will be your reaction?
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830. Oh,
i don't think i have to
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831. Respond to them.
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832. They have to respond
to themselves,
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833. Make their own decisions.
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834. They have all the facts
in front of 'em, i would hope.
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835. And that's what they
should base it on.
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836. It shouldn't be any sort
of an emotional thing.
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837. I'm glad that you guys
showed this to the world to
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838. Let them see how black people
are treated in this country.
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839. You know, you guys
did not respect us.
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840. We, you, you feel
we're subcreatures.
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841. If i went and beat,
wait a minute, sweetheart.
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842. If i went and beat your dog
the way they beat this man,
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843. I'd be in jail.
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844. These guys are going
out, out to have a drink.
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845. What image of los
angeles emerges from this
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846. Verdict, to the rest of
the country do you think?
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847. Why don't we
say the rest of the world?
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848. President bush stands up to
challenge leaders of nations
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849. Around the world, uh, to
ah, respect human rights,
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850. And to not engage in a denial
of those rights to citizens.
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851. They're gonna laugh at him.
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852. They're gonna point
to this videotape and
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853. Remember the
name "rodney king."
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854. In the black community.
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855. I'd like to see all the
brothers in south central I.A.
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856. Get together,
get out in the street,
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857. Stop killing each other,
and let's deal with what
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858. The real problem is.
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859. And who is the real problem?
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860. Which is?
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861. White people.
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862. White people.
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863. That's right.
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864. You got all
the economic power.
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865. You selling the country
to the japanese.
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866. We've been here 437 years
and don't get nothing,
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867. But our ass whooped.
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868. And i'm tired of it.
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869. You know the first we
look we get by the blacks?
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870. What are you doing
in our community?
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871. That's what this is all about.
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872. "beaner," a "spic."
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873. I've had cokehead
thrown at me.
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874. This is a prejudiced valley.
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875. No it's not.
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876. It's a
travesty of justice.
Copy !req
877. This has been going
on for years, and,
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878. And it's about
time it stopped.
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879. They gonna be shooting
every police that go by.
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880. This is not gonna end.
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881. They just started a war,
they just declared a war.
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882. L.A. Should
go back to I.A.
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883. We don't want you over here.
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884. It
sends a bad message.
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885. It says it's okay to go
ahead and beat somebody when
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886. They're down, and
kick the crap out of 'em.
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887. If it's not videotaped,
don't worry about it.
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888. Another brother officer
won't turn you in,
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889. And if a brother officer
does turn you in, don't worry,
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890. We'll get white jurors
or whoever it takes,
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891. And we'll, you'll walk.
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892. And you're protected
by this system.
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893. You're backed up
by this system.
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894. The fact that it would happen
here, would happen anywhere,
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895. Is disgusting.
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896. It's a good time, folks,
if you got a plane ticket,
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897. Cash it in and get
the heck out of dodge.
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898. This is gonna be a
bad place to live.
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899. The next person's gonna
be a white person then see,
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900. They gonna see what's,
uh, what happens then.
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901. Why are we running?
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902. Why are we running?
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903. You're guilty.
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904. You're innocent, man.
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905. You're innocent.
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906. Keep doing your job.
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907. Hey, i said
move the cameras.
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908. I tell you one more time
there's gonna be a problem.
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909. Move out, guys.
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910. You fucking
piece of shit pig.
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911. I hope you burn in
hell, you.
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912. You fucking piece of shit.
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913. He's an asshole, man.
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914. Racist piece of shit!
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915. He's cheering him on.
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916. He's cheering him on, man!
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917. There ain't no cheering here.
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918. That's bullshit!
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919. Get a
haircut, you faggot!
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920. What's with these
fucking people?
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921. Everyone's
got their opinion.
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922. Hold
your line, hold your line.
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923. Hold your line.
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924. Nobody leaves the line.
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925. Hold your line.
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926. You fucking sellout.
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927. No violence.
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928. We came here to be heard!
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929. No violence.
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930. Fall back, fall back.
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931. Come on back, fall back.
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932. Ease back, come on back.
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933. Dr.Now every
voice, every voice,
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934. At the top of your voice
say, "lord is alive."
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935. Lord is alive.
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936. Dr. Lord is alive.
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937. Lord is alive.
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938. Dr. Lord is alive.
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939. Lord is alive.
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940. Dr. Lord
ain't dead yet.
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941. Lord ain't dead yet.
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942. Tonight we must tell
our children one more time,
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943. Stay cool.
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944. Be calm.
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945. That for african-American
children and adults,
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946. Freedom is not yet a reality
in the united states.
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947. They having
church inside but we facing
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948. The facts out here.
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949. Truth in right.
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950. Truth in right, reality.
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951. No more lies and rumors.
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952. Just do
me a favor and cool it 'cause
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953. I know you're angry.
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954. I want to save it, alright.
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955. We're cool, but we
are enraged at the same time.
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956. Fuck the media.
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957. Sitting in there
talking about peace.
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958. Every time somebody
talk about peace we get a
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959. Foot in our ass.
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960. That's right, bro.
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961. Turn the other cheek
so they can kick it.
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962. I'm not talking
about peace no more.
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963. Let's make some noise,
let's make some noise.
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964. Wake up, black
community, wake up.
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965. Wake up, black community.
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966. People
to unite and come as one and
Copy !req
967. Take off the red and
take off the blue and
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968. Put it together.
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969. Chanting "africans unite']
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970. Let's go!
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971. Let's go!
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972. Officer needs help,
we're taking bottles and rocks
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973. At florence and normandie.
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974. Put my shit on.
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975. All units,
officer needs help florence
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976. And normandie.
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977. Officer down!
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978. I hope, uh, he needs
help getting his ass kicked,
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979. Because, uh,
i don't like police.
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980. And, uh, me and al,
we're the roving reporters.
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981. Looks like
it's florence and normandie.
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982. Florence and normandie.
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983. Here we come.
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984. Attention number #3, ma'am.
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985. We're above the
location right now.
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986. Uh, we got many officers
and many people running.
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987. What's
going on, what's going on?
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988. We need all
you guys to step back.
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989. We need all you
guys to step back.
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990. Leave him alone.
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991. Hey, leave him alone.
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992. Relax, relax!
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993. Fuck that shit, man.
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994. Get that riot gear.
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995. Hit me, motherfucker.
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996. Hit me.
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997. I want all you
motherfuckers to know one thing.
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998. It's war on the
streets, motherfuckers!
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999. It's war on the streets.
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1000. Her up, i know!
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1001. I want
everybody out of here.
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1002. Florence and normandie,
everybody get out now.
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1003. Lieutenant
is requesting everyone out of
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1004. The area of florence
and normandie.
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1005. Everyone, out of the area,
florence and normandie.
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1006. It's
not worth it.
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1007. Let's go.
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1008. It's not worth it.
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1009. Let's go, fighting's
not worth it.
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1010. Black man, you ought
to be ashamed of yourself.
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1011. These are
all my people, man.
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1012. Oh, i saw, i saw.
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1013. How you
feel, how you feel?
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1014. How you feel, huh?
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1015. Why do you?
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1016. I'm angry,
but i'm not surprised.
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1017. For over four hundred years,
our people have suffered.
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1018. Not only civil rights, but
the right to be a human being.
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1019. Don't fall victim
to the division.
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1020. You see us united
from all a cross-Section
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1021. Of the community today,
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1022. Because one of our brothers
has been unjustly beaten,
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1023. And it has been
justified by a jury,
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1024. That shows us that we
can't get justice in america.
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1025. How long do we have
to see these things?
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1026. How long before
we come together in
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1027. Love for ourselves?
