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Melvin Russell: I love being a police officer, but we need reform
Melvin Rasel (Melvin Russell): Volim što sam policajac, ali potrebna nam je reforma
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Toliko smo uložili u policijske odseke kao zaštitnike, da smo zaboravili šta znači služiti našim zajednicama, kako kaže policajac Baltimora, poručnik Melvin Rasel. To je dovelo do hladnokrvnosti i žuljevitosti i dovođenja neljudskosti u policiju. Nakon što je postao komandir okruga jednog od najgorih susedstva u Baltimoru, Rasel je institucionalizovao niz reformi usmerenih ka vraćanju poverenja zajednice i smanjivanju stope kriminala. "Policija je u krizi", govori on, "Ali nije prekasno za sve nas da napravimo naše gradove i naciju da budu opet veliki."
Melvin Russell - Chief of the Community Partnership Division, Baltimore Police Department
Melvin Russell is bringing stakeholders together to work toward the common goal of peace and prosperity for Baltimore City. Full bio
Melvin Russell is bringing stakeholders together to work toward the common goal of peace and prosperity for Baltimore City. Full bio
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00:12
I have been a police officer
for a very, very long time.
for a very, very long time.
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Ja sam bio policajac dugo vremena.
00:15
And you see these notes in my hand
because I'm also a black preacher.
because I'm also a black preacher.
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I vidite ove beleške u mojoj rugi
jer sam takođe crni propovednik.
jer sam takođe crni propovednik.
00:21
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
00:23
And if you know anything
about black preachers,
about black preachers,
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I ako znate nešto o crnim propovedačima,
00:25
we'll close, and then we'll keep
going for another 20 minutes.
going for another 20 minutes.
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mi ćemo završiti pa nastaviti dalje
još nekih 20 minuta.
još nekih 20 minuta.
00:28
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
00:29
So I need this to keep
pushing this thing forward.
pushing this thing forward.
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Zato mi ovo treba da bih nastavio dalje.
00:31
I've been a police officer
for a very long time,
for a very long time,
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Ja sam bio policajac jako dugo vremena,
00:34
and I mean I predated technology.
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ja sam prethodio tehnologiji.
00:35
I'm talking about before pagers.
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Pričamo o vremenu pre pejdžera.
00:37
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
00:38
Laugh if you want to,
but I'm telling the truth.
but I'm telling the truth.
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Smejte se ako želite,
ali ja govorim istinu.
ali ja govorim istinu.
00:41
I predate War on Our Fellow Man --
I mean, War on Drugs.
I mean, War on Drugs.
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Ja prethodim ratu protiv naših bližnjih,
mislim, ratu protiv droga.
mislim, ratu protiv droga.
00:45
I predate all of that.
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Prethodim svemu tome.
00:47
I predate so much
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Prethodim toliko,
00:49
and I've been through ebbs and flows
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prošao sam kroz plime i oseke
00:50
and I've been through good and bad times,
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i prošao sam kroz dobra i loša vremena,
00:53
and still I absolutely love
being a police officer.
being a police officer.
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i dalje definitivno volim
što sam policajac.
što sam policajac.
00:58
I love being a police officer
because it's always been a calling for me
because it's always been a calling for me
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Volim da budem policajac jer je to
uvek bio moj poziv,
uvek bio moj poziv,
01:01
and never a job.
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a nikad posao.
01:04
And even with that,
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Čak i s tim,
01:06
my personal truth is that
law enforcement is in a crisis.
law enforcement is in a crisis.
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moja lična tajna jeste
da je policija u krizi.
da je policija u krizi.
01:11
It's an invisible crisis,
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U nevidljivoj krizi,
01:13
and it has been for many, many years.
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i to mnogo, mnogo godina.
01:16
Even though we in law enforcement say,
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Iako mi u policiji govorimo:
01:18
"You know what?
We can't arrest our way out of this."
We can't arrest our way out of this."
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"Znate šta? Ne možemo da se iz ovog
izvučemo hapšenjem."
izvučemo hapšenjem."
01:23
We say in law enforcement things like,
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U policiji govorimo stvari poput:
01:25
"Yeah, it's illegal to profile."
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"Protivzakonito je opisivati nekog."
01:28
You know what?
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Znate šta?
01:29
In law enforcement, we even agree
that we have to adopt this thinking
that we have to adopt this thinking
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U policiji mi se slažemo da moramo
prihvatiti ovo razmišljanje
prihvatiti ovo razmišljanje
i postanemo više orijentisani ka tome
da postanemo policija zajednice.
da postanemo policija zajednice.
