WEBVTT - 123023 The Scary Truth about Student Resource Officers (Part 2)

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<v Speaker 1>Keep on riding with us while we continue to broadcast

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<v Speaker 1>the balance and defend the discourse from the Hip Hop

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<v Speaker 1>Weekly Studios. This is Civic Scipher, an army host. Rams's Jaw.

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<v Speaker 2>He is Rams, this Jaw I am q Ward and

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<v Speaker 2>you are thankfully tuned in once again to Civic Cipher.

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<v Speaker 1>And we appreciate that. Please stay tuned because we've got

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more to talk about. We are going to

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<v Speaker 1>be spending a significant amount of the show discussing SRO's

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<v Speaker 1>Student Resource officers and whether or not they helped, whether

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<v Speaker 1>or not they hurt. Give you a hint. They don't help,

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<v Speaker 1>they hurt, and we're going to share a couple of

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<v Speaker 1>examples please brace yourself that are jarring, and we're going

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<v Speaker 1>All right, we got a letter, a nice letter, kind

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<v Speaker 1>letter from someone named Pat Cosgrove, and I would like

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<v Speaker 1>to share it with you. Hey there, my name is

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<v Speaker 1>Pat Cosgrove. I live in Chez Whitney neighborhood in Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>Beach with my wife and our two sons, eleven and thirteen.

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<v Speaker 1>I am a sixty year old white dude that is

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<v Speaker 1>very thankful for your show. I am in the twilight

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<v Speaker 1>of my career at NASA, where I've been working with

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<v Speaker 1>the folks for the last seven years to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>the missing pieces to make humans a multiplanet species, mostly

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<v Speaker 1>because I hope and pray those breakthroughs will have the

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<v Speaker 1>potential to bring humanity to another level in our social

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<v Speaker 1>evolution for the world of my sons and their children.

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<v Speaker 1>Things I appreciate most about you. You bring to light

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<v Speaker 1>or amplify what is often unreported or underreported continued abuse

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<v Speaker 1>of people of color, Way Black History, fact Baba and

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<v Speaker 1>Ebony excellence are invaluable to me in hearing more of

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<v Speaker 1>the history and ongoing efforts too in some cases survive

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<v Speaker 1>and thrive in this ideologically mucked up society we share.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been an advocate and friend of the movement for

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<v Speaker 1>a few decades. Now awake to the impact of my

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<v Speaker 1>own biases and prejudices. I dream of a day where

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<v Speaker 1>people of color have the same opportunities for education, economic success, healthcare,

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<v Speaker 1>media coverage, and equal justice under the law. Here's my problem.

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<v Speaker 1>I do not do social media, and I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>how to drop some love for you for the shows.

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<v Speaker 1>So I thought I would start here with an email

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<v Speaker 1>Ramses and Q, I hear you, I feel you, I

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<v Speaker 1>admire you, I am thankful for you. Keep up the

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<v Speaker 1>good fight, be caring and protective of your being. You're

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<v Speaker 1>making an important difference in our progress to become more selfless,

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<v Speaker 1>loving human beings. Nothing but respect at coswork. Well, thank you, Pat.

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<v Speaker 1>We appreciate that that letter was more energizing than you know.

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<v Speaker 1>Anybody that wants to do more, you can hit our

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<v Speaker 1>website Civiccipher dot com and we love you all. Sounds

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<v Speaker 1>like you have something to say, go ahead if I may.

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<v Speaker 2>I hate to get us off track, I hate to

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<v Speaker 2>get us off clock. I hate to get us off topic.

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<v Speaker 1>Pat.

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<v Speaker 2>I hope you're listening today. Ramses and I often struggle, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>with some very very obvious truths about this country that

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<v Speaker 2>we ironically love. Rams and I are DJs by profession,

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<v Speaker 2>long before civic cipher was a thing. Hip hop is

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<v Speaker 2>what brought us together and what we've learned from our

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<v Speaker 2>journeys as fathers, as musicians, as DJs, as curators of vibes,

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<v Speaker 2>as as as MC's and not in the hip hops,

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<v Speaker 2>but literally masters of ceremony, for you know, banquets and events, concerts.

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<v Speaker 2>We've watched tens of thousands of people come together and

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<v Speaker 2>hug and dance and high five and drink and eat

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<v Speaker 2>together and laugh, regardless of how they look, how they pray,

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<v Speaker 2>how they love their socioeconomic status. We saw them be very,

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<v Speaker 2>very united, even strangers, complete strangers, high fiving and hugging

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<v Speaker 2>and dancing and enjoying one another's company in the presence

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<v Speaker 2>of great music or sporting events or all these different things.