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1028. How many more rodney
kings does it have to be?
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1029. How many more latasha
harlins does it have to be?
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1030. That's right,
brothers, fuck 'em up.
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1031. We gonna fuck up white boys.
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1032. Yeah, that's right, let
the mexicans pass through.
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1033. No mexicans, no mexicans.
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1034. Fuck with the buddha heads
and fuck with them white boys.
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1035. I'm going
live in a second.
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1036. Stand by, everybody.
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1037. Keep a live picture, okay?
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1038. You better go.
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1039. Y'all better turn
the fuck around.
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1040. Fuck the white man!
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1041. Yeah, motherfucker,
this is history.
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1042. Fuck y'all, we killin'.
Copy !req
1043. Apparently
groups of youths are on
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1044. The streets in
south central los angeles.
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1045. There are reports
that they are throwing
Copy !req
1046. Rocks and bottles.
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1047. Let's get the latest
on the situation now and
Copy !req
1048. Go to news copter 13.
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1049. Kim, you're
looking at a live picture.
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1050. There's been a mini-Riot
at this location.
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1051. Tom's liquor store has
been looted at this point.
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1052. Yeah, yeah, yeah, go.
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1053. Turn, turn,
turn, yeah, yeah.
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1054. Y'all thank king!
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1055. Fuck the police.
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1056. Fuck them fuckers!
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1057. Yeah!
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1058. Hang on, i'm getting
a report from the police.
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1059. Go ahead.
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1060. Okay, they've now, there's
now been a tactical alert
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1061. For this area.
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1062. They've set up a command
post and that officers have
Copy !req
1063. Been ordered to stay
out of this area.
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1064. Normandie
and 71st, we need help.
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1065. There's a
riot situation in the area.
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1066. Advise units not to respond.
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1067. We understand, uh,
we have a helicopter shot now.
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1068. Uh, this is, uh, over
the command center that's
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1069. At 54th and, uh, van ness.
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1070. You can see
certainly there, uh,
Copy !req
1071. The concentration
of police vehicles.
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1072. The fire
department is aware of the
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1073. Situation at florence
and normandie.
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1074. They are holding back
on their response.
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1075. For the
present time we are not gonna
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1076. Go in that area for anybody.
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1077. We're working a
number of radios aboard news
Copy !req
1078. Copter 13.
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1079. What we're doing is we
have people aboard that are
Copy !req
1080. Relaying information to
the police helicopters and
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1081. To the emergency operation
center in the city.
Copy !req
1082. We're also showing a live
picture that they're seeing.
Copy !req
1083. They know what's
going on down here.
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1084. Fuck out of here, man.
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1085. Motherfucker.
Copy !req
1086. They're attacking
everyone that comes to a stop
Copy !req
1087. Here at this intersection.
Copy !req
1088. Rocks and bottles being
thrown at another car.
Copy !req
1089. They're now pulling
the door off the car.
Copy !req
1090. If you are in this area, you
don't want to come down here.
Copy !req
1091. There's a van
coming under attack.
Copy !req
1092. Now they're pulling
the driver out.
Copy !req
1093. They're kicking the driver
and beating the driver.
Copy !req
1094. All this guy did
was enter this area.
Copy !req
1095. That's his only crime.
Copy !req
1096. Hit the siren, guys.
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1097. Oh my gosh!
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1098. Oh my.
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1099. Oh, these are.
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1100. Absolutely
brutal attack.
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1101. Terrible!
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1102. Terrible pictures.
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1103. No fucking
pity for the white man.
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1104. No pity for the white man.
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1105. Lay your white ass down.
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1106. That's how fucking rodney
king felt white boy!
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1107. That's how rodney king,
don't help his white ass!
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1108. Hey, don't help his ass.
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1109. The man is up now.
Copy !req
1110. His clothes are torn, he's
still bleeding all over,
Copy !req
1111. But he's trying to get
back into his truck.
Copy !req
1112. He is getting back
into his truck.
Copy !req
1113. I hope he has
enough power to,
Copy !req
1114. On his own to just
get out of the area.
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1115. I'm a news reporter.
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1116. Oh god!
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1117. Help, help, oh, god, help!
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1118. It don't even
amaze me no more.
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1119. Here's to
rodney king and latasha harlins!
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1120. He's black
now, he's black now.
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1121. Is he dead?
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1122. He ain't dead
yet but he gonna die.
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1123. They spray painted his nose,
put it all in his mouth.
Copy !req
1124. He's gonna die.
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1125. He needs immediate help.
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1126. I can't hear a thing.
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1127. Who am i going live with?
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1128. Network or?
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1129. Yes, yes, i'm ready.
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1130. Calvin, we're
ready to go live.
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1131. You have me
but are you, are we back now?
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1132. Okay, here we go, um.
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1133. We're gonna go in deeper and
show you at the core of this
Copy !req
1134. Thing what's going on.
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1135. Let's go this way.
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1136. Let's go.
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1137. No justice, no peace.
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1138. No justice, no peace.
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1139. No justice, no peace.
Copy !req
1140. There's not
crips down here.
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1141. There's no bloods down here.
Copy !req
1142. There's just concerned
citizens down here that don't
Copy !req
1143. Like the way the
system is done.
Copy !req
1144. What,
could you tell me?
Copy !req
1145. This is what
we're talking about.
Copy !req
1146. We've got a crowd
of about 400 people at least
Copy !req
1147. Over here, very angry people.
Copy !req
1148. They are throwing signs.
Copy !req
1149. They have taken over los
angeles street and again,
Copy !req
1150. The situation is
very volatile.
Copy !req
1151. People keep on
taunting the officers,
Copy !req
1152. Throwing things at them.
Copy !req
1153. Fuck you.
Copy !req
1154. Ron, is this
an organized, uh,
Copy !req
1155. Demonstration or?
Copy !req
1156. No, i think, hal,
i think it started out as
Copy !req
1157. An organized demonstration
and, uh, and then it
Copy !req
1158. Grew and grew and, uh, now,
Copy !req
1159. Now it has been,
for the past hour or so,
Copy !req
1160. Pretty much a standoff here.
Copy !req
1161. No peace, no justice,
no peace, no justice.
Copy !req
1162. I want to go now.
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1163. Okay, ma, michael,
things have escalated
Copy !req
1164. Dramatically in the
last fifteen minutes.
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1165. That is the third flag
that you are looking at
Copy !req
1166. They have burned.
Copy !req
1167. Where you're
looking at one of the parker
Copy !req
1168. Center guard stations.
Copy !req
1169. One of the guard stations,
they have taken it over,
Copy !req
1170. They are breaking the windows.
Copy !req
1171. We are asking people to
stay out of this area.
Copy !req
1172. Police officers trying to
Copy !req
1173. Seal off the streets.
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1174. Uh, the group basically
just marching right down
Copy !req
1175. The middle of the street.
Copy !req
1176. It, it is
a multiracial crowd.
Copy !req
1177. It is not, uh,
predominantly any color.
Copy !req
1178. There's a fellow who's
lighting the trees, is ne not?
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1179. Yes,
yes that's what we saw.
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1180. Absolutely.
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1181. Yeah, going along
block to block.
Copy !req
1182. And
here we can see he's.
Copy !req
1183. And
nobody's stopping him.
Copy !req
1184. He, er, one tree
after another.
Copy !req
1185. These bearded
palms uh, with the,
Copy !req
1186. The dead fronds
hanging down ah,
Copy !req
1187. Great fuel for an arsonist.
Copy !req
1188. Hey, yo, yo!
Copy !req
1189. Burn them, burn
them, burn them.
