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Speaker 1: Class Action is a production of I Heart Radio and

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Speaker 1: Sound Argument. Dillard University is about to embark on an

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Speaker 1: exhausting run of three competitions and the request to punch

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Speaker 1: their ticket to the national tournament. It's the same old

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Speaker 1: arson case. A bar called Chuggyes is torched, a firefighter dies,

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Speaker 1: Adrea kimbro In students a Maya Ronsick, DeAndre Bell, la

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Speaker 1: A Shelton, and Caitlin Douglas narrate this story. This is

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Speaker 1: episode nine, Survive and Advance. Okay, there's this, um, I

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Speaker 1: think this chance. Um, I think people who were on

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Speaker 1: my team for Houston. Remember I pulled you outside. I

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Speaker 1: made you'll do this chance about about this team. So

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Speaker 1: I just wanted to repeat after me and keep the

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Speaker 1: It's a very simple, repeat after me. This team, best team,

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Speaker 1: This team is the best team, this team, this strong team,

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Speaker 1: Love my team team, Love my team. Hello, my team,

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Speaker 1: Hello my team. He love my team. You'll come on you.

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Speaker 1: So the season is still shaping up for us. We

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Speaker 1: have commitments already at competitions. UM one will be the

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Speaker 1: University of Alabama, Pace University in New York, the University

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Speaker 1: of Houston, which is a great competition. Yes, it's my

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Speaker 1: very bens, your your best experienced talented people all on

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Speaker 1: defense first, first of you, like Toss, I'll be playing

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Speaker 1: I'll be Scotlet Dejon. Um. It's gonna be an interesting

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Speaker 1: little evil to you know, not at all, absolutely. I

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Speaker 1: My name is Jason, Nice to meet you. Good morning,

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Speaker 1: DeAndre bell Is. My name sir. Come on in, thank you, yes, sir. Uh,

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Speaker 1: Since we're still in the COVID environment. I still don't

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Speaker 1: bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually

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Speaker 1: So today we're celebrating the University of Home Comedy Parade,

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Speaker 1: would like to acknowledge that Dakota Settler is constructively present

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Speaker 1: your honor, my name is Amya Ronsic, and alongside my

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Speaker 1: as I got older about during that time I was

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Speaker 1: having suicidal thoughts as a kid, you know, And it's

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Speaker 1: hard to talk with her about it now because she

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Speaker 1: doesn't want to talk about it, but because it's like

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Speaker 1: she wanted to protect me. She end up her mother

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Speaker 1: end up transferring her old to the school where I

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Speaker 1: worked at, and about me working there, they would bring

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Speaker 1: her up to your men and I'm like, hey, what

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Speaker 1: are you're doing? And she would tell me this and

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Speaker 1: that not because that was real smart, and I think

434
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Speaker 1: that was probably it's okay, I'll take your time, okay.

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Speaker 1: And that was basically it. Before I came to school

436
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Speaker 1: to do it, to like finish my bachelor's I found

437
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,800
Speaker 1: all my grandmother and my mom kept very thorough records

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Speaker 1: and documented it all the encounters I ever had in

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Speaker 1: in elementary school. They kept them. And so I sat

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Speaker 1: in the bathroom with the door closed in my grandma's

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Speaker 1: house and I started reading it and I just started crying,

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Speaker 1: like I just I just just crying in control because

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Speaker 1: I just I never understood what our kids were so

444
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Speaker 1: cruel to me. And uh, she was good and she

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Speaker 1: grew up to Ben. She just kept going. She never stopped,

446
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Speaker 1: she never gave up. I mean, she's gonna be become

447
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Speaker 1: got a Turney and she's gonna be good at the

448
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Speaker 1: thing and other people, and she's going to always stand

449
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Speaker 1: up for where she believes in. I am um heavily

450
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Speaker 1: involved in activism back home in Streeport, Louisiana. Like we

451
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Speaker 1: just had a police chief. Um stepped down resigned, thank God.

452
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Speaker 1: After God knows how long we were protesting this aladerity

453
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Speaker 1: for George Floyd, but we were really protesting for Tommy

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Speaker 1: mclouthan Junior wade Y Austin Volntation bill, like these people

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Speaker 1: who had been either killed in police custody or murdered

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Speaker 1: and no justice have been solved, like you know what

457
00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:17,160
Speaker 1: I mean in Streeport, and making sure that people understood

458
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Speaker 1: that the issues you see on television are happening right

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Speaker 1: now at the local level. So the city of street

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Speaker 1: Port faces its own issues with police brutality. Therefore, we

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Speaker 1: the people which to create policies that encourage accountability within

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Speaker 1: the street Port Police Department, make sure they serve and

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Speaker 1: protect citizens and ultimately create a better working relationship between

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Speaker 1: the police, government and the public they serve. To construct

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Speaker 1: and implement a Citizens Review Board that is independent from

