WEBVTT - Root Causes with Sheriff Billy Woods

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<v Speaker 1>Today we're going to talk to a sheriff who gave

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<v Speaker 1>this epic response to reporter's question about gun control. They

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<v Speaker 1>are individuals out there viewing and declude some of you

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<v Speaker 1>media to want to blame the one thing that has

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<v Speaker 1>no ability or the capacity to commit the crime itself,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's the gun. These individuals committed the crime. And

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<v Speaker 1>what's the solution. I wish I could give you that answer,

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<v Speaker 1>because this world would be a whole lot better. But

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<v Speaker 1>the fact is, society fails it. We do not hold

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<v Speaker 1>our juveniles accountable. We minimize their actions. School districts across

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<v Speaker 1>this state and across this nation need to quit minimizing

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<v Speaker 1>the actions of their students. Hold them accountable. That's where

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<v Speaker 1>the failure is. That was Marion County Sheriff Billy Woods,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's star refreshing to hear someone a leader like

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<v Speaker 1>him to speak the truth, to give it straight to

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<v Speaker 1>the media. He was holding a press conference about the

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<v Speaker 1>murder of three teens in Marion County and what's so

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<v Speaker 1>disheartening and sad about it is they were also murdered

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<v Speaker 1>by three teens, including a twelve year old who's being

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<v Speaker 1>charged for murder. So what is driving teens in America

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<v Speaker 1>to commit murder and what can we do about it?

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<v Speaker 1>Marin County Sheriff Billy Woods joins me in the Truth

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<v Speaker 1>of Lisa Booth and he's next well, Sheriff. It's so

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<v Speaker 1>good to have you on the show. Obviously, like many people,

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<v Speaker 1>I saw your response to the media that you know

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much went viral. It was nice to just have

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<v Speaker 1>some honesty for ones. We don't get that from our

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<v Speaker 1>officials these days, so I appreciate it. Well, You're more

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<v Speaker 1>than welcome, you know. It's disheartening as well. I think

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<v Speaker 1>one of the most things that upsets me is when

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<v Speaker 1>I do watch leaders in law enforcement get on camera.

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<v Speaker 1>It's most of the time I know what they're thinking.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't you know. They don't want to offend people.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't want to cross that line. I don't know why.

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<v Speaker 1>But in order to be a true leader, you got

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<v Speaker 1>to take the step forward and say something. Why do

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<v Speaker 1>you think people are so afraid these days to just

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<v Speaker 1>speak the truth? That's a tough question. Do you even ask?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean to answer to be frank, I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, I watch a lot of chiefs get up

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<v Speaker 1>and do a press conference and talk about a deputy

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<v Speaker 1>or an officer that's been shot in the circumstances, but

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<v Speaker 1>they don't get up there and just speak it. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know, but I do what I do know for sure,

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<v Speaker 1>it's damning. It hurts. It hurts us as a society

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<v Speaker 1>to hear the truth, not to tell the truth, not

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<v Speaker 1>to hear the truth, but not to tell the truth

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<v Speaker 1>out there. That's literally you know, the point of this

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<v Speaker 1>podcast is to try to you know, talk about things

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<v Speaker 1>that people don't want to talk about, say things that

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<v Speaker 1>people don't want to say, and really try to find

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<v Speaker 1>the truth in this uh day and age that we

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<v Speaker 1>live in, which is an interesting time, an interesting period

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<v Speaker 1>of American history. You know, I wanted to ask you, inevitably,

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<v Speaker 1>after these things, you know, of course we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>talk about the shooting of the three teens, buy three teens,

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<v Speaker 1>But inevitably there's always these calls to blame guns, We

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<v Speaker 1>need gun control, you know, it's pretty much, I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>we just always know what's coming. Why do you think

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<v Speaker 1>that's always the response? Why do you think that's always

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<v Speaker 1>where you know, the media goes, you know, some of

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<v Speaker 1>the left go, or politicians go. It's the it's the

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<v Speaker 1>main focus. It's the it's the thing that gets everybody's attention.

