1 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 1: Co workers, friends, and strangers have been gathering all day 2 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,520 Speaker 1: and night, uniting together as they mourn the loss of 3 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: Trader Joe's store manager Malita Carrado, who was shot and 4 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:21,279 Speaker 1: killed during Saturday's hostage situation in Silver Lake. This is 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: a community grocery store where many customers and employees are 6 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: familiar faces to one another. Tonight, one of them was 7 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: tragically killed before an hour's long standoff here in Silver Lake. 8 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 1: The Karada family does not know what Melli Corrada's last 9 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: moments for life, or how she died, or along from 10 00:00:44,720 --> 00:00:47,760 Speaker 1: the time that she was shot until she died, or 11 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: the location that she died. Witnesses described a chaotic gun 12 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: battle between the suspect and police in front of the 13 00:00:56,680 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 1: Trader Joe's on the twenty seven hundred block of Hyperion Avenue. 14 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 1: Melli Corrado was caught in the gun battle between police 15 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 1: and the suspect, Gene Atkins, An LAPD officer's bullet fatally 16 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:13,880 Speaker 1: hit Corrado. During the entire time we have saw now 17 00:01:14,200 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 1: the answers as to why a man, an innocent bystander, 18 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:23,160 Speaker 1: was shot and killed by a police bullet. We've contacted 19 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:27,120 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Corner's office further findings for a copy of 20 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:31,160 Speaker 1: the Boar, and each time we've been told that laped 21 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:35,800 Speaker 1: has placed a security hold on the release of this information. 22 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 1: This episode is dedicated to the celebration of life of 23 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: Melli Gardada. For those that do not know, Melli Gardada 24 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: was shot and killed by the police and pursuit of 25 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 1: a suspect by shooting into a supermarket without precautions taken. 26 00:02:09,400 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 1: So this poem is dedicated and well it's it's entitled Sunflowers. 27 00:02:14,040 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: It was by the poet Montgomery. Montgomery said this of sunflowers, 28 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 1: Eagle of flowers, I see they stand and on the 29 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:27,079 Speaker 1: sun's noon glory, gaze with il like his by Lid's 30 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:31,840 Speaker 1: expand and fridge dear discs with golden rays go fixed 31 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: on earth in darkness roots there light is thy element, 32 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:53,840 Speaker 1: by dwelling air, thy prospect heaven. This is THEO Henderson 33 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: from Median House. We're right now at the rally on 34 00:02:56,840 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: memorial for Melay Grato and we're speaking with the father 35 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:03,959 Speaker 1: of Melli Corrado, and I want to thank him for 36 00:03:04,080 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: taking his time to speak, gracious enough to talk with him. 37 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: Thank you for joining us. You're welcome. So can you 38 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:12,679 Speaker 1: tell us a little bit of how was Melly like 39 00:03:12,720 --> 00:03:14,840 Speaker 1: when she was a kid, or a little bit about 40 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 1: Melly was was full of life? Melly was full of life. 41 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:25,480 Speaker 1: What racing Nelly was I joyed, you know. And not 42 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: too many people have the opportunity and the change that 43 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:32,160 Speaker 1: I have by racing Melly by myself. Mellie's mom dying 44 00:03:32,240 --> 00:03:35,360 Speaker 1: two thousand and three, I'm sorry to hear that. So 45 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,400 Speaker 1: I raised them by myself, by myself. I didn't I 46 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:42,000 Speaker 1: didn't want to be bringing a step mom figured at 47 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: the house. You hear too many hold her stories. So 48 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: I did it all on my own. And I think 49 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:52,400 Speaker 1: I did a good job obviously, because she She's touched 50 00:03:52,400 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 1: a lot of people, like look and look at this 51 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 1: this beautiful day today, all this march. You know, Mellie 52 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: she all these people time of health because of MELI 53 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: So I think I did something good. You know, I agree. 54 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 1: Unfortunately she left too soon, you know, I mean, what 55 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,600 Speaker 1: what what was? In your own words? How what happened? 