ARE WORKING TO ADDRESS SYSTEMIC RACISM AND IMPLICIT BIAS HAD ON. >> Emily: KAYLEIGH, I WOULD LIKE TO START WITH YOU. BELIEVE YOUR OWN EYES, THAT WAS THE PROSECUTOR’S FINAL ADMONITION IN THE DEREK CHAUVIN TRIAL AND HE WRITES THAT THAT SHOULD BE THE ADMONITION GOVERNING A PUBLIC RESPONSE TO THIS HORRIBLE TRAGEDY. BELIEVE YOUR OWN EYES, HE WRITES. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> Kayleigh: HE WENT ON TO SAY THAT IT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS AN ILLEGITIMATE RACE SHOOTING. WHEN YOU STAND AT THAT PODIUM YOUR WORD CARRIES WEIGHT AND AT THIS MOMENT JUMPING TO THAT CONCLUSION WAS IRRESPONSIBLE, I REMEMBER TAKING THE PODIUM AFTER THE HORRIFIC GEORGE FLOYD VIDEO CAME OUT AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT TRAGEDY AND SAID IT WAS TRAGIC AND TERRIBLE, IT WAS HARD FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO WATCH. I ALSO DID THIS. I WENT ON IN THE BRIEFING SAYING SAYING, GOOD HARD WORKER GENERALLY DO, CASES OF INJUSTICE AND WE MUST GO AFTER THOSE, BUT THE POLICE OFFICER WHO JUMPED IN FREEZING WATER TO SAVE PEOPLE. WHAT ABOUT THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SAVED A BABY FROM CHOKING? THIS IS WHAT OUR POLICE OFFICERS DO EVERY DAY AND YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ACKNOWLEDGE INJUSTICE WHEN YOU SEE IT, BUT WHEN THE FACTS ARE MORE COMPLICATED LIKE IN THIS CASE WHEN THE GIRL WAS YIELDING THAT KNIFE, TO NOT GET AHEAD OF THE FACTS. NOT PORTRAYED IN A CERTAIN WAY. TO DEMONIZE AN INDIVIDUAL BEFORE THE FACTS ARE OUT IS DEEPLY IRRESPONSIBLE. >> Emily: TAKING THAT POINT A STEP FORWARD, THAT OFFICER HAS NINE SECONDS UPON ARRIVING TO THE SCENE AND ASKING WHAT IS GOING ON TO SEE THROUGH A VIOLENT CONFRONTATION THAT CULMINATED WITH A TEENAGER LUNGING AT ANOTHER TEENAGER AND SWINGING THAT KNIFE. THE ARGUMENT IS, WHO SPEAKS FOR THAT DEFENSELESS WOMAN, THE YOUNG WOMAN IN PINK THERE WAS ALIVE ARGUABLY BECAUSE THIS LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER INTERVENED? WHY CAN’T THE WHITE HOUSE ACKNOWLEDGE ALL THE COUNTLESS LIVES THAT ARE SAVED EVERY YEAR BY THE INTERVENTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT RATHER THAN KICKING IT ASIDE AND MAKING IT ABOUT RACE. >> ALL GOOD QUESTIONS. WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I SAY, WAIT A SECOND, ONE IS THE LAST TIME I WENT TO A POLICE ACADEMY? I DIDN’T. ONE IS THE LAST TIME I SAID, I’M ABOUT TO GET STABBED, COME DOWN HERE QUICK, WAIT IT HASN’T HAPPENED YET. EVERYBODY INCLUDING OUTSTANDING BASKETBALL PLAYERS WHO I WILL TALK ABOUT FEEL AS THOUGH THEY KNEW WHAT HAPPENED, THEY KNEW THE OFFICER WAS WRONG AND THERE’LL BE SOMETHING TO PAY FOR THIS INCLUDING THE OHIO STATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION WHO SAY THEY NO LONGER WANT COLUMBUS AT POLICE ON CAMPUS. THEY WRITE TO "THE WASHINGTON POST," THEY PUT OUT TWEETS AND THEY LEAVE OUT THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A WEAPON