UNEMPLOYMENT EVER.
GREATEST GROWTHS IN
MANUFACTURING JOBS.
LAST THING WE WANT TO SEE.
[LAUGHTER].
>> PUBLIC SAFETY NEWS, LAST
WEEKEND IN MILWAUKEE FIVE KILLED
INCLUDING A BABY WHEN A DRIVER
GOING 80 MILES AN HOUR ON A CITY
STREET RAN A RED LIGHT.
THE 20 YEAR OLD BEHIND THE WHEEL
DID NOT HAVE A LICENSE ACCORDING
TO POLICE.
RECKLESS DRIVING HAS HAD THE
ATTENTION OF LAWMAKERS.
2020 A RECORD 107 PEOPLE DIED.
LAST WEEK TONY EVRS SIGNED A
BILL.
OUR NEXT GUEST WOULD SAY IT IS
ABOUT TIME.
TRACEY KNOWN AS MILWAUKEE
ACTIVIST DIRECTOR OF PEACE FOR
CHANGE ALLIANCE ACTIVE ON THIS
FRIGHTENING PROBLEM IN HIS CITY.
HE JOINS US FROM HIS VEHICLE IN
MILWAUKEE.
THANKS FOR DOING SO.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> TWO YEARS AGO YOU WERE QUOTED
AS SAYING PEOPLE WERE TIRED AND
AFRAID.
WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO THE
DEADLY CRASH LAST WEEKEND?
>> TWO YEARS AGO TIRED AND
AFRAID, NOW TIRED AND ANGRY.
THAT SHOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED
EVEN A BABY KILLED.
IT IS DEVASTATING.
WHOLE CITY IS DEVASTATED.
WE ARE TIRED AND ANGRY AND IT IS
TIME FOR ACTION.
UM, YEAH, THAT IS ALL THE
EMOTIONS, YOU KNOW.
FIGHTING BACK BASICALLY.
>> YOU ARE AN UBER DRIVER.
YOU DRIVE THE STREETS OF
MILWAUKEE WHAT IS THAT LIKE?
>> IT IS LIKE THE INDY 500.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CUT YOU OFF,
RUNNING RED LIGHTS.
THEY ARE RECKLESS.
THEY DON'T HAVE NO SENSE OF
VALUE OF LIFE.
COUPLE OF TIMES WHERE YOU KNOW,
I ALMOST WAS IN A SERIOUS
ACCIDENT BECAUSE SOMEBODY BLEW
THROUGH A RED LIGHT, A STOP
SIGN.
SOMEBODY ALL THE SUDDEN TRIED TO
BEAT TRAFFIC AND TURN IN FRONT
OF US.
IT IS JUST, IT IS LIKE MAKE PS
PEOPLE NOT WANT TO DRIVE
ANYMORE.
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT IS SO CRAZY
OUT HERE.
>> RECENT STUDIES,
DISPROPORTIONATELY A PROBLEM IN
BLACK COMMUNITIES, WHAT IS THAT
ABOUT?
>> UM, THAT, I MEAN, YOU SEE A
HIGH SENSE OF RECKLESS DRIVE ON
NORTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE YOU CAN
SAY BLACK COMMUNITY, YES.
ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MILWAUKEE
WE ARE SO RELAXED WHEN IT COMES
TO UM, TRAFFIC SAFETY, AND THEN
IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY.
WE STAY IN MILWAUKEE SO
SEGREGATED.
NORTH SIDE, BLACK COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE NO VALUE.
WE HAVE TO BE MORE TOUGH ON
CRIME HERE IN MILWAUKEE ON THE
NORTH SIDE.
THESE SAME DRIVERS WILL NOT DO
THIS IN THE SUBURBIAN CITIES.
THEY WON'T DO IT IN OAK CREEK,
IN SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
THEY KNOW THEY HAVE ZERO
TOLERANCE.
WE NEED ZERO TOLERANCE HERE IN
MILWAUKEE.
>> WHAT IS THE MINDSET OF
DRIVERS WHO ROAR AROUND BEHIND
THE WHEEL BLOWING RED LIGHTS?
>> THEY THINK IT IS COOL.
THEY DO IT.
SOME RECORD IT AND PUT IT ON
SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU KNOW, FOR VIEWS, FOR LIKES,
FOR ATTENTION.
THAT IS THE INTHING.
THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT IS.
THEY WANT TO YOU KNOW, JUST
SPEED.
IT IS LIKE THEY HAVE NO SENSE OF
VALUE OF LIFE AND IF THEY DON'T
CARE ABOUT THEIR LIVES, WHY
SHOULD THEY CARE ABOUT YOURS.
>> THAT GOES FOR --
>> GO AHEAD.
>> HOW DO YOU THINK THE NEW LAW
INCREASE IN JAIL TIME MIGHT
CHANGE THIS FOR THE BETTER?
>> UM, I SUPPORT IT.
SOME PEOPLE SAY WE DON'T NEED
PIPELINE TO PRISON.
WE NEED MORE RESOURCES.
THAT IS TRUE.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO OWN UP TO
THEIR ACTIONS.
RIGHT NOW IT IS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
THE LAW IS AFRAID TO APPLY TOUGH
ER PENALTIES ON PEOPLE OF COLOR
BECAUSE THEY ARE TIRED OF SEEING
PEOPLE OF COLOR IN PRISON, IN
JAIL.
YOU KNOW.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE HIGHEST
INCARCERATION RATE IN THE
COUNTRY SO THEREFORE THEY TRY TO
BE MORE LENIENT WHEN IT COMES TO
TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.
YOU KNOW.
BUT NOW IT IS TIME BECAUSE WE
ARE LOSING PEOPLE.
IT IS TIME FOR ZERO TOLERANCE.
I SUPPORT THE JAIL TIME.
YOU GET THE YOUNGER GENERATION
FEELS CURRENT LAW IS A JOKE.
A SLAP ON THE WRIST FOR
TEENAGERS.
IT IS LIKE THEY'LL GET ARRESTED.
FEW HOURS LATER BACK OUT AND
STEALING ANOTHER CAR AND DRIVING
OFF AGAIN.
WE NEED TO HAVE ZERO TOLERANCE
IN CITY OF MILWAUKEE.
OAK CREEKS, SOUTH MILWAUKEE.
ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY WHEN IT
COMES TO RECKLESS DRIVING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
TRACEY, WE NEED TO LEAVE IT
THERE.
THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR
COMMENT ON THIS.