466
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Speaker 1: the police department to handle any investigations of crimes involving

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Speaker 1: law enforcement. Whenever harriful methods are employed, to require SPD

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00:31:58,480 --> 00:32:03,920
Speaker 1: applicants to test for a place it racial bias, The

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00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:07,640
Speaker 1: creation and implementation of a good neighbor policy which will

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Speaker 1: create immunity for anyone who saves a human being from,

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Speaker 1: but not limited to being put being poe, assaulted, or

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Speaker 1: murdered by the police. In occorrence with Lauren v. District

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Speaker 1: of Columbia and the duty to Rescue doctrine, we encourage

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Speaker 1: you to accept this challenge and show the world the

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Speaker 1: power we have when we stand this one and fight

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Speaker 1: for justice for all. My grandmother is the person that

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Speaker 1: I can always go to. She really instilled to meet

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Speaker 1: what equity is, what equality is, and how nobody deserves

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Speaker 1: to be mistreated. Everybody deserves to be treated with love

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Speaker 1: and respect. And so you know, Greeny, thank you for that.

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Speaker 1: I really love you, Bottle with my heart. You always know.

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Speaker 1: I always tell you everything I do is because of

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Speaker 1: you in our family or what our family leans to it.

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Speaker 1: So I love you, Thank you. I love you too.

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Speaker 1: But heyway, I think it were really good yesterday. I

486
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Speaker 1: think yesterday it was nice. Um. I got called charming

487
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Speaker 1: by an old white man as my Gilani. I was like, okay, cool, Um,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how to feel about this, but that

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Speaker 1: was nice. Um. I think I think yesterday yesterday it

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Speaker 1: went pretty good. So um, you know I was telling

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Speaker 1: Yandre this, I said, I think the round three tails

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Speaker 1: us a lot. So the team is going blind this week.

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Speaker 1: And you probably know this because I'm sure you've asked

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Speaker 1: how y'all doing, and nobody knows the answer. We went

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Speaker 1: against uh University of Pennsylvania, Fine School, UM with a

496
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:56,920
Speaker 1: very competitive mock trial team. Even their B team is competitive.

497
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Speaker 1: I'm regularly makes it to the championship. And so what

498
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Speaker 1: that tells us is that that was that was the

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Speaker 1: level of competition where we were at this point in

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Speaker 1: the regionals this weekend. So so I'm just saying, let's

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Speaker 1: we're not gonna lay down on round four. It's it's

502
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,920
Speaker 1: too it's too important. It could be it could be

503
00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 1: the thing that makes a difference. Your evidence will show

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00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 1: that as Chucky's burned and smoldered, the defendant watched as

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Speaker 1: their financial burdens disappeared with the smoke in the air.

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Speaker 1: And as the prosecution, we believe that in old order

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Speaker 1: to uphold the integrity of our great city, we must

508
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Speaker 1: hold the defendant accountable for their actions. Imagine with me,

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Speaker 1: if you will, you're on your way to this very

510
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Speaker 1: courtroom today and you're about to step up off your porch.

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Speaker 1: You look down to the ground and you see that

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Speaker 1: it is wet, there are water droplets on your car,

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Speaker 1: there are water droplets on the grass, and the sky

514
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Speaker 1: is gray. Now, because of that evid you don't have

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Speaker 1: to pull off your phone to check the weather. After

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Speaker 1: see it's just rained. You can reasonably conclude it hats.

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Speaker 1: You can apply that scenario to this very case today,

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Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, this was an unreliable investigation. And to

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Speaker 1: top it all off, Detective Weber came to the stand

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Speaker 1: and told you that all of this was unnecessary. You're

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Speaker 1: at this time we would like the publishings of its seventy,

522
00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: which has already been pre entered into evidence to the jury.

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Speaker 1: This is a report from the five point mutual insurance

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Speaker 1: who owns a fire at policy taken out by the defendant,

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Speaker 1: stating on August two, the day after the fire, the

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Speaker 1: defendant filed a claim for the one point five million

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Speaker 1: dollars and they just denied the claim. And relating to

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Speaker 1: this exact exhibit, we would like to point the court's

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Speaker 1: attention to I just wanted to say, y'all, I know

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Speaker 1: we were frustrated for round two, we were frustrated for

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Speaker 1: round three, but now it's like a new trial. We

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Speaker 1: put that behind us. Um. I know, as a leader,

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Speaker 1: sometimes it's hard for me to stuff my feelings down

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Speaker 1: and be like, no, we still got this. And y'all

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Speaker 1: obviously saw me break down who during the break but

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Speaker 1: you know, I'm human or whatever or whatever, and I

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Speaker 1: just I think my main thing is not because we

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Speaker 1: did bad or that it was like something that I'm like,

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00:36:16,840 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 1: I'm doubting you or anything, but it's really I just

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Speaker 1: want to see that everything that we worked for really

541
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Speaker 1: plays out the way that it should. And I know

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Speaker 1: I annoyed a lot of y'all this year. I was

543
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Speaker 1: hounding y'all. I was asking y'all to do things y'all

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Speaker 1: didn't want to do, but I think it was for

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Speaker 1: the greater good. I know it was for the greater good.

