1 00:00:18,585 --> 00:00:19,819 >>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU 2 00:00:19,819 --> 00:00:20,387 FOR COMING TO THE MAY 3 00:00:20,387 --> 00:00:25,125 5, 2026 MEETING OF THE CITY 4 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:25,859 OF SEATTLE COUNCIL. 5 00:00:25,859 --> 00:00:29,229 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 6 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:29,829 THE ROLL. 7 00:00:29,829 --> 00:00:40,173 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 8 00:00:49,616 --> 00:00:54,788 >> GIVE HER ONE SECOND. 9 00:01:04,097 --> 00:01:06,132 >> EIGHT PRESENT. 10 00:01:06,266 --> 00:01:07,567 >> THANK YOU, 11 00:01:07,567 --> 00:01:08,601 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ IS EXCUSED 12 00:01:08,601 --> 00:01:08,835 TODAY. 13 00:01:08,835 --> 00:01:10,570 AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO 14 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:12,605 OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENT 15 00:01:12,605 --> 00:01:15,175 PERIOD, LIMITED TO ITEMS ON 16 00:01:15,175 --> 00:01:15,442 TODAY'S 17 00:01:15,442 --> 00:01:16,876 AGENDA, THE INTRODUCTION AND 18 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:18,878 REFERRAL CALENDAR AND 19 00:01:18,878 --> 00:01:19,979 THE COUNCIL WORK PROGRAM. 20 00:01:19,979 --> 00:01:23,650 THE COUNCIL CANNOT 21 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:26,186 ACCEPT COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN 22 00:01:26,186 --> 00:01:26,953 RELATED 23 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:28,288 MATTERS. CLERK, HOW MANY 24 00:01:28,288 --> 00:01:28,655 SPEAKERS DO WE 25 00:01:28,655 --> 00:01:33,760 HAVE SIGNED UP TODAY? 26 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:40,600 I KNOW THAT WE HAVE FOUR ONLINE 27 00:01:40,733 --> 00:01:41,868 VIRTUALLY. 28 00:01:42,001 --> 00:01:42,735 >> 16. 29 00:01:42,869 --> 00:01:43,603 >> 16? 30 00:01:43,603 --> 00:01:45,805 16 IN PERSON PLUS FOUR ONLINE 31 00:01:45,805 --> 00:01:46,206 IS 20. 32 00:01:46,206 --> 00:01:47,874 SO EVERY SPEAKER IS GOING TO 33 00:01:47,874 --> 00:01:49,042 GET TWO MINUTES. 34 00:01:49,042 --> 00:01:50,410 CLERK, I WILL NOW HAND IT 35 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:50,910 OVER TO YOU TO READ THE 36 00:01:50,910 --> 00:01:53,112 DIRECTIONS. 37 00:01:53,246 --> 00:01:54,581 >> SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED 38 00:01:54,581 --> 00:01:57,383 IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE 39 00:01:57,383 --> 00:01:57,784 REGISTERED. 40 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:59,252 SPEAKERS WILL HEAR A 41 00:01:59,252 --> 00:02:00,720 CHIME WHEN TEN SECONDS ARE LEFT 42 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:02,422 OF THEIR 43 00:02:02,422 --> 00:02:02,856 TIME. 44 00:02:02,856 --> 00:02:04,691 SPEAKERS MICS WILL BE MUTED 45 00:02:04,691 --> 00:02:06,259 IF THEY DO NOT END WITHIN 46 00:02:06,259 --> 00:02:07,393 THE ALLOTTED TIME TO 47 00:02:07,393 --> 00:02:07,994 ALLOW US TO CALL ON THE NEXT 48 00:02:07,994 --> 00:02:11,164 SPEAKER. 49 00:02:11,297 --> 00:02:12,232 >> AWESOME. 50 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:14,033 I WILL CALL OUT THE FIRST 51 00:02:14,033 --> 00:02:16,035 FIVE, SO FIRST FIVE PEOPLE CAN 52 00:02:16,035 --> 00:02:16,536 START COMING UP. 53 00:02:16,536 --> 00:02:18,771 WE HAVE RUTH, FOLLOWED BY JOE 54 00:02:18,771 --> 00:02:20,640 COX, MR. CAROLINE 55 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,342 MALONE, WE HAVE TAYLOR AND THEY 56 00:02:22,342 --> 00:02:22,842 HAVE 57 00:02:22,842 --> 00:02:23,076 MICKEY. 58 00:02:23,076 --> 00:02:24,911 SO WE HAVE RUTH IS UP 59 00:02:24,911 --> 00:02:28,615 FIRST, FOLLOWED BY JOE, THEN 60 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:29,549 CAROLYN, TAYLOR AND MICKEY. 61 00:02:29,549 --> 00:02:30,283 IS 62 00:02:30,283 --> 00:02:30,583 RUTH HERE? 63 00:02:30,583 --> 00:02:32,552 OH, HELLO. WELCOME. 64 00:02:32,552 --> 00:02:37,357 RUTH FOLLOWED BY JOE, CAR LYNN, 65 00:02:37,490 --> 00:02:39,759 MICKEY AND TAYLOR. 66 00:02:39,893 --> 00:02:41,528 >> I WAS NOT AWARE OF THIS 67 00:02:41,528 --> 00:02:41,828 POLICY. 68 00:02:41,828 --> 00:02:44,697 I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ZONING, OF 69 00:02:44,697 --> 00:02:44,964 COURSE. 70 00:02:44,964 --> 00:02:46,232 SO I'M NOT ALLOWED? 71 00:02:46,366 --> 00:02:49,302 >> YES, YOU CAN. 72 00:02:49,302 --> 00:02:51,004 ABSOLUTELY. 73 00:02:51,137 --> 00:02:51,905 >> OKAY. 74 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:55,475 WE FIND THAT THE ZONING IS 75 00:02:55,475 --> 00:02:57,110 APPEALABLE TO THE 76 00:02:57,110 --> 00:02:59,045 GROWTH MANAGEMENT HERE UNDER THE 77 00:02:59,045 --> 00:03:00,813 GROWTH MANAGEMENT ACT RULES THAT 78 00:03:00,813 --> 00:03:02,815 PLANS SHOULD BE CONSISTENT, 79 00:03:02,815 --> 00:03:03,883 ZONING SHOULD BE CONSISTENT 80 00:03:03,883 --> 00:03:05,218 WITH PLANNED POLICIES. 81 00:03:05,218 --> 00:03:07,487 WE FIND THAT THE ZONING IS 82 00:03:07,487 --> 00:03:09,689 NOT CONSISTENT WITH PLANNED 83 00:03:09,689 --> 00:03:09,956 POLICIES. 84 00:03:09,956 --> 00:03:11,124 THERE'S LANGUAGE IN THE 85 00:03:11,124 --> 00:03:14,394 PLAN ABOUT IN A GROWING CITY, 86 00:03:14,394 --> 00:03:14,694 URBAN 87 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:16,429 DESIGN CAN HELP 88 00:03:16,429 --> 00:03:17,564 SEAMLESSLY INTEGRATE THE NEW 89 00:03:17,564 --> 00:03:18,097 WITH THE OLD. 90 00:03:18,097 --> 00:03:20,099 THERE IS LANGUAGE ABOUT 91 00:03:20,099 --> 00:03:22,969 MAKING GRADUAL TRANSITIONS, AND 92 00:03:22,969 --> 00:03:25,538 THERE IS LANGUAGE ABOUT ZONING 93 00:03:25,538 --> 00:03:25,738 BEING 94 00:03:25,738 --> 00:03:27,173 COMPATIBLE WITH THE 95 00:03:27,173 --> 00:03:28,474 PREDOMINANT HEIGHT AND SCALE OF 96 00:03:28,474 --> 00:03:28,741 EXISTING 97 00:03:28,741 --> 00:03:29,075 DEVELOPMENT. 98 00:03:29,075 --> 00:03:30,577 THAT IS NOT WHAT IS HAPPENING 99 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:33,813 ON THE GROUND, AND ESPECIALLY 100 00:03:33,813 --> 00:03:37,984 IN OUR URBAN CENTERS. 101 00:03:37,984 --> 00:03:39,052 FOR EXAMPLE, QUEEN ANN, 102 00:03:39,052 --> 00:03:40,753 WHICH I'M FAMILIAR WITH. 103 00:03:40,753 --> 00:03:44,257 32 BLOCKS BEING ZONED OVERNIGHT, 104 00:03:44,257 --> 00:03:45,925 FIVE ACRES TO FIVE STORIES. 105 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:48,628 THIS IS NOT TRANSITIONING. 106 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:50,396 WE HAVE A PROPOSAL WHICH WE 107 00:03:50,396 --> 00:03:52,332 WILL BE SENDING YOU FOR A 108 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:52,665 DIFFERENT 109 00:03:52,665 --> 00:03:52,932 APPROACH. 110 00:03:52,932 --> 00:03:55,568 ONE THAT WE BELIEVE WILL ALSO 111 00:03:55,568 --> 00:03:57,804 PRESERVE THE FEASIBILITY 112 00:03:57,804 --> 00:04:00,106 OF AFFORDABLE AND SOCIAL 113 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:00,373 HOUSING. 114 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:05,645 THAT IS PHASED DEVELOPMENT 115 00:04:05,645 --> 00:04:07,113 GRADUATED, IT REVIEWS 116 00:04:07,113 --> 00:04:09,449 EVERY THREE TO FIVE YEARS, WITH 117 00:04:09,449 --> 00:04:11,150 THE ALLOWANCE OF SINGLE FAMILY 118 00:04:11,150 --> 00:04:11,384 -- 119 00:04:11,384 --> 00:04:13,786 EXCUSE ME, SOCIAL AND 120 00:04:13,786 --> 00:04:15,588 AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THOSE 121 00:04:15,588 --> 00:04:16,055 AREAS 122 00:04:16,055 --> 00:04:17,857 ANYWHERE, UP TO FIVE STORIES 123 00:04:17,857 --> 00:04:18,091 DURING 124 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:20,093 THE PERIOD OF THIS TRANSITION. 125 00:04:20,093 --> 00:04:22,395 WE BELIEVE THIS WILL MAKE 126 00:04:22,395 --> 00:04:24,864 SOCIAL AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING 127 00:04:24,864 --> 00:04:25,064 MORE 128 00:04:25,064 --> 00:04:27,400 FEASIBLE, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF 129 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:30,169 HIGH AMENITY, BECAUSE WITH 130 00:04:30,169 --> 00:04:31,237 UPZONING, YOU ARE GOING TO 131 00:04:31,237 --> 00:04:32,672 SEE LAND VALUE INCREASES THAT 132 00:04:32,672 --> 00:04:35,241 WILL MAKE THOSE KINDS OF 133 00:04:35,241 --> 00:04:35,575 DEVELOPMENTS 134 00:04:35,575 --> 00:04:36,342 LESS FEASIBLE. 135 00:04:36,342 --> 00:04:39,646 WE WILL BE FORWARDING THIS 136 00:04:39,646 --> 00:04:40,880 PROPOSAL TO YOU 137 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:43,116 SOON. WE HOPE YOU WILL 138 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:43,916 SERIOUSLY CONSIDER IT. 139 00:04:43,916 --> 00:04:44,250 THANK YOU. 140 00:04:44,384 --> 00:04:45,551 >> THANK YOU, RUTH. 141 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:48,921 NEXT IS JOE BOX, FOLLOWED BY 142 00:04:48,921 --> 00:04:59,399 CAROLYN, TAYLOR AND MICKEY. 