Whose Streets? Page #9

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"I am Darren Wilson" badges.

And to be black in St. Louis

and to see people who

are supposed to protect me

wearing things that support

someone who killed someone

the same age as my brother

is beyond unacceptable.

Good evening, my name is Curtis Bergdorf

and I am a commissioned police

officer for the city of St. Louis.

Just a second. Pardon me.

Excuse me. First of all, you

do not tell me my function here.

That's right.

Come on, Tef.

- Black power!

- This is unacceptable.

- Don't touch me, man.

- Man, that's them.

F*** that, I don't care.

...take turns, fella.

Try to finish this out so they don't win.

I didn't hit not one person.

I didn't hit one person.

I didn't hit one person

but I'm getting hit.

I'm getting hit. I ain't

hit one f***ing person.

That's the same sh*t we talking about, man.

Same exact sh*t we talking about.

They get to do whatever they want, man.

Whatever they want.

Whatever they want.

When all of this is gone,

the lights, the cameras,

all of that is gone...

I have to live here.

The history that I have

between these people and myself

will not be eradicated when this

story is not a news story anymore.

This is going to be my

reality for a lifetime.

And we still going to protest,

aggressively.

- Whose streets?

- Our streets.

- Whose streets?

- Our streets.

- Whose streets?

- Our streets.

- Whose streets?

- Our streets.

...will never be defeated.

The people, united,

will never be defeated.

How long you want to hold the freeway for?

- Until.

- Until what?

- Until.

- Until what?

People are here to get arrested.

This is an arrestable action.

So, we're holding the line until.

I said Mike Brown means?

We got to fight back.

I said Mike Brown means?

We got to fight back.

Run us over. Run us over.

That's great, we're

doing it for these people.

- Link up.

- Link up.

We need reinforcements over here.

We need reinforcements.

If you're willing to be arrested...

I called and I told you, you

would be getting the f*** arrested.

Get off the f***ing hill if

you're not here to get arrested.

- Can I have the charges?

- What's the charge?

What's the charge? Do we have a charge?

- Do we have a charge?

- Why is she being arrested?

- Why is she being arrested?

- Can you please tell us why she is being arrested?

- Why is she being arrested?

- Building's closed.

Um, the building's not closed.

This is a public building.

- Why is she being arrested?

- Just police.

Just police. You can't come in here.

Why is she being arrested?

Why is she being arrested?

Why is she being arrested?

Why is she being arrested?

St. Louis County Police Headquarters.

Our enemy is directly the police.

There's no buffer

between us and the cops.

They know who we are. They

got files on all of us.

For all we know, them

motherfuckers building

the craziest conspiracy cases

against all our black asses.

It never stops. Can't

clock out from this sh*t.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Free Brittany.

Yeah, wassup?

- The people united.

- Will never be defeated.

- The people united.

- Will never be defeated.

- The people united.

- Will never be defeated.

Love you, girl.

It is our duty to

fight for our freedom.

It is our duty to

fight for our freedom.

It is our duty to win.

It is our duty to win.

We must love and support each other.

We must love and support each other.

We have nothing to

lose but our chains.

We have nothing to

lose but our chains.

It is our duty to

fight for our freedom.

It is our duty to

fight for our freedom.

It is our duty to win.

It is our duty to win.

We must love and support each other.

We must love and support each other.

We have nothing to

lose but our chains.

We have nothing to

lose but our chains.

The fact is, is that

she tried to run us over.

Those are the facts.

She tried to run at least ten people over.

Right.

Is it any way that we could...

um, fight this whole thing?

Yeah, I think Alexis might have

some sort of justification defense.

I don't know if you got one, Brittany,

as it pertains to hitting the car.

A reasonable person can understand

that you were basically striking the car

to help out the people

who were there anyway

and that it wasn't

necessarily a malicious act,

it was a act just to, you

know, get the woman to stop.

Um, whether or not a

jury will believe that,

and enough to exonerate you, I don't know.

Hmm...

You know a St. Louis

County jury, I don't know.

- Right.

- You know, I don't know.

'Cause they already have their perception on

what this movement is and what the protest is.

- I think so. I think so.

- Yeah.

I think so.

- Well, we'll see you next time.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Okay.

Okay. Let's go.

If I ended up with a felony,

I don't know what I would do.

Just the anxiety that I have

now, I couldn't get out the bed.

Like, I was having panic attacks.

So, I went to the doctor and

she put me on a medication.

Like, it was really starting to

affect my day-to-day activities.

And I still have work to do.

When I look at the police report,

they really focused on making

me look like a villain, you know.

Um...

Let's see...

The female was screaming,

but it seemed more like

tribal chanting than words.

The female then kicked her driver

side door near the driver's window.

Prior to the female

running towards her vehicle,

the protesters were in a

line in front of her vehicle.

However, after the

female ran to her vehicle

a group of about 20 protesters surrounded

S.M.' s vehicle near the

driver and passenger doors.

The protesters started beating

the hood of S.M.' s vehicle.

S.M. stated after they kicked her vehicle,

her vehicle was surrounded

by the protesters.

She was scared the protesters

would pull her out of her vehicle

and start hitting, kicking, or beating her.

Like this is the narrative

of every white person ever.

It's like, oh, in self-defense,

I felt like they were gonna beat me.

So, I don't know.

Yeah, it's some bullshit.

It truly is.

Federal investigators believe

the Ferguson, Missouri Police

Department is racially biased.

Officials say the

justice department probe

found that Ferguson overwhelmingly

charges African Americans

with minor or petty offenses

that cause crippling debt,

loss of homes, and jobs.

The city relies on the police force to

serve essentially as a collection agency.

CBS News asked Ferguson

Police Chief Tom Jackson

whether his department was biased.

There's not a racial problem

in the police department.

A 2008 email by a Ferguson

official saying President Obama

would not be in office long because

"what black man holds a

steady job for four years."

The city and the police chief

Thomas Jackson have agreed to

what they're calling

a mutual separation.

Jackson followed city manager

John Shaw out the door

and Ronald Brockmeyer,

the top judge.

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