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(somber music)
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(Ramsey) Millions of people
were introduced
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to the Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department
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for the first time after
Stephen Paddock opened fire
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on a large crowd
of Vegas concertgoers...
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...killing 58 people
and wounding over 500.
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In the days following
the deadliest mass shooting
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in U.S. history,
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a sympathetic public looking
for light in the darkness
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latched on to stories
of heroism
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from that tragic night.
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Many saw LVMPD Sheriff
Joe Lombardo
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as a heroic figure.
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I wanna thank you
for letting me be your sheriff,
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and Vegas Strong.
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(Ramsey) Sheriff Lombardo
even had President Trump
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kissing up to him
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and celebrating LVMPD officers
as heroes.
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And then...things changed.
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Sheriff Lombardo
was caught lying
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about Stephen Paddock's
check-in dates.
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(reporter) Was the official
timeline changed--
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Please stop asking
your question.
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(Ramsey) After the sheriff
changed the timeline
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for a third time,
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the LVMPD was sued
by seven media companies
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for failing to release
public records
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from the night of the shooting,
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leaving some to wonder
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if the sheriff
was manipulating the facts
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to minimize Mandalay Bay's
legal liability
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since their
parent company, MGM,
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had given a lot of money
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to Lombardo's
reelection campaign.
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And when a reporter
broke the news
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that the LVMPD appeared
to be trying to hide the fact
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that an officer fired a gun
in Stephen Paddock's room,
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many were surprised.
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I wasn't.
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I had a history with the LVMPD
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and knew what this department
was capable of.
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My name is Ramsey Denison
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and I've spent most
of my career
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editing television shows
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about good cops
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who catch bad criminals.
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(music)
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Until my encounter
with the LVMPD
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I'd never seen police
as anything but the good guys.
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(music)
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I just finished editing a really
difficult television show,
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so I made the four hour trip
to Vegas to relax
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and hang out with
my friend Rhett.
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(music)
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He'd had a pretty crappy day...
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(music)
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...so I took him out,
cheered him up.
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We had fun.
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(distant siren)
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Around 4 AM, we called it
a night and left the club.
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(Rhett) As we were walking
through the parking lot,
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there was a suspect
in handcuffs,
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and the officer was screaming
at him about his mother.
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"Did you know your mama
raised an f-up?
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Did you know your mama
raised an f-up?"
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I'm lookin' at Rhett,
he's lookin' at me,
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his mouth open
just kinda wonderin'
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what in the hell these
police officers are doing.
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I leaned over to Ramsey
and I said, "Man, look,
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all my years on the SWAT team,
I never saw anything like this.
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I don't understand
what's going on here."
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I worked with
the Las Vegas SWAT team
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for seven years
as a videographer,
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and I saw a lot of situations
where people were arrested,
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and I never saw
a situation like this
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where officers acted
so unprofessional.
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They had this guy bent over
with the handcuffs,
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and they were squeezin'
his handcuffs tighter,
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and I could tell it was
just to give this guy pain.
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(music)
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(Ramsey) I saw four cops
laughing at this guy
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as he's screaming his head off
being tortured.
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(music)
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I didn't know who this guy was,
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I didn't know what he'd done
to get arrested,
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but I knew there's nothin' right
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about what the police
were doing to him.
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(music)
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You could see that
they were enjoying it.
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(music)
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(Rhett)
I saw Ramsey pull out his phone,
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he was pacing pretty fast
back and forth
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'cause he didn't like
what he saw,
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and, uh, he called 9-1-1.
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(music)
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(operator)
9-1-1 emergency.
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(Ramsey) I want to report
improper conduct
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by a police officer.
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(operator)
Is it happening right now?
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(Ramsey)
It's happening right now.
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(operator)
Okay, what is your name?
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(Ramsey)
My name is Ramsey Denison.
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(operator)
I will let the dispatcher know
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and have him make contact
with you, okay?
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-Okay.
-All right, thank you.
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Next thing you know,
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I'm getting beaten, arrested,
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and thrown in jail.
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(music)
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(Rhett)
And what's so disturbing to me
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is here you have somebody
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who's really just trying
to do a good thing
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going to jail
for three days.
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(music)
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(Ramsey)
After I was released from
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the Clark County
Detention Center,
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I started to investigate.
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In a town where you can get
beaten, arrested,
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and thrown in jail
just for making a phone call
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to report police brutality,
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I couldn't help
but wonder what else
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has the Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department done?
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(music)
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(Philip)
Trevon was a big teddy bear.
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He had, like, a smile
ear to ear all the time.
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Cared about his friends,
cared about his family.
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The store that
we worked at was family.
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(Josh)
He even would pull me in
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for the big bear hug
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either to start the day
or before he left for the day,
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or even if he saw
I was having a rough day,
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it was "Come here
and give me the big hug,"
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and he wouldn't let me go
until I had a smile on my face,
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so that's just--
it's kind of who he was.
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(music)
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He was in love
and excited to have a baby,
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you know, like,
that was apparent.
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The whole staff knew
that he was gonna have a kid,
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and we were all
very excited for him.
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Had an extra glow,
and it seemed like
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it just added a little bit
more purpose to why
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he was makin' money
and doin' what he did.
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(Josh)
I'd say probably about
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six months into the pregnancy,
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he really started to get focused
on what he needed to do
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to be able to provide for them.
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He was usually a top ten
in the store.
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We had about 80 employees,
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so he was always
one of the top sellers.
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For Trey, you know,
for a top performer,
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they get 25 hours a week
at nine dollars an hour.
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That's not a lot of money when
you got a girlfriend at home
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and a baby on the way.
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I think the desire
to get out of where he was
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and to provide a safe and stable
life for Sequoia and the baby
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was the only reason
he was selling marijuana.
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(Andre)
Officer Bryan Yant
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was searching Craigslist
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for people selling drugs,
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and he found Trevon Cole.
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They set up a buy
with Trevon Cole
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where he sold the police
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a very small amount
of marijuana.
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That was all on tape.
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Instead of arresting him,
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the decision was made
to raid his apartment...
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because the raid
was gonna be televised.
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The arrest could have
been made with one,
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two, three,
even four people
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if you want to go
on the maximum end.
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Here, this arrest
involved ten people
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in body armor type suits
going in with AR-15s.
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The police officers
went inside
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directly to the bedroom.
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Trevon Cole was in his bathroom
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dumping a bag of marijuana
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when Bryan Yant
kicked open the door
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and shot him with
an AR-15 in the head.
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(music)
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Bryan Yant said the reason
that he shot Trevon Cole
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was because
a "furtive movement" was made.
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And what is
a "furtive movement"?
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It's a very vague term,
isn't it?
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And that's why they use it.
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A furtive movement
means a movement made
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that's gonna somehow endanger
the police officer's life,
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and clearly Trevon Cole's act
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of looking up
while dumping marijuana
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did not meet the definition
of a furtive movement.
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There really is
no accountability.
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They get to go on
a paid vacation, you know,
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for shooting somebody
that didn't have a weapon,
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and as long as they feared
for their lives, it's okay.
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(Andre)
At the time of the shooting,
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Trevon Cole was living
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with his high school sweetheart
and fiancée Sequoia Pearce.
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She was also
nine months pregnant.
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She was due to have their baby
in just a few days.
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In fact, the shooting
occurred on June 10th,
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and on June 16th,
she had her baby.
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(music)
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The shooting deprived
Trevon's newborn baby
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of her dad for
the rest of her life.
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It deprived
his high school sweetheart,
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partner of a husband
for the rest of her life.
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It deprived
their entire family
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of somebody who was
widely acknowledged
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to be an all-around
great guy, big teddy bear.
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(music)
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He made a mistake,
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he sold marijuana,
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and paid for that mistake
with his life.
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(music)
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And I knew that he was
a good person.
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And I know where he is,
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and I'm okay with that now
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because I know
he's in a safe place.
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(music)
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And I just want to thank God
for the 21 years
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that He allowed me to spend
with such a beautiful person.
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(music)
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Until we meet again,
sweetheart, I love you.
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(Andre)
A short time after
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the shooting of Trevon Cole,
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Sequoia Pearce moved in
with her mom.
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Sequoia Pearce needed
the comfort of her family
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after this very traumatic event.
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She didn't expect the police
officers to come over
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and search her apartment
without a warrant.
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I think they were trying
to find anything and everything
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that would somehow
vilify Trevon Cole,
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somehow make him look bad.
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The first thing
Metro did was start
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the--the character
assassination of Trey.
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That's the first thing they did.
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"Oh, he's a drug dealer,
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he's a hardened criminal."
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He didn't have a lengthy
criminal record.
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He was a guy trying
to make a few extra bucks
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'cause he had a kid on the way.
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(Andre)
If the public believes
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that a decent human being
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was killed for
the wrong reason,
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the public's gonna
be outraged,
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so as a result,
what the police do
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is they try to dehumanize
the victims,
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essentially saying,
"Well, maybe they deserved it.
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Maybe he should
have been killed
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because he was
dealing marijuana."
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(Josh)
The idea of raiding
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the guy's apartment
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in the middle of the night
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over less than an ounce
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of marijuana, of a plant,
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it's absolutely crazy to me
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that he died for nothing.
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The whole Trevon Cole
investigation
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was basically planned
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with the idea that
it would be televised.
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That's why the buy with
the small amount of marijuana
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was televised
inside the car,
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and that's why
they planned the raid
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with the idea that television
cameras would be there.
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This raid was
a made-for-TV raid.
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Langley Productions
and John Langley
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separately made
$10,000 donations
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to the reelection campaign
of Sheriff Doug Gillespie.
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At the same time,
Langley Productions
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was granted authority to film
various police activities
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by the Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department.
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They got lucky enough
to actually film somebody
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sell some marijuana--
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just a small amount,
but they got it on film,
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so now all they needed to do
was wrap that segment up
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and they could make
really good TV
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with a dramatic bust.
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See, in reality,
they could have got him
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just walking into 7-Eleven,
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but that wouldn't make
very good TV.
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Instead what they did
is they waited,
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um, they waited till
they could get a search warrant
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for Trevon Cole.
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The problem is,
Trevon Cole,
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his crimes weren't worthy
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of a no-knock,
high risk search warrant
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late at night
when everybody's sleeping,
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busting down the door.
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(Andre) When they drafted
the search warrant,
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they took a different
Trevon Cole
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with a different
physical description,
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a different age,
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and a different
criminal history
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and inserted it in place
of this Trevon Cole
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that they were dealing with,
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and based on the information
that they used
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from the other Trevon Cole,
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got a search warrant.
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(Doug)
We made mistakes,
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uh, that led up to
that search warrant
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and the execution
of that search warrant.
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(dark music)
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(Rhett) He was actually
a hundred pounds different,
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not even the same height.
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Different age completely.
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It wasn't the same
Trevon Cole,
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and they knew this,
they knew it very well,
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but they went to the judge
with a search warrant
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for Trevon Cole,
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and now they had
their excuse
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to do a high risk,
no-knock search warrant
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where they could make
some great TV.
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The raid was planned
with the idea
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that television cameras
would be there.
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At the very last minute,
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another incident happened
across town
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where cameras went
somewhere else,
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but Metro still went forward
with the raid.
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(Stephen)
So this officer, Bryan Yant,
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this wasn't his first
shooting on duty.
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Wasn't even his second
shooting on duty.
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It was his third shooting
on duty.
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(music)
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(Andre)
One of the other shootings
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that Bryan Yant was involved in
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was a shooting involving
Richard Travis Brown,
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who was known as
the "Candy Bar Robber."
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Bryan Yant came upon a scene
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where Richard Travis Brown
was shoplifting,
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chased him, and shot him
in the back and killed him.
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(music)
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Bryan Yant still rakes in
six figures,
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over a hundred thousand
dollars a year from taxpayers
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in law enforcement
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while Bryan Yant cost
the city of Las Vegas
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$1.7 million.
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That was the payout to
the family of Trevon Cole.
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They lied to even justify being
there in the way that they were.
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It's as clear as murder gets
in my opinion.
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(Stephen) Bryan Yant is
the perfect example
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of an officer that was not
properly disciplined.
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He should have been fired.
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(somber music)
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(music)
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Unfortunately, Bryan Yant
now works for the Police Union.
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One of his jobs is
to counsel police officers
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on how to properly handle
police shootings.
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It's like a giant middle finger
to everybody good and decent
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in the Las Vegas Valley.
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(Norm)
The reason, in my opinion,
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that police officers
are not prosecuted
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is because the investigation
is not completely objective.
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Oftentimes the victim
is vilified,
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the dead person is--
his criminal history
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is released to the media.
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(music)
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(Bill) And then they assassinate
the character of the victim.
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That's a very effective
psychology
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used all over the United States,
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and Metro has perfected it.
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After you kill somebody,
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you find some way
to disparage them.
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You wipe out their character.
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So my son was killed twice.
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He was murdered by
William Mosher's bullet,
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and then his character
was assassinated
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in front of everybody.
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They tried to turn him
into some kind of a druggie.
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Erik was a West Point graduate,
class of '94.
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He graduated in the top quarter
of his class.
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He was a very effective,
very popular platoon leader.
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A lot of laughing happened
when Erik was around.
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(dark music)
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(music)
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He and his girlfriend
went into Costco
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while they were in Las Vegas,
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and Erik was legally
carrying a firearm,
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and he did that because
his job often required
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quickly going into any area
of Las Vegas, day or night,
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some good areas
and not-so-good areas.
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Been in there roughly an hour
when somebody spotted the gun
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when Erik squatted to see
if three water bottles
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would fit into
a soft-sided cooler.
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So Erik said that he was a
legally licensed weapon carrier.
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(Shai) We just told him
that our policy is
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we cannot allow firearms
in the building.
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(Bill)
So this undercover security guy,
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Shai Lierley, called the cops.
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He made it sound like
Erik Scott was crazy.
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Dramatized the whole thing.
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(Bill)
The cops that arrived
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at one time thought they had
a crazy guy barricaded inside
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waving three guns around.
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Las Vegas Metro
rolled in in force,
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15 cruisers, helicopter,
command staff.
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(William) The decision was made
to evacuate the business.
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-Who makes that decision?
-Uh, that decision is made
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by both the business
and by the watch commander
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at that particular time.
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So Erik and his girlfriend
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calmly walked out
with the crowd.
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(lawyer)
Was Erik posing any threat
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to you or anyone in Costco
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walking out of the store?
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-No, sir.
-And then Shai Lierley,
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who was on a cell phone
talkin' to dispatch,
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pointed to Erik and said,
"That's him."
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(William) I told the suspect
to show your hands,
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to get down on the ground,
get down on the ground.
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Before he could do anything,
Mosher fired.
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(somber music)
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(music)
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Mosher did exactly
the wrong thing.
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Police policies and procedures
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would never okay
challenging a "suspect"--
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Erik was not suspected
of anything--
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in the midst of a crowd
of maybe a hundred people
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that were milling around there,
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and then start firing
in the middle of that crowd.
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But what I heard was
the officer saying,
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"Drop it," bam, bam, bam.
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It was immediate.
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There was not
a one-second interval
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between "drop it"
and the three shots
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that were fired
directly into Scott.
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He was stumbling backwards
with his hands up...
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(music)
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...empty.
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(music)
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His hands were empty
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before the other officers
began shooting.
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(Bill)
As he fell, two other cops
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put five more rounds
in Erik's back
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after he was on the ground
and dying.
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(music)
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Many witnesses say
after the shooting,
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only one thing
on the ground:
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the Blackberry.
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Erik never touched his gun,
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00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:52,200
but when Erik's body
went into the ambulance,
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the only gun that he carried
was still in his holster.
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Witnesses saw it,
we know that.
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But in order for
the narrative to work,
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which is Erik pulled a gun
and we had to shoot him,
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I believe that they took
that gun out of the ambulance
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and put it back on the ground
446
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:11,520
before the homicide
detectives got there.
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00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:12,640
(music)
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00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,080
So when they got there and
take pictures and everything,
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the gun was on the ground
right next to the Blackberry.
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But one problem:
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The AMR ambulance people,
in their report, said,
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"Found gun on the body."
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(dark music)
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So all of a sudden,
Las Vegas Metro had a problem.
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How can you have a gun
on the ground at Costco
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as supposed proof
that Erik had drawn it
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and justified Mosher
killing him,
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and yet the EMTs found a gun
on the body in the ambulance?
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But Erik only had one gun.
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He never carried two.
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We gotta have a second gun.
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(music)
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They had Erik's wallet.
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They saw in the wallet
that he had several guns,
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so that's why
they enlisted the aid
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of the Public Administrator.
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00:20:00,227 --> 00:20:01,061
Why?
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Because they had no grounds
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to go get a warrant
from a judge,
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so they had to break
into his condo.
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They called my son
Kevin three times.
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(Steve) Yeah, Kevin,
this is Steve Grodin
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from the Public
Administrator's office
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up here in Nevada.
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I spoke with you
a little earlier
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when the coroner's investigator,
uh, spoke with you.
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Uh, I need to get in touch
with you right away
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regarding
your brother's property.
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(Bill)
They used the ploy, quasi-legal,
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of the Public Administrator
that says
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when somebody has been killed
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and there's nobody
to protect the place--
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which was wrong right away,
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because the girlfriend was
living with him, she was there.
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Kevin, my other son,
had already told 'em
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that you are not allowed
to go in that condo,
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00:20:44,999 --> 00:20:46,999
but they did anyway.
They broke in.
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(Steve) Uh, I've contacted a
locksmith because we have no key
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to get into your brother's
apartment at this time
490
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so I can go in there
and secure what weapons
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and variables that are
still in the apartment.
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(Bill) The little Ruger,
little Ruger LCP,
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that became
the so-called second gun--
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it's very small,
about palm size--
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they claimed that he had it
in his front right pocket.
496
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:10,920
He didn't, he couldn't,
497
00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:12,520
because that big wallet
was in there.
498
00:21:12,520 --> 00:21:14,999
There's no way he could
have it in there.
499
00:21:14,999 --> 00:21:17,400
But that's the only way
the narrative played,
500
00:21:17,400 --> 00:21:22,600
and that was their cover
for having one on the ground,
501
00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:24,999
as if Erik had pulled it.
502
00:21:24,999 --> 00:21:25,840
(music)
503
00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:27,400
Costco has cameras
everywhere.
504
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:31,160
They feed several DVRs
that record everything
505
00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,840
that happens in the store,
outside the store.
506
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,440
I believe the video
would have shown
507
00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,760
that Erik was literally murdered
508
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:39,200
for absolutely no reason.
509
00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,999
Would have been lots of
liability for Costco,
510
00:21:41,999 --> 00:21:45,320
tons of liability
for Las Vegas Metro.
511
00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,240
That had to disappear,
and it did.
512
00:21:48,240 --> 00:21:49,400
Doug Gillespie
was in the middle
513
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:53,000
of a very tight sheriff's
reelection race at the time.
514
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,999
There had been several other
shootings just before that--
515
00:21:55,999 --> 00:21:57,480
the Trevon Cole shooting
516
00:21:57,480 --> 00:22:00,440
roughly three weeks
before Erik was killed.
517
00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:02,680
And that was
very controversial too.
518
00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,999
Another cop did
a very, very stupid thing
519
00:22:05,999 --> 00:22:08,440
and killed a young man
for no reason.
520
00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:10,800
Well, Gillespie was
under fire from that
521
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:11,920
and other shootings.
522
00:22:11,920 --> 00:22:14,400
He didn't need
this one too.
523
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,280
The Erik Scott case
was going to be the one
524
00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:18,440
that put him underwater.
525
00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:19,760
His numbers,
his poll numbers
526
00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:21,440
were going in the tank
at the time.
527
00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:26,720
They could not afford
to have cops murdering people
528
00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,160
in front of Costco
at high noon, basically.
529
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:32,120
So for the narrative to work,
530
00:22:32,120 --> 00:22:34,080
Erik had to pull this gun.
531
00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:36,999
Well, let's check the video,
see exactly what happened.
532
00:22:36,999 --> 00:22:40,760
Well, amazingly,
that DVR eventually wound up
533
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:44,280
in Los Angeles at
the Secret Service facility.
534
00:22:44,280 --> 00:22:46,120
Their forensics experts
went through it
535
00:22:46,120 --> 00:22:50,360
and claimed that they could
recover 96% of the data
536
00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:52,000
that was on that hard disk.
537
00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:54,800
Only 4% were considered
unrecoverable
538
00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,920
due to physical damage
to the platters
539
00:22:57,920 --> 00:22:59,480
in that hard disk.
540
00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,080
Just happened to be the 4%
covered the time
541
00:23:02,080 --> 00:23:06,640
that Erik was in Costco
and being killed outside.
542
00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,000
(music)
543
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:13,200
We have four cops
within Las Vegas Metro
544
00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,560
that have said that they
or somebody they talked to
545
00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:21,999
in the first person saw
the video of Erik being shot.