56 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: So I can understand and what what can you? What 57 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:22,120 Speaker 1: can we do to support you? Guys? Be hit Every 58 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: year we were planning on doing a march for Melle 59 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 1: every single year. With whether we are victory in our 60 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: trial or not, We're still gonna march for Melli. This 61 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: is only the beginning. This is the second year we 62 00:04:42,560 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: march for Melle. Last year we march from the from 63 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,599 Speaker 1: the church to hear now we did from the police station, 64 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 1: and then we'll continue to do so. Yes, do you 65 00:04:52,560 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 1: think you're gonna get justice for your daughter? Hopefully? I 66 00:04:56,160 --> 00:04:58,040 Speaker 1: think with you know, the city of Osage that has 67 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,599 Speaker 1: to make changes, not only for Meli, for all the 68 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: Melis in the city. She's not the only victory one victim. 69 00:05:06,000 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: There's a lot of other families that are going to 70 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:11,680 Speaker 1: the same thing I'm going and for all those people 71 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: we need, we need victory. What if you are you 72 00:05:17,720 --> 00:05:22,840 Speaker 1: for the police being held accountable? Or this is this 73 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: is all? This is what this march is all about. 74 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: What wonder police officers that kill Mellie to be charged? 75 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:33,000 Speaker 1: Why not you you committ a crime, you do the time, 76 00:05:34,040 --> 00:05:37,200 Speaker 1: put them in, put them, send them to prison, make 77 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 1: them feel like what we feel. So, mister Garrado, is 78 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: there anything would you like for the rest of us 79 00:05:45,440 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: to know or to give us to keep us on 80 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:50,720 Speaker 1: on the update? What can we do. If we need 81 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 1: to find out an update, well you can follow us 82 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:56,960 Speaker 1: on Twitter. That's you know, you can follow us on 83 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:59,880 Speaker 1: Twitter and and sometimes when we would record it for 84 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: that is a poor dat. We all go. You guys 85 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 1: are welcome to come to court with us. The more 86 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: people we're bringing in, the more noise we made out. 87 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: Stand it. Everybody's invited any any any four day that 88 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:16,040 Speaker 1: we're all. Everybody's invited come over so you guys will 89 00:06:16,080 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: know what's going on. Mister Garrado, I thank you again. 90 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,880 Speaker 1: We extend my deepless condolences, and I also want to 91 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:27,000 Speaker 1: thank you, and let's for getting to know the spirit 92 00:06:27,040 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: of Mellie, who seemed to be resonated with so many people, 93 00:06:30,960 --> 00:06:34,719 Speaker 1: her niece, your son, and everyone seems to have always 94 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:38,400 Speaker 1: had something kind and nice to say with love about 95 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:41,600 Speaker 1: your daughter. And I think that's an example of your parenting. 96 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: And it is a tragedy that she loved too soon. 97 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: All right, thank you, thank you very much, see you 98 00:06:46,760 --> 00:06:49,360 Speaker 1: guys next year. Thank you. This is Theil Henderson from 99 00:06:49,360 --> 00:06:51,840 Speaker 1: Weedy on Howard. I thank you all for listening, and 100 00:06:51,880 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: maybe we again meet in a light of understandings. Fun 101 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:16,360 Speaker 1: House News death of an Oakland beloved unhoused community resident, 102 00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:21,200 Speaker 1: Guy Mike Lee, passed away this week of August third, 103 00:07:21,280 --> 00:07:25,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Guy was known for his straight, no nonsense 104 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: talk and sense of humor. Fellow unhouse activist friend remembers 105 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 1: him fondly, calling him the Obi Wan and he is 106 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 1: the skywalker who would continue to carry on his message. 107 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: In other political news, a former unhoused resident Corey Bush 108 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: defeats twenty year veteran Representative Lacy Clay in a Missouri primary. 109 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 1: Seattle City Council voted to defund the team that removes 110 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 1: unhousing camps, be known as as the Navigation Teams, which 111 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 1: use police officers and sanitation workers and outreach workers. They 112 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 1: forced unhoused people to get non existence services and remove 113 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:16,160 Speaker 1: their belongings. The vote was five to four to remove 114 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:21,000 Speaker 1: police from the team and redirect for funding to nonprofit 115 00:08:21,080 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: service providers. Of course, Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkin is against 116 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:30,880 Speaker 1: the vote. Businesses and neighborhoods are also opposed to their 117 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: citing that they will be an explosion of unhoused people 118 00:08:34,400 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 1: and laying off of ten police officers is the result 119 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:44,400 Speaker 1: of this measure. In Beirut, Lebanon