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<v Speaker 1>It's the biggest drive for political to say, hey, let's

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<v Speaker 1>get rid of those guns. And I didn't think we

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<v Speaker 1>don't talk about the real thing is the real root

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<v Speaker 1>of the causes, the causes of the problems is not

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<v Speaker 1>the gun. You heard me say it, and you've probably

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<v Speaker 1>have heard me in all my other interviews say it.

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<v Speaker 1>The gun doesn't have the capability of committing the crimes

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<v Speaker 1>the p and they say, if the gun was never

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<v Speaker 1>created in society and we only carried around sowords, they'd

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<v Speaker 1>be going after the swords, getting rid of the swords.

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<v Speaker 1>But what everybody has to remember, and this is what

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<v Speaker 1>I find, it's truly disturbing as American, and as time

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<v Speaker 1>goes by, time is our greatest enemy, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>because the further we get away from seventeen seventy six,

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<v Speaker 1>we begin to forget the reason and the purposes of

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<v Speaker 1>the Constitution and why those men gave everything they had.

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<v Speaker 1>And there's reasons why they have each of those amendments,

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<v Speaker 1>each of those bills in there to our Constitution, why

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<v Speaker 1>they're specifically written, especially the Second Amendment and that's a

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<v Speaker 1>line that we should never cross. You know, we can

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<v Speaker 1>come up with laws to regulate how certain things done.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't totally agree to, you know, say that there

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<v Speaker 1>shouldn't be any form of law out there to regulate

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<v Speaker 1>in some shapeway or form. But the fact is, as

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<v Speaker 1>we keep pushing that lineback, and I haven't done that,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be curious to know if anybody's ever done this

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<v Speaker 1>history when we actually are it. How far back did

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<v Speaker 1>we start pushing on this Second Amendment and creating our

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<v Speaker 1>gun laws. We keep pushing that line back and back

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<v Speaker 1>to a point that it's going to disappear. The gun's

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<v Speaker 1>not the focus. I said it in that press ground.

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<v Speaker 1>So the problem is this, our family and unit has

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<v Speaker 1>been destroyed over the decades. It is diminishing as time

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<v Speaker 1>goes by. Our school districts throughout this nation, not just

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<v Speaker 1>just here and Marion, not just here in the state

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<v Speaker 1>of Florida, but across this nation. Our school districts are failing.

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<v Speaker 1>What they do is they minimize the actions of their students. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>and along with our justice system, our justice said, we

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<v Speaker 1>have these diversion programs. And now I'm not against diversion programs.

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<v Speaker 1>Diversion programs are good when they're applied to the right

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<v Speaker 1>people that they need to be applied to. But the

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<v Speaker 1>problem is that it's become the norm. It should be

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<v Speaker 1>the exception, not the norm. And even in our juvenile

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<v Speaker 1>justice and ours is stepping up to the plate and

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<v Speaker 1>here in the state of Florida of changing the way

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<v Speaker 1>they operate, changing the way they view the juveniles and

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<v Speaker 1>their violations. You know, we have to hold them accountable.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the way I learned. I was held accountable, and

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<v Speaker 1>I sure enough knew what the consequences were going to

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<v Speaker 1>be if I took a certain action, But the kids

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<v Speaker 1>today don't. I joked around on TV a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>months back talking about how I stole yo yo in

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<v Speaker 1>kindergarten from church and my parents made me take the

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<v Speaker 1>yo yo back apologize to the pastor. Of course, he

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<v Speaker 1>sat me down, told me why stealing was wrong, and

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<v Speaker 1>I had an impact on me because I was like, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>stealings back. You know, I got it registered. And it's

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<v Speaker 1>a dear point. You know, when we live in this

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<v Speaker 1>society without consequences, of course, people are going to behave badly,

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<v Speaker 1>and it seems like we're increasingly living in a society

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<v Speaker 1>without consequences. Yep. Well, but you know, you asked me

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<v Speaker 1>just before I just went on for a long period

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<v Speaker 1>there on you is you ask me why they focused

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<v Speaker 1>on the guns. It's the easiest thing to focus on.