546
00:23:21,999 --> 00:23:24,920
(Stephen) They shot him
when he was standing,
547
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:27,080
they shot him when
he was on his knees,
548
00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:29,800
and they shot him even
when he was on the ground.
549
00:23:29,800 --> 00:23:34,840
Since then, one of those cops
was caught selling a weapon
550
00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:35,800
to a felon
551
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,760
and is no longer with the LVMPD.
552
00:23:37,760 --> 00:23:38,880
(Bill)
Probably the toughest thing
553
00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:40,999
to deal with is the injustice.
554
00:23:40,999 --> 00:23:42,999
Two of the officers
that killed Erik
555
00:23:42,999 --> 00:23:44,240
were honored by the Police Union
556
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,520
for their role
in the Costco shooting,
557
00:23:46,520 --> 00:23:48,999
and Police Union director
Chris Collins
558
00:23:48,999 --> 00:23:50,358
called their actions "heroic."
559
00:23:50,599 --> 00:23:52,919
The Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department
560
00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:56,725
has a lot of experience
in killing Las Vegas citizens
561
00:23:56,766 --> 00:23:57,606
and tourists.
562
00:23:57,694 --> 00:23:59,360
When they kill somebody,
563
00:23:59,360 --> 00:24:02,116
they need to make it look
as good as they can
564
00:24:02,507 --> 00:24:03,988
when they can do that.
565
00:24:04,439 --> 00:24:07,319
And one of their
most common customs,
566
00:24:07,360 --> 00:24:08,680
practices, and procedures
567
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:10,905
is to make the victim
who is now dead
568
00:24:11,261 --> 00:24:13,882
look as bad as they can
to the public
569
00:24:13,991 --> 00:24:15,711
to justify their actions.
570
00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:19,100
They tried to make him out
to look like a druggie,
571
00:24:19,141 --> 00:24:21,733
uh, when he was
basically at Costco
572
00:24:21,780 --> 00:24:23,120
and had
a customer service issue
573
00:24:23,120 --> 00:24:24,999
like a lot of people
who go to Costco.
574
00:24:24,999 --> 00:24:27,760
(Bill) He was taking
prescription pain medication.
575
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,999
He had 40% of
his L5 vertebra broken off
576
00:24:31,999 --> 00:24:33,040
jumpin' out of airplanes
577
00:24:33,040 --> 00:24:34,999
when he got his Jump Wings
in the army.
578
00:24:34,999 --> 00:24:36,840
And he was down
to three pills a day,
579
00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:38,080
which Erik was very proud of.
He said,
580
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,600
"I want to be off this stuff
by the end of the year."
581
00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:44,999
But the cops and the DA turned
that into something horrible,
582
00:24:44,999 --> 00:24:47,520
and they said he was
acting crazy in Costco
583
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:51,131
because he was on this
heavy duty pain medication.
584
00:24:51,172 --> 00:24:52,241
Not true.
585
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,560
I know airline pilots,
I know lawyers,
586
00:24:55,560 --> 00:24:57,280
I know firemen,
I know cops
587
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:59,999
who are taking exactly
the same pain medication
588
00:24:59,999 --> 00:25:03,160
and they function just fine,
as did Erik.
589
00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:04,480
But it doesn't matter.
590
00:25:04,480 --> 00:25:05,560
If you can disparage
591
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:07,640
the person and his character,
592
00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:09,440
there is this subtle psychology
593
00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:13,800
that the American people
have soaked up, and that is,
594
00:25:13,800 --> 00:25:16,480
well, if the cops did something
bad to this person,
595
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,400
then the guy must have
deserved it, right,
596
00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:21,120
because he was a bad person.
597
00:25:21,120 --> 00:25:22,160
And the cops imply,
598
00:25:22,160 --> 00:25:25,999
"Aren't you glad we took
this person off the street?"
599
00:25:26,100 --> 00:25:28,600
Las Vegas Metro is really good
600
00:25:28,600 --> 00:25:33,160
at disparaging the people
that they kill using the media.
601
00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:34,999
They're even more skilled
at keeping the crimes
602
00:25:34,999 --> 00:25:37,840
of their own top brass
out of the headlines,
603
00:25:37,840 --> 00:25:39,999
like when the sheriff,
Doug Gillespie,
604
00:25:39,999 --> 00:25:42,680
had an issue at his house
one night,
605
00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:44,240
and the cops rolled in.
606
00:25:44,240 --> 00:25:46,271
People say it was
domestic violence.
607
00:25:46,312 --> 00:25:48,169
People say
when officers arrived,
608
00:25:48,210 --> 00:25:49,250
he wouldn't let 'em in.
609
00:25:49,818 --> 00:25:51,720
People say that the record
in the computer
610
00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:54,099
was altered or destroyed
or deleted.
611
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:58,920
That is a call that did
come out of the sheriff's house,
612
00:25:58,920 --> 00:25:59,960
and the event was changed.
613
00:25:59,960 --> 00:26:02,240
It was changed from an original
domestic violence call,
614
00:26:02,240 --> 00:26:05,999
and six hours later it was
reported as a burglary alarm.
615
00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:07,999
Where's the integrity?
Where's the integrity
616
00:26:07,999 --> 00:26:10,000
for everybody
who responded to that call?
617
00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:12,920
It wasn't one person,
it wasn't two people,
618
00:26:12,920 --> 00:26:14,280
it was a lot of people.
619
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:16,440
And if it wasn't
a domestic violence call,
620
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,160
then why in the world did
the domestic violence lieutenant
621
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,440
get called out
on his day off to show up?
622
00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,960
I'm just using a little bit
of common sense here.
623
00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:27,960
(Bill) There was a very good
reporter in town at the time,
624
00:26:27,960 --> 00:26:31,800
and he ferreted that story out,
and he was writing it,
625
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:34,440
and then instantly,
he left town.
626
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,200
And that seems to happen
to a lot of reporters.
627
00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:39,440
(somber music)
628
00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:40,480
Who do they answer to?
629
00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:42,999
The billionaires
who run the Strip.
630
00:26:42,999 --> 00:26:44,720
(music)
631
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:46,520
You just don't hear
about bad cops there,
632
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:49,320
because the Las Vegas
Visitors and Convention Bureau
633
00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:53,280
spends well over
$300 million a year advertising,
634
00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:55,999
"Come to Vegas
and have a good time."
635
00:26:55,999 --> 00:26:57,120
(music)
636
00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:01,640
The whole idea is keep
the money flowing.
637
00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:03,999
How many news organizations
across the nation
638
00:27:03,999 --> 00:27:08,400
are gonna risk losing a few
million bucks of advertising
639
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:09,840
to run a bad story
640
00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:12,640
showing how the cops
covered up
641
00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:13,999
a white, redheaded kid?
642
00:27:13,999 --> 00:27:15,640
They don't count.
643
00:27:15,640 --> 00:27:18,440
Gillespie said,
after Erik was killed,
644
00:27:18,440 --> 00:27:20,000
to a roomful of his own cops,
645
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,640
"I'm not losin' much sleep
over the Erik Scott shooting.
646
00:27:23,640 --> 00:27:26,920
I don't want you guys thinking
'Shoot, don't shoot' out there.
647
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,760
I want you to do whatever you
have to and go home at night."
648
00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:32,040
(music)
649
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:36,240
A big hole has been ripped in my
heart that'll never be filled.
650
00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,280
Time smoothes
the jagged edges,
651
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,240
but it never makes
the hurt go away.
652
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:47,880
And so many of these cops
that are out there now saying,
653
00:27:47,880 --> 00:27:52,040
"Do whatever you have to do,
but go home at night,"
654
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:58,200
if they had even an inkling
of how much damage they cause...
655
00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:01,440
The cops are never around
to see how it affects
656
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,480
many, many families.
657
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:11,480
(music)
658
00:28:15,867 --> 00:28:17,441
(Rondha)
When he was with his friends,
659
00:28:17,721 --> 00:28:18,801
he went by Lance.
660
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:22,320
That was his nickname,
was Lance down in the hood.
661
00:28:23,999 --> 00:28:25,440
(sighs)
662
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,000
(music)
663
00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:31,240
I met Stan
August 27th of 2000.
664
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:32,080
(music)
665
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:33,999
We started playing foosball.
666
00:28:33,999 --> 00:28:34,999
(laughs)
667
00:28:34,999 --> 00:28:35,840
He took me to dinner.
668
00:28:35,840 --> 00:28:37,999
But we were together
every day since then.
669
00:28:37,999 --> 00:28:41,240
We called ourselves
two orphans against the world.
670
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:42,960
(music)
671
00:28:42,960 --> 00:28:45,680
He's probably the only man
I could ever love.
672
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,000
(music)
673
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,999
The life he gave me...
674
00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,000
He tried to make everything
perfect for me,
675
00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:54,120
regardless.
676
00:28:54,120 --> 00:28:56,480
He thought I had to have
the best of everything.
677
00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:59,160
You know, and he made sure
that I had it too.
678
00:28:59,160 --> 00:29:01,360
(music)
679
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,200
(Stanley)
Young war hero, yeah.
680
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,880
And you know it.
681
00:29:06,880 --> 00:29:08,480
I'm a war hero.
682
00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:09,999
Y'all wish y'all was
a war hero too.
683
00:29:09,999 --> 00:29:10,999
Look at them medals
back there.
684
00:29:10,999 --> 00:29:13,920
Don't even act like you can't
see 'em 'cause you do.
685
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,280
Yeah, you see those medals.
686
00:29:15,280 --> 00:29:18,999
(Rondha) He went into the war
in '89 at the age of 19.
687
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:21,520
And his job basically
in the war
688
00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:23,920
was to clean up
the dead bodies.
689
00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,280
(gunfire)
690
00:29:26,720 --> 00:29:28,920
He had to go out there
when the bombs went off,
691
00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,160
which they used
depleted uranium,
692
00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:32,999
and basically what
depleted uranium does,
693
00:29:32,999 --> 00:29:35,560
it fuses and it melts
everything together
694
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,200
except for metal.
695
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:38,800
For a 19, 20-year-old kid
to go out there
696
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:42,999
and have to see babies
and moms melted together,
697
00:29:42,999 --> 00:29:45,080
that's nothin'
for anybody to see.
698
00:29:45,080 --> 00:29:47,360
He come back,
he developed cancer
699
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,040
from the depleted uranium.
700
00:29:49,040 --> 00:29:52,120
He had lost the muscle movement
on the side of his face
701
00:29:52,120 --> 00:29:55,360
so everybody thought that he was
kind of, like, different,
702
00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:57,120
but he never looked at himself
like different.
703
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:59,880
He understood what he had
wrong with him and everything,
704
00:29:59,880 --> 00:30:01,880
so he just kept on
movin' and groovin'
705
00:30:01,880 --> 00:30:03,600
like there was just
nothin' wrong with him,
706
00:30:03,600 --> 00:30:04,600
which to me it wasn't.
707
00:30:04,600 --> 00:30:06,280
It was just something
that happened in the service,
708
00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:08,999
and he just learned
to deal with it.
709
00:30:08,999 --> 00:30:11,720
(Rondha) His face kinda got
a little bit messed up
710
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:14,320
because they took the nerves
out of his right side.
711
00:30:14,320 --> 00:30:15,480
He told me, he goes,
"I don't know how
712
00:30:15,480 --> 00:30:17,440
you can love somebody
as ugly as me."
713
00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,000
I don't look at that,
I said, "I look at
714
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:20,320
the man who's inside."
715
00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:22,800
I look at the heart
that he had.
716
00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,200
His heart was so big.
717
00:30:24,200 --> 00:30:27,400
I gave him Shalifi
when he was six weeks old.
718
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:30,040
He was in my backpack,
I had come home from work.
719
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,040
That dog stuck his head out.
720
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:34,160
He looked at that dog and he
screamed like a little girl,
721
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:36,800
and they were best friends
since then.
722
00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,000
(music)
723
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,080
(Stanley)
Get it, get it, son, get it!
724
00:30:43,080 --> 00:30:44,400
(music)
725
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:45,999
Get it, son!
726
00:30:45,999 --> 00:30:46,920
(music)
727
00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:49,240
-Come on, son.
-People live here.
728
00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,120
(Stanley)
Wife's walkin' the monster.
729
00:30:52,120 --> 00:30:55,920
As you can see, she's being
dragged down the street.
730
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:56,999
(William)
He started losing weight
731
00:30:56,999 --> 00:30:59,840
and he started gettin'
more worried
732
00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:03,360
when the VA started messin' with
his medication and his money
733
00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:05,080
because he had
no other way to live.
734
00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:06,999
He was dependent on
the medicine that the VA
735
00:31:06,999 --> 00:31:08,560
was givin' him
for his cancer.
736
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,880
And then once they start
takin' stuff from him,
737
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,400
he started gettin',
you know, a little upset.
738
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:15,880
"I went to the Army,
I did what they asked me,
739
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:18,600
I come home sick,
and they just don't want
740
00:31:18,600 --> 00:31:19,999
to do anything for me,
741
00:31:19,999 --> 00:31:21,999
so it seemed like
I just went to the Army
742
00:31:21,999 --> 00:31:23,520
to help them out,
but when I came home,
743
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:26,480
they would rather me just be on
the street as a homeless man."
744
00:31:26,480 --> 00:31:30,040
(Cal) He was suffering from
post-traumatic stress.
745
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:31,440
He was off of his medication
746
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,720
because the Veterans
Administration
747
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,480
wasn't treating him properly,
748
00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,560
so he was having difficulties.
749
00:31:37,560 --> 00:31:39,394
(Kelly)
And it also affected his memory.
750
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,196
So he got confused about
the place he had moved into,
751
00:31:43,237 --> 00:31:45,160
and he went into
the wrong apartment complex.
752
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:47,999
(William) Rondha and Stan had
just moved to those apartments.
753
00:31:47,999 --> 00:31:49,999
All the buildings
looked just alike,
754
00:31:49,999 --> 00:31:51,999
but at the time,
he was off his meds.
755
00:31:51,999 --> 00:31:54,400
The door looked just like
his apartment door did,
756
00:31:54,400 --> 00:31:55,680
so he thought he was at home.
757
00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:57,520
All he wanted to do
was get back home.
758
00:31:57,520 --> 00:32:00,520
(Kelly) And somebody saw him
try to open the door
759
00:32:00,520 --> 00:32:02,320
and they thought
he was trying to break in
760
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:03,507
and they called the police.
761
00:32:04,062 --> 00:32:05,920
(Jesus) First call that
I hear comes out
762
00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:09,040
is of a black male
in a white Cadillac
763
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:10,496
trying to break into a condo.
764
00:32:10,597 --> 00:32:12,181
(William) He got back in the car
and he was just
765
00:32:12,222 --> 00:32:14,807
driving around the complex
trying to find his apartment.
766
00:32:14,999 --> 00:32:17,920
(Kelly) After the police
had shown up, he came back,
767
00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:22,440
and they saw him so they went
and they blocked his car in.
768
00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:23,999
(Jesus)
When I pulled in,
769
00:32:23,999 --> 00:32:25,080
there was really not
770
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,320
a whole lot of action goin' on.
771
00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:27,920
He was kind of relaxed.
772
00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:29,960
You know, I think he was on--
laying on his seat,
773
00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:31,120
laying on the floorboard.
774
00:32:31,120 --> 00:32:33,560
Officers try to approach
the vehicle.
775
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,760
The person in the vehicle
doesn't respond.
776
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:37,360
And everybody
got their guns drawn,
777
00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:38,999
so he was kinda scared.
778
00:32:38,999 --> 00:32:40,400
He hunkered down in the car.
779
00:32:40,400 --> 00:32:42,880
And basically he's having
a panic attack,
780
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,200
and he's not coherent enough
to even realize
781
00:32:46,200 --> 00:32:48,360
that he's in the middle
of a police standoff.
782
00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,800
He's basically just trying
to drive his car away.
783
00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:53,240
But they had the car blocked in
to the point where
784
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:56,280
his tires are spinning
and smoke coming off the tires,
785
00:32:56,280 --> 00:32:57,999
and the car is
not going anywhere,
786
00:32:57,999 --> 00:32:59,960
so there's no way
he could have got away.
787
00:32:59,960 --> 00:33:02,800
A sergeant and a lieutenant
arrived, and they had a plan
788
00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,960
to blow out the back window
with a low-lethal shotgun,
789
00:33:05,960 --> 00:33:08,360
which is a bean bag that would
hopefully break the window,
790
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:09,999
and then they'd put in
pepper spray
791
00:33:09,999 --> 00:33:11,840
and see if they can
make him get out.
792
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:12,680
I was lethal coverage
793
00:33:12,680 --> 00:33:14,520
in case he came out shooting.
794
00:33:14,520 --> 00:33:15,999
(tires spinning)
795
00:33:15,999 --> 00:33:17,240
I hear a gun shot.
796
00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:20,440
I return fire
to eliminate the threat.
797
00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,999
(gunfire)
798
00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:27,800
And then the car stopped,
everything got real silent,
799
00:33:27,800 --> 00:33:30,320
everything just stopped.
800
00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:33,999
(music)
801
00:33:33,999 --> 00:33:35,680
As soon as it happened,
I was pissed. I'm like,
802
00:33:35,680 --> 00:33:37,360
"This guy made me
fuckin' shoot him
803
00:33:37,360 --> 00:33:38,960
because he shot at us."
804
00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,720
I thought he shot at us.
805
00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:43,400
And then I remember it was...
806
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,200
Noel Lefebvre walks up to me
and tells me,
807
00:33:47,200 --> 00:33:49,240
"Hey, they didn't find a gun.
808
00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,200
That gunshot you heard
was Grego-Smith
809
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,999
shootin' the bean bag
at the car."
810
00:33:54,999 --> 00:33:58,999
If I would have heard, "Hey,
we're re-implementing the plan.
811
00:33:58,999 --> 00:34:01,760
We're gonna fire
the bean bag round,"
812
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:03,960
I would have known
that gun shot I heard
813
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:07,200
was a bean bag
from another officer,
814
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,999
and wouldn't have
opened fire.
815
00:34:08,999 --> 00:34:10,999
But the radio system
didn't work.
816
00:34:10,999 --> 00:34:13,999
I'm sittin' there
lookin' at the TV,
817
00:34:13,999 --> 00:34:15,920
and I saw our car on TV.
818
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:22,760
(music)
819
00:34:22,760 --> 00:34:25,600
I saw that damn car on TV.
820
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,120
(music)
821
00:34:27,120 --> 00:34:28,600
And I called Metro,
822
00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:30,720
and I said, "I think
that's my husband."
823
00:34:30,720 --> 00:34:32,440
(Stephen) Sheriff Gillespie
went to the media
824
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,840
and told the press
that Stanley Gibson
825
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:36,960
was using his car
as a battering ram
826
00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:40,400
and police officers
had to protect themselves.
827
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:41,640
It was a total lie.
828
00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:43,400
What Sheriff Gillespie
didn't know
829
00:34:43,400 --> 00:34:46,320
was that somebody from
the apartment complex
830
00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:48,920
was filming the entire thing.
831
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,080
The video was broadcast
on local news,
832
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,999
and it showed Stanley Gibson
833
00:34:53,999 --> 00:34:57,360
surrounded by
empty police cruisers.
834
00:34:57,360 --> 00:35:00,360
Police officers were at
a safe distance away
835
00:35:00,360 --> 00:35:04,680
when Jesus Arevalo
fired seven shots.
836
00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:06,160
(gunfire)
837
00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:08,440
(William)
Man, you guys murdered this guy.
838
00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:10,760
You slaughtered him
in the streets.
839
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,920
I've seen gang shootings
go lighter than this,
840
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:15,600
and this is
an officer of the law.
841
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,999
You took this helpless man's
life for nothing.
842
00:35:19,999 --> 00:35:22,800
I still can't figure out
what would make the police
843
00:35:22,800 --> 00:35:25,040
do something to this--
this sick guy, you know?
844
00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:28,760
Here, probably the best action
would have been just to wait.
845
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,999
He was pinned in, there was
no need to do what they did.
846
00:35:31,999 --> 00:35:33,880
Some of the things that
occurred in this case
847
00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:36,800
were just unbelievable.
He used his own weapon.
848
00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,975
(William)
Brings out his personal AR-15
849
00:35:39,016 --> 00:35:39,999
that he had tricked out.
850
00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,280
I didn't know officers could
bring their own weapons to work.
851
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:44,999
-Why would you?
-Officer Jesus Arevalo's wife
852
00:35:44,999 --> 00:35:47,280
called a local radio show host
853
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,880
and made statements on tape
854
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:52,800
that Jesus Arevalo
wanted to shoot somebody
855
00:35:52,800 --> 00:35:54,999
so that he could get
paid time off.
856
00:35:54,999 --> 00:35:58,200
(Catherine) I mean, just
literally looked at me and went,
857
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:02,680
"So am I a bad person
for not feeling guilty
858
00:36:02,680 --> 00:36:04,680
about killing that nigger?"
859
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,920
(dark music)
860
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:09,720
(William) I don't believe
it was a mistake.
