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Sound of the Police

Definitely, the communitieswe were policing felt there was a presumptionof guilt

[distant sirens wailing] Definitely, the communities
we were policing felt there was a presumption
of guilt

Full Transcript

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[distant sirens wailing]
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Definitely, the communities we were policing felt
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there was a presumption of guilt.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:27:51
Uploaded
Mar 14, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime
Production
Firelight Films,ABC News Studios

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Movie Summary

The fraught relationship between African Americans and the police, often rife with tension, fear, suspicion and hostility on all sides, that fuels the ongoing conflict between African American communities and law enforcement.
[radio chatter] - Sound of the Police 00:20
[radio chatter]
[radio chatter] - Sound of the Police 00:12
[radio chatter]
And if the hair stands up on the back of your neck, - Sound of the Police 00:10
And if the hair stands up on the back of your neck,
DISPATCH: Roger. Your relief is en route. - Sound of the Police 00:05
DISPATCH: Roger. Your relief is en route.
LERONNE: But hunches lead to stopping people - Sound of the Police 00:07
LERONNE: But hunches lead to stopping people
CROWD: [chanting] N, Y, P, D, keep your hands off me. - Sound of the Police 00:05
CROWD: [chanting] N, Y, P, D, keep your hands off me.
AL: When many of us started engaging - Sound of the Police 00:11
AL: When many of us started engaging
[shutters bang] - Sound of the Police 00:06
[shutters bang]
I would not do that in the white community - Sound of the Police 00:10
I would not do that in the white community
[dramatic music playing] - Sound of the Police 00:16
[dramatic music playing]
We were released, and we didn't get a citation, - Sound of the Police 00:08
We were released, and we didn't get a citation,
But you definitely, in that moment, are thinking, - Sound of the Police 00:13
But you definitely, in that moment, are thinking,
Black people have been subject - Sound of the Police 00:14
Black people have been subject
ERIC: My partner and I would go out and enforce - Sound of the Police 00:10
ERIC: My partner and I would go out and enforce
Supervisors are giving us very clear instructions. - Sound of the Police 00:05
Supervisors are giving us very clear instructions.
Enforce everything on everybody within certain communities. - Sound of the Police 00:06
Enforce everything on everybody within certain communities.
It definitely developed an us versus them mindset, - Sound of the Police 00:08
It definitely developed an us versus them mindset,
JAMES: When we try to understand - Sound of the Police 00:13
JAMES: When we try to understand
It's the situations in which we put police. - Sound of the Police 00:06
It's the situations in which we put police.
We train them to fear Black communities. - Sound of the Police 00:07
We train them to fear Black communities.