IN THE WOMAN’S HAND BEFORE SHE WAS SHOT! HOW DO YOU READ THAT OUT? THIS REEKS OF SOMETHING SAYING, WE NEED AN INVESTIGATION TO SEE HOW THIS HAPPENED. YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO THE 911 CALL! THE 911 CALL, COME QUICK, I’M GOING TO GET STABBED, THERE IS A KNIFE SO HE COMES QUICK AND THEY’RE SAYING, WHY DID YOU DO THAT? THAT IS WHAT HE WAS TRAINED TO DO. I’VE TALKED TO MORE OFFICERS IN THE LAST 24 HOURS AND NOT ONE SAID THE OFFICER WAS WRONG. I’M CURIOUS. I’M WILLING TO SAY I DON’T KNOW. WHY IS EVERYBODY ELSE NOT WILLING TO SAY THAT INCLUDING JEN PSAKI? >> Emily: KENNEDY, JEN PSAKI JOINED A HUGE LIST OF PEOPLE WHO JUMPED IN AND MADE IT ABOUT RACE. FOR EXAMPLE, VALERIE JARRETT TWEETED "A BLACK TEENAGE GIRL NAMED MA‘KHIA BRYANT WAS KILLED BECAUSE A POLICE OFFICER DECIDED TO SHOOT HER IN ORDER TO BREAK UP A KNIFE FIGHT. DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND FIGHT FOR JUSTICE." TO WHICH THERE WAS A HUGE REACTION TO THAT ON TWITTER, AMONG THEM FRANCIS JOSEPH WHO SAID, IT’S NOT A KNIFE FIGHT WHEN ONE PERSON LUNGES AT ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS UNARMED. IT’S CALLED ATTEMPTED STABBING. LINCOLN WAS NOT IN A GUNFIGHT WITH JOHN WILKES BOOTH. YOUR REACTION? >> IT’S KIND OF GROSS AND COWARDLY TO TRY AND ONLY ABSTRACT OF THE MOMENT THAT THE POLICE OFFICER SHOT HER BECAUSE GIRLS AND I THINK ABOUT THE GIRL WHO WAS AGAINST THE CAR WHO IS BEING LUNGED AT AND ESSENTIALLY A MURDEROUS RAGE. WHAT WOULD’VE HAPPENED IF THAT POLICE OFFICER HAD TO THE TAPE? WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED TO THE GIRL IN PINK? I LOOK AT THIS TWO WAYS, NUMBER ONE, IF THAT WERE MY DAUGHTER WHO WAS PINNED AGAINST THE CAR AND THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CONFUSING BUT I’M GOING TO BE HONEST, IF THAT WAS MY DAUGHTER, SHE’S ALMOST 16, IF SHE WERE PINNED AGAINST THE CAR LIKE THE GIRL WHO WAS LUNGING AT HER WITH A KNIFE TO INTENT TO HURT HER OR KILL HER, I WOULD WANT TO THE POLICE OFFICER TO DO EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. IF MY DAUGHTER WAS MA‘KHIA BRYANT I WOULD FEEL DIFFERENTLY, BUT I LOOK AND I THINK I’M A TEENAGERS ARE BEING ABANDONED AND FAILED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC AND I LOOK AT HER AND THIS GIRL HAS BEEN FAILED SO MANY TIMES BY HER FAMILY AND BY SCHOOLS AND SYSTEMS, ONE CAN ONLY ASSUME. THAT IS PART OF THE COMPLEX STORY THAT NO ONE WANTS TO TOUCH ON AND IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT. WE HAVE TO ASK OURSELVES, HOW ARE WE FAILING THESE KIDS BEFORE THEY GET TO THIS POINT? >> Emily: HARRIS, KENNEDY ASKS SUCH GOOD QUESTIONS AND ILLUSTRATES THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT REDUCES OR HAS BEEN REDUCED TO THIS OVERSIMPLIFICATION, PRODUCED SIMPLY ABOUT RACE. YOUR THOUGHTS? >> Harris: YOU ASKED A PREVIOUS QUESTION AND I WILL HIT THAT ONE FIRST, WHY WON’T JEN PSAKI OR THE ADMINISTRATION LOOK AT THIS AND JUST CALL BALLS AND