Flint You!

No BS Newshour Episode #366

Flint You!

 

Congressman Shri Thanedar, the diminutive Detroit Democrat, introduced impeachment papers against Trump.

But what about the due process of men in Detroit rotting in jail all awaiting trial?

He doesn’t care.

 

What about Flint?

The poisoning, the theft, corruption, the secret police.

Jedidiah Brown, America’s advocate, cares.

He’s here to break it down. 

 

2:13   Shri Thanedar – Impeach this!

12:55 The man who took down America’s Worst Mayor sets his sights on Flint…

20:27 … only to be arrested by Flint’s secret police.

36:16 The media is in on it. 

40:44 Lessons learned: white people actually care.

46:14 NBN & The Michigan Enjoyer hosting the Detroit Mayoral Debate

51:42  The Menendez brothers will get out of prison quicker if they were imprisoned in Michigan

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Transcript:

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Congressman Sri Tandahar does not like doge,

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he does not like deportations,

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and he really does not like Donald J.

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Trump.

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And so, our diminutive Detroit Democrat introduced

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7 articles of impeachment last night against the president

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while he was overseas.

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Madam Speaker,

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I rise today to hold this president accountable.

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The fact of the matter is,

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the president has committed crime after crime.

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I’m not concerned about whether this is the right time

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or if there are enough votes from my colleagues across

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the aisle.

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So I call on my colleagues,

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Democrats and Republicans,

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to do what’s right,

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impeach Donald J.

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Trump.

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Man, I love Detroit.

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Tandahar accuses Trump of high crimes and misdemeanors,

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including obstruction of justice,

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abuse of power,

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and violations of the Constitution.

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Specifically,

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Tandahar claims Trump ignored the Supreme Court when

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it ruled that the president must try and facilitate

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the re-importation of Salvadoran gangbanger Kilmar

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Obriga-Garcia so that he might be re-deported properly.

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Also,

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that Trump is illegally cutting government ways through

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Doge, and that the Associated Press must be allowed

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back into the White House press briefings,

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even if it refuses to call it the Gulf of America.

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Trump supporters accuse Tandehar of staging political

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vaudeville in a ruse to raise money for his floundering

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campaign committee,

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which is $11 million in debt to Tandehar himself.

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So we caught up with Kandahar at his impeachment town

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hall last weekend to set the record straight.

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That’s right,

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we did that.

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I can report there were 27 attendees,

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including the congressman,

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his staff,

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two cops,

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a janitor,

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a grandbaby,

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my cameraman,

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and me.

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Suffice it to say,

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I’ve seen more excitement at an Alcoholics Anonymous

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meeting.

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You’re getting nailed with this one.

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The beagles.

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You abandoned the beagles,

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left them to die in their cages.

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Oh, I love animals.

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Look, I love animals.

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Yes, he does.

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He loves beagles to death.

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And if there’s anything in life that Detroit Congressman

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Sri Kandahar loves more than beagles,

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it’s impeaching Donald J.

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Trump.

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You want any?

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impeach Trump again and why is that third time’s the

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charm?

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Well, look,

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he has done unconstitutional activities,

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broken the law.

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Give me a list.

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Well, look,

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he has deported people that without due process.

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You mean Obrego Garcia?

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Yes, he has.

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Ridigitous process,

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though.

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He got adjudicated to be deported.

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Yeah, well,

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look, the Supreme Court asked him within a 9-0 decision

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to bring,

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facilitate bringing Mr.

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Garcia back.

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And he refused to do that.

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What if we brought Garcia to Guantanamo?

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Would that satisfy you?

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Well, look,

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so he defied Supreme Court orders.

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Is this a?

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fundraising stunt.

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Your campaign owes you $11 million.

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Why not just forgive the loan?

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Are you not worth the money?

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I always forgive the loan.

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That’s what happened when I ran for governor.

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And not a penny of my loan was paid by the campaign

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and I forgave it.

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And that’s what it will end up happening.

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It will end up happening.

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It’s still on the books though.

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Yeah, it looks,

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yeah.

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A little trivia.

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Where is the…

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Hitsville Museum.

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Which museum?

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Hitsville.

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I don’t know.

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What are the five gross points cities?

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Well, look,

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I’m not here to answer a quiz.

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I’m here to say that I’m going to fight for the people

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And Grosse Pointe.

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And all of the Grosse Pointe and all of Taylor and

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every part of the 13th district.

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Can I just do this real quick?

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Grosse Pointe,

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Grosse Pointe Park,

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Grosse Pointe Woods,

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Grosse Pointe Farms and Grosse Pointe Shores.

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You know, on your campaign filings,

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it says occupation.

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Yours says United States government.

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Aren’t you employed by the people of the United States?

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Yeah, I am.

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Okay, you fix that one.

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Okay, and finally,

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you’re getting nailed with this one.

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The beagles.

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You abandoned the beagles,

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left them to die in their cages at your pharmaceutical

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test.

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I love animals.

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My family loves animals.

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We have raised a beagle,

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a Shiva.

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Those are all,

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you know,

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attacks, political attacks on me.

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I love animals.

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Is there an explanation real quick?

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I have been awarded by the Humane Society.

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They’ve given me two awards as the best legislator

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in protecting animal rights.

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So my record is good.

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Six beagles rescued from Shui’s bankrupt laboratory.

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We believe that they have never been outside ever.

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I don’t think that they’ve actually had their paws

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on the grass.

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Yeah, I don’t know what all the

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problem is with it anyway,

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because those beagles were going to die because they’re

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getting tested anyway.

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So look, I love animals.

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Thank you.

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Vegetarian.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you for that.

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This is good.

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A couple of the co-sponsors pulled their name off of

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the impeachment papers.

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Why is that?

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Yeah.

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Well, they have a right to do that.

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Of course they do.

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Why’d they do it?

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I don’t know.

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You had to ask them.

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See you.

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Thank you.

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It’s Congressman Sri Tanidarity.

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13th congressional district here at the town hall meeting

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on the Trump impeachment process.

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Sure to be a barn burner here on this Mother’s Day

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weekend.

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Let’s go inside,

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shall we?

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Live from downtown Detroit,

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it’s the No Bullshit News Hour with my main man,

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Charlie Lazar.

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And Karen Dumas.

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Assistant breaking the…

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Dumb bullshit.

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Dumb bullshit.

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Karen, what do you make of that?

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I don’t even know where to start.

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I just, I really don’t.

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It’s really sad.

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It’s unfortunate.

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But I like the questions that you ask him,

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Charlie.

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And I bet if you ask a lot of elected officials,

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they could not answer those questions.

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I mean, in terms of their constituents and who they

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are supposed to be representing.

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So it’s unfortunate.

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This is the guy that donates to himself.

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That’s pretty much it.

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Well, he bought his campaign.

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I mean, his election,

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he bought his seat.

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That’s no secret.

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He moved from Ann Arbor to Detroit.

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Exactly.

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He doesn’t know where Hitsville Museum is.

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Yeah.

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So, I mean,

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I don’t know.

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I don’t know what to say about that.

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I really don’t.

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I’m trying to remain non-partisan.

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I will tell you,

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like, in the last seven days,

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Trump did strike a UK trade deal.

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He did broker a ceasefire with India and Pakistan.

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He

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Got the last American Hamas hostage out.

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Signed executive order lowering drug prices to the

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prevailing world price.

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There are China talks.

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And Saudis kicking in $600 billion investment.

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I don’t know.

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I lived through Biden.

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In a plane.

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In a plane.

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Let’s not forget the plane.

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The plane,

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the plane.

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Why is the plane the thing?

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Why is the plane the thing when we got a trade deal?

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It’s nice.

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And it’s pretty nice.

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That sounds nicer than the one that Drake has.

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It sounds pretty nice.

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You know how many nuclear warheads India and Pakistan

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got combined?

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Like 350.

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And this one gets lost.

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And they were,

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they were having dog fights with jets.

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That’s kind of a big deal.

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I think so.

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But you know,

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when the AP is not allowed into the White House press

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briefings,

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which I never been in one.

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Jedediah, you ever been in one?

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No.

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They never let us in.

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We’re not suing.

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Oh, by the way,

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last week’s guest who was disappeared by the police,

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Jedediah Brown of Investigate and Advocate,

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maybe the country’s coolest rabble rouser.

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Like, welcome boy,

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man.

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It’s good to see you.

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What’s up,

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man, Charlie?

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Okay, so I called you,

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like, what happened?

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First of all,

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the jailers,

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your jailers said what?

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about solitary.

268
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I said you were in solitary.

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I was just working on breaking news.

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You said that?

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What did they say about it?

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Yeah, yeah.

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They didn’t have me in solitary confinement.

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They said,

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Tell your guy you’re not in solitary confinement.

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No, we want to get it.

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We want to get it right here.

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Who’s not paying attention to charity?

279
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Like, did you just see that report?

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Pull that up a little bit,

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man.

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Yeah, what do you make it at?

283
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Well, first of all,

284
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were you in a cell alone?

285
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Yes.

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That’s solitary.

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He would be solitary.

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I just.

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For the record.

290
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They’ll sell us confinement.

291
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Yes.

292
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So technically,

293
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yeah.

294
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And what do you make of that?

295
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What do you make of our great leader there?

296
00:09:15,040 –> 00:09:17,200
I thought that was kick-ass.

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Like, I loved it.

298
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I didn’t want it to stop.

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Like, keep it going.

300
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Like, you got them.

301
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You got them where you needed to be.

302
00:09:22,880 –> 00:09:24,040
So what are you doing in Flint,

303
00:09:24,040 –> 00:09:24,320
dude?

304
00:09:24,640 –> 00:09:25,480
And what happened to you?

305
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So Flint is actually pretty interesting because,

306
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man, we thought,

307
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I thought,

308
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I think most people in the country thought that Flint’s

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issues was resolved.

310
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I think I saw your governor on the Breakfast Club said

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that the water’s fixed,

312
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but now they’re celebrating the 11th year commemoration

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of water crisis.

314
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Definitely was shocked at the amount of blight,

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the amount of bandos,

316
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like on mostly every block,

317
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the streets,

318
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really, really,

319
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really.

320
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What are the people like though?

321
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What is their attitude?

322
00:09:54,040 –> 00:09:59,160
They’ve been so resilient and unbelievably patient

323
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throughout this.

324
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talking to the people?

325
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What is what’s what’s the read on them?

326
00:10:03,600 –> 00:10:04,360
How are they doing?

327
00:10:04,360 –> 00:10:07,640
I think I think that they’ve lost the at some point

328
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they had lost a sense of hope and they just kind of

329
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just like learned to just stick tough through accepting

330
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whatever they’re being dealt with.

331
00:10:15,200 –> 00:10:17,040
And there are some amazing,

332
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some beautiful,

333
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some resilient people there,

334
00:10:19,120 –> 00:10:19,920
but they’ve been,

335
00:10:20,720 –> 00:10:21,600
I think in my opinion,

336
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they’ve been mishandled and they’ve kind of sort of

337
00:10:23,520 –> 00:10:24,400
lost their voice.

338
00:10:24,640 –> 00:10:27,920
And so we’ve been breaking up the cement and people

339
00:10:27,920 –> 00:10:28,520
are really speaking.

340
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Yeah.

341
00:10:29,040 –> 00:10:29,840
So you got a call?

342
00:10:31,160 –> 00:10:32,000
I got a lot of calls.

343
00:10:32,040 –> 00:10:32,640
A lot of calls.

344
00:10:33,520 –> 00:10:35,800
I think we got to go back before we talk about what

345
00:10:35,800 –> 00:10:36,560
happened to the Flint.

346
00:10:37,520 –> 00:10:40,800
You might famously be known for Dalton,

347
00:10:40,800 –> 00:10:41,200
Illinois,

348
00:10:41,440 –> 00:10:43,240
the mayor of the township there,

349
00:10:43,240 –> 00:10:44,200
and she was getting paid,

350
00:10:44,200 –> 00:10:45,960
what, 350,000.

351
00:10:45,960 –> 00:10:46,800
Nobody was watching.

352
00:10:48,080 –> 00:10:49,960
And they put out the bat signal to you and you showed

353
00:10:49,960 –> 00:10:50,040
up.

354
00:10:51,200 –> 00:10:52,040
The bat signal’s crazy.

355
00:10:52,040 –> 00:10:53,400
Yeah, they took their head off and threw it in the

356
00:10:53,400 –> 00:10:53,840
air, Charlie.

357
00:10:54,000 –> 00:10:54,400
You know that,

358
00:10:54,400 –> 00:10:55,120
you know what that’s about.

359
00:10:55,360 –> 00:10:55,800
So anyway,

360
00:10:58,640 –> 00:11:01,320
I went and just basically went to go try to figure

361
00:11:01,320 –> 00:11:02,320
out about a sexual assault.

362
00:11:02,320 –> 00:11:03,360
And then I met the,

363
00:11:04,000 –> 00:11:06,400
and I tried to like engage this mayor,

364
00:11:06,480 –> 00:11:07,280
Tiffany Inyar,

365
00:11:07,600 –> 00:11:08,800
and she was arrogant.

366
00:11:08,800 –> 00:11:10,240
She was oppressive.

367
00:11:10,640 –> 00:11:12,520
And it turned into a year-long fight.

368
00:11:12,520 –> 00:11:14,240
And now she doesn’t have neither one of her seats.

369
00:11:14,400 –> 00:11:15,120
Congratulations,

370
00:11:15,120 –> 00:11:15,520
Tiffany.

371
00:11:15,520 –> 00:11:17,120
She might be going to federal prison too.

372
00:11:17,280 –> 00:11:18,960
Yeah, I, I,

373
00:11:18,960 –> 00:11:21,120
well, Mark’s more of an expert because they’ve been

374
00:11:21,120 –> 00:11:22,760
talking about you on his other programs.

375
00:11:22,760 –> 00:11:23,200
Mark’s cool.

376
00:11:23,200 –> 00:11:23,600
I like that.

377
00:11:23,680 –> 00:11:24,480
Mark’s super cool.

378
00:11:24,560 –> 00:11:25,160
He’s wrong.

379
00:11:25,160 –> 00:11:25,400
Mark.

380
00:11:25,400 –> 00:11:26,040
I don’t know about that.

381
00:11:26,040 –> 00:11:29,920
He’s just basically the guy that turns you on at that.

382
00:11:30,800 –> 00:11:31,440
Yeah, I mean,

383
00:11:31,440 –> 00:11:32,560
we followed her a lot,

384
00:11:32,560 –> 00:11:33,520
but then of course,

385
00:11:33,680 –> 00:11:36,320
you got into a little rumble there at the town hall.

386
00:11:36,320 –> 00:11:41,120
But she is a prime example of just not being checked

387
00:11:41,120 –> 00:11:42,040
by anybody.

388
00:11:42,040 –> 00:11:44,160
And then when her own counsel tried to check her,

389
00:11:44,400 –> 00:11:46,480
she vetoed everything and shook businesses down.

390
00:11:46,480 –> 00:11:47,920
I mean, she’s just a bad person.

391
00:11:48,240 –> 00:11:50,080
Not to mention her own birthday party she threw for

392
00:11:50,080 –> 00:11:50,400
herself.

393
00:11:50,800 –> 00:11:53,160
And the check-in is like crazy because what I find

394
00:11:53,160 –> 00:11:55,680
in these cities is like the government is supposed

395
00:11:55,680 –> 00:11:58,640
to like, even though it’s like self-sustaining in

396
00:11:58,640 –> 00:11:59,360
your jurisdiction,

397
00:11:59,360 –> 00:12:01,200
but there’s like accountability measures.

398
00:12:01,200 –> 00:12:02,800
They never seem to work.

399
00:12:03,040 –> 00:12:04,240
It’s mind-blowing.

400
00:12:04,480 –> 00:12:05,040
So, you know,

401
00:12:05,520 –> 00:12:06,560
straight up question,

402
00:12:07,040 –> 00:12:10,320
do you go to like majority black cities because everybody

403
00:12:10,320 –> 00:12:11,040
else is ignoring them,

404
00:12:11,440 –> 00:12:12,400
afraid to take it on?

405
00:12:12,840 –> 00:12:14,160
Because there’s a lot of money in poverty,

406
00:12:14,160 –> 00:12:14,400
dude.

407
00:12:14,720 –> 00:12:15,440
I’m going to be honest,

408
00:12:15,440 –> 00:12:16,760
like not until recently,

409
00:12:16,760 –> 00:12:19,080
I haven’t gotten any calls from any white communities

410
00:12:19,080 –> 00:12:20,560
to come help until like recently.

411
00:12:24,040 –> 00:12:25,840
What white community called you?

412
00:12:26,240 –> 00:12:27,760
That is something that I’m going to tell you right

413
00:12:27,760 –> 00:12:28,360
now, but trust me,

414
00:12:28,360 –> 00:12:28,840
it’s something.

415
00:12:28,840 –> 00:12:31,400
It’s some mixed stuff that’s coming in,

416
00:12:31,640 –> 00:12:32,880
and I’ve been getting calls actually.

417
00:12:33,120 –> 00:12:34,160
But nationwide,

418
00:12:35,200 –> 00:12:36,080
no, honestly,

419
00:12:36,080 –> 00:12:39,200
like the Darlene situation put me in a different category.

420
00:12:39,200 –> 00:12:40,880
Like I’m getting calls from across the country and

421
00:12:40,880 –> 00:12:42,720
everybody feels that they’re going

422
00:12:42,840 –> 00:12:43,760
do this in some shape,

423
00:12:43,760 –> 00:12:44,520
form, or fashion,

424
00:12:44,520 –> 00:12:45,680
and it’s just been fascinating.

425
00:12:45,920 –> 00:12:46,200
Yeah.

426
00:12:46,720 –> 00:12:49,520
How do you describe your process?

427
00:12:49,760 –> 00:12:53,760
So I started literally just like every other advocate,

428
00:12:53,760 –> 00:12:55,040
just trying to be heard.

429
00:12:55,160 –> 00:12:56,160
And we were marching.

430
00:12:56,160 –> 00:12:57,840
We were marching around buildings.

431
00:12:57,840 –> 00:12:58,840
They were marching in the streets.

432
00:12:58,840 –> 00:12:59,320
They’re marching,

433
00:12:59,320 –> 00:12:59,640
marching,

434
00:12:59,640 –> 00:13:00,000
marching.

435
00:13:00,160 –> 00:13:01,520
You never get a response.

436
00:13:01,520 –> 00:13:02,640
You never get any results.

437
00:13:02,640 –> 00:13:03,880
You never get to meet with anybody.

438
00:13:03,880 –> 00:13:04,080
I said,

439
00:13:05,080 –> 00:13:05,680
Forget that.

440
00:13:06,000 –> 00:13:07,760
I have to keep looking at this thing to know that I

441
00:13:07,760 –> 00:13:07,920
could.

442
00:13:08,080 –> 00:13:08,840
That’s not what you said.

443
00:13:08,840 –> 00:13:09,920
I wanted to say something else.

444
00:13:09,920 –> 00:13:10,240
Yeah, fuck it.

445
00:13:10,240 –> 00:13:10,800
You know, fuck it.

446
00:13:13,120 –> 00:13:13,600
So I would say,

447
00:13:13,600 –> 00:13:13,920
you know,

448
00:13:13,920 –> 00:13:14,480
fuck that.

449
00:13:14,520 –> 00:13:18,000
And I just decided to take a more direct approach and

450
00:13:18,040 –> 00:13:18,720
I do it.

451
00:13:18,960 –> 00:13:19,480
I learned,

452
00:13:19,480 –> 00:13:19,760
you know,

453
00:13:19,760 –> 00:13:21,360
just don’t be doing it in ignorance,

454
00:13:21,360 –> 00:13:22,280
but I do research.