143 00:04:59,666 --> 00:05:01,100 >> THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT 144 00:05:01,100 --> 00:05:04,604 PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE AT T- MOBILE 145 00:05:04,737 --> 00:05:06,773 PARK THAT IS CRYING OUT TO BE 146 00:05:06,773 --> 00:05:08,474 ADDRESSED, THE USE OF 147 00:05:08,474 --> 00:05:11,010 AMPLIFIED SOUND SYSTEMS BEFORE 148 00:05:11,010 --> 00:05:11,177 AND 149 00:05:11,177 --> 00:05:12,779 AFTER BASEBALL GAMES. 150 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:14,247 THEY OFTEN ARRIVE IN THREE 151 00:05:14,247 --> 00:05:15,481 TO FIVE INDIVIDUALS AND CAN 152 00:05:15,481 --> 00:05:17,717 BE HEARD FROM A BLOCK AWAY. 153 00:05:17,717 --> 00:05:19,719 THEY TAKE UP POSITIONS 154 00:05:19,719 --> 00:05:22,088 AROUND THE BALLPARK, CRANK THE 155 00:05:22,088 --> 00:05:23,690 SOUND LEVELS UP ON THEIR MEGA 156 00:05:23,690 --> 00:05:27,593 PHONES BETWEEN 105 AND 120 157 00:05:27,593 --> 00:05:27,860 DECIBELS 158 00:05:27,860 --> 00:05:29,128 AND BLAST AWAY AT ANYONE 159 00:05:29,128 --> 00:05:30,563 WALKING PAST THEM DOWN THE 160 00:05:30,563 --> 00:05:30,830 SIDEWALK. 161 00:05:30,830 --> 00:05:33,032 THESE READINGS WERE 162 00:05:33,032 --> 00:05:34,334 TAKEN BETWEEN FIVE AND TEN FEET 163 00:05:34,334 --> 00:05:34,534 FROM 164 00:05:34,534 --> 00:05:35,234 THE SPEAKER. 165 00:05:35,234 --> 00:05:38,204 THE SAME DISTANCES WE'RE BEING 166 00:05:38,204 --> 00:05:39,772 SUBJECTED TO THESE NOISE 167 00:05:39,772 --> 00:05:42,442 LEVELS. AND NO, THIS IS NOT A 168 00:05:42,442 --> 00:05:42,675 FREEDOM 169 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:43,576 OF SPEECH ISSUE. 170 00:05:43,576 --> 00:05:44,811 BLASTING PEOPLE WITH THIS 171 00:05:44,811 --> 00:05:46,179 LEVEL OF SOUND IS ASSAULT. 172 00:05:46,179 --> 00:05:48,081 ACCORDING TO OSHA, 173 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,348 JACKHAMMER PRODUCES SOUND LEVELS 174 00:05:49,348 --> 00:05:50,149 AT 175 00:05:50,149 --> 00:05:53,419 95 DECIBELS THAT CAN PRODUCE -- 176 00:05:53,553 --> 00:05:55,455 OR RESULT IN PERMANENT HEARING 177 00:05:55,455 --> 00:05:57,357 LOSS THAT CANNOT BE CORRECTED. 178 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:58,958 MARINER FANS ARE BEING 179 00:05:58,958 --> 00:06:00,460 SUBJECTED TO SOUND LEVELS AT 180 00:06:00,460 --> 00:06:01,060 OVER 181 00:06:01,060 --> 00:06:02,795 20 DECIBELS HIGHER THAN THAT 182 00:06:02,795 --> 00:06:04,130 WHILE WALKING ON PUBLIC 183 00:06:04,130 --> 00:06:04,397 SIDEWALKS 184 00:06:04,397 --> 00:06:06,766 IN THE CITY OF SEATTLE. 185 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:09,302 OVER 539,000 FANS HAVE 186 00:06:09,302 --> 00:06:10,703 ATTENDED MARINER GAMES SO FAR 187 00:06:10,703 --> 00:06:11,003 THIS YEAR. 188 00:06:11,003 --> 00:06:14,607 AT THAT RATE, OVER 2. 5 MILLION 189 00:06:14,607 --> 00:06:16,909 FANS WILL GO TO TEN GAMES THIS 190 00:06:17,043 --> 00:06:18,277 YEAR. HOW MANY KIDS ARE GOING TO 191 00:06:18,277 --> 00:06:20,713 HAVE TO SUFFER HEARING LOSS 192 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:22,782 BECAUSE THE CITY OF SEATTLE 193 00:06:22,782 --> 00:06:23,082 REFUSES TO 194 00:06:23,082 --> 00:06:24,117 TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION? 195 00:06:24,117 --> 00:06:25,685 THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME IN 196 00:06:25,685 --> 00:06:27,387 OVER TWO YEARS THAT I'VE MADE 197 00:06:27,387 --> 00:06:30,389 A PRESENTATION TO THE CITY 198 00:06:30,389 --> 00:06:30,656 COUNCIL. 199 00:06:30,656 --> 00:06:31,991 I HAVE SPOKEN TO THE 200 00:06:31,991 --> 00:06:33,025 CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 201 00:06:33,025 --> 00:06:34,827 TWO CAPTAINS IN THE POLICE 202 00:06:34,827 --> 00:06:35,128 DEPARTMENT 203 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:35,628 SEVERAL TIMES. 204 00:06:35,628 --> 00:06:37,730 I MET WITH COUNCILMEMBER 205 00:06:37,730 --> 00:06:39,599 ROB SAKA LAST YEAR IN 206 00:06:39,599 --> 00:06:41,934 PERSON. SO FAR NO CHANGE. 207 00:06:41,934 --> 00:06:43,536 IF ANYTHING, THE 208 00:06:43,536 --> 00:06:45,638 VOLUME LEVELS HAVE GONE UP THIS 209 00:06:45,638 --> 00:06:45,872 YEAR. 210 00:06:45,872 --> 00:06:47,573 PLEASE DO SOMETHING TO 211 00:06:47,573 --> 00:06:48,908 RIGHT THIS WRONG. 212 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,877 THE EMPEROR, IN FACT, 213 00:06:50,877 --> 00:06:51,144 DOES NOT 214 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:54,213 HAVE ANY CLOTHES ON. THANK YOU. 215 00:06:54,347 --> 00:06:57,216 >> THANK 216 00:06:57,216 --> 00:07:00,920 YOU, JOE. NEXT IS CAROLYN MALONE 217 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,389 FOLLOWED BY TAYLOR AND MICKEY. 218 00:07:03,523 --> 00:07:06,225 >> I COMMEND ALL OF YOU COUNCIL 219 00:07:06,225 --> 00:07:09,295 PEOPLE FOR THE PROCLAMATION TO 220 00:07:09,295 --> 00:07:11,230 RESTORE UPON THE WELL 221 00:07:11,230 --> 00:07:12,532 DESERVING PEOPLE THE UNHEARD, 222 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:14,233 THE 223 00:07:14,233 --> 00:07:18,304 UNREPRESENTED, AND THETHE 224 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:20,039 ASIANS WHO WERE 225 00:07:20,039 --> 00:07:21,474 REALLY DISTRAUGHT ABOUT NOT 226 00:07:21,474 --> 00:07:21,674 BEING 227 00:07:21,674 --> 00:07:21,974 RECOGNIZED. 228 00:07:21,974 --> 00:07:23,609 I COMMEND YOU, BUT THERE 229 00:07:23,609 --> 00:07:25,711 ARE ALSO SOME HARD ISSUES YOU 230 00:07:25,711 --> 00:07:27,480 NEED TO DEAL WITH, AND THE FACT 231 00:07:27,480 --> 00:07:27,680 THAT 232 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:29,682 YOU WON'T MEET WITH ME WITH 233 00:07:29,682 --> 00:07:33,920 MY HOUSING ISSUES, POLICE, 234 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:36,823 ORCHESTRATED PROBLEMS TELLS ME A 235 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:38,758 LOT ABOUT YOUR PRIORITIES. 236 00:07:38,758 --> 00:07:41,761 I JUST CAME FROM THE OFFICE OF 237 00:07:41,761 --> 00:07:42,728 CIVIL RIGHTS, AND IT'S ALWAYS 238 00:07:42,728 --> 00:07:46,866 CLOSED. 239 00:07:46,866 --> 00:07:49,135 THE ALLEGATIONS AGAINST 240 00:07:49,135 --> 00:07:51,437 THE DIRECTOR IS TROUBLING TO ME, 241 00:07:51,437 --> 00:07:51,737 AND OTHERS. 242 00:07:51,737 --> 00:07:53,239 SO I'M WONDERING WHAT ARE 243 00:07:53,239 --> 00:07:54,473 YOU DOING ABOUT IT? 244 00:07:54,473 --> 00:07:56,475 ARE YOU LOOKING INTO IT, 245 00:07:56,475 --> 00:07:58,044 OR ARE YOU JUST WORKING ON 246 00:07:58,044 --> 00:08:00,413 THE THINGS THAT ARE PLEASANT FOR 247 00:08:00,413 --> 00:08:00,713 YOU AND 248 00:08:00,713 --> 00:08:02,014 EASY TO DO? 249 00:08:02,014 --> 00:08:05,485 AND ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO 250 00:08:05,485 --> 00:08:09,455 ADDRESS YOUR PRESENTATION A 251 00:08:09,455 --> 00:08:11,457 LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESPECT, 252 00:08:11,457 --> 00:08:11,858 GIVING RESPECT. 253 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,593 IF YOU WANT RESPECT, YOU HAVE 254 00:08:13,593 --> 00:08:14,227 TO GIVE IT. 255 00:08:14,227 --> 00:08:16,662 EACH TIME I COME INTO THE 256 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:18,197 BUILDING, SECURITY PEOPLE 257 00:08:18,197 --> 00:08:20,833 TREAT ME LIKE A SUSPICIOUS 258 00:08:20,833 --> 00:08:21,067 PERSON, 259 00:08:21,067 --> 00:08:22,702 AND I TALKED TO SOMEONE ABOUT 260 00:08:22,702 --> 00:08:22,869 IT. 261 00:08:22,869 --> 00:08:24,837 THEY TELL ME WHAT I CAN 262 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:26,405 AND CANNOT DO. 263 00:08:26,405 --> 00:08:28,441 YOU HAVE STAFF PEOPLE 264 00:08:28,441 --> 00:08:30,376 WHO SURVEIL ME, KEEP EYES ON ME 265 00:08:30,376 --> 00:08:33,846 EACH TIME I COME IN I SEE THE 266 00:08:33,846 --> 00:08:34,113 SAME 267 00:08:34,247 --> 00:08:36,515 PEOPLE. SO IF YOU WANT RESPECT, 268 00:08:36,515 --> 00:08:36,682 OR 269 00:08:36,682 --> 00:08:39,585 YOU WANT ME TO BE RESPECTFUL, 270 00:08:39,585 --> 00:08:39,819 PLEASE 271 00:08:39,819 --> 00:08:43,990 TALK TO EMPLOYEES 272 00:08:43,990 --> 00:08:45,091 AND SECURITY, NOT ALL SECURITY, 273 00:08:45,091 --> 00:08:46,826 BUT TOO MANY 274 00:08:46,826 --> 00:08:47,760 TREAT ME LESSER THAN, AND 275 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:48,528 I DON'T LIKE IT. 276 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:52,198 BUT THE FACT THAT I CANNOT GET 277 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:58,538 YOUR ATTENTION ABOUT THE 278 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:00,006 POLICE INVOLVED ISSUES, POLICE 279 00:09:00,006 --> 00:09:02,475 SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO OCCUPY 280 00:09:02,475 --> 00:09:03,442 SPACE IN MY 281 00:09:03,442 --> 00:09:06,646 BUILDING. IT'S FOR -- 282 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:07,747 [ MIC CUT OFF ] 283 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,715 >> THANK YOU. 284 00:09:09,715 --> 00:09:15,922 [ APPLAUSE ] 285 00:09:16,055 --> 00:09:18,424 >> NEXT, WE HAVE TAYLOR FOLLOWED 286 00:09:18,557 --> 00:09:22,128 BY MICKEY. WELCOME, TAYLOR. 