an explosion leads up 120 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: to three hundred thousand houseless. On July thirty first, twenty twenty, 121 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:55,680 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles Police, Sanitation and Lasser resumed their sweep 122 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: services during COVID nineteen. In a vote that was ranged 123 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:03,920 Speaker 1: from ten to four, council members voted for vis are 124 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 1: drastic measures. Joe Biscano, ex cop, touted that the need 125 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 1: for the criminalization as well a harassment of the young 126 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: housed is necessary to get them to remove all their 127 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:22,319 Speaker 1: junk off the street. The Kadema Fellowship had a donation drive. 128 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:27,400 Speaker 1: They asked four old backpacks filled with feminine hygiene products, 129 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: gently used clothing, and bottled water. On August first, twenty twenty, 130 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:38,160 Speaker 1: an Oakland family is asking the public to help them 131 00:09:38,520 --> 00:09:43,559 Speaker 1: to solve the murder of their unhoused son, Jeffrey Chambers Junior. 132 00:09:44,160 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: He was stabbed on July seventeen, twenty twenty. Salvation Army 133 00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 1: in Modesto County has an uptick of twenty five houseless 134 00:09:52,600 --> 00:10:03,360 Speaker 1: residents that has COVID nineteen House member the step of 135 00:10:03,559 --> 00:11:27,800 Speaker 1: the first of the gap where time cocas specify star 136 00:11:37,840 --> 00:12:05,559 Speaker 1: my God, sure coca. The someone that's taken in and 137 00:12:05,679 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: aborb all of the energy you have just taken, and 138 00:12:09,360 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 1: absorb all of this energy. Because one of the things 139 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,199 Speaker 1: that we know is when they steal our people from 140 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:20,199 Speaker 1: when they can steal their bodies, but they cannot steal 141 00:12:20,280 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: their spirits. And I've never I never met Kelly in life. 142 00:12:30,120 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: Did I feel her presence here? Y'all feel her present. 143 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:40,520 Speaker 1: I feel her present the work of her brother, which 144 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,679 Speaker 1: is phenomenal. I feel her presence through the crowd, the 145 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 1: power of the gabbling. I feel her presence by every 146 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:54,439 Speaker 1: every place that I'm looking at. Well pass the reasons. 147 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,920 Speaker 1: It's important to remember that when we say Mellie Forever, 148 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:04,839 Speaker 1: we are summoning her into the struggle, and we're saying 149 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:08,679 Speaker 1: that we will step forward righteously and demand justice in 150 00:13:08,840 --> 00:13:13,119 Speaker 1: her name. And I know, I know that we constantly 151 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:17,120 Speaker 1: say things like justice from Elie Prado and not get 152 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:20,560 Speaker 1: justice from her. We can get justice in her name. 153 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 1: Justice would be that she is still here. Justice would 154 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:38,679 Speaker 1: be valuid the life of pe plice say, which all 155 00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:42,080 Speaker 1: of these schools try to prop up. Wow, and at 156 00:13:42,120 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 1: least life was more important than running into a yah 157 00:13:45,960 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 1: joy it say it wasn't the police called hell Yeah, 158 00:13:59,240 --> 00:14:07,560 Speaker 1: it was a police law. And it's so so important 159 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: to remember that this was not a mistake. Police were 160 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:18,280 Speaker 1: designed to do with that what they did, designed to 161 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,200 Speaker 1: do exactly what they did. And so we're not gonna 162 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,880 Speaker 1: set up and just say, let's take her around the 163 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:34,880 Speaker 1: edges of policing, because policing is a murderous sister, say, 164 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 1: the way that we can't really name, the way that 165 00:14:38,960 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 1: we honor her is not just by carrying these beautiful 166 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: ass sunflowers. The way that we honor her is by 167 00:14:46,760 --> 00:14:59,280 Speaker 1: demanding an end to policing. As he said, how they 168 00:15:04,360 --> 00:15:15,720 Speaker 1: the lash of white supremacy like the US Spanish? Did 169 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 1: you know? And try out the plucking lacked college roommate 170 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:23,360 Speaker 1: and try and act like that makes him not a racist. 171 00:15:29,360 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: Course this is his fault, Hell's fault. Yeah, right to 172 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: act like the answer to police abuse is like pouring 173 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: more money into policing and partnerships that we gotta fall 174 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:10,080 Speaker 1: all out liberals like supremaity, remember, because of just the 175 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:14,200 Speaker 1: police and pulled the trigger that are responsible. But we 176 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 1: got a shot from a like cheat more more, cheat more, 177 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: cheat more. He wants to talk about protestors having blood 178 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,880 Speaker 1: on his hand. On our hands. He has blood on 179 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: his hands. All of these process died on the notch 180 00:16:55,840 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: on his hands. Good well has blood on their hands. 