455
00:13:22,280 –> 00:13:23,920
I have an investigative team that I work with.

456
00:13:23,920 –> 00:13:25,440
It’s called Investigating and Advocate.

457
00:13:25,440 –> 00:13:27,440
And we try to get down to the facts.

458
00:13:27,440 –> 00:13:29,680
And when you do the coolest stuff,

459
00:13:29,680 –> 00:13:31,880
like what I just saw you do with the state,

460
00:13:31,920 –> 00:13:32,320
with the,

461
00:13:32,320 –> 00:13:32,600
with the,

462
00:13:33,120 –> 00:13:33,680
what’s he?

463
00:13:34,240 –> 00:13:34,760
Congressman.

464
00:13:35,080 –> 00:13:35,840
But I just saw you do it.

465
00:13:35,840 –> 00:13:37,040
That’s what America needs.

466
00:13:37,040 –> 00:13:39,280
We need to not be unlawful,

467
00:13:39,280 –> 00:13:41,920
but we need to confront these things directly.

468
00:13:42,080 –> 00:13:43,360
Because marching around a building,

469
00:13:43,360 –> 00:13:44,160
nobody’s ever going to hate,

470
00:13:44,160 –> 00:13:45,520
but when I show up at your door,

471
00:13:46,320 –> 00:13:47,040
Now we haven’t.

472
00:13:47,040 –> 00:13:48,240
And I know what I’m talking about.

473
00:13:48,480 –> 00:13:49,360
It’s a different response.

474
00:13:49,680 –> 00:13:50,640
Once upon a time,

475
00:13:50,640 –> 00:13:54,240
the media held some responsibility in terms of accountability

476
00:13:54,240 –> 00:13:55,200
for public officials,

477
00:13:55,200 –> 00:13:56,960
and that has taken a dive.

478
00:13:57,480 –> 00:13:59,600
What’s your take on that in terms of the role of the

479
00:13:59,600 –> 00:14:01,000
media and how it’s changed?

480
00:14:01,000 –> 00:14:01,640
I mean, yeah,

481
00:14:01,760 –> 00:14:02,720
you and Charlie can go,

482
00:14:02,720 –> 00:14:03,760
you knock on the doors,

483
00:14:03,760 –> 00:14:04,960
and it gets results.

484
00:14:05,360 –> 00:14:08,240
But the mainstream media has just pretty much become

485
00:14:08,240 –> 00:14:10,160
a cheering section for elected officials.

486
00:14:10,400 –> 00:14:12,080
Celebrities don’t want the drama.

487
00:14:12,480 –> 00:14:14,400
The media wants to keep advertising,

488
00:14:14,640 –> 00:14:16,200
and churches don’t know if they’re coming

489
00:14:16,280 –> 00:14:16,800
women are going.

490
00:14:16,880 –> 00:14:20,640
So we’re now left as a society to find people with

491
00:14:20,640 –> 00:14:24,480
balls to do what these institutions used to do.

492
00:14:24,480 –> 00:14:25,440
It’s a different worlds.

493
00:14:25,520 –> 00:14:25,920
Yeah, I was,

494
00:14:26,000 –> 00:14:28,160
tell people where they can find your work.

495
00:14:28,800 –> 00:14:32,960
Investigate and advocate on YouTube is where I pretty

496
00:14:32,960 –> 00:14:34,320
much broadcast things.

497
00:14:34,640 –> 00:14:36,000
But basically,

498
00:14:36,080 –> 00:14:36,760
throw your hat in there.

499
00:14:36,800 –> 00:14:37,280
I’m coming.

500
00:14:38,000 –> 00:14:38,960
If you want to find me,

501
00:14:39,120 –> 00:14:39,640
throw the hat.

502
00:14:39,640 –> 00:14:40,480
Throw your hat up.

503
00:14:40,480 –> 00:14:43,920
The reason I say it is because you got a methodology.

504
00:14:44,680 –> 00:14:46,080
You got a camera on yourself.

505
00:14:47,200 –> 00:14:47,880
You present,

506
00:14:48,000 –> 00:14:48,800
you rattle them.

507
00:14:49,280 –> 00:14:51,120
And then when the confrontation comes,

508
00:14:51,760 –> 00:14:52,800
you do hit them with facts.

509
00:14:52,800 –> 00:14:56,680
That’s the unthought about part of everybody trying

510
00:14:56,680 –> 00:14:57,760
to be out there and be noticed,

511
00:14:57,760 –> 00:14:57,960
right?

512
00:14:57,960 –> 00:14:59,760
Which is that guy.

513
00:15:00,000 –> 00:15:01,200
You owe yourself $11 million.

514
00:15:01,760 –> 00:15:02,760
Nobody gets it right.

515
00:15:02,800 –> 00:15:04,160
Nobody wants to do that.

516
00:15:04,320 –> 00:15:05,480
So when you’re in Flint,

517
00:15:06,080 –> 00:15:06,720
oh, by the way,

518
00:15:06,720 –> 00:15:07,120
shit.

519
00:15:07,640 –> 00:15:07,840
Okay.

520
00:15:08,400 –> 00:15:09,080
No, dude, dude,

521
00:15:09,080 –> 00:15:09,360
dude.

522
00:15:10,000 –> 00:15:10,960
The guy was listening.

523
00:15:10,960 –> 00:15:11,760
I’m going to call him the guy.

524
00:15:13,200 –> 00:15:14,000
Former fed.

525
00:15:15,360 –> 00:15:15,840
Auditor.

526
00:15:16,137 –> 00:15:18,057
He does the financial auditing,

527
00:15:18,057 –> 00:15:18,537
Fed.

528
00:15:18,537 –> 00:15:21,097
He’s working big someplace out of state.

529
00:15:21,657 –> 00:15:23,817
He’s donated his services.

530
00:15:24,377 –> 00:15:26,857
He heard when I was talking about,

531
00:15:26,857 –> 00:15:27,177
oh, here,

532
00:15:27,177 –> 00:15:29,777
let me, you talked about the water,

533
00:15:29,777 –> 00:15:31,897
a billion in water crisis money just evaporated,

534
00:15:31,897 –> 00:15:33,177
94 million in the ARPA,

535
00:15:33,177 –> 00:15:33,577
right?

536
00:15:34,137 –> 00:15:35,977
259 million in the mega airport,

537
00:15:36,297 –> 00:15:37,817
$150 million for the school district,

538
00:15:37,817 –> 00:15:38,537
pipe contracts,

539
00:15:38,537 –> 00:15:39,417
garbage contracts,

540
00:15:39,417 –> 00:15:40,457
the death of two children,

541
00:15:40,457 –> 00:15:41,097
that lawsuit,

542
00:15:41,257 –> 00:15:42,617
the fire chief’s lawsuit.

543
00:15:44,417 –> 00:15:45,577
And they worried about a casket.

544
00:15:45,577 –> 00:15:46,377
Okay, keep going.

545
00:15:46,537 –> 00:15:47,577
Yeah, they’re worried about a casket.

546
00:15:48,697 –> 00:15:49,257
And by the way,

547
00:15:49,297 –> 00:15:50,057
though, can I say this,

548
00:15:50,057 –> 00:15:50,257
though?

549
00:15:50,257 –> 00:15:50,577
I’m sorry,

550
00:15:50,577 –> 00:15:51,257
I didn’t mean to.

551
00:15:51,257 –> 00:15:51,617
No, no.

552
00:15:51,617 –> 00:15:54,377
But they did treat me well,

553
00:15:54,377 –> 00:15:55,657
though, in the county,

554
00:15:55,657 –> 00:15:57,217
considering the conditions.

555
00:15:57,217 –> 00:15:58,537
Now, I wasn’t myself by myself,

556
00:15:58,697 –> 00:16:00,897
but they were respectful.

557
00:16:00,897 –> 00:16:01,937
What’d you have for lunch?

558
00:16:01,937 –> 00:16:03,017
That’s what I was gonna ask.

559
00:16:03,057 –> 00:16:03,977
I wasn’t eating that shit.

560
00:16:04,457 –> 00:16:05,617
So they didn’t treat you that well.

561
00:16:05,617 –> 00:16:06,297
The food ain’t great.

562
00:16:06,297 –> 00:16:07,457
They knew they were on the food.

563
00:16:07,497 –> 00:16:09,857
I like the inmates explained to me what was coming.

564
00:16:09,857 –> 00:16:12,217
They even explained the flopped down peanut butter.

565
00:16:12,497 –> 00:16:14,257
And I was like thinking it was a joke until I saw it.

566
00:16:16,857 –> 00:16:17,817
We’re getting ahead of it though.

567
00:16:17,817 –> 00:16:21,657
So the part I meant is when you went to the church

568
00:16:21,657 –> 00:16:23,977
and the church is aligned with the mayor and you’re

569
00:16:23,977 –> 00:16:26,657
looking at the paperwork and then you start quoting

570
00:16:27,097 –> 00:16:29,097
what the church is getting for the cell phone tower

571
00:16:29,097 –> 00:16:29,697
contract.

572
00:16:29,697 –> 00:16:30,777
Not the cell phone tower contract.

573
00:16:30,817 –> 00:16:31,497
The pastor,

574
00:16:31,497 –> 00:16:32,097
not the church,

575
00:16:32,097 –> 00:16:32,537
the pastor.

576
00:16:33,977 –> 00:16:36,777
And you start seeing that you know your shit.

577
00:16:36,777 –> 00:16:37,777
God is good.

578
00:16:37,777 –> 00:16:39,577
And then there’s so much there’s so much there,

579
00:16:39,977 –> 00:16:40,137
right?

580
00:16:40,137 –> 00:16:43,177
And they’re starting to worry because you’re rattling

581
00:16:43,177 –> 00:16:43,817
the cage.

582
00:16:44,537 –> 00:16:46,697
Then you went to the mayor’s house.

583
00:16:46,697 –> 00:16:48,017
Explain your.

584
00:16:48,017 –> 00:16:48,937
Yeah, but in the middle of that,

585
00:16:48,937 –> 00:16:51,097
the pastor goes to get a personal order of protection

586
00:16:51,097 –> 00:16:52,697
against me and the court gives it to him.

587
00:16:52,777 –> 00:16:53,377
Based on what?

588
00:16:53,377 –> 00:16:53,897
And then he says,

589
00:16:53,897 –> 00:16:54,297
I don’t know,

590
00:16:54,457 –> 00:16:55,417
bulletproof vest.

591
00:16:55,417 –> 00:16:56,377
Like, what the fuck?

592
00:16:56,377 –> 00:16:57,737
I’ve never ever seen it in my life.

593
00:16:58,097 –> 00:16:59,417
And so then,

594
00:16:59,657 –> 00:17:01,977
so that the issue is that I didn’t start going to

595
00:17:01,977 –> 00:17:02,937
people directing the house.

596
00:17:02,937 –> 00:17:05,297
I went to the city hall and I requested,

597
00:17:05,337 –> 00:17:06,497
that’s why the body cameras there,

598
00:17:06,497 –> 00:17:06,937
you can’t lie.

599
00:17:07,097 –> 00:17:08,937
I requested a meeting with the mayor three or four

600
00:17:08,937 –> 00:17:09,257
times.

601
00:17:09,257 –> 00:17:10,257
I called the pastor,

602
00:17:10,257 –> 00:17:10,857
can I talk to you?

603
00:17:11,017 –> 00:17:12,457
I went to the councilwoman’s house,

604
00:17:12,537 –> 00:17:13,177
can I talk to you?

605
00:17:13,177 –> 00:17:14,817
I went to city council to speak,

606
00:17:14,937 –> 00:17:15,697
can I talk to you?

607
00:17:15,897 –> 00:17:18,457
But they look at people who are not in these positions

608
00:17:18,457 –> 00:17:19,817
of power as if they’re beneath them.

609
00:17:19,977 –> 00:17:22,457
They think that government is their wheelhouse to do

610
00:17:22,457 –> 00:17:25,737
their will and not to actually engage and represent.

611
00:17:25,897 –> 00:17:27,817
These are not people and what really

612
00:17:28,017 –> 00:17:30,737
what bothers me is that everybody could be upset about

613
00:17:30,737 –> 00:17:32,857
Trump, but the people who I’ve been having to deal

614
00:17:32,857 –> 00:17:34,057
with, they look like me,

615
00:17:34,057 –> 00:17:34,697
they’re local.

616
00:17:34,737 –> 00:17:35,497
And guess what?

617
00:17:35,657 –> 00:17:38,297
They come from a party that I was always told had my

618
00:17:38,297 –> 00:17:38,617
back.

619
00:17:38,857 –> 00:17:40,497
And that’s why I’m more independent in my thinking

620
00:17:40,497 –> 00:17:41,417
because it’s bullshit.

621
00:17:41,617 –> 00:17:43,257
And so now,

622
00:17:43,657 –> 00:17:47,017
now I’m showing people when they when they ignore

623
00:17:47,017 –> 00:17:50,297
you and when they abuse their power and weaponize

624
00:17:50,297 –> 00:17:50,937
their government,

625
00:17:51,097 –> 00:17:51,977
still show up,

626
00:17:51,977 –> 00:17:53,497
but show up directly where they are,

627
00:17:53,657 –> 00:17:56,377
have your information in order and let everybody see

628
00:17:56,377 –> 00:17:56,897
the truth.

629
00:17:57,257 –> 00:17:57,937
Because America

630
00:17:58,097 –> 00:17:59,097
America doesn’t know.

631
00:17:59,337 –> 00:18:01,977
They, the people of Flint cemented and it’s because

632
00:18:01,977 –> 00:18:02,777
America don’t know.

633
00:18:02,857 –> 00:18:05,577
We’re thinking y’all taking fucking baths and drinking

634
00:18:05,577 –> 00:18:08,457
water that’s better than spring because we were told

635
00:18:08,457 –> 00:18:09,737
shit was good and it was a lie.

636
00:18:10,097 –> 00:18:10,577
And it’s sad.

637
00:18:11,497 –> 00:18:12,537
So in your work,

638
00:18:12,537 –> 00:18:13,177
has anyone,

639
00:18:13,257 –> 00:18:14,537
because a lot of times people,

640
00:18:14,537 –> 00:18:18,697
they start out as community advocates or activists

641
00:18:19,017 –> 00:18:22,897
and they quietly get paid off and they continue to

642
00:18:22,897 –> 00:18:23,537
do the work,

643
00:18:23,537 –> 00:18:24,617
but they’re playing the game.

644
00:18:24,617 –> 00:18:27,977
Have you ever been approached by any organization or

645
00:18:27,977 –> 00:18:32,257
entity or even an individual in an attempt to quiet

646
00:18:32,257 –> 00:18:33,457
you down by paying you off?

647
00:18:33,657 –> 00:18:34,297
George Soros?

648
00:18:34,857 –> 00:18:35,337
Every year.

649
00:18:36,097 –> 00:18:37,577
Every year I get offered things,

650
00:18:37,577 –> 00:18:38,377
but this is the thing.

651
00:18:38,377 –> 00:18:40,697
So I want people to understand because the way sometimes

652
00:18:40,697 –> 00:18:42,617
the public misrepresents or mistreats you,

653
00:18:42,937 –> 00:18:44,217
it’s why advocates,

654
00:18:44,457 –> 00:18:45,577
they’ll take it.

655
00:18:46,297 –> 00:18:47,537
However, I want to be clear here.

656
00:18:47,537 –> 00:18:49,297
I am of the Harold Washington mentality.

657
00:18:49,297 –> 00:18:49,777
Take the money,

658
00:18:49,777 –> 00:18:50,857
vote for who you believe in.

659
00:18:51,097 –> 00:18:53,777
I don’t get paid off and I don’t necessarily make deals

660
00:18:53,777 –> 00:18:57,097
that sell my autonomy or that compromise my voice.

661
00:18:57,417 –> 00:19:00,657
And I will be very clear if I’m going to engage with

662
00:19:00,657 –> 00:19:03,697
anybody that is willing to resource,

663
00:19:03,697 –> 00:19:04,937
because it takes resources.

664
00:19:05,097 –> 00:19:05,457
I’ll do it,

665
00:19:05,457 –> 00:19:06,017
but it’s going to be

666
00:19:06,097 –> 00:19:06,617
important to me.

667
00:19:06,697 –> 00:19:08,537
You’ll never redirect me,

668
00:19:08,777 –> 00:19:10,297
but you always offer stuff.

669
00:19:11,497 –> 00:19:11,857
Yeah, yeah.

670
00:19:12,537 –> 00:19:13,897
I was just asking because,

671
00:19:13,897 –> 00:19:14,057
you know,

672
00:19:14,057 –> 00:19:15,097
but some people,

673
00:19:15,097 –> 00:19:16,017
it gets them to,

674
00:19:16,377 –> 00:19:16,697
you know,

675
00:19:16,777 –> 00:19:19,217
abandon their mission and,

676
00:19:19,217 –> 00:19:19,417
you know,

677
00:19:19,417 –> 00:19:20,617
compromise their integrity.

678
00:19:20,617 –> 00:19:22,977
They take the money in and they change the conversation

679
00:19:22,977 –> 00:19:24,337
or they’re not sincere about it.

680
00:19:24,337 –> 00:19:26,617
But if you go online and ask it for people to contribute,

681
00:19:26,617 –> 00:19:27,777
then it’s go get a job.

682
00:19:27,857 –> 00:19:28,977
And then what the hell you think,

683
00:19:28,977 –> 00:19:30,377
what the hell you think I’m going to do when I go

684
00:19:30,377 –> 00:19:30,737
to jail?

685
00:19:30,737 –> 00:19:31,577
I need a lawyer.

686
00:19:31,577 –> 00:19:32,697
So, you know,

687
00:19:32,937 –> 00:19:35,817
people, you’re not going to do this if it’s not really

688
00:19:35,817 –> 00:19:36,017
in your

689
00:19:36,137 –> 00:19:37,057
Unfortunately for me,

690
00:19:37,057 –> 00:19:38,017
I’ve been doing it all my life.

691
00:19:38,017 –> 00:19:38,577
I’m kind of stuck.

692
00:19:38,577 –> 00:19:39,497
I don’t have anymore.

693
00:19:39,577 –> 00:19:41,377
So do you rely on public contributions?

694
00:19:41,377 –> 00:19:44,577
What do you do for resources to continue your work?

695
00:19:44,577 –> 00:19:47,417
So what I’ve been fortunate enough to have is a core

696
00:19:47,417 –> 00:19:47,737
group.

697
00:19:47,737 –> 00:19:49,017
So I have investigating,

698
00:19:49,017 –> 00:19:49,377
advocating,

699
00:19:49,377 –> 00:19:51,217
and it’s made-up professionals and people who believe

700
00:19:51,217 –> 00:19:51,657
in the work.

701
00:19:51,657 –> 00:19:53,017
They help fund it.

702
00:19:53,497 –> 00:19:56,777
Sometimes we actually do fundraise for a specific thing.

703
00:19:57,017 –> 00:20:00,217
And or if we find somebody who is philanthropic and

704
00:20:00,217 –> 00:20:00,857
they like the work,

705
00:20:00,857 –> 00:20:01,497
believe it or not,

706
00:20:01,497 –> 00:20:02,137
people like it.

707
00:20:02,457 –> 00:20:05,297
They’ll contribute and we’ll take it and do the work.

708
00:20:06,857 –> 00:20:07,297
All right,

709
00:20:07,297 –> 00:20:08,297
where do they contribute?

710
00:20:08,297 –> 00:20:09,417
Go ahead and do a plug.