01:32
and become more oriented
to community policing.
to community policing.
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01:34
And yet all the while, still,
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I čak stalno, i dalje,
01:37
we continue in the same vein,
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nastavljamo istu stvar,
01:39
the same vein that contradicts
everything that we just admitted.
everything that we just admitted.
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istu stvar koja protivreči svemu
što smo upravo priznali.
što smo upravo priznali.
01:45
And so that's the reason for me,
several years ago.
several years ago.
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I to je moj razlog, pre više godina.
01:48
Because I was tired of the racism,
I was tired of discrimination,
I was tired of discrimination,
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Bio sam umoran od rasizma,
od diskriminacije,
od diskriminacije,
01:51
I was tired of the "-isms"
and the schisms.
and the schisms.
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umoran od -anja i -acija.
01:54
I was just so tired.
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Bio sam toliko umoran.
01:55
I was tired of the vicious cycle,
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Bio sam umoran od ukletog kruga,
01:58
and I was tired of it even
in the beloved agency
in the beloved agency
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bio sam umoran čak i u voljenoj agenciji
02:01
in the department that I still love today.
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u odeljenju koje volim i dan danas.
02:04
And so my wife and I, we sat down
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Moja žena i ja smo seli,
02:06
and we decided and we targeted
a date that we would retire.
a date that we would retire.
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odlučili smo i odredili datum
kada ćemo ići u penziju.
kada ćemo ići u penziju.
Mi bismo se penzionisali,
ja bih otišao ka zalasku sunca,
ja bih otišao ka zalasku sunca,
02:10
We would retire and I would
go off into the sunset,
go off into the sunset,
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možda bih se bavio propovedanjem stalno,
voleo bih ženu mnogo.
voleo bih ženu mnogo.
02:12
maybe do ministry full time,
love my wife a long time.
love my wife a long time.
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02:15
Y'all know what I'm talking about.
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Znate o čemu pričam.
02:17
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
02:18
But we decided that I would retire.
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Odlučili smo da ću se penzionisati.
02:20
But then there was a higher power than I.
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Onda je došla veća moć od mene.
02:24
There was a love for the city
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Postojala je ljubav prema gradu
02:27
that I loved, that I grew up in,
that I was educated in --
that I was educated in --
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koji sam voleo, u kom sam odrastao,
u kom sam se obrazovao,
u kom sam se obrazovao,
02:30
a city that pulled my heart
back into the system.
back into the system.
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grad koji mi je vratio srce u sistem.
Zato se nismo penzionisali.
02:34
So we didn't retire.
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02:36
We didn't retire
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Nismo se penzionisali
02:38
and so what happened was,
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i desilo se
02:40
over the next -- I would say,
18 months, 19 months,
18 months, 19 months,
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u narednih nekoliko
recimo 18 meseci, 19 meseci,
recimo 18 meseci, 19 meseci,
02:45
I had this passion to implement
some radical policing.
some radical policing.
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imao sam strast da implementiram
radikalno održavanje reda i mira.
radikalno održavanje reda i mira.
02:49
And so now, over the next 19 months,
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U narednih 19 meseci
02:51
I shifted, and I transcended
from being a drug sergeant --
from being a drug sergeant --
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prebacio sam se i napredovao
od policijskog narednika za drogu
od policijskog narednika za drogu
spremnog da se penzioniše
kao policijski narednik za drogu
kao policijski narednik za drogu
02:56
ready to retire as a drug sergeant --
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02:58
and went from level to level to level,
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i išao do nivoa do nivoa do nivoa
03:00
until I find myself
as a district commander,
as a district commander,
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dok se nisam našao kao komandir okruga,
03:03
commander of the worst district
in Baltimore city.
in Baltimore city.
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komandir najgoreg okruga
u gradu Baltimoru.
u gradu Baltimoru.
03:06
We call it the Eastern District,
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Zovemo ga Istočni okrug,
03:08
the most violent district,
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okrug sa najviše nasilja,
03:09
the most impoverished district --
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najsiromašniji okrug,
03:11
46 percent unemployment in that district.
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46% nezaposlenosti u tom okrugu.
03:16
National rating at that time,
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Nacionalna procena u to vreme,
03:18
national rating, the AIDS
and the tuberculosis [rating],
and the tuberculosis [rating],
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nacionalna procena side i tuberkuloze
03:21
was always on the top 10 list
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uvek je bila u top 10 listi
03:23
for zip codes for cities
across the nation,
across the nation,
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za poštanske brojeve gradova širom zemlje
ili samo poštanske brojeve kroz zemlju.
