WEBVTT - Leveling Out the System

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<v Speaker 1>COVID is becoming a thing again where all of a sudden,

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<v Speaker 1>folks are starting to get infected with COVID and in

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<v Speaker 1>large groups. Um I just had Actually, my makeup artist

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<v Speaker 1>was just telling me that a group of her friends

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<v Speaker 1>were together recently. They've been getting together for a while,

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<v Speaker 1>but just this time that they got together, several people

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<v Speaker 1>within the group got COVID. Hopefully all of them will

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<v Speaker 1>be fine and it won't you know, be life threatening.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's also a thing. So you know, there's a

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<v Speaker 1>lot of stuff happening as always. But I do think

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<v Speaker 1>that unfortunately we have to I don't think we should

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<v Speaker 1>ever return to a time where people have to work

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<v Speaker 1>every day outside of their homes. I do not think

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<v Speaker 1>that that is um productive. I think we have I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if that's really I just I think there

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<v Speaker 1>has to be a balanced of anything. That's what I'm saying.

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<v Speaker 1>I said, that's what I said every day, Well, because

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<v Speaker 1>I love that you had. Right, you can't sweep. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't sweep the floors from your house, you know what

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<v Speaker 1>I'm saying. You can't. You can't manage the steward's a

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<v Speaker 1>block from your home. But what you can do, though,

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<v Speaker 1>is set it up where people have a work schedule

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<v Speaker 1>that allows coverage of individuals so that one person is

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<v Speaker 1>not sweeping the floors for you know, forty hours a week,

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<v Speaker 1>but instead they get a certain amount of hours a

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<v Speaker 1>pay increase, so they're still making the same amount of money.

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<v Speaker 1>But that don't really don't really how you getting You

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<v Speaker 1>want somebody getting paid, let's work. No, No, that means

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<v Speaker 1>first of all, because first of all, people should be

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<v Speaker 1>allowed time to be able to take a class, learn

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<v Speaker 1>some other. If we're if America is going to at

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<v Speaker 1>any point ever in life, in my lifetime, in your lifetime,

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<v Speaker 1>accomplish what it said us and and rise to its

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<v Speaker 1>greatest place, then we would give people tools that they

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<v Speaker 1>need so that they can make more money and be

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<v Speaker 1>more successful. Right, but if you're a person who's working

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<v Speaker 1>all day, maybe two and three jobs, you might not

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<v Speaker 1>have time to take a class. Also while you're trying

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<v Speaker 1>to take care of your kids so you can get

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<v Speaker 1>that promotion or what happened. The whole problem is that

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<v Speaker 1>people who are sweeping floors are getting paid below the

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<v Speaker 1>wage that it is required for them to be able

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<v Speaker 1>to take care of their families. So if you're making

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<v Speaker 1>eight dollars an hour. That should not be a thing

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<v Speaker 1>anymore in our society. People the minimum wage increase at

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen dollars should be the norm, and fifteen dollars ain't ship.

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<v Speaker 1>So the thing about this, Let's say I got a

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<v Speaker 1>little mom and pop stool, right, I'm paying five dollars

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<v Speaker 1>a month for the rent. I'm paying each employee dolls.

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<v Speaker 1>I need about five or six employees, and I don't

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<v Speaker 1>make the amount of money to pay none of these people.

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<v Speaker 1>So those those things are realistic. So if if you have,

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<v Speaker 1>if you're saying that people have to have a minimum

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<v Speaker 1>amount of things, then there's less employees that I have.

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<v Speaker 1>So if it's less employees that I've had able to

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<v Speaker 1>pay fifteen hours, and it's less people that's able to

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<v Speaker 1>work throughout forty our day. So if I only got

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<v Speaker 1>if I got to pay everybody fifteen hours, I've only

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<v Speaker 1>got two people I could pay, right, because I can't

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<v Speaker 1>afford to pay nobody else. I'm not making enough money.

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<v Speaker 1>That the rent is too high, especially when you look

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<v Speaker 1>at inflation, the rent and every the rent is too

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<v Speaker 1>damn how everything is going all the way up. So

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to do what you're talking about, it's

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<v Speaker 1>very hard. I have to say two points on this.

