WEBVTT - Are Our Children Safe with Their All-White Friend Group? | MiniPod

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<v Speaker 1>Native lampod is a production of iHeartRadio in partnership with

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<v Speaker 1>Reaisent Choice Media. Welcome home, y'all, this is our mini

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<v Speaker 1>pod and this week we are talking about the case

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<v Speaker 1>of Nolan Wills, which is brought into a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>our minds and on our hearts. We've been thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>whether or not black children are safe in the company

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<v Speaker 1>of their all white friend group and Bakari, as you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Nolan Wills was eighteen years old, a star football player,

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<v Speaker 1>was on a boat in Horn Island, Mississippi with some

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<v Speaker 1>of his friends, which is in Jackson County, Mississippi. He

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<v Speaker 1>was there on the fourth of July and his family

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<v Speaker 1>did not hear from him again after that. His body

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<v Speaker 1>was found in Horn Island on the sixth. So my

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<v Speaker 1>heart certainly goes out to his family. Our prayers are

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<v Speaker 1>with you all, and I'm so sorry for this devastating loss.

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<v Speaker 1>But I got to tell you, Bakari, instantly, I thought

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<v Speaker 1>of my best friend's son, who on the same day,

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<v Speaker 1>on the fourth was sending us videos with his all

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<v Speaker 1>white friend group jumping off a boat into the water.

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<v Speaker 1>And I was having a fit because I was like,

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<v Speaker 1>you're jumping off too close to the boat. You're going

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<v Speaker 1>to hit your head and like have a concussion. Can

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<v Speaker 1>you please not do that, to which he responded, you

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<v Speaker 1>only live once, which I was very upset about. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know, after that and when we started hearing more

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<v Speaker 1>about Nolan, I was like, well, he needs to bring

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<v Speaker 1>a black friend with him going forward. So I just

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<v Speaker 1>am curious to know what you think about this. I

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<v Speaker 1>have a lot of reservations thinking about all of the

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<v Speaker 1>many incidents over the years, ell since before we were alive,

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<v Speaker 1>where that one black person is with the all white

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<v Speaker 1>friend group and it doesn't end up being so safe.

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<v Speaker 2>So I I think about this in a few ways.

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<v Speaker 1>So you've probably been that black friend maccary in your life.

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<v Speaker 1>You ain't never been with all white friends. You got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of white friends.

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<v Speaker 2>I do, but maybe like at Heathwood Hall my ninth grade,

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<v Speaker 2>but we didn't go nowhere. I was so young, so

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<v Speaker 2>my parents, my parents were very cognizant, Like I wasn't

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<v Speaker 2>able to ride with a teenager in high school, Like

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<v Speaker 2>my parents didn't allow me to ride with another teenagers

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<v Speaker 2>simply under the rule that teenagers don't make good decisions. Right.

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<v Speaker 2>There are a couple of things you know, when you

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<v Speaker 2>are a black parent, you parents your children differently culturally.

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<v Speaker 2>My kids don't have toy guns. They just don't. They

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<v Speaker 2>don't have a luxury going out in the street shooting

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<v Speaker 2>toy guns at each other. Sadie and Stokely don't have

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<v Speaker 2>toy guns. I would.

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<v Speaker 1>I just want to make a note for the people

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<v Speaker 1>listening that the super soaker was created by a black man.

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<v Speaker 3>I definitely had a super soaker carry.

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<v Speaker 2>On, Yeah, But we talked about some of these guns

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<v Speaker 2>right now. Some of these toy guns look real as

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<v Speaker 2>a mug right now. You know, I might let them

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<v Speaker 2>get a super soaker or something, but like those things

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<v Speaker 2>that anyway, also, I probably they don't. They don't really

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<v Speaker 2>go as of right now, aren't trying to be separated,

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<v Speaker 2>and there will. There will come a time I was

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<v Speaker 2>joking with you off aired it. Stokely had a friend

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<v Speaker 2>come over, and Sadie said that the friend couldn't come

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<v Speaker 2>until gymnastics practice was over so she could be there

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<v Speaker 2>with him. Right so she ain't gonna miss out on

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<v Speaker 2>no opportunity to be with her brother. But at that

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<v Speaker 2>time time comes, I would be extremely hesitant without some

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<v Speaker 2>vetting of where you're going on a lake, probably ain't

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<v Speaker 2>one of the places. What time you're gonna be home?