03:26
or just zip codes across the nation.
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03:28
The top 10 -- I didn't say state,
I didn't say city --
I didn't say city --
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Top 10, ne govorim o državi,
ne govorim o gradu
ne govorim o gradu
03:31
that little neighborhood.
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nego o tom malom susedstvu.
03:33
And I said, you know what?
We gotta do something different.
We gotta do something different.
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I rekao sam, znate šta?
Moramo da uradimo nešto drugačije.
Moramo da uradimo nešto drugačije.
Moramo uraditi nešto drugačije.
Moramo radikalno misliti.
Moramo radikalno misliti.
03:36
We gotta do something different.
We gotta think radical.
We gotta think radical.
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03:39
We gotta think outside the box.
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Moramo misliti šire.
03:41
And so in order to bring change
that I desperately wanted
that I desperately wanted
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I kako bih napravio promenu
koju sam očajnički želeo,
koju sam očajnički želeo,
03:44
and I desperately felt in my heart,
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koju sam očajnički osećao u srcu,
03:46
I had to start listening
to that inner spirit.
to that inner spirit.
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morao sam da počnem da slušam
taj unutrašnji duh.
taj unutrašnji duh.
03:48
I had to start listening
to that man on the inside
to that man on the inside
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Morao sam počnem slušati čoveka iznutra
03:50
that went against everything
that I had been trained to do.
that I had been trained to do.
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koji je išao protiv svega
što sam bio naučen da radim.
što sam bio naučen da radim.
03:54
But we still did it.
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Ali smo svejedno to uradili.
03:56
We still did it because we listened
to that inner spirit,
to that inner spirit,
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Svejedno smo to uradili
jer smo slušali unutrašnji duh,
jer smo slušali unutrašnji duh,
03:58
because I realized this:
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zato što sam shvatio
04:00
if I was to see real police reform
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ukoliko želim da vidim
prave promene u policiji
prave promene u policiji
04:04
in the communities that I had
authority over for public safety,
authority over for public safety,
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u zajednicama nad kojima sam imao vlast
za javnu bezbednost,
za javnu bezbednost,
04:08
we had to change our stinkin' thinkin'.
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morali smo da promenimo
naše loše razmišljanje.
naše loše razmišljanje.
Morali smo to da promenimo.
04:12
We had to change it.
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04:13
And so what we did
is we started to think holistically
is we started to think holistically
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Počeli smo da razmišljamo
u holističkom smislu,
u holističkom smislu,
04:16
and not paramilitarily.
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a ne u paravojnom.
04:18
So we thought differently.
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Tako da smo mislili drugačije.
04:20
And we started to realize
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I počeli smo da shvatamo
04:22
that it could never be
and never should have been
and never should have been
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da nikad neće moći
i da nikad nije smelo da bude
i da nikad nije smelo da bude
04:24
us versus them.
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mi protiv njih.
Tako sam došao na tu raskrsnicu
04:26
And so I decided to come
to that intersection
to that intersection
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gde sam mogao da upoznam sve slojeve,
sve rase, sve veroispovesti, sve boje
sve rase, sve veroispovesti, sve boje
04:29
where I could meet all classes,
all races, all creeds, all colors;
all races, all creeds, all colors;
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04:32
where I would meet the businesses
and the faith-based,
and the faith-based,
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gde bih upoznao
poslovanja i verske grupe,
poslovanja i verske grupe,
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and the eds, the meds,
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najbolje i srednje
04:36
and I would meet all the people
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i upoznao bih sve ljude
04:37
that made up the communities
that I had authority over.
that I had authority over.
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koji su činili zajednicu
nad kojom sam ja imao vlast.
nad kojom sam ja imao vlast.
04:41
So I met them and I began to listen.
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I tako sam ih upoznao i počeo da slušam.
04:43
See, police have a problem.
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Vidite, policija ima problem.
04:44
Off the top, we want to bring
things into the community
things into the community
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Mi želimo sa vrha
da donesemo ljudima stvari
da donesemo ljudima stvari
04:47
and come up with these extravagant
strategies and deployments,
strategies and deployments,
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i smislimo ove ekstravagantne
strategije i razvijanja,
strategije i razvijanja,
ali nikada ne razgovaramo
sa zajednicom o njima.
sa zajednicom o njima.
04:50
but we never talk
to the community about them.
to the community about them.
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04:52
And we shove them into the community
and say, "Take that."
and say, "Take that."
