MSNBC’s Harris- Perry: Police ‘Are Basically ... Gun Crazy’

RUSH TRANSCRIPT Harris Perry ░░░░░░░░ because this Chicago shooting ░░░░░░░░ the way so many ░░░░░░░░ us responded when tamir ░░░░░░░░ killed which is you ░░░░░░░░ remember when Nick Christoph ░░░░░░░░ that the movement should ░░░░░░░░ focused not on Michael ░░░░░░░░ but instead of tamir ░░░░░░░░ If a 55 year ░░░░░░░░ grandmother is accidentally shot ░░░░░░░░ her living room we ░░░░░░░░ all agree that s ░░░░░░░░ That s also what ░░░░░░░░ initially said about tamir ░░░░░░░░ And now no indictment ░░░░░░░░ keep wondering where the ░░░░░░░░ is We hear this ░░░░░░░░ a mental health question ░░░░░░░░ this a question of ░░░░░░░░ or not the police ░░░░░░░░ basically you know gun ░░░░░░░░ Are they behaving I ░░░░░░░░ wonder if the craziness ░░░░░░░░ a certain point where ░░░░░░░░ keep acting like there ░░░░░░░░ be difference by some ░░░░░░░░ reforms DENNIS The crazy ░░░░░░░░ not people resisting violence ░░░░░░░░ enacted upon us by ░░░░░░░░ police The crazy is ░░░░░░░░ racism If we re ░░░░░░░░ about what s the ░░░░░░░░ part of the reform ░░░░░░░░ bias embedded in how ░░░░░░░░ operate in the United ░░░░░░░░ To see black bodies ░░░░░░░░ hyper violent And so ░░░░░░░░ police are enacting with ░░░░░░░░ that is the first ░░░░░░░░ to shoot And have ░░░░░░░░ implicit violence then connects ░░░░░░░░ policies that are being ░░░░░░░░ All of this pressure ░░░░░░░░ often think about watching ░░░░░░░░ two parents who were ░░░░░░░░ A lot of our ░░░░░░░░ are meeting with families ░░░░░░░░ this difficult holiday time ░░░░░░░░ is the impact all ░░░░░░░░ this stress is having ░░░░░░░░ families The mental stress ░░░░░░░░ depression The anxiety That ░░░░░░░░ are afraid well we ░░░░░░░░ afraid for our children ░░░░░░░░ for ourselves And we ░░░░░░░░ t have responses I ░░░░░░░░ it s unacceptable to ░░░░░░░░ we re following the ░░░░░░░░ of the law And ░░░░░░░░ really Rahm Emanuel is ░░░░░░░░ no authority on what ░░░░░░░░ be the next level ░░░░░░░░ policing in the city ░░░░░░░░ Chicago.”