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<v Speaker 1>The first thing is that our government should be given

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<v Speaker 1>better subsidies to small businesses, right, so that these small

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<v Speaker 1>businesses can access capital to keep them afloat where they

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<v Speaker 1>have two pools of money, the money that they're bringing

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<v Speaker 1>in from their products and services and the money that

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<v Speaker 1>the government is supposed to give and does give to

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<v Speaker 1>some some businesses. Right. Because if you are an m

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<v Speaker 1>wbe in New York, and I don't know about other cities.

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<v Speaker 1>I know that there are mw b E programs other places,

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<v Speaker 1>but certainly in New York State, which is a minority

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<v Speaker 1>woman owned business, right, and you apply for all of

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<v Speaker 1>this stuff that takes. Of course, it's like it's like

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's almost like laying yourself on a slab and

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<v Speaker 1>telling somebody to stab you a thousand times in order

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<v Speaker 1>for you to actually get the certification. But if you're

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<v Speaker 1>able to get it one, you get in the pipeline

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<v Speaker 1>for more contracts. And that's everything from food services, cleaning services,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's the little sweeping the floor jobs you're talking about,

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<v Speaker 1>all the way up to you know, big contracts for

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<v Speaker 1>the airport, the build things and what have you. You're

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<v Speaker 1>supposed to be in line and sometimes front of the

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<v Speaker 1>line to be able to put r FPS into get

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<v Speaker 1>those programs. But then there are also subsidies that come

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<v Speaker 1>down from the state that should go to these small

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<v Speaker 1>businesses so that you can stay afloat, so that you

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<v Speaker 1>can especially in times of like you've got COVID and

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<v Speaker 1>you have other things that happen that will help you

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<v Speaker 1>to be able to pay your bills. The problem is

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<v Speaker 1>that m w b s black folks try to apply

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<v Speaker 1>for you know how difficult it is for us with

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<v Speaker 1>application processes. But what they say is women owned businesses.

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<v Speaker 1>So guess what happens. White women go get the licenses

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<v Speaker 1>and the certification and then they become the owner of

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<v Speaker 1>the businesses that their white husbands are running. So again

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<v Speaker 1>every area there is, don't at me, I use the system,

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<v Speaker 1>used the system as it currently stands. But then the

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<v Speaker 1>second thing is it's corporate greed, right, because a part

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<v Speaker 1>of being able to level out things in our society

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<v Speaker 1>is that corporations are taking so much. They have employees

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<v Speaker 1>that are not being paid properly. Uh, they are not

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<v Speaker 1>giving the appropriate benefits, and they're not paying their do

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<v Speaker 1>share of taxes and other things to our society. And

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<v Speaker 1>so therefore we're living in an unbalanced network, if you will,

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<v Speaker 1>or reality, and that's one of our biggest challenges. So

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<v Speaker 1>everything that I'm talking about, Yeah, that's like vision for

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<v Speaker 1>the future that's hoping once they will find a president.

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<v Speaker 1>One day, there will be a president that will come

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<v Speaker 1>forward that will have Donald Trump's balls. But excuse me,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I'm supposed to say that, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>I said Donald Trump's um testicular fortitude, but testicular fortitude.

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<v Speaker 1>But but but but the more our old standing of

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<v Speaker 1>someone who actually wants to do right by society, where

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<v Speaker 1>they will say, I don't care if I don't get

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<v Speaker 1>elected for another four years, but this is the ship

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<v Speaker 1>that I'm gonna put in place, and I'm going to

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<v Speaker 1>hold to my word regardless of whether people like me

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<v Speaker 1>or not. I don't know when that's ever gonna happen,

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<v Speaker 1>because everybody is out here so much for elections, but

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<v Speaker 1>I would hope that, yeah, that's that's going I don't

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<v Speaker 1>see that really happening. I don't see. But just understanding

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<v Speaker 1>the justice system, in the legal system and all of

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<v Speaker 1>this system and government. Now I just understand that it's

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<v Speaker 1>it's it's all a game, and so the game, so

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<v Speaker 1>we just got to figure out how we could play

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<v Speaker 1>the best we can and how do we exist within

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<v Speaker 1>it and build structures small structures that we can build

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<v Speaker 1>infrastructures within this that eventually take over. That's the only

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<v Speaker 1>thing I guess when you really think about it, it's