711
00:20:10,657 –> 00:20:12,577
Oh wait, and YouTube is pretty cool because now the

712
00:20:12,577 –> 00:20:14,937
platform generates a little income for us to get stuff

713
00:20:14,937 –> 00:20:15,097
done.

714
00:20:15,097 –> 00:20:15,897
So there’s many ways.

715
00:20:16,217 –> 00:20:17,337
I’m not like trying to,

716
00:20:17,337 –> 00:20:17,977
I’m trying to get there.

717
00:20:18,057 –> 00:20:21,057
So what happened last week when you were supposed to

718
00:20:21,057 –> 00:20:21,497
be here?

719
00:20:22,257 –> 00:20:25,497
So the craziest thing happened to me in America,

720
00:20:25,497 –> 00:20:25,817
right?

721
00:20:25,817 –> 00:20:27,857
Like I found out that mayors are like little,

722
00:20:27,857 –> 00:20:29,017
little dictators too,

723
00:20:29,017 –> 00:20:29,217
right?

724
00:20:29,217 –> 00:20:33,657
So basically the Flint police went out of their jurisdiction

725
00:20:33,817 –> 00:20:35,537
to arrest me for disorderly conduct.

726
00:20:35,537 –> 00:20:36,417
Go back to like,

727
00:20:36,697 –> 00:20:38,217
you got arrested Tuesday night.

728
00:20:39,017 –> 00:20:39,297
Yeah.

729
00:20:39,777 –> 00:20:40,697
I mean, Tuesday night.

730
00:20:41,017 –> 00:20:41,217
Okay.

731
00:20:41,217 –> 00:20:42,457
When you kind of in Genesee County,

732
00:20:42,457 –> 00:20:43,217
you don’t remember the days.

733
00:20:43,217 –> 00:20:43,697
What day was it?

734
00:20:43,697 –> 00:20:44,497
It’s Tuesday night.

735
00:20:44,937 –> 00:20:45,657
Tuesday night,

736
00:20:45,817 –> 00:20:46,777
but Monday,

737
00:20:46,777 –> 00:20:48,777
you let a march to the mayor’s house.

738
00:20:49,297 –> 00:20:50,297
Apparently that’s where he lives,

739
00:20:50,377 –> 00:20:50,577
right?

740
00:20:50,897 –> 00:20:51,977
I think I did the march on,

741
00:20:52,217 –> 00:20:53,657
so if I did a march,

742
00:20:53,897 –> 00:20:54,937
whenever I did the march,

743
00:20:54,937 –> 00:20:57,097
it was a whole two days later than I got rest.

744
00:20:57,337 –> 00:20:57,617
Sunrest.

745
00:20:57,617 –> 00:21:00,697
Okay, so you did a march with people to the mayor’s

746
00:21:00,697 –> 00:21:00,817
house.

747
00:21:00,817 –> 00:21:01,457
35 people.

748
00:21:01,577 –> 00:21:02,377
35 people,

749
00:21:02,377 –> 00:21:03,337
you’re carrying a casket.

750
00:21:04,217 –> 00:21:05,377
Yeah, and a bullhorn,

751
00:21:05,417 –> 00:21:06,217
the death of Flint.

752
00:21:08,057 –> 00:21:09,777
Castling the funeral of Flint,

753
00:21:09,817 –> 00:21:09,977
right?

754
00:21:09,977 –> 00:21:10,257
Yeah.

755
00:21:10,297 –> 00:21:11,377
The funeral of Flint,

756
00:21:11,977 –> 00:21:15,017
him and 35 citizens and people that believe in what

757
00:21:15,017 –> 00:21:15,297
he’s doing,

758
00:21:15,577 –> 00:21:17,737
they go there and please,

759
00:21:19,017 –> 00:21:20,377
So we went there and we-

760
00:21:20,377 –> 00:21:20,937
It’s important though,

761
00:21:20,937 –> 00:21:21,977
the police were with you.

762
00:21:22,057 –> 00:21:24,297
The police literally walked with us from,

763
00:21:24,417 –> 00:21:26,737
I mean, drove with us from City Hall all the way to

764
00:21:26,737 –> 00:21:27,417
the mayor’s house.

765
00:21:27,737 –> 00:21:29,497
They told us we had to do it lawfully.

766
00:21:29,497 –> 00:21:30,377
We complied.

767
00:21:30,457 –> 00:21:32,177
They told us we needed to go on the sidewalk.

768
00:21:32,177 –> 00:21:33,737
They even said they knew where we were going.

769
00:21:33,737 –> 00:21:35,657
It was crazy.

770
00:21:35,737 –> 00:21:36,417
And when I said,

771
00:21:36,417 –> 00:21:37,777
I said, I said,

772
00:21:37,777 –> 00:21:38,697
a long hour route,

773
00:21:38,857 –> 00:21:39,257
they said,

774
00:21:39,257 –> 00:21:39,657
yeah, what,

775
00:21:39,657 –> 00:21:40,297
to the mayor’s house,

776
00:21:40,297 –> 00:21:41,017
we know where you’re going.

777
00:21:41,017 –> 00:21:41,897
Okay, cool.

778
00:21:42,057 –> 00:21:42,697
You got me,

779
00:21:42,697 –> 00:21:43,177
we got you.

780
00:21:43,337 –> 00:21:44,657
I said, y’all put a little light aside,

781
00:21:44,657 –> 00:21:45,417
and now we ain’t doing that.

782
00:21:45,417 –> 00:21:47,337
We just gonna make sure everybody does it safely and

783
00:21:47,337 –> 00:21:47,737
lawfully.

784
00:21:48,057 –> 00:21:48,577
So we get to

785
00:21:48,657 –> 00:21:49,337
to the mayor’s house.

786
00:21:49,497 –> 00:21:51,337
We are doing a very small,

787
00:21:51,337 –> 00:21:52,937
not even long demonstration,

788
00:21:53,177 –> 00:21:55,017
and I’m explaining,

789
00:21:55,017 –> 00:21:56,497
we’re canceling the funeral to flint,

790
00:21:56,497 –> 00:21:57,497
what that means.

791
00:21:58,097 –> 00:21:58,697
On a bullhorn.

792
00:21:58,937 –> 00:21:59,537
On a bullhorn,

793
00:21:59,537 –> 00:22:00,337
we even gave up,

794
00:22:00,337 –> 00:22:02,537
we gave an alley up to the police.

795
00:22:02,537 –> 00:22:03,977
We said they’re not making enough money,

796
00:22:03,977 –> 00:22:06,137
they’re getting recruited to other stations.

797
00:22:06,177 –> 00:22:06,857
I looked over,

798
00:22:06,937 –> 00:22:08,137
he looked like he wanted to.

799
00:22:10,577 –> 00:22:12,217
And so the next thing I know,

800
00:22:12,857 –> 00:22:13,537
I’m gone.

801
00:22:13,817 –> 00:22:14,737
It’s over with.

802
00:22:14,737 –> 00:22:15,577
The job is done.

803
00:22:15,577 –> 00:22:18,777
We talked to the neighbors and two days later.

804
00:22:18,857 –> 00:22:20,297
Wait, and then you dispersed?

805
00:22:20,617 –> 00:22:21,817
We dispersed.

806
00:22:21,977 –> 00:22:22,537
You went ahead,

807
00:22:22,537 –> 00:22:23,657
you had a nice sandwich.

808
00:22:23,657 –> 00:22:24,777
No drama, no peace.

809
00:22:24,777 –> 00:22:25,577
Got me a Coney dog,

810
00:22:25,577 –> 00:22:25,697
bro.

811
00:22:25,737 –> 00:22:27,017
But you got a Coney from where?

812
00:22:27,177 –> 00:22:27,897
I’m A taxpayer.

813
00:22:27,897 –> 00:22:30,297
So it’s a famous,

814
00:22:30,297 –> 00:22:31,777
it’s a place that’s out there in Flint.

815
00:22:31,777 –> 00:22:34,377
They swear they got better Coneys than Detroit.

816
00:22:34,857 –> 00:22:35,897
We got to figure this out.

817
00:22:37,177 –> 00:22:38,417
You’ll figure it out after the show.

818
00:22:38,457 –> 00:22:40,057
Okay, so we’ll get that taken care of.

819
00:22:40,057 –> 00:22:41,577
So basically,

820
00:22:41,577 –> 00:22:43,177
we get, we’re good.

821
00:22:43,177 –> 00:22:44,057
Nothing is going on.

822
00:22:44,617 –> 00:22:45,457
I’m chilling.

823
00:22:45,497 –> 00:22:46,577
The election happens.

824
00:22:46,577 –> 00:22:47,617
Did you get fries when that comes?

825
00:22:47,617 –> 00:22:48,297
The election happens.

826
00:22:48,297 –> 00:22:48,697
I did not,

827
00:22:48,697 –> 00:22:49,617
I don’t remember.

828
00:22:49,617 –> 00:22:50,337
I don’t remember.

829
00:22:50,457 –> 00:22:51,497
You didn’t get a Verners.

830
00:22:51,497 –> 00:22:52,457
He had his first Verners.

831
00:22:52,777 –> 00:22:52,937
Really?

832
00:22:53,097 –> 00:22:53,777
That’s what I’m drinking.

833
00:22:53,777 –> 00:22:54,377
What are you drinking?

834
00:22:54,377 –> 00:22:55,897
What are you trying to give me diet though?

835
00:22:56,257 –> 00:22:57,257
But it’s in the can.

836
00:22:57,257 –> 00:22:58,217
But Varna’s is,

837
00:22:58,457 –> 00:22:59,577
that’s top notch.

838
00:22:59,617 –> 00:23:00,257
That’s top shelf.

839
00:23:00,257 –> 00:23:01,497
We’re just getting them ready for Michigan.

840
00:23:01,497 –> 00:23:02,617
Okay, so you dispersed.

841
00:23:02,617 –> 00:23:03,537
Now it’s two days,

842
00:23:03,577 –> 00:23:04,857
it’s 2 1/2 days later.

843
00:23:05,177 –> 00:23:06,177
It’s 2 1/2,

844
00:23:06,297 –> 00:23:06,777
it’s nighttime.

845
00:23:07,257 –> 00:23:08,937
If anybody filed A complaint,

846
00:23:08,937 –> 00:23:10,777
it sure as hell was past the time that I should have

847
00:23:10,777 –> 00:23:11,537
been hunted down,

848
00:23:11,617 –> 00:23:11,897
okay?

849
00:23:12,137 –> 00:23:15,977
So we left there and we are cool.

850
00:23:15,977 –> 00:23:17,337
The election happens.

851
00:23:17,577 –> 00:23:19,497
You know, this is the election where the third ward

852
00:23:19,497 –> 00:23:22,057
is voting for who’s going to be the councilperson.

853
00:23:22,617 –> 00:23:24,297
city councils had a vacancy.

854
00:23:24,297 –> 00:23:25,657
So it was four and four.

855
00:23:26,057 –> 00:23:27,097
And because of that,

856
00:23:27,257 –> 00:23:28,297
the mayor’s got an iron fist.

857
00:23:28,297 –> 00:23:29,577
He got a block of four.

858
00:23:29,817 –> 00:23:31,337
And it was a real,

859
00:23:31,977 –> 00:23:33,817
real Flint-wide effort,

860
00:23:33,817 –> 00:23:34,857
like Third Ward,

861
00:23:34,857 –> 00:23:35,497
what are you going to do?

862
00:23:35,857 –> 00:23:36,697
What are you going to do?

863
00:23:36,937 –> 00:23:37,657
We need you.

864
00:23:37,657 –> 00:23:38,977
Can I pause there and put them in?

865
00:23:39,177 –> 00:23:40,857
I freaking love the Council of Flint,

866
00:23:40,857 –> 00:23:42,457
the ones that are standing up,

867
00:23:42,617 –> 00:23:43,577
because they bouted,

868
00:23:43,577 –> 00:23:44,177
like Jennifer,

869
00:23:44,177 –> 00:23:45,057
Jeffrey Winner Carter,

870
00:23:45,057 –> 00:23:45,657
Jonathan Todd,

871
00:23:46,377 –> 00:23:47,337
Dennis Pfeiffer,

872
00:23:47,337 –> 00:23:49,257
and Tanya Burns.

873
00:23:49,417 –> 00:23:52,457
They’re not just like up there legislating.

874
00:23:52,457 –> 00:23:55,377
They’re in the community standing alongside advocates

875
00:23:55,377 –> 00:23:56,257
and community people,

876
00:23:56,257 –> 00:23:57,217
like really giving it a voice.

877
00:23:57,217 –> 00:24:00,617
So the mayor has four people who are challenging him,

878
00:24:00,737 –> 00:24:03,577
and he has four people who are doing everything that

879
00:24:03,577 –> 00:24:04,617
he wants them to do.

880
00:24:04,617 –> 00:24:05,777
So they need this fifth

881
00:24:05,857 –> 00:24:06,537
seat to be filled,

882
00:24:06,537 –> 00:24:08,097
which is the third ward.

883
00:24:08,457 –> 00:24:11,737
And this third ward seat literally makes or breaks

884
00:24:11,737 –> 00:24:14,017
if it’s going to happen for the people or for the

885
00:24:14,257 –> 00:24:15,017
administration.

886
00:24:15,497 –> 00:24:17,177
If we’re going to look at what happened to the ARPA

887
00:24:17,177 –> 00:24:17,577
money.

888
00:24:18,057 –> 00:24:20,057
If we’re going to look at what happened with the garbage

889
00:24:20,057 –> 00:24:21,497
hauling, the pipe contract,

890
00:24:21,497 –> 00:24:22,457
the children that died.

891
00:24:23,097 –> 00:24:24,137
My audience knows Flint.

892
00:24:24,457 –> 00:24:24,777
Keep going.

893
00:24:24,937 –> 00:24:26,217
Okay, but that’s the deal.

894
00:24:26,217 –> 00:24:27,497
Are we going to know or are we not?

895
00:24:27,977 –> 00:24:28,377
Keep going.

896
00:24:28,537 –> 00:24:28,857
Right?

897
00:24:29,497 –> 00:24:30,777
So the election happens.

898
00:24:31,457 –> 00:24:32,537
Election happens.

899
00:24:32,537 –> 00:24:33,417
Mayor’s pick loses.

900
00:24:33,817 –> 00:24:34,737
By how many votes?

901
00:24:34,937 –> 00:24:35,817
I think like 4,

902
00:24:35,817 –> 00:24:36,377
three, 4,

903
00:24:36,377 –> 00:24:37,337
5, 6, something like that.

904
00:24:37,337 –> 00:24:37,657
Three.

905
00:24:37,817 –> 00:24:38,137
Three?

906
00:24:38,337 –> 00:24:38,617
Three.

907
00:24:39,097 –> 00:24:40,217
I gave him more than she deserved.

908
00:24:40,217 –> 00:24:40,337
Wow.

909
00:24:41,417 –> 00:24:43,257
But, but, but you know what’s crazy about it?

910
00:24:43,417 –> 00:24:46,377
So the charter has dictated what happens with this

911
00:24:46,377 –> 00:24:47,097
whole ordeal.

912
00:24:47,097 –> 00:24:50,217
The dysfunction of the council is absolutely crazy.

913
00:24:50,457 –> 00:24:53,137
However, the mayor creates a completely different Rd.

914
00:24:53,137 –> 00:24:55,497
that does not exist in the charter of an ambassador.

915
00:24:56,097 –> 00:24:58,017
It’s not a lawful position.

916
00:24:58,017 –> 00:24:59,097
He parades around.

917
00:24:59,737 –> 00:25:03,137
She gets new signing on her house and she’s walking

918
00:25:03,137 –> 00:25:05,737
around and she’s in official city posters doing ribbon

919
00:25:05,737 –> 00:25:06,897
cuttings and all kind of stuff.

920
00:25:07,577 –> 00:25:08,457
Still loses.

921
00:25:09,417 –> 00:25:10,217
Mayor’s mad.

922
00:25:10,377 –> 00:25:12,857
As soon as I leave the watch party of the lady who

923
00:25:12,857 –> 00:25:13,257
I’m supporting,

924
00:25:13,257 –> 00:25:14,377
which is Beverly Biggs,

925
00:25:14,697 –> 00:25:16,697
we get in our cars and

926
00:25:17,577 –> 00:25:19,257
The people in hindsight,

927
00:25:19,337 –> 00:25:20,857
Charlie, this is the most bogus thing they’ve ever

928
00:25:20,857 –> 00:25:21,257
done to me.

929
00:25:21,417 –> 00:25:22,457
So now the people in hindsight,

930
00:25:22,457 –> 00:25:23,177
once I get out of jail,

931
00:25:23,177 –> 00:25:23,937
say, oh my God,

932
00:25:23,937 –> 00:25:25,737
I saw the cops lurking around.

933
00:25:25,737 –> 00:25:26,817
They was following everybody.

934
00:25:26,817 –> 00:25:28,057
Well, why the hell nobody told me?

935
00:25:30,697 –> 00:25:33,017
You see the police are supposed to run and tell everybody.

936
00:25:33,017 –> 00:25:34,377
So anyway,

937
00:25:35,577 –> 00:25:36,937
So basically,

938
00:25:37,097 –> 00:25:38,097
I get in my truck.

939
00:25:38,457 –> 00:25:39,417
I’m a passenger.

940
00:25:39,697 –> 00:25:40,377
I’m a passenger.

941
00:25:40,537 –> 00:25:41,337
I get in my truck.

942
00:25:41,417 –> 00:25:43,577
We’re going to Walmart because I got to get a new power

943
00:25:43,577 –> 00:25:46,857
cord because I got to do my show to tell everybody,

944
00:25:47,097 –> 00:25:47,817
Beverly won.

945
00:25:47,977 –> 00:25:49,217
And on our way to Walmart,

946
00:25:49,217 –> 00:25:50,057
we’re in Grand Blanc.

947
00:25:51,497 –> 00:25:52,137
We get lit up.

948
00:25:52,377 –> 00:25:53,657
I’m yelling at the driver.

949
00:25:53,817 –> 00:25:54,297
Like, dude,

950
00:25:54,297 –> 00:25:55,017
did you run the light?

951
00:25:55,017 –> 00:25:55,737
What the hell is going on?

952
00:25:55,737 –> 00:25:56,297
What the hell?

953
00:25:56,297 –> 00:25:57,137
What the hell y’all take?

954
00:25:57,337 –> 00:25:58,697
So then

955
00:25:59,217 –> 00:25:59,897
He is like,

956
00:25:59,897 –> 00:26:00,537
I didn’t do anything.

957
00:26:00,537 –> 00:26:01,337
I get pulled over.

958
00:26:01,337 –> 00:26:03,177
The cop comes to the car and he immediately says,

959
00:26:03,177 –> 00:26:03,737
Jedediah,

960
00:26:03,817 –> 00:26:04,297
get out.

961
00:26:04,377 –> 00:26:05,257
You’re going to jail.

962
00:26:05,257 –> 00:26:05,897
You’re under arrest.

963
00:26:06,017 –> 00:26:07,417
Hey, we got that video.

964
00:26:08,017 –> 00:26:08,457
Let’s play it.

965
00:26:08,457 –> 00:26:09,897
Excuse me.

966
00:26:10,697 –> 00:26:12,177
You’re under arrest.

967
00:26:12,177 –> 00:26:12,857
I’m under arrest.

968
00:26:13,417 –> 00:26:14,417
Why would I be under arrest?

969
00:26:14,417 –> 00:26:17,417
You said what?

970
00:26:17,497 –> 00:26:18,417
Why am I under arrest?

971
00:26:18,697 –> 00:26:20,097
You’re under arrest for disturbing the peace.

