Hes 18. Hes in city hall in beaverton, oregon. And according to him, hes high on mushrooms. So he starts a fight with some cops. They all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cops gun and shoots it. More cops jump in. It ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. This is white privilege. If that idea bothers you, then lets just call it benefit of the doubt. Those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. Now, of course, when youre black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. Cops murdered Laquan Mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. Cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. But jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. On this episode, were talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. You want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake . Yes. Youve seen the vi
he s 18. he s in city hall in beaverton, oregon. and according to him, he s high on mushrooms. so he starts a fight with some cops. they all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cop s gun and shoots it. more cops jump in. it ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. this is white privilege. if that idea bothers you, then let s just call it benefit of the doubt. those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. now, of course, when you re black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. cops murdered laquan mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. but jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. on this episode, we re talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. you want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake
gets involved in this, and specifically around including stories that aren t about black people being killed by cops. therefore, they re harder to tell and harder for people to understand the racism. it s absolutely, completely pervasive, and not just in cities like milwaukee, but especially milwaukee, but other cities as well. and so what we ended up finding out, with the city of milwaukee, milwaukee police department s own data, we found that they stopped something like 350,000 people unconstitutionally. wow. the numbers are ridiculous, but what s harder to measure is the emotional toll when you re not doing anything wrong, and you could end up dead for nothing. listen to steven, who was walking home from class and randomly accused of marijuana possession. i said, well, i don t smoke marijuana, and he just kind of stopped and just stared at me. it was kind of in that moment where you realize, if something happens to you, if you make any sudden movements, you could be on the p