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<v Speaker 1>They don't want to admit to the problems of which

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing and causing. They don't want to admit that

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<v Speaker 1>there's a problem in the family unit. They don't want

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<v Speaker 1>to admit to there's a problem that the judicial system

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<v Speaker 1>unless their kid gets arrested, and there's always a problem

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<v Speaker 1>with the judicial system. But it's all of those factors.

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<v Speaker 1>They just want to ignore it. They want to focus

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<v Speaker 1>on the one thing that they see as the problem,

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<v Speaker 1>and it's the easiest one to get other people's attention,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. And I do think you had mentioned the

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<v Speaker 1>Second Amendment and the fact that we keep getting closer

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<v Speaker 1>to the line of losing it, and I think that's

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<v Speaker 1>probably the point. And then the intention behind a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of that is that's where they want us to be

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<v Speaker 1>where you know, we can't own guns, where we lose

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<v Speaker 1>the Second Amendment, or you know, you look at some

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<v Speaker 1>things that are happening, and unfortunately we live in the

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<v Speaker 1>great state of Florida. But you know, you look at

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<v Speaker 1>some of these liberal counties in Texas, for instance, and

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<v Speaker 1>you've got the sergeant Perry found guilty, I mean basically

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<v Speaker 1>all he did with self defense. You know, there also

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<v Speaker 1>seems to be an effort making self defense illegal as well,

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<v Speaker 1>leaving us essentially defenseless. You know, I guarantee if you

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<v Speaker 1>talk to our founding fathers, that kind of would sound

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<v Speaker 1>familiar to them. That's kind of probably what they dealt

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<v Speaker 1>with when the reason the Second Amendment was put in

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<v Speaker 1>because you had a king that said you couldn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a gun, and that's what we're about to revert back to.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what you know, the majority of US citizens

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<v Speaker 1>fear is by getting rid of that Second Amendment, what

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<v Speaker 1>they're going to take away from it, and which is

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<v Speaker 1>truly alarming. Truly, it's certainly scary. You know, we have

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<v Speaker 1>definitely seen a massive loss of liberty, particularly after a

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<v Speaker 1>COVID it really expedited a lot of it. Sadly, it

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<v Speaker 1>seems like not everyone has taken notice. But I hope

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<v Speaker 1>they don't start to notice before it's too late. In

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<v Speaker 1>the instance of the murders of these three teens in

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<v Speaker 1>Marion County. One of the teenagers who is facing charges

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<v Speaker 1>is twelve years old. I think a lot of people

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<v Speaker 1>are asking themselves what drives a twelve year old to

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<v Speaker 1>commit murder? Well, like us when we kid, you want

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<v Speaker 1>to fit in with the click, You want to do

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<v Speaker 1>what the big boys are doing when you're that long

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<v Speaker 1>young in a group. Think about it for a minute,

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<v Speaker 1>except it's been taken to a whole new level. They

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<v Speaker 1>want to be part of something. Here's what's disturbed, truly disturbing.

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<v Speaker 1>I might get yelled at by my staff and that's

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<v Speaker 1>all right. But what is truly disturbing is I watched

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<v Speaker 1>the interview of the twelve year old. Okay, there, he

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<v Speaker 1>had no how do I put this? He couldn't realize

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<v Speaker 1>the decision in which he made and what effect that

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<v Speaker 1>it had. It was I want to say callous, because

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<v Speaker 1>it wasn't callous. He just it was nothing. There, absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>nothing from a twelve year old. Now, people out like

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<v Speaker 1>yourself and what you just mentioned, outside of this world

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<v Speaker 1>is just astonished that a twelve year old could do this.

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<v Speaker 1>To be frank, it's really not surprising to us in

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement. Do you know how many juveniles we come

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<v Speaker 1>in contact on a regular basis committing crimes. That's what's alarming.

