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~~~iENo:<br />

I'VE NEv-~R" DIS.ED IT FROM THE BE~INNING. THE TRIAL EVEN UP 'I'IL<br />

AS WE SPEAK NOW. THS !S THE FIMT TIME I'M REALLY DISCUSSING IT. '!'HE KIDS<br />

DON'T SLEEP. IT'S THE LITTLE NIGHTMARES THAT THEY HAVE WANTING TO KNOW, WELL<br />

IS SOMEBODY COMING TODAY TO GET DADDY AND WHAT FOR. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN?<br />

IT'S HARD ~0 EXPLAIN THAT TO A NINE YEAR OLD AND AN ELEVEN YEAR OLD WHO USED TO<br />

U>O:K UP TO THEIR FATHER. IT'S KIND OF A REVERSED ROLE. THE:Y'S r..IKE, WELL, YOU<br />

KNOW, DAODY 1 S A POLICEMAN. DAOPY'S ALWAYS BElEN ON THE GOOD SIDE AND NOW 'IT'S<br />

LIKE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. AND WHA'l' IS REALLY liARD IS BECAUS! YOU GOT<br />

SOMEBODY LIKE MYSELF WHO I CAN'T, YOU RNOW, EXPLAIN THIS AND I DON'T<br />

UNDERSTAND IT. SO HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO ••• HOW AM I TO EXPLAIN THIS TO THE<br />

CHILDREN? •••• THEN IT GETS DEEPER ..•• WITH THE WIFE. THERE'S BEEN THIS CONSTANT<br />

PULLI~G- APART. AND THERE 1 S PART OF, US SAYING 1 OH WE GOTTA HANG ON; THE OTHER<br />

PART IS I ~'T TAKE IT ANYMORE. I DONT'T SLEEP. SHE CAN'T SLEEP. THE FACT OF<br />

NO INCOME. I HAVE !!ILLS. I'VE HEARD A F:ti:W COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE<br />

PUBLICLY TEAr CERTAIN PEOPLE WITHIN THE PEPARTMENT WERE TAKING CARE OF THE<br />

OFFICERS AND 'I'HEIR FAMILIES. WELL 1 IM HERE TO SAY THAT IT'S NOT SO. AND IP' IT<br />

!S SO, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED A DIME.<br />

JONES: YOU SAI'D YOU~RE ANGRY THAT IT'S ALW~YS.BEEN "FOUR WHITE OFFICERS."<br />

BRISENO:<br />

ALL YOU HAVE 'I'O DO IS PICK tJP ANY NEWS ARTICLE, ANYTHING P'ROM., TH-E<br />

MEOIA 1 I DON'T ~E WHAT MAGAZINE AND WHAT P~PER, IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME THING:<br />

'FOUR WHITE OFFICERS BEAT POOR BLACK MOTORIST.E AND I'M HISPANIC AND NOT WHITE<br />

AND I'M PROUD OF BEING HISPANIC. I DIDN'T BEAT MR. KING. SO I'M TIRED OF BEING<br />

LABELED AND PUSEO IN THERE AS FOt.JR OFFICERS BEAT. THE WORD BEAT - THAT<br />

IRRITATES ME. ANO THE MEOIA'S HAD TIME TO CORRECT ALL THESE THINGS, BUT THEY<br />

DIDN'T. I DID NOT TAKE PART IN A BEA~ING OF ANYONE. AND I THINK THE VIDEO<br />

CLEARLY SHOWS MY PART AND MY ROLE IN IT. AND THAT' S WHAT I THil-tit: IS UPS:Ei'l'TING<br />

ME. I 1 VE: LIVED WITH IT TOO LONG. IT 1 S GONNA BE WII!'H ME THE RES'£ OF MY LIFE.<br />

I'VE BEEN ABSOLUTELY NUMBED BY IT. MY LIFE, MY WIFE, MY CHILDREN, OUR LIVES<br />

HAVE BEEN ALTEru:D. TlJEY:'RE NEVER EVER GONNA BE THE SAME. IT'S WORSF IJ:'HAN A<br />

DEATH IN THE FAMILY. WE'VE SUFFERED LOSSES IN. OUR FAMILIES AND YOU C\N<br />

OVERCOME THAT. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY DAY I WAKE '01?. DAMN IT, WHATS THE<br />

FIRST THING ON MY MINC? THIS TRIAL, WHEN I GO TO :SED AT NIGHT, WHAT'S THE LAST<br />

THING ON lr' MIND? THIS TRIAL. THIS WHOLE 'l'HING .. IT NEVER GOES AWAY.<br />

PRESS CONTACT: TORY BEILINSON, NEWS INFORMATION, 212-G64-615~<br />

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