287 00:09:22,261 --> 00:09:22,862 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 288 00:09:22,862 --> 00:09:25,331 MY NAME IS TAYLOR, I'M 289 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:29,969 AN ELECTED LEADER IN THE 290 00:09:29,969 --> 00:09:30,937 DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISTS OF AMERICA 291 00:09:30,937 --> 00:09:31,103 IN 292 00:09:31,103 --> 00:09:31,671 SEATTLE. 293 00:09:31,671 --> 00:09:32,838 I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE 294 00:09:32,838 --> 00:09:35,942 WHAT WE ARE DOING TO PROTECT 295 00:09:35,942 --> 00:09:37,143 OURSELVES. 296 00:09:37,143 --> 00:09:38,511 DOZENS OF RAPID 297 00:09:38,511 --> 00:09:39,645 RESPONSE FORMATIONS HAVE BEEN 298 00:09:39,645 --> 00:09:39,946 ESTABLISHED 299 00:09:39,946 --> 00:09:41,714 ACROSS THE CITY TO 300 00:09:41,714 --> 00:09:43,449 DEPLOY COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO 301 00:09:43,449 --> 00:09:43,649 AREAS 302 00:09:43,649 --> 00:09:45,084 OF I.C.E. ACTIVITY. 303 00:09:45,084 --> 00:09:47,320 CIVILIAN VOLUNTEERS 304 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:49,422 ARE PROVIDING ACCOMPANIMENT TO 305 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:51,557 ENSURE THOSE TO REPORT 306 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:52,992 TO IMMIGRATION HEARINGS CANNOT 307 00:09:52,992 --> 00:09:54,126 BE 308 00:09:54,126 --> 00:09:55,027 DISAPPEARED. 309 00:09:55,027 --> 00:09:57,530 EDUCATORS HAVE LAUNCHED 310 00:09:57,530 --> 00:09:59,198 DOOR KNOCKING AND CANVASSING IN 311 00:09:59,198 --> 00:10:01,634 WEST SEATTLE WHERE I LIVE, 312 00:10:01,634 --> 00:10:03,970 THE NATIONAL DAY LABORER 313 00:10:03,970 --> 00:10:05,237 ORGANIZING NETWORK PARTNERED 314 00:10:05,237 --> 00:10:05,438 WITH 315 00:10:05,438 --> 00:10:07,173 ONE HIGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE 316 00:10:07,173 --> 00:10:07,673 EDUCATION FOR 317 00:10:07,673 --> 00:10:09,775 PARENTS AND TEACHERS, 318 00:10:09,775 --> 00:10:11,811 AND ORGANIZES COMMUNITY 319 00:10:11,811 --> 00:10:13,579 OBSERVERS PROTECTING MIGRANTS 320 00:10:13,579 --> 00:10:13,846 SEEKING 321 00:10:13,980 --> 00:10:15,715 WORK. HEALTH CARE WORKERS 322 00:10:15,715 --> 00:10:17,750 FOR PALESTINE OFFERS STOP THE 323 00:10:17,750 --> 00:10:17,950 BLEED 324 00:10:17,950 --> 00:10:19,151 EDUCATION, AND WE OFFER 325 00:10:19,151 --> 00:10:21,387 COMMUNITY EDUCATION RELATED TO 326 00:10:21,387 --> 00:10:23,489 PROTESTS, DEESCALATION AND 327 00:10:23,489 --> 00:10:25,658 UNARMED COMMUNITY DEFENSE. 328 00:10:25,658 --> 00:10:27,827 I MENTION THIS THAT WE 329 00:10:27,827 --> 00:10:29,395 ARE DEDICATING COUNTLESS 330 00:10:29,395 --> 00:10:30,496 HOURS ORGANIZING AND WIELDING 331 00:10:30,496 --> 00:10:31,697 OUR COLLECTIVE POWER TO 332 00:10:31,697 --> 00:10:31,998 STRENGTHEN 333 00:10:31,998 --> 00:10:33,332 AND PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY 334 00:10:33,332 --> 00:10:35,835 FROM AN INCREASING VIOLENT 335 00:10:35,835 --> 00:10:36,068 FEDERAL 336 00:10:36,068 --> 00:10:36,369 GOVERNMENT. 337 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:38,104 SO WHAT PRECISELY ARE YOU 338 00:10:38,104 --> 00:10:39,639 DOING TO WIELD YOUR 339 00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:39,972 INSTITUTIONAL 340 00:10:39,972 --> 00:10:42,375 POWER TO PROTECT US? 341 00:10:42,375 --> 00:10:43,876 THE TERM DETENTION 342 00:10:43,876 --> 00:10:45,244 CENTER OBSCURES THE REALITY OF 343 00:10:45,244 --> 00:10:45,478 OUR -- 344 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:47,146 WHAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING 345 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:48,547 TO PEOPLE OF COLOR. 346 00:10:48,547 --> 00:10:50,249 IF WE CALL THESE FACILITIES 347 00:10:50,249 --> 00:10:52,184 WHAT THEY ARE, CONCENTRATION 348 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:52,418 CAMPS, 349 00:10:52,418 --> 00:10:53,619 WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO SLEEP AT 350 00:10:53,619 --> 00:10:54,887 NIGHT, KNOWING THAT THE 351 00:10:54,887 --> 00:10:56,489 ONLY STEPS YOU HAVE TAKEN 352 00:10:56,489 --> 00:10:57,757 AGAINST THEIR CONSTRUCTION WAS 353 00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:58,057 TEMPORARY? 354 00:10:58,057 --> 00:10:59,125 WOULD YOU REMAIN 355 00:10:59,125 --> 00:11:00,826 COMFORTABLE WITH THE PLANNED 356 00:11:00,826 --> 00:11:01,160 SURVEILLANCE 357 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,662 EXTENSION, KNOWING IT IS USED 358 00:11:02,662 --> 00:11:04,296 BY A ROGUE DEPARTMENT OF 359 00:11:04,296 --> 00:11:04,563 HOMELAND 360 00:11:04,563 --> 00:11:05,998 SECURITY TO HUNT MEMBERS OF 361 00:11:05,998 --> 00:11:07,767 OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE PURPOSE 362 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:10,302 OF WAREHOUSING THEM IN FOR 363 00:11:10,302 --> 00:11:10,870 PROFIT 364 00:11:10,870 --> 00:11:11,704 LABOR COUNTS WHERE THEY WORK FOR 365 00:11:11,704 --> 00:11:13,406 AS LITTLE AS $1 A DAY. 366 00:11:13,406 --> 00:11:16,242 THIS IS THE REALITY, AND 367 00:11:16,242 --> 00:11:17,710 YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP 368 00:11:17,710 --> 00:11:17,877 IT. 369 00:11:17,877 --> 00:11:20,646 I URGE YOU TO MAKE THE 370 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:22,915 MORATORIUM ON 371 00:11:22,915 --> 00:11:25,217 CONCENTRATION CAMPS PERMANENTLY. 372 00:11:25,351 --> 00:11:29,155 >> THANK YOU, TAYLOR. 373 00:11:29,155 --> 00:11:35,261 NEXT WE HAVE MICKEY, FOLLOWED 374 00:11:35,261 --> 00:11:39,598 BY SIDDEEQ, THEN JIM, KEN, 375 00:11:39,598 --> 00:11:41,000 BENNETT, 376 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:41,834 ALICE. 377 00:11:41,967 --> 00:11:45,404 >> HI AGAIN, EVERYONE. 378 00:11:45,404 --> 00:11:48,574 I'M HERE -- I'VE BEEN VERY 379 00:11:48,574 --> 00:11:50,176 FIND AND POLITE IN THE PAST, BUT 380 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:52,244 I'M FEELING A LITTLE FRUSTRATED 381 00:11:52,244 --> 00:11:54,046 LOOKING AT YOU ALL TODAY. 382 00:11:54,046 --> 00:11:56,649 IT SORT OF IS STARTING TO 383 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:58,184 FEELFEEL LIKE THESE CITY COUNCIL 384 00:11:58,184 --> 00:11:59,885 MEETINGS AND THIS PUBLIC COMMENT 385 00:11:59,885 --> 00:12:02,555 PERIOD IS A JOKE OR PERFORMTIVE 386 00:12:02,555 --> 00:12:02,721 ART 387 00:12:02,721 --> 00:12:05,725 PIECE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 388 00:12:05,725 --> 00:12:08,427 I HAVE HEARD ROOMS FULL OF 389 00:12:08,427 --> 00:12:11,864 PEOPLE EDUCATE YOU ALL ON HOW 390 00:12:11,864 --> 00:12:13,732 HARMFUL THESE CAMERAS ARE, 391 00:12:13,732 --> 00:12:16,936 HOW THEY ARE BEING USED BY DHS 392 00:12:16,936 --> 00:12:19,205 AND I.C.E. TO TARGET OUR 393 00:12:19,205 --> 00:12:21,173 NEIGHBORS, OUR MIGRANT NEIGHBORS 394 00:12:21,173 --> 00:12:21,340 ON 395 00:12:21,340 --> 00:12:22,775 THEIR WAY TO DROP THEIR CHILDREN 396 00:12:22,775 --> 00:12:25,277 OFF AT SCHOOL, SEPARATING 397 00:12:25,277 --> 00:12:25,544 FAMILIES. 398 00:12:25,544 --> 00:12:28,280 WHILE WE'RE IN THEIR COURT 399 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:29,615 APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS, 400 00:12:29,615 --> 00:12:31,283 TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS 401 00:12:31,283 --> 00:12:37,456 THE PROPER WAY, THEY ARE BEING 402 00:12:37,456 --> 00:12:38,424 ED BECAUSE OF THESE 403 00:12:38,424 --> 00:12:38,691 CAMERAS. 404 00:12:38,691 --> 00:12:39,992 I HEARD PEOPLE EDUCATE YOU 405 00:12:39,992 --> 00:12:41,594 ON THE NEED FOR RESOURCES 406 00:12:41,594 --> 00:12:43,095 OF VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE, 407 00:12:43,095 --> 00:12:44,964 AND THE ONLY THING THAT I SAW 408 00:12:44,964 --> 00:12:46,932 SOME OF YOU ALL ON THIS 409 00:12:46,932 --> 00:12:47,233 COMMITTEE 410 00:12:47,233 --> 00:12:49,335 DO WAS NOD AND SAY OH, WELL, 411 00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:49,635 IT'S 412 00:12:49,635 --> 00:12:50,536 A COMPLICATED ISSUE. 413 00:12:50,536 --> 00:12:52,671 WE SEE ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES. 414 00:12:52,671 --> 00:12:54,673 THERE'S NO ARGUMENT 415 00:12:54,673 --> 00:12:56,709 AGAINST PROVIDING RESOURCES, 416 00:12:56,709 --> 00:12:57,243 SUCH 417 00:12:57,243 --> 00:12:59,011 AS LEGAL COUNSEL OR HELP OR 418 00:12:59,011 --> 00:13:00,646 THERAPY TO VICTIMS OF POLICE 419 00:13:00,646 --> 00:13:01,180 VIOLENCE. 