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<v Speaker 1>And because all their crimes that they keep committing is

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<v Speaker 1>eventually lead them to what his actions was. He's in

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<v Speaker 1>a group with six people that are going out there

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<v Speaker 1>to commit armed robberies. Okay, they didn't have the guns

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<v Speaker 1>for self defense. They had the guns because they were

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<v Speaker 1>going to commit armed robberies, armed burglaries, whatever else they've got,

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<v Speaker 1>the criminal activity we're going to do. It was inevitable

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<v Speaker 1>for them to go to this level. And the problem

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<v Speaker 1>with at twelve year old, whether it be a home

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<v Speaker 1>school or do judicial sympton, that kid was never held

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<v Speaker 1>accountable for his actions. Let's take a quick commercial break

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<v Speaker 1>more with Sheriff Billy Woods. You had mentioned that this

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<v Speaker 1>may be, you know, sort of surprising to people of

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<v Speaker 1>you know, of those of us who are outside of

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<v Speaker 1>law enforcement. You know, you've been a law enforced for

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<v Speaker 1>a long time. You've been serving your community, serving the

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<v Speaker 1>state of Florida. Are we seeing more of sort of

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<v Speaker 1>like this increased youth violence than when you first started

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<v Speaker 1>working in law fulforcement or what kind of trends are

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<v Speaker 1>you seeing as someone who has served your community for

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<v Speaker 1>a long time. Oh, it is definitely increased since that

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<v Speaker 1>thirty three years ago, since the first day. No, no,

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<v Speaker 1>don't get me wrong. We had juveniles back then to

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<v Speaker 1>commit in crime, but what you mostly saw was them

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<v Speaker 1>stealing from the Jeffy store, stealing candy, bubble gum and

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<v Speaker 1>something like that. Not to this level. And over the

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<v Speaker 1>last three decades of my career it has just alarmingly increased.

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<v Speaker 1>But also, and the reason I said it when I

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<v Speaker 1>said it on camera, I've already said it and I'll

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<v Speaker 1>repeat it again. I've also seen the family unit destroyed.

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<v Speaker 1>I've seen the diversion programs come in not only through

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<v Speaker 1>the schools holding them accountable, but also in the judicial

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<v Speaker 1>system in the courts. And that's why no one's ever

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<v Speaker 1>noticed is because it gradually occurred. And that applies when

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<v Speaker 1>I talk about juveniles and the decisions we make in

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<v Speaker 1>the consequences of the result of our decisions. Guess what

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<v Speaker 1>decisions of our family unit, The decision in the courts

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<v Speaker 1>and the decision of the diversion programs is beginning to

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<v Speaker 1>catch up to us now. And what are those diversion

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<v Speaker 1>plans or programs look like for people who are sort

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<v Speaker 1>of unfamiliar with that. Well, I'll give you an example

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<v Speaker 1>we have and which is ineffective. Don't get me wrong,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't want people to think that I hate these

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<v Speaker 1>type of just totally disregard these program We have what's

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<v Speaker 1>called a willow work in lieu of arrest for our

0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:40.040
<v Speaker 1>juveniles and they get and there's only certain things that

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<v Speaker 1>crimes that they'll commit, whether it be possession of marijuana,

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<v Speaker 1>a fight, the minor misdemeanor crimes that we can divert

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<v Speaker 1>them through this program. They agree along with their parents

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<v Speaker 1>that they go and do work out like picking up

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<v Speaker 1>trash on the side of the road, or go to

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<v Speaker 1>a park where they got to clean up or do

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<v Speaker 1>certain work there, and they work with the county. Those

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<v Speaker 1>are the diversion programs I talk about. But the problem

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<v Speaker 1>is not the diversion necessarily. The diversion problem in and

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<v Speaker 1>of itself. It's as you put everybody into that and

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<v Speaker 1>you keep giving them our diversion programs and we give

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<v Speaker 1>them like one or two chances. If this is your

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<v Speaker 1>second time, you're not in this program anymore, you get

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the next level. You know, are we

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<v Speaker 1>becoming desensitized to the loss of life as a society. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>all that depends on who you are. I think the

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<v Speaker 1>kids are. Yeah, you know how you know why? You know,

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<v Speaker 1>as much as I love video games, but think about

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<v Speaker 1>the video games that they put out in the last

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<v Speaker 1>three decades, and they become desensitized to that degree of knowing.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, when I was growing up, the gun was

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<v Speaker 1>putting in my hand. The first time I was shown

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<v Speaker 1>by my parents and by my grandfather that if you shoot,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what happens. Okay, I don't think that occurs.

