the body cam of one of the officers who responded to the call. we re going to warn you, the video, and we re only going to show you a little teeny bit of it is really hard to watch. it s really upsetting. it shows police approaching pelosi s home. here s the moment the door opens to reveal paul pelosi and the intruder, david depape, with both men holding on to the hammer. guys, how are you doing? how are you? what s going on, man? hi. drop the hammer. nope. hey, hey, hey. what is going on right now? paul pelosi of course is still recovering from the attack that took place that day right there. according to former speaker nancy pelosi, take a look at what she had to say about this a couple of hours ago. with a grateful heart on behalf of my family, we continue to thank people for all of their prayers that they continue to send us, asking about the progress my husband is making, and he is making progress, but it will take more time. we re going to take a c
town memphis jury, they will pick a jury who say, one or two can stop this, and we cannot let this family walk this road alone, but we cannot just keep this as a singular case. we must understand, we have a problem with policing in this country that demands federal law. the reason the civil rights movement of the 60s was significant is the 64th civil rights act, 65 voting rights act, 65 open housing act. if you did not change the laws, it doesn t matter who were great orators and who could make things come together. they changed the fundamental laws of the country. we need to change the laws of policing. we don t need sympathy. we need legislation. and i think what s important about what rev just said is that this has happened in the context of what aye seen as a kind of receipt of the rhetoric of law and order that defines so much of the 80s and 90s. and so here we are in the moment of worrying about crime, ramping
however, the fact that you re black doesn t give you the right to violate someone s constitutional rights. here what happened is so bad that it violated his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. so the issue of race isn t even necessary for doj to become involved. but for all of these reasons, it s critical for them to conduct an investigation. what are you watching for as they go about this? i m watching for when we get past the next few days, and i hope they are not violent, i hope they are protests, and i certainly hope the funeral will make the statement that people don t go on back to sleep. that we keep the pressure on this congress, on some real federal laws that will be enforced, and that we stand by this family. i ve been involved in too many of these cases that they ll push the trials back and the families have to go to court alone. and they will pick a jury this will be a shelby county jury. this will not be an outside of
and if black people enter into those systems and then enact that sentiment, that belief, then they have infringed on the civil rights of black folk, they have infringed upon the civil rights of people. i think it s important for us to understand that racism doesn t require white people to work. and remember what w.b. debios said in 1903, he said you see yourself through the eyes of those who despise you and you act accordingly. of course this makes sense. important piece of this in terms of, if you work your way backward, the human tragedy, the dehumanization that led to this, what we re all going to go through in an hour and a half. but for those interested in unwinding this, it feels like the federal government, doj undertaking this is an important piece. it is an important piece. when this gets presented to a jury, which it probably will eventually, that will be a confusing issue for the jury. it does have the potential to