i think there was a bit of commotion, and the kenyan woman said the cops are here. but it wasn t the police. it was a canyon man named abdul haji, the businessmen and father of four had received a text message from his brother earlier that morning. the message was very brief. that red, at west gate, terrorist, pray for me. abdul haji boulder to the mall and was stunned by what he saw when he got there. carnage, everywhere. he was terrified for his brother, who works for the canyon intelligence service and had received death threats from al-shabaab, the same terror group that is now attacking the mall. at this point in time, the magnitude of the whole situation dawned on me. security forces were just arriving, and abdul who is licensed to carry a gun, decided in an instant to join them. they entered the mall from the parking garage on the top floor. abdul s brother was still in the mall and actually not far from catherine walton and her girls on the main floor. he was hiding
we have to be very careful we do the right thing and not create discrimination against african countries while at the same time not executing the same policies from other countries, say, for example, in europe. congresswoman, lastly, you represent oakland, and as someone intimately familiar with the story and family of oscar grant and other black men killed by law enforcement, i would like to hear your reaction three days after the men who killed ahmaud arbery were found guilty of felony murder. the reason i stress law enforcement in this case, because we must remember it wasn t the police or the first county prosecutor that made this conviction possible. instead, you have an investigation right now as to whether that prosecutor actually favored convicted murderers. she has been charged. because of their law enforcement
in fact, we got to be very careful that we do the right thing and not create discrimination against african countries while at the same time not executing the same policies from other countries say, for example, in europe. congresswoman, lastly, you represent oakland. as someone intimately familiar with the story and family of oscar grant and other black men killed by law enforcement, i d like to hear your reaction three days after the men who killed ahmaud arbery were found guilty of felony murder. and the reason i stress law enforcement in this case, because we must remember it wasn t the police or the first county prosecutor that made this conviction possible. instead, you have an investigation right now into whether that prosecutor actually favored convicted murderers
i wanted to play a couple of things about that show how some people view this crime as not the fault of the perpetrators of the crime. watch this. an act of desperation. you aren t getting rich what you take from a walgreens. you are getting something you need. this rise in crime is not the fault of the movement but the fault of the police. our point all along, why should we keep funding systems and institutions that keep rendering themselves ineffective? dana: how would you respond to that? well, i mean, are you kidding me? it s our fault, the police? i don t remember going out and shooting anyone. we had a murder in the city last night. that wasn t the police doing that. we definitely don t ride our bicycles into the store as our getaway vehicle with a black plastic bag to clear out the cosmetic aisle and then go take it and probably sell it.
but it wasn t the police. it was a canyon man named abdul haji, the businessmen and father of four had received a text message from his brother earlier that morning. the message was very brief. that red, at west gate, terrorist, pray for me. abdul haji boulder to the mall and was stunned by what he saw when he got there. carnage, everywhere. he was terrified for his brother, who works for the canyon intelligence service and had received death threats from al-shabaab, the same terror group that is now attacking the mall. at this point in time, the magnitude of the whole situation dawned on me. security forces were just arriving, and abdul who is licensed to carry a gun, decided in an instant to join them. they entered the mall from the parking garage on the top floor. abdul s brother was still in the mall and actually not far from catherine walton and her girls on the main floor.