420 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:03,015 THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION. 421 00:13:03,015 --> 00:13:04,550 WE'RE READING RIGHT NOW ABOUT 422 00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:06,585 THE HELICOPTERS NOT BEING 423 00:13:06,585 --> 00:13:08,921 ALLOWED TO LAND AT SEATTLE 424 00:13:08,921 --> 00:13:09,855 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BECAUSE 425 00:13:09,855 --> 00:13:12,625 THE WEALTHY PEOPLE IN THE 426 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:13,626 NEIGHBORHOOD DON'T LIKE 427 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:14,593 THE NOISE OF THE 428 00:13:14,593 --> 00:13:15,227 HELICOPTERS COMING EVERY ONCE IN 429 00:13:15,227 --> 00:13:17,696 A WHILE. 430 00:13:17,696 --> 00:13:19,231 I'M VERY -- AND WE JUST 431 00:13:19,231 --> 00:13:20,799 HEARD ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT 432 00:13:20,799 --> 00:13:21,934 THAT SEATTLE -- THE CITY OF 433 00:13:21,934 --> 00:13:23,569 SEATTLE IS GOING TO EXPAND ITS 434 00:13:23,569 --> 00:13:25,037 USE OF 435 00:13:25,037 --> 00:13:25,271 AI. 436 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:27,506 I'M CONFUSED, WHAT HAVE YOU 437 00:13:27,506 --> 00:13:27,740 DONE? 438 00:13:27,740 --> 00:13:28,874 THERE ARE ONLY DEMOCRATS ON 439 00:13:28,874 --> 00:13:29,108 HERE. 440 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:30,309 YOU HAVE NO ONE TO 441 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:31,410 ARGUMENT ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 442 00:13:31,410 --> 00:13:34,313 SO AT THIS POINT, IT FEELS 443 00:13:34,313 --> 00:13:37,950 LIKE ALL OF YOU ARE JOINING THE 444 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:38,150 CITY 445 00:13:38,150 --> 00:13:39,418 COUNCIL BECAUSE YOU WANT TO 446 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:40,853 MAKE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER AND 447 00:13:40,853 --> 00:13:41,053 MAKE 448 00:13:41,053 --> 00:13:42,521 CHANGE, IT'S FEELING MORE TO 449 00:13:42,521 --> 00:13:44,723 ME LIKE YOU ALL JUST WANT TO 450 00:13:44,723 --> 00:13:45,858 FEEL IMPORTANT 451 00:13:45,858 --> 00:13:48,260 WEARING -- [ MIC MUTED ] 452 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:56,235 [ APPLAUSE ] 453 00:13:56,368 --> 00:13:58,537 >> SIDDEEQ, WELCOME. 454 00:13:58,537 --> 00:14:00,673 NEXT WE HAVE JIM AFTER SIDDEEQ. 455 00:14:00,673 --> 00:14:02,942 JIM, KIM, BEN IT AND ALICE. 456 00:14:02,942 --> 00:14:03,209 WELCOME. 457 00:14:03,342 --> 00:14:06,345 >> OUR MAYOR RAN ON GETTING 458 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,348 RID OF OUR I.C.E. CAMERAS, 459 00:14:09,348 --> 00:14:09,982 AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE. 460 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:11,650 THE PEOPLE ARE ANGRY ACROSS 461 00:14:11,650 --> 00:14:12,685 THE CITY ABOUT THIS. 462 00:14:12,685 --> 00:14:14,486 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE 463 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:16,755 CAN SOLVE TODAY TOMORROW, 464 00:14:16,755 --> 00:14:18,524 WE COULD HAVE SOLVED IT LAST 465 00:14:18,524 --> 00:14:18,724 WEEK. 466 00:14:18,724 --> 00:14:20,259 THOSE CAMERAS SHOULD BE GONE 467 00:14:20,259 --> 00:14:21,594 AND YOU SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF 468 00:14:21,594 --> 00:14:22,328 THAT. 469 00:14:22,328 --> 00:14:25,231 ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S BEEN A 470 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:26,999 ONE-YEAR BAN ON I.C.E. 471 00:14:26,999 --> 00:14:28,100 DETENTION CENTERS IN THIS CITY. 472 00:14:28,100 --> 00:14:28,901 THIS SHOULD BE PERMANENT. 473 00:14:28,901 --> 00:14:31,437 NO ONE IN THIS CITY WANTS I.C.E. 474 00:14:31,437 --> 00:14:33,038 DETENTION CENTERS EVER. 475 00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:35,574 IF IN A YEAR THOSE 476 00:14:35,574 --> 00:14:38,544 DETENTION CENTERS GET BUILT AND 477 00:14:38,544 --> 00:14:39,812 MEMBERS OF 478 00:14:39,812 --> 00:14:40,379 OUR COMMUNITY ARE THERE, DO 479 00:14:40,379 --> 00:14:41,480 YOU THINK ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS 480 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:41,680 WOULD 481 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:42,748 BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT? 482 00:14:42,748 --> 00:14:43,582 NO ONE IS. 483 00:14:43,582 --> 00:14:45,918 WE NEED TO GET RID OF BOTH 484 00:14:45,918 --> 00:14:50,656 OF THESE AND PUT A PERMANENT BAN 485 00:14:50,656 --> 00:14:52,424 ON THESE I.C.E. DETENTION 486 00:14:52,424 --> 00:14:52,858 CENTERS. 487 00:14:52,858 --> 00:14:53,359 [ APPLAUSE ] 488 00:14:53,492 --> 00:14:53,759 THANK YOU. 489 00:14:53,759 --> 00:14:55,961 >> THANK YOU, SIDDEEQ. 490 00:14:55,961 --> 00:15:00,633 JIM BAINES, FOLLOW ED BY KIM. 491 00:15:00,633 --> 00:15:01,333 WELCOME, JIM. 492 00:15:01,467 --> 00:15:06,472 >> MY NAME IS JIM BLANS, AINES, 493 00:15:06,472 --> 00:15:08,173 A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN PARTY 494 00:15:08,173 --> 00:15:08,340 OF 495 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:08,574 LABOR. 496 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:10,442 YESTERDAY IN A BLOG POST, 497 00:15:10,442 --> 00:15:11,977 THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE 498 00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:15,014 EXPANSION AND USE OF AI 499 00:15:15,014 --> 00:15:15,648 ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS WITHIN 500 00:15:15,648 --> 00:15:17,750 THE CITY. 501 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:20,853 THIS WILL INCLUDE OUR POLICE 502 00:15:20,853 --> 00:15:22,288 DEPARTMENT, WHICH WE HAVE 503 00:15:22,288 --> 00:15:24,156 ESTABLISHED, DOES NOT USE AI 504 00:15:24,156 --> 00:15:25,224 IN ANY ETHICAL WAY. 505 00:15:25,224 --> 00:15:27,726 IN FACT, THE KING COUNTY D.A. 506 00:15:27,726 --> 00:15:30,229 HAS REPRIMANDED SPD FOR 507 00:15:30,229 --> 00:15:33,666 THEIR USE OF AI IN WRITING 508 00:15:33,666 --> 00:15:34,033 POLICE 509 00:15:34,033 --> 00:15:35,801 REPORTS, CRIMINAL 510 00:15:35,801 --> 00:15:36,402 INDICTMENTS, AND OTHER COURT 511 00:15:36,402 --> 00:15:39,138 PROCEEDINGS. 512 00:15:39,138 --> 00:15:41,807 AI IS NOT RELIABLE, IT CAN 513 00:15:41,807 --> 00:15:43,575 LEAD TO MISIDENTIFICATION 514 00:15:43,575 --> 00:15:45,377 WHEN EMPLOYED THROUGH THE USE OF 515 00:15:45,377 --> 00:15:47,146 CAMERAS, IT CAN LEAD TO 516 00:15:47,146 --> 00:15:49,648 WRONGFUL ARRESTS AND LEAD TO 517 00:15:49,648 --> 00:15:50,616 DATA LEAKS. 518 00:15:50,616 --> 00:15:52,351 AI ALSO HAS A DIRECT NEGATIVE 519 00:15:52,351 --> 00:15:53,952 IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S 520 00:15:53,952 --> 00:15:55,454 CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, SHOWN 521 00:15:55,454 --> 00:15:56,956 IN MULTIPLE STUDIES OVER THE 522 00:15:56,956 --> 00:15:57,156 LAST 523 00:15:57,156 --> 00:15:58,023 18 MONTHS. 524 00:15:58,023 --> 00:15:59,725 OUR POLICE ALREADY STRUGGLE 525 00:15:59,725 --> 00:16:01,026 WITH CRITICAL THINKING AND THEIR 526 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:03,429 JUDGMENT IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS. 527 00:16:03,429 --> 00:16:04,330 FAILURES IN THEIR JUDGMENT 528 00:16:04,330 --> 00:16:07,433 LEAD TO WRONGFUL ARRESTS, KNEES 529 00:16:07,433 --> 00:16:09,535 ON THE NECK OF PROTESTORS 530 00:16:09,535 --> 00:16:10,936 AND MURDERS IN THE STREET, ALL 531 00:16:10,936 --> 00:16:14,907 OF WHICH HAS HAPPENED SINCE 532 00:16:14,907 --> 00:16:15,140 SEATTLE 533 00:16:15,140 --> 00:16:19,011 HAS LET S CONCEPT DECREE. 534 00:16:19,011 --> 00:16:21,213 TWO MURDERS, KNEES ON THE 535 00:16:21,213 --> 00:16:24,483 NECKS OF PROTESTORS, ALL 536 00:16:24,483 --> 00:16:26,118 CONSENTED 537 00:16:26,118 --> 00:16:27,553 BY THIS CITY COUNCIL, 538 00:16:27,553 --> 00:16:29,321 ESPECIALLY MEMBER KETTLE. 539 00:16:29,321 --> 00:16:32,958 GIVEN POLICE ACCESS WILL BE 540 00:16:32,958 --> 00:16:34,626 DUMBING DOWN AN ALREADY 541 00:16:34,626 --> 00:16:36,495 INCOMPETENT POLICE FORCE. 542 00:16:36,495 --> 00:16:38,364 SECOND, MICROSOFT AZURE IS NOT 543 00:16:38,364 --> 00:16:41,467 SECURE, IT IS VULNERABLE. 544 00:16:41,467 --> 00:16:45,404 OUR DATA -- MICROSOFT AZURE DOES 545 00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:46,872 NOT HAVE DATA CENTERS 546 00:16:46,872 --> 00:16:47,473 IN WASHINGTON STATE. 547 00:16:47,473 --> 00:16:49,341 SO OUR DATA AND ALL OF 548 00:16:49,341 --> 00:16:50,476 OUR PRIVATE INFORMATION WILL 549 00:16:50,476 --> 00:16:52,010 BE STORED OFF CITY, WHICH IS THE 550 00:16:52,010 --> 00:16:56,982 SAME ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR 551 00:16:56,982 --> 00:16:59,418 CAMERAS. 552 00:16:59,418 --> 00:17:03,288 WE'RE CEDING CONTROL AND WE 553 00:17:03,288 --> 00:17:03,489 NEED 554 00:17:03,489 --> 00:17:05,524 TO TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR 555 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:05,758 CITY. 556 00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:11,397 >> THANK YOU, JIM. 557 00:17:11,397 --> 00:17:13,365 NEXT WE HAVE KEN, BENNETT, 558 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:15,968 ALICE, FOLLOWED BY ED. 559 00:17:15,968 --> 00:17:18,303 WELCOME. 