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<v Speaker 2>And then this really strange and really discouraging thing happens

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<v Speaker 2>when it's time for us to slide our faders down

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<v Speaker 2>and the concert is over, and the buzzer sounds and

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<v Speaker 2>the game is over and the lights come up in

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<v Speaker 2>the club or the concert is over, without anyone instructing

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<v Speaker 2>us to do so we all split back into our silos.

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<v Speaker 2>All these different ways that we love, all these different

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<v Speaker 2>ways that we pray, all these different ways that we

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<v Speaker 2>think and live our lives become important again and divide

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<v Speaker 2>us again. And with what we speak about on this show,

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<v Speaker 2>it forces every listener to take a position because these

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<v Speaker 2>are not trivial topics. We're not talking you know, what's

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<v Speaker 2>the best date spot in the city that you're in.

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<v Speaker 2>We're talking about a lot of times, oppression, white supremacy, racism,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, people being unalived, people being held back, people

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<v Speaker 2>being stomped on, people being marginalized, people being intentionally divided.

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<v Speaker 2>And it forces people to take a position, and at

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<v Speaker 2>times the position that we take with regards to our systems.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's so important to say that we're talking about policing.

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<v Speaker 2>We are talking about the system of policing, not individual

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<v Speaker 2>police officers.

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<v Speaker 1>Right.

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<v Speaker 2>We see examples of individual police officers doing really, really

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<v Speaker 2>horrendous things, and we have also on this show pointed

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<v Speaker 2>out individual police officers doing actual good, heroic things. But

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<v Speaker 2>what we when we say policing, we're not talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the officer that you look at when you write down

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<v Speaker 2>the street. We're talking about the system, because even in

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<v Speaker 2>absence of the people, the system is what perseveres an

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<v Speaker 2>absence of there being racist people at a company or

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<v Speaker 2>in a city or in this country, the systems that

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<v Speaker 2>are in place benefit a certain people. These this is

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<v Speaker 2>this is this is data that backs this. This is

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<v Speaker 2>not Ramses and Q's opinion, and we have to criticize

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<v Speaker 2>those systems, which in a lot of cases causes people

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<v Speaker 2>that benefit from such systems to be personally offended because

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<v Speaker 2>they feel personally attacked. So we get so much in

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<v Speaker 2>the way of hate comments, emails, direct messages, whatever you

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<v Speaker 2>want to call it. A letter like this, I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>being hyperbolic, I'm not exaggerating. I hope that I did

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to meet you. I hope that I get

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<v Speaker 2>a chance to shake your hand. I hope that we

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<v Speaker 2>get a chance to have some actual face to face

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<v Speaker 2>dialogue because it's a very very small drop in the bucket,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's a very necessary one that someone like you

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<v Speaker 2>would take the time out of your day to write

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<v Speaker 2>us this letter. I had to take time out of

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<v Speaker 2>our show to express more than just reading the letter

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<v Speaker 2>and moving on, but to say thank you, because I

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<v Speaker 2>told ram Us today in the studio before these microphones

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<v Speaker 2>cut on how hard it is to keep going. This

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<v Speaker 2>job that we do is so incredibly difficult, much more

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<v Speaker 2>than you could imagine, because the amount of progress that

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<v Speaker 2>James Baldwin spoke about us and not having amount of time,

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<v Speaker 2>it takes the amount of time that it has already taken.

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<v Speaker 2>And to see now in a lot of cases, and

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<v Speaker 2>if your eyes are open and you're being aware, you

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<v Speaker 2>can see our country taking steps backward in so many areas,

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<v Speaker 2>so many powerful, rich and influential people going out of

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<v Speaker 2>their way, like this Ed Blum guy to take us

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<v Speaker 2>back to a time where there was less progress, less equity,

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<v Speaker 2>we shared less, we cared less about each other, there

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<v Speaker 2>was less empathy. Right because even the quote unquote decent

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<v Speaker 2>people at times in our country's history did vile things,

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<v Speaker 2>some of them because in doctrination and ignorance, some of

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<v Speaker 2>them because of a lack of empathy. Right, you other

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<v Speaker 2>group of people and made them less than you made

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<v Speaker 2>them savage, made them less deserving of God's grace, of

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<v Speaker 2>anything prosperous in this world. And you made children be

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<v Speaker 2>okay with watching other human beings lives be taken. And

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<v Speaker 2>then like Ramsa said, going to celebrate after food and beverage.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a party. This letter kind of just stopped me.