861
00:36:09,720 --> 00:36:11,560
I believe he came
to kill somebody
862
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,155
and get time off with pay,
and it worked.
863
00:36:14,608 --> 00:36:15,960
In my early career,
it was like,
864
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,897
you get six weeks off
if you shoot some fucker,
865
00:36:18,631 --> 00:36:20,240
and it's good
if you do it by Christmas,
866
00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:21,840
you get six weeks off
at Christmas.
867
00:36:21,840 --> 00:36:23,520
(Catherine)
He was bragging about, you know,
868
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,120
"That's pretty good
gettin' off
869
00:36:25,120 --> 00:36:28,000
seven shots in two seconds."
870
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:32,000
I can't even imagine
how his poor wife feels.
871
00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:34,200
(somber music)
872
00:36:34,200 --> 00:36:42,200
(music)
873
00:36:51,999 --> 00:36:54,960
(Rondha) I come up here
and I try to connect.
874
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:56,160
(music)
875
00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:58,200
Try to make sense.
876
00:36:58,200 --> 00:37:00,120
They always say, you know,
877
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:01,999
if you get robbed,
you know,
878
00:37:01,999 --> 00:37:04,280
you call the local police,
you call them,
879
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,000
they'll come help you.
880
00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,360
You know, my question is,
881
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,040
who do you call
when Metro robs you?
882
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,000
(music)
883
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,999
(Cal) She went through
loss of her husband,
884
00:37:14,999 --> 00:37:16,560
and then as a result of that,
885
00:37:16,560 --> 00:37:18,640
the Veterans Administration
886
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:19,800
wouldn't take care of her.
887
00:37:19,800 --> 00:37:21,160
She lost her home,
888
00:37:21,160 --> 00:37:23,840
she lost everything
that she had.
889
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:25,320
(Rondha)
For two and a half years,
890
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:26,999
every single door
in this city
891
00:37:26,999 --> 00:37:28,480
was slammed in my face.
892
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:30,178
I could not get no help
from anywhere.
893
00:37:30,326 --> 00:37:31,640
Jesus had everything
handed to him.
894
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:33,256
He was still gettin' a paycheck
every week.
895
00:37:33,537 --> 00:37:35,280
He was still gettin'
his stuff covered,
896
00:37:35,280 --> 00:37:36,360
still gettin' everything paid.
897
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:37,999
(Stephen)
Officer Jesus Arevalo
898
00:37:37,999 --> 00:37:39,999
was on administrative leave
899
00:37:39,999 --> 00:37:41,320
for 22 months.
900
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:43,752
He made over $200,000
901
00:37:43,793 --> 00:37:45,065
to stay home.
902
00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:47,440
While he was on paid
administrative leave,
903
00:37:47,440 --> 00:37:50,800
he spent his time
riding around on a motorcycle
904
00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,400
trying to act like
this fake badass,
905
00:37:53,400 --> 00:37:56,640
flipping people off
and trying to cause problems.
906
00:37:56,640 --> 00:37:59,520
(Jesus) They made me to be
the poster child for bad cops.
907
00:37:59,520 --> 00:38:00,560
"Oh, it's Arevalo's fault.
908
00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:01,840
We can make it look like
909
00:38:01,840 --> 00:38:03,520
Arevalo's a bad officer.
910
00:38:03,520 --> 00:38:04,560
We can make it look like
911
00:38:04,560 --> 00:38:07,160
Officer Arevalo's
decision-making is bad,
912
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:08,999
and we won't even talk
about the radio system
913
00:38:08,999 --> 00:38:10,960
because, oh, we don't want
the public to know
914
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:13,999
we paid over $40 million
for this radio system,
915
00:38:13,999 --> 00:38:15,000
and it failed that night.
916
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,506
And that failure
got somebody killed."
917
00:38:16,678 --> 00:38:18,160
(Rhett)
It was important for the public
918
00:38:18,160 --> 00:38:20,999
not to understand
that the radio failed,
919
00:38:20,999 --> 00:38:23,120
because Assistant Sheriff
Joe Lombardo,
920
00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:25,686
who was in charge of
the technical services at Metro,
921
00:38:26,014 --> 00:38:27,256
was Gillespie's boy.
922
00:38:27,297 --> 00:38:28,737
He was the one that was
923
00:38:28,778 --> 00:38:30,038
climbing the ranks fast
924
00:38:30,079 --> 00:38:32,319
and was tapped out
to be the next sheriff.
925
00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:35,200
If the public knew that
the technical services division
926
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:37,200
that Joe Lombardo
was in charge of
927
00:38:37,200 --> 00:38:38,999
had just blown
over $40 million
928
00:38:38,999 --> 00:38:42,320
that the public paid for for a
radio system that didn't work,
929
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:45,999
that might affect his chances
of being the next sheriff.
930
00:38:45,999 --> 00:38:48,200
The headlines are gonna say
one of two things.
931
00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,320
They're either gonna say
a radio failed
932
00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:53,120
that the public had just
paid $40 million-plus for,
933
00:38:53,120 --> 00:38:55,880
and somebody died innocently
because of that,
934
00:38:55,880 --> 00:38:59,720
or they're gonna spin it
the other way and say
935
00:38:59,720 --> 00:39:02,320
this is a bad officer
who killed somebody,
936
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,520
and we need to get rid of him.
937
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,480
The finding rendered during the
critical incident review process
938
00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:12,917
led the board to recommend
he, officer Jesus Arevalo,
939
00:39:12,958 --> 00:39:14,253
be terminated.
940
00:39:15,193 --> 00:39:17,592
After a thorough review
by myself,
941
00:39:17,633 --> 00:39:21,314
I have approved
that board's recommendation.
942
00:39:21,578 --> 00:39:24,897
(Rhett) Sure enough, after Doug
Gillespie fired Jesus Arevalo,
943
00:39:24,938 --> 00:39:27,899
Joe Lombardo announced
he's running for sheriff.
944
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:31,160
I think Jesus Arevalo
was simply made a scapegoat
945
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:35,999
to cover up the fact that this
radio purchase was horrible.
946
00:39:35,999 --> 00:39:38,999
Jesus Arevalo hasn't did
a day in jail,
947
00:39:38,999 --> 00:39:40,520
will never do a day in jail.
948
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:43,320
Not only will he never
be punished for this crime,
949
00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:46,840
they're giving him
a very big lump sum
950
00:39:46,840 --> 00:39:49,800
for disability every month.
951
00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:53,160
You get disability 'cause
you killed somebody?
952
00:39:53,160 --> 00:39:56,160
-That's bullshit.
-That, to me,
953
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:57,360
was a slap in the face.
954
00:39:57,360 --> 00:39:59,280
You know, to serve and protect,
you know,
955
00:39:59,280 --> 00:40:02,280
they serve and protect
their own.
956
00:40:02,280 --> 00:40:04,480
(somber music)
957
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:06,400
(music)
958
00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,680
"She should be happy now.
She's got all that money."
959
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:11,480
She didn't want the money.
960
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:12,760
She wanted her husband.
961
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,840
She had her husband
until that day.
962
00:40:14,840 --> 00:40:16,920
People tell me, "Well,
you need money to survive."
963
00:40:16,920 --> 00:40:19,240
Well, yeah,
you need money to survive,
964
00:40:19,240 --> 00:40:22,680
but you also need a partner in
your life to help you survive.
965
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,480
You need somebody
in your life...
966
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:26,640
that's always there for you,
967
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:27,920
that doesn't care about
968
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:29,560
how you look in the morning.
969
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,840
You need somebody that
truly loves you for you.
970
00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:34,280
(music)
971
00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,999
And I had that.
972
00:40:35,999 --> 00:40:39,880
I had that until Jesus
decided to change all that.
973
00:40:40,480 --> 00:40:42,680
(William) She's still dealing
with all the pain and anguish
974
00:40:42,680 --> 00:40:45,600
of how her husband
was murdered in the streets,
975
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:47,999
and, you know,
it's a pretty big house,
976
00:40:47,999 --> 00:40:50,760
but it's a big, lonely house.
977
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,400
The money doesn't mean
nothin' to her.
978
00:40:52,400 --> 00:40:53,400
I'm sure she would give it back
979
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:56,600
just to see her husband
one more time.
980
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:57,720
Alive.
981
00:40:57,720 --> 00:40:59,999
(Kelly) I knew Stanley Gibson
in high school,
982
00:40:59,999 --> 00:41:02,560
and I hadn't seen him
in a long time,
983
00:41:02,560 --> 00:41:05,240
and the first time
I saw him in decades
984
00:41:05,240 --> 00:41:07,520
was when I saw the report
985
00:41:07,520 --> 00:41:09,999
that he'd been murdered
by the police on TV.
986
00:41:09,999 --> 00:41:13,752
And that's what inspired me
to get involved in activism.
987
00:41:13,793 --> 00:41:15,273
(music)
988
00:41:15,533 --> 00:41:17,200
The Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department
989
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,999
actually formed a task force
to investigate, charge,
990
00:41:20,999 --> 00:41:25,160
and arrest us for writing
on the sidewalk with chalk.
991
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,040
(Jennifer) I heard about it,
and I was flabbergasted,
992
00:41:28,040 --> 00:41:32,283
because how could someone
be put in jail for using chalk?
993
00:41:32,573 --> 00:41:34,453
(Kelly)
We had two charges for graffiti,
994
00:41:34,612 --> 00:41:36,572
and we had two charges
of conspiracy
995
00:41:36,613 --> 00:41:38,213
because, you know,
we sat down and planned
996
00:41:38,254 --> 00:41:39,720
to write stuff on the sidewalk.
997
00:41:40,617 --> 00:41:42,777
We were facing four years.
998
00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:44,478
(Jennifer)
We live in Sin City.
999
00:41:44,519 --> 00:41:47,400
Any sick, twisted desire
you want
1000
00:41:47,441 --> 00:41:48,958
you can have come true
in this city.
1001
00:41:48,999 --> 00:41:52,760
We have the highest rate of
sex trafficking among children,
1002
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:54,999
and they're using
their time and effort
1003
00:41:54,999 --> 00:41:57,560
to go after guys with chalk?
1004
00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,320
(Kelly)
They tried to say it took $1500
1005
00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:01,080
to wash the chalk
off the sidewalk.
1006
00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:04,280
(Jennifer) Because they used
a graffiti abatement team
1007
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,400
when me as a mom
and anybody who knows
1008
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:11,640
you can get chalk cleaned up
with water and a broom.
1009
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:13,560
So I organized a protest.
1010
00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,000
We wanted to show them
how ridiculous they looked,
1011
00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:19,000
and we brought water
and we had all the media there
1012
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:20,800
and we all chalked
on the ground,
1013
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:25,160
and then washed it all away
with water and a broom
1014
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:26,999
like they could have used.
1015
00:42:26,999 --> 00:42:34,440
(music)
1016
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,999
(Kelly) District Attorney
Steve Wolfson said that he takes
1017
00:42:36,999 --> 00:42:38,880
people writing with chalk
very seriously,
1018
00:42:38,880 --> 00:42:41,457
but obviously he doesn't
take cops murdering people
1019
00:42:41,498 --> 00:42:42,426
very seriously.
1020
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:48,552
The three most publicized
shootings in the past decade
1021
00:42:48,646 --> 00:42:49,949
in Las Vegas--
1022
00:42:49,999 --> 00:42:53,488
Trevon Cole, Stanley Gibson,
and Erik Scott--
1023
00:42:53,604 --> 00:42:56,359
all three shootings
could have been avoided
1024
00:42:56,400 --> 00:42:59,120
if the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department
1025
00:42:59,120 --> 00:43:03,560
had deescalated the situation
instead of escalating.
1026
00:43:03,560 --> 00:43:07,999
(music)
1027
00:43:07,999 --> 00:43:11,760
You would have three
very important lives saved
1028
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:15,000
and three families whole.
1029
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:23,000
(music)
1030
00:43:27,999 --> 00:43:29,440
(Rhett) So even after
Rondha got her money,
1031
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,440
she continued to speak out
about the lack of accountability
1032
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:33,999
and problems
with the department,
1033
00:43:33,999 --> 00:43:37,640
and finally the community
was listening.
1034
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:40,200
The community was getting
just as fed up as she was
1035
00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:41,280
about the senseless shootings
1036
00:43:41,280 --> 00:43:45,040
and problems with the department
lack of accountability.
1037
00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:46,160
So it probably
wasn't a good time
1038
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,999
for the sheriff to introduce
the more cops tax,
1039
00:43:48,999 --> 00:43:50,400
which was the sheriff's plan
1040
00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:51,880
to increase the sales tax
1041
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,999
to get more cops on the street.
1042
00:43:53,999 --> 00:43:54,999
(music)
1043
00:43:54,999 --> 00:43:57,400
(Kelly) Personally,
I haven't seen any evidence
1044
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,040
that there's a shortage of cops.
1045
00:43:59,040 --> 00:44:02,280
They had enough cops to conduct
a two-month investigation
1046
00:44:02,280 --> 00:44:05,160
of some people writing
on sidewalks with chalk.
1047
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,360
They have enough cops
to have undercover cops
1048
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:08,680
going up and down the Strip
1049
00:44:08,680 --> 00:44:10,999
to make sure that somebody
isn't selling water
1050
00:44:10,999 --> 00:44:13,040
because they're competing
with casinos.
1051
00:44:13,040 --> 00:44:15,280
The fact that it was called
"unprecedented"
1052
00:44:15,280 --> 00:44:16,999
when the Use of Force Board
recommended
1053
00:44:16,999 --> 00:44:19,200
that somebody be fired
for shooting somebody
1054
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,760
because they thought his hat
was a gun is disgraceful.
1055
00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,760
The fact that
Sheriff Gillespie over here
1056
00:44:24,760 --> 00:44:27,999
refused that recommendation
is beyond disrespectful,
1057
00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:30,320
it's an insult
to this community.
1058
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:31,920
(judge)
Motion fails.
1059
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:34,520
(cheers and applause)
1060
00:44:34,520 --> 00:44:37,400
After the more cops tax
failed in the legislature,
1061
00:44:37,400 --> 00:44:38,999
County Commissioner
Steve Sisolak
1062
00:44:38,999 --> 00:44:42,720
accused Sheriff Gillespie
of not playing by the rules
1063
00:44:42,720 --> 00:44:43,999
in an arbitration agreement,
1064
00:44:43,999 --> 00:44:47,000
and Sheriff Gillespie
just came unglued.
1065
00:44:47,000 --> 00:44:49,040
It was temper tantrum time.
1066
00:44:49,040 --> 00:44:52,440
I'm offended by what
an individual said
1067
00:44:52,440 --> 00:44:53,960
not only about me
1068
00:44:53,960 --> 00:44:55,360
but as well as my organization,
1069
00:44:55,360 --> 00:44:58,999
what I believe to be the finest
police department in America.
1070
00:44:58,999 --> 00:45:01,600
It's very dangerous having
someone like Doug Gillespie
1071
00:45:01,600 --> 00:45:04,280
at the helm,
because the leaders underneath
1072
00:45:04,280 --> 00:45:06,413
will take on
that bullying persona.
1073
00:45:06,537 --> 00:45:08,694
The fish does rot from the head,
1074
00:45:08,735 --> 00:45:12,209
and Gillespie is about
as rotten as they get.
1075
00:45:12,250 --> 00:45:13,958
I've seen him throw a tantrum
1076
00:45:13,999 --> 00:45:16,733
and call the minority community
cockroaches.
1077
00:45:16,774 --> 00:45:18,459
The tone of
the entire department
1078
00:45:18,500 --> 00:45:20,131
is set by the leadership
1079
00:45:20,208 --> 00:45:21,958
at the highest levels,
1080
00:45:22,155 --> 00:45:25,295
and we have a sheriff that's
essentially above the law.
1081
00:45:25,436 --> 00:45:27,038
Even right below him,
Ted Moody,
1082
00:45:27,079 --> 00:45:29,538
had a domestic violence
call to his house.
1083
00:45:30,020 --> 00:45:31,850
Third in command,
Joe Lombardo,
1084
00:45:31,891 --> 00:45:33,691
in charge of
a communication system.
1085
00:45:33,732 --> 00:45:36,850
$40 million later,
it doesn't work.
1086
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:40,014
Fourth in command,
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill.
1087
00:45:40,498 --> 00:45:42,280
According to court documents,
1088
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:45,756
he was part of a team
that caught a woman with drugs,
1089
00:45:45,999 --> 00:45:49,897
and they promised her that if
she would show them her vagina,
1090
00:45:50,132 --> 00:45:51,491
they would let her off.
1091
00:45:51,999 --> 00:45:54,889
He cost taxpayers
thousands of dollars,
1092
00:45:55,334 --> 00:45:56,695
and he resigned.
1093
00:45:56,844 --> 00:45:58,364
But they let him back.
1094
00:45:58,405 --> 00:45:59,709
I used to say that there was
1095
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,655
a massive breakdown
on leadership
1096
00:46:01,696 --> 00:46:02,850
starting at the top,
1097
00:46:03,131 --> 00:46:04,499
but how do you have a breakdown
1098
00:46:04,540 --> 00:46:06,179
if the integrity
was never there?
1099
00:46:06,331 --> 00:46:08,850
And these are the people
that are supposed to be
1100
00:46:08,891 --> 00:46:11,030
holding other officers
accountable.
1101
00:46:11,615 --> 00:46:12,958
(Norm)
When you have the confidence
1102
00:46:12,999 --> 00:46:14,520
that you can do
just about anything
1103
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:16,120
and your partners are
gonna look the other way
1104
00:46:16,120 --> 00:46:18,409
or not speak up about it
and cover for you,
1105
00:46:18,728 --> 00:46:20,208
you can create a monster.
1106
00:46:20,388 --> 00:46:23,188
Every bad cop
that kills somebody,
1107
00:46:23,229 --> 00:46:25,399
and then the good ones
have to help cover it up
1108
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:28,690
because of the blue wall
of silence nonsense,
1109
00:46:28,731 --> 00:46:30,251
what does it do to them?
1110
00:46:30,434 --> 00:46:32,274
What does it do
to their psyche?
1111
00:46:32,440 --> 00:46:34,520
What does it do to
their level of cynicism
1112
00:46:34,561 --> 00:46:37,502
about their own field,
about their own colleagues?
1113
00:46:38,238 --> 00:46:39,565
And the good officers,
1114
00:46:39,746 --> 00:46:41,151
they don't even want
to be a part of it.
1115
00:46:41,418 --> 00:46:42,958
Morale right now is not good.
1116
00:46:42,999 --> 00:46:45,958
You know, there is a feeling
around the department
1117
00:46:45,999 --> 00:46:48,620
that our current sheriff
doesn't care about us.
1118
00:46:49,268 --> 00:46:51,079
He's autocratic,
talks down to folks.
1119
00:46:51,120 --> 00:46:53,026
It's either his way
or the highway.
1120
00:46:53,159 --> 00:46:54,409
That's just not conducive
1121
00:46:54,450 --> 00:46:56,557
to the people business
that we're in.
1122
00:46:56,598 --> 00:46:58,213
We're here to serve the people,
1123
00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:00,160
and everything we do
1124
00:47:00,160 --> 00:47:02,280
revolves on how
we treat the community.
1125
00:47:02,280 --> 00:47:06,120
There's a huge schism
within the department out there
1126
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:08,794
between the good ones that
are trying to do their job
1127
00:47:09,013 --> 00:47:10,160
and these bad ones.
1128
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:14,200
Unfortunately, the leadership
falls in the bad side,
1129
00:47:14,200 --> 00:47:15,999
and at the academy today,
1130
00:47:15,999 --> 00:47:19,560
good cops tell me they are
training the new cops,
1131
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,800
the cadets, who are gonna
be rookies soon,
1132
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,999
that we are at war
with the community.
1133
00:47:23,999 --> 00:47:26,240
(Rhett) The department
wasn't always this broken.
1134
00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:28,040
We've had good sheriffs
in the past.
1135
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:29,520
Sheriff Jerry Keller,
for instance,
1136
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,999
the father of "Partners
with the Community" slogan.
1137
00:47:32,999 --> 00:47:33,999
He was a great sheriff,
1138
00:47:33,999 --> 00:47:36,999
and he wanted everybody
in the police department
1139
00:47:36,999 --> 00:47:38,999
to understand
that they were to be
1140
00:47:38,999 --> 00:47:41,560
"Partners with the Community."
1141
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:43,680
I think that's something
that's been lost
1142
00:47:43,680 --> 00:47:45,440
in today's department.
1143
00:47:45,440 --> 00:47:47,080
(soft music)
1144
00:47:47,080 --> 00:47:50,480
I grew up
in a law enforcement home.
1145
00:47:50,480 --> 00:47:52,520
My stepfather,
whom I love very much,
1146
00:47:52,520 --> 00:47:54,840
was highway patrol.
1147
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,120
Some of my best friends
to this day are cops.