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Speaker 1: And I think that it's time to lay it all

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Speaker 1: out on the table for this last round. I have

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Speaker 1: full confidence that we can take both ballots. So I'm

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Speaker 1: trying not to cry because I like, I did spend

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Speaker 1: an hour on my makeup, But UM, just keep that

551
00:36:45,520 --> 00:36:49,400
Speaker 1: in mind when there's an objection battle, when another attorney

552
00:36:49,480 --> 00:36:51,640
Speaker 1: is winning and you're not, when a judge doesn't seem

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Speaker 1: like she's invested to be here. Um, keep that in mind,

554
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:57,560
Speaker 1: because our our purpose is greater. We're here to get

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Speaker 1: ten points on everything we do. So that being said, DeAndre,

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Speaker 1: you could just do a quick little prayer and then

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00:37:02,880 --> 00:37:06,759
Speaker 1: we could get started right here. Close your eyes. Then,

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Speaker 1: fatherly comes right now once again saying thank you, Father God,

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Speaker 1: thank you for bringing us us far. And now I

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Speaker 1: ask to your strength, your guidance, your resilience, and your love,

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Speaker 1: your passion, your faith, Father God, so that we use

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Speaker 1: all of that in this last round. Give us the opening, is,

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Speaker 1: give us the closest, give us the victory and all

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Speaker 1: that we seek to do, Father God, for we declare

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00:37:24,120 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 1: victory right now in the name of Jesus, Father God.

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Speaker 1: We declare going to ords. We declare going to nationals

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Speaker 1: right now. And so I asked that you make it

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Speaker 1: so far the God Him, the name of Jesus. There's

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Speaker 1: anything I can get to ask, Please don't elect answering,

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Speaker 1: poison your dollar's sun name. We pray man, okay, and

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Speaker 1: we're gonna go ahead with the closing your arguments, this

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Speaker 1: frun said, because how you pronounce it? Yes, your honor, Okay,

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Speaker 1: why don't you go ahead? May it please the court,

574
00:38:00,480 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: opposing counsel members of the jury. On August first, two

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Speaker 1: thousand twenty, Detective Webber responded to a call that Chuggy's

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00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:14,879
Speaker 1: Barn restaurant was on fire. He learned that this bar

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00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 1: belonged to the defendant and was ensured for one million dollars.

578
00:38:19,000 --> 00:38:22,239
Speaker 1: And these damages that we've shown you today show you

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Speaker 1: exactly how that fire erupted. We learned that the defendant

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Speaker 1: burned his own her own building for money. But to

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Speaker 1: burn a building for money is a crime here in Midlands,

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Speaker 1: a crime called aggravated arson. And every witness we brought

583
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Speaker 1: to you, and every piece of evidence we've shown you,

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Speaker 1: was to prove that the defendant is the woman who

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00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:50,840
Speaker 1: committed this crime. We had to prove three elements to you.

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Speaker 1: One that the defendant committed an act of arson with

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Speaker 1: the purpose to defraud, Two that defendant acted knowingly, and

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Speaker 1: three that the defendant created a substantial risk of serious

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Speaker 1: physical harm to emergency personnel Jalen Williams. We had to

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Speaker 1: prove these three things to you beyond a reasonable doubt,

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00:39:13,600 --> 00:39:15,800
Speaker 1: which basically means that by the end of this trial,

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Speaker 1: if you can reasonably conclude that the only person who

593
00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:21,799
Speaker 1: did this crime was the defendant, and we've done our job.

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00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:26,960
Speaker 1: They want you to forget that their family is counting

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Speaker 1: on us to do what's just. They want you to

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Speaker 1: forget that their family wakes up every single day hoping

597
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:34,239
Speaker 1: that they'll see their son again, that they want to

598
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 1: believe that this is all a dream, that they cry

599
00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:39,840
Speaker 1: at the thought of someone else taking over his locker

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Speaker 1: or his seat at the dinner table. Members of the jury,

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00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:46,480
Speaker 1: the real victim is not here today. The villain in

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00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: today's case is the defendant. The defendant is the person

603
00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,800
Speaker 1: with the plan. The defendant is the person with the motive.

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00:39:55,080 --> 00:39:58,280
Speaker 1: The defendant is the person who, the day after the fire,

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Speaker 1: was not even enough time to warned their business requested

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Speaker 1: at one point five million dollars in full. Members of

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Speaker 1: the jury, do what's justin today's case. We've done our job.