Copy !req
1190. Right here, right here, right
here, right here, right here!
Copy !req
1191. Burn gates, burn gates,
burn gates, burn gates!
Copy !req
1192. Burn this mother.
Copy !req
1193. Burn that shit.
Copy !req
1194. Burn them, burn them
out of the city.
Copy !req
1195. Now they're
turning this over.
Copy !req
1196. No peace, no justice,
no peace, no justice,
Copy !req
1197. No peace, no justice,
no peace, no justice, no peace,
Copy !req
1198. No justice, no peace,
no justice, no peace.
Copy !req
1199. No justice, no peace,
no justice, no peace.
Copy !req
1200. No justice, no peace,
no justice, no peace.
Copy !req
1201. No justice, no peace.
Copy !req
1202. Shut the city down.
Copy !req
1203. Fuck uncle
tom, fuck uncle tom.
Copy !req
1204. Fuck him, fuck uncle tom.
Copy !req
1205. Fuck the court building!
Copy !req
1206. This is where so much
corruption starts from.
Copy !req
1207. This court needs
to be burned down!
Copy !req
1208. I talked to some
of the officers a little
Copy !req
1209. While ago and they,
they really don't know what
Copy !req
1210. To do right now.
Copy !req
1211. And they, there were
tv cameras all over.
Copy !req
1212. There are people
all over and, uh,
Copy !req
1213. I don't think anybody
really knows what to do and
Copy !req
1214. How to get
this under control.
Copy !req
1215. Civic center, right turn 1.2.
Copy !req
1216. Stephanie,
is that you?
Copy !req
1217. Do you want to change
that to how widespread is,
Copy !req
1218. Is the violence because it'll
be hard to talk about, okay?
Copy !req
1219. Well at this evening,
we understand that there
Copy !req
1220. Are about twenty fires burning,
Copy !req
1221. Mostly in
south central los angeles.
Copy !req
1222. This is a predominantly
black area of the city.
Copy !req
1223. This is a
super swapmeet location.
Copy !req
1224. Someone, actually a group of
over 100 people went into this
Copy !req
1225. Location and looted it.
Copy !req
1226. And every time they go
in and loot, after they,
Copy !req
1227. They're done looting, they
set fire to the structure.
Copy !req
1228. I'm tired of what's going
on in the black community.
Copy !req
1229. They shot latasha harlins.
Copy !req
1230. They took out my boy rodney
king, beat him on the streets.
Copy !req
1231. What you need more
than videotape?
Copy !req
1232. We gonna take
out everyone that's gonna
Copy !req
1233. Take us out first.
Copy !req
1234. Go, go.
Copy !req
1235. Clack, clack,
clack, clack, clack.
Copy !req
1236. We're hearing for
the first time tonight from
Copy !req
1237. Daryl gates, who is
holding a news conference.
Copy !req
1238. Let's go to him live.
Copy !req
1239. Once
again, i think, uh,
Copy !req
1240. Most of it's
concentrated at south central
Copy !req
1241. Los angeles area.
Copy !req
1242. But, uh, problem is you find
many locations where there are
Copy !req
1243. No officers and, uh,
that needs to be corrected
Copy !req
1244. And we're trying to do
that as quick as we can.
Copy !req
1245. Unreported
structure fire for light
Copy !req
1246. 4-64 dash.
Copy !req
1247. We're taking
some pretty heavy slack on
Copy !req
1248. Adams about hobart.
Copy !req
1249. There are three
separate structure fires.
Copy !req
1250. We've just
been taken out.
Copy !req
1251. We've got bottles
through the window.
Copy !req
1252. Uh, only...
Copy !req
1253. Uh, need,
uh, some pd in that area and
Copy !req
1254. Some fire
companies assigned.
Copy !req
1255. We
have a fireman shot.
Copy !req
1256. We have a fireman shot.
Copy !req
1257. We need help immediately.
Copy !req
1258. Roger, lapd.
Copy !req
1259. We have a need of
with a gurney.
Copy !req
1260. They're
dispatching lapd units ah,
Copy !req
1261. Along with all fire trucks
that respond to major
Copy !req
1262. Emergency blazes
for our protection.
Copy !req
1263. But uh, with respect to
trying to get lapd service for
Copy !req
1264. Anything else, folks,
you're on your own down there.
Copy !req
1265. There
are fires burning.
Copy !req
1266. There are people being
beaten, there is looting.
Copy !req
1267. It is a dangerous night
in the city of los angeles.
Copy !req
1268. I'm
advised that, uh,
Copy !req
1269. There is someone from the
secretary of state's office on
Copy !req
1270. The way over to
accept this proclamation
Copy !req
1271. Of a state emergency,
Copy !req
1272. Of a state of emergency
for los angeles city
Copy !req
1273. And los angeles county.
Copy !req
1274. This is, uh, in response to
a request by mayor bradley.
Copy !req
1275. As a result of the
discussions that we have had,
Copy !req
1276. There will be as many as 750
california highway patrolmen.
Copy !req
1277. Additionally, we have
made available some
Copy !req
1278. 2,000 national guardsmen.
Copy !req
1279. They are on standby,
prepared to, uh, move.
Copy !req
1280. Transport has been arranged.
Copy !req
1281. And it is our purpose here at
the state government level to
Copy !req
1282. Restore law and order, and
to minimize the danger to the
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1283. Residents of the area.
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1284. This is a matter that needs to
be settled in the courts and
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1285. Not in the streets.
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1286. Thank you.
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1287. What do you want?
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1288. Justice.
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1289. When do you want it?
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1290. Now.
Copy !req
1291. What do you want?
Copy !req
1292. Justice?
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1293. When do you want it?
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1294. Now.
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1295. What do you want?
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1296. Justice?
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1297. When do you want it?
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1298. Now.
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1299. White house officials
are scrambling at this very
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1300. Moment, uh, to produce a
statement from president bush.
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1301. Nobody expected that verdict
the way it came down.
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1302. There's nothing really that
the white house can do about
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1303. That verdict but
it does present a huge
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1304. Political problem.
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1305. Many civil rights leaders
thought that president bush
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1306. Has been weak on civil
rights, civil rights promises.
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1307. Have you had any
discussions with president bush,
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1308. Either on the telephone,
or has there been any form?
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1309. President
bush does not talk to us.
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1310. Uh, let's, let's, let's, let's,
let's be straight about this.
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1311. Ah, we have no access
to the white house.
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1312. We had one meeting since
i have been in congress,
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1313. With the president.
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1314. It was pro forma,
it was courtesy,
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1315. But there is no relationship.
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1316. Is that who we thought?
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1317. I think so, yeah.
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1318. Administration officials
say that the justice
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1319. Department had in fact
launched a civil rights
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1320. Investigation into the rodney
king beating but once state
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1321. Charges were brought they
sort of put that on hold.
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1322. Now it's unclear at this
moment exactly where
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1323. That investigation stands.
Copy !req
1324. Faith?
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1325. It would almost
seem at this point, jim,
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1326. That they'd have to
pick it up again.
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1327. You cannot ignore that
all of this is coming
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1328. In a presidential
election year.
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1329. Gov.You know
that i don't think
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1330. He's done enough but i,
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1331. But i think we have
had too much division and
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1332. Too little harmony.
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1333. I think there's been too
little effort to bring people
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1334. Together across racial lines.
Copy !req
1335. This is a human problem.
Copy !req
1336. People in this country
don't trust each other and
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1337. Don't trust the system.
Copy !req
1338. And the political system has
too often divided people by
Copy !req
1339. Race and that is the urgent
task for america today.