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I gurnemo ih u zajednicu
i kažemo im: "Uzmite to".
i kažemo im: "Uzmite to".
Rekli smo da moramo da se otarasimo
tog lošeg razmišljanja,
tog lošeg razmišljanja,
04:55
But we said we'd get rid
of that stinkin' thinkin',
of that stinkin' thinkin',
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pa smo razgovarali sa zajednicama.
04:58
so we talked to our communities.
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04:59
We said, "This is your community table.
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Rekli smo: "Ovo je vaš sto zajednice.
05:01
We'll pull up a chair.
We want to hear from you.
We want to hear from you.
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Privući ćemo stolicu.
Hoćemo da čujemo šta mislite.
Hoćemo da čujemo šta mislite.
05:03
What's going to work in your community?"
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Šta će funkcionisati u vašoj zajednici?"
05:05
And then some great things
started to happen.
started to happen.
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I tad su počele da se događaju
neke odlične stvari.
neke odlične stvari.
05:08
See, here's the thing:
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Vidite u čemu je stvar,
05:09
I had to figure out a way to shift
130 cops that were under my tutelage
130 cops that were under my tutelage
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morao sam da smislim način da promenim
130 policajaca pod mojim nadzorom
130 policajaca pod mojim nadzorom
05:15
from being occupiers of communities
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od toga da budu okupatori zajednice
05:17
to being partners.
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do toga da budu partneri.
Morao sam da smislim kako to da uradim.
05:19
I had to figure out how to do that.
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05:21
Because here's the crazy thing:
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Evo u čemu je luda stvar,
05:23
in law enforcement, we have evolved
into something incredible.
into something incredible.
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kao policija, evoluirali smo
u nešto neverovatno.
u nešto neverovatno.
05:26
Listen, we have become great protectors.
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Slušajte, postali smo veliki zaštitnici.
05:28
We know how to protect you.
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Znamo kako da vas zaštitimo.
05:30
But we have exercised that arm
so much, so very much.
so much, so very much.
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Ali smo vežbali tu ruku toliko
05:34
If I was a natural police department
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da ako bih ja bio živi odsek policije
05:38
and I represented a police department,
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i da predstavljam odsek policije
05:40
you would see this incredible,
beautiful, 23-inch arm.
beautiful, 23-inch arm.
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vi biste videli ovu neverovatnu
prelepu ruku od 58cm.
prelepu ruku od 58cm.
05:42
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:45
It's pretty, ain't it? It's cut up.
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Zar nije lepa? Isklesana je.
Nema sala na njoj, izgleda tako dobro.
Samo izgleda tako dobro!
Samo izgleda tako dobro!
05:48
No fat on it. Mmm it look good.
It just look good!
It just look good!
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05:51
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
05:53
That's a great arm -- protection!
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To je odlična ruka - zaštita!
05:55
That's who we are, but we've exercised
it so much sometimes
it so much sometimes
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To smo mi ali smo vežbali sa njom
tako puno ponekad
tako puno ponekad
05:59
that it has led to abuse.
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da je dovela do zloupotrebe.
06:02
It's led to coldness and callousness
and dehumanized us.
and dehumanized us.
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Dovela je do hladnoće i bezosećajnosti
i načinila nas neljudskim.
i načinila nas neljudskim.
06:06
And we've forgotten
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I zaboravili smo
06:08
the mantra across this nation
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mantru širom nacije,
06:09
is to protect and serve.
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da štitimo i služimo.
06:12
Y'all don't know that? Protect and serve.
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Ne znate to? Štitimo i služimo?
06:14
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
06:15
So you look at the other arm,
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Onda pogledate drugu ruku i onda
06:16
and then you look at it
and ... there it is.
and ... there it is.
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pogledate je i... eto tu je.
06:18
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
06:20
You know, it's kinda weak.
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Znate, nekako je nejaka.
06:22
It looks sickly.
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Deluje bolešljivo.
06:24
It's withering and it's dying
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Vene i umire,
06:27
because we've invested so much
in our protective arm.
in our protective arm.
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zato što smo uložili toliko
u našu zaštitničku ruku.
u našu zaštitničku ruku.
06:31
But we forgot to treat our communities
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Ali smo zaboravili
da tretiramo naše zajednice
da tretiramo naše zajednice
06:34
like they're our customers;
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kao da su naše mušterije,
06:36
like they're our sons and daughters,
our brothers and sisters,
our brothers and sisters,
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kao da su nam sinovi, ćerke,
braća i sestre,
braća i sestre,
06:39
our mothers and fathers.