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<v Speaker 1>certain businesses, essentral businesses that definitely and to my point,

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<v Speaker 1>if those people have to go to work for forty

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<v Speaker 1>albums a week, they damn sure should be being paid

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<v Speaker 1>essential wage right um. But at the same time, I

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<v Speaker 1>feel like people who work from home, or or excuse me,

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<v Speaker 1>people who have jobs that are able to be conducted

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<v Speaker 1>from home, they should be able to be on a

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<v Speaker 1>schedule that provides opportunity for them to be with their kids,

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<v Speaker 1>for them to uh, you know, go to a class,

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<v Speaker 1>take care of themselves, and still be able to work.

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<v Speaker 1>But then, yes, I think we all should absolutely be

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<v Speaker 1>outside around other individuals, talking, networking and connecting with people

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<v Speaker 1>because there is there is one hundred percent a problem

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<v Speaker 1>with folks sitting at home and really starting to suffer

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<v Speaker 1>from mental health issues, you know, as a result of

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<v Speaker 1>them not being around other people. So I agree with

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<v Speaker 1>you about that speak people being at home. Can we

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<v Speaker 1>talk about what's happening with public safety in schools? I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>you've been getting calls every day from interview. It's unbelievable. Like,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, first of all, there's always somebody getting shot

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<v Speaker 1>man or repeat to the four kids that just got

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<v Speaker 1>killed in tend people got shot another vigilante is like,

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<v Speaker 1>how does how does that continue? That? You know, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I really just I'm not saying vigilante. I wanted to

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<v Speaker 1>say school shooting, not vigilante because it wasn't virginated. But

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<v Speaker 1>how does it constantly? Are these kids able to walk

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<v Speaker 1>into schools with guns and kill people? It's just to me,

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<v Speaker 1>it just makes no sense. You know, But y is

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<v Speaker 1>walking into school with a gun too, But I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>saying he's not. But and I'm saying, how is he

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<v Speaker 1>doing it right? How is it? You want more metal detectives,

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<v Speaker 1>what you want? What I want is more not metal detectives.

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<v Speaker 1>I want more school probing. I want more school being

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<v Speaker 1>attentive to the children. And and maybe I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if it's metal detectives per se, but I think that

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<v Speaker 1>there has to be something set up to what kids

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<v Speaker 1>aren't able to walk in the school. Guys, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like the only thing is mine. That means law enforcement.

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<v Speaker 1>So we have to And I'm glad we're having this

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<v Speaker 1>conversation because we really do need to talk through what

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<v Speaker 1>is the next level? Right we there is law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>is what people can people immediately go towards. Now, we

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<v Speaker 1>could say, well, we need to put more anti violence

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<v Speaker 1>experts in the school, right brothers like Shan Duke mcvada

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<v Speaker 1>and others who A C. Mitchell and and I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>I could get in trouble because the list is so

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<v Speaker 1>long of those people who do that work. And we

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<v Speaker 1>can say let's put them in the school. But then

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<v Speaker 1>if something happens and they are not accredited or have

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<v Speaker 1>some type of specific certificate from the state or the city,

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<v Speaker 1>they put themselves in danger that if something happens, it's

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<v Speaker 1>is blamed or placed at the feet of the anti

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<v Speaker 1>violence expert. But then you have law enforcements in the

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<v Speaker 1>in the school, and clearly with metal detectives and everything else,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not working. So I don't know, I think I

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<v Speaker 1>think there has to be assistance center. I just think

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<v Speaker 1>that at this point I think that definitely needs to

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<v Speaker 1>be different gun lawers. Um. I think there should be

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<v Speaker 1>some systems set up. I don't know if it's metal

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<v Speaker 1>detectives per se, but I think schools should have some

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<v Speaker 1>type of structure, which do you just not allowed in

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<v Speaker 1>school guns? Like I just think there should be similar

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<v Speaker 1>and you're not allowed in school with guns now, but

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<v Speaker 1>they're constantly getting in there with and killing people, So

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<v Speaker 1>there has to be something, you know. I don't I'm

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<v Speaker 1>all against over policing, but I do think in these kids,

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<v Speaker 1>our kids should be able to go to school and

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<v Speaker 1>be safe, like kids should not have to you know,

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<v Speaker 1>like you said that the bullying and the way the

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<v Speaker 1>kids are being the lack of real protection in school

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<v Speaker 1>for kids is detrimental, Like you you're, We're I've literally watched,

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<v Speaker 1>you know. I even think about when I was in school.