560 00:17:18,437 --> 00:17:20,539 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 561 00:17:20,539 --> 00:17:21,640 I'M A CANDIDATE MEMBER OF 562 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:23,642 THE AMERICAN PARTY OF LABOR, AND 563 00:17:23,642 --> 00:17:26,145 I'M ALSO A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF 564 00:17:26,145 --> 00:17:26,345 FEMA. 565 00:17:26,345 --> 00:17:27,679 I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT 566 00:17:27,679 --> 00:17:30,416 THE EXPANSION OF AI WITHIN THE 567 00:17:30,416 --> 00:17:30,649 CITY. 568 00:17:30,649 --> 00:17:32,184 DURING MY FEMA SERVICE, 569 00:17:32,184 --> 00:17:33,886 MY KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNAL 570 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:37,322 SYSTEMS AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 571 00:17:37,456 --> 00:17:38,057 OPERATIONS WAS CRITICAL. DRAWING 572 00:17:38,057 --> 00:17:38,557 FROM THAT EXPERIENCE, 573 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:40,826 I CAN CONFIDENTLY SAY THAT AI 574 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:43,028 HAS ZERO PLACE IN ANY GOVERNMENT 575 00:17:43,028 --> 00:17:43,395 TASKS. 576 00:17:43,395 --> 00:17:46,999 IT IS UNRELIABLE, IT IS INRACK 577 00:17:46,999 --> 00:17:50,436 AT, AND USING IT IN ANY 578 00:17:50,436 --> 00:17:51,770 CAPACITY IS INCREDIBLY 579 00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:52,070 DANGEROUS. 580 00:17:52,070 --> 00:17:54,106 AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, YOU 581 00:17:54,106 --> 00:17:55,874 KNOW SWELSZ I DO THAT THERE 582 00:17:55,874 --> 00:17:56,909 IS INFORMATION THAT SHOULD NOT 583 00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,944 BE MADE PUBLIC FOR THE SAFETY 584 00:17:58,944 --> 00:18:00,145 OF THE CITY. 585 00:18:00,145 --> 00:18:01,613 OPERATIONAL SECURITY IS ONE 586 00:18:01,613 --> 00:18:03,015 OF THE CORE PRINCIPLES 587 00:18:03,015 --> 00:18:05,084 OF GOVERNMENT WORK AT ANY LEVEL 588 00:18:05,084 --> 00:18:05,784 OF 589 00:18:05,784 --> 00:18:06,218 GOVERNMENT. 590 00:18:06,218 --> 00:18:07,553 FEEDING ANY INFORMATION INTO 591 00:18:07,553 --> 00:18:09,955 A CHAT BOT IS A BLATANT 592 00:18:09,955 --> 00:18:11,223 DISREGARD FOR THESE PRACTICES. 593 00:18:11,223 --> 00:18:12,658 THE POSSIBILITY OF A DATA 594 00:18:12,658 --> 00:18:15,127 BREACH, NO MATTER HOW -- 595 00:18:15,127 --> 00:18:18,397 NO MATTER THE SENSITIVITY, IS 596 00:18:18,397 --> 00:18:19,164 UNACCEPTABLE, ESPECIALLY 597 00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:20,199 WITH THE WORLD CUP GAME SET 598 00:18:20,199 --> 00:18:20,466 HERE. 599 00:18:20,466 --> 00:18:22,935 THE MAYOR EVEN JUSTIFIED 600 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:24,303 INSTALLING MORE 601 00:18:24,303 --> 00:18:26,271 SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS DUE TO THE 602 00:18:26,271 --> 00:18:27,339 CURRENT GEOPOLITICAL SITUATION. 603 00:18:27,339 --> 00:18:28,907 SO WHY WOULD THE DATA OF 604 00:18:28,907 --> 00:18:31,343 THE CITY BE TREATED WITH ANY 605 00:18:31,343 --> 00:18:31,677 LESS WEIGHT? 606 00:18:31,677 --> 00:18:34,413 AS A REMINDER, LAST JULY, JULY 607 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:38,016 19, I BELIEVE, MICROSOFT, THIS 608 00:18:38,016 --> 00:18:40,786 AI'S HOST EXPERIENCED A DATA 609 00:18:40,786 --> 00:18:42,087 BREACH, AFFECTING FEDERAL 610 00:18:42,087 --> 00:18:43,288 AND STATE AGENCIES. 611 00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,723 ACKNOWLEDGING THE DANGER OF 612 00:18:44,723 --> 00:18:46,725 THIS EXPANSION IS NOT "BURYING 613 00:18:46,725 --> 00:18:48,961 OUR HANDS IN THE SAND," IT IS 614 00:18:48,961 --> 00:18:50,562 THE BEAR MINIMUM TO ENSURE 615 00:18:50,562 --> 00:18:51,763 THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF 616 00:18:51,763 --> 00:18:53,832 SEATTLE AND ITS RESIDENTS WHO 617 00:18:53,832 --> 00:18:55,834 ELECTED YOU TO REPRESENT THEM. 618 00:18:55,834 --> 00:18:57,469 THIS DECISION IS NOTHING 619 00:18:57,469 --> 00:18:59,271 SHORT OF A HEINOUS 620 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:00,606 MISREPRESENTATION OF THE PEOPLE 621 00:19:00,606 --> 00:19:01,173 OF SEATTLE AND 622 00:19:01,173 --> 00:19:01,440 OUR 623 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:01,740 PRIORITIES. 624 00:19:01,740 --> 00:19:06,678 THANK YOU. [ APPLAUSE ] 625 00:19:06,812 --> 00:19:09,248 >> BENNETT, FOLLOWED BY ALICE. 626 00:19:09,248 --> 00:19:15,521 BENNETT AND ALICE, WELCOME. 627 00:19:15,654 --> 00:19:18,957 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 628 00:19:18,957 --> 00:19:21,093 FORMER PRESIDENT 629 00:19:21,093 --> 00:19:22,661 COUNCIL SARA NELSON JUST SAID 630 00:19:22,661 --> 00:19:23,395 HANNA 631 00:19:23,395 --> 00:19:28,100 KREEG COSPLAYS AS A NORMY. 632 00:19:28,233 --> 00:19:29,468 I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE 633 00:19:29,468 --> 00:19:31,036 THERE IS A NEW RULE AFTER 634 00:19:31,036 --> 00:19:31,370 LEAVING 635 00:19:31,370 --> 00:19:32,471 OFFICE, YOU HAVE TO 636 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:36,708 START TALKING AND TWEETING LIKE 637 00:19:36,708 --> 00:19:37,476 GEN- Z 638 00:19:37,476 --> 00:19:40,279 ACTIVISTS, SO I HAVE PREPARED A 639 00:19:40,279 --> 00:19:50,322 USAGE GUIDE FOR THE TRANSITION. 640 00:19:50,322 --> 00:19:54,893 I AM SOLIDLY MID, BUT I MAKE UP 641 00:19:54,893 --> 00:19:59,464 FOR IT BY MY RIZZ. 642 00:19:59,464 --> 00:20:01,066 ALSO, REQUIRING SEATTLE 643 00:20:01,066 --> 00:20:03,535 CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL TO LAND 644 00:20:03,535 --> 00:20:04,636 THEIR HELICOPTERS A MILE 645 00:20:04,636 --> 00:20:06,471 AWAY FROM THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE 646 00:20:06,471 --> 00:20:07,839 AN AMBULANCE DRIVE THE PATIENT 647 00:20:07,839 --> 00:20:10,209 THE LAST MILE TO AVOID BOTHERING 648 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:12,211 THE RICH PEOPLE WITH 649 00:20:12,211 --> 00:20:14,346 HELICOPTER NOISE IS CRINGE. 650 00:20:14,346 --> 00:20:15,480 ALLOWING THE HELICOPTER TO 651 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:17,983 FLY DIRECTLY TO THE HOSPITAL, 652 00:20:17,983 --> 00:20:22,955 THAT WOULD BE BASED. 653 00:20:22,955 --> 00:20:25,157 ALTERNATIVELY, REQUIRING 654 00:20:25,157 --> 00:20:28,660 THE HELICOPTER TO LAND A MILE 655 00:20:28,660 --> 00:20:28,927 AWAY, 656 00:20:29,061 --> 00:20:31,563 WIRED. I HOPE YOU ALL FEEL YOU 657 00:20:31,563 --> 00:20:38,003 HAVE BEEN ONE SHOTTED AND VIN 658 00:20:38,003 --> 00:20:38,237 PILLED 659 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:39,538 BY THIS PRESENTATION, SO 660 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:41,440 AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT, YOU 661 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:41,873 CAN ALL RESUME -- 662 00:20:41,873 --> 00:20:48,914 [ INAUDIBLE ] 663 00:20:48,914 --> 00:20:50,682 THIS CONCLUDING THE 664 00:20:50,682 --> 00:20:51,149 PRESENTATION. 665 00:20:51,149 --> 00:20:53,418 HAPPY CINCO de MAYO, EVERYBODY. 666 00:20:53,418 --> 00:20:55,721 MAYBE I'LL SEE YOU CELEBRATING 667 00:20:55,721 --> 00:20:56,021 EVERYBODY. 668 00:20:56,021 --> 00:20:59,224 I KNOW ROB SAKA'S LEAST 669 00:20:59,224 --> 00:21:07,733 FAVORITE DRINK, THE MAI THAI. 670 00:21:07,733 --> 00:21:08,066 YOU'VE 671 00:21:08,066 --> 00:21:08,700 HEARD MUCH WORSE THAN THAT, COME 672 00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:10,869 ON. 673 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:13,005 >> VERY CREATIVE. 674 00:21:13,005 --> 00:21:14,773 THANK YOU, BENNETT. 675 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:17,442 NEXT WE HAVE ALICE. 676 00:21:17,442 --> 00:21:22,981 SO WE HAVE ALICE, FOLLOWED BY -- 677 00:21:22,981 --> 00:21:25,183 THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY GOOD. 678 00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:27,619 ALICE FOLLOWED BY ED, AND 679 00:21:27,619 --> 00:21:33,759 THEN SIT -- IS IT 680 00:21:33,759 --> 00:21:44,169 ZANIB? WELCOME, ALICE. 681 00:21:45,637 --> 00:21:47,806 >> I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE 682 00:21:47,806 --> 00:21:49,775 TO SAY ANYMORE THAN WHAT HAS 683 00:21:49,775 --> 00:21:51,743 BEEN SAID ABOUT I.C.E. ALREADY, 684 00:21:51,743 --> 00:21:51,943 OTHER 685 00:21:51,943 --> 00:21:53,111 THAN CONTINUE THE 686 00:21:53,111 --> 00:21:54,513 MORATORIUM, THE PEOPLE RUNNING 687 00:21:54,513 --> 00:21:54,780 I.C.E. 688 00:21:54,780 --> 00:21:57,282 ALSO WERE HEAVILY TIED TO HUMAN 689 00:21:57,282 --> 00:22:00,085 TRAFFICKING, DISAPPEARANCE OF 690 00:22:00,085 --> 00:22:01,887 CHILDREN, AND NOW ALL OVER 691 00:22:01,887 --> 00:22:04,222 THE COUNTRY THEY'RE LOOKING 692 00:22:04,222 --> 00:22:07,192 AT MEDICAL WASTE INCINERATORS TO 693 00:22:07,326 --> 00:22:08,460 ATTACH TO THESE I.C.E. 694 00:22:08,460 --> 00:22:08,760 BUILDINGS. 