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<v Speaker 2>Who are their parents? If I don't know, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying the answer is no. But I have to have

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<v Speaker 2>a certain level of familiarity for you to be in

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<v Speaker 2>this all white setting. I say that to say that

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<v Speaker 2>I may not also let you go out without that

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<v Speaker 2>same level of familiarity with an all black group of

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<v Speaker 2>friends either, right, I mean I as a parent, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be not overly protective, but very very protective

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<v Speaker 2>of my and I'm not pleased. Do not say that

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<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to be in any way shape form a

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<v Speaker 2>fashion critical of the parenting of Nolan. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>enough details. I'm not saying they. I'm just telling you

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<v Speaker 2>how I raise my kids. Because I was looking at

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<v Speaker 2>the young lady named Dreamed all brief. She was a

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<v Speaker 2>twenty one year old influencer who just got shot and

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<v Speaker 2>killed in her Lamborghini two nights ago. She was hanging

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<v Speaker 2>out with an all black group of folks, drove off

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<v Speaker 2>and they pulled up. They murdered her and her cousin

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<v Speaker 2>in a car. So one of the things I say

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<v Speaker 2>all that to say that I am educating my children

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<v Speaker 2>on understanding, knowing your whereabouts, having a friend that you

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<v Speaker 2>call a true friend with you at all times, and

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<v Speaker 2>your parents simply ain't gonna let you do everything you

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<v Speaker 2>want to do because I ain't your what's your mama say,

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<v Speaker 2>I ain't your little.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, Bakari When you brought that up about you're

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<v Speaker 1>gonna vet the black kids too, you vetting the full

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<v Speaker 1>rainbow coalition. I thought about my mom because there was

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<v Speaker 1>only one friend that I can remember, like elementary, middle

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<v Speaker 1>school or high school that my mom was like, hell

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<v Speaker 1>to the naw I'm not gonna say her name for protection,

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<v Speaker 1>but I remember her name, and I wanted to I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to cheerlead for like little league football, because this

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<v Speaker 1>girl did, and I wanted to hang out with her.

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<v Speaker 1>And my mom was like, you're not cheerleading because most

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<v Speaker 1>of them girls is fast, and a little friend is fast.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't even want you talking to her being around her.

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<v Speaker 1>And I remember being so surprised because my mom was

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<v Speaker 1>never on that type of time, but she did not.

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<v Speaker 1>She wasn't going for it. She was like, yeah, no,

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<v Speaker 1>you're not ready for the world like you think you are.

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<v Speaker 1>Booth it's not happening, and so I hear that. I

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<v Speaker 1>just think that there's something ancestrally that is stirring up

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<v Speaker 1>us around this Nolan Wills case.

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<v Speaker 3>When we were off air.

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<v Speaker 1>When we were off air, we were talking about what

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<v Speaker 1>is being reported right now in TMZ, which is that

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<v Speaker 1>the sheriff if Jackson County is saying he doesn't see

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<v Speaker 1>any foul play. Well, Jackson County is sixty six percent white.

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<v Speaker 1>The kids who were with Nolan Wills have deactivated their

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<v Speaker 1>social media accounts, and one of the kids stepmothers, is

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<v Speaker 1>a judge in the area, and so I want to

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<v Speaker 1>put her statement up be because I think this is

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<v Speaker 1>interesting that a judge, while there's an open investigation, felt

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<v Speaker 1>comfortable and audacious enough to post the following statement.

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<v Speaker 3>So she says, our family.

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<v Speaker 1>Along with the community, grieves the loss of Nolan Wells.

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<v Speaker 1>Our thoughts and prayers are with Nolan's family. Our son,

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<v Speaker 1>Warren loved Nolan dearly. Unfortunately, I feel that it is

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<v Speaker 1>appropriate for our family to dispel some rumors with facts

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<v Speaker 1>based upon the social media attention that is being diverted

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<v Speaker 1>away from the Wells family and their loss. Mind you,

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<v Speaker 1>the Wells family went to social media to find their child.

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<v Speaker 1>But I digress. So there, she says, defensively, Yes, I

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<v Speaker 1>deactivated my Facebook given the very heightened emotional state of

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<v Speaker 1>social media right now, I fear for the safety of

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<v Speaker 1>my child and my children. My husband and I have

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<v Speaker 1>six children, and we covet their privacy. We do not

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<v Speaker 1>believe it is appropriate for our minor children's photographs to

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<v Speaker 1>be circulated throughout the Internet, presenting potential threats to their safety.

