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Dialogue: 0,0:00:01.52,0:00:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I wanna talk for a minute \Nabout human beings and about riots.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.37,0:00:08.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This past Monday night \Nwhile we were all sitting there
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.51,0:00:11.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for that blow that we all knew was coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.19,0:00:14.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and hoping that we might be wrong\Njust this one time,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.01,0:00:18.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said on Twitter that the fundamental danger\Nof a non-indictment is not more riots,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.54,0:00:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it is more Darren Wilsons.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.61,0:00:22.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that thought struck a chord with a lot of people.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.92,0:00:25.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was linked to more than any tweet I've ever made.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.98,0:00:29.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But later on that night,\Nwe saw some things happen in Ferguson.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.34,0:00:32.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw some unrest,\Nwe saw things that you could call riots;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.75,0:00:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when that happened,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.92,0:00:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a bunch of other people on Twitter\Nwere delighted by the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.45,0:00:41.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that that heartache and grief and rage\Ngave them a social media gotcha moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.69,0:00:45.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So who's the real danger now,\Nmister social justice warrior?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.42,0:00:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ya see all those thugs out there?\NYou see how {\i1}you{\i0} people act?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.84,0:00:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What do you have to say now??"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.19,0:00:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, here's what I think now:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.02,0:00:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I believe what I said,\Nnow more than ever.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.82,0:00:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you think what happened on Monday \Ndisproves what I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.78,0:01:00.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you didn't understand what I was talking about.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.36,0:01:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I wasn't happy at all about what\Nhappened Monday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.94,0:01:04.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hate to see people pushed that far.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.86,0:01:08.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hate to see people's community \Nfamily businesses destroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.02,0:01:09.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I hated seeing that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.19,0:01:11.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'm also clear that if you ask me \Nto weigh one against the other,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.94,0:01:15.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are weighing the destruction of property\Nagainst the loss of a life.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.99,0:01:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you value some people's property \Nmore than the life of a black child,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.07,0:01:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're not on the same team.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.28,0:01:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And regardless of that, for us to even\Ndiscuss caring about one or the other
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.00,0:01:29.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is presenting a false choice because\Nthey're not in opposition to each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.31,0:01:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One is a byproduct of the other.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.20,0:01:37.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That unrest we saw Monday night was a byproduct\Nof the injustice that preceded it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.28,0:01:40.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not a choice, \Nthis is a cause-and-effect relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.76,0:01:44.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you're worried about the effects,\Nyou need to be thinking about the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.100,0:01:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Riots are a thing that human beings do\Nbecause human beings have limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.83,0:01:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't all have the same limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.63,0:01:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some of us our human limit is when \Nour favorite team loses the game.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.97,0:01:58.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For some of us it's when \Nour favorite team wins a game.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.86,0:02:01.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people Ferguson had a different limit than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.90,0:02:07.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the people of Ferguson a lifetime of neglect \Nand facto segregation and incompetence
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.37,0:02:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and mistreatment \Nby every level of government
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.95,0:02:10.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not their limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.29,0:02:12.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When that malign neglect set the stage
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.23,0:02:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for one of their children to be shot down \Nand left in the street like a piece of trash,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.20,0:02:19.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that was not their limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.11,0:02:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the people of Ferguson spending 100 days\Nalmost entirely peacefully protesting
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.41,0:02:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for some measure of justice for that child,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.67,0:02:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and having their desire for justice \Ntreated like a joke by every local authority,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.95,0:02:32.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not their limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.12,0:02:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then after those 100 days,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.26,0:02:37.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when the so-called prosecutor \Nwaited until the dead of night
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.12,0:02:39.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come out and twist that knife one last time,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.70,0:02:43.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when he came out and confirmed once and for all \Nthat Michael Brown's life didn't matter,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.69,0:02:47.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,only then did the people of Ferguson reach their limit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.53,0:02:51.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when you look at what happened Monday night \Nthe question you should be asking is
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.46,0:02:56.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how did these human beings last that long \Nbefore they reached their human limit?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.81,0:03:00.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do black people in America \Nretain such a deep well of humanity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.94,0:03:05.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they can be pushed so far again and again \Nwithout reaching their human limit?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.97,0:03:08.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we keep going through this same cycle?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.40,0:03:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's the thing: it's not just these 100 days.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.72,0:03:14.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the 100 times this cycle played out \Nbefore Michael Brown.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.69,0:03:19.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing about that tweet I sent out Monday night?\NThat tweet wasn't really from Monday night.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.44,0:03:24.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I made the exact same tweet \Na year and a half ago about Trayvon Martin
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.67,0:03:28.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The exact same tweet word-for-word.\NAll I did was switch out the name.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.56,0:03:29.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's how sick,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.75,0:03:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's how predictable and sick this white \Nsupremacy Groundhog's Day is that we live in.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.98,0:03:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can literally word-for-word have \Nthe exact same conversation year after year,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.84,0:03:42.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just switch out the name \Nof the black child we lost.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.95,0:03:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is nothing more exhausting \Nor more inhumane
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.98,0:03:50.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than black america's eternal cycle \Nof being shocked but not surprised.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.29,0:03:53.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you have to go through your whole life \Nwith all your muscles tensed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.78,0:03:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waiting for the same blow \Nto come again and again,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.61,0:04:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,knowing it will hurt a bit more each time \Nprecisely because you always know it's coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.84,0:04:04.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you have to teach your children \Nhow to go through the same cycle,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.98,0:04:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's the definition of torture.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.47,0:04:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those are not fit living conditions \Nfor a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.48,0:04:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So when I see President Obama say he \Nhas no sympathy for people who destroy a car,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.82,0:04:17.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm sorry but I do have sympathy for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.56,0:04:21.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not happy to see them doing it\Nbut human beings have limits.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.28,0:04:25.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I watched that footage of Michael Brown's \Nmother out there crushed and heartbroken,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.61,0:04:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I see her family talk about \Nburning this thing down,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.95,0:04:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm not happy to see that,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.24,0:04:33.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I don't think we should be \Nmaking excuses for that.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.11,0:04:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think we should be explaining that away.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.98,0:04:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think there's anything to be ashamed of.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.86,0:04:38.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is real life.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.00,0:04:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is what happens when you \Ntreat human beings this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.20,0:04:43.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if you hated what you saw on Monday night,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.41,0:04:46.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you hated seeing those human beings \Npushed past their limit,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.69,0:04:48.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to do something
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.55,0:04:52.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the government and the justice system \Nand the institutions of policing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.61,0:04:54.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that do not treat them like human beings.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.77,0:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you watch the news Monday night \Nand didn't like the effects,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.02,0:05:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you need to do something about the cause.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.69,0:05:05.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You, I, we need to go out there \Nand make this country into a place
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.33,0:05:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where black lives matter.