181 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:18,119 Speaker 1: Jackie Lady, Jackie Lady. Jackie Lazy will go. Jackie Lazy 182 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 1: will go. So let me say that's three of these 183 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:35,560 Speaker 1: that are going to remember if they try to scare 184 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: us into going home, because I don't know if you 185 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: all have seen what Garsetti is now saying, there's gonna 186 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: be a news stay at home order. They're gonna crack 187 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:55,800 Speaker 1: down on process races of this. Look around, look around. 188 00:17:55,960 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 1: I don't see anybody who's ready to go home. You 189 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 1: want me The reason that they're saying this is because 190 00:18:11,400 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 1: they want us to give up. They want to push 191 00:18:13,520 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 1: us back. They want to stop us from saying defund 192 00:18:16,440 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: the police, which is really I think y'all can handle. 193 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:34,360 Speaker 1: It's shorthand for abolishing hen sake, But when we abolish 194 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:39,360 Speaker 1: the police, it's all also summoning our most radical imagination. 195 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,200 Speaker 1: My kids. I shouldn't tell everybody because I don't know 196 00:18:45,240 --> 00:18:47,560 Speaker 1: who's in a crowd, but I'll trust the people who 197 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 1: are sitting over here. My kids are in the car. 198 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:53,399 Speaker 1: You know why I feel safe because there's people standing 199 00:18:53,480 --> 00:19:05,359 Speaker 1: by the car watching my kids because we say we 200 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: don't need please, we know when up, but we don't 201 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:14,200 Speaker 1: nerve business. And there were police out here onlong we 202 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:18,560 Speaker 1: don't care because there's some ship for a thirteen year 203 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: old like they can't get out the beautiful sun, the 204 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: power of the sun. As we hold these sunflowers, as 205 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,560 Speaker 1: we call Nelly's name, I want us to remember the 206 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: power of this moment because just like we say Jackie 207 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,959 Speaker 1: Lacy must go and follow it up with Jackie Lacy wild, 208 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:43,200 Speaker 1: when we say defund the police and reimagine public safety, 209 00:19:44,040 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 1: we're not just saying what we aspire to. We are 210 00:19:48,160 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 1: calling it into being. We will abolish the fou We say, 211 00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 1: Nellie forever. Y'all say it, Melly. When we say that, 212 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 1: we have to honor that. So we're gonna get it right. Yeah, 213 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:28,680 Speaker 1: yea forever. And then he went ahead and put a 214 00:20:28,680 --> 00:20:35,639 Speaker 1: security hold on Mellie's autopsy. Cool here. We knew that 215 00:20:35,720 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 1: Mellie was dead, but we didn't know the particulars. We 216 00:20:38,320 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 1: didn't know how long it took for her to die. 217 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:43,080 Speaker 1: We didn't know where exactly she was shot. And it 218 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 1: was only after we went to court to ask for this, 219 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: because they finally gave it to us. I was talking 220 00:20:52,840 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 1: to a friend of mine a few months ago, and 221 00:20:54,920 --> 00:20:57,480 Speaker 1: he talked to about his brother who had died in 222 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:00,640 Speaker 1: a horrific car accident, and it was on a road 223 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 1: that they had been taking since they were kids, was 224 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,280 Speaker 1: like going back home to visit their parents. And so 225 00:21:05,400 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 1: he told me that the next time he went to 226 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:10,280 Speaker 1: visit his family on that same road, he saw the 227 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:14,399 Speaker 1: sports marks where his brother's car got high. And so 228 00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,160 Speaker 1: those scorch marks are still there. And just as every 229 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:21,439 Speaker 1: time I drive down the street, I picture the inside 230 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:23,720 Speaker 1: of that Trader Joe's and I picture Mellie bleeding out, 231 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:26,240 Speaker 1: I try to think about the spot where it happened. 232 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: I try to think about what she thought about in 233 00:21:30,000 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: her final moments, and you know, I don't really know 234 00:21:35,359 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 1: what to make of that. But what I do know 235 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 1: is that when that happened, I knew that it was 236 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,679 Speaker 1: going to be my mission to hold the people responsible accountable, 237 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: and whatever shape that was going to take, I knew 238 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 1: that at some point I would have to join the fight. 