MOMENTS AFTER THE GUILTY VERDICT
S WERE READ, PEOPLE TOOK
TO THE STREETS, THIS TIME IN
PEACE, WITH TEARS OF JOY.
THAT WAS THE SCENE IN MILWAUKEE.
"HERE AND NOW" REPORTERS WILL
KENNEALLY AND MURV SEYMOUR WERE
THERE.
>> TODAY I APPLAUD PEOPLE IN
MINNESOTA FOR DOING THEIR DAMN
JOB.
>> IT WAS A WIDESPREAD FEELING
OF RELIEF AS WISCONSINITES HEARD
THE NEWS THAT FORMER OFFICER
DEREK SHOW VIN -- SHAW VIN WAS
CONVICTED.
>> I KNOW WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN
THE PAST, THERE WAS NO HOPE OF,
YOU KNOW, BELIEVING THAT THERE
WOULD EVEN BE A VERDICT.
SO TO ACTUALLY GET IT AND GET IT
ON ALL THREE IS WHERE THE JOY
AND THE RELIEF COMES IN.
>> THE RELIEF CAME FROM SEEING
JUSTICE DONE, ACCORDING TO MANY.
THAT ANOTHER BLACK MAN WOULD NOT
BE KILLED BY POLICE WITHOUT
RACING A CONVICTION.
THIS PAIN IS FAMILIAR IN
MILWAUKEE.
>> THIS WOMAN STANDS IN THIS
CIRCLE AS A REMINDER OF WHY
YOU'RE ALL STANDING HERE TODAY.
WE HAVE EYES ON THE DONTRE
HAMELL SON CASE, LIKE THE WORLD
WATCHED.
>> HE WAS SHOT AND KILL BY
MILWAUKEE POLICE IN 2014.
HIS MOTHER MARIA SPOASK AT --
SPOKE AT A VALLEY ARVE THE
VERDICT WAS READ.
>> WE STILL HURT.
THERE'S THOUSANDS OF POLICE THAT
HAVE NOT SEEN THE INSIDE OF A
COURTHOUSE.
AND WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT
HOW WE GON THAT -- GONNA GET UP.
>> ASK THEMSELVES WHAT THEY CAN
DO TO LIFT UP THE COMMUNITY.
OTHERS SAW IT AS A TEACHING
MOMENT.
>> ARE YOU HAVING THOSE
CONVERSATIONS?
DO YOUR KIDS GET TO WATCH COURT
TRIAL OF GEORGE FLOYD.
TO YOU EXPLAIN TO THEM THE
IMPORTANCE OF WHAT HAPPENED
TODAY?
IF YOU HAVEN'T, IT IS MY JOB AS
AN EDUCATOR, AS A BLACK MOM TO
IM IMPORTANT YOU TO DO SO.
>> FOR ME, IT IS DEFINITELY A
TEACHABLE MOMENT IN HOW
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
JUSTICE SYSTEM, HOW A VERDICT OF
PEERS, YOU KNOW, MULTIRACIAL
PEERS, CAN CHANGE A VERDICT
VERSUS HAVING PEER THAT'S DON'T
LOOK LIKE THEM.
>> OUR KIDS ARE NOT LEARNING AT
SCHOOL NOT TO BE RACIST.
OUR KIDS ARE NOT LEARNING AT
SCHOOL MAKE FRIENDS WHO PEOPLE
WHO DON'T LOOK LIKE YOU.
>> WHILE THE GUILTY WAS A
CELEBRATION FOR MANY, THERE'S
STILL WORK TO BE DONE.
>> THIS IS A DEFINITE
CELEBRATION WE CELEBRATE WITH
THE FLOYD FAMILY, BUT WE STILL
THINK ABOUT THE OTHER FAMILIES
THAT DID NOT GET THEIRS AND
THEIR KILLERS ARE STILL BACK AT
WORK, STILL THROUGHOUT THE
COMMUNITY.
AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT
CASES LIKE THIS CONTINUE TO
HAPPEN, WHERE PEOPLE CONTINUE TO
GET THE JUSTICE THAT THEY
DESERVE WHEN UNJUSTLY KILLED BY
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
>> REPORTING FROM MILWAUKEE, I'M
WILL KENNEALLY FOR "HERE AND NOW
."