972
00:26:20,537 –> 00:26:21,377
Disturbing the peace.

973
00:26:21,377 –> 00:26:21,697
What are you?

974
00:26:21,697 –> 00:26:23,017
We’re going to make this easy.

975
00:26:23,017 –> 00:26:23,937
I’m going to have you step out.

976
00:26:23,937 –> 00:26:24,897
You’re going to crawl over.

977
00:26:24,937 –> 00:26:26,897
You’re arresting me for disturbing the peace.

978
00:26:26,897 –> 00:26:27,417
Where?

979
00:26:28,017 –> 00:26:28,937
Yes, sir, you’re under arrest.

980
00:26:29,337 –> 00:26:30,377
What city are you from?

981
00:26:30,537 –> 00:26:31,257
City of Flint Police.

982
00:26:31,337 –> 00:26:32,457
Name and bad’s number.

983
00:26:32,777 –> 00:26:33,177
You said what?

984
00:26:33,177 –> 00:26:34,017
Name and bad’s number.

985
00:26:34,017 –> 00:26:34,937
Go ahead and step out of the car.

986
00:26:34,937 –> 00:26:35,217
That’s fine,

987
00:26:35,217 –> 00:26:35,657
here you go.

988
00:26:36,577 –> 00:26:37,257
Keep this for me.

989
00:26:40,057 –> 00:26:40,937
He’s not stepping out,

990
00:26:40,937 –> 00:26:41,417
I am, right?

991
00:26:41,417 –> 00:26:43,097
If you can get out on that side,

992
00:26:43,097 –> 00:26:44,457
I only ask that he steps out,

993
00:26:44,457 –> 00:26:45,257
you gotta crawl over.

994
00:26:46,937 –> 00:26:50,537
Okay, let me crawl over and make sure.

995
00:26:52,617 –> 00:26:54,817
Here, disturbing the peace.

996
00:26:54,817 –> 00:26:55,057
Yes, sir.

997
00:26:55,737 –> 00:26:56,457
That’s a ticket.

998
00:26:58,457 –> 00:26:59,337
That is a ticket.

999
00:26:59,337 –> 00:27:00,617
That’s not Flint.

1000
00:27:01,337 –> 00:27:02,297
There’s no warrant.

1001
00:27:02,937 –> 00:27:03,897
You’re not driving.

1002
00:27:05,977 –> 00:27:06,857
So what the fuck?

1003
00:27:06,857 –> 00:27:08,937
Was this a secret squad?

1004
00:27:09,817 –> 00:27:11,017
the 10, the 10 hit,

1005
00:27:11,017 –> 00:27:12,137
the 10 hit ghost squad,

1006
00:27:12,137 –> 00:27:12,977
the 10 hit men squad.

1007
00:27:13,257 –> 00:27:14,017
And it’s so sad,

1008
00:27:14,017 –> 00:27:15,937
bro, because this is America.

1009
00:27:15,937 –> 00:27:16,057
Yeah.

1010
00:27:16,457 –> 00:27:17,337
This is America.

1011
00:27:17,897 –> 00:27:20,377
That’s what it really bothers me when I think about

1012
00:27:20,377 –> 00:27:20,657
the word,

1013
00:27:20,657 –> 00:27:21,577
because this is America.

1014
00:27:21,737 –> 00:27:23,977
Like this is a ticketable offense.

1015
00:27:23,977 –> 00:27:27,777
Not only did you hunt me down and put me under surveillance,

1016
00:27:27,977 –> 00:27:29,417
it’s past the 24 hour mark.

1017
00:27:29,417 –> 00:27:30,497
So if there was a complaint,

1018
00:27:30,537 –> 00:27:31,497
you got to go get a warrant.

1019
00:27:31,577 –> 00:27:32,857
They didn’t have a warrant.

1020
00:27:33,097 –> 00:27:34,777
He didn’t want to identify himself.

1021
00:27:35,097 –> 00:27:38,137
And I just think about if I was to fight back on any

1022
00:27:38,137 –> 00:27:39,657
level, they would have had justification for

1023
00:27:39,777 –> 00:27:40,457
beating me,

1024
00:27:40,737 –> 00:27:41,337
killing me.

1025
00:27:41,417 –> 00:27:43,737
This was dangerous in a lot of ways.

1026
00:27:44,057 –> 00:27:44,377
Not only.

1027
00:27:44,377 –> 00:27:45,217
Well, Porter Becker,

1028
00:27:45,217 –> 00:27:46,937
I don’t fucking like this at all.

1029
00:27:47,177 –> 00:27:49,177
And people think I hate cops,

1030
00:27:49,177 –> 00:27:50,097
and I don’t.

1031
00:27:50,217 –> 00:27:52,137
I actually am fair.

1032
00:27:53,017 –> 00:27:54,937
But this is the part that really,

1033
00:27:54,937 –> 00:27:55,897
really tripped me out.

1034
00:27:55,977 –> 00:27:57,417
Did you know they towed my vehicle?

1035
00:27:58,457 –> 00:27:58,897
Yes, they did.

1036
00:27:59,697 –> 00:28:01,057
They towed my truck.

1037
00:28:01,657 –> 00:28:02,617
It wasn’t driving.

1038
00:28:02,857 –> 00:28:03,577
I wasn’t driving.

1039
00:28:03,577 –> 00:28:04,577
There wasn’t a traffic stop.

1040
00:28:04,577 –> 00:28:05,417
There was no warrant.

1041
00:28:05,417 –> 00:28:06,057
So let’s do it again.

1042
00:28:06,617 –> 00:28:07,457
If they had a warrant,

1043
00:28:07,497 –> 00:28:08,257
if this was legal,

1044
00:28:08,457 –> 00:28:09,417
if they were in Flynn,

1045
00:28:10,057 –> 00:28:13,617
okay, why would you tow the car?

1046
00:28:13,617 –> 00:28:14,017
He wasn’t,

1047
00:28:14,017 –> 00:28:14,377
he didn’t,

1048
00:28:14,377 –> 00:28:15,097
he didn’t run a red.

1049
00:28:15,417 –> 00:28:17,257
So what happened to the driver?

1050
00:28:17,257 –> 00:28:18,097
What did they do with him?

1051
00:28:18,097 –> 00:28:20,177
They were going to leave him on the side of the road,

1052
00:28:20,177 –> 00:28:21,337
but the councilwoman,

1053
00:28:21,337 –> 00:28:22,137
Tanya Burns,

1054
00:28:22,137 –> 00:28:22,697
pulled up.

1055
00:28:23,177 –> 00:28:24,937
She got a call and she,

1056
00:28:25,017 –> 00:28:25,777
they gave him a ride.

1057
00:28:27,537 –> 00:28:29,657
And I gave him permission to drive my truck.

1058
00:28:29,737 –> 00:28:30,457
My license,

1059
00:28:30,537 –> 00:28:31,657
his license is valid.

1060
00:28:31,737 –> 00:28:33,177
The vehicle is insured.

1061
00:28:33,337 –> 00:28:33,777
And again,

1062
00:28:33,777 –> 00:28:34,537
no warrant.

1063
00:28:34,777 –> 00:28:37,977
So what they then do is throw me in jail and try to

1064
00:28:37,977 –> 00:28:38,977
go get a warrant.

1065
00:28:39,097 –> 00:28:40,377
They did it in reverse.

1066
00:28:40,617 –> 00:28:44,377
So they put you in jail and then got a warrant.

1067
00:28:45,017 –> 00:28:45,337
Yes.

1068
00:28:45,657 –> 00:28:46,137
Okay.

1069
00:28:46,217 –> 00:28:49,177
So I’m assuming there’s a timestamp in all this.

1070
00:28:49,497 –> 00:28:50,457
Yes, has to be.

1071
00:28:51,537 –> 00:28:52,377
I don’t know if you agree.

1072
00:28:52,857 –> 00:28:53,737
That’s not legal.

1073
00:28:53,937 –> 00:28:55,097
No, it doesn’t sound like it.

1074
00:28:55,177 –> 00:28:58,417
But it tells you that this is the way that they think

1075
00:28:58,417 –> 00:29:00,497
they can govern and police their community.

1076
00:29:00,497 –> 00:29:01,497
No, this is the way they do it.

1077
00:29:01,497 –> 00:29:02,337
And like you said,

1078
00:29:02,337 –> 00:29:03,817
it’s not how they think they can.

1079
00:29:03,817 –> 00:29:04,257
They do it.

1080
00:29:04,257 –> 00:29:05,337
And it’s not just there.

1081
00:29:05,337 –> 00:29:06,417
You said, this is America.

1082
00:29:06,417 –> 00:29:06,897
I said, yeah,

1083
00:29:06,937 –> 00:29:09,897
that’s a double-edged sword because it happens all

1084
00:29:09,897 –> 00:29:10,697
over the place.

1085
00:29:10,697 –> 00:29:13,337
Yours just happens to be a little more visible than

1086
00:29:13,337 –> 00:29:13,697
most.

1087
00:29:13,897 –> 00:29:14,777
This is what happens,

1088
00:29:14,777 –> 00:29:15,657
not all the time,

1089
00:29:16,217 –> 00:29:16,817
but it happens.

1090
00:29:16,817 –> 00:29:17,257
It is scary.

1091
00:29:17,337 –> 00:29:18,697
Because he made it visible.

1092
00:29:19,577 –> 00:29:20,537
Like, you don’t need this.

1093
00:29:21,217 –> 00:29:21,897
He showed up and go,

1094
00:29:21,897 –> 00:29:24,937
let me fucking show you in real time with my Tony

1095
00:29:24,937 –> 00:29:26,617
Stark fucking camera here.

1096
00:29:27,097 –> 00:29:27,697
You know what I mean?

1097
00:29:27,977 –> 00:29:28,777
Let me show you.

1098
00:29:29,177 –> 00:29:29,577
And it’s like,

1099
00:29:29,577 –> 00:29:30,217
what the fuck?

1100
00:29:31,657 –> 00:29:33,057
I tried, dude,

1101
00:29:33,097 –> 00:29:36,617
I tried for a fucking decade on that water.

1102
00:29:37,097 –> 00:29:41,097
I would like to say that I was the first guy in public,

1103
00:29:41,257 –> 00:29:42,217
not the people doing,

1104
00:29:42,457 –> 00:29:43,977
that put the whole plot together.

1105
00:29:44,697 –> 00:29:45,137
And

1106
00:29:46,577 –> 00:29:47,817
It was during COVID.

1107
00:29:48,097 –> 00:29:49,457
I’m looking at all these boxes.

1108
00:29:49,457 –> 00:29:50,937
It was maybe the 10 year anniversary.

1109
00:29:51,177 –> 00:29:51,737
It’s done.

1110
00:29:52,537 –> 00:29:55,537
And it broke my heart to dump it all.

1111
00:29:55,537 –> 00:29:58,297
But nobody’s nobody has gone to jail.

1112
00:29:58,377 –> 00:29:59,977
Nobody’s been penalized.

1113
00:30:00,057 –> 00:30:02,617
No problem has other than you.

1114
00:30:03,017 –> 00:30:05,017
But no problem has been resolved.

1115
00:30:05,017 –> 00:30:06,217
The water is not resolved.

1116
00:30:06,217 –> 00:30:07,737
People have not been made whole.

1117
00:30:07,857 –> 00:30:08,257
People are dead.

1118
00:30:08,257 –> 00:30:08,857
Exactly.

1119
00:30:08,857 –> 00:30:09,817
And so it just,

1120
00:30:09,817 –> 00:30:10,217
you know,

1121
00:30:10,217 –> 00:30:13,177
all the celebrities came in for the photo ops and,

1122
00:30:13,417 –> 00:30:13,737
you know,

1123
00:30:13,737 –> 00:30:14,297
made good.

1124
00:30:14,297 –> 00:30:16,137
Even Obama took a sip of water,

1125
00:30:16,137 –> 00:30:16,457
you know,

1126
00:30:16,617 –> 00:30:18,817
the press conference and everything was supposed to

1127
00:30:18,817 –> 00:30:19,257
be fine.

1128
00:30:19,257 –> 00:30:21,577
It goes back to the narrative that’s pushed by the

1129
00:30:21,577 –> 00:30:24,417
media, which differs from the reality that these people

1130
00:30:24,417 –> 00:30:25,097
live every day.

1131
00:30:25,257 –> 00:30:27,897
And when I tell you that the mainstream media in that

1132
00:30:27,897 –> 00:30:29,617
area is compromised,

1133
00:30:29,977 –> 00:30:32,057
they will report nothing.

1134
00:30:32,594 –> 00:30:34,194
If they’re not doing anything,

1135
00:30:34,194 –> 00:30:37,954
I’ve never seen this type of setting.

1136
00:30:38,354 –> 00:30:41,194
And even when we paid money for a billboard,

1137
00:30:41,194 –> 00:30:43,194
do you know that they refused to put the billboard

1138
00:30:43,194 –> 00:30:45,874
up saying that they needed Mayor Neely’s approval?

1139
00:30:46,114 –> 00:30:47,234
He doesn’t own the land.

1140
00:30:47,314 –> 00:30:48,434
He doesn’t own the company.

1141
00:30:48,514 –> 00:30:49,714
It was crazy.

1142
00:30:50,354 –> 00:30:53,474
He buys a billboard where the mayor’s a clown.

1143
00:30:54,274 –> 00:30:56,194
The mayor’s actually a clown.

1144
00:30:56,194 –> 00:30:57,394
And the billboard company,

1145
00:30:57,394 –> 00:30:58,434
got to clear it with the mayor,

1146
00:30:58,434 –> 00:30:59,554
comes up with the excuse.

1147
00:31:00,114 –> 00:31:02,234
Well, that is beyond satire.

1148
00:31:02,234 –> 00:31:04,074
That is attacking an individual,

1149
00:31:04,074 –> 00:31:05,634
and you can’t do that to him.

1150
00:31:05,954 –> 00:31:06,434
Okay.

1151
00:31:07,634 –> 00:31:09,234
Jedi is a really smart man.

1152
00:31:09,234 –> 00:31:09,674
He says, okay,

1153
00:31:09,874 –> 00:31:11,154
how about I got a new one?

1154
00:31:11,394 –> 00:31:12,754
The mayor’s hugging a clown.

1155
00:31:15,874 –> 00:31:16,914
Did they take that one?

1156
00:31:17,114 –> 00:31:19,194
The mayor didn’t know the mayor would not approve it,

1157
00:31:19,194 –> 00:31:19,794
so he goes in.

1158
00:31:19,874 –> 00:31:21,714
Why does the mayor need to approve a billboard from

1159
00:31:21,794 –> 00:31:23,474
a private company?

1160
00:31:23,474 –> 00:31:25,074
It’s not his Tony Stark shit.

1161
00:31:25,074 –> 00:31:26,914
He goes in to get his money and they won’t give him

1162
00:31:26,914 –> 00:31:27,394
his money.

1163
00:31:28,194 –> 00:31:29,034
So they called the police,

1164
00:31:29,034 –> 00:31:29,714
I mailed one.

1165
00:31:31,394 –> 00:31:32,594
Can’t make this up.

1166
00:31:32,674 –> 00:31:35,154
But you know we actually ended up mailing it,

1167
00:31:35,234 –> 00:31:35,514
right?

1168
00:31:36,274 –> 00:31:38,834
We ended up having to buy a mailer to send it to the

1169
00:31:38,834 –> 00:31:39,954
houses of the residents.

1170
00:31:40,274 –> 00:31:42,594
So the, and I made sure that we sent him

1171
00:31:43,154 –> 00:31:46,354
You know, you need to be putting this in a screenplay

1172
00:31:46,354 –> 00:31:48,354
because this sounds like something that should be

1173
00:31:48,594 –> 00:31:49,154
watched.

1174
00:31:49,274 –> 00:31:49,874
But it’s scary.

1175
00:31:50,114 –> 00:31:51,154
It’s actually scary.

1176
00:31:51,234 –> 00:31:51,634
It’s scary.

1177
00:31:51,874 –> 00:31:53,154
Because they are literally,

1178
00:31:53,154 –> 00:31:54,954
and so knowing all of this,

1179
00:31:54,954 –> 00:31:57,914
they’ve never been confused about me being there,

1180
00:31:57,914 –> 00:31:59,554
who I am and why I’m there.

1181
00:31:59,794 –> 00:32:02,594
The state rep who never goes to work here,

1182
00:32:02,594 –> 00:32:03,074
by the way,

1183
00:32:03,074 –> 00:32:03,834
the mayor’s wife,

1184
00:32:03,834 –> 00:32:09,314
she says she likens an American value as terrorism

1185
00:32:09,954 –> 00:32:11,314
and that she’s shaking in her boots.

1186
00:32:11,634 –> 00:32:12,514
Oh, what he’s saying,

1187
00:32:12,554 –> 00:32:15,554
when he went to the mayor’s house,

1188
00:32:15,554 –> 00:32:17,474
and I was never sure he actually lived there.

1189
00:32:17,714 –> 00:32:18,754
I’m not either.

1190
00:32:18,834 –> 00:32:21,034
We got to have an answer.

1191
00:32:21,634 –> 00:32:22,514
Maybe she was there,

1192
00:32:22,514 –> 00:32:24,514
maybe she was.

1193
00:32:26,674 –> 00:32:28,834
She told the authorities she feared for her life.

1194
00:32:28,994 –> 00:32:29,754
Shaking in her boots.

1195
00:32:29,874 –> 00:32:31,714
So they, the word,

1196
00:32:32,514 –> 00:32:36,034
you correct us if it’s something like terrorism,

1197
00:32:36,274 –> 00:32:38,114
they were going to charge you with some kind of felony.

1198
00:32:38,514 –> 00:32:38,994
They tried.

1199
00:32:38,994 –> 00:32:39,954
Oh, they tried to charge.

1200
00:32:39,954 –> 00:32:40,554
No, the felony.

1201
00:32:40,554 –> 00:32:41,314
What kind of felony?

1202
00:32:41,314 –> 00:32:42,594
I don’t know what the felony was,

1203
00:32:42,594 –> 00:32:44,674
but the prosecutor’s office denied it because they

1204
00:32:44,674 –> 00:32:46,754
knew it was bullshit.

1205
00:32:46,994 –> 00:32:47,274
Yeah.

1206
00:32:48,194 –> 00:32:49,074
It’s in the name.

1207
00:32:49,154 –> 00:32:49,794
Don’t worry about it.

1208
00:32:50,434 –> 00:32:52,914
But A felony rap and they held you for how long?

1209
00:32:53,234 –> 00:32:54,914
They held me for a day and a half.

1210
00:32:54,994 –> 00:32:57,474
They were trying to hold me for 72 because apparently

1211
00:32:57,474 –> 00:32:58,274
that’s what happened.

1212
00:32:58,354 –> 00:33:00,874
But you know what was crazy is that when I got in this

1213
00:33:00,914 –> 00:33:03,914
jail, all of the guys in the jail surrounded me and

1214
00:33:03,914 –> 00:33:05,154
started talking to me.

1215
00:33:05,714 –> 00:33:06,914
They didn’t know who I was,

1216
00:33:06,994 –> 00:33:08,394
but everybody’s story matched.

1217
00:33:08,594 –> 00:33:10,554
being oppressed by the police department,

1218
00:33:10,674 –> 00:33:11,634
being put in there.

1219
00:33:11,634 –> 00:33:12,434
Once they get in there,

1220
00:33:12,434 –> 00:33:13,874
there’s this PFI put on them,

1221
00:33:13,954 –> 00:33:16,994
them being made to be held to the very last hour and

1222
00:33:16,994 –> 00:33:18,114
held for 72 hours,

1223
00:33:18,114 –> 00:33:19,234
sometimes without a charge,

1224
00:33:19,394 –> 00:33:21,314
without a phone call,

1225
00:33:21,314 –> 00:33:22,074
without a wristband,

1226
00:33:22,074 –> 00:33:22,994
without anything.