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<v Speaker 1>They were kids able to come to school from different

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<v Speaker 1>schools and just walk in and jump people. And you know,

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<v Speaker 1>back in the days, we had um um gangs called

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<v Speaker 1>the Deceptic Comes who used to literally get on trains

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<v Speaker 1>and come to schools and jump people, slash them, robbed them,

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<v Speaker 1>like do all these things, and that was happening back

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<v Speaker 1>in the nineties, you know, in in the late eighties,

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<v Speaker 1>so that was happening in our high school. They was

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<v Speaker 1>able to get into school and roll people, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>at gun point, at night point. So I think there

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<v Speaker 1>has to be a more robust strategy to protect kids,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when you start getting high school. Like bullying in

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<v Speaker 1>high school and not as much as junior but high

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<v Speaker 1>school is a big thing. You know, there's a it's

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<v Speaker 1>a real big thing. And I have friends, we both

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<v Speaker 1>have friends who are reaching out saying that they're having issues.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember my son was going to school in in

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<v Speaker 1>um Washington Heights and he's like, kids were trying to

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<v Speaker 1>jump on Like I literally had to go to school.

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<v Speaker 1>It was kids. It was all out bras. I remember

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<v Speaker 1>we used to have bras and people brought guns to school.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's like, there has to be a strategy to which,

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<v Speaker 1>oh you have people, like you said, violence interruptors who

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<v Speaker 1>are in those streets and you know, in those communities,

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<v Speaker 1>in those schools who probably kids who graduated from school

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<v Speaker 1>and still have some notoriety in the schools, they just

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<v Speaker 1>don't want to go to college whatever. Then they have

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<v Speaker 1>a job and they're like monitors. We remember we had

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<v Speaker 1>whole monitors back in the days, like we should have

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<v Speaker 1>advanced whole monitors, who who go to the schools, who

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<v Speaker 1>in the school yards, who had lunch rooms, hearing such

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<v Speaker 1>such because it's always a gossip on such such as defense.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna they're gonna fight after school and we're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>jump through like and they are able to get in

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<v Speaker 1>front of those things because it's a serious thing, like

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<v Speaker 1>it's not like little kids fighting in the school. At

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<v Speaker 1>that point it turns to with guns and knobs, and

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<v Speaker 1>people are losing their lives in schools. Yeah no, I mean, listen,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not gonna get a debate out of me. Something

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<v Speaker 1>has to be done, I know, and and and and

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<v Speaker 1>I think it starts with the top because the administration

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<v Speaker 1>in many of these schools is not doing enough, either

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<v Speaker 1>because they don't want to touch it or they don't

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<v Speaker 1>want their schools ranked as being violent, um you know

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<v Speaker 1>on there in the stats. Also because privacy and protection

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<v Speaker 1>becomes a thing, especially when you have ignorant parents, like

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<v Speaker 1>the parents of the young man who just killed those

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<v Speaker 1>folks in whatever state that was in the white parents

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<v Speaker 1>that told his uh you know, that told him don't

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<v Speaker 1>get caught next time in the text messages. You either

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<v Speaker 1>have ignorant parents like that like Kyle Rittenhouse's mother who

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<v Speaker 1>was an evil criminal that took her son somewhere with

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<v Speaker 1>guns that she knew he wasn't supposed to have. Or

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<v Speaker 1>you have ignorant parents like Titia or you know Lisa

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<v Speaker 1>in our community, who is talking about leave my son alone.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't say shipped to my son, you know, or my daughter.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever outcome of thing, do x y Z and that's right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's on. So like you, on all sides, you've got

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<v Speaker 1>parents that become a big part of the problem, a

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<v Speaker 1>big part. And we don't like to talk about that.

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<v Speaker 1>We love to sit by and watch a racist white

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<v Speaker 1>person do something crazy and then we talked about them.

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<v Speaker 1>We love to sit by and watch you know, uh,

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<v Speaker 1>somebody who is you know, a serial killer that we

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<v Speaker 1>can identify all the things that happened, and how the

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<v Speaker 1>parents with no good and this and that the third.