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1340. Our diversity will
either be our undoing,
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1341. Or the source of our
greatest strength.
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1342. I am angry, and
i have a right to that anger,
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1343. And the people out there
have a right to that anger.
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1344. We don't want anybody killed.
Copy !req
1345. None of us believe
in violence.
Copy !req
1346. But there are some
angry people in america,
Copy !req
1347. And young black
males, in my district,
Copy !req
1348. Are feeling at this moment,
if they could not get a
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1349. Conviction, with the rodney
king video available to the
Copy !req
1350. Jurors, that there can
be no justice in america.
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1351. Eric "rico" reed: 102.3 kjlh,
here in los angeles and, uh,
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1352. We're discussing all the
violence and the aftermath and
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1353. The directions to go as far
as this ah, incident here.
Copy !req
1354. Vent your anger,
your frustration, your,
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1355. Your hard feelings.
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1356. Not out in the streets,
not breaking windows,
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1357. Not looting, not rioting,
but you know, it, it,
Copy !req
1358. I guess just some people
say, just punch on me.
Copy !req
1359. Punch on the radio station.
Copy !req
1360. Talk to us over the lines.
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1361. Let, let's go back to the
phone lines and let's see how
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1362. You feel this morning.
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1363. Yeah, um, i feel
real frustrated, you know,
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1364. Because, uh, i, i don't
have no neighborhood no more.
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1365. This is
not the way for us to
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1366. Vent our frustration.
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1367. Yes.
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1368. This is what
they expect us to do.
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1369. I've been listening
to kjlh all my life and
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1370. I only have three words
for, uh, what's happening,
Copy !req
1371. And those are the same three
words that was uttered during
Copy !req
1372. The 1965 riots.
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1373. And you're
gonna say those bad words, huh?
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1374. Burn, baby, burn.
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1375. Yeah, that's a...
Copy !req
1376. Dj 2: thank you, robert.
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1377. I saw it on tv.
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1378. We come down here and
it's just blazing.
Copy !req
1379. And this
is your aunt's store?
Copy !req
1380. Yes.
Copy !req
1381. And was it
a liquor store here or?
Copy !req
1382. No, this was
a 99 cent store.
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1383. Ah-Ha.
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1384. And she has another
store on crenshaw and
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1385. That one is gone.
Copy !req
1386. It's terrible,
absolutely terrible.
Copy !req
1387. But what can you say?
Copy !req
1388. They said it all yesterday
and this is the outcome of it.
Copy !req
1389. And this is the
outcome of this.
Copy !req
1390. You are listening
to a special news report
Copy !req
1391. On am 1580, radio korea.
Copy !req
1392. Some news just came in, kfwb
radio has reported that more
Copy !req
1393. Damage was done to korean
businesses than any others
Copy !req
1394. During the riots.
Copy !req
1395. The report says that the
reason may be the conflict
Copy !req
1396. Between the korean
and black communities.
Copy !req
1397. I don't blame any other
people, any other race,
Copy !req
1398. Any other colors.
Copy !req
1399. Just, it happened.
Copy !req
1400. It happened.
Copy !req
1401. That's it.
Copy !req
1402. We're gonna build here again.
Copy !req
1403. We want to keep our
good intention, continues.
Copy !req
1404. And, uh, that's it.
Copy !req
1405. We, we live here and
we, we will live here
Copy !req
1406. And, uh,
Copy !req
1407. I understand.
Copy !req
1408. The city
is still officially under a
Copy !req
1409. State of emergency.
Copy !req
1410. The city council is going
to meet and discuss how to
Copy !req
1411. Proceed from here.
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1412. The purpose of
this meeting is to discuss the
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1413. Necessary action relative to
the state of emergency in the
Copy !req
1414. City of los angeles declared
by the mayor on april 29th.
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1415. Okay, uh, mr. Holden.
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1416. Mr. Uh,
mr. President and members,
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1417. I'm sure you've heard from
each of my colleagues before i
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1418. Arrived and certainly you've
seen them on tv asking for
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1419. Calm and regretting the
tragedy that took place last
Copy !req
1420. Night and continuing
in our city.
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1421. The question is, uh,
how do we stop it?
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1422. We have a pretty good
idea it is likely to occur,
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1423. And it will unless
we have a presence.
Copy !req
1424. But you got to start deploying
right now, i tell you.
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1425. Handwriting's on the wall.
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1426. Dj: i can't really tell
'cause we're on the radio and
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1427. I can barely
see the television.
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1428. Are people still
looting at this time?
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1429. Dj 2: yes, they are.
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1430. I seen them when
i was coming in to work.
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1431. They're still going in
to stores and they're still
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1432. Taking things.
Copy !req
1433. Dj: incredible, incredible.
Copy !req
1434. Dj 2: and laughing.
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1435. Man, getting stuff,
man, getting stuff.
Copy !req
1436. Go in there and
find your size, man.
Copy !req
1437. Getting stuff.
Copy !req
1438. While the, the
looting seems to continue
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1439. Unabated, uh, the mood at
least, uh, seems to be, uh,
Copy !req
1440. Very calm today.
Copy !req
1441. Look at right through there.
Copy !req
1442. It says "factory direct sale."
Copy !req
1443. This is the biggest sale
they've probably ever seen.
Copy !req
1444. It's like people are
looting anything they can
Copy !req
1445. Get their hands on.
Copy !req
1446. Here's a guy with
a plant, even,
Copy !req
1447. Coming right out the
front window and taking off.
Copy !req
1448. I've been taking
pictures of all this.
Copy !req
1449. This is exciting.
Copy !req
1450. It's wrong, but it's exciting.
Copy !req
1451. But you know something?
Copy !req
1452. It's kind of orderly.
Copy !req
1453. It's kind of orderly in a way.
Copy !req
1454. Oh, excuse me.
Copy !req
1455. I'm telling
you, it's, it's ama,
Copy !req
1456. Let me get this shot here.
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1457. It's amazing.
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1458. Where are the police?
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1459. Where are all the
police that chief gates said
Copy !req
1460. Would be ready for this?
Copy !req
1461. Uh, chief gates?
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1462. Uh, yes.
Copy !req
1463. Just to, uh, emphasize,
uh, our deployment, uh,
Copy !req
1464. Will increase substantially
and, uh, we hope that that,
Copy !req
1465. Uh, will, uh,
satisfy the need.
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1466. Now, now
there are some police,
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1467. Now everyone's running.
Copy !req
1468. Here, here the
police are coming.
Copy !req
1469. Look at that.
Copy !req
1470. There must be two or
three dozen people.
Copy !req
1471. They're still coming out
of that store right now.
Copy !req
1472. I don't know how many people
fit in that store but they're
Copy !req
1473. All running out
because there's the police
Copy !req
1474. Finally moving in.
Copy !req
1475. The police can't arrest
this many people.
Copy !req
1476. They just go running
with their merchandise and
Copy !req
1477. The police really aren't
running after them.
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1478. They can't run after them.
Copy !req
1479. We just
don't enough people to do it.
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1480. As soon as we chase them
away, they come right back.
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1481. It's my judgment
that the overwhelming majority
Copy !req
1482. Of those who are engaged in
that unlawful activity now are
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1483. Not the law abiding
citizens of this community,
Copy !req
1484. But those who are taking
advantage of an opportunity.
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1485. What are you doing?
Copy !req
1486. I don't know.
Copy !req
1487. Are you embarrassed?
Copy !req
1488. Don't you know
this is illegal?
Copy !req
1489. Why did you do this?
Copy !req
1490. I don't know.
Copy !req
1491. Because it's free.
Copy !req
1492. 'cause it's free?