1227
00:33:23,074 –> 00:33:24,514
Like this is the way.

1228
00:33:24,674 –> 00:33:26,594
So this is why everybody kept telling me when they

1229
00:33:26,594 –> 00:33:27,474
lock you up here,

1230
00:33:27,474 –> 00:33:28,434
they disappear you.

1231
00:33:28,754 –> 00:33:31,754
They were trying to hold me as long as they could,

1232
00:33:31,754 –> 00:33:32,914
but the people were coming.

1233
00:33:32,914 –> 00:33:33,794
It wasn’t possible.

1234
00:33:33,954 –> 00:33:36,514
And the prosecutor’s office didn’t do their bidding,

1235
00:33:36,514 –> 00:33:38,394
but I was so heart

1236
00:33:38,474 –> 00:33:40,994
heartbreaking when the judge in my bail condition said

1237
00:33:40,994 –> 00:33:42,914
to me, you can’t go to city hall.

1238
00:33:43,154 –> 00:33:46,314
What is going on?

1239
00:33:46,834 –> 00:33:50,114
So to tie it back to the top of the program,

1240
00:33:50,834 –> 00:33:51,874
I got a congressman.

1241
00:33:51,874 –> 00:33:53,394
This is this Wayne County dude.

1242
00:33:53,914 –> 00:33:54,874
That’s that’s Detroit.

1243
00:33:54,874 –> 00:33:55,874
It’s Wayne County jail.

1244
00:33:55,954 –> 00:33:59,954
We got, I don’t have the accurate number to date,

1245
00:33:59,954 –> 00:34:00,154
right?

1246
00:34:00,154 –> 00:34:01,954
But it was real a year ago,

1247
00:34:02,394 –> 00:34:03,874
120 dudes.

1248
00:34:04,834 –> 00:34:07,634
in jail waiting for a trial more than 18 months.

1249
00:34:07,954 –> 00:34:10,194
This is the stuff that I want my Congress,

1250
00:34:10,274 –> 00:34:13,874
that’s your absolute God-given right to a speedy trial.

1251
00:34:13,954 –> 00:34:14,914
And we’re doing what?

1252
00:34:15,354 –> 00:34:16,034
What are we doing?

1253
00:34:16,034 –> 00:34:18,674
AP can’t go to a fucking press conference?

1254
00:34:20,354 –> 00:34:21,474
Well, this is the facts.

1255
00:34:22,314 –> 00:34:22,834
But this is,

1256
00:34:22,834 –> 00:34:26,114
this is, this is the landscape that we live in right

1257
00:34:26,114 –> 00:34:26,434
now.

1258
00:34:26,514 –> 00:34:27,954
I mean, unfortunately,

1259
00:34:27,954 –> 00:34:28,754
and it is.

1260
00:34:28,994 –> 00:34:29,394
You know what?

1261
00:34:29,634 –> 00:34:30,434
David Simon,

1262
00:34:30,434 –> 00:34:31,874
he wrote The Wire.

1263
00:34:31,914 –> 00:34:32,594
Remember The Wire?

1264
00:34:32,594 –> 00:34:33,234
The greatest.

1265
00:34:34,434 –> 00:34:36,114
But he was a Baltimore Sun reporter,

1266
00:34:36,594 –> 00:34:38,274
and he wrote a book called Homicide,

1267
00:34:38,274 –> 00:34:39,634
and that turned into a TV show.

1268
00:34:39,634 –> 00:34:40,354
He said this,

1269
00:34:41,154 –> 00:34:44,474
with the collapse of the funding of mainstream media.

1270
00:34:47,074 –> 00:34:47,954
How elementary,

1271
00:34:47,954 –> 00:34:48,434
Charlie?

1272
00:34:48,594 –> 00:34:52,114
So we go put some change in the parking meter.

1273
00:34:52,114 –> 00:34:52,994
Could you do it for me,

1274
00:34:52,994 –> 00:34:53,274
please?

1275
00:34:53,274 –> 00:34:55,794
Because that’s the only thing that works in Detroit,

1276
00:34:56,194 –> 00:34:57,474
is the parking department.

1277
00:34:57,634 –> 00:34:58,914
Oh, and by the way,

1278
00:34:58,994 –> 00:35:00,914
I know we’re going to have a,

1279
00:35:01,074 –> 00:35:01,794
we’re going to have a

1280
00:35:02,274 –> 00:35:02,754
We’ll get to that.

1281
00:35:02,754 –> 00:35:04,354
We’re hosting a mayoral debate.

1282
00:35:04,514 –> 00:35:05,234
I know this,

1283
00:35:06,194 –> 00:35:08,434
that the meter maids,

1284
00:35:08,514 –> 00:35:09,714
the parking attendants,

1285
00:35:10,034 –> 00:35:12,954
now have been put in charge of the A-bans,

1286
00:35:12,954 –> 00:35:13,954
the abandoned vehicles,

1287
00:35:14,834 –> 00:35:16,114
without police protection.

1288
00:35:16,274 –> 00:35:20,114
So it’s worth noting about two weeks ago that the state

1289
00:35:20,114 –> 00:35:21,754
police came upon a dude’s house,

1290
00:35:21,754 –> 00:35:23,234
he was running his stolen car ring,

1291
00:35:23,634 –> 00:35:25,394
knocked on his door or pulled up,

1292
00:35:25,474 –> 00:35:27,154
he came out and blasted him,

1293
00:35:27,154 –> 00:35:28,114
hit the cop four times,

1294
00:35:28,114 –> 00:35:29,074
cop dropped him dead.

1295
00:35:29,274 –> 00:35:31,234
And you want the parking

1296
00:35:31,634 –> 00:35:33,634
meet or attendance to handle this.

1297
00:35:34,354 –> 00:35:35,794
This is the bullshit going on.

1298
00:35:36,594 –> 00:35:37,434
You know telling me this?

1299
00:35:37,434 –> 00:35:38,594
Elections matter.

1300
00:35:39,234 –> 00:35:39,754
The employees.

1301
00:35:39,754 –> 00:35:41,634
There’s no one to help.

1302
00:35:41,914 –> 00:35:42,674
Elections matter.

1303
00:35:43,114 –> 00:35:44,194
All elections matter,

1304
00:35:44,194 –> 00:35:44,314
man.

1305
00:35:44,714 –> 00:35:45,154
They do.

1306
00:35:45,394 –> 00:35:46,354
They really do.

1307
00:35:46,474 –> 00:35:47,234
And they, they,

1308
00:35:47,394 –> 00:35:50,114
they are becoming increasingly more important.

1309
00:35:50,514 –> 00:35:51,634
Because like you said,

1310
00:35:51,634 –> 00:35:52,914
people don’t,

1311
00:35:52,914 –> 00:35:55,074
people that are supposed to represent people don’t

1312
00:35:55,074 –> 00:35:55,474
care.

1313
00:35:55,554 –> 00:35:57,714
It’s all about me and no we.

1314
00:35:57,874 –> 00:35:59,314
They are not public servants.

1315
00:35:59,314 –> 00:36:00,434
They are self-servants.

1316
00:36:00,794 –> 00:36:01,754
And that’s what’s happening.

1317
00:36:01,754 –> 00:36:02,274
And people,

1318
00:36:02,274 –> 00:36:03,874
I think, just don’t know what to do anymore.

1319
00:36:04,034 –> 00:36:05,154
Like, what do they do?

1320
00:36:05,154 –> 00:36:05,634
Like you said,

1321
00:36:05,634 –> 00:36:07,074
you march and nobody paid attention.

1322
00:36:07,354 –> 00:36:08,634
And just the average resident,

1323
00:36:08,634 –> 00:36:08,874
it’s like,

1324
00:36:08,874 –> 00:36:10,194
okay, so what do we do?

1325
00:36:10,514 –> 00:36:11,394
We call you two.

1326
00:36:12,194 –> 00:36:14,114
And I think that what Charlie said is profound,

1327
00:36:14,114 –> 00:36:14,354
right?

1328
00:36:14,354 –> 00:36:16,754
Because he said something about funding.

1329
00:36:18,914 –> 00:36:19,274
This guy.

1330
00:36:19,394 –> 00:36:23,834
So he says something about funding issues with mainstream

1331
00:36:23,834 –> 00:36:24,154
media.

1332
00:36:24,154 –> 00:36:26,354
I can tell this is because they want to protect some

1333
00:36:26,354 –> 00:36:29,314
type of sponsorship or some type of access.

1334
00:36:29,474 –> 00:36:30,634
Like they’re literally,

1335
00:36:30,634 –> 00:36:34,234
even the media is subject to the corruption of the

1336
00:36:34,234 –> 00:36:34,674
region.

1337
00:36:34,994 –> 00:36:36,354
And when Charlie,

1338
00:36:36,354 –> 00:36:37,234
when I first met him,

1339
00:36:37,474 –> 00:36:40,194
he was actually coming highlighting the stuff that

1340
00:36:40,194 –> 00:36:41,554
we were going through in Chicago.

1341
00:36:41,634 –> 00:36:43,714
After his interview,

1342
00:36:43,954 –> 00:36:45,394
we were able to sit down with,

1343
00:36:45,394 –> 00:36:48,074
I think, then Mayor Rahm Emanuel and work on solutions

1344
00:36:48,074 –> 00:36:48,634
for the community.

1345
00:36:48,834 –> 00:36:50,554
The media is vital.

1346
00:36:50,554 –> 00:36:50,874
Really?

1347
00:36:52,434 –> 00:36:53,074
No, really?

1348
00:36:53,794 –> 00:36:53,954
Really?

1349
00:36:54,514 –> 00:36:55,314
No, honestly,

1350
00:36:55,714 –> 00:36:56,274
honestly.

1351
00:36:56,394 –> 00:36:58,554
Because I remember when I went down there,

1352
00:36:58,914 –> 00:36:59,394
Southside,

1353
00:36:59,394 –> 00:37:00,874
we’re talking to dudes at Southside,

1354
00:37:00,874 –> 00:37:01,794
eating each other alive.

1355
00:37:03,474 –> 00:37:06,114
And we were supposed to have a meeting with Rahm Emanuel

1356
00:37:06,194 –> 00:37:07,554
and that motherfucker ran away.

1357
00:37:07,554 –> 00:37:08,754
We got him running away.

1358
00:37:08,754 –> 00:37:10,274
He didn’t meet with you.

1359
00:37:10,274 –> 00:37:12,754
Do you know why Rahm Emanuel does not eat chicken?

1360
00:37:14,114 –> 00:37:15,634
Because that would make him a cannibal.

1361
00:37:18,634 –> 00:37:19,034
And I just,

1362
00:37:19,034 –> 00:37:19,874
I’ll never forget it.

1363
00:37:19,874 –> 00:37:22,594
So like when I found out I hear you here and you were,

1364
00:37:22,674 –> 00:37:24,434
you were still willing to not like,

1365
00:37:24,594 –> 00:37:25,714
like ignore this,

1366
00:37:25,874 –> 00:37:28,354
it just reaffirmed my love for you because I’m like,

1367
00:37:28,354 –> 00:37:29,234
Charlie is gonna,

1368
00:37:29,314 –> 00:37:29,794
he’s gonna

1369
00:37:30,514 –> 00:37:32,994
push the envelope and he’s going to let the unpopular

1370
00:37:33,154 –> 00:37:34,074
things be seen.

1371
00:37:34,114 –> 00:37:35,874
And I think people need to see and they are.

1372
00:37:36,034 –> 00:37:36,834
But like you,

1373
00:37:37,634 –> 00:37:39,274
and I’ve said this for as long as I’ve known him,

1374
00:37:39,394 –> 00:37:41,754
he does his homework and that makes the difference.

1375
00:37:42,114 –> 00:37:43,314
You’ve got people that,

1376
00:37:43,314 –> 00:37:43,594
you know,

1377
00:37:43,594 –> 00:37:45,114
report, like I said,

1378
00:37:45,234 –> 00:37:47,714
there was a reporter that mentioned the other a couple

1379
00:37:47,714 –> 00:37:48,194
weeks ago,

1380
00:37:48,194 –> 00:37:48,554
like, wow,

1381
00:37:48,554 –> 00:37:50,594
I didn’t know that Dan Gilbert moved to Detroit in

1382
00:37:50,594 –> 00:37:51,474
2007.

1383
00:37:51,714 –> 00:37:54,074
Like, why would you be talking about Dan Gilbert and

1384
00:37:54,074 –> 00:37:54,674
not know when he,

1385
00:37:54,674 –> 00:37:56,074
I mean, that’s just a small thing,

1386
00:37:56,074 –> 00:37:59,154
but it’s a microcosm of the approach.

1387
00:37:59,394 –> 00:38:00,354
They talk about what’s in

1388
00:38:00,474 –> 00:38:00,994
in front of them.

1389
00:38:00,994 –> 00:38:02,434
They repeat the talking points.

1390
00:38:02,434 –> 00:38:04,194
They recite the press releases.

1391
00:38:04,514 –> 00:38:05,794
They run, you know,

1392
00:38:06,434 –> 00:38:09,474
screenshots and of the press conferences.

1393
00:38:10,194 –> 00:38:11,394
And there’s no backstory.

1394
00:38:11,394 –> 00:38:12,074
There’s no research.

1395
00:38:12,434 –> 00:38:13,474
And you could,

1396
00:38:13,474 –> 00:38:14,754
but the testament of it is,

1397
00:38:14,754 –> 00:38:16,274
again, I’m coming fresh out of jail.

1398
00:38:16,274 –> 00:38:17,114
I don’t want to hear nothing.

1399
00:38:17,114 –> 00:38:18,114
I stink and I’m hungry,

1400
00:38:18,114 –> 00:38:18,274
okay?

1401
00:38:18,274 –> 00:38:18,994
I don’t care about nothing.

1402
00:38:19,314 –> 00:38:21,554
But to have the sheriffs as they’re,

1403
00:38:21,714 –> 00:38:22,194
you know,

1404
00:38:22,434 –> 00:38:23,474
taking me out of my bond,

1405
00:38:23,474 –> 00:38:25,634
say, make sure you tell the truth about how we treated

1406
00:38:25,634 –> 00:38:27,954
you here because Charlie thinks we had you in solitary.

1407
00:38:28,114 –> 00:38:29,954
I’m like, that’s what we say?

1408
00:38:30,354 –> 00:38:31,714
That’s the number one message.

1409
00:38:31,714 –> 00:38:33,234
So I appreciated it.

1410
00:38:34,034 –> 00:38:34,994
And like I said,

1411
00:38:34,994 –> 00:38:35,394
they were,

1412
00:38:35,474 –> 00:38:36,474
I just got to keep saying,

1413
00:38:36,474 –> 00:38:38,194
they were extremely kind to me.

1414
00:38:38,194 –> 00:38:38,754
They really were.

1415
00:38:38,754 –> 00:38:39,714
They were very respectful.

1416
00:38:39,714 –> 00:38:40,954
Even some of the sheriffs was like,

1417
00:38:40,954 –> 00:38:42,234
wait, you’re here for what?

1418
00:38:42,234 –> 00:38:43,234
Isn’t this ticketable?

1419
00:38:43,394 –> 00:38:46,034
Like even the sheriffs was a little like thrown off

1420
00:38:46,034 –> 00:38:46,674
or bewildered.

1421
00:38:46,914 –> 00:38:48,714
And so it matters.

1422
00:38:48,714 –> 00:38:49,874
So I want to take off,

1423
00:38:49,874 –> 00:38:50,434
take a moment.

1424
00:38:50,434 –> 00:38:51,554
I don’t have any flowers with me,

1425
00:38:51,554 –> 00:38:53,074
Charlie, because I gave them all away on Mother’s

1426
00:38:53,074 –> 00:38:54,474
Day, but if I ask them,

1427
00:38:54,474 –> 00:38:55,114
I’ll give them to you.

1428
00:38:55,114 –> 00:38:57,314
Thank you for having a no bullshit network because

1429
00:38:57,314 –> 00:38:57,714
it matters.

1430
00:38:57,714 –> 00:38:58,194
It helps.

1431
00:38:58,594 –> 00:38:59,034
Well, hey,

1432
00:38:59,034 –> 00:38:59,634
there you go,

1433
00:38:59,714 –> 00:39:00,594
Sheriff Swanson.

1434
00:39:00,754 –> 00:39:01,634
He wasn’t,

1435
00:39:01,954 –> 00:39:03,394
he was solitary.

1436
00:39:04,914 –> 00:39:05,474
He was alone.

1437
00:39:05,594 –> 00:39:07,234
But not in the stir,

1438
00:39:07,474 –> 00:39:08,514
not in the dungeon.

1439
00:39:09,394 –> 00:39:13,314
And the peanut butter just,

1440
00:39:13,954 –> 00:39:14,834
let’s fix that.

1441
00:39:14,914 –> 00:39:15,394
I ain’t getting,

1442
00:39:15,394 –> 00:39:16,594
I’m getting away with peanut butter.

1443
00:39:16,594 –> 00:39:17,274
Peanut butter’s fucked up.

1444
00:39:17,554 –> 00:39:19,434
But don’t mess with them,

1445
00:39:19,434 –> 00:39:21,514
Charlie, because I feel like they might try to send

1446
00:39:21,514 –> 00:39:21,794
me back.

1447
00:39:21,794 –> 00:39:23,754
I ain’t trying to go to solitary now.

1448
00:39:23,754 –> 00:39:25,314
Now, I wonder if Sheriff Swanson…

1449
00:39:26,354 –> 00:39:28,514
Who’s running for governor is going to march with you

1450
00:39:28,514 –> 00:39:29,234
on June 1st,

1451
00:39:29,234 –> 00:39:30,594
which is a Sunday that’s coming up.

1452
00:39:30,714 –> 00:39:32,194
What’s going on with the march,

1453
00:39:32,194 –> 00:39:32,354
man?

1454
00:39:32,394 –> 00:39:35,154
I think that would be mind-blowing if anybody will

1455
00:39:35,474 –> 00:39:36,954
help make sure that the truth is out there,

1456
00:39:36,954 –> 00:39:37,314
right?

1457
00:39:37,314 –> 00:39:39,634
And that is we’re not coming for chaos or disruption.

1458
00:39:39,634 –> 00:39:41,554
There are people coming from around the country who

1459
00:39:41,554 –> 00:39:42,834
saw what you just showed,

1460
00:39:43,074 –> 00:39:44,354
and it’s very concerning.

1461
00:39:44,594 –> 00:39:46,314
And now that the truth is starting to get out about

1462
00:39:46,314 –> 00:39:47,954
what’s happening in not just Flint,

1463
00:39:47,954 –> 00:39:49,314
but in the state of Michigan,

1464
00:39:49,794 –> 00:39:50,994
people are saying,

1465
00:39:50,994 –> 00:39:52,594
look, we can’t go backwards.

1466
00:39:52,754 –> 00:39:54,394
We need to continue to move forward.

1467
00:39:54,394 –> 00:39:55,474
And people now,

1468
00:39:55,594 –> 00:39:56,234
when people know

1469
00:39:56,594 –> 00:39:57,474
Better, they’ll do better.

1470
00:39:57,474 –> 00:39:58,514
And when people are aware,

1471
00:39:58,514 –> 00:39:58,994
they’ll show up.

1472
00:39:58,994 –> 00:39:59,554
What’s the march for?

1473
00:39:59,554 –> 00:40:00,194
What time is it?