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<v Speaker 1>Pausing here to just acknowledge that these are the last

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<v Speaker 1>people Nolan was photographed with, and people want to know

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<v Speaker 1>if they were with him or not when he died.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is why, this is why I find the

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<v Speaker 2>share of statement to be so troubling. Yeah, because Judge Cole,

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<v Speaker 2>we got to bring.

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<v Speaker 3>That back up to but you can then you can

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<v Speaker 3>pause it for now.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we Judge Cole could be accurate in her assertion

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<v Speaker 2>that that you know, her son had nothing to do

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<v Speaker 2>with it. She could be very accurate in the assertion,

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<v Speaker 2>and people could It could be he could have drowned,

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<v Speaker 2>It could be an accident. He could have had a stroke,

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<v Speaker 2>He could have all of these could have could have,

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<v Speaker 2>could have, could have, right and we don't know what happened,

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<v Speaker 2>and we're not here too. And I don't want to

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<v Speaker 2>find those young boys guilty in a court of public

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<v Speaker 2>opinion because that we that happens to us and our

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<v Speaker 2>people too much. And I ain't about to start handing

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<v Speaker 2>that out. But the reason in the circumstances surrounding this

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<v Speaker 2>require more attention, it requires more detail, it requires more transparency.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, let's keep reading her statements and you can see.

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<v Speaker 2>So let me let me just let me tell you

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<v Speaker 2>why the sheriffs is wrong. Because when you come out

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<v Speaker 2>here right now and say there's no evidence of foul play,

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<v Speaker 2>many of us look like you're drawing conclusions before we know.

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<v Speaker 2>The investigation is over.

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<v Speaker 3>He's made he's telling you didn't. Investigation is over.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's what's so troubling, because this stepmom is the judge,

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<v Speaker 1>and I want to keep reading her statement. This is

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<v Speaker 1>why I'm bringing this up. Be she's moving in this.

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<v Speaker 1>So she says she deactivated her Facebook. This is clear

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<v Speaker 1>that her Facebook is back up. So if she deactivated

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<v Speaker 1>her Facebook throughout the course of the investigation, she.

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<v Speaker 3>Must know something we don't.

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<v Speaker 1>She probably knows the investigation has reached this inclusion and

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<v Speaker 1>maybe she had a little something to do with it.

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<v Speaker 1>So she says next, I graduated high school with Christine

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<v Speaker 1>Wells Wansley. We are from the same community. I have

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<v Speaker 1>the utmost respect for her and all of the Wells family.

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<v Speaker 1>We mourn the loss of Nolan with them. Our prayers

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<v Speaker 1>have been and will continue to be with them. Then

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<v Speaker 1>she goes on defensively to say, my husband and I

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<v Speaker 1>were not at Horn Island at any point on fourth

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<v Speaker 1>of July. No one in our family is trying in

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<v Speaker 1>any way to impede with the investigation by law enforcement

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<v Speaker 1>or to otherwise hamper the family and law enforcements quests

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<v Speaker 1>for answers. Warren was interviewed by the This is fascinating.

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<v Speaker 1>This is mind blowing to me that this is a

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<v Speaker 1>judge doing this. By the way, Warren was interviewed by

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<v Speaker 1>the Jackson County Sheriff's Department and cooperated fully. He saw

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<v Speaker 1>Nolan last at around three pm on July fourth. They

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<v Speaker 1>left around four point thirty pm when the boat was

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<v Speaker 1>taking on water and they had an issue with the

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<v Speaker 1>bilge pump. Nolan made a decision to stay on the

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<v Speaker 1>island and return inland later with another group of friends.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes I am a judge. Let me say that again. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I am a judge. I also value transparency. I apologize

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<v Speaker 1>if anyone was offended that I deleted my social media.

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<v Speaker 1>There was no there were no nefarious motivations in my

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<v Speaker 1>deleting my social media. Social media has a lot of positives,

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<v Speaker 1>but a whole lot of negatives. But she is on

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<v Speaker 1>here singing the pain with her song on social media.

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<v Speaker 1>We live in a world of clickbaiting. Sad but true.