Copy !req
1493. Yeah.
Copy !req
1494. Don't you
know it's wrong?
Copy !req
1495. Nah.
Copy !req
1496. You don't care?
Copy !req
1497. I don't care.
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1498. Honestly, what is
being done now is not good.
Copy !req
1499. If the united states
government had paid king
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1500. His rights, as the
citizen that he is,
Copy !req
1501. What's happening today
would not be happening.
Copy !req
1502. The blame should be
put on the government.
Copy !req
1503. Where are the
national guard troops that
Copy !req
1504. Have been promised?
Copy !req
1505. Why do we not see them?
Copy !req
1506. Bill, why hasn't
the national guard
Copy !req
1507. Been called out?
Copy !req
1508. That's a mystery, dan.
Copy !req
1509. Uh, we have, uh, had reports
that several hundred are in
Copy !req
1510. The area and we expect to
see and hear from them soon.
Copy !req
1511. But i understand
that, uh, idea that, uh,
Copy !req
1512. They could make things worse
but then you could say that
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1513. About the police too.
Copy !req
1514. I mean, how much worse
does it need to get?
Copy !req
1515. Fuck them,
fuck that motherfucker!
Copy !req
1516. Man, come on, man.
Copy !req
1517. Give it to her.
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1518. When he got here earlier
this morning 'cause i
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1519. Came up here
to get my stuff.
Copy !req
1520. They stealing
clothes up in here.
Copy !req
1521. They got my clothes.
Copy !req
1522. They got my clothes.
Copy !req
1523. Oh, man.
Copy !req
1524. Calm down.
Copy !req
1525. They got the tickets.
Copy !req
1526. They have the tickets
so just calm down.
Copy !req
1527. You know,
they have our stuff.
Copy !req
1528. You know, and.
Copy !req
1529. They're upset.
Copy !req
1530. They got a lot of money.
Copy !req
1531. Why is this
tragedy happening to us?
Copy !req
1532. Could it be that
god is punishing us?
Copy !req
1533. According
to the police,
Copy !req
1534. This might not be the end.
Copy !req
1535. We will have to stay
alert this weekend.
Copy !req
1536. What are we supposed to do?
Copy !req
1537. How are we to protect
our businesses?
Copy !req
1538. Can you tell me
where your store is?
Copy !req
1539. It's at 84th
street and vermont.
Copy !req
1540. Super swap meet, yes?
Copy !req
1541. So you can own a
clothing store in there?
Copy !req
1542. Yes, is it on fire?
Copy !req
1543. It's burning.
Copy !req
1544. Is there any way for
a fire truck to get there?
Copy !req
1545. So far, i don't see any.
Copy !req
1546. Maybe the firefighters
are covering other areas
Copy !req
1547. At this moment?
Copy !req
1548. What can we do?
Copy !req
1549. That's our livelihood!
Copy !req
1550. We have
a fire that's broken out in
Copy !req
1551. Koreatown here
across western avenue.
Copy !req
1552. Have there been any kinds
of disturbances in koreatown?
Copy !req
1553. I think this is the
first we've heard about this
Copy !req
1554. Kind of activity.
Copy !req
1555. Yes,
that's right, pat.
Copy !req
1556. This has just erupted.
Copy !req
1557. I don't see any official
firefighters, any engines.
Copy !req
1558. Are there any in the area?
Copy !req
1559. No,
no firefighters here.
Copy !req
1560. The businesses where the
owners shut down and evacuated
Copy !req
1561. Generally suffered extensive
damage while those where the
Copy !req
1562. Owners stayed and protected
their shops had almost none.
Copy !req
1563. You have the
right to protect yourselves and
Copy !req
1564. Your businesses, and
when absolutely necessary,
Copy !req
1565. You can arm yourselves.
Copy !req
1566. The laws of this country
give you that right.
Copy !req
1567. They've taken
the law into their own hands.
Copy !req
1568. Positioned themselves
on the roof.
Copy !req
1569. They are al-Also
armed with clubs.
Copy !req
1570. The koreans here have
prepared to protect themselves
Copy !req
1571. Against anything
that may come their way.
Copy !req
1572. The police
didn't come here.
Copy !req
1573. We need, uh, additional
guard in here.
Copy !req
1574. We have no police
support whatsoever.
Copy !req
1575. People are driving by
shooting at us and we have
Copy !req
1576. To do something about it.
Copy !req
1577. Well he's
dressed for war games.
Copy !req
1578. That's right.
Copy !req
1579. And it's certainly not a game
to those people that are on
Copy !req
1580. The roof and are carrying
rifles and lots of
Copy !req
1581. Boxes of ammunition.
Copy !req
1582. That's frightening.
Copy !req
1583. It certainly
is a frightening picture.
Copy !req
1584. They're shooting at us.
Copy !req
1585. So far we've been shooting
up but when it comes the
Copy !req
1586. Worst we're not gonna sit
around shooting up side.
Copy !req
1587. We're gonna shoot at them.
Copy !req
1588. Are we live?
Copy !req
1589. Go, linda.
Copy !req
1590. Yeah, we're live.
Copy !req
1591. This
is linda moore live.
Copy !req
1592. Some of the korean shop
owners here pulled,
Copy !req
1593. Pulled out of their
stores and they started
Copy !req
1594. Pulling out weapons.
Copy !req
1595. There's some cars that
have some guns in them...
Copy !req
1596. We're in the
middle of a gunfight.
Copy !req
1597. Seems
likes someone's been shot.
Copy !req
1598. Where?
Copy !req
1599. Someone's been
shot in the car?
Copy !req
1600. I think, i think we
should get out of here.
Copy !req
1601. Sean, drop the signal.
Copy !req
1602. We got to get out of here.
Copy !req
1603. This
is helicopter to desk.
Copy !req
1604. Helicopter to desk.
Copy !req
1605. Can you read me?
Copy !req
1606. Helicopter report.
Copy !req
1607. I don't
know if you've got us, uh,
Copy !req
1608. You don't have us live,
but if you can see our
Copy !req
1609. Picture we're over three
fires in hollywood.
Copy !req
1610. You should take us
as soon as you can.
Copy !req
1611. That
fire was one of three fires
Copy !req
1612. That had recently broken
out in the hollywood area.
Copy !req
1613. The other was
just east of that.
Copy !req
1614. And frankly, uh, up in the
air here we can see fires, uh,
Copy !req
1615. Easily, uh, beyond the
watts and compton area.
Copy !req
1616. Clearly the fires
are spreading.
Copy !req
1617. I mean the whole
city is up in flames.
Copy !req
1618. But now it's coming
really close.
Copy !req
1619. We are getting
reports of looting from all
Copy !req
1620. Over los angeles and
also surrounding areas.
Copy !req
1621. It's not confined
to south central,
Copy !req
1622. Not confined to the
city of los angeles.
Copy !req
1623. It's, uh, all over.
Copy !req
1624. Vernon convalescent
hospital, a fire over there,
Copy !req
1625. Somebody set a fire in
the convalescent hospital.
Copy !req
1626. It was the fire department,
the police department,
Copy !req
1627. And everybody else that's
trying to help scattered
Copy !req
1628. All over the city.
Copy !req
1629. So the fires are
burning out of control.
Copy !req
1630. Hey, have we
got people in here?
Copy !req
1631. Hey, hey, get up
this door, buddy.
Copy !req
1632. Don't you
dare set a fire.
Copy !req
1633. You'll burn up.
Copy !req
1634. Move, out.
Copy !req
1635. Get out!
Copy !req
1636. No, move.
Copy !req
1637. This is
america, get out.