608
00:40:11,760 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: We've proven these elements to you beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Speaker 1: So now it's your time, your moment, to do what's

610
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Speaker 1: right in today's case, and to show the defendant that

611
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Speaker 1: when they burned their building, they can't get away with it.

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Speaker 1: We must hold them accountable, find them guilty. Thank you,

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Speaker 1: thank you. That's yes, that's they were so good. Oh

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Speaker 1: my god, it was so good. He's good answer they

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Speaker 1: didn't work out, Yeah, okay, i'd best clothing ever like

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Speaker 1: that you have ever done, like ever, like what a

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Speaker 1: when we go out? Oh my god, you de best

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Speaker 1: ever like you cross them. No, it was beautiful, I

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Speaker 1: mean just like perfect. It's really would She's just not

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Speaker 1: like on that. You want to share your off happily

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Speaker 1: been seeing with the first bit out of original one

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Speaker 1: seven winnings, a cs of nineteen and a king of

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Speaker 1: plus forty six Team fourteen eighty seven, Dartmouth College cs

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Speaker 1: eight Team twelve thirteen. Ps Fight Your Beat our first

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Speaker 1: and a half, a p d of plus thirty nine

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Speaker 1: team twelve six. I oh oh. We're hardly three months

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Speaker 1: into and already our nation has seen a spate of

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Speaker 1: hate crime. Dr kimbro Good, afternoon, Chairman Durbin, ranking Member Grassly,

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Speaker 1: and thank you for the invitation. Members of the Committee

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Speaker 1: on the Judiciary and a Special Louisiana Acknowledgment to Senator Kennedy.

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Speaker 1: My name is Walter Kimber, and I am the president

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Speaker 1: of DIALINGT University in New Orleans. I am in my

636
00:43:53,840 --> 00:43:59,320
Speaker 1: eighteenth year as an HBCU president. Since the beginning of January,

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Speaker 1: we have seen an unprecedented number of threats against historically

638
00:44:03,120 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 1: black colleges and universities. For all practical purposes, every HBCU

639
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:13,320
Speaker 1: has been threatened. These threats have disrupted normal operations, causing

640
00:44:13,440 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 1: classes to be canceled or hastily moved online, unseverled students

641
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:22,520
Speaker 1: and parents already weary from the two year toll of COVID,

642
00:44:23,080 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 1: and in cities like New Orleans disrupted last fall by

643
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 1: a hurricane which left an entire major American city without

644
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:35,839
Speaker 1: power for days, these threats take an even heavier toll.

645
00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 1: We need federal law enforcement agencies to redouble their efforts

646
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:56,439
Speaker 1: to catch the wolves. Well look at that so much

647
00:44:56,560 --> 00:45:00,480
Speaker 1: excitement coming from Dillard University. This is the more Trial

648
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:03,279
Speaker 1: team and they are on the road to National's ladies

649
00:45:03,320 --> 00:45:05,279
Speaker 1: and gentlemen, and get this, They're going to compete in

650
00:45:05,400 --> 00:45:09,560
Speaker 1: the opening round Championship series. Out of twenty four teams

651
00:45:09,600 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: in the region, Dillard is one of six to advance. Uh,

652
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,080
Speaker 1: we're gonna go ahead and get started, and I will

653
00:45:31,440 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: just for a moment, UM, take just a second to

654
00:45:34,840 --> 00:45:37,960
Speaker 1: say welcome to everybody. UM, we are really excited to

655
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:41,000
Speaker 1: have you all in Memphis. We're really excited to be

656
00:45:41,120 --> 00:45:44,840
Speaker 1: here in the courthouse. UM. I did want to just

657
00:45:44,920 --> 00:45:47,160
Speaker 1: say a couple of things about this courthouse. UM, it

658
00:45:47,360 --> 00:45:51,040
Speaker 1: is a historic building. You might have recognized some of

659
00:45:51,080 --> 00:45:53,000
Speaker 1: the spaces in this building. It's been featured in a

660
00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:56,840
Speaker 1: lot of feature films, UM, including The Firm, The Client,

661
00:45:57,040 --> 00:45:59,839
Speaker 1: Walk the Line. Basically any legal movie that's been set

662
00:45:59,880 --> 00:46:03,719
Speaker 1: in Memphis has probably had some filming done here. UM.

663
00:46:04,080 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 1: And uh, we hope that you all enjoy kind of

664
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 1: get to getting to live your John Grisham fantasy this weekend.

