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[{'start': '0.560', 'end': '4.720', 'text': "So, it's no secret that the city of"}, {'start': '2.320', 'end': '6.960', 'text': 'Memphis has had some very deadly'}, {'start': '4.720', 'end': '9.440', 'text': 'shootings lately uh all over the city.'}, {'start': '6.960', 'end': '11.040', 'text': 'The chief of police, CJ Davis, and'}, {'start': '9.440', 'end': '13.280', 'text': 'Memphis Mayor Paul Young did meet this'}, {'start': '11.040', 'end': '15.120', 'text': 'morning to address that crime. Um the'}, {'start': '13.280', 'end': '16.720', 'text': "biggest takeaway from this morning's"}, {'start': '15.120', 'end': '19.080', 'text': 'press conference seemed to be that they'}, {'start': '16.720', 'end': '21.439', 'text': 'are calling for stricter punishment on'}, {'start': '19.080', 'end': '22.960', 'text': 'cases on these deadly shootings and they'}, {'start': '21.439', 'end': '24.880', 'text': 'want the cases to be heard in federal'}, {'start': '22.960', 'end': '26.880', 'text': 'court. I want to start there before we'}, {'start': '24.880', 'end': '29.199', 'text': 'get into some of the command center'}, {'start': '26.880', 'end': '31.039', 'text': "that's downtown and um another bill that"}, {'start': '29.199', 'end': '32.960', 'text': "we'll we'll talk about. But Otis,"}, {'start': '31.039', 'end': '34.800', 'text': 'hearing that cases they want heard in'}, {'start': '32.960', 'end': '37.360', 'text': "federal court, do you think that's"}, {'start': '34.800', 'end': '40.640', 'text': "realistic? I'm a little leerary of that."}, {'start': '37.360', 'end': '44.160', 'text': "I we're talking about uh taking u a"}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '46.360', 'text': "murder case that's a state case uh and"}, {'start': '44.160', 'end': '49.200', 'text': 'putting it over in the federal'}, {'start': '46.360', 'end': '52.000', 'text': "system. I just don't see how that would"}, {'start': '49.200', 'end': '54.239', 'text': 'work. Uh the federal system is already'}, {'start': '52.000', 'end': '56.800', 'text': "has a a lot of backlog. They don't have"}, {'start': '54.239', 'end': '59.760', 'text': "as many judges. Uh I just don't see how"}, {'start': '56.800', 'end': '61.199', 'text': 'that can work. Okay. Any thoughts, K? I'}, {'start': '59.760', 'end': '63.120', 'text': 'mean, it sounds good. It sounds like'}, {'start': '61.199', 'end': '65.280', 'text': "you're elevating it up, but it's it's"}, {'start': '63.120', 'end': '67.280', 'text': 'again just doing something to be doing'}, {'start': '65.280', 'end': '69.280', 'text': "something. We've got a whole DOJ report"}, {'start': '67.280', 'end': '70.640', 'text': 'about how police are violating the'}, {'start': '69.280', 'end': '72.640', 'text': 'rights of citizens. Are we going to send'}, {'start': '70.640', 'end': '74.320', 'text': 'those to federal court as well? So, we'}, {'start': '72.640', 'end': '76.320', 'text': 'should really be asking questions about'}, {'start': '74.320', 'end': '78.320', 'text': 'what does the whole system look like and'}, {'start': '76.320', 'end': '79.360', 'text': 'how do we address these issues? And even'}, {'start': '78.320', 'end': '80.960', 'text': "when we're talking about the mayor's"}, {'start': '79.360', 'end': '82.799', 'text': 'budget, what are we investing in'}, {'start': '80.960', 'end': '84.880', 'text': "communities? If we're putting out, you"}, {'start': '82.799', 'end': '86.880', 'text': 'know, these things and and putting more'}, {'start': '84.880', 'end': '88.720', 'text': "money into police, uh, we're not going"}, {'start': '86.880', 'end': '90.240', 'text': 'to solve crime until we invest in our'}, {'start': '88.720', 'end': '92.159', 'text': "people and communities. That's a good"}, {'start': '90.240', 'end': '94.240', 'text': 'point, Tan. Um, now the mayor has been'}, {'start': '92.159', 'end': '95.840', 'text': 'quoted saying enough is enough. Do you'}, {'start': '94.240', 'end': '97.840', 'text': 'think that cases heard in federal court'}, {'start': '95.840', 'end': '99.200', 'text': 'is a proper step forward? I mean, we'}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '100.720', 'text': "can't just hear quotes all the time or"}, {'start': '99.200', 'end': '102.799', 'text': 'statements. We got to get some movement.'}, {'start': '100.720', 'end': '105.040', 'text': 'I thought the federal government makes a'}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '107.759', 'text': 'decision of what cases they want. They'}, {'start': '105.040', 'end': '109.680', 'text': 'do. Yeah. and use list involving uh so'}, {'start': '107.759', 'end': '111.360', 'text': "it's an encroach civil rights yeah it's"}, {'start': '109.680', 'end': '116.240', 'text': 'an encroachment on the federal'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '119.119', 'text': "government's role and I I I if if we"}, {'start': '116.240', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'need more judges or if some reason our'}, {'start': '119.119', 'end': '125.280', 'text': 'system is not functioning properly to'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '127.840', 'text': "hear cases in a timely manner let's"}, {'start': '125.280', 'end': '130.720', 'text': 'address that as a community for our'}, {'start': '127.840', 'end': '134.000', 'text': 'state and those are productive things'}, {'start': '130.720', 