1148
00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:59,040
I served seven years
on the SWAT team
1149
00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:00,120
as a videographer.
1150
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:01,680
So, I'm about as far away
1151
00:48:01,680 --> 00:48:03,120
from what you'd call
a cop hater
1152
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:04,400
as you could possibly be.
1153
00:48:04,400 --> 00:48:08,120
And I think Ramsey having
the experience that he had
1154
00:48:08,120 --> 00:48:09,720
isn't quite feeling the same.
1155
00:48:09,720 --> 00:48:12,240
I think it's important
that I show him some cops
1156
00:48:12,240 --> 00:48:13,708
that I know he'll respect.
1157
00:48:13,749 --> 00:48:15,208
(Ramsey) Rhett's told me
a lot about you,
1158
00:48:15,249 --> 00:48:17,320
he says you guys worked
on the, uh, SWAT team.
1159
00:48:17,320 --> 00:48:19,880
(Larry) We did, yeah, we spent
a lot of time together.
1160
00:48:19,880 --> 00:48:21,372
Known each other
for a number of years now.
1161
00:48:21,526 --> 00:48:23,079
(Rhett) It was kind of
an unprecedented thing.
1162
00:48:23,120 --> 00:48:26,160
It was something that Larry
started within the department
1163
00:48:26,160 --> 00:48:28,040
to bring on volunteers to photo
1164
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:29,880
and video these SWAT incidents.
1165
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:31,360
(Larry) And you find
that things do change.
1166
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:35,760
Little things like language
that is being used is, uh,
1167
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:39,320
suddenly better
than perhaps it would be
1168
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:40,360
without being recorded.
1169
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,760
And so there were
no disadvantages to this
1170
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:44,800
because we were doing
the right thing.
1171
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:47,760
The advent of cameras,
that's law enforcement's friend,
1172
00:48:47,760 --> 00:48:51,400
and then that helps us
to weed out those individuals
1173
00:48:51,400 --> 00:48:53,440
who have no business
within law enforcement.
1174
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:56,160
(Ramsey) I never really thought
bad cops were out there
1175
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,240
until I saw it ten feet
in front of my eyes.
1176
00:48:59,240 --> 00:49:01,960
Rhett and I actually
saw somebody
1177
00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:06,280
being basically beaten up
and tortured by the cops.
1178
00:49:06,280 --> 00:49:08,080
I was shocked
at what I was seeing,
1179
00:49:08,080 --> 00:49:10,120
Rhett was shocked
at what he was seeing.
1180
00:49:10,120 --> 00:49:14,160
I actually called 9-1-1
and reported this.
1181
00:49:14,160 --> 00:49:17,520
And a couple minutes later,
I'm getting beaten up,
1182
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:21,800
arrested, and thrown in jail
by those same cops.
1183
00:49:21,800 --> 00:49:23,000
(dark music)
1184
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:25,920
And then I was shocked
at how they took that
1185
00:49:25,920 --> 00:49:28,040
and they turned it
around on me
1186
00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:31,080
to justify
what they'd done.
1187
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:33,520
(music)
1188
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:36,600
It is incredible
to read a police report
1189
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,480
filled with absolute
complete lies.
1190
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:40,720
I'm not sure
what your arrest was,
1191
00:49:40,720 --> 00:49:42,880
but I'm sure it was
something along the lines
1192
00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:45,320
of obstructing
and resisting.
1193
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:46,360
It said "resisting arrest."
1194
00:49:46,360 --> 00:49:49,240
He saw me on the phone and said,
"What are you doing?"
1195
00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:50,707
I said, "Well,
I saw what you're doing,
1196
00:49:50,748 --> 00:49:52,280
there's nothing right
about what you're doing,
1197
00:49:52,280 --> 00:49:54,320
so I called 9-1-1
and told them about it."
1198
00:49:54,320 --> 00:49:57,320
And he said, "You better
get the hell out of here
1199
00:49:57,320 --> 00:49:58,480
or I'm gonna have you arrested."
1200
00:49:58,480 --> 00:50:01,680
And as Rhett and I
are walking away,
1201
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:03,480
I said, "Arrested for what?"
1202
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:04,999
And the next second
I'm on the ground
1203
00:50:04,999 --> 00:50:08,280
with a guy sticking his boot
on my head, literally,
1204
00:50:08,280 --> 00:50:09,920
like you just
look at my mugshot
1205
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:13,160
and there's a--a print
from a boot on my head.
1206
00:50:13,160 --> 00:50:14,960
Of course, I go to jail
for three days,
1207
00:50:14,960 --> 00:50:16,400
only time I've ever been
to jail in my life.
1208
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:18,000
And I got out
and the first thing I did
1209
00:50:18,000 --> 00:50:18,840
was get on that phone.
1210
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,960
I called up Internal Affairs
and reported this.
1211
00:50:21,960 --> 00:50:23,720
They opened up
an investigation.
1212
00:50:23,720 --> 00:50:26,480
I called up the club
and asked for the video.
1213
00:50:26,480 --> 00:50:27,760
And you know
what they said to me?
1214
00:50:27,760 --> 00:50:31,280
They said, "The cameras
weren't recording that night.
1215
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:32,785
We don't always
run those cameras."
1216
00:50:32,826 --> 00:50:34,465
That video...
1217
00:50:34,506 --> 00:50:35,824
(music)
1218
00:50:35,865 --> 00:50:37,265
...never surfaced.
1219
00:50:37,306 --> 00:50:39,706
It went and disappeared.
1220
00:50:40,019 --> 00:50:41,840
(Larry)
It is your friend
1221
00:50:41,840 --> 00:50:44,080
when you are doing things
that are proper.
1222
00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:47,120
When you are not,
it becomes an enemy.
1223
00:50:47,120 --> 00:50:49,280
(soft music)
1224
00:50:50,338 --> 00:50:53,120
One night I was filming
them arresting a woman.
1225
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:55,600
-Don't touch me!
-And as I was doing that,
1226
00:50:55,600 --> 00:50:57,600
one of them came over to me
and told me
1227
00:50:57,600 --> 00:50:59,640
that I was not allowed
to film.
1228
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:00,760
(officer #1)
Move on.
1229
00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:01,860
(Kelly)
I'm not moving on.
1230
00:51:01,901 --> 00:51:03,000
I told him he was wrong,
1231
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:04,720
that I am allowed
to film in public
1232
00:51:04,720 --> 00:51:06,400
and that that's part
of the First Amendment.
1233
00:51:06,400 --> 00:51:08,600
-You want to go to jail?
-For what?
1234
00:51:08,600 --> 00:51:09,999
-Obstructing?
-He insisted
1235
00:51:09,999 --> 00:51:11,040
that I was not
allowed to film.
1236
00:51:11,040 --> 00:51:13,080
-You want to go to jail?
-Recording is not obstructive.
1237
00:51:13,080 --> 00:51:15,240
-Obstruct--
-I'm not obstructing anything.
1238
00:51:15,240 --> 00:51:17,600
-Let's go.
-Fuck that, dude.
1239
00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,524
Will you stop?
1240
00:51:19,565 --> 00:51:20,508
Stop!
1241
00:51:20,880 --> 00:51:23,080
-I'm not doing anything.
-You need to stop right now.
1242
00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:25,000
(female bystander) He's just
recording. That's not okay!
1243
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:27,960
He did not do nothing wrong.
That's not fair!
1244
00:51:27,960 --> 00:51:28,999
They threw me in the street
1245
00:51:28,999 --> 00:51:31,560
and then charged me
for being in the street.
1246
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:34,200
(female bystander)
Get off of him, get off of him!
1247
00:51:34,200 --> 00:51:37,880
(Kelly) I'm not doing anything,
I was recording in public.
1248
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:38,880
It was ridiculous.
1249
00:51:38,880 --> 00:51:42,680
But the LVMPD is really good
at being ridiculous.
1250
00:51:42,680 --> 00:51:45,999
(Ramsey) And really bad at
holding officers accountable.
1251
00:51:45,999 --> 00:51:48,000
-Are you an idiot?
-No, I'm not.
1252
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:50,999
(Ramsey) Internal Affairs
opened an investigation
1253
00:51:50,999 --> 00:51:53,720
into the incident
and punished the officer
1254
00:51:53,720 --> 00:51:56,520
by giving him
a stern talking to.
1255
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,560
(officer #1)
I told your dumb ass to move.
1256
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:01,080
(Kelly) I got arrested,
I was thrown in jail,
1257
00:52:01,080 --> 00:52:04,400
I was assaulted,
had some injuries,
1258
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:06,760
and this cop basically
just had his supervisor
1259
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:08,400
sit him down
and have a talk with him.
1260
00:52:08,400 --> 00:52:11,000
And that lack
of accountability
1261
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,120
is what really
encourages them
1262
00:52:13,120 --> 00:52:14,999
to go out and do
the abuses that they do.
1263
00:52:14,999 --> 00:52:17,360
That's why it's important
that we videotape them
1264
00:52:17,360 --> 00:52:21,999
because that puts pressure
on them not to act that way.
1265
00:52:21,999 --> 00:52:23,551
(music)
1266
00:52:23,739 --> 00:52:25,400
Good officers
actually like cameras
1267
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,999
because they realize
cameras can be a protector
1268
00:52:27,999 --> 00:52:29,206
against false accusations.
1269
00:52:29,247 --> 00:52:31,480
That's one of the reasons
I was actually brought on
1270
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:32,400
to the SWAT team.
1271
00:52:32,400 --> 00:52:36,200
It actually served
as a protection to them.
1272
00:52:36,200 --> 00:52:39,160
I was just in awe
as I watched Larry work,
1273
00:52:39,160 --> 00:52:41,880
as I watched the compassion
that he had
1274
00:52:41,880 --> 00:52:44,999
on these horrific
hostage barricade situations
1275
00:52:44,999 --> 00:52:48,080
where there's a person
with a gun, you know,
1276
00:52:48,080 --> 00:52:49,360
willing to kill anybody,
1277
00:52:49,360 --> 00:52:51,520
and countless number of times
1278
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:53,999
I saw those situations
turn out well
1279
00:52:53,999 --> 00:52:55,999
where the hostages
were saved.
1280
00:52:55,999 --> 00:52:58,999
(somber music)
1281
00:52:58,999 --> 00:53:00,640
After he was
a SWAT commander,
1282
00:53:00,640 --> 00:53:01,880
he was promoted to captain
1283
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:03,960
and assigned to
the Bolden Area Command,
1284
00:53:03,960 --> 00:53:05,920
that's located in
one of the poorest,
1285
00:53:05,920 --> 00:53:08,240
most crime-ridden areas
of Las Vegas.
1286
00:53:08,240 --> 00:53:12,000
Probably the toughest place
to be a captain in this town.
1287
00:53:12,000 --> 00:53:13,000
(music)
1288
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:14,520
(Larry)
It was very common
1289
00:53:14,520 --> 00:53:16,440
that someone
commits a crime
1290
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,999
right in broad daylight
in front of many people.
1291
00:53:19,999 --> 00:53:22,960
The officers come in
to investigate that,
1292
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:26,000
and suddenly
nobody saw anything.
1293
00:53:26,000 --> 00:53:27,280
Now, what causes that?
1294
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:31,999
It's simply a disrespect
for law enforcement.
1295
00:53:31,999 --> 00:53:33,840
Crime was very high.
1296
00:53:33,840 --> 00:53:35,000
And when I speak of crime,
1297
00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:36,800
I'm talking about robbery,
1298
00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:38,760
assaults with a deadly weapon,
1299
00:53:38,760 --> 00:53:41,360
rape, murder.
1300
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:44,240
What I had the advantage of,
1301
00:53:44,240 --> 00:53:46,040
is 25 years before
1302
00:53:46,040 --> 00:53:48,999
working in that community
as an officer.
1303
00:53:48,999 --> 00:53:52,640
What I saw was is that
we were doing the same thing
1304
00:53:52,640 --> 00:53:54,612
over and over
and over again
1305
00:53:54,936 --> 00:53:56,235
and we got the same results.
1306
00:53:56,276 --> 00:53:57,891
(Ramsey) And what was it
that you guys were doing
1307
00:53:57,932 --> 00:54:00,240
-over and over again?
-Trying to arrest our way
1308
00:54:00,240 --> 00:54:02,680
out of the problems
that we had.
1309
00:54:02,680 --> 00:54:05,120
We failed to connect
with the community
1310
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:07,480
on any sustained way.
1311
00:54:07,480 --> 00:54:09,000
So, we changed that.
1312
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:13,600
The idea was 180 officers
going into the field
1313
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:16,800
would go out and make
two contacts a day
1314
00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:18,880
with anyone of any age,
1315
00:54:18,880 --> 00:54:20,999
of any status
in the community,
1316
00:54:20,999 --> 00:54:23,760
and simply
introduce themselves,
1317
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,240
doing that two times a day,
1318
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,760
180 officers.
1319
00:54:28,760 --> 00:54:29,999
Over a week,
1320
00:54:29,999 --> 00:54:31,960
over a month,
1321
00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:33,800
over a year,
1322
00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:35,920
what does that do?
1323
00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:39,000
I remember
going to a barbershop
1324
00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:40,999
and walking
into the barbershop
1325
00:54:40,999 --> 00:54:43,360
and having the barbers
and the clients,
1326
00:54:43,360 --> 00:54:46,600
I was in uniform,
look at me like,
1327
00:54:46,600 --> 00:54:48,999
"What are you doing here?"
1328
00:54:48,999 --> 00:54:50,680
And I was going
to meet the owner
1329
00:54:50,680 --> 00:54:53,120
of the barbershop
who had an issue.
1330
00:54:53,120 --> 00:54:54,880
(Mack)
Had somebody in the parking lot
1331
00:54:54,880 --> 00:54:56,320
that I didn't want to have,
1332
00:54:56,320 --> 00:54:58,999
and I called
and he responded.
1333
00:54:58,999 --> 00:54:59,800
And, uh, after that,
1334
00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:01,360
he gave me his card
and everything,
1335
00:55:01,360 --> 00:55:05,999
and we just, from that,
gradually become good friends.
1336
00:55:05,999 --> 00:55:08,320
By the time
three years were up,
1337
00:55:08,320 --> 00:55:10,160
I was shaking hands
and high-fiving
1338
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:13,240
the barbers that
were in the shop.
1339
00:55:13,240 --> 00:55:15,320
He kind of wanted to know
1340
00:55:15,320 --> 00:55:17,999
the shop owners
and different people,
1341
00:55:17,999 --> 00:55:19,760
so if something was going on
1342
00:55:19,760 --> 00:55:20,999
they know who to contact.
1343
00:55:20,999 --> 00:55:22,999
They tried to build
a relationship
1344
00:55:22,999 --> 00:55:24,720
with all the business owners
1345
00:55:24,761 --> 00:55:26,284
up and down
Martin Luther King.
1346
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:28,880
I worked for Larry Burns
at the Bolden Area Command
1347
00:55:28,880 --> 00:55:30,680
for three years,
he was my captain,
1348
00:55:30,680 --> 00:55:33,440
and we really wanted
to change the perception
1349
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:35,217
of the police
in that community,
1350
00:55:35,258 --> 00:55:36,202
and we did that.
1351
00:55:36,243 --> 00:55:38,077
We reached out
to church leaders,
1352
00:55:38,200 --> 00:55:40,640
to community organizations,
to schools.
1353
00:55:40,640 --> 00:55:42,160
(Larry)
When you feed those children,
1354
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:43,320
when you have
a little barbecue
1355
00:55:43,320 --> 00:55:44,880
and you give them
the only food
1356
00:55:44,880 --> 00:55:46,280
they've had for that day,
1357
00:55:46,280 --> 00:55:48,920
that information
spreads like wild fire.
1358
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:51,360
(Ramsey) What you're talking
about is policing with respect,
1359
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:52,960
policing with compassion.
1360
00:55:52,960 --> 00:55:53,920
And I've talked to people
1361
00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:55,999
that think that
makes you a softie.
1362
00:55:55,999 --> 00:55:57,560
Larry Burns is a softie.
1363
00:55:57,560 --> 00:55:59,640
13 years, uh, in SWAT,
1364
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:02,120
seven years
as a tactical commander.
1365
00:56:02,120 --> 00:56:04,280
Anything but soft.
1366
00:56:04,280 --> 00:56:06,320
But my experience had taught me
1367
00:56:06,320 --> 00:56:07,920
that toughness is required
1368
00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:09,999
a very small portion
of the time.
1369
00:56:09,999 --> 00:56:13,840
But compassion is what
really changes a community.
1370
00:56:13,840 --> 00:56:16,999
And the answer was love.
1371
00:56:16,999 --> 00:56:19,600
The answer was
to care about others
1372
00:56:19,600 --> 00:56:21,999
the way you care
about your own.
1373
00:56:22,780 --> 00:56:24,710
(Kevin) The first time
I met Larry Burns,
1374
00:56:24,751 --> 00:56:26,430
he busted me selling drugs
1375
00:56:26,757 --> 00:56:28,920
in addition to a gun
I had on me.
1376
00:56:29,484 --> 00:56:32,999
And I was a young bad kid
that didn't have no respect
1377
00:56:32,999 --> 00:56:36,000
for even Larry Burns
at the time.
1378
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,999
I was arrested 47 times
before I was 19 years old.
1379
00:56:40,999 --> 00:56:43,280
I was a hardcore gang member.
1380
00:56:43,280 --> 00:56:46,000
So when I met him,
it was just pretty much,
1381
00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,160
"You're one of them
and I'm over here
1382
00:56:48,160 --> 00:56:50,800
trying to keep
doing the crime
1383
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:52,720
and you gotta catch me."
1384
00:56:52,720 --> 00:56:55,240
So that's how I met Larry.
1385
00:56:55,911 --> 00:56:58,295
He put the bad cop thing down.
1386
00:56:58,374 --> 00:56:59,522
We saw them as bad,
1387
00:56:59,559 --> 00:57:02,519
and he would make it
personal every time.
1388
00:57:02,560 --> 00:57:03,999
It wasn't, "Get on the car!"
1389
00:57:03,999 --> 00:57:05,382
It was like, "Can I talk to you
for a minute?
1390
00:57:05,976 --> 00:57:07,279
You gotta stop it.
1391
00:57:07,320 --> 00:57:09,311
You gotta stop it and I'll tell
you why you gotta stop it.
1392
00:57:09,352 --> 00:57:10,491
You're better than this.
1393
00:57:10,680 --> 00:57:15,560
I mean, you stood out here
hours at a time selling drugs.
1394
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,080
It's easier to go get a job
and make money,
1395
00:57:18,080 --> 00:57:20,240
and it's your money."
1396
00:57:20,240 --> 00:57:22,120
That's what Larry Burns
was about.
1397
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:24,040
He was about trying
to change what--
1398
00:57:24,040 --> 00:57:26,960
the bad in you
and make it good.
1399
00:57:26,960 --> 00:57:28,760
He didn't give up on you.
1400
00:57:28,760 --> 00:57:30,400
(music)
1401
00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:31,600
When I got shot
at the City Hall,
1402
00:57:31,600 --> 00:57:35,000
he was the only officer
to come and say,
1403
00:57:35,000 --> 00:57:36,999
"You almost could have died."
1404
00:57:36,999 --> 00:57:40,600
I remember him
coming to the hospital,
1405
00:57:40,600 --> 00:57:42,880
"Kevin, you're gonna
lose your life if you don't--
1406
00:57:42,880 --> 00:57:44,200
you got a child."
1407
00:57:44,200 --> 00:57:45,480
(music)
1408
00:57:45,480 --> 00:57:47,640
But I was charged with
racketeering and murder,
1409
00:57:47,640 --> 00:57:49,360
and I had
a 22-count indictment.
1410
00:57:49,360 --> 00:57:51,999
And that's the last thing
society remembered.
1411
00:57:51,999 --> 00:57:54,920
Kevin Lay was convicted
of first degree murder,
1412
00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:58,120
he was one vote away
from being on Death Row,
1413
00:57:58,120 --> 00:57:59,800
and he's gone.
1414
00:58:00,400 --> 00:58:03,560
While I was in prison,
I had committed to myself
1415
00:58:03,560 --> 00:58:04,600
that I had to do something
1416
00:58:04,600 --> 00:58:07,964
about this so-called legacy
I left out here.
1417
00:58:08,005 --> 00:58:09,080
'Cause when I came home,
1418
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:10,480
the gang unit
and the task force
1419
00:58:10,480 --> 00:58:12,920
was there watching me
like a hawk.
1420
00:58:12,920 --> 00:58:14,920
Larry Burns
took a chance and said,
1421
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:16,999
"You're gonna get it right
this time."
1422
00:58:16,999 --> 00:58:17,999
(music)
1423
00:58:17,999 --> 00:58:22,280
I started as a regular laborer
at a construction company
1424
00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:24,680
and now I'm the superintendent.