239 00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:54,920 Speaker 1: And I actually invited Mayor Garcetti here today, and as 240 00:21:54,960 --> 00:22:20,680 Speaker 1: far as I can tell, he's not Heresisi Corcati. So yeah, 241 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:23,159 Speaker 1: I mean so, so he's not here and he actually 242 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:25,800 Speaker 1: met He missed Mellie's funeral because he was out of 243 00:22:25,840 --> 00:22:28,120 Speaker 1: town because he thought at the time that he would 244 00:22:28,160 --> 00:22:31,680 Speaker 1: maybe be able to run for president. Can you imagine that, 245 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:38,359 Speaker 1: President Eric Garcetti. But I knew that when he did that, 246 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:41,720 Speaker 1: he he insulted my father. It wasn't even that he 247 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 1: insulted me, insulted my father who was at the lowest 248 00:22:44,560 --> 00:22:47,280 Speaker 1: point of his life. And Michael Moore, when he went 249 00:22:47,359 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: on to his to do his press conference about Mellie's murders, 250 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 1: said it was a tragedy, but I want you to 251 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:59,600 Speaker 1: put yourself in the position of those offices at that point, 252 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:03,720 Speaker 1: he's trying to remove the culpability of those officers. And 253 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: a year later, when we went to the police commission 254 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: to see whether or not the shooting was in policy, 255 00:23:09,880 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 1: he came up to us and he smiled and shook 256 00:23:12,359 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 1: my father's hands, knowing that he had already said that 257 00:23:15,040 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: those two officers were in policy. He gave him a 258 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: clean bill of health, and he sat there and smiled 259 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:22,760 Speaker 1: and said, you know, this actually was gonna take place 260 00:23:22,840 --> 00:23:26,680 Speaker 1: in close session. So we didn't even see him say 261 00:23:26,760 --> 00:23:28,680 Speaker 1: the words that it was called. He read about it 262 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 1: the next day. He said carry on, He say, carry on, 263 00:23:55,680 --> 00:24:07,920 Speaker 1: carry on less. We love you, all of you. Yes, 264 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: she can't put gun and ship. It's right here. Wh 265 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: here s went down as a scene when they put 266 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: her on the ground and they brought her up with 267 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: lots of flowers as a sunflower. Put your flowers up. 268 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,760 Speaker 1: You see every one of these colors right here. As 269 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:28,600 Speaker 1: you carry on. As a democracy, we take the consensus 270 00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:33,040 Speaker 1: of the people. So we're here for you. This respect 271 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: it's for you. And the love it's for you. Nay love, 272 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: We all love you. So when I say that we're 273 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:51,600 Speaker 1: all together symbolically within this flower, you see the petals 274 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,920 Speaker 1: us in the choir now and we're all here together 275 00:24:56,040 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 1: in a big circle. Attacked you to the chur. I 276 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: believe it. And the only way now we're gonna get 277 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:07,399 Speaker 1: the true juice that we need. And they tell that 278 00:25:07,520 --> 00:25:10,720 Speaker 1: something like this never happened again. And then we pushed 279 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:33,520 Speaker 1: the spirit of her and we have and we went 280 00:25:33,560 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: to New York and her and Alcabert tried some weird 281 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:44,320 Speaker 1: New Jersey food, like were throwing scrapple out the ship. Afterwards, 282 00:25:44,359 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: we went to New York the day after New Year's 283 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 1: It was so cold and we were pricing all the 284 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 1: little worst things in New York. Yeah, it was so 285 00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:55,119 Speaker 1: cold and we had like three honeys on. Remember from 286 00:25:55,119 --> 00:25:57,680 Speaker 1: when I was pretty young and when in my aunt 287 00:25:57,720 --> 00:26:00,200 Speaker 1: Eily was you boy close? I was young. I'm not 288 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,040 Speaker 1: sure why I'm just cooking, but I had this photo 289 00:26:02,080 --> 00:26:05,040 Speaker 1: of her putting this apron on me, and me and 290 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:17,639 Speaker 1: my dad love that poting so much. I remember moment 291 00:26:17,680 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 1: that hers with her. Because of lack of police trimming, 292 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:21,920 Speaker 1: I will never be able to hug her, I will 293 00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:24,159 Speaker 1: never be able to make fun of my dad with 294 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:26,520 Speaker 1: her again, and she will never cook for me again. 