665
00:46:15,760 --> 00:46:18,839
Speaker 1: I made a post to LinkedIn actually last night using

666
00:46:18,920 --> 00:46:21,800
Speaker 1: the picture that we took on the the courthouse, and

667
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:26,279
Speaker 1: I mentioned how the atmosphere of the courthouse was far

668
00:46:26,360 --> 00:46:29,360
Speaker 1: different than's something I've experienced from mock trial before. The

669
00:46:29,520 --> 00:46:31,640
Speaker 1: Army Bailey Courthouse is named after a black man, so

670
00:46:31,719 --> 00:46:34,960
Speaker 1: let's start there. The amount of history that that is

671
00:46:35,120 --> 00:46:37,760
Speaker 1: held when you have a bunch of black kids standing

672
00:46:37,840 --> 00:46:39,799
Speaker 1: on the steps of a courthouse named for a black

673
00:46:39,880 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: man in the city that is so historic to the

674
00:46:42,520 --> 00:46:46,680
Speaker 1: civil rights of black people. Um, it's it's very powerful.

675
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,000
Speaker 1: So with that we can go ahead and flip the

676
00:46:50,080 --> 00:46:55,640
Speaker 1: corin Mike have that it is tails. Our next card

677
00:46:55,760 --> 00:47:04,000
Speaker 1: from the D group is Team twelve sixteen Dillard and

678
00:47:04,160 --> 00:47:12,000
Speaker 1: from Group A one Northwestern. So those are your first

679
00:47:12,120 --> 00:47:15,399
Speaker 1: round parents and we're getting the boards made right now

680
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:20,440
Speaker 1: that will have room numbers on them. My name is

681
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: Anna Eldridge. UM. I am the director of mock Trial

682
00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 1: and pre law Advising at Rhodes College and we are

683
00:47:27,280 --> 00:47:31,880
Speaker 1: the tournament host for the Memphis Opening Round Championship Series.

684
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,160
Speaker 1: So my responsibility was to run the tournament. You know,

685
00:47:36,400 --> 00:47:39,279
Speaker 1: everybody at this point has already competed in invitation, as

686
00:47:39,600 --> 00:47:43,440
Speaker 1: they've already competed at regionals, and you know, this is

687
00:47:43,480 --> 00:47:45,480
Speaker 1: the tournament where you know, everybody in the field is

688
00:47:45,560 --> 00:47:48,680
Speaker 1: really strong. Um, the stakes are really high because everybody

689
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:51,040
Speaker 1: just really wants to be in that final field of

690
00:47:51,120 --> 00:47:54,560
Speaker 1: forty eight and the goal is to pick the best

691
00:47:54,800 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 1: six teams out of each field to advance to the

692
00:47:57,600 --> 00:48:00,920
Speaker 1: final forty eight teams. In a browle, you know, you've

693
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:04,800
Speaker 1: got the top six ranked teams in the country that

694
00:48:04,880 --> 00:48:07,640
Speaker 1: are at this field are in the A group, and

695
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:09,759
Speaker 1: some of the teams that are here for the first time,

696
00:48:10,080 --> 00:48:12,719
Speaker 1: um that have not competed at this tournament before, not

697
00:48:12,800 --> 00:48:16,040
Speaker 1: going to nationals before. Teams like Dillard are ranked in

698
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:18,920
Speaker 1: in the D group. Uh, they're gonna be matching up

699
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:20,879
Speaker 1: against the A group in round one and I think

700
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:25,239
Speaker 1: that that's gonna that's gonna make for interesting matchups. And Uh,

701
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:27,800
Speaker 1: then as the tournament goes on, we'll keep hitting different

702
00:48:27,840 --> 00:48:31,480
Speaker 1: teams in different categories to see ultimately who has the

703
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:34,320
Speaker 1: highest number of ballots. So how many judges thought you

704
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:41,359
Speaker 1: were the better team against each of your opponents. Gotta

705
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:53,680
Speaker 1: rock with you, all right? This team, best team, this team,

706
00:48:54,600 --> 00:49:01,320
Speaker 1: best team, best, this team, this team, lack team black,

707
00:49:01,840 --> 00:49:06,759
Speaker 1: this strong team, strong Tea, this team, this sea, strong team.

708
00:49:07,160 --> 00:49:09,640
Speaker 1: I love my love. I love my team. I love

709
00:49:09,680 --> 00:49:11,600
Speaker 1: my team, Love my team. I love my team. I

710
00:49:11,680 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 1: love my team. I love my I love my team,

711
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 1: I love my team, I love my tea. I love

712
00:49:15,560 --> 00:49:18,200
Speaker 1: my team, love my tea. I love my love my tea.

713
00:49:19,280 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 1: Let's get in there and do what we came here.