1425
00:58:24,680 --> 00:58:26,960
He just saw
something good in me
1426
00:58:26,960 --> 00:58:28,400
that later was revealed
1427
00:58:28,400 --> 00:58:31,160
through some of the things
we do now.
1428
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:33,560
He had influence
and I did too,
1429
00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:34,999
and with it together
1430
00:58:34,999 --> 00:58:37,999
we knew we could do
great things together.
1431
00:58:37,999 --> 00:58:41,920
"Hey, Kevin,
there's a situation
1432
00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,040
where we know
this guy has a gun
1433
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:47,480
and we can't get it
off the streets.
1434
00:58:47,480 --> 00:58:49,280
I'm not asking you
to tell on him,
1435
00:58:49,280 --> 00:58:51,240
I'm not asking you to do
anything like that,
1436
00:58:51,240 --> 00:58:53,120
but we need this gun
off the street.
1437
00:58:53,120 --> 00:58:54,360
This guy is dangerous."
1438
00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:55,760
"I agree, Larry.
1439
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,120
I agree what you're saying.
1440
00:58:57,120 --> 00:59:00,160
And if I can use my influence,
I'll get it."
1441
00:59:00,160 --> 00:59:03,560
I got the machine gun
and I let Larry know,
1442
00:59:03,560 --> 00:59:06,999
"The machine gun
is behind the store.
1443
00:59:06,999 --> 00:59:07,800
It's all yours.
1444
00:59:07,800 --> 00:59:10,320
We got that gun
off the street."
1445
00:59:10,320 --> 00:59:12,139
"Whose gun?"
1446
00:59:12,180 --> 00:59:13,279
"That's a different story,
1447
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:15,960
that's none of--
I can't give you that.
1448
00:59:15,960 --> 00:59:18,400
You wanted the gun,
the gun is gone."
1449
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:20,040
The respect is incredible.
1450
00:59:20,040 --> 00:59:22,520
When you bring
a community together,
1451
00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:24,120
people see that,
1452
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:25,320
they feel that,
1453
00:59:25,320 --> 00:59:26,960
and it changes attitudes.
1454
00:59:26,960 --> 00:59:28,520
And the citizens knew
1455
00:59:28,520 --> 00:59:30,320
they could contact us,
1456
00:59:30,320 --> 00:59:32,040
tell us what they knew.
1457
00:59:32,040 --> 00:59:35,720
Now you've got
a coalition of good,
1458
00:59:35,720 --> 00:59:36,999
and good things
are happening.
1459
00:59:36,999 --> 00:59:41,160
Homicides, robberies,
assaults all went down
1460
00:59:41,160 --> 00:59:42,999
some 60% initially,
1461
00:59:42,999 --> 00:59:45,560
and it continued from there.
1462
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:46,920
(music)
1463
00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,520
(Rhett)
Even though Larry's area,
1464
00:59:48,520 --> 00:59:49,480
the Bolden Area Command,
1465
00:59:49,480 --> 00:59:50,999
was the only area in town
1466
00:59:50,999 --> 00:59:52,999
where crime was
actually going down,
1467
00:59:52,999 --> 00:59:55,600
some of the members of Doug
Gillespie's executive staff
1468
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:58,560
felt that Larry's methods
were too soft on crime,
1469
00:59:58,560 --> 01:00:02,000
that they needed to send in
saturation teams
1470
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:03,560
and beef up
police presence.
1471
01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:05,999
(Larry) Saturation teams
are groups of officers
1472
01:00:05,999 --> 01:00:08,480
that are gathered together
to go in a high-crime area,
1473
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:12,040
it's a zero tolerance approach
to a neighborhood
1474
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:14,080
to reduce crime,
and it does,
1475
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:16,960
while the saturation team
is in place.
1476
01:00:16,960 --> 01:00:18,080
The moment
that they leave,
1477
01:00:18,080 --> 01:00:19,680
you have two things
that occur:
1478
01:00:19,680 --> 01:00:22,000
an increase in crime, again,
1479
01:00:22,000 --> 01:00:23,920
and you have a decrease
1480
01:00:23,920 --> 01:00:25,999
in public relations
with the police.
1481
01:00:25,999 --> 01:00:29,999
So, I would not allow them
access to my area command.
1482
01:00:29,999 --> 01:00:33,999
That caused a great deal
of consternation
1483
01:00:33,999 --> 01:00:36,720
at the top of the organization.
1484
01:00:36,720 --> 01:00:39,400
(Silk) These saturation teams
in my area
1485
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:41,720
have been crazy off-the-hook.
1486
01:00:41,720 --> 01:00:44,120
It's rarely that I go out
and do not see
1487
01:00:44,120 --> 01:00:45,520
at least two cop cars.
1488
01:00:45,520 --> 01:00:47,640
Three or four cop cars
sometimes.
1489
01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:50,800
Saturation teams are just
looking for stuff to happen.
1490
01:00:50,800 --> 01:00:53,920
When we pulled up
to Sahara and Valley View,
1491
01:00:53,920 --> 01:00:56,160
we noticed some cops on the side
of us looking at us.
1492
01:00:56,160 --> 01:00:58,600
It's two black men
riding in a nice Lexus,
1493
01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:01,080
of course something had
to be wrong with that.
1494
01:01:01,080 --> 01:01:02,320
(music)
1495
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:04,760
Before we get to the next light,
we get pulled over.
1496
01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:07,800
Questioned why we were pulled
over and they said for speeding.
1497
01:01:07,800 --> 01:01:09,430
And who speeds
in front of a cop?
1498
01:01:09,471 --> 01:01:10,944
I was just sitting there
minding my own business
1499
01:01:10,985 --> 01:01:12,320
in the passenger seat,
I was sitting there,
1500
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:13,655
and the officer
looks over at me and says,
1501
01:01:13,696 --> 01:01:14,835
"Do you have your ID?"
I said, "Yes."
1502
01:01:14,876 --> 01:01:16,540
He said, "May I see it?"
I say, "No, you may not."
1503
01:01:21,800 --> 01:01:23,680
If you're in
the passenger seat in a car
1504
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:24,560
and you're doing nothing,
1505
01:01:24,560 --> 01:01:25,999
you do not have
to present an ID.
1506
01:01:25,999 --> 01:01:28,571
So, they got mad about that
because I knew about that
1507
01:01:28,612 --> 01:01:29,657
and wouldn't give my ID.
1508
01:01:49,876 --> 01:01:51,532
I think four or five
more cops pull up.
1509
01:01:51,841 --> 01:01:52,915
They all get out the car.
1510
01:01:52,956 --> 01:01:54,055
Order me out the car.
1511
01:02:25,158 --> 01:02:26,580
This was rolling
the whole time.
1512
01:02:26,882 --> 01:02:27,958
They didn't know that.
1513
01:02:27,999 --> 01:02:30,291
All right, let's get
your legs underneath you.
1514
01:02:35,748 --> 01:02:37,588
They searched
my car for marijuana,
1515
01:02:37,629 --> 01:02:39,486
which I'm a union
heavy equipment operator
1516
01:02:39,527 --> 01:02:40,783
for Local 12 Operators Union,
1517
01:02:40,824 --> 01:02:41,893
I do not smoke weed.
1518
01:02:41,934 --> 01:02:43,072
We have a random drug test.
1519
01:02:47,500 --> 01:02:49,182
And one officer said,
"I smell weed.
1520
01:02:49,509 --> 01:02:50,619
There's weed in here.
1521
01:02:51,094 --> 01:02:51,894
Where's the weed?
1522
01:02:52,355 --> 01:02:54,338
Help me find the weed,
we gotta find the weed."
1523
01:03:13,587 --> 01:03:15,010
You even hear
the jackass say it.
1524
01:03:15,680 --> 01:03:17,885
"Do what you gotta do 'cause
we've gotta find something."
1525
01:03:17,926 --> 01:03:19,366
'Cause they're not finding
nothing in my car.
1526
01:03:19,479 --> 01:03:22,494
"Do what you gotta do
'cause you have to find--
1527
01:03:22,535 --> 01:03:23,807
we have to find something."
1528
01:03:33,999 --> 01:03:35,932
They know they just pulled us
over for no reason,
1529
01:03:36,058 --> 01:03:37,399
and they gotta find something.
1530
01:03:37,440 --> 01:03:40,080
And when they don't,
they make up a bogus charge
1531
01:03:40,121 --> 01:03:41,841
about obstructing
an officer
1532
01:03:41,920 --> 01:03:43,999
and take me to jail
and have me strip-searched
1533
01:03:44,080 --> 01:03:47,838
and charged for just exercising
my constitutional rights
1534
01:03:47,999 --> 01:03:49,705
to saying, "I don't
want to give you ID
1535
01:03:49,746 --> 01:03:50,963
'cause I've done nothing wrong."
1536
01:03:51,760 --> 01:03:53,518
It's like a kick in the face.
1537
01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:56,560
You strive, you work hard,
you pay your bills,
1538
01:03:56,601 --> 01:03:58,291
you move up, you know,
you study
1539
01:03:58,683 --> 01:04:00,094
to do better stuff
for your family.
1540
01:04:00,135 --> 01:04:02,877
And then these cops come
and take it all away from you
1541
01:04:02,918 --> 01:04:04,608
for being a black man
in a Lexus.
1542
01:04:05,908 --> 01:04:07,666
So we get the body cam footage
1543
01:04:07,707 --> 01:04:09,187
back from Silk's case.
1544
01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,705
Now the police officer
said that he was speeding,
1545
01:04:11,746 --> 01:04:14,186
going 55 miles per hour,
in the report,
1546
01:04:14,480 --> 01:04:17,600
and not only does it show
on the body cam
1547
01:04:17,600 --> 01:04:21,520
that they were under 45 miles
per hour, the speed limit,
1548
01:04:21,520 --> 01:04:24,720
but as they approached the car,
they tell the driver,
1549
01:04:24,720 --> 01:04:26,840
"Oh, we were pacing you,
you were flying."
1550
01:04:26,840 --> 01:04:29,760
(officer #2) You were flying
back there on Sahara,
1551
01:04:29,760 --> 01:04:31,160
you were going at least 60.
1552
01:04:31,160 --> 01:04:32,760
-...speed limit?
-Yeah.
1553
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:33,880
Then a few seconds later,
1554
01:04:33,880 --> 01:04:36,200
"Oh, you were going
65 miles per hour."
1555
01:04:36,200 --> 01:04:39,680
(officer #2) Yeah, you were
going at least 65.
1556
01:04:39,680 --> 01:04:41,560
And then when
the officer shows up,
1557
01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:44,999
"Oh, they were going 55."
1558
01:04:44,999 --> 01:04:46,600
So which is it?
1559
01:04:46,600 --> 01:04:48,999
(music)
1560
01:04:48,999 --> 01:04:53,280
(Cal) Unfortunately, Las Vegas
has a very, very sad history
1561
01:04:53,280 --> 01:04:55,680
in terms of race.
1562
01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:57,160
My client was
an African American
1563
01:04:57,160 --> 01:05:00,999
who had been booked into the
Clark County Detention Center
1564
01:05:00,999 --> 01:05:05,130
as Bill with the n-word
as his middle name.
1565
01:05:05,341 --> 01:05:06,560
The judge was incensed
1566
01:05:06,560 --> 01:05:09,760
because when the case
came in for the arraignment,
1567
01:05:09,760 --> 01:05:12,120
he originally called him
by this name
1568
01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:14,440
that an officer thought
was appropriate
1569
01:05:14,440 --> 01:05:15,683
to book him under.
1570
01:05:16,040 --> 01:05:18,400
I'm terrified to be around
those cops, you know,
1571
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:19,760
if they pull me over
I'm like,
1572
01:05:19,760 --> 01:05:22,208
"I could be the next one,"
you know?
1573
01:05:22,249 --> 01:05:23,600
Even though I might not
have did nothing,
1574
01:05:23,600 --> 01:05:25,999
they might have stopped me
for a broken tail light.
1575
01:05:25,999 --> 01:05:28,480
Next day, you know,
whatever they tell the press
1576
01:05:28,480 --> 01:05:29,440
is what I did.
1577
01:05:29,440 --> 01:05:31,440
And I might didn't do nothing
but reach in my pocket
1578
01:05:31,440 --> 01:05:33,200
for my driver's license
and they shoot me up
1579
01:05:33,200 --> 01:05:35,520
and then, you know,
I'm the next guy that,
1580
01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:37,680
"Oh, he reached
for something."
1581
01:05:37,680 --> 01:05:40,080
It's hard to be black
out here right now.
1582
01:05:40,080 --> 01:05:41,800
(music)
1583
01:05:41,800 --> 01:05:43,600
The guy that got shot
at the 7-Eleven,
1584
01:05:43,600 --> 01:05:46,480
he was actually a coworker
of my brother's.
1585
01:05:46,480 --> 01:05:48,520
They used to cook together
at Union Plaza.
1586
01:05:48,520 --> 01:05:50,840
He was actually cooking
until he got shot.
1587
01:05:50,840 --> 01:05:52,800
And he said when
he went in the store,
1588
01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:54,480
he just grabbed something
to snack on.
1589
01:05:54,652 --> 01:05:56,033
He said when the police
opened the door,
1590
01:05:56,074 --> 01:05:58,689
told him to, "Freeze, freeze,"
he panicked.
1591
01:05:58,720 --> 01:06:02,840
(music)
1592
01:06:02,840 --> 01:06:04,480
The next thing you know,
he's shot.
1593
01:06:04,480 --> 01:06:05,560
(gunshot)
1594
01:06:05,560 --> 01:06:08,920
(music)
1595
01:06:08,920 --> 01:06:10,200
(Rhett)
They shot the wrong guy.
1596
01:06:10,200 --> 01:06:13,200
Antoine Hodges was not
the homicide suspect
1597
01:06:13,200 --> 01:06:14,800
that they were looking for.
1598
01:06:14,841 --> 01:06:15,999
After he was on the ground,
1599
01:06:15,999 --> 01:06:17,960
they put a knee in his back,
handcuffed him,
1600
01:06:17,960 --> 01:06:20,040
and then had an officer
go in front of the public
1601
01:06:20,040 --> 01:06:22,999
and justify to the public
why they shot him
1602
01:06:22,999 --> 01:06:24,526
even though
he was the wrong guy.
1603
01:06:24,567 --> 01:06:26,120
As, again,
the clerk stated he heard
1604
01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:28,120
Officer Evans
yell out several times
1605
01:06:28,120 --> 01:06:30,520
for Hodges
to show him his hands.
1606
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:33,400
The clerk stated that Hodges
still didn't comply
1607
01:06:33,400 --> 01:06:36,480
and he stepped backward
further into the store,
1608
01:06:36,480 --> 01:06:39,840
stepping slightly behind
a merchandise rack.
1609
01:06:39,840 --> 01:06:40,999
(Norm)
And the police department
1610
01:06:40,999 --> 01:06:42,198
tried to put
a positive spin on it
1611
01:06:42,239 --> 01:06:44,879
by saying, "See, his arm
went behind his back.
1612
01:06:44,920 --> 01:06:48,080
The officer has a split-second
to make that decision,
1613
01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:49,640
and he chose to fire."
1614
01:06:49,640 --> 01:06:50,999
(gunshot)
1615
01:06:50,999 --> 01:06:53,560
(music)
1616
01:06:53,560 --> 01:06:55,840
You get a breaking point,
you know,
1617
01:06:55,840 --> 01:06:57,360
there's a critical mass.
1618
01:06:57,360 --> 01:06:59,560
(music)
1619
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:00,520
So much violence,
1620
01:07:00,520 --> 01:07:02,320
so many questionable shootings,
1621
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:05,040
so little of accountability
to the public
1622
01:07:05,040 --> 01:07:06,999
has reached a breaking point.
1623
01:07:07,720 --> 01:07:10,999
The only hope right now
to really rapidly repair that
1624
01:07:10,999 --> 01:07:13,360
is to have a new sheriff.
1625
01:07:13,360 --> 01:07:15,840
November is the time
to elect a new sheriff
1626
01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:19,400
and give him a chance to change
Metro for the better.
1627
01:07:19,400 --> 01:07:27,400
(music)
1628
01:07:29,999 --> 01:07:32,398
(Rhett) There was a group of
officers in the department
1629
01:07:32,439 --> 01:07:33,440
that wanted change,
1630
01:07:33,440 --> 01:07:36,433
and they knew that if Joe
Lombardo was elected sheriff
1631
01:07:36,474 --> 01:07:37,720
there wouldn't
really be change
1632
01:07:37,720 --> 01:07:40,080
because he's basically
a clone of Doug Gillespie.
1633
01:07:40,080 --> 01:07:43,280
So they decided to go out
and recruit Larry Burns
1634
01:07:43,280 --> 01:07:45,600
to run against Joe Lombardo.
1635
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:47,320
(music)
1636
01:07:47,320 --> 01:07:50,920
That group that encouraged me
to run for sheriff,
1637
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:53,760
that had
the greatest impact on me,
1638
01:07:53,760 --> 01:07:54,999
because what they saw in me
1639
01:07:54,999 --> 01:07:57,560
or what they saw in
what we were doing is that,
1640
01:07:57,560 --> 01:08:01,640
"Captain, if you can do what
you are in the process of doing
1641
01:08:01,640 --> 01:08:03,360
here at Bolden Area Command,
1642
01:08:03,360 --> 01:08:06,160
this one little sliver
of this county,
1643
01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:08,320
how great would it be
if you could do it
1644
01:08:08,320 --> 01:08:10,760
for the entire county?"
1645
01:08:10,760 --> 01:08:12,160
We don't need more arrests
1646
01:08:12,160 --> 01:08:14,440
to make this
a safer community.
1647
01:08:14,440 --> 01:08:16,160
We need better relationships.
1648
01:08:16,160 --> 01:08:18,999
We can restore the kind of faith
in this community
1649
01:08:18,999 --> 01:08:22,480
so that everyone who sees
something says something,
1650
01:08:22,480 --> 01:08:25,360
everyone who hears
something says something.
1651
01:08:25,360 --> 01:08:28,000
And I promise you as sheriff
I will listen,
1652
01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:31,680
I will reboot the
Metropolitan Police Department
1653
01:08:31,680 --> 01:08:34,200
on the first day that
I walk into that office.
1654
01:08:34,200 --> 01:08:36,640
(cheering, applause)
1655
01:08:36,640 --> 01:08:39,116
(dramatic music)
1656
01:08:39,280 --> 01:08:41,000
(Troy)
Everybody is 100% backing Larry.
1657
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:43,999
Everybody I've talked to,
it's department-wide,
1658
01:08:43,999 --> 01:08:44,999
and everybody's
saying, like,
1659
01:08:44,999 --> 01:08:47,214
there's no way--no way
they're gonna let him lose.
1660
01:08:47,255 --> 01:08:48,560
Everybody's standing behind him.
1661
01:08:48,560 --> 01:08:51,800
This is the best candidate
since Jerry Keller.
1662
01:08:51,800 --> 01:08:53,520
One of the greatest sheriffs
that ever was
1663
01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:56,600
in the history of Las Vegas
Metropolitan Department,
1664
01:08:56,600 --> 01:08:59,800
please welcome Jerry Keller
to the stage.
1665
01:08:59,800 --> 01:09:02,520
(cheering, applause)
1666
01:09:10,647 --> 01:09:13,647
I've known Larry
for all of his 28 years.
1667
01:09:13,688 --> 01:09:15,522
He was a leader when
he was a police officer,
1668
01:09:15,563 --> 01:09:16,506
an informal leader,
1669
01:09:16,547 --> 01:09:18,107
he was a leader
when he was a sergeant,
1670
01:09:18,194 --> 01:09:19,958
he was a SWAT commander
for seven years
1671
01:09:19,999 --> 01:09:23,315
and led numerous operations
that saved lives.
1672
01:09:23,356 --> 01:09:24,600
And now he's been the captain
1673
01:09:24,600 --> 01:09:26,720
of Bolden Area Command
for three years,
1674
01:09:26,720 --> 01:09:28,205
where for the first time
in recorded history
1675
01:09:28,246 --> 01:09:29,480
crime has gone down,
1676
01:09:29,480 --> 01:09:31,200
violent crime
has gone down.
1677
01:09:31,200 --> 01:09:34,160
(cheering, applause)
1678
01:09:35,480 --> 01:09:37,640
The new sheriff of Clark County,
1679
01:09:37,640 --> 01:09:38,840
Larry Burns.
1680
01:09:38,840 --> 01:09:41,320
(cheering, applause)
1681
01:09:44,491 --> 01:09:45,999
In this election, you know,
1682
01:09:45,999 --> 01:09:47,999
Gillespie anointed
Joe Lombardo,
1683
01:09:47,999 --> 01:09:50,600
and I think he was really
surprised that the, uh,
1684
01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:53,520
police unions didn't support
Joe Lombardo,
1685
01:09:53,520 --> 01:09:54,800
they support Larry Burns.