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<v Speaker 1>She clickbaiting right now. My family is hopeful that this

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<v Speaker 1>information will help to redirect the attention to the Wells family,

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<v Speaker 1>their grief and their need for our community support. Here's

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<v Speaker 1>where she fucked up. This ain't about to redirect the

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<v Speaker 1>attention to the Wells family. People have even more questions.

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<v Speaker 3>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>You're an heir, a judge, a sitting judge who knows

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<v Speaker 1>that something happened.

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<v Speaker 3>To this child.

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<v Speaker 1>The child has lost his life, and you're up here

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<v Speaker 1>posting about your son and wanting to protect your son.

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<v Speaker 1>Your son and the friends who he was with didn't

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<v Speaker 1>help to protect this black child.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't understand.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that the state anytime a sitting judge in

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<v Speaker 2>a County makes a statement like this is beyond it

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<v Speaker 2>lies because I mean, apparently your son was, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>not a target, but a subject of the investigation. He

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<v Speaker 2>came in, he was one of the last people that

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<v Speaker 2>was with you know, apparently your son did have or

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<v Speaker 2>was with people who looked as if they may have

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<v Speaker 2>been underage, drinking on a boat or whatever they had

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<v Speaker 2>in their hand. But I also, I mean, I think

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<v Speaker 2>that investigations have to play out. The problem is with

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<v Speaker 2>this happening and with the sheriff's statement, there is there

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<v Speaker 2>is no there's no fundamental belief that the investigation is

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<v Speaker 2>going to play out fairly or with transparency. And that's

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<v Speaker 2>unfortunate because I don't want this family, this Wells family,

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<v Speaker 2>and that's I mean, it should have been something, if

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<v Speaker 2>they friends, it should have been something she texted them

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<v Speaker 2>or called them or talked to them about and said, look,

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<v Speaker 2>we're praying for you. But you know, Warren was with him.

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<v Speaker 2>Warren says he swears he didn't see anything. But we

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<v Speaker 2>taking them down into the police. Well, you know, we'll

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<v Speaker 2>be at the funeral if you want us to be there,

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<v Speaker 2>but we understand if you don't. But our prayers are

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<v Speaker 2>with you and your family and doing this. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>that's not something that you post. I just there are

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<v Speaker 2>too many questions coming out of is this Texas, Mississippi, Mississippi, Ssissippi.

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<v Speaker 2>There are too many questions coming out of Mississippi, and

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<v Speaker 2>the imagery is not something that is conducive to us.

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<v Speaker 2>Just trusting and believing. I get What's who was it? Nixon?

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<v Speaker 2>They said, Trust Paverify. That's what all black folk are

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<v Speaker 2>trying to do. Trust Paverify.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm reading this piece that talks about his best friend,

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<v Speaker 1>jay Von Williams, who is seventeen years old, who like

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<v Speaker 1>a normal friend would went to help with the search crew.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he was supposed to have been on the

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<v Speaker 1>same boat with Nolan, So I think that this is fascinating.

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<v Speaker 1>He said he saw him later, he told him he

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<v Speaker 1>loved him, and he spoke with other friends and a

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<v Speaker 1>girl in the crowd. He saw him sometime after four

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<v Speaker 1>and they said. Another friend, Trace Carter, said he spoke

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<v Speaker 1>with Nolan before the trip and told him to be careful,

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<v Speaker 1>hit me up when you get back, watch out for yourself.

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<v Speaker 3>So I think that's also interesting.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, there may have been some friends who had

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<v Speaker 1>some reservations about this fring group.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know, but I think this is fascinating.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know, the sheriff. This is the problem that

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<v Speaker 2>I have with the sheriff, and this is the way

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<v Speaker 2>that I look at investments.

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<v Speaker 3>He said, they suspect he drowned. The sheriff suspected he drowned.

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<v Speaker 2>It says that Ledbetter says everything investigators have gathered so

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<v Speaker 2>far indicates that no crime has taken place. That said,

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<v Speaker 2>he's cautious. The investigation remains active and tells us that

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<v Speaker 2>assessment could change if new evidence comes to light. They're

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<v Speaker 2>continuing to interview additional witnesses while also sorting through a

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<v Speaker 2>barrage of emails, texts, and social media tips. Right now,

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<v Speaker 2>much of it remains unverified. My point to you is

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<v Speaker 2>that if you are walking into a racially tense scenarios

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<v Speaker 2>such as this, where you have the death of a child,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't put out bullshit statements like this. This is

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<v Speaker 2>why people don't trust the police in law enforcement. When

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<v Speaker 2>you get ahead of your own investigation, it breeds this trust.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and my thing is, I'm still distrusting these kids

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<v Speaker 1>because I'm trying to figure out why they weren't and

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<v Speaker 1>it's were they not involved in the search with the

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<v Speaker 1>best friend, Like, if you don't know what happened to him,

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<v Speaker 1>why are you not helping to search for the child?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you helping to search for the jib? Where is

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<v Speaker 1>that information? Did the girlfriend help search for the child?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you would like to know.