695 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:10,762 YOU GUYS CONNECT THE DOTS. 696 00:22:10,762 --> 00:22:14,499 I'M GOING TO CONGRATULATE 697 00:22:14,499 --> 00:22:15,767 LILLIANA AS DIRECTOR OF 698 00:22:15,767 --> 00:22:19,137 THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY AND 699 00:22:19,137 --> 00:22:21,339 ENVIRONMENT, AND WHAT I WANT 700 00:22:21,339 --> 00:22:23,642 TO SAY SPECIFICALLY TO HER IS 701 00:22:23,642 --> 00:22:23,842 THAT 702 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:25,477 YOU WILL BE GETTING PRESSURE 703 00:22:25,477 --> 00:22:27,846 FROM COMPANIES LIKE 704 00:22:27,846 --> 00:22:30,482 MICROSOFT, GOOGLE AND PALIN TIER 705 00:22:30,482 --> 00:22:31,183 THAT 706 00:22:31,183 --> 00:22:32,684 ARE RIGHT HERE ABOUT AI. 707 00:22:32,684 --> 00:22:37,022 AI DOES NOT SERVE US. 708 00:22:37,022 --> 00:22:39,758 IT IS HIGHER ENERGY COSTS, 709 00:22:39,758 --> 00:22:42,227 MORE WATER CONSUMPTION, MORE 710 00:22:42,227 --> 00:22:44,429 POLLUTION, TALKING ABOUT NOISE 711 00:22:44,429 --> 00:22:49,101 POLLUTION, THE HIGH PITCH OF THE 712 00:22:49,101 --> 00:22:50,936 EMF SOUNDS THAT ARE EMITTED 713 00:22:50,936 --> 00:22:52,571 ARE HAZARDOUS TO HEALTH. 714 00:22:52,571 --> 00:22:55,240 HIGH POLLUTION, 715 00:22:55,240 --> 00:23:03,582 AND RIGHT NOW THE PETROL DOLLAR 716 00:23:03,582 --> 00:23:06,384 GOING DOWN IS 717 00:23:06,384 --> 00:23:08,253 GOING TO MAKE ENERGY COSTS 718 00:23:08,253 --> 00:23:11,590 HIGH. AT THE POINT OF USE, 719 00:23:11,590 --> 00:23:13,024 NUCLEAR ENERGY MAY BE CLEAN, BUT 720 00:23:13,024 --> 00:23:15,394 THERE'S A POINT OF MINING, 721 00:23:15,394 --> 00:23:19,631 TRANSPORTING, OF STORAGE, OF 722 00:23:19,631 --> 00:23:20,999 WASTE, AND OF -- 723 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:21,199 YEAH. 724 00:23:21,199 --> 00:23:23,402 IT'S NOT CLEAN. 725 00:23:23,402 --> 00:23:26,138 AND WE DON'T WANT NUCLEAR 726 00:23:26,138 --> 00:23:26,872 REACTORS IN OUR 727 00:23:26,872 --> 00:23:27,472 CITY, NO MATTER HOW CUTE AND 728 00:23:27,472 --> 00:23:29,441 SMALL THEY ARE. 729 00:23:29,441 --> 00:23:33,912 THIS BENEFITS BILLIONAIRES AND 730 00:23:33,912 --> 00:23:35,614 CUTS JOBS AND 731 00:23:35,614 --> 00:23:36,248 AIDS OUR MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE 732 00:23:36,248 --> 00:23:38,550 STATE. 733 00:23:38,683 --> 00:23:39,351 THANKS. 734 00:23:39,351 --> 00:23:40,519 >> THANK YOU, ALICE. 735 00:23:40,519 --> 00:23:44,356 NEXT WE HAVE ED FOLLOWED BY 736 00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:45,590 ZANIB -- 737 00:23:45,590 --> 00:23:48,994 [ CROWD CHANTING ] 738 00:23:49,127 --> 00:23:50,762 >> WELCOME, ED. 739 00:23:50,762 --> 00:23:55,600 THEN WE HAVE ZANIB, FOLLOWED BY 740 00:23:55,734 --> 00:23:58,203 JONATHAN. 741 00:23:58,203 --> 00:24:01,840 WELCOME, ED. 742 00:24:01,973 --> 00:24:04,176 >> AS PEOPLE HAVE NOTED -- 743 00:24:04,309 --> 00:24:05,944 >> SPEAK INTO THE MIC. 744 00:24:05,944 --> 00:24:06,945 LET'S RESTART THE TIME. 745 00:24:06,945 --> 00:24:08,680 GO AHEAD, ED. 746 00:24:08,814 --> 00:24:12,951 >> AS OTHER PEOPLE NOTED, 747 00:24:12,951 --> 00:24:15,053 THE SEATTLE POLICE DEPARTMENT 748 00:24:15,053 --> 00:24:20,158 IS PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE 749 00:24:20,158 --> 00:24:23,295 LAWS TO -- IN COOPERATION WITH 750 00:24:23,295 --> 00:24:24,729 I.C.E. , BUT THERE'S JUST ONE 751 00:24:24,729 --> 00:24:26,364 MORE SYMPTOM OF THEIR PROBLEM 752 00:24:26,364 --> 00:24:28,834 WITH THE POLICING CULTURE IN 753 00:24:28,834 --> 00:24:29,100 SEATTLE. 754 00:24:29,100 --> 00:24:32,537 WHAT YOU NEED IS A MORE 755 00:24:32,537 --> 00:24:33,772 COMPREHENSIVE, 756 00:24:33,772 --> 00:24:36,541 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE THAT 757 00:24:36,541 --> 00:24:37,542 INCLUDES NOT JUST 758 00:24:37,542 --> 00:24:39,444 RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF 759 00:24:39,444 --> 00:24:42,180 UNWARRANTED POLICE VIOLENCE, 760 00:24:42,180 --> 00:24:44,082 BUT ALSO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY 761 00:24:44,082 --> 00:24:45,584 BY OPENING THE ARCHIVES SO 762 00:24:45,584 --> 00:24:49,855 THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHAT THE 763 00:24:49,855 --> 00:24:51,323 PEOPLE ASKED TO ENFORCE THE LAW 764 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:52,524 IN THEIR COMMUNITIES HAVE 765 00:24:52,524 --> 00:24:54,226 BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST FEW 766 00:24:54,226 --> 00:24:54,759 YEARS. 767 00:24:54,759 --> 00:24:56,094 THERE'S A CULTURAL PROBLEM. 768 00:24:56,094 --> 00:24:59,498 THIS IS SEATTLE'S VERSION OF A 769 00:24:59,631 --> 00:25:00,432 NATIONWIDE PHENOMENON GOING 770 00:25:00,432 --> 00:25:04,569 ON FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW. 771 00:25:04,569 --> 00:25:06,238 LOCAL POLICE ACTING, 772 00:25:06,238 --> 00:25:07,906 WELL, SOMETIMES LOCAL POLICE, 773 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:09,975 OTHER TIMES SHERIFF DEPUTIES, 774 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:10,208 ACTING 775 00:25:10,208 --> 00:25:13,044 MORE LIKE OCCUPYING 776 00:25:13,044 --> 00:25:13,311 MILITARY 777 00:25:13,311 --> 00:25:13,778 THAN NEIGHBORHOOD LAW 778 00:25:13,778 --> 00:25:16,515 ENFORCEMENT. 779 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,049 YOU HAVE A CULTURE IN THE 780 00:25:18,049 --> 00:25:19,317 POLICE DEPARTMENT HERE THAT'S 781 00:25:19,317 --> 00:25:22,220 PUSHED OUT OFFICERS THAT ARE 782 00:25:22,220 --> 00:25:26,691 SUPPORTED BY THEIR COMMUNITY, 783 00:25:26,691 --> 00:25:26,858 AND 784 00:25:26,858 --> 00:25:30,662 THERE'S A NEW SEATTLE POLICE 785 00:25:30,662 --> 00:25:30,896 OFFICER 786 00:25:30,896 --> 00:25:34,299 THAT LOOKS LIKE A PR MOVE 787 00:25:34,299 --> 00:25:34,566 THAT'S 788 00:25:34,566 --> 00:25:37,168 JUST LESS SCANDALIZING THAN THE 789 00:25:37,168 --> 00:25:37,836 PREVIOUS ONE. 790 00:25:37,836 --> 00:25:41,573 I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE, 791 00:25:41,573 --> 00:25:41,740 SO 792 00:25:41,740 --> 00:25:42,841 I'LL KEEP IT SHORT. 793 00:25:42,841 --> 00:25:45,777 THIS STRATEGY DOES NOT WORK, 794 00:25:45,777 --> 00:25:49,047 AND APPLYING THOSE STRATEGIES TO 795 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:51,049 ORGANIZED CRIME CAN -- YOU CAN 796 00:25:51,049 --> 00:25:53,218 EXPECT THE SAME RESULTS, MORE 797 00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:53,518 VIOLENCE. 798 00:25:53,518 --> 00:25:58,323 MORE CRIMINALS TAKING HOLD. 799 00:25:58,323 --> 00:26:01,826 MORE BUDGETARY FLOW FOR 800 00:26:01,826 --> 00:26:02,994 POLICING. 801 00:26:02,994 --> 00:26:04,529 THEY DON'T NEED MORE NOW. 802 00:26:04,529 --> 00:26:05,897 THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 803 00:26:06,031 --> 00:26:09,501 >> THANK YOU, ED. 804 00:26:09,501 --> 00:26:11,937 NEXT WE HAVE ZANIB, 805 00:26:11,937 --> 00:26:12,737 AND I'M SORRY IF I'M NOT 806 00:26:12,737 --> 00:26:14,339 SAYING THAT 807 00:26:14,339 --> 00:26:20,612 CORRECTLY. 808 00:26:20,745 --> 00:26:21,279 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 809 00:26:21,279 --> 00:26:23,648 I'M A SEATTLE RESIDENT, AND 810 00:26:23,648 --> 00:26:23,848 I'M 811 00:26:23,848 --> 00:26:26,151 HERE TO DEMAND ACTION. 812 00:26:26,151 --> 00:26:27,986 I CALL FOR AN END TO I.C.E. 813 00:26:27,986 --> 00:26:28,320 SURVEILLANCE. 814 00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,956 THE DEFUNDING OF I.C.E. , 815 00:26:30,956 --> 00:26:32,724 AND PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION 816 00:26:32,724 --> 00:26:33,625 CENTERS. 817 00:26:33,625 --> 00:26:34,859 ADDITIONALLY, WE'RE 818 00:26:34,859 --> 00:26:35,927 SEEING CONCERNS THAT I.C.E. IS 819 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:39,097 BEING USED AS A POLITICAL 820 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:39,531 SILENCINGSILENCING 821 00:26:39,664 --> 00:26:42,634 TOOL. IN 2025, WE SAW THE CASE 822 00:26:42,634 --> 00:26:42,801 OF 823 00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:45,203 MAHMOUD HABIB, WHERE I.C.E. 824 00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:46,304 ACTIONS RAISED 825 00:26:46,304 --> 00:26:46,705 SERIOUS CONCERNS 826 00:26:46,705 --> 00:26:47,272 ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS AND DUE 827 00:26:47,272 --> 00:26:49,474 PROCESS. 828 00:26:49,474 --> 00:26:52,944 TODAY, WE ARE SEEING ANOTHER 829 00:26:52,944 --> 00:26:57,716 CONCERNING CASE INVOLVING -- 830 00:26:57,716 --> 00:26:59,050 [ 831 00:26:59,050 --> 00:27:00,218 INDISCERNIBLE ] WE ARE SEEING 832 00:27:00,218 --> 00:27:00,986 THE CASE OF 833 00:27:00,986 --> 00:27:04,055 A MOTHER AND A DAUGHTER 834 00:27:04,055 --> 00:27:05,857 DETAINED BY I.C.E. , ACCUSED OF 835 00:27:05,857 --> 00:27:07,792 BEING RELATED TO A GENERAL OF 836 00:27:07,792 --> 00:27:08,460 A FOREIGN COUNTRY. 