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majke i očevi.
06:40
And so somehow, along the way,
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I nekako, usput,
06:42
we've gotten out of balance.
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ispali smo iz ravnoteže.
06:44
And because we are a proud profession,
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I zato što smo ponosna profesija,
06:47
it is very hard for us to look
in the mirror and see our mistakes.
in the mirror and see our mistakes.
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teško je da se pogledamo u ogledalo
i uvidimo svoje greške.
i uvidimo svoje greške.
06:51
It's even harder to make a change.
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Još teže je da se načini promena.
06:53
And so, as I try to hurry
and get through this,
and get through this,
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I tako, kako pokušavam
da se ubrzam i prođem kroz ovo,
da se ubrzam i prođem kroz ovo,
06:57
I need to say this:
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moram da kažem ovo,
06:58
it's not just law enforcement, though.
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ipak nije u pitanju samo policija.
07:00
Because every one of us
makes up a community.
makes up a community.
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Svako od nas čini zajendicu.
07:03
Everybody makes up a community.
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Svako čini zajednicu.
07:05
And as communities -- can I say this? --
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A kao zajednice - mogu li da kažem ovo -
07:07
we have put too much responsibility
on law enforcement.
on law enforcement.
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stavili smo previše odgovornosti
na policiju.
na policiju.
07:12
Too much.
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Previše.
07:13
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
07:18
And then we have the audacity
and the nerve to get upset
and the nerve to get upset
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I onda imamo smelosti i hrabrosti
da se uznemirimo
da se uznemirimo
07:21
with law enforcement
when we take action.
when we take action.
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zbog policije kada preduzmemo nešto.
07:24
There is no way in the world
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Nema šanse
07:26
that we, as a community,
should be calling the police
should be calling the police
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da mi, kao zajednica
treba da nazovemo policiju
treba da nazovemo policiju
07:30
for kids playing ball in the street.
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zbog dece koja se igraju loptom na ulici.
Nema šanse da ćemo zvati policiju
07:34
No way in the world that we
should be calling the police
should be calling the police
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zato što je komšijina muzika preglasna,
07:36
because my neighbor's
music is up too loud,
music is up too loud,
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zato što je njegov pas došao u moju baštu
i obavio veliku i malu nuždu,
i obavio veliku i malu nuždu,
07:38
because his dog came over
to my yard and did a number two;
to my yard and did a number two;
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07:41
there's no way we should
be calling the police.
be calling the police.
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nema šanse da treba da nazovemo policiju.
07:44
But we have surrendered
so much of our responsibility.
so much of our responsibility.
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Ali smo predali toliko odgovornosti.
07:46
Listen, when I was a little boy
coming up in Baltimore --
coming up in Baltimore --
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Slušajte, kad sam bio dete
koje je raslo u Baltimoru
koje je raslo u Baltimoru
07:50
and listen, we played
rough in the street --
rough in the street --
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i slušajte, igrali smo se grubo na ulici,
07:52
I ain't never see the police
come and break us up.
come and break us up.
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nikad nisam video policajca
da je došao i razdvojio nas.
da je došao i razdvojio nas.
07:55
You know who came? It was the elders.
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Znate ko je dolazio? Stariji ljudi.
07:56
It was the parental figures
in the community.
in the community.
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To su bile roditeljske uloge u zajednici.
07:59
It was those guardians,
it was that village mentality.
it was that village mentality.
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To su bili čuvari,
to je bilo seoski mentalitet.
to je bilo seoski mentalitet.
08:02
They came and said, "Stop that!"
and "Do this." and "Stop that."
and "Do this." and "Stop that."
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Došli bi i rekli:
"Prestanite to da radite!"
"Prestanite to da radite!"
i "Uradite ovo" i "Prekinite to".
08:05
We had mentors throughout
all of the community.
all of the community.
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Imali smo mentore kroz čitavu zajednicu.
08:09
So it takes all of us, all of us.
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Zato smo svi potrebni. Svi.
08:12
And when I say community,
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Kada kažem zajednice,
08:13
I'm talking about everything
that makes up a community, even --
that makes up a community, even --
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govorim o svemu
što čini zajednicu, čak i -
što čini zajednicu, čak i -
slušajte, zato što sam propovednik,
veoma sam strog prema crkvama
veoma sam strog prema crkvama
08:16
listen, because I'm a preacher,
I'm very hard on the churches,
I'm very hard on the churches,
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08:19
because I believe the churches
too often have become MIA,
too often have become MIA,
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zato što verujem da su crkve previše često
08:22
missing in action.
