Special Reports & Tweets - 20140502_SpecialReport_Alex
Aired: 2014-05-02
Duration: 03:30


=== Why Privacy Matters (03:04) ===

[00:00:00]  Today we're out here on the streets asking people why they think the
[00:00:09]  Constitution is outdated and whether or not we should take away or add to.
[00:00:14]  Let's see what they have to say.
[00:00:15]  I don't know a lot about this stuff.
[00:00:17]  I really don't.
[00:00:17]  I shouldn't.
[00:00:18]  Well, you should know about that.
[00:00:20]  We share this country.
[00:00:22]  We should all be proud Americans.
[00:00:24]  We should all know these things, you know?
[00:00:26]  You're right.
[00:00:27]  I know.
[00:00:27]  I need to learn more about it.
[00:00:28]  I'm sorry.
[00:00:29]  Yeah, you do.
[00:00:29]  No, it's not out there.
[00:00:32]  I can't even think of any right now, but I know that some of it is, because it needs to be re-looked at.
[00:00:36]  A lot of it, uh... The gun rights, I think, need to be changed.
[00:00:42]  I think it's not an out there computer document.
[00:00:45]  People have to follow it more.
[00:00:46]  What do you think about the right to privacy?
[00:00:48]  Oh, well they definitely overstepped their bounds on that one.
[00:00:51]  With the NSA?
[00:00:52]  Yeah, definitely.
[00:00:53]  How does that make you feel?
[00:00:55]  Like I'm being watched all the time.
[00:00:56]  Doesn't make you feel too good, does it?
[00:00:58]  No, I don't like it at all.
[00:01:00]  I'm just kind of busy, so I haven't been really able to think about it.
[00:01:04]  So I'm just kind of going to school and whatnot, so... Well, when the Constitution was written, it was written to protect the public.
[00:01:13]  There were a couple of things in there like the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms.
[00:01:17]  That has been distorted.
[00:01:18]  It was in order to protect the pioneers from the British invasions.
[00:01:23]  And they had to have guns to hunt.
[00:01:25]  They didn't have supermarkets like we do today.
[00:01:28]  That was the reason they had the right to bear arms.
[00:01:31]  So you think we should completely revise the Second Amendment?
[00:01:34]  You think we should just get rid of it completely?
[00:01:36]  Well, the Second Amendment has something in it that is very important.
[00:01:42]  I think that if you are in a situation where you need to bear arms, yes.
[00:01:49]  What that situation would encompass, I can't say.
[00:01:52]  But in general, the public should not be allowed to have guns.
[00:01:57]  I don't think you should rewrite that.
[00:01:58]  You should just get rid of all the politicians that are making decisions right now.
[00:02:02]  All the old cronies.
[00:02:03]  Yeah.
[00:02:04]  Let's get a whole new group in there.
[00:02:05]  That Supreme Court guy that wants change is about 90, about 190 years old, isn't he?
[00:02:09]  Do you think we should add anything to the Constitution or take away anything at all, like the freedom of speech, right to privacy?
[00:02:15]  Not at all.
[00:02:15]  Not at all.
[00:02:16]  Do you think it's okay that the NSA completely violates that right there, our right to privacy?
[00:02:22]  Um...
[00:02:24]  It's debatable if they do or they don't.
[00:02:26]  I mean, so they say it's for our own good.
[00:02:28]  If that's what they say, but I mean... Who knows?
[00:02:32]  You know, as an American though, you don't feel like you've been violated, though?
[00:02:35]  You know, we give them all this power and this trust.
[00:02:37]  I think the government violates us every day.
[00:02:39]  I can't understand.
[00:02:42]  Uh, I don't know.
[00:02:42]  Like, I go to school here.
[00:02:44]  But I'm from Colombia and I live, my whole family lives in Colombia, so I really... Well, you're here.
[00:02:48]  You should care about it.

=== Media's Role in Crime Publicity (00:41) ===

[00:02:49]  It affects you.
[00:02:50]  No, I do care about it.
[00:02:51]  The thing is, like, I don't feel educated enough to say, like, I completely support this.
[00:02:54]  We are living in a world right now.
[00:02:57]  That's terror ridden.
[00:02:59]  It's got a lot of problems.
[00:03:01]  Murders.
[00:03:02]  Robberies.
[00:03:03]  But that's always been going on.
[00:03:04]  Yes, but the popular... The only reason is, though, is the social media.
[00:03:07]  Now you just have more viewing of it.
[00:03:10]  And I think that's wrong, too, because a lot of copycat crimes going on.
[00:03:15]  Alright?
[00:03:16]  School shootings.
[00:03:17]  They publicize it.
[00:03:18]  Why?
[00:03:19]  Somebody says, hey, that's a good idea.
[00:03:20]  I'll do that, too.
[00:03:22]  Things like that are wrong.
[00:03:23]  The media has to stop publicizing crime.
[00:03:26]  As you can see, there's a lot of varying opinions about the Constitution.