Woke Football, Woke Finance and Woke Policing: What's the difference between a woke football coach and a woke police officer? Alex Blumberg explains what woke policing really means, and why it's time for a refresher on the Fourth Amendment.
00:01:57.000Now, right now, the United States House of Representatives is preparing to vote on a woke finance bill.
00:02:04.000We're going to talk about woke football in this episode, but first, woke policing.
00:02:10.000From Washington State, in alarming yet predictable news, the far-left Supreme Court has ruled that race should be considered when determining the legality of a police stop.
00:02:21.000Justice Mary Yu, who definitely wants you to be sure to know that she is the first Asian, the first Latina, and the first lesbian judge to serve on the Washington Supreme Court,
00:02:34.000We formally recognize what has always been true.
00:02:38.000In interactions with law enforcement, race and ethnicity matter.
00:02:44.000Therefore, courts must consider the race and ethnicity of the alleged seized person as part of the totality of the circumstances when deciding whether there was a seizure.
00:02:57.000In this particular case that presented for review, the suspect, Paula Sum, gave police a false name and date of birth, drove off as law enforcement checked for warrants, and then summarily crashed his car into a nearby yard.
00:03:09.000We're told that Mr. Sum would not have known that after the police determined his car was not stolen, he would be free to leave.
00:03:14.000So it's time for a refresher on the Fourth Amendment.
00:03:18.000The right of people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures shall not be violated.
00:03:35.000Rather than codify a separate, parallel legal process predicated on one's race, America's legal system should treat everyone equally.
00:03:46.000Last I checked, the Equal Protection Clause already applies to everyone.
00:03:50.000Now, some attorneys asked the court to adopt a new standard for illegal seizures that included whether or not a, quote, reasonable person observing an arrest is familiar with patterns of policing in America and the risks a person of color takes in walking away from or disregarding police interaction.
00:04:11.000That was the Washington Supreme Court's principle holding.
00:04:16.000They agreed with that argument, that it's about race first, that we don't treat people equally.
00:04:22.000I thought Lady Justice was supposed to be blind to these things, certainly blind to race.
00:04:27.000I think it's safe to say that any notion of, like, an activist leftist judge is entirely proven by this decision because it certainly wasn't fact-based.
00:04:39.000I will, as a member of the Judiciary Committee, always stand up for race-neutral laws and the application of our law totally disregarding the color of your skin or where you come from.
00:04:52.000In America, people deserve to be treated equally.
00:04:55.000And it's crazy that the Supreme Court of Washington State thinks otherwise.
00:04:59.000But woveness is not just in policing, it is also in football.
00:05:03.000As I promised, Yahoo Sports has reported that Ron Rivera, coach of the Washington Redskins, or whatever they're choosing to call themselves these days,
00:05:11.000he just fined their defensive coordinator, Jack Del Rio, a $100,000 fine for comments Del Rio made comparing the January 6th protest to the George Floyd riots in the summer of 2020.
00:07:04.000When's the last time the Washington team was even successful in the playoffs in the NFC?
00:07:09.000I can't even think of like the last time.
00:07:11.000I guess Cousins was a decently good quarterback, but it ain't exactly like they've been crushing it in the capital city in football.
00:07:18.000Coach Del Rio's comments were perfectly respectful, and he was within his rights as an American to speak his mind.
00:07:24.000You don't surrender the Constitution because you go work for the NFL, especially when they're choosing wokeness.
00:07:29.000What he said was hardly offensive to anyone, but because he committed wrong think, he's $100,000 lighter in his bank account and at risk of losing his job.
00:07:39.000The president of the NAACP literally called for Jack Del Rio to be fired over this.
00:07:46.000Where is the NAACP and the NFL when their athletes are beating women?
00:07:52.000We haven't forgotten about these incidents.
00:07:54.000This is now Aaron Hernandez's new reality, the medium security facility here behind me, where he woke up in a jail cell this morning charged with murder.
00:08:05.000Your Honor, the defendant is charged with the murder of Odin Lloyd.
00:08:09.000The 23-year-old former New England Patriot tight end stood handcuffed in a T-shirt as prosecutors laid out the case against him.
00:08:16.000Six charges in all, including the murder of his associate and semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.
00:08:22.000Police in Oakland, Florida now issuing a warrant for Zachary Stacey's arrest.
00:08:26.000Again, we have to warn you, the video is extremely disturbing.
00:08:30.000Stacey is seen punching his ex-girlfriend Kristen Evans twice in the head before picking her up and throwing her into the TV, causing that to fall over.
00:08:39.00030-year-old Stacey played in the NFL with the New York Jets and the St. Louis Rams.
00:08:43.000Evans filed for a restraining order against him, claiming he's been abusing her since she became pregnant with his baby last year.
00:08:49.000TMZ Sports obtained the video that reveals everything that happened between Ray Rice and then-fiancee Janae Palmer at an Atlantic City Casino back in February.
00:08:58.000So what happened is the two of them were clearly arguing outside the elevator.
00:09:13.000NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell did suspend Rice for two games.
00:09:18.000The punishment was preposterously low, which the NFL has come out and admitted that it was way too low.
00:09:22.000So maybe an organization that continues to produce alums of that organization that are serial killers and wife beaters and people who would harm pregnant women should be focused on things other than the political free expression of a defensive coordinator on the Washington team.
00:09:42.000The left and their cronies are just sending the message that if you speak up, if you question the narrative, that they will ruin you.
00:09:51.000But we know most Americans feel the exact same way as Jack Del Rio.
00:09:55.000In fact, some on our live stream are saying he should sue the NFL.