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nestale u akciji.
08:23
I believe they have shifted
over the last 10, 20 years
over the last 10, 20 years
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verujem da su se promenile
u poslednjih 10, 20 godina
u poslednjih 10, 20 godina
od toga da su bile crkve zajednice,
08:26
from being community churches,
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08:27
where you walk outside your door,
round the corner and you're in church.
round the corner and you're in church.
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gde možete da izađete iz kuće
i da iza ugla imate crkvu,
i da iza ugla imate crkvu,
08:31
They shifted from that and became
commuter churches.
commuter churches.
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od toga su se promenile
i postale udaljene crkve.
i postale udaljene crkve.
08:34
So you now have churches who have
become disconnected by default
become disconnected by default
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I sada imate crkve
koje su postale udaljene
koje su postale udaljene
08:38
from the very community
where they're planted.
where they're planted.
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od same zajednice gde su postavljene.
08:42
And they don't take care
of that community.
of that community.
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I ne vode brigu o toj zajednici.
08:45
I could go on and on,
but I really need to wrap this up.
but I really need to wrap this up.
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Mogu da nastavim o ovome večno,
ali moram da završim.
ali moram da završim.
08:47
Community and policing:
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Zajednica i policijski režim,
08:50
we've all lost that precious gift,
and I call it relational equity.
and I call it relational equity.
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svi smo izgubili taj dar,
i to nazivam odnosima pravičnosti.
i to nazivam odnosima pravičnosti.
08:55
We've lost it with one another.
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Izgubili smo jedno za drugim.
08:57
It's not somebody else's fault --
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Nije niko drugi kriv,
08:59
it's all of our fault.
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za sve smo to mi krivi.
09:01
We all take responsibility in this.
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Svi imamo odgovornost u ovome.
09:03
But I say this: it's not too late
for all of us to build our cities
for all of us to build our cities
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Ali govorim ovo, nije prekasno za sve nas
da stvaramo naše gradove
da stvaramo naše gradove
i ovu naciju da je napravimo velikom opet.
09:06
and nation to make it great again.
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09:08
It is never too late.
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Nikad nije kasno.
09:09
It is never too late.
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Nikad nije prekasno.
09:11
You see, after three years
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Vidite, posle tri godine
09:12
of my four-and-a-half-year
commandship in that district,
commandship in that district,
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od moje četiri i po godine
službe u tom okrugu,
službe u tom okrugu,
09:16
three years in,
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tri godine u tome
09:17
after putting pastors
in the car with my police
in the car with my police
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posle stavljanja sveštenika
u kola sa mojom policijom
u kola sa mojom policijom
09:19
because I knew this --
it's a little secret --
it's a little secret --
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pošto sam znao ovo, to je mala tajna,
09:22
I knew this:
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zato što sam znao da
09:23
it was hard to stay a nasty police officer
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bilo je teško ostati gadan policajac
09:26
while you're riding around
with a clergy.
with a clergy.
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dok se družite sa sveštenstvom.
09:28
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
09:30
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
09:38
You'd be getting in and out of the car,
looking to your right, talking about:
looking to your right, talking about:
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Znate izlazili biste iz kola,
pogledali desno i rekli:
pogledali desno i rekli:
09:42
"Father, forgive me, for I have sinned,"
all day long -- you can't do it!
all day long -- you can't do it!
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"Oče oprosti mi, jer sam grešio"
ceo dan ali ne možete!
ceo dan ali ne možete!
09:45
So we came up with some
incredible initiatives,
incredible initiatives,
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Pa smo smislili neverovatne inicijative,
09:47
engagements for our community
and police to build that trust back.
and police to build that trust back.
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obaveze za našu zajednicu i policiju
kako bismo povratili to poverenje.
kako bismo povratili to poverenje.
Počeli smo da se bavimo našom omladinom
09:51
We began to deal with our youth
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09:52
and with those who we consider
are on the wrong side of the fence.
are on the wrong side of the fence.
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sa onim za koje smo mislili
da su na pogrešnoj strani ograde.
da su na pogrešnoj strani ograde.
Znali smo da imamo ekonomski problem,
09:56
We knew we had an economic problem,
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pa smo počeli da stvaramo poslove.
09:57
so we began to create jobs.