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<v Speaker 2>And again, I'm apologizing to Ramdas, I'm apologizing to our

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<v Speaker 2>listeners because we have a job to do, but I

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<v Speaker 2>had to speak specifically to something that bothers me. Man,

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<v Speaker 2>we have so much more in common than the small

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<v Speaker 2>list of things that divide us, all of us. No

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<v Speaker 2>matter who you vote for, no matter how you love,

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<v Speaker 2>no matter who you pray to. It almost requires a

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<v Speaker 2>level of arrogance and ignorance to look at someone and

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<v Speaker 2>somehow determine them to be less than you because of

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<v Speaker 2>whatever you perceive to be different. Because at our core,

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<v Speaker 2>so many of the things that we live this life

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<v Speaker 2>for are the same. A better life for our posterity,

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<v Speaker 2>a good life for ourselves, health, happiness. It's not really

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<v Speaker 2>more complicated than that. Can we take our kids on

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<v Speaker 2>a trip, can we go on vacation, Can we eat

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<v Speaker 2>when we're hungry?

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<v Speaker 1>And can we have our dignity? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 2>Can we have our or dignity? Can we be safe?

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<v Speaker 2>Can we have shelter? It's not complicated, but we found

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<v Speaker 2>a way in the name of this falsely perceived scarcity

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<v Speaker 2>of resources, of hoarding resources, dividing one another, hating each other,

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<v Speaker 2>not having empathy or sympathy, not wanting the best for

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<v Speaker 2>brothers and sisters in the name of needing more for

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves and those that horde the majority of the resources

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<v Speaker 2>and the majority of the money would have it that

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<v Speaker 2>way intentionally. Monopoly would have it that way intentionally. The

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<v Speaker 2>worst possible outcome would be us loving each other. The

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<v Speaker 2>worst possible outcome would be the empathy that we show

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<v Speaker 2>to each other the most. The worst possible outcome would

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<v Speaker 2>be us uniting on the idea that we should all have,

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<v Speaker 2>that we should all eat, that we should all thrive,

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<v Speaker 2>Because then those who are in the severe minority, those

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<v Speaker 2>who have and hold the most of our resources and

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<v Speaker 2>our finances, would then actually be living as the minority

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<v Speaker 2>that they are, and somehow, in their mind, even with

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<v Speaker 2>having enough for five generations, us having just enough for

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<v Speaker 2>ourselves is a problem. There's a reason why this cycle

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<v Speaker 2>has existed and perpetuates as much as it does. Someone

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<v Speaker 2>benefits from it. At some point. Take a moment and

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<v Speaker 2>look around and try to figure out who that is.

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<v Speaker 2>Because it's not us, it's not you.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, you know, what I want to add something. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>glad you did that because one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>happens on our social media, which, by the way, follow

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<v Speaker 1>us on social media at Civic Cipher help us out

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<v Speaker 1>there too, you know. But one of the things that

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<v Speaker 1>happens is a lot of times people think that we

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<v Speaker 1>have like victim mentality black people and us in particular.

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<v Speaker 1>And it's kind of a hurtful thing to say because

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<v Speaker 1>we were doing okay when we were just DJs, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what I mean, We're doing just mine. This show

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<v Speaker 1>cost us money to do. It doesn't make money. It's

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<v Speaker 1>not like we.

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<v Speaker 2>Need when we were actually much better off.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, this is this is a heavier lift too. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it's heavier work to do. And the crazy thing is

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<v Speaker 1>nobody would choose this life. Who would choose a life

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<v Speaker 1>where you have to like argue with people with more

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<v Speaker 1>power than you about your right to exist, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>and your your your your life mattering, and what the

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<v Speaker 1>difference between equality and equity if I'm going to be

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<v Speaker 1>judged by your standards, you know, and these sorts of things,

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<v Speaker 1>and it just doesn't feel fair ever, And so letters

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<v Speaker 1>like this, they really do, they really are energizing. I

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<v Speaker 1>meant what I said, and it was worth it for

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<v Speaker 1>us to take a moment to say thank you to Pat.

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<v Speaker 1>But I do want to make sure that we talk

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<v Speaker 1>about this just because again, both of these videos you

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<v Speaker 1>can find on our social media. Again that's at Civic Sipher.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure a quick one here. There was a post

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<v Speaker 1>originally posted by doo hugely. We put it on our page,

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<v Speaker 1>but along the short of it is summed up by

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<v Speaker 1>at Your Rights Camp. A video circulating on social media

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<v Speaker 1>depicts a school resource officer in Garden City, Kansas, slamming

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<v Speaker 1>a student to the ground during the response to a

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<v Speaker 1>recent fight between two students. The Garden City Police Department

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<v Speaker 1>and the school district acknowledged the indiscident, stating that the

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<v Speaker 1>student who appeared to land on his head was evaluated

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<v Speaker 1>and cleared by EMS at the scene. Police emphasized that

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<v Speaker 1>the incident is under investigation and every use of force

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<v Speaker 1>is documented and scrutinized. They assure collaboration with the school

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<v Speaker 1>district to maintain a safe environments for students and staff.

