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When Heather Heyer was run down by an automobile
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Mighty Ira

When Heather Heyerwas run down by an automobile, there was literally nota single police...

When Heather Heyer
was run down by an automobile, there was literally not
a single police officer in that vicinity at all

Full Transcript

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When Heather Heyer was run down by an automobile,
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there was literally not a single police officer
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in that vicinity at all.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
01:21:15
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
In our reports, we kept noting, I'm looking around, I'm not seeing any police here. - Mighty Ira 00:05
In our reports, we kept noting, I'm looking around, I&#...
I had officers and the help of the National Guard - Mighty Ira 00:08
I had officers and the help of the National Guard
I guess my question, and I'm not trying to be contentious for the sake of it, - Mighty Ira 00:24
I guess my question, and I'm not trying to be contentio...
Oh, no, no. They... they can feel that, - Mighty Ira 00:08
Oh, no, no. They... they can feel that,
When people burn flags, they got arrested for inciting violence. - Mighty Ira 00:06
When people burn flags, they got arrested for inciting viole...
When people carry guns in a demonstration, - Mighty Ira 00:14
When people carry guns in a demonstration,
Now the difficult question is where does the speech bleed into conduct - Mighty Ira 00:09
Now the difficult question is where does the speech bleed in...
Is it fair to have a concern that if hate speech incites violence - Mighty Ira 00:08
Is it fair to have a concern that if hate speech incites vio...
Well, you know, the... the key phrase there is "incites violence." - Mighty Ira 00:09
Well, you know, the... the key phrase there is "incites...
The police did a poor job of anticipating and protecting speech - Mighty Ira 00:08
The police did a poor job of anticipating and protecting spe...
All right, now. But we're going gonna have a little bit of a traffic tie-up when he's-- - Mighty Ira 00:05
All right, now. But we're going gonna have a little bit...
The police have to be good enough and competent enough - Mighty Ira 00:17
The police have to be good enough and competent enough
[clamoring] - Mighty Ira 00:12
[clamoring]
-Sure. -Which is, do you believe that those protesters - Mighty Ira 00:11
-Sure. -Which is, do you believe that those protesters
I do, and that's not a popular view. And I will tell you why. - Mighty Ira 00:05
I do, and that's not a popular view. And I will tell yo...
Uh, I'm not telling you why it's not a popular view, I think that's obvious. - Mighty Ira 00:05
Uh, I'm not telling you why it's not a popular vie...
But, um, I think once we take away - Mighty Ira 00:11
But, um, I think once we take away
My big concern with losing free speech is who makes the decision, - Mighty Ira 00:10
My big concern with losing free speech is who makes the deci...
And once you set it up so that there's always one group deciding, - Mighty Ira 00:10
And once you set it up so that there's always one group...
Well, what about when we represented the Black Panthers - Mighty Ira 00:06
Well, what about when we represented the Black Panthers