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09:59
We knew there was sickness
in our community
in our community
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Znali smo da postoji
bolest u našoj zajednici
bolest u našoj zajednici
10:01
and they didn't have access
to proper medical care,
to proper medical care,
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i da nisu imali pristup
odgovarajućoj medicinskoj nezi
odgovarajućoj medicinskoj nezi
10:04
so we'd partner up.
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zato smo se zbližili.
10:05
We got to that intersection
and partnered up
and partnered up
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Došli smo do te raskrsnice i zbližili se
10:07
with anybody that wanted
to partner with us
to partner with us
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sa svima koji su hteli
da se zbliže sa nama
da se zbliže sa nama
10:09
and talked about
what we needed holistically,
what we needed holistically,
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i pričali o tome šta nam treba
u holističkom smislu,
u holističkom smislu,
10:11
never thinking about the crime.
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nikad nismo mislili o kriminalu.
10:13
Because at the end of the day,
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Jer na kraju dana,
10:14
if we took care
of the needs of the people,
of the needs of the people,
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ako zbrinemo potrebe ljudi,
10:16
if we got to the root cause,
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ako dođemo do korena problema,
10:19
the crime would take care of itself.
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kriminal će se sam rešiti.
10:22
It would take care of itself.
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Sam će se rešiti.
10:24
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
10:29
And so, after three years
of a four-and-a-half-year stint,
of a four-and-a-half-year stint,
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I tako, posle tri godine
od četiri i po godine ograničenja,
od četiri i po godine ograničenja,
10:34
we looked back and we looked over
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pogledali smo nazad i preko
10:36
and found out that we were
at a 40-year historical low:
at a 40-year historical low:
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i saznali da smo da smo na najnižoj tački
u poslednjih 40 godina,
u poslednjih 40 godina,
10:39
our crime numbers, our homicides --
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brojevi krivičnih dela, ubistava,
10:42
everything had dropped
down, back to the 1970s.
down, back to the 1970s.
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sve je palo na nivo 1970-ih.
I može da ode dalje, ali problem je,
10:45
And it might go back further,
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10:46
but the problem is, we only
started keeping data since 1970.
started keeping data since 1970.
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počeli smo da čuvamo podatke
tek od 1970-ih.
tek od 1970-ih.
Četrdeset godina pada kriminala,
toliko da su me drugi komandiri zvali,
toliko da su me drugi komandiri zvali,
10:49
Forty-year crime low, so much so,
I had other commanders call me,
I had other commanders call me,
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10:52
"Hey Mel, whatcha doin', man?
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"Hej Mel, šta to radiš čoveče?"
10:54
Whatcha doin'? We gotta get some of that!"
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Šta radiš? Daj i nama da se uključimo!"
10:56
(Laughter)
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(Smeh)
10:57
And so we gave them some of that.
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Tako da smo im dali da se uključe.
11:00
And in a short period of time,
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I u kratkom vremenskom roku,
11:02
the city went to a 30-year crime low.
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grad je bio u tridesetogodišnjem
padu kriminala.
padu kriminala.
Prvi put u 30 godina,
pali smo, grad Baltimor,
pali smo, grad Baltimor,
11:05
For the first time in 30 years,
we fell, Baltimore city,
we fell, Baltimore city,
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11:07
to under 200 homicides -- 197 to be exact.
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ispod 200 ubistava, 197 da budem precizan.
11:10
And we celebrated,
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I proslavili smo to,
11:11
because we had learned
to become great servers,
to become great servers,
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jer smo naučili da budemo
veliki sprovodioci,
veliki sprovodioci,
11:15
become great servers first.
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prvo veliki sprovodioci.
11:16
But I gotta tell you this:
these last few years,
these last few years,
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Ali moram vam reći ovo,
poslednjih par godina
poslednjih par godina
11:20
as much as we had learned
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koliko smo shvatili,
11:22
to become great proactive police officers
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da postanemo veliki proaktivni policajci
11:25
and great relational police officers
rather than reactive,
rather than reactive,
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i veliki relacioni policajci,
pre nego reaktivni,
pre nego reaktivni,
11:29
these last years have disappointed me.
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poslednje godine su me razočarale.
11:32
They have broken my heart.
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Slomile su mi srce.
11:34
The uprising still hurts.
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Ustanak me i dalje boli.
11:37
It still hurts my heart,
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I dalje me boli srce od toga,
11:39
because truly I believe
that it should've never happened.
that it should've never happened.
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jer zaista ja verujem da to nikad
nije trebalo da se dogodi.
nije trebalo da se dogodi.