1686
01:09:54,800 --> 01:09:55,999
When I was a police officer
1687
01:09:55,999 --> 01:09:57,040
and I worked anywhere near
1688
01:09:57,040 --> 01:09:58,360
or around Joe Lombardo,
1689
01:09:58,360 --> 01:09:59,400
it was very easy to see
1690
01:09:59,400 --> 01:10:00,999
that he was the type of officer
1691
01:10:00,999 --> 01:10:01,920
that was condescending,
1692
01:10:01,920 --> 01:10:04,960
was rude and disrespectful
to other police officers,
1693
01:10:04,960 --> 01:10:07,480
and that's the last thing
that we need as a sheriff.
1694
01:10:07,480 --> 01:10:10,480
I worry that if Joe Lombardo
is elected sheriff,
1695
01:10:10,480 --> 01:10:12,999
how many good police officers
that have the tenure
1696
01:10:12,999 --> 01:10:15,320
and have the ability to retire
are gonna retire?
1697
01:10:15,320 --> 01:10:19,240
I'll tell you right now, if Joe
Lombardo gets elected sheriff,
1698
01:10:19,240 --> 01:10:20,999
Laurie Bisch is retiring.
1699
01:10:20,999 --> 01:10:21,800
(music)
1700
01:10:21,800 --> 01:10:23,999
Joe's done a lot of damage
to our police department.
1701
01:10:23,999 --> 01:10:26,999
He was in charge
of a $40 million radio system
1702
01:10:26,999 --> 01:10:27,920
that is no longer working.
1703
01:10:27,920 --> 01:10:30,920
And now Motorola's coming in
and taking over
1704
01:10:30,920 --> 01:10:32,800
and implementing
a new radio system,
1705
01:10:32,800 --> 01:10:34,080
and I just find it
really interesting
1706
01:10:34,080 --> 01:10:36,320
that Motorola's
a big contributor
1707
01:10:36,320 --> 01:10:37,999
to Joe Lombardo's campaign.
1708
01:10:37,999 --> 01:10:39,999
The establishment
usually goes with
1709
01:10:39,999 --> 01:10:42,640
whoever the anointed
sheriff's candidate is,
1710
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:44,320
whoever the current
sheriff anoints,
1711
01:10:44,320 --> 01:10:45,480
and when I mean establishment
1712
01:10:45,480 --> 01:10:48,200
I'm talking about
big casino money.
1713
01:10:48,200 --> 01:10:50,080
Crime is bad for business
in Las Vegas.
1714
01:10:50,080 --> 01:10:53,200
In fact, pretty much anything
negative in the headlines
1715
01:10:53,200 --> 01:10:54,320
is bad for business.
1716
01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:55,480
So if you have a sheriff
1717
01:10:55,480 --> 01:10:56,480
that can kind of spin things
1718
01:10:56,480 --> 01:10:58,240
the way that they need
to be spun,
1719
01:10:58,240 --> 01:11:00,000
then you can keep
that negativity and crime
1720
01:11:00,000 --> 01:11:03,600
out of the headlines and keep
the registers ringing.
1721
01:11:03,600 --> 01:11:06,000
(Kelly) They cover up a lot of
stuff because they don't want
1722
01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:07,999
to scare away
potential customers.
1723
01:11:07,999 --> 01:11:10,960
They want everybody
to come here and feel safe.
1724
01:11:10,960 --> 01:11:11,880
(music)
1725
01:11:11,880 --> 01:11:14,920
(Bill) When you have
43 million people plus
1726
01:11:14,920 --> 01:11:16,560
going to Las Vegas
every single year
1727
01:11:16,560 --> 01:11:19,480
to have a good time,
spend a lot of money,
1728
01:11:19,480 --> 01:11:21,280
we're talking
billions of dollars,
1729
01:11:21,280 --> 01:11:23,560
and nobody wants to risk that.
1730
01:11:23,560 --> 01:11:25,320
(music)
1731
01:11:25,320 --> 01:11:28,049
The big money out there
absolutely ensures,
1732
01:11:28,090 --> 01:11:29,399
through the elections,
1733
01:11:29,440 --> 01:11:31,346
that one of their boys
always gets elected
1734
01:11:31,387 --> 01:11:32,747
to be sheriff.
1735
01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:35,520
(Rhett) The way campaign finance
works here in Nevada
1736
01:11:35,520 --> 01:11:39,840
is an individual or a business
can give up to $10,000
1737
01:11:39,840 --> 01:11:40,999
to a sheriff's candidate.
1738
01:11:40,999 --> 01:11:42,960
Power brokers want to give more.
1739
01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:43,920
And there's a way around that.
1740
01:11:43,920 --> 01:11:46,999
What they do is they often own
multiple entities
1741
01:11:46,999 --> 01:11:49,720
and they can take
that $10,000 limit
1742
01:11:49,720 --> 01:11:52,240
and do it from
every single entity
1743
01:11:52,240 --> 01:11:54,200
and end up giving
the candidate a lot more
1744
01:11:54,200 --> 01:11:55,999
than they're supposed
to be able to.
1745
01:11:55,999 --> 01:11:57,760
For instance,
the Fertitta brothers.
1746
01:11:57,760 --> 01:11:59,240
They own Station Casinos.
1747
01:11:59,240 --> 01:12:00,360
In this particular election,
1748
01:12:00,360 --> 01:12:03,360
they gave Joe Lombardo
over $100,000.
1749
01:12:03,360 --> 01:12:06,280
They did it by simply
funneling $10,000
1750
01:12:06,280 --> 01:12:09,520
through each one of their
businesses to that candidate.
1751
01:12:09,520 --> 01:12:10,320
Is it legal?
1752
01:12:10,320 --> 01:12:11,800
Yes, they legally can do that.
1753
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:14,999
But the law was written
to prevent that very thing.
1754
01:12:14,999 --> 01:12:16,160
But if you're Joe Lombardo,
1755
01:12:16,160 --> 01:12:17,840
you're not
particularly concerned
1756
01:12:17,840 --> 01:12:18,762
whether it's ethical or not
1757
01:12:18,803 --> 01:12:19,999
because, after all,
1758
01:12:19,999 --> 01:12:23,160
this is a candidate
that his main slogan was,
1759
01:12:23,160 --> 01:12:25,560
"Endorsed by Law Enforcement."
1760
01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:27,999
The truth of the matter
is the police union
1761
01:12:27,999 --> 01:12:29,999
actually took a vote
of its members
1762
01:12:29,999 --> 01:12:32,960
to see who it was going
to endorse for sheriff.
1763
01:12:32,960 --> 01:12:37,560
96% of the entire
police union that voted
1764
01:12:37,560 --> 01:12:38,520
voted for Larry Burns.
1765
01:12:38,520 --> 01:12:43,680
So, when Joe Lombardo says,
"Endorsed by Law Enforcement,"
1766
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:44,999
technically he's correct.
1767
01:12:44,999 --> 01:12:47,840
Four percent of law enforcement
endorsed him,
1768
01:12:47,840 --> 01:12:49,920
maybe the mall cops
in Mesquite
1769
01:12:49,920 --> 01:12:50,920
or something like that.
1770
01:12:50,920 --> 01:12:53,920
So now the average person,
"Joe Lombardo.
1771
01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:54,960
Oh, the cops are behind him.
1772
01:12:54,960 --> 01:12:56,920
He's endorsed
by law enforcement."
1773
01:12:56,920 --> 01:12:59,000
It's an absolute lie.
1774
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:01,200
Larry's definitely
the underdog in this race.
1775
01:13:01,200 --> 01:13:04,999
He's outspent, he doesn't have
the endorsement of the sheriff,
1776
01:13:04,999 --> 01:13:05,999
which has typically
been the way
1777
01:13:05,999 --> 01:13:08,960
that our next sheriff is
elected here in Clark County.
1778
01:13:08,960 --> 01:13:10,999
You have
the outgoing sheriff
1779
01:13:10,999 --> 01:13:13,200
who is trying
to get his boy elected.
1780
01:13:13,200 --> 01:13:15,600
The rest of the department
doesn't want it,
1781
01:13:15,600 --> 01:13:19,000
but that's where the money
flows, unfortunately.
1782
01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:21,200
(bright music)
1783
01:13:21,200 --> 01:13:23,800
(music)
1784
01:13:23,800 --> 01:13:27,400
This girl right here
comes with these children
1785
01:13:27,400 --> 01:13:29,760
every single week.
1786
01:13:29,760 --> 01:13:33,080
She's got these
little ones in tow.
1787
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:34,600
That's your backpack?
1788
01:13:34,600 --> 01:13:36,160
Gosh, that's great.
1789
01:13:36,160 --> 01:13:37,720
People like Laurie Bisch
1790
01:13:37,720 --> 01:13:38,960
work a graveyard shift
1791
01:13:38,960 --> 01:13:42,040
and then they turn around
with very little rest
1792
01:13:42,040 --> 01:13:44,360
to handle a morning event
like this.
1793
01:13:44,360 --> 01:13:46,400
(Laurie) When you keep focus on,
you know,
1794
01:13:46,400 --> 01:13:47,520
what the goal is
at the end,
1795
01:13:47,520 --> 01:13:48,680
it's worth it, every--
1796
01:13:48,680 --> 01:13:50,999
every sleepless night
is worth it.
1797
01:13:50,999 --> 01:13:53,600
(Larry) I feel like it's it,
you know, it's not me,
1798
01:13:53,600 --> 01:13:56,120
it's this thing
that we believe in,
1799
01:13:56,120 --> 01:13:57,760
that we're going
to push forward,
1800
01:13:57,760 --> 01:14:00,999
and I'm representative of that
and that's it.
1801
01:14:00,999 --> 01:14:01,999
(cheering, applause)
1802
01:14:01,999 --> 01:14:03,640
Think, for a moment,
with this great army,
1803
01:14:03,640 --> 01:14:06,880
about every ten minutes
that passes by on your watch,
1804
01:14:06,880 --> 01:14:09,800
we will have affected
about 150 households
1805
01:14:09,800 --> 01:14:11,999
every ten minutes,
every ten minutes,
1806
01:14:11,999 --> 01:14:13,240
every ten minutes.
1807
01:14:13,240 --> 01:14:14,520
(Laurie)
The results of the latest poll
1808
01:14:14,520 --> 01:14:15,440
that came out
from Channel 8
1809
01:14:15,440 --> 01:14:19,800
was Larry was ahead 34%,
I believe, to 26%,
1810
01:14:19,800 --> 01:14:21,160
43% were undecided.
1811
01:14:21,160 --> 01:14:24,080
And, uh, to come out that high
in the first poll,
1812
01:14:24,080 --> 01:14:26,680
being the underdog,
it's just phenomenal.
1813
01:14:26,680 --> 01:14:28,360
It's all about the team
pulling together
1814
01:14:28,360 --> 01:14:31,560
and you have 5,000 employees
that are out there
1815
01:14:31,560 --> 01:14:33,424
working hard to get
Larry Burns elected.
1816
01:14:33,588 --> 01:14:35,573
(chanting "Larry!")
1817
01:14:35,614 --> 01:14:37,734
-Hey, Larry.
-Hi, Joe!
1818
01:14:38,160 --> 01:14:39,680
(Laurie)
We have the one thing
1819
01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:40,800
that Joe Lombardo can't buy,
1820
01:14:40,800 --> 01:14:43,360
and that's the support
of the men and women in Metro.
1821
01:14:43,360 --> 01:14:44,999
(female in crowd)
All right, Burns!
1822
01:14:44,999 --> 01:14:48,280
(Laurie) And that is what
is gonna win this election.
1823
01:14:48,280 --> 01:14:49,999
(Larry)
What does the shirt say?
1824
01:14:49,999 --> 01:14:52,200
-Papa for Sheriff.
-Papa for Sheriff.
1825
01:14:52,200 --> 01:14:55,480
Is Papa gonna be
the next sheriff?
1826
01:14:55,480 --> 01:14:57,640
-Mm-hm.
-Uh-huh.
1827
01:14:57,640 --> 01:14:59,360
-Are you sure?
-Yeah.
1828
01:14:59,360 --> 01:15:02,320
(Larry)
Oh, that is so great.
1829
01:15:02,320 --> 01:15:04,440
(soft music)
1830
01:15:04,440 --> 01:15:07,999
(Rondha) I feel in my heart
that I need to meet with
1831
01:15:07,999 --> 01:15:10,999
the officer
that shot my husband.
1832
01:15:10,999 --> 01:15:12,880
I don't know if it's
gonna do me any good,
1833
01:15:12,880 --> 01:15:15,999
if it's gonna hurt me, or if
it's gonna keep me where I'm at,
1834
01:15:15,999 --> 01:15:17,280
but there's
something inside me,
1835
01:15:17,280 --> 01:15:18,960
something that's
pushing me towards this.
1836
01:15:18,960 --> 01:15:22,999
I've been thinking about it
for a good six months.
1837
01:15:23,680 --> 01:15:26,960
I just want to look in his eyes,
I just want to say, "Why?"
1838
01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:30,999
(dark music)
1839
01:15:30,999 --> 01:15:38,999
(music)
1840
01:15:51,960 --> 01:15:53,600
You know, you took from me
the only person
1841
01:15:53,600 --> 01:15:55,640
that ever cared I was alive.
1842
01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:58,080
(music)
1843
01:15:58,080 --> 01:16:00,560
He was the only person
who ever cared.
1844
01:16:00,560 --> 01:16:03,000
(music)
1845
01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:06,120
My life is so fucked up
because of you guys.
1846
01:16:06,120 --> 01:16:08,320
I don't trust
in nobody anymore.
1847
01:16:08,320 --> 01:16:10,640
-I'm the same way.
-I don't like me
1848
01:16:10,640 --> 01:16:13,000
because of you guys.
1849
01:16:13,000 --> 01:16:13,956
I don't like who I am.
1850
01:16:13,997 --> 01:16:15,206
I'm sorry.
1851
01:16:15,401 --> 01:16:18,081
What happened that night
should never have happened.
1852
01:16:18,160 --> 01:16:20,960
(Rondha) You guys took
from my granddaughter.
1853
01:16:21,001 --> 01:16:22,181
She couldn't even
see her grandpa
1854
01:16:22,222 --> 01:16:23,077
when she came out here.
1855
01:16:23,118 --> 01:16:25,360
You know how
she got to meet him?
1856
01:16:25,360 --> 01:16:27,600
She went to his grave site.
1857
01:16:27,600 --> 01:16:29,240
You think that's fair to her?
1858
01:16:29,240 --> 01:16:30,640
No, it's not.
1859
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:34,160
(music)
1860
01:16:34,160 --> 01:16:36,640
The thing that really bothers me
about the whole situation
1861
01:16:36,640 --> 01:16:39,520
is Metro really never took
full responsibility.
1862
01:16:39,520 --> 01:16:40,760
Along with this
radio system that--
1863
01:16:40,760 --> 01:16:42,336
(Rondha) I don't care about
the radio--no, no, see,
1864
01:16:42,377 --> 01:16:44,120
that's a cop out
right there, you know?
1865
01:16:44,120 --> 01:16:46,400
Stop blaming the radio station
or the radios,
1866
01:16:46,400 --> 01:16:49,120
whatever it was,
'cause you know what?
1867
01:16:49,120 --> 01:16:50,560
The radio didn't
shoot my husband.
1868
01:16:50,560 --> 01:16:52,840
The radio did not
take him from me.
1869
01:16:52,840 --> 01:16:54,240
You pulled the trigger,
not him.
1870
01:16:54,240 --> 01:16:56,280
-Yeah.
-And why did you have
1871
01:16:56,280 --> 01:16:57,960
to pull seven shots?
1872
01:16:57,960 --> 01:16:59,080
Why did you have
to keep shooting?
1873
01:16:59,080 --> 01:17:01,640
My perception, now that I know
after the fact--
1874
01:17:01,640 --> 01:17:02,999
-after it happened--
-After is too--
1875
01:17:02,999 --> 01:17:05,440
after my life
is completely ruined.
1876
01:17:05,440 --> 01:17:06,840
Exactly, mine is too.
1877
01:17:06,840 --> 01:17:08,360
(Rondha)
To hear that you got disability
1878
01:17:08,360 --> 01:17:09,999
due to the shooting...
1879
01:17:09,999 --> 01:17:10,840
It wasn't--I mean,
1880
01:17:10,840 --> 01:17:12,480
I felt like I got
slapped in the face
1881
01:17:12,480 --> 01:17:14,999
all over again, you know?
1882
01:17:14,999 --> 01:17:16,560
And I'm like what the hell
kind of shit is this,
1883
01:17:16,560 --> 01:17:21,400
you're getting disability due
to the killing of my husband?
1884
01:17:21,400 --> 01:17:24,640
(music)
1885
01:17:24,640 --> 01:17:26,120
I know that's hard for you
to understand.
1886
01:17:26,120 --> 01:17:28,120
(Rondha)
It is, yeah.
1887
01:17:28,120 --> 01:17:30,560
It's not easy
remembering this every day.
1888
01:17:30,560 --> 01:17:33,120
(Rondha) I want so bad to be
back to who I was,
1889
01:17:33,120 --> 01:17:37,999
to be this person that I was
when Stan was here.
1890
01:17:37,999 --> 01:17:39,999
(music)
1891
01:17:39,999 --> 01:17:42,160
The car is still
in exact same shape
1892
01:17:42,160 --> 01:17:45,240
as it was the night
you guys did this.
1893
01:17:45,240 --> 01:17:47,280
I haven't done anything to it.
1894
01:17:47,280 --> 01:17:51,800
(music)
1895
01:17:51,800 --> 01:17:53,120
The blood is still there.
1896
01:17:53,120 --> 01:17:55,160
The memories are still there.
1897
01:17:55,160 --> 01:18:03,160
(music)
1898
01:18:13,320 --> 01:18:15,640
(cheering, applause)
1899
01:18:16,647 --> 01:18:18,240
(Dennis) You know,
you've got so many people
1900
01:18:18,281 --> 01:18:20,999
that have put so much time
and effort into this
1901
01:18:20,999 --> 01:18:24,480
hoping to get that change
that not just Larry wants
1902
01:18:24,480 --> 01:18:25,600
but the whole agency wants.
1903
01:18:25,600 --> 01:18:28,040
(Larry) I think we put that
message out there
1904
01:18:28,040 --> 01:18:29,800
that resonated
with the community,
1905
01:18:29,800 --> 01:18:33,360
that the community needs to be
part of the police department
1906
01:18:33,360 --> 01:18:37,040
and the police department needs
to be part of the community.
1907
01:18:37,040 --> 01:18:38,560
And if we have done that,
1908
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:40,680
then we have been successful.
1909
01:18:40,680 --> 01:18:42,840
(cheering, applause)
1910
01:18:42,840 --> 01:18:44,999
(soft music)
1911
01:18:44,999 --> 01:18:45,800
(music)
1912
01:18:45,800 --> 01:18:48,160
So what's it like to be
Larry Burns right now?
1913
01:18:48,160 --> 01:18:49,200
(Larry laughs)
1914
01:18:49,200 --> 01:18:54,600
It will be a lot better
in about, uh, three hours.
1915
01:18:54,600 --> 01:18:56,999
Just keeping our fingers
crossed, you know?
1916
01:18:56,999 --> 01:19:00,080
Everybody's just waiting
for those numbers to post.
1917
01:19:00,080 --> 01:19:02,400
(cheering, applause)
1918
01:19:02,400 --> 01:19:04,240
(music)
1919
01:19:04,240 --> 01:19:05,999
(interviewer)
You have a grassroots operation.
1920
01:19:05,999 --> 01:19:07,360
That's been a challenge
in and of itself.
1921
01:19:07,360 --> 01:19:09,120
(Larry) It's a challenge,
we've been outspent
1922
01:19:09,120 --> 01:19:10,840
two to one
and look at us tonight,
1923
01:19:10,840 --> 01:19:13,800
so we know who
the cops are behind.
1924
01:19:13,800 --> 01:19:15,999
(cheering, applause)
1925
01:19:15,999 --> 01:19:23,999
(music)
1926
01:19:38,760 --> 01:19:40,760
(groaning)
1927
01:19:40,760 --> 01:19:42,720
(music)
1928
01:19:42,720 --> 01:19:46,106
As we take a look at
the more than 100,000 votes
1929
01:19:46,147 --> 01:19:47,401
left to be cast,
1930
01:19:47,442 --> 01:19:50,640
we need to make up about 8,000
at this point in time
1931
01:19:50,640 --> 01:19:53,000
and we're gonna hang around here
for a bit.
1932
01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:55,080
Don't you quit on me.
1933
01:19:55,080 --> 01:19:57,320
-Nobody's quittin'!
-All right.
1934
01:19:57,320 --> 01:19:58,920
(applause, cheering)
1935
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:02,200
Give me a little more time
and I'll give you a victory.
1936
01:20:02,200 --> 01:20:03,640
Thank you so much.