Copy !req
1638. Yes, i know,
you want to get violent?
Copy !req
1639. No, i
don't want a fire.
Copy !req
1640. Fuck the chinese,
fuck the chinese.
Copy !req
1641. I'm not chinese.
Copy !req
1642. Get out of here,
get out the country.
Copy !req
1643. Keep your mouth shut!
Copy !req
1644. How are you gonna tell
him to keep his mouth shut?
Copy !req
1645. This is america.
Copy !req
1646. Now if it's america
how are you gonna tell him
Copy !req
1647. To keep his mouth shut?
Copy !req
1648. This is america,
get out, get out!
Copy !req
1649. Get out.
Copy !req
1650. This is america,
Copy !req
1651. This is america.
Copy !req
1652. 21 people
confirmed dead at this time.
Copy !req
1653. At least 572 injured,
including two firefighters.
Copy !req
1654. This
number is staggering.
Copy !req
1655. I don't know exactly
how to tell you this,
Copy !req
1656. But 916 structure
fires are burning in the
Copy !req
1657. Los angeles area, 916.
Copy !req
1658. What a mess.
Copy !req
1659. It looks
like a war zone.
Copy !req
1660. It is a war zone.
Copy !req
1661. It is a war zone.
Copy !req
1662. There's people down
there with automatic weapons.
Copy !req
1663. Downtown, koreatown,
mid-Wilshire, hollywood,
Copy !req
1664. Beverly hills, culver
city on the right.
Copy !req
1665. People are going
crazy down there.
Copy !req
1666. It's like they're
feeling so oppressed.
Copy !req
1667. And then they're gonna go
and burn everything down and
Copy !req
1668. They're gonna be
more oppressed.
Copy !req
1669. Well, there's
shit going on with people
Copy !req
1670. Other than, you know,
a, a black thing.
Copy !req
1671. You know what i mean?
Copy !req
1672. Uh-Huh.
Copy !req
1673. Yeah, i mean you
got some people that work
Copy !req
1674. 60 to 80 hours.
Copy !req
1675. A fucking week and still have
bill collectors calling and
Copy !req
1676. They see their bosses
peel out in these mercs and
Copy !req
1677. These rolls' every day and
stroke them on the back and
Copy !req
1678. Tell them it's gonna be alright.
Copy !req
1679. You know, how long
can that last?
Copy !req
1680. It's not right.
Copy !req
1681. I worked too hard for this.
Copy !req
1682. People don't even
understand nothing.
Copy !req
1683. Come on.
Copy !req
1684. That's not
right, that's not right.
Copy !req
1685. Come on, brother.
Copy !req
1686. That's not
right, what y'all doing.
Copy !req
1687. Lawrence,
stop it, stop it.
Copy !req
1688. I came
from the ghetto too.
Copy !req
1689. Same as all of you did.
Copy !req
1690. Y'all need to listen to.
Copy !req
1691. But you
don't, you don't,
Copy !req
1692. You don't mess up my vision.
Copy !req
1693. You want to
say something?
Copy !req
1694. And you
call this black power?
Copy !req
1695. Huh, you better
than the white man?
Copy !req
1696. Why destroy my business?
Copy !req
1697. Why destroy my store?
Copy !req
1698. Why steal my computer?
Copy !req
1699. I'm trying to make it.
Copy !req
1700. Can't you understand that?
Copy !req
1701. Can't y'all see it?
Copy !req
1702. I'm trying to make it.
Copy !req
1703. Get in line, guys.
Copy !req
1704. Keep the order.
Copy !req
1705. Let's get in line
and stand fast.
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1706. It was worse
than being in vietnam.
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1707. At least in vietnam
i could shoot back.
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1708. Here we couldn't do
anything except there's people
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1709. Throwing things at us.
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1710. All we could do was
stand there and take it.
Copy !req
1711. Only watching,
only watching, only watching.
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1712. What would
you suggest we do?
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1713. At least
something, why?
Copy !req
1714. What would
you suggest we do?
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1715. Everybody see,
everybody watching.
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1716. Only watching, only watching.
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1717. This is tough, this is not
fair, this is not fair,
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1718. This is not fair,
this is not fair.
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1719. It's not fair, this is
not fair, this is not fair,
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1720. This is not fair.
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1721. That's not
gonna help, shut up.
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1722. This is not fair, this
is not fair, this is not fair,
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1723. This is not fair,
this is not fair.
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1724. Take it
down the street.
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1725. Take it down the
street, ma'am.
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1726. The california
army national guard has been
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1727. Deployed to assist the
sheriff's department and
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1728. Los angeles police department
in a mutual aid operation to
Copy !req
1729. Restore law and order and
to protect life and property
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1730. In the los angeles county.
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1731. Were you frustrated
today by the apparent
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1732. Reluctance of the
I.A. Officials to use the
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1733. Guard on the streets?
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1734. Dan, i don't
think there was reluctance.
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1735. I think that there, uh, was
some delay for logistical
Copy !req
1736. Reasons, reasons that had to
do with equipping the guard.
Copy !req
1737. Clarify what
the logistical problems in
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1738. Equipping the guard were?
Copy !req
1739. The chief
problem has been with respect
Copy !req
1740. To, uh, ammunition.
Copy !req
1741. Wait, what?
Copy !req
1742. Can you finish that?
Copy !req
1743. What's the problem
with ammunition?
Copy !req
1744. Uh,
the troops came but the
Copy !req
1745. Ammunition didn't.
Copy !req
1746. They came with
some ammunition,
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1747. Not the full complement
that they should have.
Copy !req
1748. The problem was that
it was slow in coming
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1749. From camp roberts.
Copy !req
1750. Gonna
start out from where we are
Copy !req
1751. Right now we're gonna head
to, uh, 81's position,
Copy !req
1752. Head to kilo's position and
weapon's company position.
Copy !req
1753. Then we're gonna
come up like that.
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1754. And over?
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1755. Yes sir, saddle up!
Copy !req
1756. I didn't expect to,
uh, be on u.S. Soil doing
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1757. This job ever, ever.
Copy !req
1758. Tell
everyone down there get in
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1759. The corner or something.
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1760. Are we lock and load?
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1761. Lock and
load, round in the chamber.
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1762. I never
thought it would be done,
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1763. Not in our own country.
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1764. It's amazing.
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1765. You've got to know who,
Copy !req
1766. Who you're looking at and,
uh, who you're thinking about,
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1767. Whereas in the gulf
it was a lot easier.
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1768. You knew.
Copy !req
1769. Hey,
take a corner, just stay down.
Copy !req
1770. You see it, if you
take rounds take it up.
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1771. Go home.
Copy !req
1772. Get back home, go.
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1773. Get
off the streets.
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1774. Leave the area.
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1775. "get off the streets.
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1776. Leave the area."
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1777. These are the police,
lapd, going up and down pico
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1778. Telling residents the
curfew is in effect now.
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1779. Get off the streets.
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1780. Get off
the streets or you'll be
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1781. Subject to arrest.
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1782. Leave the area.
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1783. This is los angeles county
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1784. Emergency broadcast system.
Copy !req
1785. This is not a test.
Copy !req
1786. The los angeles county
sheriff's department is now
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1787. In full mobilization.
Copy !req
1788. Due to the
escalation of the situation
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1789. And the seriousness of the
problems that are occurring,
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1790. The curfew has been
extended to include the entire
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1791. Los angeles city limits.
Copy !req
1792. This concludes the activiation
of the los angeles county
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1793. Emergency broadcast system.
Copy !req
1794. Ram 3,
this is ram 1, over.