Verujem da nikada
nije trebalo da se dogodi
nije trebalo da se dogodi
11:43
I believe it should've never happened
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11:44
if we were allowed to continue
along the vein that we were in,
along the vein that we were in,
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da nam je bilo dozvoljeno da nastavimo
putem u kom smo bili,
putem u kom smo bili,
11:47
servicing our community,
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time da služimo našoj zajednici,
11:49
treating them like human beings,
treating them with respect,
treating them with respect,
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da ih tretiramo kao ljudska bića,
sa poštovanjem,
sa poštovanjem,
11:52
loving on them first.
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prvenstveno da ih volimo.
11:54
If we continued in that vein,
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Da smo nastavili tim putem,
11:56
it would've never happened.
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nikad se ne bi dogodilo.
11:58
But somehow, we went back
to business as usual.
to business as usual.
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Ali nekako smo se vratili na staro.
12:01
But I'm excited again!
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Ali ja sam uzbuđen opet!
12:04
I'm excited again, because now
we have a police commissioner
we have a police commissioner
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Opet sam uzbuđen
jer sad imamo policijskog komesara
jer sad imamo policijskog komesara
12:07
who not only talks
about community policing,
about community policing,
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koji ne samo da govori
o policiji zajednice,
o policiji zajednice,
12:11
but he absolutely understands it,
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već apsolutno to razume,
12:14
and more importantly, he embraces it.
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i što je najvažnije, on to prihvata.
12:16
So I'm very excited now.
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Zato sam veoma uzbuđen.
12:17
Listen, I'm excited about Baltimore today,
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Slušajte, uzbuđen sam
zbog Baltimora danas,
zbog Baltimora danas,
12:20
because we, as many cities,
I believe shall rise from the ashes.
I believe shall rise from the ashes.
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jer mi kao i drugi gradovi,
dići ćemo se iz pepela.
dići ćemo se iz pepela.
12:25
I believe -- I truly believe --
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Verujem, zaista verujem -
12:28
(Applause)
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(Aplauz)
12:29
that we will be great again.
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da ćemo opet biti veliki.
12:32
I believe,
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Verujem,
12:34
as we continue to wrap arms
and continue to say,
and continue to say,
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kako nastavimo da spojimo ruke,
i nastavimo da govorimo:
i nastavimo da govorimo:
12:37
"We're in this together,"
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"U ovome smo zajedno!"
12:38
because it's not just an intersection:
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jer ovo nije samo raskrsnica,
12:40
once we meet, we now gotta get
on the same path for the same goals,
on the same path for the same goals,
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kada se nađemo, moramo da stanemo
na isti put naših ciljeva
na isti put naših ciljeva
12:44
and this city will become great again.
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i ovaj grad će postati veliki ponovo.
12:46
This nation will become great again.
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Ova nacija će opet postati velika.
12:48
Because we have the same goal:
we all want peace.
we all want peace.
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Zato što imamo isti cilj,
svi želimo mir.
svi želimo mir.
12:50
We all want respect for one another.
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Svi želimo poštovanje jedno prema drugom.
12:52
We all want love.
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Svi želimo ljubav.
12:53
And I believe we are back on that road,
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Verujem da smo ponovo na tom putu,
12:55
and I'm so excited about it.
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i veoma sam uzbuđen zbog toga.
12:57
So listen, I thank you for giving me
a few minutes of your time.
a few minutes of your time.
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Slušajte, hvala vam što ste odvojili
par minuta za mene.
par minuta za mene.
13:00
God bless you all.
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Bog vas sve blagoslovio.
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(Applause)
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13:02
God bless you.
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Bog vas blagoslovio.
13:03
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Melvin Russell - Chief of the Community Partnership Division, Baltimore Police DepartmentMelvin Russell is bringing stakeholders together to work toward the common goal of peace and prosperity for Baltimore City.
Why you should listen
Lt. Colonel Melvin T. Russell is Chief of the Community Partnership Division, Baltimore Police Department. Russell joined The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) in 1979 as a police cadet and graduated from the BPD academy in 1981 as the first and only African American class valedictorian.
Russell worked both as a uniform patrol and then an undercover officer for 20 years before re-emerging as an Eastern District Lieutenant in 2007. In this position, Russell turned the worse midnight patrol shift in the city to the best in 3 months and was promoted to Major of the Eastern District 11 months later. It was during this time as Major that Russell created the non-profit “Transformation Team” (TTT), a grassroots organization of community shareholders that are committed to working together to make a better Baltimore.
In January 2013, Russell was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and created the Community Partnership Division.
Melvin Russell | Speaker | TED.com