[CHANTING]
>> I'M MURV SEYMOUR WITH DETAILS
ON WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT NOW THAT A
GUILTY VERDICT IS IN AFTER THIS
ENORMOUS TRIAL.
>> WE KNOW THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN
CALLING FOR CHANGE FOR QUITE
SOME TIME.
THIS SHOULD PUT A FIRE UNDER
EVERYONE THAT WE CANNOT IGNORE
THIS ISSUE ANY LONGER.
>> WE TALK WITH A LAWMAKER WHO
HAS TAKEN TO THE STREETS MARCH
ING FOR CHANGE.
>> FOLKS HAVE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE.
MY COLLEAGUES IN THE LEGISLATURE
AND WE ALL MUST RISE TO THE
OCCASION TO WORK WITH EACH OTHER
RATHER THAN LETTING THE PETTY
SCWOBL -- SQUABBLES GET IN THE
WAY.
>> I'M NOT A USE OF FORCE EXPERT
>> A SPECIAL BIPARTISAN TASK
FORCE OF STATE REPRESENTATIVES
ANNOUNCED MORE THAN A DOZEN
RECOMMENDATIONS ON STATEWIDE
STANDARDS FOR POLICING.
THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE
FORCING OFFICERS TO INTERVENE IF
THEY SEE ANOTHER ONE USING
EXCESSIVE FORCE.
STRONGER PROTECTION FOR OFFICERS
WHO REPORT WITNESSING EXCESSIVE
FORCE.
AND A STATE STATEWIDE BAN ON
CHOKE HOLDS.
BODY CAMERAS AND PSYCHOLOGICAL
EVALUATIONS FOR OFFICERS BEFORE
THEY'RE EVEN HIRED.
>> THERE ARE PEOPLE IN POSITIONS
OF AUTHORITY.
>> MAYOR TOM BARRETT SAYS IT'S
CLEAR.
WE NEED NEW APPROACHES IN
ACCOUNTABILITY AND INCREASED
ACCOUNT -- RESPECT FOR THE
COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT THE END OF PROBLEMS IN
POLICING.
>> THIS IS NOT THE CONCLUSION OF
ANYTHING.
THE FIGHT FOR RACIAL JUSTICE,
FAIR POLICING, COMMUNITY
INVOLVEMENT HAS TO CONTINUE.
IT WILL CONTINUE.
BECAUSE WE CONTINUE TO SEE TOO
MANY PEOPLE DYING AT THE HANDS
OF POLICE OFFICERS THROUGHOUT
THIS NATION.
AND THAT HAS TO CHANGE.
[CHANTING]
>> SO HOW DO SOCIAL JUSTICE
PROTESTS IN KENOSHA, MADISON,
MILWAUKEE AND OTHER PARTS OF THE
STATE EFFECT ACTUAL CHANGES IN
POLICING?
LISTEN TO THIS PROTESTOR.
>> IF YOU THINK YOUR PRESENCE
HERE IS GOING TO HAVE AN EE
EFFECT ON POLICING?
>> DEFINITELY.
WE ALL HAVE A VOIFS.
THAT MAKES ONE GIGANTIC VOICE.
I MOST DEFINITELY BELIEVE THAT I
AS AN INDIVIDUAL COMING TOGETHER
WITH OTHER INDIVIDUALS CAN MOST
DEFINITELY MAKE A CHANGE.
>> PEOPLE, UNITED WILL NEVER BE
DIVIDED.
>> THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD
SPARKED THE WHOLE COUNTRY AND
WORLD TO ENGAGE IN ACTIVISM:
THE MOST THAT WE SEE SINCE THE '
60s.
YOU ASK THEM IF PROTESTING WORKS
[CHANTING]
>> IT'S A STEP FORWARD.
>> WE NEED TO EMBRACE REFORM.
IT'S TIME FOR US TO BE CREATIVE,
THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX.
>> REPORTING FOR "HERE AND NOW"
I'M MURV SEYMOUR.
>> AS YOU SAW, THAT WAS MURV SEE
SEYMOUR REPORTING.
HE JOINS THE "HERE AND NOW" TEAM
WILL KENNEALLY RECENTLY JOIFNED
THE REPORTING STAFF OF "HERE AND
NOW"