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1795. Ram 3, this is ram 1, over.
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1796. Ram 3 here.
Copy !req
1797. Yeah.
Copy !req
1798. They gonna turn on the
sprinklers out here, okay?
Copy !req
1799. So to keep it wet down.
Copy !req
1800. So be careful so you guys
don't get wet, uh, all right?
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1801. Alright.
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1802. What is that gonna
do for water pressure if they
Copy !req
1803. Need it over here on
these, uh, houses?
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1804. We'll turn it off
but i, i don't think it's
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1805. Gonna make that
big a difference.
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1806. What i'm trying to do
is avoid the sparks.
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1807. How'd it get
like that though?
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1808. That's what i'm saying.
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1809. It's a big fire.
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1810. Look at it.
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1811. How you doing?
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1812. You got one?
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1813. You can have another one.
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1814. I know people got
injured because of the looting
Copy !req
1815. And there were police across
the street watching it.
Copy !req
1816. There was nothing
they could do.
Copy !req
1817. It was already out of hand.
Copy !req
1818. There were too many
people just going crazy,
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1819. Stepping all over each other.
Copy !req
1820. I know one thing,
hungry as i am now,
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1821. It still ain't worth it.
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1822. I think that's how
it's gonna end is people are
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1823. Gonna get hungry then we're
Copy !req
1824. "where do we go now?
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1825. Where are we gonna go?"
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1826. I guess that's
why we're here, huh?
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1827. Yeah, that's
why we're here.
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1828. The world watching
us though, we know that.
Copy !req
1829. And the newspapers
from other big cities are
Copy !req
1830. Reporting their reaction.
Copy !req
1831. The british mail
had a rather scathing
Copy !req
1832. Conversations about it.
Copy !req
1833. "racism in
the united states of america
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1834. Is as american as apple pie."
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1835. Los angeles
mayor tom bradley and
Copy !req
1836. Police officials said today
that they're regaining control
Copy !req
1837. Over the city.
Copy !req
1838. Police chief
daryl gates admitted that
Copy !req
1839. The police force got a slow
start wednesday afternoon
Copy !req
1840. When the violence began.
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1841. And gates and fire chief
donald manning conceded that
Copy !req
1842. The city's forces
were overwhelmed.
Copy !req
1843. Firefighters donned
bulletproof vests as they
Copy !req
1844. Fought the scores of new fires
that were set last night.
Copy !req
1845. There were still
about 40 fires burning
Copy !req
1846. Early this morning.
Copy !req
1847. At least
35 people are now said to
Copy !req
1848. Have lost their lives.
Copy !req
1849. More than 1300 people
have been injured and
Copy !req
1850. 3,000 arrested.
Copy !req
1851. The city remains under a
dusk to dawn curfew with many
Copy !req
1852. Stores and malls closed.
Copy !req
1853. Okay, the s.S.I.
Copy !req
1854. Checks are ready, and
what's gonna happen is,
Copy !req
1855. They're probably gonna
let some of the people
Copy !req
1856. With s.S.I., uh,
checks getting them first.
Copy !req
1857. So we need some
cooperation here.
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1858. Can you hear me?
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1859. Yes.
Copy !req
1860. We're going
to make sure that everybody
Copy !req
1861. Gets their mail today, okay?
Copy !req
1862. I want you to cooperate with
me so we can do this smoothly.
Copy !req
1863. If we start a big mess
right outside here,
Copy !req
1864. Then they're gonna close
these doors and the police
Copy !req
1865. Are gonna be all over us.
Copy !req
1866. So will you work with me?
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1867. Yes!
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1868. Will
you be patient?
Copy !req
1869. Yes!
Copy !req
1870. Don't start any
riot at the post office, okay?
Copy !req
1871. Yeah.
Copy !req
1872. Please,
will you work with me?
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1873. Yeah.
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1874. Alright.
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1875. Good
afternoon everyone.
Copy !req
1876. I'm ross becker here in
the channel 13 newsroom.
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1877. We are interrupting
programming this afternoon.
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1878. Momentarily we expect to hear
a statement from someone whose
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1879. Name, uh, will be indelibly
connected to all of the
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1880. Violence we have seen
over the last couple of days
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1881. In los angeles and
that is rodney king.
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1882. And
we're standing by.
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1883. There's been great
anticipation, uh, certainly,
Copy !req
1884. Uh, mr. King, uh, has not
made, uh, public statements.
Copy !req
1885. Uh, he has been,
uh, really the, uh,
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1886. The invisible man in all this.
Copy !req
1887. And, uh, i, i detect some
movement through the crowd.
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1888. Yeah, i see.
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1889. Here he comes.
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1890. Down!
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1891. Down, down, down,
hey, down, please.
Copy !req
1892. Uh,
ladies and gentlemen,
Copy !req
1893. I want to thank
you all for coming.
Copy !req
1894. Rodney king has this to say to
all the people of los angeles
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1895. And all the people of the
cities of the united states,
Copy !req
1896. So caught up in this
horror and hate.
Copy !req
1897. The killing, the
burning, the looting,
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1898. The chaos must stop now.
Copy !req
1899. The time for
healing is upon us.
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1900. Rodney king has prepared
a very brief statement.
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1901. Mr. Rodney, talk softly.
Copy !req
1902. Um, people, um,
i just, i just want to say,
Copy !req
1903. You know, can we,
can we all get along?
Copy !req
1904. Can we, can we get along?
Copy !req
1905. Um, can we
stop making it,
Copy !req
1906. Making it horrible for, for
the, for the older people
Copy !req
1907. And the, and the,
and the, and the kids?
Copy !req
1908. And i mean we've got enough
smog here in los angeles,
Copy !req
1909. Um, let alone to, uh,
deal with the, um,
Copy !req
1910. Setting these fires
and, and things.
Copy !req
1911. It's, it's just not right.
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1912. It's not right and, um,
it's n, it's not gonna,
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1913. It's not gonna
change anything.
Copy !req
1914. We've got to,
we've got to quit.
Copy !req
1915. We've got to quit.
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1916. You know, uh, after all, i
mean, i could understand the,
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1917. The, the first upset for the
first two hours after the
Copy !req
1918. Verdict but, uh, to go
on, to keep going on like,
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1919. Like this and to see the
security guard shot on the,
Copy !req
1920. On the ground, it,
um, it's, it's, uh,
Copy !req
1921. It's just not right.
Copy !req
1922. It's just not right
because th, those people are,
Copy !req
1923. Will never go home to,
to their families again.
Copy !req
1924. And, uh, i mean, please,
we can, we can get along here.
Copy !req
1925. We, we all can get along.
Copy !req
1926. We just got to, just
got to, you know,
Copy !req
1927. I mean we're all stuck
here for a while.
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1928. Let's, you know, let's,
let's, let's try to work it out.
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1929. Let's try to be the,
you know, let's try and
Copy !req
1930. Work it out.
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1931. Thank you.
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1932. Steve,
can you ask rodney?
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1933. Can you ask rodney?
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1934. No, no
questions, no questions.
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1935. Thank you very much.
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1936. Steve, steve and
i will be available if
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1937. You have any questions.
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1938. Go ahead, okay.
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1939. Ten seconds.
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1940. Tonight, tonight.
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1941. Tonight, tonight,
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1942. Tonight i want to talk
to you about violence in
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1943. Our cities and justice
for our citizens.
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1944. What we saw last night and
the night before in los angeles
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1945. Is not about civil rights.
Copy !req
1946. It's not a message of protest.
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1947. It's been the brutality
of a mob, pure and simple.
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1948. And let me assure you,
i will use whatever force is
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1949. Necessary to restore order.