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<v Speaker 1>But we don't like to also sit down and talk

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<v Speaker 1>to regular folks that look like me and you in

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<v Speaker 1>our communities and say this, cut it out. We need

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<v Speaker 1>to be involved too. You do, you definitely do, so.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't you know, I don't know. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how you stop a person from bringing guns and me,

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<v Speaker 1>we just saw that a kid in New York a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of weeks ago had a gun. He got caught

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<v Speaker 1>with a gun and thirty thou dollars, and then once

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<v Speaker 1>they did more investigation, there were more guns in the school.

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<v Speaker 1>Whether or not they were connected to him. I didn't

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<v Speaker 1>follow the story enough to find out, but I know

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<v Speaker 1>that there were guns in that school. So we know

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<v Speaker 1>that this is a problem that's happening. And to your point,

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<v Speaker 1>it's got to be dealt with because people history has

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<v Speaker 1>shown when we don't address it as an institution, the school,

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<v Speaker 1>the parents, people die, people commit suicide, people drop out

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<v Speaker 1>of school. You want to know why your kid isn't

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<v Speaker 1>paying attention, Probably because they're depressed. They might be being bullied,

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<v Speaker 1>they may just be tied in the bullshit. Can't even

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<v Speaker 1>focus in class. I know when I was in school

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes I could not focus in class for all the

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<v Speaker 1>outbursts and the yelling and screaming that went on. We're

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<v Speaker 1>all types of kids, So you can't say, well, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go to the white schools because you've got kids that's

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<v Speaker 1>showing up. They are piste off about whatever their problems are,

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<v Speaker 1>out of their parents basement, shooting up the building. You

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<v Speaker 1>can't say, okay, well let's go to the school with

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<v Speaker 1>the Latino kids because guess what, they slice your face.

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<v Speaker 1>You can't say let's go to the school with the

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<v Speaker 1>black kids. Because there's game wars everywhere. Are people turned.

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<v Speaker 1>Everywhere we turn, there's problems and discrimination and ways that

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<v Speaker 1>you could try to escape the system, and you can't.

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<v Speaker 1>You cannot can't system. This system is is well, is

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<v Speaker 1>well designed for failure. And when you get out. That's

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<v Speaker 1>why I celebrate anybody that gets out of the system, man,

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<v Speaker 1>because it's set up. Like I tell people all the time,

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<v Speaker 1>when I look at the school system and the structure

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<v Speaker 1>and being incarcerated, it's pretty much the same thing. It

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<v Speaker 1>pretty much mirrors the average school, pretty much mirrors the

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<v Speaker 1>way that the prison is designed in the coloring, the

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<v Speaker 1>way it looks all of these mess hall looks like

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<v Speaker 1>the lunch room. The gym looks like the same gym.

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<v Speaker 1>Like the only thing that's not in the classrooms is

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<v Speaker 1>there The only thing that the classrooms imitate the sales.

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<v Speaker 1>Because the way it's lined up door to door. The

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<v Speaker 1>only thing that the schools don't have it sales. So

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<v Speaker 1>you know, when you think about it, man, I don't know. Man,

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<v Speaker 1>we want more metal sectors or some kind of way.

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<v Speaker 1>I do because that's the way that they protect you

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<v Speaker 1>in the jails, right, because you gotta walk through metal detectives.

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<v Speaker 1>So a lot of times they catch you when you

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<v Speaker 1>got a knife. That person they're gonna bring a knife

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<v Speaker 1>to certain places, or they figured out how to do

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<v Speaker 1>it because they know that metal tectre go off. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a lot more safer and unfortunately we we I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know if it's metal texas the answer, like I said,

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<v Speaker 1>but I know there has to be something that makes

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<v Speaker 1>it impossible, you know, or highly unlikely or or hardest

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<v Speaker 1>hell for you to get in school with a gun

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<v Speaker 1>and kill somebody. Well, I'm sure there are some people

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<v Speaker 1>and at Anti violence Space that would say no more.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, it's not about police surveillance, not about metal detectives.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess that's what they would say. I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm with you, we don't know, but we're gonna find

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<v Speaker 1>out