714
00:49:21,680 --> 00:49:49,360
Speaker 1: We're by. Let's gonna try the case your honor, opposing counsel,

715
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:54,040
Speaker 1: members of the journey, may it please the court follow

716
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 1: the hoods. On August first, Jaylen Williams of Midlands Center

717
00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:03,960
Speaker 1: firefighter heard the alarms of the fire station ringing, meaning

718
00:50:04,560 --> 00:50:07,239
Speaker 1: that it was time for him to once again risk

719
00:50:07,440 --> 00:50:11,360
Speaker 1: his life. With no second thought and no hesitation, he

720
00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:15,680
Speaker 1: grabbed his gear and rushed onto the fire truck. And

721
00:50:15,800 --> 00:50:19,680
Speaker 1: unfortunately you will learn that that search and rescue mission

722
00:50:19,719 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 1: did end in one cavity. And on that very day,

723
00:50:24,560 --> 00:50:29,160
Speaker 1: Midland's lost a hero and a citizen, the most important,

724
00:50:29,840 --> 00:50:35,720
Speaker 1: a family loss of fire. The suns y'all lost, Jay Williams,

725
00:50:40,920 --> 00:50:43,919
Speaker 1: there's no regrets in here. That's right, it ain't nothing.

726
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:48,480
Speaker 1: Ain't no regrets be here. I love y'all so much,

727
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:51,880
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna be right in the pews behind you

728
00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 1: and crazy show you right when y'all getting up there

729
00:50:59,160 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 1: and getting I'm gonna be right my little sermon though

730
00:51:02,680 --> 00:51:09,080
Speaker 1: in the back of my bulletin. And let's be on

731
00:51:09,120 --> 00:51:11,800
Speaker 1: a great shot. Let's pluming the performance. Let's put on

732
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:18,920
Speaker 1: a great case. I don't see where we walking, but

733
00:51:19,120 --> 00:51:22,640
Speaker 1: we made a full service back to the bend. And

734
00:51:22,800 --> 00:51:25,839
Speaker 1: I thought about that, um I just thought about her

735
00:51:25,960 --> 00:51:29,120
Speaker 1: life is a full circle, you know, at the beginning

736
00:51:29,160 --> 00:51:33,759
Speaker 1: of life, begin of life, And I thought about our

737
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 1: coaches always say what we need to win, it's already

738
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:42,040
Speaker 1: inside of us what we need to win. It's already here.

739
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,520
Speaker 1: That was the begin talking now right now we're at

740
00:51:45,560 --> 00:51:48,120
Speaker 1: the end and we're around four. But this is actually

741
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,000
Speaker 1: our beginning to get to the next chapter that we

742
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:55,200
Speaker 1: had and we just came back to it. So when

743
00:51:55,320 --> 00:51:57,640
Speaker 1: y'all going to that ride, remember everything he needs to

744
00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:01,799
Speaker 1: win is already to side you. That's important to y'all.

745
00:52:03,719 --> 00:52:07,640
Speaker 1: Don't thank you time. You know, when we need to

746
00:52:07,719 --> 00:52:11,799
Speaker 1: be here, we show it and and it ain't any

747
00:52:11,960 --> 00:52:15,680
Speaker 1: days and it's coming back full circle. Renee and our

748
00:52:15,920 --> 00:52:23,120
Speaker 1: name and i'd be with IMPOSTI I will not say

749
00:52:23,800 --> 00:52:26,360
Speaker 1: y'all are younger than me here. Y'all really do inspire me.

750
00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:33,560
Speaker 1: But the job I have, the leadership that I have,

751
00:52:34,520 --> 00:52:38,880
Speaker 1: the confidence that I have, the struggles album overcoming with

752
00:52:38,960 --> 00:52:42,920
Speaker 1: the l set and so much other things. Listen, this

753
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:49,320
Speaker 1: team is a god seeing I'm all all of y'all, everybody,

754
00:52:49,480 --> 00:52:52,879
Speaker 1: thank you. I'm just very proud of y'all. Um. I'm

755
00:52:52,920 --> 00:52:55,040
Speaker 1: not even as nervous as I was going into regionals.

756
00:52:55,080 --> 00:52:56,960
Speaker 1: You know that was my last shot getting out of there,

757
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,520
Speaker 1: and now that we're here, I'm just excited for where

758
00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:01,759
Speaker 1: we can go. I'm not nervous at all. I have

759
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:04,920
Speaker 1: full confidence in every one of y'all and I'm just

760
00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:07,400
Speaker 1: I can't explain how much I'm proud of y'all. So

761
00:53:07,520 --> 00:53:11,600
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, do to all of my face

762
00:53:11,719 --> 00:53:15,440
Speaker 1: so we can motified. Yes, his wife has tolt your

763
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:20,360
Speaker 1: eye and um and attitude. Prayer, Father, God, for the

764
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:23,360
Speaker 1: millions of time, we thank you, thank you, thank you,

765
00:53:23,760 --> 00:53:26,279
Speaker 1: thank you, thank you, and I cannot stop saying enough

766
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:27,840
Speaker 1: for all that you have done and all that you

767
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: will do for this team. Thank you for the God.