295 00:26:26,600 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 1: I will never fully hear, fully heal because of the LPD, 296 00:26:30,119 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 1: and I'm being selfish and only worrying about themselves. It's 297 00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,240 Speaker 1: hard to end this because my heart hurts and I 298 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: just want my aunt back, and I just get filled 299 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 1: of anger because of the LAPD and specifically the two Cobs. 300 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 1: Silin say and Sarah winmens, you got your your guy's 301 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,520 Speaker 1: actions killed my aunt, and Erica said you didn't help 302 00:26:55,560 --> 00:26:59,400 Speaker 1: that all in the situation and said put your put 303 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: yourself in the position of the police officers. That's the 304 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 1: most incandescent thing you can say when so I'll make 305 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 1: you are mourning, Mellie And lastly Michael Moore, the CEO 306 00:27:09,640 --> 00:27:23,400 Speaker 1: of the circus the lap Chees. Oh well, the fat 307 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 1: just cert an excuse for what happened two years ago. 308 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: Who are we supposed to call when the police are 309 00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: the murderers? You once before, we're supporting coming out there. 310 00:27:36,960 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: It's so much to me and my club. Or good 311 00:28:13,080 --> 00:28:15,400 Speaker 1: to see you, to thank you, No, I'm live to honor, 312 00:28:15,520 --> 00:28:18,040 Speaker 1: thank you for inviting me. This is del Henderson from 313 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: leed In House. I have one of the explosive and 314 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:25,960 Speaker 1: excellent speakers, but we hear for in memory of a 315 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:30,879 Speaker 1: very strong person and a very heartful sunlight person. She 316 00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: brought a lot of light into a lot of people's lives. 317 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,000 Speaker 1: Her name was Meli Garado and I'm here talking with 318 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: her brother about what she was like, what this incidence 319 00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: is that happened and while we were here today, So 320 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,320 Speaker 1: without further Ado, let's talk with Albert. Albert, thank you 321 00:28:44,400 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: for joining us. Hey Dale, get to see you. I'm 322 00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 1: really happy you're here today. Thank you. Tell us a 323 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:51,480 Speaker 1: little bit about Mellie. You know she I'm sure she 324 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:54,240 Speaker 1: seems larger than lights from what I've heard. Yeah, Mellie, 325 00:28:54,240 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 1: you know, she was my younger sister, but in a 326 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:58,520 Speaker 1: lot of ways, you know, she was very wise, and 327 00:28:58,560 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: so I would go to her for advice. I mean, 328 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 1: I obviously was an older brother, so I tried to 329 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: guide her down the right pathook And she's very smart, 330 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: you know, brilliant person, but one of the most caring 331 00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:09,600 Speaker 1: people I've ever known. Like she made you feel like 332 00:29:09,680 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 1: on your most special day that much more special. She 333 00:29:12,800 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 1: really knew how to take care of people, and she 334 00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:17,000 Speaker 1: really cared for the people in her life, whether they 335 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:20,240 Speaker 1: were a family of friends. She wanted to make sure 336 00:29:20,360 --> 00:29:22,160 Speaker 1: where you stood with her, and it was always in 337 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 1: good stand. Yeah, well, that's excellent. It sounds like she 338 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: had had a very good family, a very good upbringing. 339 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: And you sound like a very good brother. So can 340 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:32,840 Speaker 1: you tell us what happened and we'll walk it through, 341 00:29:33,200 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: give us a little bit of insight. Yeah. So, on 342 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,479 Speaker 1: July twenty first, twenty eighteen, the LAPD was in pursuit 343 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:42,160 Speaker 1: of a man named Gene Atkins. He had shot his 344 00:29:42,240 --> 00:29:45,840 Speaker 1: grandmother and they found him like he had a throwing car. 345 00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 1: They found him and they pursued him in his car. 346 00:29:49,600 --> 00:29:53,320 Speaker 1: The wheel popped and crashed into a lightful outside of 347 00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,760 Speaker 1: the trader Joseph silver Lake. He ran inside and the 348 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:57,840 Speaker 1: police were you know, shot into the store trying to 349 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: kill him. Emelie was caught in the crossfire in the guide. 350 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: Did the police get arrested or what happened? No? I mean, 351 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 1: as far as I can tell, they were. You know, 352 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,920 Speaker 1: what mostly happens is they're put on desk duty, on 353 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: some sort of leave, they have to fill out a 354 00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:14,720 Speaker 1: lot of paperwork. But as far as I know, a 355 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:17,440 Speaker 1: month later they were back out on the streets. My goodness, 356 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 1: you go ahead, shoot into an our cry. What would 357 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: let me ask you a hypothetical question. Let's suppose if 358 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:24,960 Speaker 1: you had was upset and you were running out with 359 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: someone and you shot in the crowd, and you acted 360 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 1: only killed maybe a cop or then what will be 361 00:30:29,480 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: to penalty for that? I mean I'd be in prison. 