https://www.c-span.org/video/?191199-3/state-black-union-2006-emerging-leaders
Starts at around the 22:51 mark. Not verbatim because this was captured by C-SPAN from the closed captions but this is a start.
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WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TIME WAITING TO COME OUT AND TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND BOND, AND IT'S AN INCREDIBLE GROUP. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING FOR THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT WORKING. WE SEE THAT IN THE STATISTICS THAT YOU'VE OUTLINED, TWO MILLION PEOPLE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM, OVER 40% ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, DESPITE THE FACT WE CONSTITUTE 40% OF THE -- IT IS NOT WORKING WHEN YOU RECOGNIZE THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN ARRANGE AMERICAN MEN ARE HOMICIDES MPLET OUR COMMUNITIES SUFFER BECAUSE OUR BABIES HEAR THE GUNFIRE EVERY NIGHT, TO THE 7-YEAR-OLD CANNOT GO TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND LEARN. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING FOR US. WHAT I THINK WE HAVE FAILED TO DO AS A COMMUNITY, HOWEVER, IS OWN THIS ISSUE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE TALK ABOUT THESE STATISTICS IN THE CONTEXT ALWAYS OF IT IS UNFAIR, IT'S MORALLY INCORRECT -- MAYBE WE HAVE LEARNED THERE THAT FROM THE CHURCH, BUT NOBODY CARES ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN LOOK AT KATRINA. NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF YOUNG BLACK AND BROWN MEN IN PRISON. THAT ARGUMENT IS NOT WORKING. WHAT I SUGGEST WE DO IS OWN THIS ISSUE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DEFINE IT IN A WAY THAT WORKS FOR US. IT IS A MYTH TO SAY AFRICAN-AMERICANS DON'T WANT LAW ENFORCE HIM. WE DO. WE WANT OUR GRANDMOTHERS TO BE ABLE TO WALK TO CHURCH AND BE SAFE. WE WANT OUR BABIES SAFE. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS RACIAL FROM FILING. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS EXCESSIVE FORCE. WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS TO HAVE YOUR CIVIL LIBERTIES AND RIGHTS TO BE STRIPPED. BUT WE DO WANT LAW ENFORCEMENT. . CRIME RESULTS IN AN ARREST. SO IF I AS LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH MY RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP YOU SAFE ONLY TALK ABOUT KEEPING YOU SAFE BY SENDING PEOPLE TO PRISON FOR A LONG TIME, I'M NECESSARILY GOING TO FALL SHORT BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THAT CRIME IS NOT EVEN HITTING MY SYSTEM. SO IF I'M GOING TO KEEP MY PROMISE TO YOU TO KEEP YOU SAFE, I BETTER TALK WITH YOU ABOUT WHAT I'M DOING IN TERMS OF CRIME PREVENTION, WHICH MEANS RECOGNIZING THAT PEOPLE COMING OUT OF THE STATE PRISONS, 60% RETURN IF WE DON'T GET THEM INTO RE-ENTRY PROGRAMS OR JOB TRAINING, JOB READINESS, GET THEM IN PROGRAMS THAT DEAL WITH THAT THEIR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF IS IT THE RIGHT THING? OF COURSE. I'LL TALK BIT ON THIS BASIS. IF THAT PERSON COMMITS ANOTHER CRIME I HAVE TO SPEND $10,000 TO TRY THAT FELONY. THEY SIT IN MY COUNTY JAIL FOR $35,000 A YEAR. ANNOUNCER: RUNNING A RE-ENTRY PROGRAM OUT OF MY OFFICE IN SAN FRANCISCO D.A. 'S OFFICE THAT BRINGS FOLKS BACK INTO THE COMMUNE AT AN EXPENSE OF $8,000 A YEAR, GUARANTEES THEM EMPLOYMENT, GUARANTEES THEM MENTIONFUL REUNIFICATION WITH THEIR FAMILY AND THEN IN THAT WAY FULL FILLS BY RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP MY COMMUNITY SAFE. SO LET'S REDEFINE THIS ISSUE IN THE CONTEXT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND JUST SIMPLY TALK ABOUT DOING CRIME PREVENTION, INVESTING IN PEOPLE COMING OUT OF PRISONS IS THE SMART THING TO DO LAW ENFORCEMENT. FORGET THAT IT'S JUST THE RIGHT THING TO DO. IT'S THE SMART THING TO DO. >> THANK YOU, MADAM, D.A. IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT THE ABSOLUTE ANTITHESIS -- HOW DO I PUT THIS? WE PAY IN ONE OF TWO TIMES. WE PAY ON THE FRONT END, OR WE PAY ON THE BACK END. IF WE DON'T WANT OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO END UP SAYING, -- SEEING MISS HARRIS IN COURT ON THE BACK END WE GOT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON THE FRONT END. MY GRAND FATHER SAID INSANITY IS DOING THE SAME THING THE SAME WAY AND EXPECTING A DIFFERENT RESULT. YOU PAY ON THE FRONT END ORBACH EVEN.
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