768
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:34,920
Speaker 1: As we're going to this national season, I ask that

769
00:53:35,040 --> 00:53:38,120
Speaker 1: you watch for everyone on this team. Everyone has given

770
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:40,399
Speaker 1: so much faunt with God. Everyone has lost a part

771
00:53:40,480 --> 00:53:42,920
Speaker 1: of themselves to give to this team for us. A

772
00:53:43,520 --> 00:53:46,320
Speaker 1: source Tempo. Tell the guys now, if there's anything for

773
00:53:46,400 --> 00:53:48,640
Speaker 1: me to ask, please don't be the answering forcing your

774
00:53:48,680 --> 00:53:56,520
Speaker 1: don wants son Jason and pro Man. She's good guy. Mike,

775
00:53:56,560 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: your attorney stated, you're facing life in prison. Yeah, I

776
00:54:00,520 --> 00:54:02,279
Speaker 1: don't know how much time I got left. But I'm

777
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:03,840
Speaker 1: here for a good time, not a long time. You know.

778
00:54:04,360 --> 00:54:08,160
Speaker 1: You're here today testifying on behalf of the prosecution. Yeah,

779
00:54:09,120 --> 00:54:12,359
Speaker 1: and the prosecution has offered you a plea do that's

780
00:54:12,360 --> 00:54:14,439
Speaker 1: how they told me yet, and that in that plea

781
00:54:14,560 --> 00:54:17,719
Speaker 1: deal you may face ten to twenty years right. Yeah,

782
00:54:17,760 --> 00:54:19,640
Speaker 1: I'm not sure I'll make it that long, but sure

783
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:24,280
Speaker 1: that's under the condition that you testify against the defendant,

784
00:54:24,320 --> 00:54:26,600
Speaker 1: isn't that true? Yeah? They soon said they wanted me

785
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: to help help back. And now I want to ask

786
00:54:29,160 --> 00:54:30,839
Speaker 1: you about the night in question. You say you saw

787
00:54:30,960 --> 00:54:33,800
Speaker 1: someone around twelve o'clock, right, Yes, I did. It was

788
00:54:33,880 --> 00:54:36,480
Speaker 1: dark outside, it was it was around me night, but

789
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:38,320
Speaker 1: there were some street lights. They had a hoodie on,

790
00:54:38,840 --> 00:54:41,440
Speaker 1: they did. It was a dark hoodie, dark clothes, and

791
00:54:41,560 --> 00:54:43,719
Speaker 1: I was surprised it was so hot outside. As a

792
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:45,719
Speaker 1: matter of fact, the hood was up. Isn't that right?

793
00:54:46,000 --> 00:54:48,200
Speaker 1: It was he must have been hot. Yeah, you saw

794
00:54:48,320 --> 00:54:52,239
Speaker 1: this person for about one second, isn't that correct? Yeah? Yeah,

795
00:54:52,400 --> 00:54:55,399
Speaker 1: that sounds about right now as you observed. You said

796
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:59,279
Speaker 1: you were fifty feet away, isn't that right? Give or take? Yes, sir,

797
00:55:00,440 --> 00:55:02,279
Speaker 1: you didn't see this person go through the back door

798
00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:05,160
Speaker 1: of Chucky's right, No, I did not. You also didn't

799
00:55:05,160 --> 00:55:07,759
Speaker 1: see anyone go through the front door. No, I can't

800
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,040
Speaker 1: see the front from the back. Thank you, you'renn arrive

801
00:55:10,160 --> 00:55:15,759
Speaker 1: nothing further. Now, the defense does not disagree with the

802
00:55:15,840 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 1: fact that arson indeed was committed in this case. But

803
00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:23,840
Speaker 1: what we do disagree with is who did it? Members

804
00:55:23,880 --> 00:55:26,760
Speaker 1: of the jury, the burden in today's case, the state's

805
00:55:26,800 --> 00:55:30,160
Speaker 1: burdening today's cases proof beyond a reasonable doubt. That must

806
00:55:30,200 --> 00:55:33,000
Speaker 1: mean they must prove each of the elements I just

807
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:37,359
Speaker 1: listened to you beyond that reasonable doubt, Members of the jury.

808
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:39,920
Speaker 1: That is the highest burden in our judicial system, and

809
00:55:39,960 --> 00:55:44,320
Speaker 1: suffices to say they have failed to meet that burden.

810
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:48,960
Speaker 1: But members of the jury have to ask ourselves who

811
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:53,040
Speaker 1: saw was missing? Didn't see anyone go into or out

812
00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:57,000
Speaker 1: of Chuckies missing, didn't see anyone go through the alloy missing,

813
00:55:57,280 --> 00:55:59,959
Speaker 1: couldn't even see anyone if they were to have gone

814
00:56:00,160 --> 00:56:04,840
Speaker 1: through the front because at the prosecution waited for the

815
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 1: smoke to clear, they would have understood that someone wondering

816
00:56:07,880 --> 00:56:12,280
Speaker 1: a random jacket one day with the hood raised upstanding,

817
00:56:12,400 --> 00:56:16,720
Speaker 1: not five, not ten, not fifteen, not twenty, but fifty

818
00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:19,359
Speaker 1: feet away with the hood raised and the light fall

819
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:25,320
Speaker 1: would have rendered a verdict in today's case of not guilty.

