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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAttention Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow
One of you needs to repeat the entire press conference from Parkland Hospital today.
That deserves prime time.
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Attention Chris Matthews, Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow (Original Post)
malaise
Jul 2016
OP
The resolution of conflict doesn't pull in viewers as well as conflict does...
63splitwindow
Jul 2016
#12
GentryDixon
(2,962 posts)1. I watched it on WRAL (Raleigh).
Hekate
(90,829 posts)2. Kick and 5th Rec
malaise
(269,186 posts)3. Excellent report here
http://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2016/07/parkland-surgeon-we-have-to-cometogether-and-end-all-this/
Parkland didnt provide much of a minute-by-minute narrative of Thursday night, but the discussion quickly dove into American race relations and how the historically poor communication between officers and the citizens they police is only creating a larger divide between us all. Dr. Brian Williams is a black trauma surgeon who was in charge of the Reese-Jones Trauma Center at Parkland Thursday night. With his eyes red but his voice resolute, Williams expressed the internal battle hes waged since seven police officers arrived in the emergency room Thursday night.
The months of reports of black men being shot dead in the street across this country have left him angry and scared, he said. He said he still has angst that he cant shake when police officers approach him. When hes with his daughter in public and sees an officer, hell buy their lunch or pick up their ice cream.
I want my daughter to see me interacting with police that way so she doesnt grow up with the same burden that I carry when it comes to interacting with law enforcement, Williams said. And I want the Dallas police to see me, a black man, and understand that I support you, I will defend you, and I will care for you. That doesnt mean that I do not fear you. That doesnt mean that if you approach me, that I will not immediately have a visceral reaction and start worrying for my personal safety. But I will control that the best I can and not let that impact the way I deal with law enforcement.
Before he said all this, Williams gave a prepared statement. Here it is in full:
I want to state first and foremost, I stand with the Dallas Police Department. I stand with law enforcement all over this country. This experience has been very personal for me, and a turning point in my life. There was the added dynamic of officers being shot; we routinely care for multiple gunshot victims. But the preceding days of more black men dying at the hands of police officers affected me. I think the reasons are obvious. I fit that demographic of individuals. But I abhor what has been done to these officers, and I grieve with their families.
I understand the anger and the frustration and the distrust of law enforcement. But they are not the problem. The problem is the lack of open discussions about the impact of race relations in this country. And I think about it every day, that I was unable to save those cops when they came here that night. It weighs on my mind constantly. This killing, it has to stop. Black men dying and being forgotten, people retaliating against the people sworn to defend us we have to come together and end all this.
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Parkland didnt provide much of a minute-by-minute narrative of Thursday night, but the discussion quickly dove into American race relations and how the historically poor communication between officers and the citizens they police is only creating a larger divide between us all. Dr. Brian Williams is a black trauma surgeon who was in charge of the Reese-Jones Trauma Center at Parkland Thursday night. With his eyes red but his voice resolute, Williams expressed the internal battle hes waged since seven police officers arrived in the emergency room Thursday night.
The months of reports of black men being shot dead in the street across this country have left him angry and scared, he said. He said he still has angst that he cant shake when police officers approach him. When hes with his daughter in public and sees an officer, hell buy their lunch or pick up their ice cream.
I want my daughter to see me interacting with police that way so she doesnt grow up with the same burden that I carry when it comes to interacting with law enforcement, Williams said. And I want the Dallas police to see me, a black man, and understand that I support you, I will defend you, and I will care for you. That doesnt mean that I do not fear you. That doesnt mean that if you approach me, that I will not immediately have a visceral reaction and start worrying for my personal safety. But I will control that the best I can and not let that impact the way I deal with law enforcement.
Before he said all this, Williams gave a prepared statement. Here it is in full:
I want to state first and foremost, I stand with the Dallas Police Department. I stand with law enforcement all over this country. This experience has been very personal for me, and a turning point in my life. There was the added dynamic of officers being shot; we routinely care for multiple gunshot victims. But the preceding days of more black men dying at the hands of police officers affected me. I think the reasons are obvious. I fit that demographic of individuals. But I abhor what has been done to these officers, and I grieve with their families.
I understand the anger and the frustration and the distrust of law enforcement. But they are not the problem. The problem is the lack of open discussions about the impact of race relations in this country. And I think about it every day, that I was unable to save those cops when they came here that night. It weighs on my mind constantly. This killing, it has to stop. Black men dying and being forgotten, people retaliating against the people sworn to defend us we have to come together and end all this.
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63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)4. Here is his statement...
malaise
(269,186 posts)5. Thanks
It's also in my link
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)6. yessss
malaise
(269,186 posts)8. or show it instead
of that stupid jebusenoughfuggingbushes interview at 10.00pm
flamingdem
(39,328 posts)13. Exactly
Over on CNN they are so pumped for the Ryan Town Hall. Wish I could be there to boo!
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)7. KNR Thank you.
spanone
(135,884 posts)9. K&R...
watched it live.....
malaise
(269,186 posts)10. It was amazing
never seen anything like that before
spanone
(135,884 posts)11. yes it was.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)12. The resolution of conflict doesn't pull in viewers as well as conflict does...
Not as bad at MSNBC (like RW hate baiting FOX and RW radio), but still a fact. If all conflict was resolved the "all news" and/or "all news " and commentary stations would be off the air.
progressoid
(49,999 posts)14. Rec!