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<v Speaker 3>We do not know. We would like to know.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not seeing any article reporting that the girlfriend or

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<v Speaker 1>these four white boys were helping to search for the child.

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<v Speaker 3>That's all I'm saying. Javon went to go help. It

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<v Speaker 3>looked for him.

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<v Speaker 2>You were not supposed to bury a child. That's not

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<v Speaker 2>what God intended. I don't know if that's the way

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<v Speaker 2>I should phrase it, but say, but that's the way

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<v Speaker 2>I feel about it. That's just that that type of

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<v Speaker 2>pain is something that I don't wish on anybody. So

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<v Speaker 2>my prayers with the Wales family and people down there

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<v Speaker 2>are just making bad decisions. To ce Ya, that's in

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<v Speaker 2>the legal we had that thing in the legal profession.

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<v Speaker 2>You have a lawyer goes up there like why is

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<v Speaker 2>he putting that on the record? What do you see?

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<v Speaker 2>Why are they filow that motion? It's called cya. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what's happening right now in Jackson County. They are covering

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<v Speaker 2>your ass or their ass in this particular case.

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<v Speaker 1>That's the thing I don't like. That's how that's how

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<v Speaker 1>the statement Raids reads from the judge. She wrote that

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<v Speaker 1>response or that message on Facebook like she had no

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<v Speaker 1>legal training at all, And to be a sitting judge

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<v Speaker 1>that is supposed to be impartial, even when your children

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<v Speaker 1>are involved, you just don't have You shouldn't do that.

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<v Speaker 1>You shouldn't do that. She went in and talked about

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<v Speaker 1>when he was interviewed, you know what was asked? Who

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<v Speaker 1>was there?

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<v Speaker 3>You know, it's just it's just too much.

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<v Speaker 1>And if these are the people who saw him last,

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<v Speaker 1>even if you didn't raise them him that way, even

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<v Speaker 1>if you didn't raise him that way, they should have

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<v Speaker 1>to answer for when they last saw him and what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>You know, if he drowned, was he did? He drown

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<v Speaker 1>by himself? Nobody was around there?

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<v Speaker 2>Did nobody called it? The last thing? Like, yeah, ain't

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<v Speaker 2>nobody just going out Yeah, nobody call the police.

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<v Speaker 3>Ain't nobody bumped into the water.

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<v Speaker 2>Ain't nobody going out there just swimming by himself?

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah? Man, we got a lot of questions that need answers.

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<v Speaker 1>But I think what I would ask the viewer at

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<v Speaker 1>home to consider is do you trust? And I know

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<v Speaker 1>this may sound, you know, prejudiced, a little bit or discriminatory,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'm sorry, but I'm curious to know where people

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<v Speaker 1>land on this. Do you trust your black child being

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<v Speaker 1>on a solo mission with the right a group of

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<v Speaker 1>white friends. But Kari said he don't trust none of

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<v Speaker 1>these groups of friends. He's gonna trust it, but verify

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<v Speaker 1>all of them. He doing background tracks and vetting all

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<v Speaker 1>of them. I agree, but there is a certain level

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<v Speaker 1>of terror that I feel in my body thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>my godchild.

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<v Speaker 2>The optics breed a little angst. I ain't gonna lie

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<v Speaker 2>to you, but I ain't in this environment. Listen, We're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna figure out who you with at all times.

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<v Speaker 3>I agree with that too, and.

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<v Speaker 2>We're gonna know. We're gonna know everything we can about them.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know, I wrote the children book. You know

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<v Speaker 2>what it's called Who Who are your people?

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<v Speaker 3>Who are your people?

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<v Speaker 2>That's what we want to know? Who are your people?

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<v Speaker 1>And we are asking who are your people? And who

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<v Speaker 1>are gonna be there? That is the point.

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<v Speaker 2>Who all gonna be there?

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