1474
00:40:00,194 –> 00:40:03,794
So we’re going to be marching from City Hall.

1475
00:40:03,794 –> 00:40:05,314
You can’t go in there.

1476
00:40:06,514 –> 00:40:07,354
I was going to say,

1477
00:40:07,354 –> 00:40:09,234
I can’t go within 500 feet.

1478
00:40:09,554 –> 00:40:10,914
So I’ll be 500 feet away.

1479
00:40:11,674 –> 00:40:12,634
That would be across the street.

1480
00:40:12,634 –> 00:40:13,554
Waving at everybody,

1481
00:40:13,554 –> 00:40:13,754
right?

1482
00:40:13,754 –> 00:40:14,434
I’ll still be there.

1483
00:40:14,434 –> 00:40:18,114
You’d be like Eric Mays on inauguration day from the

1484
00:40:18,114 –> 00:40:20,914
4th Florida county doing his 30 days for drunk driving.

1485
00:40:20,914 –> 00:40:22,514
That should have been his office.

1486
00:40:22,794 –> 00:40:23,634
So what you’re going to see,

1487
00:40:23,634 –> 00:40:25,834
though, there are mayors from around America who are

1488
00:40:25,834 –> 00:40:28,554
about to release videos in the coming weeks in support,

1489
00:40:28,754 –> 00:40:30,274
and they’re going to talk about their experience when

1490
00:40:30,274 –> 00:40:31,154
I came in their town.

1491
00:40:31,394 –> 00:40:33,634
You have three police chiefs who are coming to Flint,

1492
00:40:33,794 –> 00:40:36,554
who know for a fact that what they saw was excessive

1493
00:40:36,554 –> 00:40:36,914
and wrong.

1494
00:40:37,954 –> 00:40:38,914
You have like one,

1495
00:40:38,914 –> 00:40:39,474
one, you know,

1496
00:40:39,474 –> 00:40:41,514
one of the things that’s really tripped me out

1497
00:40:41,714 –> 00:40:44,674
is the amount of white support.

1498
00:40:45,154 –> 00:40:46,354
I’ve never seen this before.

1499
00:40:46,354 –> 00:40:47,234
You said it wrong.

1500
00:40:47,954 –> 00:40:48,514
Caucasian?

1501
00:40:48,594 –> 00:40:48,874
No.

1502
00:40:50,914 –> 00:40:51,474
You say it like this.

1503
00:40:52,874 –> 00:40:54,954
Because he was he was he was he was thinking about

1504
00:40:54,994 –> 00:40:55,074
it.

1505
00:40:55,234 –> 00:40:56,474
Like, wait a minute,

1506
00:40:56,474 –> 00:40:57,634
is that the right word?

1507
00:40:57,634 –> 00:40:58,434
Like, you know,

1508
00:40:58,434 –> 00:40:59,594
like African American black?

1509
00:40:59,594 –> 00:41:00,754
What do we what do we call you?

1510
00:41:01,274 –> 00:41:04,314
What has been happening in this country forever is

1511
00:41:04,314 –> 00:41:06,914
that we have been pitted against each other for all

1512
00:41:06,914 –> 00:41:10,754
kind of reasons that has taken away from who we really

1513
00:41:10,754 –> 00:41:12,834
are, a country of diversity.

1514
00:41:13,354 –> 00:41:14,354
We sectioned off.

1515
00:41:14,434 –> 00:41:15,794
We don’t know about each other’s pain,

1516
00:41:15,794 –> 00:41:17,234
and we don’t care about each other’s pain.

1517
00:41:17,394 –> 00:41:20,154
So to come to Michigan and see the amount of fearless

1518
00:41:20,154 –> 00:41:21,634
white people who I’m running into,

1519
00:41:22,194 –> 00:41:22,674
and they said,

1520
00:41:22,674 –> 00:41:23,474
I got your back.

1521
00:41:23,714 –> 00:41:25,274
For me, it’s a culture shock.

1522
00:41:26,154 –> 00:41:29,434
I’ve always had to look at white people as a part of

1523
00:41:29,434 –> 00:41:30,434
the power that I fight.

1524
00:41:30,594 –> 00:41:33,434
And it pains me when I know where we’ve come from,

1525
00:41:33,434 –> 00:41:37,154
and I’m looking at black people mistreat communities

1526
00:41:37,154 –> 00:41:40,274
with black people and how hard it was for other people

1527
00:41:40,274 –> 00:41:42,434
for Sheldon needy bald-headed ass to get in that seat.

1528
00:41:43,314 –> 00:41:44,754
It blows my mind.

1529
00:41:44,994 –> 00:41:48,114
And for him to think he’s a king and not a mayor of

1530
00:41:48,114 –> 00:41:50,194
a city, if he was on some real shit,

1531
00:41:50,274 –> 00:41:51,474
because now I feel like I can cuss,

1532
00:41:51,634 –> 00:41:54,514
he would be trying to make America aware that his

1533
00:41:54,514 –> 00:41:55,314
city has been suffering,

1534
00:41:55,314 –> 00:41:56,034
what, 11 years?

1535
00:41:56,114 –> 00:41:59,794
But he’s actually trying to exploit the pain and the

1536
00:41:59,794 –> 00:42:01,954
blight so he can enrich himself.

1537
00:42:02,634 –> 00:42:05,034
Because he’s a bully and a tyrant,

1538
00:42:05,034 –> 00:42:06,354
but now he met a man,

1539
00:42:06,434 –> 00:42:07,314
a black man,

1540
00:42:07,474 –> 00:42:09,154
who ain’t afraid of his jail,

1541
00:42:09,234 –> 00:42:09,874
his police.

1542
00:42:09,994 –> 00:42:11,034
His police have one leg.

1543
00:42:11,154 –> 00:42:12,754
Chase me, chase me,

1544
00:42:12,754 –> 00:42:13,234
catch me.

1545
00:42:13,834 –> 00:42:17,074
Okay, and I’m not afraid of his money because we got

1546
00:42:17,154 –> 00:42:18,674
support and it’s white people,

1547
00:42:18,674 –> 00:42:19,634
it’s Republican,

1548
00:42:19,794 –> 00:42:20,674
it’s Democrat,

1549
00:42:20,674 –> 00:42:21,154
it’s rich,

1550
00:42:21,154 –> 00:42:21,874
it’s poor,

1551
00:42:21,954 –> 00:42:22,594
educated,

1552
00:42:22,594 –> 00:42:23,234
uneducated,

1553
00:42:23,234 –> 00:42:23,874
political,

1554
00:42:24,034 –> 00:42:24,914
non-political.

1555
00:42:25,034 –> 00:42:26,274
What’s happening right now,

1556
00:42:26,274 –> 00:42:28,434
200 people at minimum is what I’m saying.

1557
00:42:28,594 –> 00:42:30,674
It’s going to be in Flint on June 1st.

1558
00:42:30,794 –> 00:42:31,234
What time?

1559
00:42:31,554 –> 00:42:32,514
And the time,

1560
00:42:32,594 –> 00:42:32,834
you know,

1561
00:42:33,234 –> 00:42:34,234
you got to give me the time now.

1562
00:42:34,234 –> 00:42:34,674
Come on now.

1563
00:42:34,714 –> 00:42:35,274
We’re still trying.

1564
00:42:35,474 –> 00:42:35,994
We organize,

1565
00:42:35,994 –> 00:42:36,994
we’re gonna be there all day.

1566
00:42:37,074 –> 00:42:38,354
We gotta, we’re planning it,

1567
00:42:38,354 –> 00:42:39,634
but we’re letting them know.

1568
00:42:39,714 –> 00:42:40,274
Around noon.

1569
00:42:40,754 –> 00:42:41,874
Around noon,

1570
00:42:41,874 –> 00:42:42,914
around late afternoon.

1571
00:42:42,954 –> 00:42:43,714
There is no such thing.

1572
00:42:43,914 –> 00:42:44,594
is around.

1573
00:42:44,914 –> 00:42:45,554
What time is it?

1574
00:42:45,554 –> 00:42:47,634
We’re going to start mustering at noon.

1575
00:42:47,714 –> 00:42:48,754
Okay, we’ll be there too.

1576
00:42:49,474 –> 00:42:50,834
Two o’clock.

1577
00:42:51,074 –> 00:42:52,354
And where are we marching to?

1578
00:42:53,074 –> 00:42:57,474
We’re going to from City Hall through the city.

1579
00:42:57,474 –> 00:42:59,954
We’re putting the route up to show what’s actually

1580
00:42:59,954 –> 00:43:01,074
happening in Flint.

1581
00:43:01,154 –> 00:43:01,954
There’s no threat.

1582
00:43:02,034 –> 00:43:03,154
We’re not fighting anybody,

1583
00:43:03,314 –> 00:43:05,594
and we’re demanding that the police will protect our

1584
00:43:05,594 –> 00:43:06,354
constitutional rights.

1585
00:43:06,434 –> 00:43:07,554
We’re going to show

1586
00:43:08,394 –> 00:43:09,114
At the doorstep,

1587
00:43:09,594 –> 00:43:10,634
what’s going on there?

1588
00:43:10,674 –> 00:43:12,434
So we got it’s a really big city.

1589
00:43:12,754 –> 00:43:12,994
Yeah.

1590
00:43:13,514 –> 00:43:13,874
And you know,

1591
00:43:13,874 –> 00:43:14,794
I mean, like,

1592
00:43:14,794 –> 00:43:15,874
I don’t want to do more than a mile.

1593
00:43:15,874 –> 00:43:17,794
I mean, I have a mile.

1594
00:43:17,794 –> 00:43:18,914
Can I just go,

1595
00:43:18,914 –> 00:43:20,194
like, like go around.

1596
00:43:21,314 –> 00:43:22,354
We go get a Coney and come back.

1597
00:43:22,474 –> 00:43:22,994
Are you coming?

1598
00:43:23,234 –> 00:43:23,674
Yeah, I’m coming.

1599
00:43:24,114 –> 00:43:24,434
Oh God.

1600
00:43:25,514 –> 00:43:27,954
Just meet them at the finish line,

1601
00:43:28,034 –> 00:43:28,234
you know,

1602
00:43:28,434 –> 00:43:29,714
do like people doing it when they cheat.

1603
00:43:30,154 –> 00:43:32,354
I’m a middle distancer,

1604
00:43:32,514 –> 00:43:32,634
bro.

1605
00:43:32,754 –> 00:43:33,474
It’s a big city,

1606
00:43:33,474 –> 00:43:34,914
but that’s why we’re trying to make sure that we do

1607
00:43:34,914 –> 00:43:36,434
this as effective as possible.

1608
00:43:36,434 –> 00:43:38,834
I don’t want to like be too fast with the details.

1609
00:43:39,394 –> 00:43:41,954
And we’re also giving them an opportunity to do the

1610
00:43:41,954 –> 00:43:42,514
right thing.

1611
00:43:42,634 –> 00:43:42,794
Okay.

1612
00:43:42,834 –> 00:43:44,714
So we’ll tell you what we’ll do here.

1613
00:43:44,714 –> 00:43:46,354
I’m going to rent a flatbed too.

1614
00:43:46,354 –> 00:43:47,034
So the casket,

1615
00:43:47,034 –> 00:43:47,874
when people are tired,

1616
00:43:47,874 –> 00:43:48,674
we’ll just be able to.

1617
00:43:49,234 –> 00:43:50,274
Oh, man, it’s the greatest story.

1618
00:43:50,314 –> 00:43:51,154
I’m bringing the casket back.

1619
00:43:51,154 –> 00:43:51,954
During like,

1620
00:43:51,954 –> 00:43:53,794
it was 2016.

1621
00:43:54,794 –> 00:43:55,994
And Trump had come to town.

1622
00:43:55,994 –> 00:43:56,954
Remember he was at the church.

1623
00:43:56,954 –> 00:43:58,034
Well, you might not remember.

1624
00:43:58,914 –> 00:44:01,074
And I was filming a bit for A&E.

1625
00:44:01,434 –> 00:44:03,394
And I got a tractor trailer,

1626
00:44:03,794 –> 00:44:04,194
like, you know,

1627
00:44:04,194 –> 00:44:04,754
the milk,

1628
00:44:05,554 –> 00:44:06,354
gasoline,

1629
00:44:06,354 –> 00:44:07,234
those great big.

1630
00:44:08,114 –> 00:44:08,514
Tanker.

1631
00:44:08,594 –> 00:44:08,994
Tanker.

1632
00:44:09,474 –> 00:44:10,914
I got it full of fresh water.

1633
00:44:11,594 –> 00:44:12,754
And we set up showers.

1634
00:44:12,834 –> 00:44:15,234
And I paid my money to set up the showers at City Hall.

1635
00:44:15,594 –> 00:44:17,554
And then they took it away and I went into City Hall.

1636
00:44:18,114 –> 00:44:19,274
I said, motherfucker,

1637
00:44:19,274 –> 00:44:20,554
I want my 25 bucks back.

1638
00:44:20,554 –> 00:44:22,034
I want my 25 bucks back.

1639
00:44:22,514 –> 00:44:23,874
So apparently,

1640
00:44:24,314 –> 00:44:25,234
disturbing the peace.

1641
00:44:25,874 –> 00:44:27,714
And the police were looking for me.

1642
00:44:28,274 –> 00:44:31,714
And I’m on the run in a tractor trailer full of water

1643
00:44:31,714 –> 00:44:32,914
and the tanker is chrome.

1644
00:44:32,914 –> 00:44:33,514
You can’t miss it,

1645
00:44:34,194 –> 00:44:34,514
right?

1646
00:44:34,754 –> 00:44:36,034
So I’m going,

1647
00:44:36,034 –> 00:44:37,194
we’re trying to avoid the police.

1648
00:44:37,194 –> 00:44:39,794
And then Trump’s rolling into the water department

1649
00:44:39,794 –> 00:44:42,434
and we’re trying to follow Trump in the tractor trailer

1650
00:44:42,434 –> 00:44:44,034
to the church with the police chasing me.

1651
00:44:45,474 –> 00:44:46,154
That’s that town.

1652
00:44:46,674 –> 00:44:48,594
Because here’s the heartbreaking bit.

1653
00:44:48,834 –> 00:44:50,034
You don’t really think about it.

1654
00:44:50,354 –> 00:44:51,954
All the details when you get to a town,

1655
00:44:52,874 –> 00:44:57,634
There were children who hadn’t been alive that had

1656
00:44:57,714 –> 00:44:59,074
ever been in a sprinkler.

1657
00:45:00,594 –> 00:45:01,234
You know what I’m saying?

1658
00:45:01,234 –> 00:45:02,634
It’s like they’re five years old,

1659
00:45:02,754 –> 00:45:04,514
never got to run around and we set one up,

1660
00:45:04,634 –> 00:45:05,794
which was cool.

1661
00:45:05,794 –> 00:45:07,314
It was a gesture,

1662
00:45:07,314 –> 00:45:09,794
but it didn’t solve any fucking thing in that town

1663
00:45:10,114 –> 00:45:10,914
or this town.

1664
00:45:11,474 –> 00:45:13,794
But you can’t be in trouble for disturbing the peace

1665
00:45:13,794 –> 00:45:15,074
because there is no peace.

1666
00:45:15,634 –> 00:45:17,234
So you’re not disturbing the peace.

1667
00:45:17,794 –> 00:45:18,274
There is not.

1668
00:45:18,594 –> 00:45:19,874
I mean, these people aren’t at peace.

1669
00:45:20,674 –> 00:45:22,674
Well, let’s invert the phrase,

1670
00:45:22,994 –> 00:45:24,594
there’ll be peace when you get some justice.

1671
00:45:27,074 –> 00:45:28,754
There are ordinances around these things,

1672
00:45:28,754 –> 00:45:30,674
noise have to be out for a certain time.

1673
00:45:31,074 –> 00:45:32,674
There are parameters to marching,

1674
00:45:32,674 –> 00:45:33,314
sidewalk,

1675
00:45:33,314 –> 00:45:34,114
public ways.

1676
00:45:34,514 –> 00:45:36,434
You can’t be confrontational with a person.

1677
00:45:36,594 –> 00:45:39,074
That’s why governments don’t have the right to sign

1678
00:45:39,314 –> 00:45:40,674
a complaint.

1679
00:45:41,394 –> 00:45:42,674
I have a complaint signed against the,

1680
00:45:42,674 –> 00:45:44,754
it’s me versus the city of Flint.

1681
00:45:45,234 –> 00:45:46,274
Who was the person?

1682
00:45:48,651 –> 00:45:49,011
No guts.

1683
00:45:49,011 –> 00:45:52,051
I’ve never seen this.

1684
00:45:52,051 –> 00:45:53,691
So that all gets thrown out,

1685
00:45:53,691 –> 00:45:54,171
but you know,

1686
00:45:54,171 –> 00:45:55,091
we’re going to keep it alive.

1687
00:45:55,931 –> 00:45:57,291
You know what’s good about this?

1688
00:45:57,611 –> 00:45:58,971
You get to do the day and a half,

1689
00:45:58,971 –> 00:45:59,451
not me.

1690
00:46:00,491 –> 00:46:02,411
But I’m for it,

1691
00:46:02,411 –> 00:46:02,731
dude.

1692
00:46:03,611 –> 00:46:05,171
But it’s a stain on the,

1693
00:46:05,171 –> 00:46:06,411
it’s a stain on Flint Forever.

1694
00:46:06,891 –> 00:46:07,411
I want to,

1695
00:46:07,931 –> 00:46:09,451
I want to just move for a second.

1696
00:46:09,731 –> 00:46:13,691
What we’re doing now with this is done it long enough.

1697
00:46:14,651 –> 00:46:15,611
Well, it’s really Karen,

1698
00:46:15,611 –> 00:46:15,851
you know,

1699
00:46:15,891 –> 00:46:17,811
I mean, she’s got a reputation here.

1700
00:46:17,811 –> 00:46:18,971
So we are hosting.

1701
00:46:19,131 –> 00:46:19,691
A good one,

1702
00:46:19,731 –> 00:46:20,051
don’t they?

1703
00:46:20,091 –> 00:46:20,971
A really good one.

1704
00:46:21,531 –> 00:46:23,051
The No Bullshit News Hour,

1705
00:46:23,691 –> 00:46:24,571
May 22nd.

1706
00:46:25,091 –> 00:46:27,371
at 6 o’clock at the Wayne County Community College

1707
00:46:27,371 –> 00:46:28,971
District Northwest campus.

1708
00:46:29,531 –> 00:46:30,731
Go on our social media.

1709
00:46:30,971 –> 00:46:32,171
It’s going to be live streamed,

1710
00:46:32,251 –> 00:46:33,371
but everybody’s invited.

1711
00:46:33,611 –> 00:46:34,571
It’s Thursday,

1712
00:46:34,651 –> 00:46:35,531
May 22nd,

1713
00:46:36,011 –> 00:46:36,891
6 o’clock.

1714
00:46:37,211 –> 00:46:37,611
First come,

1715
00:46:37,611 –> 00:46:38,811
first serve on that seating,

1716
00:46:38,811 –> 00:46:39,011
right?

1717
00:46:39,091 –> 00:46:39,251
Right.

1718
00:46:39,251 –> 00:46:40,091
And we’ve got all.

1719
00:46:40,091 –> 00:46:41,491
No registration required.

1720
00:46:41,491 –> 00:46:41,931
Just show up.

1721
00:46:42,251 –> 00:46:42,571
Right.

1722
00:46:42,611 –> 00:46:43,971
And we’ve got all candidates.

1723
00:46:44,171 –> 00:46:45,891
Yes, we have 8 candidates.