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1950. Within one hour
of the verdict,
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1951. I directed the justice
department to move into high
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1952. Gear on its own
independent criminal
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1953. Investigation into the case.
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1954. You must understand that our
system of justice provides for
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1955. The peaceful, orderly means
of addressing this frustration.
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1956. We must respect
the process of law,
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1957. Whether or not we
agree with the outcome.
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1958. In a civilized society
there can be no excuse,
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1959. No excuse for the
murder, arson,
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1960. Theft and vandalism
that have terrorized the
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1961. Law abiding citizens
of los angeles.
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1962. None of this is what we
wish to think of as american.
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1963. It's as if we were looking
in a mirror that distorted
Copy !req
1964. Our better selves and
turned us ugly.
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1965. We cannot let that happen.
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1966. We cannot do that
to ourselves.
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1967. If we are to remain the
most vibrant and hopeful
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1968. Nation on earth,
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1969. We must allow our diversity
to bring us together,
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1970. Not drive us apart.
Copy !req
1971. The violence will end,
justice will be served.
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1972. Hope will return.
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1973. Thank you and may god bless
the united states of america.
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1974. President george
bush and his address to the
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1975. Nation from the oval office.
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1976. Time for your reactions once
again from around the country.
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1977. Ft. Washington, maryland.
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1978. You're on the air.
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1979. First of all,
mr. Bush spoke of the last
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1980. 48 hours as if it's the
first time he's noticed
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1981. That america has a problem.
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1982. Uh, it's always had a
problem from its inception
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1983. From 1776 when they said,
uh, all men were created
Copy !req
1984. Equal and we had slavery.
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1985. It was striking to
me that there was no direct
Copy !req
1986. Statement to the african
american population and there
Copy !req
1987. Was completely missing any
sense of a reality about how a
Copy !req
1988. National leader might move
people towards reconciliation.
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1989. People have to see
that they're gonna have to
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1990. Make their voices heard.
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1991. If they allow, when
they hear a politician,
Copy !req
1992. To try to explain this away
as being thugs and murderers,
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1993. Things will not change.
Copy !req
1994. This has got to be
a people movement.
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1995. Uh, people can
move politicians.
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1996. The community leads.
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1997. They don't follow.
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1998. Politicians follow.
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1999. They don't lead.
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2000. And that's what we
have to remember.
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2001. We are going to
show them that here,
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2002. The latino really wants
to support this city.
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2003. We need them to bring
just brooms and gloves,
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2004. And the children, and their
entire family will begin to
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2005. Clean the whole city.
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2006. Stop the violence,
stop the violence.
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2007. You know, it's
important to see the full
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2008. Scope; the burning, the
looting, and the cleaning up.
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2009. A personal opinion is
just that, you know,
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2010. Everybody needs to work
together and if this can just
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2011. Continue it'd be wonderful.
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2012. But, you know,
i don't think it will.
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2013. I think, you know, a
few people say okay,
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2014. I put in my time.
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2015. I helped clean.
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2016. And they're not
gonna do anything.
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2017. You know, prove me wrong.
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2018. You know, oh god,
prove me wrong.
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2019. You know?
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2020. Alright, we had enough,
that's right, for peace.
Copy !req
2021. That's right.
Copy !req
2022. Honk for peace,
honk for peace.
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2023. I was driving
down western below wilshire and
Copy !req
2024. I looked to the left
and saw a sea of people.
Copy !req
2025. These are korean-Americans
who gathered today to
Copy !req
2026. Call for peace.
Copy !req
2027. This is our city and
must not destroy our own homes.
Copy !req
2028. To stand united to
stop any further senseless
Copy !req
2029. Violence and destruction.
Copy !req
2030. Most of them are
wearing white headbands.
Copy !req
2031. They say that is
a symbol of peace.
Copy !req
2032. The one sign though that
stood out in my mind the most
Copy !req
2033. Was a sign that said,
"we know it was injustice.
Copy !req
2034. We know it was injustice."
Copy !req
2035. We stand together
with all those who want
Copy !req
2036. Justice in the king case.
Copy !req
2037. We must stop police
abuse wherever it occurs.
Copy !req
2038. What do you want?
Copy !req
2039. Peace.
Copy !req
2040. When do we want it?
Copy !req
2041. Now.
Copy !req
2042. What do you want?
Copy !req
2043. Peace.
Copy !req
2044. When do you want it?
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2045. Now.
Copy !req
2046. What do you want?
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2047. Throughout history,
the only power i believe that
Copy !req
2048. The power poor people have and
powerless people have in this
Copy !req
2049. Country comes from our unruly
behavior, our, our, our re,
Copy !req
2050. Our resistance to an
order that would place us
Copy !req
2051. At the bottom
of the totem pole.
Copy !req
2052. We want
justice, we want peace.
Copy !req
2053. We want justice,
we want peace.
Copy !req
2054. We want justice,
we want peace.
Copy !req
2055. This
is where it began.
Copy !req
2056. This is where the
fuse was lighted.
Copy !req
2057. It began with the arrest
by white officers of the
Copy !req
2058. California highway patrol
of two young negros,
Copy !req
2059. One on a charge
of drunk driving.
Copy !req
2060. There was an argument.
Copy !req
2061. There was a scuffle.
Copy !req
2062. The story of police
brutality quickly spread
Copy !req
2063. Through the community.
Copy !req
2064. Up the street a block
or so in that direction,
Copy !req
2065. A church where negro
leaders pleaded for peace
Copy !req
2066. And were rejected.
Copy !req
2067. Down that way, the busy
intersection where cars were
Copy !req
2068. Overturned and burned,
where other cars were stoned,
Copy !req
2069. Where a television technician
was pulled from his wagon and
Copy !req
2070. Almost beaten to death.
Copy !req
2071. What has changed?
Copy !req
2072. The only thing that we've done
was that massive forces were
Copy !req
2073. Brought in to suppress
the actual overt action.
Copy !req
2074. The incident
is not an isolated incident.
Copy !req
2075. The difference this time
is that we have the proof.
Copy !req
2076. You're guilty,
you're guilty.
Copy !req
2077. Every time somebody
talk about peace we get
Copy !req
2078. A foot in our ass.
Copy !req
2079. I'm not talking
about peace no more.
Copy !req
2080. In a
civilized society there can be
Copy !req
2081. No excuse for the.
Copy !req
2082. Murder,
pillage, looting,
Copy !req
2083. And arson have nothing
to do with civil rights.
Copy !req
2084. "get out of
the car, nigger.
Copy !req
2085. Assume the position, nigger.
Copy !req
2086. Sit on the curb, nigger.
Copy !req
2087. Lie face down on
the ground, nigger."
Copy !req
2088. Why should
not we get restless?
Copy !req
2089. I don't think
it'd ever stop, really.
Copy !req
2090. I mean, it may not be like
this, but it'll never stop.
Copy !req
2091. This is not
fair, this is not fair,
Copy !req
2092. This is not fair,
this is not fair.
Copy !req
2093. That's not
going to help.
Copy !req
2094. This is not
fair, this is not fair,
Copy !req
2095. This is not fair,
this is not fair.
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2096. A crisis
in our country says
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2097. The mccone commission.
Copy !req
2098. So serious and explosive is
the situation that unless it
Copy !req
2099. Is checked, the august riots
may be only a curtain raiser
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2100. To what could blow up
one day in the future.
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2101. What shall it avail our
nation if we can place a man
Copy !req
2102. On the moon but cannot cure
the sickness in our cities?
Copy !req
2103. This is bill stout for
cbs reports in los angeles.
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2104. Good night.
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