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00:00One police officer can affect the credibility of a department, of a city.
00:14One police officer can have an impact on this whole country.
00:17This police department has a history that we have to own up to.
00:32It's our legacy.
00:35I don't want bad cops here, period.
00:39I don't need them.
00:41They can go.
00:43Justice!
00:43Justice!
00:44No!
00:45This is the fourth shooting in two months by the Oakland Police Department of black men.
00:51We don't know the story.
00:52Don't nobody know the story of what happened, what's going on.
01:00Pinsyism, 1922.
01:04Panicking on the pressure will get you dead.
01:07You have one chance to get a right.
01:08What do you think the role of body cameras are?
01:23What do you think the role of body cameras are?
01:37In this case, it seems like they're being used to show your narrative of a certain situation.
01:42What else are they going to ask?
01:44I want some justice, I want some peace, and I want to know the real story.
01:48Oakland, California's police force is reeling.
01:53Officers allegedly engaging in sexual misconduct talk about a bombshell.
01:58As the mayor of Oakland, I am here to run a police department, not a frat house.
02:04How can we stay in our houses? How can we stay silent?
02:09They covered up corruption.
02:11Who are you going to be?
02:16Are you going to be the cop that people talk about?
02:18The dirty cop that does things that he shouldn't do?
02:21What's your legacy going to be?