820
00:56:27,600 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: Thank you. So I will begin with the team that

821
00:56:36,120 --> 00:56:40,280
Speaker 1: finished with the best record. We had one team finished

822
00:56:40,360 --> 00:56:44,760
Speaker 1: with seven wins zero losses in one time. He's team

823
00:56:45,000 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 1: twelve sixteen. Shall we were ye yeah, yeah yeah, my

824
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:47,200
Speaker 1: chest like I can't, but I send in the evaluation

825
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,480
Speaker 1: for so let's let's go get these gos, go get

826
00:57:49,520 --> 00:57:51,680
Speaker 1: this trophy. Let's go get her and even not run

827
00:57:51,760 --> 00:57:57,400
Speaker 1: out of our Then we want the first shall be last,

828
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:00,560
Speaker 1: and the last I'll be with her. She's a sick

829
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:05,200
Speaker 1: We want first. We would see one first first place.

830
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:09,400
Speaker 1: We want first place, said, come in, come on, come on,

831
00:58:09,480 --> 00:58:12,760
Speaker 1: s else. Okay, if this part of the thing is

832
00:58:12,760 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 1: about to lose, it's gonna be a problem with black

833
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:21,040
Speaker 1: in the front. People want to black everyone not third.

834
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:24,520
Speaker 1: We are. So when we become talking number one of

835
00:58:24,520 --> 00:58:26,960
Speaker 1: the names, and I have my songs pick picked out

836
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:33,200
Speaker 1: all the aby and green, nicky, my eyes on per

837
00:58:33,440 --> 00:58:36,560
Speaker 1: per per per, let's go because we wipe your mom.

838
00:58:37,200 --> 00:58:54,640
Speaker 1: We won. We want, we want, we want all right,

839
00:58:54,760 --> 00:58:57,800
Speaker 1: So with that, um, if you all would indulge me,

840
00:58:58,120 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 1: and we need to do a quick room change. Um,

841
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:04,240
Speaker 1: we're gonna go to room one sixty four, which we

842
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:06,400
Speaker 1: all are familiar with. This right here around the corner,

843
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:08,240
Speaker 1: you can leave if you need so, you can leave

844
00:59:08,280 --> 00:59:10,240
Speaker 1: some of your things. So I've heard that this is

845
00:59:10,280 --> 00:59:13,760
Speaker 1: possibly your last season. I think is that true? This

846
00:59:13,920 --> 00:59:16,800
Speaker 1: is true? How does that make you feel? I mean,

847
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:20,800
Speaker 1: you clearly put more than just to check the box

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Speaker 1: energy into this. Yeah, it's um, you know, mixed feelings

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Speaker 1: for sure, I have. I mean, this has been just

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Speaker 1: really like the blessing of a lifetime. I really have

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Speaker 1: received so much from being in community with these students,

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Speaker 1: um or being able to sort of walk along with

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Speaker 1: them on this part of their journey, and to see

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Speaker 1: the progress of this team, the collective and then the

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Speaker 1: individuals who have passed this way. It has just been

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Speaker 1: the blessing of a lifetime. You know, it is it is.

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Speaker 1: It's sad. I guess I can use the word said,

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Speaker 1: I do build some sense of sad. Is maybe maybe

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Speaker 1: bitter sweet? Is it a little bitter sweet? Yeah? Bitter sweet? Um,

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Speaker 1: Because this has been so much of my life for

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Speaker 1: you know, fair a fair amount of time. Um, The

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Speaker 1: thing that is sweet about it is just seeing the growth. Um.

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Speaker 1: People outside the team on the campus know that, like,

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Speaker 1: oh wow, you're on the motrol team. They know that

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Speaker 1: that means something serious, Like the team has a reputation

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Speaker 1: on campus like no, they are serious and they are

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Speaker 1: good and it means something to them, and it means

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Speaker 1: something on the campus. And I think we've got, you know,

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Speaker 1: students who have bought into that to where, um, you

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Speaker 1: know that will continue beyond this, beyond this year and

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Speaker 1: beyond the season. This is fun. I mean it's you know,

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Speaker 1: it's stressful, but it's fun. I mean, you know, getting

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Speaker 1: these getting to the break we always tell them that

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Speaker 1: all we can prepare you for us to break, because

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Speaker 1: once you're in the breakgrounds, you're always going against the

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Speaker 1: school that's as good as you are. There's so many variables.

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Speaker 1: Did right now, we're just all hanging on for the

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Speaker 1: Ryde that's next time on class Action. Class Action is

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