837 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:11,863 OR THE CASE OF -- WHO USED 838 00:27:11,863 --> 00:27:13,765 HIS VOICE TO ADVOCATE FOR 839 00:27:13,765 --> 00:27:14,299 OTHERS. 840 00:27:14,299 --> 00:27:16,668 THESE CASES RAISE 841 00:27:16,668 --> 00:27:18,737 SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW 842 00:27:18,737 --> 00:27:19,270 I.C.E. POWERS 843 00:27:19,270 --> 00:27:20,839 ARE BEING 844 00:27:20,839 --> 00:27:23,041 USED. THERE IS GROWING CONCERN 845 00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:24,609 THAT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT CAN 846 00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:26,978 BE USED IN WAYS THAT 847 00:27:26,978 --> 00:27:28,013 IMPACT INDIVIDUALS FOR THEIR 848 00:27:28,013 --> 00:27:28,480 SPEECH 849 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:29,681 OR POLITICAL VIEWS. 850 00:27:29,681 --> 00:27:31,816 THIS IS DANGEROUS. 851 00:27:31,816 --> 00:27:33,718 I'M ASKING FOR CLEAR 852 00:27:33,718 --> 00:27:35,286 RESTRICTIONS ON HOW I.C.E. 853 00:27:35,286 --> 00:27:37,455 OPERATES ON LEGAL RESIDENTS. 854 00:27:37,455 --> 00:27:39,124 I'M ASKING FOR OVERSIGHT 855 00:27:39,124 --> 00:27:42,027 HEARINGS ON POTENTIAL MISUSE OF 856 00:27:42,027 --> 00:27:43,461 POWER, I'M ASKING 857 00:27:43,461 --> 00:27:46,031 FOR ACCOUNTABILITY WHEN 858 00:27:46,031 --> 00:27:46,498 AUTHORITIES 859 00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:47,699 ABUSE HUMAN RIGHTS. 860 00:27:47,699 --> 00:27:49,467 CIVIL RIGHTS MUST BE 861 00:27:49,467 --> 00:27:50,235 PROTECTED FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS. 862 00:27:50,235 --> 00:27:51,670 LEGAL RESIDENTS MUST 863 00:27:51,670 --> 00:27:52,337 BE PROTECTED 864 00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:52,804 FROM RETALIATION AND 865 00:27:52,804 --> 00:27:54,639 TARGETING. THANK YOU. 866 00:27:54,773 --> 00:27:59,277 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 867 00:27:59,277 --> 00:28:01,112 IS LON HERE? 868 00:28:01,246 --> 00:28:03,948 >> SHUT DOWN I.C.E.! 869 00:28:03,948 --> 00:28:06,251 SHUT DOWN I.C.E.! 870 00:28:06,384 --> 00:28:08,787 >> THANK YOU. 871 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:09,454 WELCOME. 872 00:28:09,454 --> 00:28:11,756 >> MY NAME IS LON, I'M A 873 00:28:11,756 --> 00:28:13,725 MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANTS. 874 00:28:13,725 --> 00:28:15,960 OUR DEMANDS ARE A PERMANENT 875 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,230 BAN ON I.C.E. DETENTION 876 00:28:19,230 --> 00:28:22,634 CENTERS, MUNICIPAL I.D. s FOR 877 00:28:22,634 --> 00:28:22,934 UNDOCUMENT 878 00:28:22,934 --> 00:28:24,102 IMMIGRANTS, COMMUNITY CONTROL 879 00:28:24,102 --> 00:28:27,906 OF THE POLICE, CUTTING THE 880 00:28:27,906 --> 00:28:30,775 SEATTLE BUDGET BY AT LEAST $123 881 00:28:30,775 --> 00:28:31,810 MILLION TO FUND FREE HEALTH 882 00:28:31,810 --> 00:28:32,310 CARE. 883 00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:34,179 YEAH, THIS IS ALL DEMANDS 884 00:28:34,179 --> 00:28:35,847 THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CAN TAKE 885 00:28:35,847 --> 00:28:39,884 UP. NOT ONLY THAT, BUT CURRENTLY 886 00:28:39,884 --> 00:28:42,487 WITH THE DETENTION CENTERS, 887 00:28:42,487 --> 00:28:47,258 IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE 888 00:28:47,258 --> 00:28:47,459 RENEE 889 00:28:47,459 --> 00:28:48,993 GOODE WAS KILLED. 890 00:28:48,993 --> 00:28:50,161 WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION. 891 00:28:50,161 --> 00:28:53,164 THE SEATTLE POLICE 892 00:28:53,164 --> 00:28:54,766 OFFICERS GUILD HAS SAID THAT THE 893 00:28:54,766 --> 00:28:59,938 CITY POLICE WON'T OBEY THE 894 00:28:59,938 --> 00:29:00,138 KRIFT 895 00:29:00,138 --> 00:29:01,306 ORDERS AGAINST COLLABORATING 896 00:29:01,306 --> 00:29:03,108 WITH I.C.E. AND A POLICE OFFICER 897 00:29:03,108 --> 00:29:04,542 WILL NOT LISTEN TO HIS MAYOR. 898 00:29:04,542 --> 00:29:06,778 WE NEED COMMUNITY CONTROL OF 899 00:29:06,778 --> 00:29:07,145 THE POLICE. 900 00:29:07,145 --> 00:29:08,546 IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 901 00:29:08,546 --> 00:29:10,582 LISTEN TO US, WE SHOULD HAVE A 902 00:29:10,582 --> 00:29:14,352 BOARD THAT CAN BE ELECTED BY OUR 903 00:29:14,352 --> 00:29:16,454 COMMUNITY THAT HAS THE POWER TO 904 00:29:16,454 --> 00:29:17,956 HIRE AND FIRE POLICE, AND 905 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:19,591 ALSO TO TAKE AWAY THE BUDGET 906 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:19,924 FROM 907 00:29:19,924 --> 00:29:21,092 THE POLICE AND PUT IT 908 00:29:21,092 --> 00:29:21,693 INTO ACTUAL RESOURCES THAT WE 909 00:29:21,693 --> 00:29:24,262 CARE ABOUT. 910 00:29:24,262 --> 00:29:25,563 THERE HAVE BEEN VICTIMS 911 00:29:25,563 --> 00:29:27,365 OF POLICE VIOLENCE THAT HAVE 912 00:29:27,365 --> 00:29:29,033 COME HERE MULTIPLE TIMES, 913 00:29:29,033 --> 00:29:30,568 DEMANDING SUCH A COMMITTEE THAT 914 00:29:30,568 --> 00:29:31,236 WOULD PUT 915 00:29:31,236 --> 00:29:33,471 RESOURCES TOWARDS VICTIMS 916 00:29:33,471 --> 00:29:36,040 OF POLICE VIOLENCE, AND THEY 917 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,243 HAVE GIVEN UP ON -- SOME OF 918 00:29:38,243 --> 00:29:39,978 THEM HAVE -- CANNOT MAKE IT 919 00:29:39,978 --> 00:29:43,081 HERE TODAY BECAUSE IT'S -- A 920 00:29:43,081 --> 00:29:45,250 MEETING ON A TUESDAY, AND WE 921 00:29:45,250 --> 00:29:45,517 TRIED SO 922 00:29:45,517 --> 00:29:47,318 HARD TO GET PEOPLE OUT HERE 923 00:29:47,318 --> 00:29:49,821 TO APPEAL TO YOU PEOPLE, AND 924 00:29:49,821 --> 00:29:50,155 IT'S 925 00:29:50,155 --> 00:29:51,122 INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT, 926 00:29:51,122 --> 00:29:53,324 BECAUSE NOBODY BELIEVES YOU GUYS 927 00:29:53,324 --> 00:29:53,658 CAN DO 928 00:29:53,658 --> 00:29:54,559 ANYTHING. 929 00:29:54,559 --> 00:29:56,928 AT THE VERY LEAST, YOU 930 00:29:56,928 --> 00:29:59,230 SHOULD PUT $5 MILLION TOWARDS 931 00:29:59,230 --> 00:30:02,233 THE VICTIMS OF POLICE VIOLENCE. 932 00:30:02,233 --> 00:30:03,735 YOU SHOULD PUT -- BE 933 00:30:03,735 --> 00:30:05,103 FIGHTING FOR THESE DEMANDS. 934 00:30:05,103 --> 00:30:06,571 I WOULD APPEAL FOR YOU TO 935 00:30:06,571 --> 00:30:08,540 FIGHT FOR THESE DEMANDS AND RUN 936 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:09,674 AS INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST 937 00:30:09,674 --> 00:30:12,010 CANDIDATES AND WE WOULD SUPPORT 938 00:30:12,010 --> 00:30:12,210 YOU. 939 00:30:12,210 --> 00:30:13,278 BUT 940 00:30:13,278 --> 00:30:15,413 WE -- [ MIC MUTED ] 941 00:30:15,547 --> 00:30:17,282 >> THANK YOU, LON. 942 00:30:17,282 --> 00:30:22,720 [ APPLAUSE ] 943 00:30:22,720 --> 00:30:30,595 KEANDRE. 944 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:32,463 >> I DID IT ONCE AND I WILL 945 00:30:32,463 --> 00:30:34,065 DO IT AGAIN, WE ARE OUT OF TIME. 946 00:30:34,065 --> 00:30:37,368 WE ARE A MONTH OUT FROM 947 00:30:37,368 --> 00:30:38,770 THE WORLD CUP, AND ALL OF 948 00:30:38,770 --> 00:30:39,671 THE WORLD'S EYES WILL BE ON 949 00:30:39,671 --> 00:30:42,073 SEATTLE. 950 00:30:42,073 --> 00:30:44,008 WHAT WILL THEY SEE? 951 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:47,712 THEY WILL SEE PROTESTS, AND 952 00:30:47,712 --> 00:30:49,881 THEY WILL SEE, JUST LIKE LAST 953 00:30:49,881 --> 00:30:50,381 YEAR, 954 00:30:50,381 --> 00:30:53,117 T THE CAPITOL HILL RIOTS, WHERE 955 00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:55,987 SPD BRUTALIZED PROTESTORS AND 956 00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:56,621 MADE 23 UNCONSTITUTIONAL 957 00:30:56,621 --> 00:30:58,423 ARRESTS. 958 00:30:58,423 --> 00:30:59,657 THEY WILL DO THE 959 00:30:59,657 --> 00:31:00,325 EXACT SAME THING WITH THE WORLD 960 00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:02,894 CUP. 961 00:31:02,894 --> 00:31:06,064 IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE 962 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:08,766 KATIE WILSON SAID THAT 963 00:31:08,766 --> 00:31:10,235 SPD NEEDS TO FOLLOW ORDERS WHEN 964 00:31:10,235 --> 00:31:11,536 INVESTIGATING I.C.E. , WHICH 965 00:31:11,536 --> 00:31:13,271 SOME MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL HAVE 966 00:31:13,271 --> 00:31:13,471 SAID 967 00:31:13,471 --> 00:31:15,340 THERE'S NO WAY TO ENFORCE. 968 00:31:15,340 --> 00:31:18,209 AND JUST LIKE HIS 969 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:18,876 PREDECESSOR, THEY HAVE NO 970 00:31:18,876 --> 00:31:20,011 INTENTION 971 00:31:20,011 --> 00:31:21,546 OF COMPLYING WITH THESE ORDERS. 972 00:31:21,546 --> 00:31:22,847 SPD IS OUT OF CONTROL. 