This Week with George Stephanopoulos – August 17, 2014

Host:

Martha Raddatz

Correspondents:

Steve Osunsami

Terry Moran

Guests:

Gov. Jay Nixon (D-MO)

Cedric Alexander – National Association 
for Black Law Enforcement

Anthony Gray – Brown Family Attorney

Brendon Hart

Alvin Ransom

Rev. Willis Johnson

Col. Steve Ganyard

Raddatz: good morning I'm in Ferguson

where shockingly there is still unrest

in spite of government-imposed curfew

Osunsami: there was violence

even after citizens were ordered

to stay off the streets after midnight

Raddatz: no!

Osunsami: that day police said they would

back off but then used tear gas

after someone was shot by a protester

Raddatz: oh my

Osunsami: also there was looting and

citizens of the town yelled at Governor Nixon

Raddatz: aw leave jay nixon alone

Osunsami: then police released video

of the shooting victim supposedly

committed a robbery

Raddatz: what should happen there now?

Osunsami: more communication 
between police and public and by 
more I mean any at all

[ break ]

Raddatz: good morning Governor –

what the hell is going on in Missouri?

Nixon: it's sad that a young man

died and apparently that touched

a nerve with some people

Raddatz: was putting out that

surveillance video a good idea?

Nixon: no and I want to say we were totally unaware they would do that

Raddatz: you're really on the ball there

Nixon: it was not smart and smeared

a kid the police had just shot and killed

Raddatz: that sounds about right

Nixon: I'm very proud of the police

and the community with what happened

last night with only a few arrests and

only person was shot

Raddatz: Truly it's a paradise

Nixon: yep everything is Ferguson is fine now

Raddatz: you seem incredibly 
incompetent Governor

Nixon: hey I'm the one who tossed

out the local cops and brought in

the highway patrol

Raddatz: okay but why are Missouri

cops dressed like ISIS?

Nixon: I was thunderstruck by that too Martha

Raddatz: oh were you now?

Nixon: yes that's why I brought in that

black highway cop who is from Ferguson

Raddatz: why do Missouri police seem

to hate the citizens of the state

Nixon: yes rolling in like an invading

army seems like overkill

Raddatz: thanks for coming Governor

[ break ]

Raddatz: I walked the streets of

Ferguson with St. Louis Alderman

and local folk hero Antonio French

French: I took videos of the police 
and got arrested

Raddatz: what went wrong in Ferguson?

French: Michael Brown got shot

and then cops showed with helmets

and dogs and amazingly that

didn't calm things down

Raddatz: the Chief of Police asked

you come here and help fix this clusterfuck

Alexander: yes he admitted to me that

they completely fucked things up here

Raddatz: I noticed that all the

police but one are white people

Alexander: yes people in the community

have noticed this as well Martha

Raddatz: it seems like they have

some big problems here

Alexander: yes they do Martha

[ break ]

Raddatz: what does the family want?

Gray: calm and peace

Raddatz: what was their reaction

to the release of the videotape?

Gray: they were very disturbed and

they never even authenticated it

Raddatz: what should investigators

do that they are not doing?

Alexander: well they are so secretive

no one knows what they are doing

Raddatz: good point

Alexander: but it would be good if

they conducted a fair and impartial investigation

[ break ]

Raddatz: you said you are very angry

Hart: yes it's hard because there

are a lot of dirty cops out there

Raddatz: what do you mean by dirty cops?

Hart: they pull your over and slam

you down on the hood of the car

Raddatz: what about this alleged robbery?

Hart: it's not the point – he was

shot with his hands up

Raddatz: do you behave in a

way to keep you safe

Ransom: yes but that's no

guarantee against being shot

Raddatz: what would you do if

you saw police coming toward you

Ransom: I hope that would never

happen because I think I might get shot

Raddatz: Reverend you spoke

to an angry young man

Johnson: I said we need you

and don't get mad and give

them what they want

Raddatz: what happened in Ferguson?

Hart: the community come together 
to fight for justice

Johnson: be the change you hope to see

[ break ]

Raddatz: what's going on in Iraq

Moran: the US is trying to get the

Mosul dam back from ISIS

Raddatz: wow

Moran: but 1/3 of Iraq is under

control of ISIS and they are terrifying

Moran: the Yazidis are still

threatened as well

Ganyard: we've seen some amazing

victories for US air power – we've saved

Erbil and now protecting Mosul

Raddatz: that's good

Ganyard: but bombs can't defeat an

ideology and it's up to the people

of Iraq to take their country back

Raddatz: can they do that?

Ganyard: no

Raddatz: we're using our old

weapons to destroy our old weapons

Ganyard: yes we spent a decade training

the Iraqi army and at the first challenge

they turned and fled and the US weapons

we gave them fell into ISIS hands

Raddatz: criminy