the local media uses it. it is a common term for the violent criminal culture. it doesn t refer to any ethnicity. it refers to violent criminals. have you since blurred the face of the child on the video? that is correct. do you believe that that child and his mother and two others would be in protective custody tonight if you had not posted this video? absolutely not, obviously, the state has been watching them since august. there was a shooting which they could have been innocent victims of in october. but there was an incident in december where the grandmother, where the child was living, was possessing five firearms illegally. because she was a felon. at that point, i don t know why they didn t remove the child. clearly they had them under investigation and i believe without this video that child would still be living in that home. sergeant wells, thank you for being here. thank you having me. and we ll continue to give you the update on the child.
it is a common term for the violent criminal culture. it doesn t refer to any ethnicity. it refers to violent criminals. have you since blurred the face of the child on the video? that is correct. do you believe that that child and his mother and two others would be in protective custody tonight if you had not posted this video? absolutely not, obviously, the state has been watching them since august. there was a shooting which they could have been innocent victims of in october. but there was an incident in december where the grandmother, where the child was living, was possessing five firearms illegally. because she was a felon. at that point, i don t know why they didn t remove the child. clearly they had them under investigation and i believe without this video that child would still be living in that home. sergeant wells, thank you for being here. thank you having me. and we ll continue to give you the update on the child. also this, a driver makes a
sergeant john wells is president of the omaha police association, which put their video on their cite. mark hill and wendy walsh also join us. sergeant wells, i know this video was on facebook before it was posted on your site. but many disagree with you. how do you defend the decision to put this out there? great question, don. first of all, this video was public. it was on a person s facebook page. it was public for anyone to view at the time unedited. one of our followers tipped us off about this video. the whole point behind our facebook page and our website is to give the public not necessarily the national public because this has obviously received a lot of attention, law abiding citizens and voters an unfiltered view of what law enforcement deals with in the city of omaha on a day-to-day basis. some of that is uplifting. some of it is humorous. some of it is sad, some of it is
being indoctrinated with violence and thundering. the union is being criticized of posting the video of a black child being victimized. stating quote i strongly disagree with any postings that may cause a divide in our community or an obstacle in a relati relation. the association defends the action saying the whole point of this is to give an unfiltered view of what police officers deal with every day. sergeant wells says he hopes the video will educate people but organizations like black men of omaha say the posting of the video would only expose the child to more ridicule. it evokes conversation people will likely have to do the right thing and help the child. shocking. thanks so much. kelly wright live in the studio.
jennifer says poor child doesn t even realize that she s doing anything wrong. it s abusive and invasive. the video will be out there forev forever. sergeant john wells is head of the omaha police association and wendy wallace is a psychologist. thank you all for joining us. sergeant wells, i know this video was on facebook before it was posted on your site. but many disagree with you. how do you defend the decision to put it out there. great question, don. first of all, this video was public. it was on a person s facebook page. one of our followers tipped us off about this video. the whole point behind our facebook pain and our website is to give the public not necessarily the national public because this has obviously received a lot of attention, law abiding citizens and voters an