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<v Speaker 1>They desensitize them through the games in which they play.

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<v Speaker 1>They make it it's a game, So it's a game

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<v Speaker 1>to them. If they kill somebody on the computer, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>why can't I do that out here in the world.

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<v Speaker 1>I've I just started. Uh you know, I got my

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<v Speaker 1>first gun not too long ago, and you know, I

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<v Speaker 1>went through courses. I took it very seriously because to

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<v Speaker 1>your point, it can't do a lot of damage, and

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<v Speaker 1>so it's something that you know, should be taken seriously.

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<v Speaker 1>And to these kids, they were able to get the gun,

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<v Speaker 1>it was through robbery, is that correct? Robberies? Thefts they

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<v Speaker 1>got they actually got them through theft a burglary, basically

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<v Speaker 1>stealing it from a vehicle. There's also the one being

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<v Speaker 1>sold through a snapchat. I'm not snapchat TikTok no, maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it was that snapchat off of my head and please

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<v Speaker 1>forgive me out for anyways, it was sold between there. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>just because the transaction with a juvenile doesn't mean the

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<v Speaker 1>person on the other end didn't steal it for somebody.

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<v Speaker 1>Because here's the other thing. People with guns, they don't

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<v Speaker 1>always record their serial numbers somewhere right, so it may

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<v Speaker 1>get stolen and we don't even know it, or they

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<v Speaker 1>made a report, we just don't have a serial number.

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<v Speaker 1>So the gun in which a person may have obtained

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<v Speaker 1>could be a stolen gun without them even knowing it.

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<v Speaker 1>I think one of the challenges we face as people

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<v Speaker 1>who believe in the Second Amendment is a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>people in the media, and you know a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>politicians are just uninformed about things, you know, like they

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<v Speaker 1>don't they don't know what an air of fifteen really

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<v Speaker 1>stands for, you know, they don't know that it was

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<v Speaker 1>actually developed for civilian use, you know. So it's like

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<v Speaker 1>the challenge and a lot of this is that the

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<v Speaker 1>people who are calling for gun control the most are

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<v Speaker 1>actually the least informed about guns. Oh absolutely, they're totally

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<v Speaker 1>ignorant to the guns themselves. I can I can show

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<v Speaker 1>you an expert it can take a revolver okay and

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<v Speaker 1>fire it. And if I took out the video right,

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<v Speaker 1>he can fire a revolver that when you hear it,

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<v Speaker 1>you think it's a fully automatic weapon. So people like

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<v Speaker 1>people in this world of crime, Dad, it's a fully

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<v Speaker 1>automatic They ain't got a clue. They're ignorant to everything

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<v Speaker 1>that's occurring here. Listen, that person that entered the schools

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<v Speaker 1>to do these shootings could use a black powder gun

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<v Speaker 1>just as much as an are AAR fifteen and get

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<v Speaker 1>the same result. What are your thoughts on social media

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<v Speaker 1>and its role in some of the violence we're saying,

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<v Speaker 1>or you know, mental health issues among young people. You know,

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<v Speaker 1>I worry that it has sort of created a social

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<v Speaker 1>contagion of sorts. I totally agree. I think social media

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<v Speaker 1>is probably the big it's one of our biggest problems

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<v Speaker 1>in law enforcement because like the last year, last two years,

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<v Speaker 1>what prompted our great governor to push the riot bill

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<v Speaker 1>in which he did, was people will claim that there's

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<v Speaker 1>like downtown city of OCALI here is my county seat,

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<v Speaker 1>and we'll get social media people. We will start posting, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm coming with a gun, and then the people start

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<v Speaker 1>posting it will be gun. So you divert all your

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<v Speaker 1>resources that you have to address this threat that's supposedly

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<v Speaker 1>out there. And then when we get down deep into

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<v Speaker 1>the dive, we find out that it's it's a false allegation.