362 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: I'd be a life in prison. I think for some reason, 363 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: a CoP's life matters more than a civilian's life. When 364 00:30:37,120 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: a civilian gets killed, you know, in the crossfire or 365 00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: anything like that. It's always chalked up to wrong place, 366 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: wrong time. We're sorry, but we're doing our jobs. But 367 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:47,280 Speaker 1: if I were to do the same thing, because it's 368 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:49,080 Speaker 1: not my job to go out and kill people, then 369 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 1: if I were to murder a police officer, I would 370 00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:53,840 Speaker 1: go to prison, no questions asked. I would have been 371 00:30:53,880 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: arrested that day and probably murdered in prison. You know, 372 00:30:57,280 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 1: it's very the way that a CoP's life is been 373 00:31:00,000 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 1: allied over civilians. He's very troubled. Yeah, I totally agree. 374 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:08,120 Speaker 1: I think the idea of qualified and unity just goes overboard. 375 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:10,560 Speaker 1: One of the things is, so how did the police 376 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,880 Speaker 1: reach out to you or speak to you about the incident. 377 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 1: Our only sort of interaction with the police was Chief 378 00:31:17,920 --> 00:31:20,360 Speaker 1: More trying to meet with us for a photo opportunity 379 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:24,800 Speaker 1: before the press conference where he admitted that the laped 380 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:27,480 Speaker 1: killed Melly. Otherwise, we got a lawyer pretty quickly, so 381 00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:30,160 Speaker 1: they didn't want to talk to us, and they actively 382 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 1: have been trying to withhold information from us. I heard 383 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:35,360 Speaker 1: you just mention that they stated that they were trying 384 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 1: to be cooperative in anything you need. But what happened. 385 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: They put a security hold on Mellie's autopsy. They ran 386 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:44,840 Speaker 1: a toxicology test on Melli looking for drugs. And she 387 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:47,800 Speaker 1: was the victim of a shooting. She wasn't interacting with 388 00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,880 Speaker 1: the cops. She wasn't running from them as she worked. 389 00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,560 Speaker 1: She was at work. And you know what I always 390 00:31:54,600 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: tell people is that when that guy's car hit the poll, 391 00:31:58,520 --> 00:32:00,200 Speaker 1: she thought she heard a car accident. She to know 392 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: that someone was running from the police, so she went 393 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 1: out to go help someone. So her last conscious action 394 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 1: as a human being was to go help someone. And 395 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,600 Speaker 1: so that is that is how I try to live 396 00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:11,800 Speaker 1: my life. Is I go and I try to help them. 397 00:32:11,840 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 1: And yeah, and also just you know, like sometimes if 398 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 1: you help people, if you give people kindness, you're not 399 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,360 Speaker 1: always gonna get kindness back. And that's okay, and you 400 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:21,640 Speaker 1: need to be okay with that. And you need to 401 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: know that sometimes that you try to help people, you 402 00:32:23,800 --> 00:32:25,960 Speaker 1: may not it may not be received in a good way, 403 00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:27,960 Speaker 1: or you may even even get hurt or gat you know, 404 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: and but you still have to help people. But you 405 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:32,680 Speaker 1: plan to see like the sunflower, and the sunflower could 406 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: be spread every day, yeah and into Yeah, and my 407 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: goal is to tell people about Melly and inspire more 408 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: people to get involved in these causes because I got 409 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 1: involved because I wanted to uplook Melly's name and I 410 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 1: needed to do something to give back to this community 411 00:32:46,080 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 1: and to help fix this city that took my sister 412 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,680 Speaker 1: from And so if I can do that, someone who 413 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 1: had never done anything with politics should never engage in 414 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,640 Speaker 1: this service stuff. If I can go and be successful, 415 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,520 Speaker 1: anyone else, anyone else can do that. And it doesn't. 416 00:32:58,920 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: It doesn't and should not take a tragedy for that 417 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: to happen. So what happens if when you hear people 418 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,240 Speaker 1: