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Enough was enough. >> i became the district attorney of denver in june of 1993, and it was at the beginning of what later became termed the summer of violence. because of the amount of pretty high-profile crimes and it was on the 10:00 news almost every night. >> an epidemic of violence is sweeping american children out of homes and classrooms and onto our meanest streets. >> cops say they've never seen anything like it. >> our quality of life is being threatened when our children can't play in the street. >> i mean, there were children that were just random victims because one gang member sho...

Juvenile kids who had access to guns and didn't seem to have developed a conscience over time. >> police departments in our cities warn of a new generation of, quote, super-predators who have no compunction about taking human life. >> the narrative became about violence, gang violence, juvenile violence and having nathan dunlap kill four people at a chuck e. cheese just fed right into all of that. >> for many, nathan was the definition of a super-predator and deserved nothing less than death. >> he had escalating violence throughout his teenage years. he started robbing places with a golf club...

>> it's not unreasonable if you are in the criminal justice every day. these same prosecutors cut their teeth every day demonizing young black males as super predator. when you talk about thug. you know where i hear it used the most, from prosecutors who are prosecuting my clients or mark's clients who are young black males. you sit in any courtroom and the guys who are the revolving door, the people who are the fodder for the criminal justice system are young black males. it is disproportionately. >> i'm not saying -- >> we don't get it -- >> i don't get it. >> the criminal justice system doe...

Argued to be reasonable because of the slew of young black males in the system. it's a circular -- >> hang on -- >> you can't say it's completely unreasonable -- >> what? >> it's unrational. >> it's not unreasonable if you are in the criminal justice every day. these same prosecutors cut their teeth every day demonizing young black males as super predator. when you talk about thug. you know where i hear it used the most, from prosecutors who are prosecuting my clients or mark's clients who are young black males. you sit in any courtroom and the guys who are the revolving door, the people who a...

History of maintaining racial inequality and reveling in deep religiousty. reagan, the movement of conservatism, named our prime domestic enemies the welfare queen and the crack king pin, the lazy black taker and the fear some black super predator, both of whom want to live off your hard-earned dollars. now, in the battle against obama care, we have new people to protect against. folks aiming to ruin that good old fashioned american way of life that's been eroding for years. their frustration and anxiety has led to the south once again breaking the social social contract of governance and you ...