Dad Ignores Son, Calls Police on Innocent Black Man
BRIANNA KEILAR, CNN HOST: A new video of a man calling the cops on an innocent black man, despite the pleas of the man who was calling's child. It has now gone viral. A young boy tearfully begging his father not to call the police on the man who was simply waiting for his friend at a San Francisco apartment building. But his dad made the call anyway. Watch.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, there's a trespasser in my building.</s>UNIDENTIFIED BOY: Dad, don't. Let's go.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Listen to your son.</s>UNIDENTIFIED BOY: Daddy, go. I agree with him, daddy. It's better. Let's go. Please. I don't like this. I don't like this. Daddy, I don't like this. Let's go.</s>KEILAR: Our Stephanie Elam is following the story. Stephanie, what can you tell us about this incident?</s>STEPHANIE ELAM, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Right. A lot of people are reacting to that young son, Brianna. We hear him saying, please don't, daddy, I agree with him, daddy, please don't, as the father is calling the police on this man who said he was waiting for his friend. If you watch the whole video, you can see the father is saying, just show me who you're going to call on the box and I'll leave you alone if you show me, and the man who is filming the video says, I don't have to show you anything, I'm waiting for a friend. That's when he picks up the phone and calls. If you watch the video further, you see that the friend does arrive and that is when the man in the video does hang up the phone. But obviously, we've seen instance incidences like this before/ We did reach out to both men. We were not able to contact the man in the video as of yet. But we have been able to reach out to the man who shot the video. He did give CNN this statement. I want to read it to you, Brianna. In part, he says, "Unfortunately, this incident mirrors the experience that African-Americans endure daily while we are questioned on whether we belong. I videotaped this incident to protect myself and to support my story should police get involved. In fact, I was vindicated when the police arrived by showing them this video." He went on in this note to say, too, that he's an American, a brother, a son and an ambitious engineer who loves to code. "And I want to greatly contribute to the tech world in San Francisco, a city that I love." But obviously, a lot of people reacting to the fact that this young boy seemed very determined to try to get his father to stop, and he did not.</s>KEILAR: All right, Stephanie. More questions about this. We know that you'll continue reporting. Thank you so much, Stephanie Elam. We have more on our breaking news. The president defending his labor secretary as calls grow on Alex Acosta to resign over his role in the plea deal for the indicted millionaire accused in an alleged underage sex trafficking ring. Plus -- I'll be honest, this is my favorite segment of the day. We have Brandi Chastain joining us to talk about the U.S. women's soccer team returning home for their victory lap. How they still haven't gotten an invite from the White House, and their battle for equal pay. We'll talk to this winner, ahead.