1724
00:46:45,891 –> 00:46:49,131
So someone asked me yesterday if the write-in candidates

1725
00:46:49,131 –> 00:46:49,491
were there.

1726
00:46:49,491 –> 00:46:49,891
And I said,

1727
00:46:49,891 –> 00:46:51,451
no, I’m not familiar with that.

1728
00:46:51,451 –> 00:46:53,131
But we have 8 candidates.

1729
00:46:53,611 –> 00:46:54,931
We’re going to split them up into two

1730
00:46:55,011 –> 00:46:57,531
panel so that we can have a substantive discussion

1731
00:46:57,531 –> 00:46:59,451
with them and they’re not talking over each other.

1732
00:46:59,691 –> 00:47:01,051
So the first we’re going to have them draw,

1733
00:47:01,371 –> 00:47:01,771
you know,

1734
00:47:02,011 –> 00:47:04,171
a number for which panel they’re going to be on.

1735
00:47:04,531 –> 00:47:06,851
And we’re going to have an in-depth and substantive

1736
00:47:06,851 –> 00:47:08,611
discussion with the people that want to lead this

1737
00:47:08,611 –> 00:47:08,891
city.

1738
00:47:08,891 –> 00:47:11,411
Well, as much as you can in 50 minutes with four candidates.

1739
00:47:11,411 –> 00:47:11,651
We can.

1740
00:47:11,651 –> 00:47:13,051
If you ask the right questions,

1741
00:47:13,291 –> 00:47:13,771
you can.

1742
00:47:13,811 –> 00:47:15,491
I mean, and I don’t think they have.

1743
00:47:15,491 –> 00:47:15,931
Let’s be honest,

1744
00:47:16,091 –> 00:47:17,011
as much as you can though.

1745
00:47:17,011 –> 00:47:17,931
As much as we can,

1746
00:47:17,931 –> 00:47:18,571
but I think.

1747
00:47:18,651 –> 00:47:19,251
I mean just this,

1748
00:47:19,291 –> 00:47:21,211
I feel like we haven’t gotten deep enough with him

1749
00:47:21,571 –> 00:47:22,891
and that’s 50 minutes one man.

1750
00:47:22,931 –> 00:47:24,171
But there’s always more,

1751
00:47:24,331 –> 00:47:24,931
but the thing about

1752
00:47:25,171 –> 00:47:25,691
about it is,

1753
00:47:25,691 –> 00:47:26,651
and people know this,

1754
00:47:26,651 –> 00:47:26,971
they said,

1755
00:47:27,051 –> 00:47:27,291
you know,

1756
00:47:27,291 –> 00:47:28,411
between Charlie,

1757
00:47:28,491 –> 00:47:28,771
you know,

1758
00:47:28,771 –> 00:47:29,251
and James,

1759
00:47:29,251 –> 00:47:31,531
we got James Dixon from Michigan Enjoyer,

1760
00:47:32,251 –> 00:47:35,451
the questions will dictate the kind of response that

1761
00:47:35,451 –> 00:47:36,651
we get, like when you ask Cherie,

1762
00:47:36,651 –> 00:47:36,851
you know,

1763
00:47:36,851 –> 00:47:37,891
where’s Hitsville?

1764
00:47:37,891 –> 00:47:38,491
You know, what about,

1765
00:47:38,651 –> 00:47:39,251
those are things,

1766
00:47:39,251 –> 00:47:40,171
they seem simple,

1767
00:47:40,171 –> 00:47:41,531
but they reveal A lot.

1768
00:47:41,691 –> 00:47:42,371
Oh, I was watching,

1769
00:47:42,371 –> 00:47:43,091
like, you know,

1770
00:47:43,091 –> 00:47:44,571
our friends and family sitting over here.

1771
00:47:44,931 –> 00:47:46,731
Where’s, when you’re from here,

1772
00:47:47,531 –> 00:47:48,451
and I ask you,

1773
00:47:48,451 –> 00:47:49,211
where’s Hitsville?

1774
00:47:49,251 –> 00:47:49,691
What?

1775
00:47:50,651 –> 00:47:51,291
Especially you,

1776
00:47:51,291 –> 00:47:52,411
Kay, you went.

1777
00:47:53,011 –> 00:47:54,331
Yeah, but there’s certain things you’re supposed to

1778
00:47:54,331 –> 00:47:54,571
know.

1779
00:47:54,611 –> 00:47:55,531
That’s like when people say,

1780
00:47:55,611 –> 00:47:56,411
oh, I’m from Detroit.

1781
00:47:56,491 –> 00:47:58,131
It’s one question that you can ask,

1782
00:47:58,211 –> 00:47:58,931
which side?

1783
00:47:58,931 –> 00:48:01,131
And if they say anything other than east or west,

1784
00:48:01,691 –> 00:48:02,811
that’s it for me.

1785
00:48:02,811 –> 00:48:05,131
So yeah, there are things that you’re supposed to know.

1786
00:48:05,371 –> 00:48:06,091
So we’ll see.

1787
00:48:06,651 –> 00:48:07,611
So that’s exciting.

1788
00:48:08,331 –> 00:48:09,091
It’s really exciting.

1789
00:48:09,091 –> 00:48:10,091
And it should be.

1790
00:48:11,131 –> 00:48:11,611
It’ll be good.

1791
00:48:11,811 –> 00:48:12,571
It’ll be good.

1792
00:48:12,611 –> 00:48:13,291
And again,

1793
00:48:14,091 –> 00:48:15,771
Go to Karen’s social media,

1794
00:48:15,771 –> 00:48:18,011
mine, what you can find it.

1795
00:48:18,011 –> 00:48:19,211
It’s we’ve posted it.

1796
00:48:19,451 –> 00:48:20,731
It is Thursday,

1797
00:48:20,971 –> 00:48:21,851
May 22nd.

1798
00:48:22,171 –> 00:48:24,291
Try to try to get there at 530.

1799
00:48:24,491 –> 00:48:25,131
Please do,

1800
00:48:25,211 –> 00:48:26,531
because we are going to start on time.

1801
00:48:26,811 –> 00:48:28,971
You know, comedian Detroit Red will be working the

1802
00:48:28,971 –> 00:48:29,371
room.

1803
00:48:29,371 –> 00:48:30,051
You know, I mean,

1804
00:48:30,091 –> 00:48:31,891
we’re starting on time and we’re ending on time.

1805
00:48:31,891 –> 00:48:33,371
And if you come late,

1806
00:48:33,771 –> 00:48:34,851
we don’t have no problem with it.

1807
00:48:34,851 –> 00:48:36,331
Just you’re standing in the back,

1808
00:48:36,731 –> 00:48:36,931
right?

1809
00:48:37,651 –> 00:48:40,091
And I cannot vote here and I’ve not been called to

1810
00:48:40,091 –> 00:48:42,211
Detroit, but I’m going to fly back to make sure that

1811
00:48:42,211 –> 00:48:43,291
I’m here because I’m an American.

1812
00:48:43,291 –> 00:48:44,931
We should all care about what’s going on over here.

1813
00:48:44,931 –> 00:48:45,531
Please do.

1814
00:48:45,531 –> 00:48:46,131
I will be here.

1815
00:48:46,131 –> 00:48:47,531
Because we could have talked to you.

1816
00:48:47,851 –> 00:48:48,411
May 22nd.

1817
00:48:48,411 –> 00:48:50,411
We could have had a conversation with you about Detroit

1818
00:48:50,571 –> 00:48:51,851
for this past administration.

1819
00:48:52,011 –> 00:48:53,131
So, you know,

1820
00:48:53,211 –> 00:48:54,811
we’re going to hope that we don’t need you next,

1821
00:48:54,811 –> 00:48:55,291
but we may.

1822
00:48:55,771 –> 00:48:56,811
My main thing though,

1823
00:48:56,811 –> 00:48:59,251
right, is if you do the math,

1824
00:48:59,891 –> 00:49:00,331
And again,

1825
00:49:00,331 –> 00:49:02,411
a lot of dudes on YouTube got podcasts,

1826
00:49:02,411 –> 00:49:02,891
all that.

1827
00:49:03,211 –> 00:49:04,091
We’re the new media.

1828
00:49:04,251 –> 00:49:05,051
You don’t do the math,

1829
00:49:05,051 –> 00:49:05,371
dude.

1830
00:49:05,691 –> 00:49:06,851
You don’t do the math.

1831
00:49:06,971 –> 00:49:07,931
So you’re just yelling.

1832
00:49:08,491 –> 00:49:12,011
But if it wasn’t for all the ridiculous fake Biden

1833
00:49:12,011 –> 00:49:13,451
money, COVID money,

1834
00:49:13,451 –> 00:49:14,411
we’d be bankrupt.

1835
00:49:14,411 –> 00:49:16,251
So when you’re talking about Mayor Flynn,

1836
00:49:16,251 –> 00:49:17,531
I’m talking Mayor Detroit,

1837
00:49:17,691 –> 00:49:20,331
it’s a mirage because it’s not coming again.

1838
00:49:20,651 –> 00:49:21,771
So what are we going to do?

1839
00:49:22,371 –> 00:49:24,611
It’s got to get fixed now or we’re real fucked.

1840
00:49:24,691 –> 00:49:25,931
Oh God, you’re right.

1841
00:49:26,371 –> 00:49:28,731
I’m Grace Karos and I’m third generation of American

1842
00:49:28,731 –> 00:49:29,411
Coney Island.

1843
00:49:29,851 –> 00:49:31,531
People say Detroit’s A comeback city.

1844
00:49:31,531 –> 00:49:32,371
I say, where you been?

1845
00:49:32,371 –> 00:49:34,091
We’ve been here for over 100 years.

1846
00:49:34,411 –> 00:49:36,411
My family’s been here on the same corner,

1847
00:49:36,571 –> 00:49:39,811
serving our famous proprietary American Coney Island

1848
00:49:39,811 –> 00:49:40,131
hot dog.

1849
00:49:40,811 –> 00:49:41,571
So like always,

1850
00:49:41,571 –> 00:49:42,651
we’re keeping things fresh,

1851
00:49:42,851 –> 00:49:44,091
updated, and new.

1852
00:49:46,411 –> 00:49:48,171
We’d love to have you come downtown and visit us,

1853
00:49:48,251 –> 00:49:49,051
but if you can’t,

1854
00:49:49,131 –> 00:49:51,371
you can always go to americanconeyisland.com,

1855
00:49:51,371 –> 00:49:52,251
order a Coney kit,

1856
00:49:52,251 –> 00:49:54,011
get it delivered fresh right to your door.

1857
00:49:56,691 –> 00:49:57,691
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1858
00:49:57,691 –> 00:49:58,971
but the stock market can.

1859
00:49:58,971 –> 00:50:00,011
That’s just a fact.

1860
00:50:00,331 –> 00:50:02,331
The market roller coaster is making you grind your

1861
00:50:02,331 –> 00:50:02,651
teeth.

1862
00:50:02,811 –> 00:50:08,251
Call or text my friend Luke Nowacki at 248-663-4748.

1863
00:50:08,571 –> 00:50:10,811
We’re all hanging on to this ride like Gayle King and

1864
00:50:10,811 –> 00:50:11,611
Katy Perry.

1865
00:50:11,851 –> 00:50:13,131
Just hang on to your flower.

1866
00:50:13,371 –> 00:50:15,611
Some people are saying that the earth will be better

1867
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when this is all over.

1868
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1869
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1870
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1871
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1872
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1873
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1874
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1875
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1876
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1877
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1878
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1879
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1880
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1881
00:50:48,811 –> 00:50:54,411
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1882
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1883
00:50:56,051 –> 00:50:56,731
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1884
00:50:56,731 –> 00:50:57,571
the power goes out.

1885
00:50:57,571 –> 00:50:58,851
And when the power goes out,

1886
00:50:58,851 –> 00:50:59,811
the internet goes out.

1887
00:50:59,811 –> 00:51:00,811
When the internet goes out,

1888
00:51:00,811 –> 00:51:04,051
I call my friend Matt and Bernie at XG Service Group.

1889
00:51:04,251 –> 00:51:06,011
Look at Bernie here on his hands and knees,

1890
00:51:06,251 –> 00:51:07,531
giving it everything he’s got.

1891
00:51:08,211 –> 00:51:09,291
Look at that man crack.

1892
00:51:09,611 –> 00:51:12,131
So busy, he forgot to wear a belt.

1893
00:51:12,171 –> 00:51:14,251
There’s Matt right there getting the board together.

1894
00:51:14,251 –> 00:51:16,971
That’s 734-245-4100.

1895
00:51:16,971 –> 00:51:19,771
If you need Matt and Bernie to come take care of your

1896
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1897
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1898
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1899
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1900
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1901
00:51:27,931 –> 00:51:28,731
You got restaurants,

1902
00:51:28,731 –> 00:51:29,931
they do drive-through systems,

1903
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1904
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1905
00:51:35,011 –> 00:51:35,411
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1906
00:51:35,411 –> 00:51:38,131
Call XG services at 734-245-4100.

1907
00:51:38,211 –> 00:51:39,611
24541 100.

1908
00:51:41,771 –> 00:51:42,891
The Menendez Brothers.

1909
00:51:43,291 –> 00:51:43,771
Mark.

1910
00:51:44,731 –> 00:51:44,891
Yeah.

1911
00:51:44,891 –> 00:51:45,491
Give us the update.

1912
00:51:45,491 –> 00:51:46,251
Breaking news,

1913
00:51:46,251 –> 00:51:46,531
Mark.

1914
00:51:47,451 –> 00:51:50,091
Well, the update would be that they are re-sentenced.

1915
00:51:50,091 –> 00:51:50,411
Pause.

1916
00:51:50,451 –> 00:51:51,931
I got to explain to Jed who you are.

1917
00:51:52,691 –> 00:51:53,051
Wait a minute.

1918
00:51:53,091 –> 00:51:54,091
He’s our TMZ guy.

1919
00:51:54,091 –> 00:51:54,731
OK, go ahead.

1920
00:51:54,891 –> 00:51:55,811
Hit me breaking news.

1921
00:51:56,971 –> 00:51:58,131
He’s the pop culture shit.

1922
00:51:59,131 –> 00:52:00,411
So yeah, so they were.

1923
00:52:00,491 –> 00:52:01,571
Wait, give me the breaking news.

1924
00:52:01,571 –> 00:52:02,331
Oh, for fuck’s sake.

1925
00:52:02,331 –> 00:52:02,731
Come on.

1926
00:52:03,531 –> 00:52:04,251
Fix it in post.

1927
00:52:04,251 –> 00:52:04,811
If it works,

1928
00:52:04,891 –> 00:52:05,531
it’s not working.

1929
00:52:05,531 –> 00:52:06,091
I just heard it.

1930
00:52:08,131 –> 00:52:09,451
I don’t know why it’s not playing through the board.

1931
00:52:09,451 –> 00:52:09,811
Anyway.

1932
00:52:09,811 –> 00:52:12,011
Yeah, I’ll add it in post.

1933
00:52:12,811 –> 00:52:15,571
Yeah, they were re-sentenced to up to 50 years,

1934
00:52:15,571 –> 00:52:17,611
which means 50 years to life,

1935
00:52:17,611 –> 00:52:19,531
but available for parole,

1936
00:52:19,771 –> 00:52:21,811
which means they’ll have a parole hearing and they’ll

1937
00:52:21,811 –> 00:52:24,171
probably be out sometime at the end of this year.

1938
00:52:24,171 –> 00:52:26,891
Mind you, these are two guys that walked in on their

1939
00:52:26,891 –> 00:52:29,451
parents with shotguns and blew them away.

1940
00:52:30,451 –> 00:52:31,211
And for the money.

1941
00:52:31,211 –> 00:52:33,371
I mean, they went on a lavish spending spree.

1942
00:52:34,331 –> 00:52:36,011
right after bought watches,

1943
00:52:36,251 –> 00:52:39,371
ended up on a basketball card with Mark Jackson on

1944
00:52:39,371 –> 00:52:39,451
it.

1945
00:52:39,451 –> 00:52:40,571
It’s a real famous picture.

1946
00:52:41,051 –> 00:52:43,771
And they became a cause celeb on TikTok,

1947
00:52:44,651 –> 00:52:46,091
kind of like Dahmer did.

1948
00:52:46,171 –> 00:52:47,411
After the Netflix series.

1949
00:52:47,451 –> 00:52:48,891
After the Netflix series,

1950
00:52:49,211 –> 00:52:52,931
because they claimed abuse by Jose Menendez,

1951
00:52:52,931 –> 00:52:53,691
their father.

1952
00:52:54,371 –> 00:52:55,051
And there was a lot of.

1953
00:52:55,051 –> 00:52:57,211
So they decided they were afraid of their dad.

1954
00:52:57,611 –> 00:52:58,651
He abused him their whole life.

1955
00:52:58,651 –> 00:52:59,531
They had to murder him.

1956
00:52:59,771 –> 00:53:00,811
And since mom’s sitting there,

1957
00:53:00,811 –> 00:53:01,531
take her out too.

1958
00:53:02,931 –> 00:53:03,451
Well, yeah,

1959
00:53:03,611 –> 00:53:04,651
if you buy their story.

1960
00:53:04,651 –> 00:53:06,251
Well, now here’s the deal with this,

1961
00:53:06,451 –> 00:53:07,131
which is,

1962
00:53:08,811 –> 00:53:09,651
I don’t buy their story.

1963
00:53:09,851 –> 00:53:11,531
The deal is when they did it,

1964
00:53:12,731 –> 00:53:15,531
Lyle was 21 and Eric was 18,

1965
00:53:15,691 –> 00:53:16,091
right?

1966
00:53:16,491 –> 00:53:18,571
And they got life without parole in California.

1967
00:53:18,891 –> 00:53:22,491
The Supreme Court in 2012 ruled that if you’re under

1968
00:53:22,491 –> 00:53:26,491
18, that your brain’s still forming and that that’s

1969
00:53:26,651 –> 00:53:28,131
cruel and unusual punishment.

1970
00:53:28,331 –> 00:53:30,411
You should be entitled at some point,

1971
00:53:30,571 –> 00:53:32,091
maybe to see the light of day,

1972
00:53:32,091 –> 00:53:32,411
right?

1973
00:53:32,491 –> 00:53:32,811
Sure.

1974
00:53:32,891 –> 00:53:33,211
Okay.

1975
00:53:33,691 –> 00:53:39,851
So the Supreme Court in Michigan last month decided

1976
00:53:39,851 –> 00:53:43,411
that 19 and 20 year olds brains are still forming.

1977
00:53:43,411 –> 00:53:45,211
So they just unilaterally decided it,

1978
00:53:45,371 –> 00:53:47,331
that they all within six months,

1979
00:53:47,331 –> 00:53:48,411
this is 600 people,

1980
00:53:48,731 –> 00:53:50,011
like 40 in Flint,

1981
00:53:50,171 –> 00:53:52,811
400 in Detroit or Wayne County,

1982
00:53:53,611 –> 00:53:55,451
in six months got to be retried,

1983
00:53:55,451 –> 00:53:56,731
re-sentenced or reconsidered.

1984
00:53:57,091 –> 00:53:59,691
There’s not enough time in the universe,

1985
00:53:59,851 –> 00:54:03,211
especially when all assistant prosecutors are quitting

1986
00:54:03,211 –> 00:54:04,251
because it’s a shit job.

1987
00:54:04,651 –> 00:54:05,531
It doesn’t pay.

1988
00:54:06,491 –> 00:54:07,211
So we got,

1989
00:54:07,531 –> 00:54:08,331
that’s great,

1990
00:54:08,891 –> 00:54:09,051
right?