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<v Speaker 1>Garden Sydney Public Schools said the district was cooperating fully

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<v Speaker 1>with the Garden City Police department and their investigation into

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<v Speaker 1>the matter. The shocking video went viral, various comments about

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<v Speaker 1>the incident going around social media. Civil rights attorney Ben

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<v Speaker 1>Crumb said, why was this level of force on a

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<v Speaker 1>child necessary? To see the results of the investigation into

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<v Speaker 1>this incident at a school in Garden City, Kansas, do

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<v Speaker 1>me a favorite again. Go to our social media it's

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<v Speaker 1>at Civic Cipher. You'll see there's a video of a

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<v Speaker 1>police officer grabbing two students that are arguing. That's where

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<v Speaker 1>the video picks up. The officer grabs the black student

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<v Speaker 1>and slams them on his head, and then his body

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<v Speaker 1>goes limp, and then the officer starts doing the officers

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<v Speaker 1>thing where they start grabbing your limp body and trying

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<v Speaker 1>to wrangle you like you're a hog or something. But

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<v Speaker 1>the student is clearly unconscious because he landed on his head.

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<v Speaker 1>And now I want you to reimagine it. Don't get mad, cute,

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<v Speaker 1>reimagine it with a sixteen year old, blond haired, blue

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<v Speaker 1>eyed female. Now that may be what your kid looks like,

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<v Speaker 1>but my kid looks like the one in the video.

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<v Speaker 2>That's hard to imagine. Mostly be because your mind, whoever

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<v Speaker 2>you are, a listener has no actual visual reference for it.

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<v Speaker 2>If I told you to try to imagine a horror clone,

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<v Speaker 2>your mind has no idea what that means, because it's

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<v Speaker 2>not something that exists. I just merged the words cyclone

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<v Speaker 2>and hurricane. However, intentionally, if such a video existed, we'd

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<v Speaker 2>see it. There are people who would go out of

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<v Speaker 2>their way to make sure that we saw it, to

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<v Speaker 2>try to paint some sort of false equivalence, But there

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<v Speaker 2>is no reference. There is no example, because that does

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<v Speaker 2>not happen.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to share something else with you. We've talked

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<v Speaker 1>about SROs twice before on the show Student Resource Officers.

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<v Speaker 1>These are the police that are on the campuses at

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<v Speaker 1>the schools. Once SROs started getting introduced onto school campuses,

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<v Speaker 1>the number of incidents with respect to black children, specifically

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<v Speaker 1>that resulted in arrests, expulsions, disciplinary action by the school

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<v Speaker 1>rose dramatically. And I know what you're probably thinking, Well,

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<v Speaker 1>it's the black students that are doing these things. And

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<v Speaker 1>what I want to tell you is that there is

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<v Speaker 1>evidence that shows that these people have prejudices and biases

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<v Speaker 1>against black students. This is why the officer went and

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<v Speaker 1>grabbed the black student, not the white student, and these

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<v Speaker 1>aggressive actions take place against black students because black children

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<v Speaker 1>are made to grow up a lot faster people who

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<v Speaker 1>are threatened by black children. Right, So police feel justified,

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<v Speaker 1>and these disciplinarians feel justified in using man's strength with

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<v Speaker 1>full test testicular fortitude on children, slamming them on their heads. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>And you might say, well, student resource officers make the

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<v Speaker 1>school safe, and so forth and so on. And the

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<v Speaker 1>fact of the matter is that these days you can

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<v Speaker 1>make an argument about mass shootings, but we've seen that

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<v Speaker 1>SROs don't make an impact on mass shootings at schools,

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<v Speaker 1>and really who's suffering it ends up being black people,

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<v Speaker 1>brown people, and these are the people who already are

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<v Speaker 1>depending on where they live, interjected based on proximity into

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<v Speaker 1>what's called the school to prison pipeline. Now, again, we've

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<v Speaker 1>talked about this twice on the show before, So I

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<v Speaker 1>employ you to go back and check out our episode

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<v Speaker 1>with Janelle. Would just search Janelle Wood because Janelle came

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<v Speaker 1>up on the show. She's with the Black Mother's Forum,