STRIKES UNTIL WE KNOW MORE ABOUT THE GAME, BECAUSE THEY’RE AFRAID. THERE COWARDLY ENDS IN THE FACE OF THE WOKE CROWD, IT’S NOT THAT THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER IS SPIRIT THE ANSWER IS WE WAIT FOR THE FACTS. A CHILD KNOWS THE ANSWER. BUT WHAT IS THE RIGHT ANSWER WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO USE IT TO LEVERAGE FOR POLITICS, CONGRESSWOMAN WATERS, AND MAYBE EVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN BECAUSE HE IS SO BEFORE THE VERDICT IN THE CHAUVIN TRIAL. MAYBE IT’S, WERE SEARCHING FOR THE RIGHT ANSWER IN TERMS OF LETTING THIS PLAY OUT, BUT THE NARRATIVE AMONG THOSE DEMOCRATS WHO WANT TO DEFUND THE POLICE. I MEAN, POLITICS AS PART OF EVERYTHING AND THAT IS WHAT IS SO DIRTY AND SO HURTFUL IN THIS WHOLE THING. IF YOU DON’T, IF YOU CAN’T BE HELPFUL, DON’T SAY ANYTHING, BUT YOU COULD BE HELPFUL BY SAYING SOMETHING LIKE, TRAGEDY FOR THIS CHILD’S FAMILY, IMAGINE WHAT THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. SHE’S IN FOSTER CARE. THAT’S ANOTHER FAMILY THAT’S BEEN HURT IN THIS TRAGEDY AS WELL. WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE FACTS AND HOW DID THAT 16-YEAR-OLD GET TO THE POINT WHERE SHE THOUGHT HER ONLY OPTION WAS TO YIELD A KNIFE. THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER QUESTIONS. THESETHE NEIGHBOR WHO CAUGHT THI FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SO YOU GET THE IMPACT OF THE NINE SECONDS AS THEY TAKE DOWN. WE ARE DONE! IT’S QUICK. I’VE BEEN TALKING TO COPS LIKE BRIAN, BRIAN, I’M TOLD THERE WASN’T TIME FOR A TASER TO HIT THIS ACCURATELY? THERE JUST WASN’T A TASER? AND THE DISTANCE WAS THE OTHER ISSUE. SO THERE’S JUST SO MANY MORE QUESTIONS AND THEN YOU HAVE TO INTERVIEW THIS OFFICER AND SEE WHAT HIS PERSPECTIVE WAS. IT’S TOO SOON FOR THE WHITE HOUSE TO WEIGH IN, BUT THEY CAN’T HELP THEMSELVES APPARENTLY. >> Emily: KAYLEIGH, I WILL GIVE YOU THE LAST FINAL WORD TO BRING US HOME THAT AS ALL AMERICANS ARE LOOKING TO THE WHITE HOUSE FOR LEADERSHIP AND AMERICANS ARE HUMANS WHICH MEANS WE ARE NOT FIT INTO THE SINGULAR BOXES, WHAT’S YOUR LAST PIECE OF ADVICE OR STATEMENT TO THE WHITE HOUSE? >> DID THAT YOUNG GIRL STAB IN AND IS A YOUNG GIRL WHO WOULD HAVE DIED, WOULD WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT THIS? NO. WOULD VALERIE JARRETT BE TWEETING IF THIS WAS A DIFFERENT SCENARIO WHERE THE INNOCENT YOUNG GIRL WAS A VICTIM OF STABBING? NO. WOULD WE HEAR ABOUT THIS AS A NATIONAL NEWS STORY, NO BECAUSE IT’S NOT THE NARRATIVE THAT FITS THE LEFT WHICH IS CRIME IN THE STREETS WHICH HAS SOARED, TALKING ABOUT TURNER, THESE LITTLE BABIES WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND WE’VE SEEN A DOUBLING IN SHOOTINGS OF INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS AMONG CHILDREN IN THE LAST YEAR. THEY HAVE TO MENTION THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, TRAGICALLY. IF THE INNOCENT GIRL WOULD’VE LOST HER LIFE, THIS WOULD BE A