1991
00:54:09,051 –> 00:54:11,251
We can all yell about Lyle and what the fuck is this,

1992
00:54:11,291 –> 00:54:11,771
Eric?

1993
00:54:12,491 –> 00:54:13,611
But we got 600.

1994
00:54:14,171 –> 00:54:16,891
And how long did it take them to adjudicate that?

1995
00:54:16,891 –> 00:54:17,611
A long time.

1996
00:54:17,611 –> 00:54:18,571
A long, long time.

1997
00:54:18,571 –> 00:54:18,731
Yeah.

1998
00:54:18,931 –> 00:54:19,331
And we just,

1999
00:54:19,331 –> 00:54:19,531
you know,

2000
00:54:19,531 –> 00:54:20,011
I have them did.

2001
00:54:20,011 –> 00:54:21,731
And that’s what the power of TikTok behind them,

2002
00:54:21,931 –> 00:54:22,251
you know,

2003
00:54:22,251 –> 00:54:23,611
a loud, screaming,

2004
00:54:23,691 –> 00:54:24,011
you know,

2005
00:54:24,171 –> 00:54:25,131
mass of people.

2006
00:54:25,611 –> 00:54:26,691
That’s our Supreme Court.

2007
00:54:26,691 –> 00:54:29,931
They’re elected as Jedidiah Brown,

2008
00:54:31,211 –> 00:54:32,491
country’s advocate,

2009
00:54:33,291 –> 00:54:34,891
investigate and advocate.

2010
00:54:35,771 –> 00:54:36,971
Said elections matter.

2011
00:54:38,171 –> 00:54:39,131
They’re going to be retired.

2012
00:54:39,131 –> 00:54:40,491
Let’s have a real one.

2013
00:54:40,731 –> 00:54:43,371
And not just putting fuckers back in the community.

2014
00:54:44,491 –> 00:54:46,051
There’s already a bunch of guys waiting for trial.

2015
00:54:46,051 –> 00:54:48,251
I don’t know what the fuck’s going on.

2016
00:54:48,251 –> 00:54:49,611
And neither do they.

2017
00:54:49,611 –> 00:54:51,371
They don’t.

2018
00:54:52,331 –> 00:54:52,731
All right,

2019
00:54:52,731 –> 00:54:54,411
so last word to you,

2020
00:54:54,411 –> 00:54:54,651
bro.

2021
00:54:57,691 –> 00:54:58,371
Oh, I’m sorry.

2022
00:54:59,611 –> 00:55:01,611
I’m still like trying to like take it in.

2023
00:55:01,611 –> 00:55:03,011
I’m going to go check out the Mendez better.

2024
00:55:03,011 –> 00:55:03,891
I know nothing about this.

2025
00:55:04,371 –> 00:55:04,891
It’s crazy.

2026
00:55:04,971 –> 00:55:05,691
Do it on the flight.

2027
00:55:06,731 –> 00:55:08,331
Just not on TikTok.

2028
00:55:08,491 –> 00:55:09,971
I take your parents out and then go shopping.

2029
00:55:09,971 –> 00:55:10,291
It’s crazy.

2030
00:55:10,291 –> 00:55:11,171
You’ve never heard that story.

2031
00:55:11,171 –> 00:55:11,851
That’s diabolical.

2032
00:55:11,851 –> 00:55:12,051
No.

2033
00:55:12,851 –> 00:55:14,011
I’m not on TikTok though.

2034
00:55:14,411 –> 00:55:15,691
No, it’s not on Netflix.

2035
00:55:15,691 –> 00:55:16,891
They made a docudrama.

2036
00:55:17,211 –> 00:55:18,491
It wasn’t even a documentary.

2037
00:55:18,491 –> 00:55:19,491
It was a docudrama.

2038
00:55:19,531 –> 00:55:20,891
This was huge when it happened.

2039
00:55:20,891 –> 00:55:22,891
I could never like watch Netflix ’cause I’m always

2040
00:55:22,891 –> 00:55:23,571
marching in jail.

2041
00:55:23,571 –> 00:55:26,731
It’s all before that.

2042
00:55:26,731 –> 00:55:27,651
I mean, his father,

2043
00:55:27,651 –> 00:55:30,211
the father was like some huge record executive or

2044
00:55:30,211 –> 00:55:31,251
entertainment executive.

2045
00:55:31,251 –> 00:55:33,211
I mean, it was a huge story.

2046
00:55:33,651 –> 00:55:34,491
I mean, Beverly Hills,

2047
00:55:34,491 –> 00:55:35,211
California.

2048
00:55:35,211 –> 00:55:35,371
Yeah.

2049
00:55:36,491 –> 00:55:37,931
Yeah, and I mean,

2050
00:55:38,011 –> 00:55:41,131
Lyle Menendez’s toupee was worse than Tree Tando’s.

2051
00:55:42,251 –> 00:55:42,971
That’s his hair.

2052
00:55:42,971 –> 00:55:44,411
Teresa is his real hair.

2053
00:55:44,651 –> 00:55:45,491
That’s what Lyle said.

2054
00:55:45,491 –> 00:55:45,811
But you know,

2055
00:55:46,131 –> 00:55:47,211
I’m not going to say it.

2056
00:55:47,211 –> 00:55:47,691
Never mind.

2057
00:55:47,691 –> 00:55:48,491
I’ll tell you when we get on.

2058
00:55:48,771 –> 00:55:50,731
Nope, I’m not saying it.

2059
00:55:51,371 –> 00:55:52,491
I’m not saying it.

2060
00:55:53,291 –> 00:55:54,571
Nope, you can’t make me.

2061
00:55:55,131 –> 00:55:56,331
Kirby said no,

2062
00:55:56,491 –> 00:55:57,131
I’m not saying it.

2063
00:55:57,611 –> 00:55:57,931
All right,

2064
00:55:57,931 –> 00:56:00,811
listen, because next Thursday at 6 o’clock,

2065
00:56:02,011 –> 00:56:03,131
here’s the new media,

2066
00:56:03,131 –> 00:56:04,811
and I say we’re the new press,

2067
00:56:04,891 –> 00:56:05,771
not the new media.

2068
00:56:06,011 –> 00:56:09,051
The new press has taken over the old press.

2069
00:56:09,451 –> 00:56:12,011
We’re going to do the debate that’s boring to everybody.

2070
00:56:12,211 –> 00:56:14,211
And you know they’re going to do this on Mackinac Island.

2071
00:56:14,651 –> 00:56:16,411
Only with limited number of participants.

2072
00:56:16,411 –> 00:56:16,891
They haven’t even,

2073
00:56:16,891 –> 00:56:18,331
they didn’t even invite all the candidates.

2074
00:56:18,731 –> 00:56:20,851
They left Todd Perkins off and I don’t know who else

2075
00:56:20,851 –> 00:56:21,211
they left off.

2076
00:56:21,211 –> 00:56:23,131
Todd Perkins who’s polling higher than.

2077
00:56:23,531 –> 00:56:24,571
People are letting on.

2078
00:56:24,651 –> 00:56:25,691
Well, I’ll tell you this,

2079
00:56:25,691 –> 00:56:26,731
in all honesty,

2080
00:56:26,731 –> 00:56:27,051
you know,

2081
00:56:27,131 –> 00:56:28,651
I get a lot of calls,

2082
00:56:28,651 –> 00:56:29,451
a lot of texts,

2083
00:56:29,491 –> 00:56:30,291
a lot of stuff,

2084
00:56:30,331 –> 00:56:34,011
and people like Todd and they want to see more of

2085
00:56:34,011 –> 00:56:34,251
him.

2086
00:56:34,411 –> 00:56:35,371
They really do.

2087
00:56:35,371 –> 00:56:38,011
So the numbers that people are polling,

2088
00:56:38,011 –> 00:56:38,331
you know,

2089
00:56:38,331 –> 00:56:39,291
polls don’t vote.

2090
00:56:39,931 –> 00:56:42,611
And I’d like to listen to the conversation in the street.

2091
00:56:42,651 –> 00:56:45,291
And so who pays for the polls and all that bullshit?

2092
00:56:45,291 –> 00:56:46,811
There’s a million things going on,

2093
00:56:46,971 –> 00:56:51,211
but we don’t deal with the rich crowd because they

2094
00:56:51,451 –> 00:56:52,091
manipulate.

2095
00:56:52,811 –> 00:56:53,251
Like I said,

2096
00:56:53,251 –> 00:56:53,851
I say it once,

2097
00:56:53,851 –> 00:56:54,811
I say it a million times,

2098
00:56:54,811 –> 00:56:55,411
this is Flint,

2099
00:56:55,531 –> 00:56:56,491
you know deeply,

2100
00:56:56,491 –> 00:56:58,131
deeply who runs Flint.

2101
00:56:58,131 –> 00:56:59,051
I’ll leave it here for,

2102
00:56:59,131 –> 00:56:59,371
you know,

2103
00:56:59,371 –> 00:57:00,251
we’ll leave it at that.

2104
00:57:01,531 –> 00:57:02,371
Yeah, well,

2105
00:57:02,491 –> 00:57:03,491
I’m gonna leave it at that.

2106
00:57:03,491 –> 00:57:05,931
A lot of money in poverty,

2107
00:57:05,931 –> 00:57:06,251
dude.

2108
00:57:06,811 –> 00:57:08,651
And that’s really the deal is like,

2109
00:57:09,451 –> 00:57:10,011
people know,

2110
00:57:10,011 –> 00:57:11,771
but they don’t know and they need somebody.

2111
00:57:12,531 –> 00:57:15,131
But they want to keep you to not know because they

2112
00:57:15,131 –> 00:57:16,651
benefit from you not knowing.

2113
00:57:16,811 –> 00:57:18,051
That’s the thing with the churches.

2114
00:57:18,051 –> 00:57:20,251
That’s the thing with all these organizations that

2115
00:57:20,571 –> 00:57:22,851
don’t solve the problems that they’re paid to solve.

2116
00:57:22,971 –> 00:57:24,251
I mean, they don’t.

2117
00:57:24,331 –> 00:57:26,051
Because that’s actually the way that they’re doing

2118
00:57:26,051 –> 00:57:28,411
it, through the non-profits and through the philanthropy.

2119
00:57:28,731 –> 00:57:28,971
Yeah.

2120
00:57:29,171 –> 00:57:30,011
That’s how they’re still in.

2121
00:57:30,371 –> 00:57:30,971
And then they say,

2122
00:57:31,011 –> 00:57:32,651
what, you’re against progress?

2123
00:57:33,691 –> 00:57:34,691
No, man, no,

2124
00:57:34,691 –> 00:57:35,091
motherfucker,

2125
00:57:35,851 –> 00:57:37,371
I didn’t need it at all.

2126
00:57:37,491 –> 00:57:38,251
You’re against frog,

2127
00:57:38,251 –> 00:57:38,371
man.

2128
00:57:38,371 –> 00:57:41,131
What problem has been solved or even the needle really

2129
00:57:41,131 –> 00:57:42,971
been moved in all honesty?

2130
00:57:43,131 –> 00:57:44,491
We’re still talking about,

2131
00:57:44,571 –> 00:57:44,971
you know,

2132
00:57:45,051 –> 00:57:45,691
illiteracy.

2133
00:57:45,691 –> 00:57:48,171
We’re still talking about home insecurity,

2134
00:57:48,171 –> 00:57:49,211
food insecurity.

2135
00:57:49,611 –> 00:57:50,451
Just, I mean,

2136
00:57:50,451 –> 00:57:51,291
what have we done?

2137
00:57:51,851 –> 00:57:52,211
Nothing.

2138
00:57:52,211 –> 00:57:52,331
Yeah.

2139
00:57:53,131 –> 00:57:55,691
Well, I think you’re a lovely.

2140
00:57:56,171 –> 00:57:57,211
co-host, by the way,

2141
00:57:57,211 –> 00:57:58,011
or a lovely guest.

2142
00:57:58,651 –> 00:57:59,531
She’s the co-host,

2143
00:57:59,611 –> 00:57:59,851
dude.

2144
00:58:00,011 –> 00:58:00,451
Okay, okay,

2145
00:58:00,491 –> 00:58:01,371
you’re lovely co-host.

2146
00:58:01,411 –> 00:58:02,331
I told him I was a guest.

2147
00:58:02,811 –> 00:58:03,211
Thank you.

2148
00:58:03,211 –> 00:58:03,691
You’re like,

2149
00:58:03,771 –> 00:58:05,011
calm, he’s the storm.

2150
00:58:05,051 –> 00:58:05,451
I love it.

2151
00:58:05,531 –> 00:58:08,731
So, and you guys got a beautiful live audience that

2152
00:58:08,731 –> 00:58:09,371
was here on time,

2153
00:58:09,371 –> 00:58:10,131
so that was pretty awesome.

2154
00:58:10,491 –> 00:58:11,931
And I just thank you guys,

2155
00:58:11,931 –> 00:58:12,971
and I want to say this one thing,

2156
00:58:12,971 –> 00:58:13,211
though.

2157
00:58:13,211 –> 00:58:17,291
There’s this notion of geographic,

2158
00:58:17,291 –> 00:58:19,131
of why would a person come to another area?

2159
00:58:19,291 –> 00:58:20,331
I need just everybody to remember,

2160
00:58:20,331 –> 00:58:22,411
we are the United States of America,

2161
00:58:22,731 –> 00:58:25,131
and Flint has to matter to this nation.

2162
00:58:25,691 –> 00:58:27,851
because if we can deal with it here,

2163
00:58:27,851 –> 00:58:29,931
we create a model to deal with it anywhere.

2164
00:58:29,931 –> 00:58:32,651
And what in the way that the nation is going,

2165
00:58:32,891 –> 00:58:36,011
we need to empower our independent journalists and

2166
00:58:36,011 –> 00:58:38,731
we need to show up for each other and stop the excuses,

2167
00:58:39,131 –> 00:58:41,211
color, background,

2168
00:58:41,451 –> 00:58:42,811
creed, sexuality,

2169
00:58:42,811 –> 00:58:43,291
all this stuff.

2170
00:58:43,371 –> 00:58:46,011
We need to start talking and figure out where is our

2171
00:58:46,011 –> 00:58:49,091
common ground because that’s what the power of America

2172
00:58:49,091 –> 00:58:51,131
is and we should just do it legally.

2173
00:58:51,691 –> 00:58:52,571
No pun intended.

2174
00:58:53,931 –> 00:58:55,211
Are we having a show next Wednesday?

2175
00:58:55,931 –> 00:58:56,491
Short one?

2176
00:58:57,251 –> 00:58:57,931
Yeah, I think we should.

2177
00:58:57,931 –> 00:58:58,971
Why don’t we do a short little bit?

2178
00:58:59,011 –> 00:59:00,331
But you know what I do want to do,

2179
00:59:00,331 –> 00:59:00,691
Charlie?

2180
00:59:00,811 –> 00:59:03,931
I want to be able to talk about what we took away from

2181
00:59:04,091 –> 00:59:06,011
our forum on the following show,

2182
00:59:06,011 –> 00:59:07,291
even if it’s just a thumbnail.

2183
00:59:07,371 –> 00:59:09,571
I really want us to have a conversation.

2184
00:59:09,571 –> 00:59:10,651
Maybe James could come in.

2185
00:59:11,051 –> 00:59:12,011
I’d like for us to do that.

2186
00:59:13,131 –> 00:59:14,251
Can we just get through it?

2187
00:59:14,251 –> 00:59:15,771
This show is lit.

2188
00:59:15,891 –> 00:59:17,171
He really lit the cigarette.

2189
00:59:17,171 –> 00:59:18,011
I know it was a prop.

2190
00:59:18,851 –> 00:59:19,891
No, it’s not a prop.

2191
00:59:19,891 –> 00:59:21,291
And he’d be smoking something else.

2192
00:59:21,931 –> 00:59:23,131
No, it’s not a prop.

2193
00:59:24,971 –> 00:59:26,171
I smoked something.

2194
00:59:26,571 –> 00:59:27,051
I know.

2195
00:59:27,131 –> 00:59:27,691
I just thought of it.

2196
00:59:27,691 –> 00:59:29,251
He’s been holding the cigarette the whole time.

2197
00:59:29,251 –> 00:59:31,211
But when he hates when I smoke.

2198
00:59:31,931 –> 00:59:34,971
But there’s nothing about Charlie or this show that

2199
00:59:34,971 –> 00:59:35,371
is a prop.

2200
00:59:35,371 –> 00:59:37,051
This is my new favorite.

2201
00:59:37,051 –> 00:59:37,691
This is my favorite.

2202
00:59:37,691 –> 00:59:38,731
I literally have.

2203
00:59:38,731 –> 00:59:40,571
I just came into the full knowledge of the show.

2204
00:59:40,571 –> 00:59:41,811
I will be watching this every time.

2205
00:59:41,811 –> 00:59:44,811
We got to get you caught up on a lot of stuff.

2206
00:59:44,891 –> 00:59:45,851
Well, we’ll be out there.

2207
00:59:45,891 –> 00:59:46,731
We’ll be out there.

2208
00:59:47,211 –> 00:59:48,171
You like that little.

2209
00:59:48,571 –> 00:59:49,451
See, here’s what we do.

2210
00:59:50,731 –> 00:59:51,851
We do our own

2211
00:59:52,331 –> 00:59:53,371
our own journalism.

2212
00:59:53,531 –> 00:59:54,771
So Sri Tanahar,

2213
00:59:54,771 –> 00:59:55,771
that’s Ken Beck over there,

2214
00:59:55,771 –> 00:59:56,651
he’s the editor of it.

2215
00:59:56,811 –> 00:59:58,891
We do our own and we go from there.

2216
00:59:59,211 –> 00:59:59,691
That’s it,

2217
01:00:00,011 –> 01:00:00,211
right?

2218
01:00:00,211 –> 01:00:00,571
We’re not,

2219
01:00:00,731 –> 01:00:02,011
it’s not like every other part,

2220
01:00:02,091 –> 01:00:03,051
you do your own stuff.

2221
01:00:03,851 –> 01:00:05,971
Not like everybody else talking about what everybody

2222
01:00:05,971 –> 01:00:06,571
else is talking about.

2223
01:00:08,331 –> 01:00:08,651
Excellent.

2224
01:00:09,051 –> 01:00:09,451
All right,

2225
01:00:09,451 –> 01:00:09,771
so

2226
01:00:10,891 –> 01:00:12,091
Okay, let’s be honest with the audience.

2227
01:00:12,091 –> 01:00:14,491
We’re only going to be here Wednesday to promote the

2228
01:00:14,491 –> 01:00:15,611
debate Thursday.

2229
01:00:16,011 –> 01:00:18,131
We got so much shit to do.

2230
01:00:18,131 –> 01:00:18,971
Oh, it’s nuts.

2231
01:00:19,931 –> 01:00:20,531
I didn’t know.

2232
01:00:20,811 –> 01:00:21,451
That’s okay.

2233
01:00:22,011 –> 01:00:24,211
Details matter and we’re checking all the boxes.

2234
01:00:24,211 –> 01:00:26,251
We’re going to make sure that it’s right for the candidates,

2235
01:00:26,331 –> 01:00:27,291
for the residents,

2236
01:00:27,291 –> 01:00:29,131
for those who are watching and for us.

2237
01:00:33,291 –> 01:00:35,211
Don’t forget to leave people that die from Legionnaires

2238
01:00:35,211 –> 01:00:35,891
that they’re not admitting.

2239
01:00:35,891 –> 01:00:37,131
Don’t forget that.

2240
01:00:37,691 –> 01:00:38,011
All right.

2241
01:00:38,171 –> 01:00:39,171
See you next week.