1937
01:20:03,640 --> 01:20:05,800
(cheering, applause)
1938
01:20:05,800 --> 01:20:07,960
(dramatic music)
1939
01:20:07,960 --> 01:20:09,240
(music)
1940
01:20:09,240 --> 01:20:12,600
I hope the numbers
come back up and we, uh,
1941
01:20:12,600 --> 01:20:13,920
win it.
1942
01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:21,920
(music)
1943
01:20:22,520 --> 01:20:24,720
(somber music)
1944
01:20:24,720 --> 01:20:32,720
(music)
1945
01:20:46,640 --> 01:20:48,999
(Jerry) Thinking hard
about Larry, you know?
1946
01:20:48,999 --> 01:20:50,744
-Mm-hm.
-He fought a great fight.
1947
01:20:50,785 --> 01:20:52,505
(music)
1948
01:20:52,546 --> 01:20:54,626
The right fight.
1949
01:20:54,667 --> 01:20:56,119
And, uh, you know,
1950
01:20:56,160 --> 01:20:59,920
every community deserves
the sheriff they insist upon,
1951
01:20:59,920 --> 01:21:03,999
and, uh, they've insisted upon
the other guy, so,
1952
01:21:03,999 --> 01:21:06,160
it's a sad day
for the department.
1953
01:21:06,160 --> 01:21:07,999
(applause)
1954
01:21:07,999 --> 01:21:11,360
Joe Lombardo's campaign
was basically,
1955
01:21:11,360 --> 01:21:13,640
"The LVMPD is great.
1956
01:21:13,640 --> 01:21:15,200
Doug Gillespie is great.
1957
01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:19,000
I will continue exactly
what he's been doing."
1958
01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:24,040
(music)
1959
01:21:24,040 --> 01:21:26,200
He raised the most money,
1960
01:21:26,200 --> 01:21:28,480
he got his name out there.
1961
01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:29,960
You elect somebody based on
1962
01:21:29,960 --> 01:21:33,920
who's got the best
television commercial.
1963
01:21:33,920 --> 01:21:36,000
That's really what happens.
1964
01:21:36,000 --> 01:21:43,960
(music)
1965
01:21:43,960 --> 01:21:46,320
(Bill) The big money says,
"Do whatever you have to,
1966
01:21:46,320 --> 01:21:48,120
but keep the money flowing."
1967
01:21:48,120 --> 01:21:50,999
(music)
1968
01:21:50,999 --> 01:21:53,560
-Congratulations, Sheriff--
-Thank you.
1969
01:21:53,560 --> 01:21:55,680
(applause)
1970
01:21:56,160 --> 01:21:58,720
My goal is to make
this place better
1971
01:21:58,720 --> 01:21:59,800
than when I showed up
1972
01:21:59,800 --> 01:22:02,440
and when I took the reigns
as your sheriff.
1973
01:22:02,440 --> 01:22:03,999
I just want to make it
a little bit better.
1974
01:22:03,999 --> 01:22:06,680
And the reason why I say
a little bit versus a lot
1975
01:22:06,680 --> 01:22:09,560
because I think we're
a great organization.
1976
01:22:09,560 --> 01:22:11,999
And if we just
take a little step,
1977
01:22:11,999 --> 01:22:14,760
we're gonna even be
a greater organization.
1978
01:22:14,760 --> 01:22:22,760
(music)
1979
01:22:29,240 --> 01:22:31,400
(dark music)
1980
01:22:31,400 --> 01:22:34,760
(music)
1981
01:22:34,760 --> 01:22:36,360
(Kenneth)
Stop, don't move!
1982
01:22:36,360 --> 01:22:37,999
You're gonna get tased!
1983
01:22:37,999 --> 01:22:40,000
Taser, taser, taser!
1984
01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:40,999
Taser, taser!
1985
01:22:40,999 --> 01:22:43,999
Don't move!
Don't move!
1986
01:22:43,999 --> 01:22:45,240
Stop right there.
1987
01:22:45,240 --> 01:22:46,200
Get on your stomach.
1988
01:22:46,200 --> 01:22:48,000
-Get on your stomach!
-I will!
1989
01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:50,120
I will, I will.
1990
01:22:50,120 --> 01:22:51,999
Stop, stop.
1991
01:22:51,999 --> 01:22:53,600
(grunting)
1992
01:22:53,600 --> 01:22:54,760
(Kenneth)
Stop!
1993
01:22:54,760 --> 01:22:56,360
You're gonna get it again!
1994
01:22:56,360 --> 01:22:57,880
You're gonna get it!
1995
01:22:57,880 --> 01:22:59,440
Get on your stomach!
1996
01:22:59,440 --> 01:23:01,680
(sirens)
1997
01:23:01,680 --> 01:23:03,160
Get on your stomach!
1998
01:23:03,160 --> 01:23:04,080
(grunting)
1999
01:23:04,080 --> 01:23:05,600
Get on your stomach!
2000
01:23:05,600 --> 01:23:07,280
(sirens)
2001
01:23:07,280 --> 01:23:11,120
(music)
2002
01:23:11,120 --> 01:23:13,960
(unintelligible radio chatter)
2003
01:23:14,600 --> 01:23:17,320
Farmer approached
Officer Lopera and his partner
2004
01:23:17,320 --> 01:23:20,440
at a coffee shop
inside the Venetian Hotel.
2005
01:23:20,440 --> 01:23:23,960
Farmer appeared to be sweating
heavily, looked panicked,
2006
01:23:23,960 --> 01:23:26,240
and told the officer that
people were chasing him.
2007
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:30,240
Tashii Farmer Brown
went to the police for help,
2008
01:23:30,240 --> 01:23:33,360
and when they started
to treat him like a criminal
2009
01:23:33,360 --> 01:23:37,960
when he didn't do anything wrong
and he didn't feel safe,
2010
01:23:37,960 --> 01:23:39,040
he tried to get out of there.
2011
01:23:39,040 --> 01:23:44,240
And at the time that Lopera
started choking him,
2012
01:23:44,240 --> 01:23:45,999
he had already tased him
seven times.
2013
01:23:45,999 --> 01:23:48,040
And then when
the other officers arrived,
2014
01:23:48,040 --> 01:23:50,188
you can hear them on the video
telling him to stop.
2015
01:23:52,600 --> 01:23:53,520
And he refuses to stop,
2016
01:23:53,520 --> 01:23:57,360
he holds him for over
a minute until he dies.
2017
01:23:57,360 --> 01:23:58,680
(sirens)
2018
01:23:58,680 --> 01:24:00,223
(music)
2019
01:24:01,880 --> 01:24:04,778
This has got to be the worst
Mother's Day in history.
2020
01:24:07,131 --> 01:24:08,974
It will never be the same.
2021
01:24:12,999 --> 01:24:15,120
I never even got my, uh,
2022
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:18,040
I found the Mother's Day cards
that he got for me.
2023
01:24:18,040 --> 01:24:22,999
It just tore me up because it
mentioned the hugs, you know?
2024
01:24:22,999 --> 01:24:24,440
He was like, "Mom,
you can run out of milk,
2025
01:24:24,440 --> 01:24:26,320
but you will never
run out of hugs."
2026
01:24:26,320 --> 01:24:29,999
It made me laugh, but it
made me cry too, you know?
2027
01:24:29,999 --> 01:24:32,840
To know he won't be here
to hug me no more.
2028
01:24:32,840 --> 01:24:33,840
(Kevin)
Our involved officer
2029
01:24:33,840 --> 01:24:36,520
in this incident
is Kenneth Lopera,
2030
01:24:36,520 --> 01:24:39,405
and that's spelled
L-O-P-E-R-A.
2031
01:24:39,446 --> 01:24:40,720
Farmer's charges.
2032
01:24:40,720 --> 01:24:42,880
At the present time,
the Force Investigation Team
2033
01:24:42,880 --> 01:24:45,600
has concluded that there
are no applicable charges
2034
01:24:45,600 --> 01:24:48,480
that would have been levied
against Mr. Farmer
2035
01:24:48,480 --> 01:24:49,999
had he survived
this incident.
2036
01:24:49,999 --> 01:24:51,160
(Ramsey)
Even after admitting
2037
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:53,920
that Tashii Farmer
had committed no crime,
2038
01:24:53,920 --> 01:24:57,600
Undersheriff Kevin McMahill
referred to him
2039
01:24:57,600 --> 01:24:59,040
as "the suspect."
2040
01:24:59,040 --> 01:25:01,680
The suspect in this case
is Tashii,
2041
01:25:01,680 --> 01:25:02,999
last name Farmer.
2042
01:25:02,999 --> 01:25:03,800
He also brought up
2043
01:25:03,800 --> 01:25:06,800
"the suspect's"
past criminal charges,
2044
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:09,240
some of which were from
over 20 years ago.
2045
01:25:09,240 --> 01:25:11,600
On the screen to your--
to my left, again,
2046
01:25:11,600 --> 01:25:13,240
is the criminal history
for Farmer.
2047
01:25:13,240 --> 01:25:17,760
And as you can see,
couple of DUIs, um,
2048
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:18,999
1996 in Hawaii.
2049
01:25:18,999 --> 01:25:21,000
How can you smear someone...
2050
01:25:21,000 --> 01:25:22,520
(music)
2051
01:25:22,520 --> 01:25:25,760
...you done already eliminated?
2052
01:25:25,760 --> 01:25:26,640
(music)
2053
01:25:26,640 --> 01:25:30,480
You took him for no reason.
2054
01:25:31,180 --> 01:25:33,356
And now you want
to smear his name?
2055
01:25:34,619 --> 01:25:35,614
Why?
2056
01:25:36,356 --> 01:25:37,599
(Ramsey)
Kevin McMahill,
2057
01:25:37,640 --> 01:25:39,999
the cop who once
cost taxpayers money
2058
01:25:39,999 --> 01:25:42,000
because he told a woman
he was going to arrest
2059
01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:44,920
that he'd let her off
if she showed him her vagina,
2060
01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:48,760
was doing everything he could
to dirty up the dead man,
2061
01:25:48,760 --> 01:25:50,120
trying to convince
the public
2062
01:25:50,120 --> 01:25:52,999
that Tashii Farmer
was a scumbag.
2063
01:25:52,999 --> 01:25:54,640
(Kevin)
Parole violation in Hawaii
2064
01:25:54,640 --> 01:25:56,680
in 2009 as well as an assault.
2065
01:25:56,680 --> 01:26:00,320
And the most current arrest
was a DUI in 2016
2066
01:26:00,320 --> 01:26:01,360
here in Nevada.
2067
01:26:01,360 --> 01:26:03,000
When he got the DUI recently,
2068
01:26:03,000 --> 01:26:06,200
he was like, "Mom, I went to
pull over to help somebody."
2069
01:26:06,200 --> 01:26:09,240
You know, her car had stalled
out in the middle of the Strip.
2070
01:26:09,240 --> 01:26:11,999
Turns out it was
an off-duty police officer.
2071
01:26:11,999 --> 01:26:15,600
She smelled alcohol on his
breath and had him arrested.
2072
01:26:15,600 --> 01:26:17,000
He saw a female in distress,
2073
01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:19,320
and knowing Tashii, charming,
2074
01:26:19,320 --> 01:26:20,320
he gonna go help.
2075
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:21,560
I mean, he'd give you the--
2076
01:26:21,560 --> 01:26:23,120
he came home with no shirt on--
2077
01:26:23,120 --> 01:26:24,680
I mean, no jacket on one night
2078
01:26:24,680 --> 01:26:26,999
and it was 60 degrees,
"Where's your coat?"
2079
01:26:26,999 --> 01:26:29,680
"I gave it to this girl
at the bus stop. She was cold."
2080
01:26:29,680 --> 01:26:30,999
But that's just
the type of stuff
2081
01:26:30,999 --> 01:26:34,240
Tashii used to do, you know?
2082
01:26:34,240 --> 01:26:36,920
And I know he had some issues,
2083
01:26:36,920 --> 01:26:40,480
but he always 'fessed up
to 'em, you know?
2084
01:26:40,480 --> 01:26:45,040
He--if he did wrong,
he took his punishment.
2085
01:26:45,040 --> 01:26:48,160
But doing that time, he, uh,
2086
01:26:48,160 --> 01:26:49,560
he learned, he grew up.
2087
01:26:49,560 --> 01:26:50,999
He earned degrees in accounting
2088
01:26:50,999 --> 01:26:53,520
and he got OSHA certified
2089
01:26:53,520 --> 01:26:54,999
and he's an electrician
2090
01:26:54,999 --> 01:26:56,160
and plumbing.
2091
01:26:56,160 --> 01:26:56,999
And when he came here,
2092
01:26:56,999 --> 01:27:00,120
he immediately started
his own business.
2093
01:27:00,120 --> 01:27:01,480
This is one
of Tashii's designs
2094
01:27:01,480 --> 01:27:04,840
he was just starting
to get up off the ground.
2095
01:27:04,840 --> 01:27:06,640
Forty Brix.
2096
01:27:06,640 --> 01:27:08,840
This is one of 'em.
2097
01:27:08,840 --> 01:27:09,880
This is Sweet Tooth Tony.
2098
01:27:09,880 --> 01:27:12,999
Tashii said he grew up
in Gary, Indiana,
2099
01:27:12,999 --> 01:27:16,320
on the corner eating lollipops
or something like that.
2100
01:27:16,320 --> 01:27:18,040
That's why he called him
Sweet Tooth Tony,
2101
01:27:18,040 --> 01:27:19,999
he always had lollipops.
2102
01:27:19,999 --> 01:27:23,000
And he also created beanies.
2103
01:27:23,000 --> 01:27:24,520
Very creative.
2104
01:27:24,520 --> 01:27:26,600
I was stunned just to see
2105
01:27:26,600 --> 01:27:28,560
that he came up
with all of this.
2106
01:27:28,560 --> 01:27:32,040
And I was happy because maybe
I don't have to work again.
2107
01:27:32,040 --> 01:27:33,999
He was like, "Mom, you ain't
never gotta work again
2108
01:27:33,999 --> 01:27:36,120
because I'ma change the world."
2109
01:27:36,999 --> 01:27:40,600
He literally sat in the kitchen
and made this stuff, you know?
2110
01:27:40,600 --> 01:27:42,640
It's so cute.
2111
01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:52,999
He worked so hard...
2112
01:27:52,999 --> 01:27:54,560
(music)
2113
01:27:54,560 --> 01:27:56,920
...to try to make it work.
2114
01:27:56,920 --> 01:27:57,999
(music)
2115
01:27:57,999 --> 01:28:00,999
He put his heart
and soul into this.
2116
01:28:00,999 --> 01:28:04,560
(music)
2117
01:28:04,560 --> 01:28:06,600
Just makes me sad...
2118
01:28:06,600 --> 01:28:07,999
(music)
2119
01:28:07,999 --> 01:28:10,640
...that he didn't get
a chance to...
2120
01:28:10,640 --> 01:28:11,680
(music)
2121
01:28:11,680 --> 01:28:14,999
...make it happen the way
he wanted to, you know.
2122
01:28:14,999 --> 01:28:16,360
(music)
2123
01:28:16,360 --> 01:28:17,680
-Hey, hey.
-Hey, hey.
2124
01:28:17,680 --> 01:28:18,520
-Ho, ho.
-Ho, ho.
2125
01:28:18,520 --> 01:28:20,680
(protestor) These racist police,
they've got to go.
2126
01:28:20,680 --> 01:28:22,720
(Ramsey) A couple weeks
after Tashii Farmer
2127
01:28:22,720 --> 01:28:23,760
was killed
at the Venetian,
2128
01:28:23,760 --> 01:28:26,200
there was a protest
in front of the hotel.
2129
01:28:26,200 --> 01:28:28,253
(protestor)
Murder at the Venetian.
2130
01:28:28,294 --> 01:28:29,200
(shouting)
2131
01:28:29,200 --> 01:28:32,560
Las Vegas Metro,
guilty of murder.
2132
01:28:32,560 --> 01:28:34,520
(crowd)
We're gonna get justice!
2133
01:28:34,520 --> 01:28:36,120
We're gonna shut it down!
2134
01:28:36,120 --> 01:28:37,840
-Shut it down.
-Shut it down.
2135
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:39,120
(protestor)
Shut it down.
2136
01:28:39,120 --> 01:28:40,040
(Ramsey)
During the protest,
2137
01:28:40,040 --> 01:28:43,200
a man attacked a woman
and pulled a knife on her.
2138
01:28:43,200 --> 01:28:45,440
Several people stopped
and disarmed him.
2139
01:28:45,440 --> 01:28:48,560
The LVMPD arrested the people
who defended her,
2140
01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:53,600
but didn't arrest the man who
pulled the knife on the woman.
2141
01:28:53,600 --> 01:28:55,400
(protestors)
Let them go!
2142
01:28:55,400 --> 01:28:56,440
Let them go!
2143
01:28:56,440 --> 01:29:00,369
(protestors chanting
"Let them go!"
2144
01:29:00,410 --> 01:29:02,283
(arrested protestor)
Give me my phone, man.
2145
01:29:02,345 --> 01:29:04,960
(protestor) You should have
these two officers
2146
01:29:04,960 --> 01:29:05,999
that committed murder,
2147
01:29:05,999 --> 01:29:07,240
you should be arresting them.
2148
01:29:07,240 --> 01:29:10,999
You should have them
locked up right now.
2149
01:29:10,999 --> 01:29:13,120
We got police getting away
with murder.
2150
01:29:13,120 --> 01:29:14,720
(officer #3)
Put your hands behind your back.
2151
01:29:14,720 --> 01:29:15,999
(protestor)
Hey, what the fuck?
2152
01:29:15,999 --> 01:29:18,200
(protestor) Hey, what did he do?
What did he do?
2153
01:29:18,200 --> 01:29:20,360
(commotion)
2154
01:29:20,360 --> 01:29:22,394
(music)
2155
01:29:22,668 --> 01:29:24,280
As you may know,
I'm Sheriff Joe Lombardo.
2156
01:29:24,280 --> 01:29:27,120
I'm here this afternoon to
announce some new information
2157
01:29:27,120 --> 01:29:30,640
referencing the in-custody death
of Tashii Farmer.
2158
01:29:30,640 --> 01:29:35,880
Officer Lopera will be charged
with involuntary manslaughter
2159
01:29:35,880 --> 01:29:39,080
and oppression
under the color of office.
2160
01:29:39,080 --> 01:29:43,840
(Ramsey) The LVPPA set up
a GoFundMe account
2161
01:29:43,840 --> 01:29:47,103
to collect money
to replace the salary
2162
01:29:47,144 --> 01:29:48,160
of Kenneth Lopera.
2163
01:29:48,160 --> 01:29:51,720
He's already collected
over $40,000.
2164
01:29:51,720 --> 01:29:53,960
Meanwhile,
Tashii's family
2165
01:29:53,960 --> 01:29:55,999
doesn't even have
the money to bury him.
2166
01:29:55,999 --> 01:29:58,680
They also set up a GoFundMe
which has collected
2167
01:29:58,680 --> 01:30:00,960
about $2,000 right now.
2168
01:30:00,960 --> 01:30:03,360
Kenneth Lopera is
actually the first officer
2169
01:30:03,360 --> 01:30:06,240
with the LVMPD
ever to be charged
2170
01:30:06,240 --> 01:30:08,999
for any crime whatsoever
for killing somebody.
2171
01:30:08,999 --> 01:30:11,640
(Stephen)
If this officer is convicted,
2172
01:30:11,640 --> 01:30:14,800
these charges
are probationable.
2173
01:30:14,800 --> 01:30:19,720
He might not even spend
one day in prison
2174
01:30:19,720 --> 01:30:22,920
for choking a man to death
2175
01:30:22,920 --> 01:30:24,320
that didn't feel safe
2176
01:30:24,320 --> 01:30:27,040
and asked police for help.
2177
01:30:27,040 --> 01:30:28,800
(Trinita)
He came there for help.
2178
01:30:28,800 --> 01:30:30,880
And I feel bad
because I told him
2179
01:30:30,880 --> 01:30:32,999
if he felt like he was
getting overwhelmed,
2180
01:30:32,999 --> 01:30:36,800
they have this program called
CIT and it would help him
2181
01:30:36,800 --> 01:30:39,999
'cause they would dispatch
this team to help him,
2182
01:30:39,999 --> 01:30:42,280
and that's why he went there,
you know?
2183
01:30:42,280 --> 01:30:43,960
But instead
they chased him down
2184
01:30:43,960 --> 01:30:45,920
and beat him like an animal.
2185
01:30:45,920 --> 01:30:49,600
And I figure if you can't go
to a police officer for help,
2186
01:30:49,600 --> 01:30:50,840
where are you gonna go?
2187
01:30:50,840 --> 01:30:53,000
You know,
who do we go to for help
2188
01:30:53,000 --> 01:30:55,760
if we can't go
to a police officer?
