Interview with Mayor Bill de Blasio
Laura Coates Live
CNN
3.9 • 2.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All right, thank you very much, Anderson. |
| 0:01.5 | I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Prime Time. |
| 0:04.8 | It is a sad day when we need curfews in our cities. |
| 0:09.6 | America's major cities are filled with people demanding |
| 0:13.4 | this country become more fair, more just, |
| 0:16.5 | and ironically more united. |
| 0:19.1 | Now, too many see the protest as the problem. |
| 0:22.6 | No, the problem is what forced your fellow citizens |
| 0:26.3 | to take to the streets, persistent and poisonous |
| 0:29.6 | inequities and injustice. |
| 0:32.0 | And please, show me where it says the protests |
| 0:34.4 | are supposed to be polite and peaceful, |
| 0:36.8 | because I can show you that outrage citizens |
| 0:39.4 | are the ones who have made America what she is |
| 0:41.6 | and led to any major milestones. |
| 0:44.6 | Be honest, this is not a tranquil time. |
| 0:48.4 | They're not here to make power or you or me comfortable. |
| 0:52.4 | They're here to yell, criticize, blame and shame. |
| 0:57.2 | You don't have to like it. |
| 0:58.7 | But why not focus on remembering the reason |
| 1:01.6 | for the pain that fuels their purpose? |
| 1:05.8 | Police are the ones who are required to be peaceful, |
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