'end': '136.480', 'text': 'that our general assembly can hear and'}, {'start': '134.000', 'end': '138.319', 'text': 'make some determinations about. So'}, {'start': '136.480', 'end': '141.680', 'text': "people aren't waiting five and six years"}, {'start': '138.319', 'end': '144.080', 'text': 'to uh on a murder case. I I would think'}, {'start': '141.680', 'end': '146.640', 'text': '18 months to two years is enough for'}, {'start': '144.080', 'end': '148.319', 'text': 'anybody to be ready to go to trial. But'}, {'start': '146.640', 'end': '151.200', 'text': 'they took away judges though. Yeah. And'}, {'start': '148.319', 'end': '153.280', 'text': 'they took away judges. So those are the'}, {'start': '151.200', 'end': '155.040', 'text': 'issues. We are running a little bit out'}, {'start': '153.280', 'end': '156.720', 'text': 'of time. I do want to touch on the fact'}, {'start': '155.040', 'end': '158.480', 'text': 'that they do have that downtown command'}, {'start': '156.720', 'end': '160.239', 'text': 'center now with a bunch of cameras and'}, {'start': '158.480', 'end': '161.920', 'text': "high-tech cameras at that. It's funny"}, {'start': '160.239', 'end': '164.959', 'text': "that they're putting more cameras into"}, {'start': '161.920', 'end': '167.599', 'text': 'the city and almost like a big brother'}, {'start': '164.959', 'end': '169.440', 'text': "watchdog, but there's a bill that says"}, {'start': '167.599', 'end': '172.640', 'text': "or right now that's working through the"}, {'start': '169.440', 'end': '174.800', 'text': "legislature now that it's over. But um"}, {'start': '172.640', 'end': '178.080', 'text': 'that you could get a misdemeanor if you'}, {'start': '174.800', 'end': '179.360', 'text': 'are recording any officer within 25 ft.'}, {'start': '178.080', 'end': '181.680', 'text': 'that is if the officer is doing'}, {'start': '179.360', 'end': '183.680', 'text': "something illegal, he's he should be"}, {'start': '181.680', 'end': '186.319', 'text': 'filmed just throughout the process of'}, {'start': '183.680', 'end': '189.599', 'text': "the arrest he's making so that person"}, {'start': '186.319', 'end': '192.599', 'text': "won't be violated physically or"}, {'start': '189.599', 'end': '192.599', 'text': 'mentally.'}, {'start': '193.040', 'end': '196.720', 'text': 'Just their tidbit on what that would'}, {'start': '194.640', 'end': '197.680', 'text': 'mean um with officers doing something'}, {'start': '196.720', 'end': '198.959', 'text': 'illegally, they should be held'}, {'start': '197.680', 'end': '200.239', 'text': 'accountable as well. We know that'}, {'start': '198.959', 'end': '202.400', 'text': 'cameras were such a big deal in the'}, {'start': '200.239', 'end': '204.159', 'text': 'Tyrie Nichols case. Really quickly, I'}, {'start': '202.400', 'end': '206.159', 'text': "want to start with Otis. Yeah, I'll say"}, {'start': '204.159', 'end': '208.400', 'text': "it again. That's that's an awful"}, {'start': '206.159', 'end': '210.959', 'text': 'decision to try to make. Um, we have a'}, {'start': '208.400', 'end': '213.200', 'text': 'right uh in a public place to take'}, {'start': '210.959', 'end': '215.360', 'text': "video. That's our first amendment right."}, {'start': '213.200', 'end': '217.680', 'text': "Uh, let's not encroach that because if"}, {'start': '215.360', 'end': '220.799', 'text': "we're talking 25 feet, uh, the the"}, {'start': '217.680', 'end': '223.519', 'text': 'police can put the 25 ft marker anywhere'}, {'start': '220.799', 'end': '225.120', 'text': 'and it could be 100 feet away from what'}, {'start': '223.519', 'end': '226.959', 'text': "they're doing. So, I'm I'm opposed to"}, {'start': '225.120', 'end': '228.959', 'text': 'that. Okay, Tan, your thoughts? I agree'}, {'start': '226.959', 'end': '231.760', 'text': 'totally with Otis, but I just want to'}, {'start': '228.959', 'end': '235.440', 'text': "add, how dare you tell me what I can't"}, {'start': '231.760', 'end': '237.200', 'text': 'do as a citizen, but you can watch me.'}, {'start': '235.440', 'end': '239.599', 'text': "And I just think uh what's good for the"}, {'start': '237.200', 'end': '241.760', 'text': 'goose is good for ganda and this is'}, {'start': '239.599', 'end': '243.920', 'text': 'going to end up in court. Last words'}, {'start': '241.760', 'end': '245.840', 'text': 'from Cardell. Again, I go back to, you'}, {'start': '243.920', 'end': '248.080', 'text': 'know, what we know about what the police'}, {'start': '245.840', 'end': '250.400', 'text': 'have done in our community from the DOJ'}, {'start': '248.080', 'end': '252.000', 'text': 'report findings. And this is not a time'}, {'start': '250.400', 'end': '253.760', 'text': 'where we should be limiting uh'}, {'start': '252.000', 'end': '256.239', 'text': 'transparency and accountability and'}, {'start': '253.760', 'end': '257.680', 'text': 'filming of of police officers. It should'}, {'start': '256.239', 'end': '259.680', 'text': 'be a place where we should be inviting'}, {'start': '257.680', 'end': '261.840', 'text': 'that and then addressing those issues in'}, {'start': '259.680', 'end': '263.759', 'text': 'a real systemic way. Wonderful. Okay.'}, {'start': '261.840', 'end': '265.199', 'text': 'Yeah, good point. The panel has spoken.'}, {'start': '263.759', 'end': '267.919', 'text': 'Thank you all so much for being here. I'}, {'start': '265.199', 'end': '267.919', 'text': 'really appreciate it.'}]