2189
01:30:55,760 --> 01:31:00,560
(music)
2190
01:31:00,560 --> 01:31:05,040
(crowd commotion)
2191
01:31:05,040 --> 01:31:06,560
(gunfire)
2192
01:31:06,560 --> 01:31:09,480
(screaming)
2193
01:31:09,480 --> 01:31:11,600
(gunfire, commotion)
2194
01:31:11,600 --> 01:31:14,040
(sirens)
2195
01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:17,600
(screaming)
2196
01:31:19,240 --> 01:31:21,560
(sirens)
2197
01:31:25,760 --> 01:31:27,960
(somber music)
2198
01:31:28,650 --> 01:31:30,170
(Christopher)
Everybody's still in shock
2199
01:31:30,498 --> 01:31:32,139
and understandably so.
2200
01:31:32,180 --> 01:31:33,940
(music)
2201
01:31:33,981 --> 01:31:35,701
More than 500 injured.
2202
01:31:36,800 --> 01:31:39,640
You can't wrap your head
around something like that.
2203
01:31:39,726 --> 01:31:42,766
(Laura)
It doesn't feel like Vegas.
2204
01:31:43,040 --> 01:31:44,999
People come to Vegas
to have a good time,
2205
01:31:44,999 --> 01:31:46,680
they come to Vegas
to forget everything,
2206
01:31:46,680 --> 01:31:50,160
to do things that they wouldn't
normally do elsewhere.
2207
01:31:50,160 --> 01:31:52,999
Vegas doesn't feel
like that anymore.
2208
01:31:52,999 --> 01:31:54,760
It just feels spooky.
2209
01:31:55,043 --> 01:31:56,280
When you walk down the Strip
2210
01:31:56,280 --> 01:31:57,880
and you see the vigil
and you see the posters
2211
01:31:57,880 --> 01:32:01,200
of the people who died
and all of these candles lit,
2212
01:32:01,200 --> 01:32:02,999
it's forever changed.
2213
01:32:02,999 --> 01:32:03,960
(music)
2214
01:32:03,960 --> 01:32:05,280
(Kelly)
I think there's a lot of people
2215
01:32:05,280 --> 01:32:07,280
that knew people at the concert.
2216
01:32:07,280 --> 01:32:08,680
(music)
2217
01:32:08,680 --> 01:32:10,440
They feel terrorized.
2218
01:32:10,440 --> 01:32:13,080
(music)
2219
01:32:13,080 --> 01:32:14,240
(sirens)
2220
01:32:14,240 --> 01:32:17,240
Paramedics rushed in there
without any body armor,
2221
01:32:17,240 --> 01:32:18,800
without any weapons,
2222
01:32:18,800 --> 01:32:21,200
and went in
and helped treat people.
2223
01:32:21,200 --> 01:32:24,360
And, really, Metro
played it safe
2224
01:32:24,360 --> 01:32:26,720
and they waited 75 minutes
to go into a room
2225
01:32:26,720 --> 01:32:29,827
where they knew there was a
guy with a gun firing at people.
2226
01:32:29,936 --> 01:32:34,080
We are looking at in excess
of 50 individuals dead.
2227
01:32:34,080 --> 01:32:37,631
Now, the suspect,
his name is Stephen Paddock.
2228
01:32:38,295 --> 01:32:39,800
(Ramsey)
Paddock was a regular
2229
01:32:39,800 --> 01:32:41,800
at Mandalay Bay
and was a high roller,
2230
01:32:41,800 --> 01:32:44,880
this rich guy who was given
free rooms and free food
2231
01:32:44,880 --> 01:32:47,160
because he spent
huge amounts of money.
2232
01:32:47,160 --> 01:32:51,120
And the security guard
this crazy high roller shot,
2233
01:32:51,120 --> 01:32:52,360
Jesus Campos,
2234
01:32:52,360 --> 01:32:53,960
he was supposed to do
interviews today
2235
01:32:53,960 --> 01:32:56,360
with five members
of the national media
2236
01:32:56,360 --> 01:32:58,720
and he's just disappeared,
vanished,
2237
01:32:58,720 --> 01:33:00,480
nobody knows where he is.
2238
01:33:00,480 --> 01:33:03,240
Things are just getting
stranger and stranger
2239
01:33:03,240 --> 01:33:04,160
in this case
2240
01:33:04,160 --> 01:33:07,000
and I'm looking forward
to talking to, uh,
2241
01:33:07,000 --> 01:33:08,000
Mr. Stephen Stubbs
2242
01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:10,720
who has the lowdown
on this case
2243
01:33:10,720 --> 01:33:13,144
because he's been working
with Eric Paddock,
2244
01:33:13,371 --> 01:33:14,480
the shooter's brother,
2245
01:33:14,521 --> 01:33:17,999
and has been talking
with the FBI and the LVMPD.
2246
01:33:17,999 --> 01:33:22,040
So I'm really anxious
to see what he has to say.
2247
01:33:22,040 --> 01:33:22,960
(Stephen)
I was approached
2248
01:33:22,960 --> 01:33:24,800
by the brother
of Stephen Paddock
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01:33:24,800 --> 01:33:26,999
because he wanted to do
something very nice
2250
01:33:26,999 --> 01:33:29,520
for the victims
of this horrible tragedy.
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01:33:29,616 --> 01:33:32,120
And during that time,
I was able to interact
2252
01:33:32,120 --> 01:33:33,000
with the FBI,
2253
01:33:33,000 --> 01:33:36,760
the Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department,
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01:33:36,760 --> 01:33:37,760
and the family,
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01:33:37,760 --> 01:33:40,120
and I learned some
very interesting things
2256
01:33:40,120 --> 01:33:42,600
about how things work
in Las Vegas.
2257
01:33:42,600 --> 01:33:44,960
The Mandalay Bay
and the casinos in Vegas
2258
01:33:44,960 --> 01:33:47,080
give a lot of money
to Sheriff Lombardo,
2259
01:33:47,080 --> 01:33:50,080
and because of that,
they are treated differently.
2260
01:33:50,080 --> 01:33:55,760
And Sheriff Lombardo
protects those high rollers
2261
01:33:55,760 --> 01:33:57,440
that are at those casinos.
2262
01:33:57,440 --> 01:33:59,600
So much so that the casinos
2263
01:33:59,600 --> 01:34:02,280
don't even have
to call normal 9-1-1
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01:34:02,280 --> 01:34:06,920
when something happens with
a high roller in the casino.
2265
01:34:06,920 --> 01:34:09,840
They get to call
a special back number
2266
01:34:09,840 --> 01:34:12,999
that isn't recorded
like 9-1-1 is recorded
2267
01:34:12,999 --> 01:34:15,360
and they can protect
the identities
2268
01:34:15,360 --> 01:34:17,280
of their valuable customers.
2269
01:34:17,280 --> 01:34:20,920
So that played an influence
in the Vegas mass shooting,
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01:34:20,920 --> 01:34:21,999
is that what you're saying?
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01:34:21,999 --> 01:34:24,280
From the information I have
2272
01:34:24,280 --> 01:34:27,600
and the way things
work in Las Vegas,
2273
01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:30,680
the Mandalay Bay
didn't call 9-1-1;
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01:34:30,680 --> 01:34:32,120
they called police,
2275
01:34:32,120 --> 01:34:36,280
but they called the number
that they have
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01:34:36,280 --> 01:34:37,160
for high rollers.
2277
01:34:37,160 --> 01:34:39,040
Stephen Paddock
was a high roller,
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01:34:39,040 --> 01:34:41,080
Stephen Paddock
was special,
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01:34:41,080 --> 01:34:42,760
and because he was special,
2280
01:34:42,760 --> 01:34:45,200
when that security guard
got shot,
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01:34:45,200 --> 01:34:47,120
he was treated special.
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01:34:47,120 --> 01:34:49,960
And a different line
was called
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01:34:49,960 --> 01:34:50,999
other than 9-1-1
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01:34:50,999 --> 01:34:55,600
and the 9-1-1 operators
didn't have an opportunity
2285
01:34:55,600 --> 01:34:58,999
to link what happened
to the security guard
2286
01:34:58,999 --> 01:35:00,999
to what happened
at the event
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01:35:00,999 --> 01:35:03,160
because they didn't
know about it.
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01:35:03,160 --> 01:35:05,160
Because it was a back line.
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01:35:05,160 --> 01:35:07,440
If they would have
called 9-1-1,
2290
01:35:07,440 --> 01:35:12,040
the 9-1-1 operator could have
linked the two much quicker
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01:35:12,040 --> 01:35:15,040
and the police could have
gotten there quicker.
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01:35:15,040 --> 01:35:16,400
Less people would have died
2293
01:35:16,400 --> 01:35:18,080
and less people
would have been hurt
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01:35:18,080 --> 01:35:21,280
if the Mandalay Bay
did not treat
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01:35:21,280 --> 01:35:24,480
their high roller,
Stephen Paddock, differently
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01:35:24,480 --> 01:35:27,600
and if the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police Department
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01:35:27,600 --> 01:35:32,999
didn't allow casinos to
treat high rollers differently.
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01:35:32,999 --> 01:35:36,040
The politics involved here
2299
01:35:36,040 --> 01:35:38,560
made more people get hurt.
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01:35:38,560 --> 01:35:41,440
This is the narrative
that Joe Lombardo
2301
01:35:41,440 --> 01:35:43,600
doesn't want to be released.
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01:35:43,600 --> 01:35:45,360
But the truth's
gonna come out, right?
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01:35:45,360 --> 01:35:50,040
If Mandalay Bay's lawyers
can twist things,
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01:35:50,040 --> 01:35:51,920
they can do damage control
2305
01:35:51,920 --> 01:35:55,999
and they will have to pay
less money to these victims.
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01:35:55,999 --> 01:35:58,000
Now, is it right?
Well, hell no.
2307
01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:00,999
But that's how
our justice system works.
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01:36:00,999 --> 01:36:03,160
We can only work with
the facts we're given
2309
01:36:03,160 --> 01:36:07,120
and guess who's the only person
collecting facts right now?
2310
01:36:07,120 --> 01:36:10,999
The Las Vegas Metropolitan
Police Department.
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01:36:10,999 --> 01:36:15,040
The same entity
that is being paid millions
2312
01:36:15,040 --> 01:36:19,240
in campaign donations
from these resort casinos.
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01:36:19,240 --> 01:36:21,720
You don't think
they're protecting each other?
2314
01:36:21,720 --> 01:36:24,040
Why did Stephen Paddock
do this?
2315
01:36:24,040 --> 01:36:26,520
From what I understand,
2316
01:36:26,520 --> 01:36:28,960
Stephen Paddock did this
2317
01:36:28,960 --> 01:36:34,080
because he wanted to hurt
these casinos financially
2318
01:36:34,080 --> 01:36:36,440
and this is the best way
he knew how.
2319
01:36:36,440 --> 01:36:37,960
I don't think anybody
will argue
2320
01:36:37,960 --> 01:36:41,000
that Stephen Paddock
was right in the head.
2321
01:36:41,000 --> 01:36:43,520
(music)
2322
01:36:43,520 --> 01:36:45,920
That's obviously not true.
2323
01:36:45,920 --> 01:36:47,160
(music)
2324
01:36:47,160 --> 01:36:50,999
He decided to do
a horrible, horrible thing
2325
01:36:50,999 --> 01:36:53,440
to get back at these casinos.
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01:36:53,440 --> 01:36:54,600
(music)
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01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:57,999
It didn't have to be this bad.
2328
01:36:57,999 --> 01:37:01,760
If they would have
treated him like anyone else,
2329
01:37:01,760 --> 01:37:05,160
it didn't have to be this bad.
2330
01:37:07,680 --> 01:37:09,880
(solemn music)
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01:37:09,880 --> 01:37:12,999
(music)
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01:37:12,999 --> 01:37:14,560
(Laura)
Joseph Lombardo said
2333
01:37:14,560 --> 01:37:16,200
this guy, Stephen Paddock,
the shooter,
2334
01:37:16,200 --> 01:37:20,160
checked into the Mandalay Bay
hotel September 28th.
2335
01:37:20,160 --> 01:37:21,840
So then I started
digging some more
2336
01:37:21,840 --> 01:37:25,720
and I discovered that he
actually checked in on the 25th,
2337
01:37:25,720 --> 01:37:28,120
and I was able
to receive confirmation
2338
01:37:28,120 --> 01:37:29,999
in the form of valet receipts.
2339
01:37:29,999 --> 01:37:30,960
They're not being honest.
2340
01:37:30,960 --> 01:37:33,960
They are conducting
a misinformation campaign
2341
01:37:33,960 --> 01:37:35,440
regarding this
Las Vegas massacre
2342
01:37:35,440 --> 01:37:37,560
and I confronted them
at their press conference.
2343
01:37:37,560 --> 01:37:39,208
There have been receipts
that have been obtained
2344
01:37:39,249 --> 01:37:40,271
from the valet security system--
2345
01:37:40,312 --> 01:37:42,999
Ma'am, ma'am, that's not how
we conduct this service, okay?
2346
01:37:42,999 --> 01:37:45,280
(Laura) Well, it says that
he checked in on the 25th.
2347
01:37:45,280 --> 01:37:46,120
Has your timeline changed?
2348
01:37:46,161 --> 01:37:47,999
Please stop
asking your question.
2349
01:37:48,040 --> 01:37:51,280
She basically forced him to
change his official timeline.
2350
01:37:51,280 --> 01:37:53,080
(reporter) And what date
did he check into the hotel?
2351
01:37:53,080 --> 01:37:54,600
Um, to the best
of my recollection
2352
01:37:54,600 --> 01:37:56,999
we have information
on the 25th.
2353
01:37:56,999 --> 01:37:59,760
Um, I had told you previously
the 28th.
2354
01:37:59,760 --> 01:38:02,040
The timeline associated
with the original shot
2355
01:38:02,040 --> 01:38:03,560
and Mr. Campos has changed.
2356
01:38:03,560 --> 01:38:06,480
Now they're saying
he got shot at 9:59
2357
01:38:06,480 --> 01:38:09,160
and the initial shooting
didn't start till 10:05.
2358
01:38:09,160 --> 01:38:11,999
Mr. Campos was encountered
by the suspect
2359
01:38:11,999 --> 01:38:14,320
prior to his shooting
to the outside world.
2360
01:38:14,320 --> 01:38:16,640
(Laura) MGM just recently
came out with a statement
2361
01:38:16,640 --> 01:38:17,840
the other day saying that,
2362
01:38:17,840 --> 01:38:19,640
"Oh, we're, um,
not really sure
2363
01:38:19,640 --> 01:38:21,772
that we can trust the
official police timeline
2364
01:38:21,813 --> 01:38:22,852
of this investigation."
2365
01:38:22,893 --> 01:38:24,360
(Doug)
MGM puts a statement out
2366
01:38:24,360 --> 01:38:27,560
saying, "We believe
Officer Campos was shot
2367
01:38:27,560 --> 01:38:30,280
within 40 seconds
of when the gunman was firing."
2368
01:38:30,280 --> 01:38:32,413
And then MGM got into
a big battle with them
2369
01:38:32,454 --> 01:38:33,616
in the newspaper.
2370
01:38:33,720 --> 01:38:36,800
(Ramsey) Sheriff Lombardo
then changed the timeline
2371
01:38:36,800 --> 01:38:37,880
a third time,
2372
01:38:37,880 --> 01:38:40,280
now claiming
that MGM was right.
2373
01:38:40,280 --> 01:38:44,120
Security Guard Jesus Campos
was shot by Stephen Paddock
2374
01:38:44,120 --> 01:38:47,160
after he opened fire
on the crowd.
2375
01:38:47,160 --> 01:38:48,647
(gunfire, commotion)
2376
01:38:48,968 --> 01:38:50,120
Interestingly,
2377
01:38:50,120 --> 01:38:54,880
this timeline appears to
minimize MGM's legal liability,
2378
01:38:54,880 --> 01:38:58,520
allowing lawyers to argue
that Jesus Campos
2379
01:38:58,520 --> 01:39:00,640
helped stop the shooting.
2380
01:39:00,640 --> 01:39:01,680
(music)
2381
01:39:01,680 --> 01:39:02,720
Also interesting?
2382
01:39:02,720 --> 01:39:05,999
The fact that MGM has
contributed large sums of money
2383
01:39:05,999 --> 01:39:10,400
to Lombardo's upcoming
sheriff's reelection campaign.
2384
01:39:11,120 --> 01:39:12,840
(Lombardo)
Now this is an opportunity
2385
01:39:12,840 --> 01:39:14,760
for me to tell you something.
2386
01:39:14,760 --> 01:39:18,160
Mandalay Bay security
was fantastic.
2387
01:39:18,160 --> 01:39:21,280
I don't want anybody assuming
that they're unsafe
2388
01:39:21,280 --> 01:39:25,640
by, you know, staying
at one of our hotels.
2389
01:39:25,640 --> 01:39:27,440
(dramatic music)
2390
01:39:27,440 --> 01:39:29,040
(Ramsey)
For weeks, Sheriff Lombardo
2391
01:39:29,040 --> 01:39:31,800
didn't say a word
about an LVMPD officer
2392
01:39:31,800 --> 01:39:35,280
firing gunshots
in Stephen Paddock's room.
2393
01:39:35,760 --> 01:39:38,000
(reporter)
Did police or security guards
2394
01:39:38,000 --> 01:39:42,400
fire any shots
any time during the encounter?
2395
01:39:42,400 --> 01:39:45,240
Um...you mean while he was
discharging his weapon?
2396
01:39:45,240 --> 01:39:47,160
-Yes.
-We are not aware of that.
2397
01:39:47,160 --> 01:39:48,120
(Ramsey)
But after an ex-cop
2398
01:39:48,120 --> 01:39:50,360
studying the police
dispatch recordings
2399
01:39:50,360 --> 01:39:52,999
learned that a shot
had been fired...
2400
01:39:52,999 --> 01:39:56,999
(police dispatch) We also have
one shot officer that did fire.
2401
01:39:56,999 --> 01:39:58,800
(Ramsey)
...and alerted local media,
2402
01:39:58,800 --> 01:40:01,760
Lombardo was forced
to admit the truth
2403
01:40:01,760 --> 01:40:04,999
and claimed it was
an accidental discharge.
2404
01:40:05,840 --> 01:40:08,080
Why had the sheriff waited
almost a month
2405
01:40:08,080 --> 01:40:11,480
to reveal that an LVMPD officer
fired his gun
2406
01:40:11,480 --> 01:40:13,920
in Stephen Paddock's room,
2407
01:40:13,920 --> 01:40:14,999
and only admitted this fact
2408
01:40:14,999 --> 01:40:17,999
after being called out
by journalists?
2409
01:40:17,999 --> 01:40:19,800
(music)
2410
01:40:19,800 --> 01:40:22,999
The LVMPD has been sued
by seven news organizations
2411
01:40:22,999 --> 01:40:26,600
for failing to release the
9-1-1 calls and public records
2412
01:40:26,600 --> 01:40:29,640
from the night
of the Vegas mass shooting...
2413
01:40:29,640 --> 01:40:30,720
(music)
2414
01:40:30,720 --> 01:40:32,999
...leaving many to wonder
if the department
2415
01:40:32,999 --> 01:40:35,887
is telling the truth
about what really happened.
2416
01:40:35,936 --> 01:40:37,216
(music)
2417
01:40:37,637 --> 01:40:39,440
(Stephen)
Do we really have confidence
2418
01:40:39,440 --> 01:40:41,520
that they're gonna
do the right thing
2419
01:40:41,520 --> 01:40:42,600
for the right reason?
2420
01:40:42,600 --> 01:40:45,520
That's what we need.
We need police officers
2421
01:40:45,520 --> 01:40:47,560
and we need higher-ups,
2422
01:40:47,560 --> 01:40:50,999
we need leaders
that will do the right thing
2423
01:40:50,999 --> 01:40:54,040
for the right reason
and nothing else.
2424
01:40:54,600 --> 01:40:58,240
We have to restore the public's
confidence in police.
2425
01:40:58,240 --> 01:40:59,960
The public's confidence
in the police,
2426
01:40:59,960 --> 01:41:01,200
because all this is happening,
2427
01:41:01,200 --> 01:41:04,600
is diminishing
and diminishing and diminishing.
2428
01:41:04,600 --> 01:41:05,800
There will come a day
2429
01:41:05,800 --> 01:41:08,920
when those people
that give the police
2430
01:41:08,920 --> 01:41:10,000
the benefit of the doubt,
2431
01:41:10,000 --> 01:41:11,999
those people
who support the police
2432
01:41:11,999 --> 01:41:12,999
just because they're police,
2433
01:41:12,999 --> 01:41:15,560
those people that have
this idea in their mind
2434
01:41:15,560 --> 01:41:17,655
that police are like
Andy Griffith
2435
01:41:17,696 --> 01:41:18,952
and everybody's honest,
2436
01:41:19,428 --> 01:41:20,467
there will come a day
2437
01:41:20,508 --> 01:41:22,449
when those people
don't exist anymore.
2438
01:41:22,772 --> 01:41:30,022
(music)
2439
01:41:30,860 --> 01:41:36,499
(somber music)
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