“Real Time” host Bill Maher confronted CNN political analyst April Ryan over the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and the shooting death of 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant, involved in the police force. from Ohio.
Maher kicked off Friday’s panel discussion by refuting the notion that Chauvin’s verdict was a true turning point for American society, arguing that it is “part of a trend” since 2014 and listing other convictions of police officers involved in the death of Laquan McDonald, Walter Scott and Botham Jean, among others.
“The left loves their narratives,” Maher joked. This is something that has been changing. This is another brick in that wall that we are building.
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“It’s too slow, it’s too slow,” Ryan replied. You’re talking about a trend since 2014. Let’s go back. Let’s go back 402 years to slavery. From patrolling, okay? Then you go to Jim Crow, then to civil rights, then to today. This is not even a victory. This is a small move towards what it should be. It is not right for blacks to have to talk to their children. “
«When black people, many black people, are behind the wheel and on the street, they fear that the police will come towards them and they fear what justice on the corner, they judge you, condemn you and kill you on the spot against a white person who the opportunity to go to court, ”explained Ryan.
“No one’s arguing with that,” Maher replied. I’m just saying that things are different than they were five years ago. It is an important point.
Ryan then invoked the case of Freddie Gray in Baltimore, where he died in police custody while riding in the back of a police van.
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And who is the mayor? A black woman, ”Maher replied. Who is the chief of police? Who is the district attorney? That’s it… I’m just saying it’s obviously something beyond race, so that’s happening… Everyone on the top rung of the Freddie Gray case was black.
“It’s true,” Ryan admitted. “But the system is the same.”
The HBO star then turned to the police-involved Columbus, Ohio shooting and noticed how the teenager Bryant was shot while attacking another black teenager with a knife.
This was a black girl who was about to stab another black girl. Black Lives Matter… which one? » Maher asked. “Because a lot of people say that the policeman did something wrong. I say in what life? »
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He could have saved her. I could have shot him in the leg, ”Ryan insisted. He could have lessened the tension in a different way. He didn’t even have to use a bullet. I could have done something different … It shouldn’t be that if a police officer comes to your house, someone dies. . There are ways, they are trained to scale down. And there are some people who don’t use the Taser.
They are not… that is the problem. They are not trained to reduce stress, ”Maher said.
The “Real Time” host also complained that the cops were terrible “shooters” and suggested they should spend more time at the shooting range before using their guns again.
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