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(chattering on police radio)

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Let me have your
attention, please.

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There will be a curfew

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starting at 11:00.

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You had Newark, you had Detroit.

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You had cities all
across the country

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up in flames.

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You see, the real
problem with violence,

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is that we have never been
violent.

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We have been too nonviolent.

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Since Newark and Detroit,

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law and order have become
obsessions on Capitol Hill.

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I think America must see

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riots do not develop
out of thin air.

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This was a national crisis.

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Johnson's being faced with
the pressure to do something.

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Creating a
presidential commission

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was, for Johnson,
the best option.

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I want you to be vice-chairman,

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and I don't want you
thinking about it;

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I just want you
to say "Yes, sir."

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Yes, sir.

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The president said to me,

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I want you to remember
you're a Johnson man.

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If you forget it, I'll
cut your blank off.

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He did not say blank.

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The Kerner Commission do an

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extraordinary field
investigation.

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We sent our teams to 23 cities.

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There were mountains of material
that we had to go through.

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It was an eye-opener.

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It really put faces
on these problems.

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They suggested
all sorts of measures

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to promote police
community relations,

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a massive structural
transformation.

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A form of guaranteed
annual income.

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2 million new jobs in government
and private business.

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Every time you appoint one
of these committees,

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you get more than you can do
anything about.

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He refused to accept a copy.

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He refused to thank
the commissioners.

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It would be fatal for the nation

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to overlook the urgency
of the moment.

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There is this problem.

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Let's not sweep
it under the rug.

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This is the first time you
had the government saying

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these problems are systemic.

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And it has remained this

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vitally important document

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that has retained its relevance.

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Johnson said, find the truth,

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and express it in your report.

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That's what we did.