talk about not all cocks, we need police or at 419 00:33:08,280 --> 00:33:11,640 Speaker 1: out of this look you respond to that. What I 420 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 1: say is that even if you're not the one pulling 421 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 1: the trigger, if you're not falsifying reports, if you're not 422 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 1: harassing people, you are covering up for the ones that do. 423 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,000 Speaker 1: So you're as complicit as anybody else. So if you 424 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:25,800 Speaker 1: know that your partner us you know excessive force, and 425 00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,400 Speaker 1: if you know that he plans to drugs, if you 426 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,960 Speaker 1: know that he killed someone who didn't have a weapon 427 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 1: on them, and you file a report that's false, if 428 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: you say a statement that's false, you are complicit. So 429 00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: you you didn't pull the trigger, but you are knowingly 430 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:41,600 Speaker 1: helping in the murder or harassment of people. So that's 431 00:33:41,600 --> 00:33:45,000 Speaker 1: why the system needs to be broken down and built 432 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 1: from scratch, because if that's a built in thing, a 433 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:48,960 Speaker 1: cops know that they're going to get away with it, 434 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: what's to stop them from killing anyone for any reason whatsoever? 435 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: When you went to the police commission, did they offered 436 00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:58,120 Speaker 1: any cadoless or any kind of way to a record 437 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:01,520 Speaker 1: besides uh, you know, chief more shaking my dad's hand 438 00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:03,960 Speaker 1: and you know, kind of thanking us for being there. No, 439 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,520 Speaker 1: I mean our relationship with them. We filed a lawsuit 440 00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 1: four months after Mellie was killed. So since then they've 441 00:34:10,600 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: they've really kept their hands off of us, and we 442 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: really haven't had much contact, which is good because we 443 00:34:15,080 --> 00:34:18,080 Speaker 1: don't necessarily want any We we're coming for everything they have, 444 00:34:18,320 --> 00:34:20,359 Speaker 1: and so we don't want to settle. We don't want 445 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 1: to be friends with them. We don't want to We 446 00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: don't want anything but justice or you know, abolishment as 447 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,480 Speaker 1: the police. I was going to ask too, because I 448 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,480 Speaker 1: have you tried with the NAACP and the the FBI 449 00:34:31,680 --> 00:34:34,279 Speaker 1: with a investiga I don't know, Actually I haven't thought 450 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:35,600 Speaker 1: about it. I have to talk to my lawyers, but 451 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:38,680 Speaker 1: it's certainly something that and you know, my father wants 452 00:34:38,960 --> 00:34:40,880 Speaker 1: justice for Mellie. I mean obviously I do too, But 453 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 1: my the work that I do, that I go out 454 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,400 Speaker 1: and try to do is is very immediate and the 455 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:47,080 Speaker 1: things that we want are going to take time. So 456 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 1: for me getting involved and going against LATD, not just 457 00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:53,960 Speaker 1: in a courtroom but on the streets, on the social 458 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:57,359 Speaker 1: media or whatever, that's the fight in its immediacy, right, 459 00:34:57,440 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: Like the child is a fight. It ritt large, and 460 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,759 Speaker 1: it's it's a big one, right. But if I can 461 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: go out there and protest and do things and call 462 00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:08,719 Speaker 1: them out, that's doing the work as well outstanding I would. 463 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: I thank you very much for your time, and I 464 00:35:11,280 --> 00:35:13,279 Speaker 1: know you're gonna have a busy, hectic day, and I 465 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,080 Speaker 1: really am touched by the story and I'm inspired that 466 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: Mellie stood for more than life than many of the 467 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:21,840 Speaker 1: talks that are be ideified. And I think you again, 468 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,520 Speaker 1: thank you for I appreciate your show and everything you're doing. 469 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:26,719 Speaker 1: Thank you for thank you. This is THEO Henderson from 470 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 1: Weedy and Highes, and I thank you all for listening. 471 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:48,799 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll meet again in the light of understanding. Thank 472 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:52,880 Speaker 1: you for listening to episode thirty. It's important to remember Mellie, 473 00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:57,400 Speaker 1: to celebrate her kindness and her generosity to her friends 474 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,279 Speaker 1: and family, but also to fight for her and the 475 00:36:00,520 --> 00:36:03,480 Speaker 1: justice that she deserves. This is THEO Henderson from Weedy 476 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:06,120 Speaker 1: On House and I thank you all for listening, and 477 00:36:06,239 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: may we again meet in the light of understanding.