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Had, the greatest threats to my life is calls i thought was low-level calls. the one i almost died on was a simple, go talk to a guy. as i approached him to say hey, owner doesnt want you on the property, he immediately started pulling a gun out of his pocket. and im like unprepared. i came in this profession because i cared about the community, because i had a brother that was killed in the community. there are officers every day making the ultimate sacrifice, and i think that should be commend...

Look, i see myself in elijahs story. im different, too. always have been. elijah was a massage therapist. he taught himself violin. and then he played it for spray c -- stray cats. im sure his mother fought to protect her son the same way that mine fought to protect me, knowing full well that the way this country sees black children, especially our young men and boys, puts a target on their back from day one. >> you know, i went to oakland public schools. and when you grow up in a place that is ...

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Annual vigil they have at the bart station for oscar grant. >> you know im going to keep making this. >> it just evolved into that. where i saw people would take it off of my facebook page and print it out themselves and then little by little i set up the website. >> part of what we have to do is like mourn and grieve and, you know, people create installations. >> and i think the thing that it also does is that, you know, i dont know all of these stories. you sort of get reminded that it is not ...

Would trim the san francisco police departments nearly $700 million annual budget by almost 6%. that, along with additional cuts to the sheriffs department, would mean reducing the total budget by $120 million. that money is slated to go directly to housing, mental health services and education. but its a delicate dance working with police departments. and it is about way more than just math. >> how do we change the culture of the police department? we change that by making sure that we deal wit...

Know why shots are not more the same. >> we want justice! >> history repeats itself. and, yet, we never learn. >> perhaps the only way to let them know is if we let this city burn. how do i explain to my three-year-old why im marching in these streets? >> whats her name? whats her name? >> how do i explain to my three-year-old what his death has done to me? how do i explain to my three-year-old another black man was killed by police?

Separate realities in america. why? because racism. and in policing, racism is not a bug. its a feature. from the very beginning, policing was designed specifically to keep black people in check. not black criminals, black people. dont believe me? i brought back up. most people just think police have always been here. it is just the way a society works. >> right. when we talk about that, we go back to the founding documents of policing. >> this professor nikki jones uc berkeley, genius, period. ...

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Hope adopts me back. where the conversation always intersting. part of what we know is compounded. while it may be new to many of you, around here there is a call to, wait for it, defund the police. >> its a double edged sword. im happy to be doing a show from the police i call home. one of the ways im trying not to [ bleep ] it up is by having you here. >> then well [ bleep ] it up together. >> my friend is a poet, hopefully the next mayor of oakland and the co-founder of the anti-police terror...