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<v Speaker 1>And social media for people to be able to just

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<v Speaker 1>talk between each other without here, especially kids, that's part

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<v Speaker 1>of the problem. Parents give them phones out here to

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<v Speaker 1>just car blanche, use it however they want, so they

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<v Speaker 1>could connect with people that they shouldn't be connected with.

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<v Speaker 1>It comes back to the parents and not paying attention

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<v Speaker 1>to their kids. But the social media is a huge

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<v Speaker 1>problem in our society right now. Yes, it's an easy communication.

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<v Speaker 1>I won't deny it. The fastest way I can correct

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<v Speaker 1>a rumor in the fastest way I can get information

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<v Speaker 1>out is my social media. That's the good side of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Seeing over the year sort of a hostility towards our

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<v Speaker 1>police officers, you know, what impact have you seen that?

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<v Speaker 1>How of on you know, your colleagues. You know, it's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more reluctant for people to come into the profession.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, thirty years ago, when I started application, you

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<v Speaker 1>put your application on, you were on a list, even

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<v Speaker 1>with a small department, of a list of two to

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<v Speaker 1>three hundred people wanting to be into law enforcement. I

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<v Speaker 1>struggle now after all the background checks. Is I struggle

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<v Speaker 1>even having a list of ten to fifteen people. And

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<v Speaker 1>that's going high on my scale right now. And people

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to enter the law enforcement career because of

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<v Speaker 1>what's in And here's what's alarming, I'll tell you, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm pretty sure any share for chief to get something

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<v Speaker 1>to every day on my desk, every single day on

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<v Speaker 1>my desk, I get a teletype message from some agency

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<v Speaker 1>or some office in the United States where an officer

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<v Speaker 1>has died in the line of duty. Now that ranges

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<v Speaker 1>from a car accident all the way to being shot

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<v Speaker 1>in the back and the head while their writing a

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<v Speaker 1>report sitting in their vehicle, And that is truly alarming.

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<v Speaker 1>When society has gone to the degree that we've got

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<v Speaker 1>people out here who will just walk up to law

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<v Speaker 1>enforcement and just basically execute them. And it's unacceptable, it

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<v Speaker 1>absolutely is, and it's unacceptable even in the rhetoric that

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<v Speaker 1>I think some of society uses towards a police officer,

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<v Speaker 1>because you guys put on a badge to go out

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<v Speaker 1>and keep our communities safe and keep us safe, so

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<v Speaker 1>you deserve or respect, you know, sir, is there anything

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<v Speaker 1>you'd like to leave us with before we go, any

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<v Speaker 1>messages you'd like to leave parents with or or anyone listening.

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<v Speaker 1>I would tell parents quit being trying to be their

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<v Speaker 1>best friend and be a parent, because you're only You're

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<v Speaker 1>not only doing your child to disservice, but you're doing

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<v Speaker 1>a society as a disservice. Be a parent. I think

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<v Speaker 1>that's a good message to send. Sir. Well, we appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>your voice. I really do appreciate you speaking out and

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<v Speaker 1>just being honest. I really think that we need more

0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:03.719
<v Speaker 1>leaders like you who just tell it how it is

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<v Speaker 1>and speak the truth. So Sheriff Woods, I appreciate what

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<v Speaker 1>you do. Thank you for serving the state of Florida.

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<v Speaker 1>And thanks for coming on the show. I really appreciate it.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for having me. It was Mariann County Sheriff

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<v Speaker 1>Bildy Woods from the Great State of Florida. I appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>him joining the show and appreciate just the honesty, right.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, imagine if everyone just told the truth and

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<v Speaker 1>was honest, we probably wouldn't be in as crazy as

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<v Speaker 1>a society as we are today. I want to thank

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<v Speaker 1>you guys at home for listening every Monday and Thursday,

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<v Speaker 1>but of course you can listen throughout the week. I

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<v Speaker 1>want to thank John Cassio, my producer. If we're working

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