entering the criminal justice system in 2001. he was arrested more than a dozen times, convicted six other times as recently as this year. he was arrested. apparently the district attorney decided not to prosecute the cases the last time he was arrested. so that s the big question tonight, why maurice hill was out on the street in the first place. jason: one other very quick question, chris. miraculously, how s.w.a.t. got up on the second floor and extracted five people when you have an active gunmen right below firing shots through the floor. any other details you can give us about that? well, a couple other vignettes. first of all, the police won t get into strategy and to help us hostages were rescued, but they did say they were in constant communication with police officers. the police chief and the district attorney by phone throughout the negotiations.
entering the criminal justice system in 2001. he was arrested morete than a dozen times, convicted six other times, as recently as this year. he was arrested. but, apparently, the district attorney decided not to prosecute the cases the last time he was arrested. so that s the big question tonight, is why maurice hill was out on the street in the first place. jason: one other very quick question, chris. miraculously, how s.w.a.t. got up on the second floor and extracted five people when you have an active gunman right below them who was firing shots through the floor. any other details you can give us about that? iv well, a couple other vignettes. first of all, the policece won t get into strategy and to how those hostages were rescued, but they did say they were in constant communicationho with police officers, the police chief and the district attorney by phone throughout these
and listen to the transmission of the police back and forth to each other. first, bravery is the number one emotion that i felt for them. they were brave. they were running towards heavy gun fire. training and ability was unmatched. they were coordinated. they were talking to each other. they were directing each other. they were keeping each other safe, while being barraged with ammunition and shots from high powered rifle. they stood out there and they were patient and were there for seven hours under gun fire. one of the things, one of the vignettes that i saw on television last night after it was almost all over were the officers helping remove the children from the daycare. to see our officers carrying little babies, holding kids hands and walking them to safety showed me what those men and women are really about.
started, we had the opportunity to sit in the police detail room and listen to the transmissions of the police back and forth to each other. first of all, bravery is the number one emission that i felt for them, that they were brave, they were running toward heavy gunfire. training and ability was unmatched. they were coordinating, statalk to each other, while shots rang out. they stood there and were patient and were there for seven hours under gunfire. one of the vignettes that i saw on television last night after it was almost all over, were the officers removing, helping remove the children from the day care. to see our officers carrying little babies holding kids hands and walking them to safety
you know because look, this is a guy who came into people s living rooms. he was a show man. he was the p.t. barnum of his age. he made reality tv the thing to watch to be a part of it. it connected with our communities. so we never saw these other sides. we didn t know his family history. we weren t aware of the role his dad played in certain types of politics in this country that was not favorably disposed towards jews and african-americans. we didn t know or put in context his view on the central park five and his housing policy as a landowner. a landlord. and now as president, it s coming out. and so these past moments these vignettes mep us contextize in a sense who the man is. what we discover is, okay, this has been here for a while. this is not anything new. which is again why i think it connects so readily with a lot of people, ari, because these