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<v Speaker 1>and she gave a very very in depth interview on

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<v Speaker 1>SROs and how they are very very problematic if you

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<v Speaker 1>are black or brown if you are a person who's

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<v Speaker 1>not black or brown or otherwise not affected by this,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm asking you for a little bit more empathy. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>asking you to do a little bit more research, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm asking you to imagine, just imagine that you were

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<v Speaker 1>born and this was your life and you got to

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<v Speaker 1>do your best with it. That's what me and Q

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<v Speaker 1>do every day, and we need your help. Shows about allyship,

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<v Speaker 1>So that's what we need you to do. I got

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<v Speaker 1>to share another story. This one's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>little bit worse. Fair warning, Cheyenne Laramie County. All right,

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<v Speaker 1>body camera footage is the body camera footage that we're

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<v Speaker 1>about to play is what was left from Deputy Benjamin Jacquot.

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<v Speaker 1>I guess the child JD had an Individualized Education Plan

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<v Speaker 1>IEP due to a diagnosed neurodivergent disability that the deputy

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<v Speaker 1>was aware of when the assault took place. According to

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<v Speaker 1>the document, when the incident happened JD, this is the child,

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<v Speaker 1>JD had been pulled aside by a teacher and Freedom's

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<v Speaker 1>Principle to discuss comments the child made to a cashier

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<v Speaker 1>at the school lunch room at that time. The complaint

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<v Speaker 1>alleged that Jacquo was the officer was near the principal's

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<v Speaker 1>office while he was speaking to JD for a random

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<v Speaker 1>security check. The complaint notes that neither the educator nor

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<v Speaker 1>the principal had asked for an intervention from Jaquo during

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<v Speaker 1>the conversation with the child. Real quick, just to let

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<v Speaker 1>you know an IEP, my first son, Christian has right

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<v Speaker 1>now still in IEP until he's done with high school.

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<v Speaker 1>He had an IP all through since he was in kindergarten. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so this one hits kind of close to home. And

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<v Speaker 1>this child again was eight years old when this happened. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>so I'm going to read this next paragraph. I'll play

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<v Speaker 1>the video. Quote. At the time of the assault, Deputy Jacquo,

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<v Speaker 1>who was white, weighed over two hundred and fifty pounds,

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<v Speaker 1>the document said, and eight year old JD, who was

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<v Speaker 1>African American, weighed sixty eight pounds. Upon information and belief,

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<v Speaker 1>following the sault, Deputy jack Quo deleted portions of his

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<v Speaker 1>bodycam video of the event in an effort to conceal

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<v Speaker 1>his wrongdoing. So we're gonna play this video. I want

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<v Speaker 1>you to know that this man is pressing this child

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<v Speaker 1>into the ground. This child is screaming, he's asking him

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<v Speaker 1>to let him go. He's saying sorry, you'll hear it.

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<v Speaker 1>And this child looks very close to my younger boy.

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<v Speaker 1>Go ahead, you.

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<v Speaker 3>Again, fight me again, fite me again?

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<v Speaker 1>No, if you just bid me? So you want to

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<v Speaker 1>try it again?

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<v Speaker 4>Huh?

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<v Speaker 1>Would you like that?

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<v Speaker 4>Would you like now? Now you cross your legs right now,

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<v Speaker 4>cross your legs.

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<v Speaker 3>No, no, no, you don't get to win this. Now

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<v Speaker 3>it's all me. Do you understand me? I guess where

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<v Speaker 3>it's going now. You just try and fighte me? So now,

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<v Speaker 3>what what do you think?

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<v Speaker 1>You heard him say that he'd be sorry he gives up.

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<v Speaker 1>He's eight. Kids are kids? Man? Do you need the

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<v Speaker 1>police to deal with an eight year old? I guess

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<v Speaker 1>if he's black, there are people that will make that argument.

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<v Speaker 1>So I guess that's all the time we have for today.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll leave it right there. Once again, thank you for

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<v Speaker 1>tuning in the civic cipher. I have been your host.

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<v Speaker 1>Rams's jah Q has decided that he's going to take

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<v Speaker 1>a moment for himself. So again, if you are on

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<v Speaker 1>social media, please send a kind word to Q because

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<v Speaker 1>he actually had to watch that video. He's the one

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<v Speaker 1>that was running the board, and I know that was

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<v Speaker 1>the first time that he saw it. Because for those

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<v Speaker 1>that know the show, we take turns watching the videos

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<v Speaker 1>and unfortunately, when the type, when the time comes, we

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<v Speaker 1>both have to watch it. So yeah, hit our website.

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