973 00:31:22,847 --> 00:31:25,016 THEY 974 00:31:25,016 --> 00:31:25,683 CLEARLY DO NOT SHARE THE VALUES 975 00:31:25,683 --> 00:31:26,985 OF THE CITY 976 00:31:26,985 --> 00:31:29,153 COUNCIL CLAIMS TO UPHOLD IN 977 00:31:29,153 --> 00:31:30,154 THEIR PROCLAMATIONS THAT THEY 978 00:31:30,154 --> 00:31:30,355 BRING 979 00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:32,490 ABOUT EVERY HOLIDAY. 980 00:31:32,490 --> 00:31:34,292 FAMILIES ARE AFFECTED BY 981 00:31:34,292 --> 00:31:35,493 POLICE VIOLENCE AND THEY DESERVE 982 00:31:35,493 --> 00:31:38,229 MORE THAN TWO MINUTES THAN WE 983 00:31:38,229 --> 00:31:38,496 GIVEGIVE 984 00:31:38,496 --> 00:31:38,763 HERE AT 985 00:31:38,763 --> 00:31:44,202 THE CITY COUNCIL ART SHOW. 986 00:31:44,202 --> 00:31:45,770 AMR, YOU HAVE DONE SO 987 00:31:45,770 --> 00:31:47,805 MUCH ALREADY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS, 988 00:31:47,805 --> 00:31:48,473 AND 989 00:31:48,473 --> 00:31:49,073 TODAY WE ARE ASKING YOU TO DO 990 00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:51,209 SOMETHING ELSE. 991 00:31:51,209 --> 00:31:53,678 WE ASK THAT YOU PUT ON A 992 00:31:53,678 --> 00:31:56,214 TOWN HALL ADDRESSING WHY SPD 993 00:31:56,214 --> 00:31:56,781 KILLS SO 994 00:31:56,781 --> 00:31:58,149 MANY PEOPLE IN MENTAL HEALTH 995 00:31:58,149 --> 00:32:00,952 CRISIS, SO WE CAN ADDRESS THIS 996 00:32:00,952 --> 00:32:02,487 NEED FOR POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY. 997 00:32:02,487 --> 00:32:03,421 THANK YOU. 998 00:32:03,421 --> 00:32:12,230 [ APPLAUSE ] 999 00:32:12,363 --> 00:32:12,997 >> THANK YOU. 1000 00:32:12,997 --> 00:32:16,501 NEXT WE HAVE GENOVERE, 1001 00:32:16,501 --> 00:32:17,268 FOLLOWED BY JONATHAN AN SONIA. 1002 00:32:17,268 --> 00:32:19,837 WELCOME. 1003 00:32:19,971 --> 00:32:21,439 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL. 1004 00:32:21,439 --> 00:32:28,379 MY NAME IS GENOVERE, I LIVE IN 1005 00:32:28,379 --> 00:32:28,713 D-5. 1006 00:32:28,713 --> 00:32:30,615 WE DEMAND THAT YOU BAN I.C.E. 1007 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:32,216 FACILITIES PERMANENTLY FROM 1008 00:32:32,216 --> 00:32:32,984 SEATTLE. 1009 00:32:32,984 --> 00:32:34,218 THE FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION 1010 00:32:34,218 --> 00:32:35,653 IS BREAKING THE LAW, WHILE 1011 00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:39,390 SAYING THEY'RE NOT BREAKING IT, 1012 00:32:39,390 --> 00:32:42,327 FOR 1013 00:32:42,327 --> 00:32:44,896 EXAMPLE, YOU'RE PLAYING CHESS 1014 00:32:44,896 --> 00:32:45,997 WITH SOMEONE AND THEY 1015 00:32:45,997 --> 00:32:47,565 START TAKING PIECES OFF THE 1016 00:32:47,565 --> 00:32:47,765 TABLE 1017 00:32:47,765 --> 00:32:48,599 AND SAY I DIDN'T TAKE A PIECE 1018 00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:51,135 OFF THE TABLE, YOU'RE NO 1019 00:32:51,135 --> 00:32:52,070 LONGER PLAYING CHESS. 1020 00:32:52,070 --> 00:32:53,705 IF YOU CONTINUE TO PRETEND 1021 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:55,640 THAT YOU ARE, YOU ARE GOING TO 1022 00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:55,840 LOSE. 1023 00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:57,809 WE NEED A RADICAL PUSHBACK. 1024 00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:00,211 I WANT YOU ALL TO 1025 00:33:00,211 --> 00:33:01,646 INTERPRET EVERY STATUTE IN FAVOR 1026 00:33:01,646 --> 00:33:01,946 OF 1027 00:33:01,946 --> 00:33:03,648 THE CITY AND THE STATE, AND WE 1028 00:33:03,648 --> 00:33:05,083 CAN LITIGATE IT IN COURT 1029 00:33:05,083 --> 00:33:06,050 LATER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT 1030 00:33:06,050 --> 00:33:06,684 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS DOING 1031 00:33:06,684 --> 00:33:08,853 AND WORSE. 1032 00:33:08,853 --> 00:33:10,254 IT'S A JOKE TO SAY THAT THE 1033 00:33:10,254 --> 00:33:10,521 U.S. 1034 00:33:10,521 --> 00:33:11,622 GOVERNMENT WILL NOT TAKE 1035 00:33:11,622 --> 00:33:13,725 THE FOOTAGE FROM THE CAMERAS IN 1036 00:33:13,725 --> 00:33:13,958 THE 1037 00:33:13,958 --> 00:33:14,192 CITY. 1038 00:33:14,192 --> 00:33:15,526 DO YOU REALLY THINK THAT THE 1039 00:33:15,526 --> 00:33:20,331 CIA, NSA, DIA, FBI CANNOT EASILY 1040 00:33:20,331 --> 00:33:22,100 HACK THOSE SERVERS THAT 1041 00:33:22,100 --> 00:33:22,900 THESE TAPES ARE ON. 1042 00:33:22,900 --> 00:33:23,868 DO YOU THINK 1043 00:33:23,868 --> 00:33:25,636 THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL OBEY 1044 00:33:25,636 --> 00:33:26,704 THE LAW NOW? 1045 00:33:26,704 --> 00:33:28,639 IN FACT, AS WAS DOCUMENTED 1046 00:33:28,639 --> 00:33:32,510 IN EDWARD SNOWDEN'S NS, LEAKS, 1047 00:33:32,510 --> 00:33:34,445 ALL GOOGLE LEAKS GO STRAIGHT TO 1048 00:33:34,445 --> 00:33:34,846 THE 1049 00:33:34,846 --> 00:33:35,446 NSA YESTERDAY. 1050 00:33:35,446 --> 00:33:39,684 IT WAS REPORTED ON 1051 00:33:39,684 --> 00:33:41,185 WIRE.COM. SEATTLE IS ALSO HOME 1052 00:33:41,185 --> 00:33:41,719 TO ONE 1053 00:33:41,719 --> 00:33:43,287 OF EIGHT INTERNET 1054 00:33:43,287 --> 00:33:44,288 BACKBONE LOCATIONS IN THE UNITED 1055 00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:44,589 STATES. 1056 00:33:44,589 --> 00:33:45,490 ALL INTERNET 1057 00:33:45,490 --> 00:33:47,792 INFRASTRUCTURE STILL RUNS ON THE 1058 00:33:47,792 --> 00:33:50,862 AT&T BACKBONE, 1059 00:33:50,862 --> 00:33:52,864 RELATIVE TO WHEN AT&T OWNED ALL 1060 00:33:52,864 --> 00:33:53,364 PHONE LINES. 1061 00:33:53,364 --> 00:33:55,600 THE NSA, AS WAS REPORTED 1062 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,570 BY SNOWDEN IN WIRED, HAS A 1063 00:33:59,570 --> 00:33:59,804 MACHINE 1064 00:33:59,804 --> 00:34:01,839 AND EACH ONE OF THOSE 1065 00:34:01,839 --> 00:34:04,041 THAT COPIES EVERY BIT OF DATA 1066 00:34:04,041 --> 00:34:04,242 SENT 1067 00:34:04,242 --> 00:34:05,276 ACROSS THE 1068 00:34:05,276 --> 00:34:06,611 INTERNET. THERE IS NO DATA 1069 00:34:06,611 --> 00:34:06,878 PRIVACY. 1070 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:09,914 THE ONLY WAY TO PROTECT OUR 1071 00:34:09,914 --> 00:34:10,681 DATA FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 1072 00:34:10,681 --> 00:34:12,150 IS TO NOT RECORD IT IN THE FIRST 1073 00:34:12,150 --> 00:34:12,383 PLACE. 1074 00:34:12,383 --> 00:34:13,251 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 1075 00:34:13,384 --> 00:34:16,587 >> THANK YOU. 1076 00:34:16,587 --> 00:34:18,556 [ APPLAUSE ] 1077 00:34:18,556 --> 00:34:22,593 JONATHAN, FOLLOWED BY SONIA, 1078 00:34:22,593 --> 00:34:24,495 AND SILAS AND SUMMER. 1079 00:34:24,495 --> 00:34:25,496 JONATHAN, SONIA, AND SILAS 1080 00:34:25,630 --> 00:34:29,400 SUMMER. WELCOME. 1081 00:34:29,534 --> 00:34:31,302 >> IT'S BEEN A WHILE, MAYBE 1082 00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:32,937 A COUPLE MONTHS OR TWO. 1083 00:34:32,937 --> 00:34:35,506 I'M PRETTY EXCITED TO BE BACK 1084 00:34:35,506 --> 00:34:35,773 HERE. 1085 00:34:35,773 --> 00:34:38,643 YOU KNOW, 1086 00:34:38,643 --> 00:34:42,513 AS YOU KNOW -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 1087 00:34:42,513 --> 00:34:44,949 WE HAD TO CAMPAIGN TO 1088 00:34:44,949 --> 00:34:45,950 FIGHT AGAINST I.C.E. AND THROUGH 1089 00:34:45,950 --> 00:34:49,387 THAT PROCESS WE LEARNED THAT THE 1090 00:34:49,387 --> 00:34:53,024 POLICE OFFICERS UNION WAS 1091 00:34:53,024 --> 00:34:55,126 SUCH AN -- TO GET THESE CAMERAS 1092 00:34:55,126 --> 00:34:57,195 TAKEN DOWN, THAT WE SAID WE NEED 1093 00:34:57,195 --> 00:34:57,395 TO 1094 00:34:57,395 --> 00:34:58,930 TAKE THIS CAMPAIGN AND FOCUS 1095 00:34:58,930 --> 00:35:00,698 ON ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE 1096 00:35:00,698 --> 00:35:03,401 POLICE, WHICH IS OUR JUSTICE FOR 1097 00:35:03,401 --> 00:35:03,734 CHRIS 1098 00:35:03,734 --> 00:35:04,969 NELSON CAMPAIGN. 1099 00:35:04,969 --> 00:35:08,339 CHRIS NELSON, TO REMIND YOU, I 1100 00:35:08,339 --> 00:35:11,175 CAN STILL SEE HIS BODY ON THE 1101 00:35:11,175 --> 00:35:11,409 FLOOR. 1102 00:35:11,409 --> 00:35:14,145 HE WAS LEFT LAYING THERE FOR 12 1103 00:35:14,278 --> 00:35:14,479 HOURS. 1104 00:35:14,479 --> 00:35:17,348 AND JACK WAS MURDERED IN 1105 00:35:17,348 --> 00:35:19,417 A SIMILAR FASHION, WHEN THEY 1106 00:35:19,417 --> 00:35:22,453 WERE IN THEIR GREATEST TIME OF 1107 00:35:22,453 --> 00:35:25,356 NEED, THE WORST OF THE WORST 1108 00:35:25,356 --> 00:35:25,556 CAME 1109 00:35:25,556 --> 00:35:26,757 AND DID WHAT THEY DO 1110 00:35:26,757 --> 00:35:30,194 BEST, WHICH IS TO MURDER PEOPLE. 1111 00:35:30,194 --> 00:35:32,363 AND SO IT'S WITH THIS THAT I 1112 00:35:32,363 --> 00:35:34,098 AM VERY EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, 1113 00:35:34,098 --> 00:35:35,967 TAKE UP THIS CAMPAIGN AGAIN, 1114 00:35:35,967 --> 00:35:36,200 BECAUSE 1115 00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:37,301 WE STILL DEMAND JUSTICE 1116 00:35:37,301 --> 00:35:39,103 FOR THESE VICTIMS OF POLICE 1117 00:35:39,103 --> 00:35:39,537 VIOLENCE. 1118 00:35:39,537 --> 00:35:41,305 WE'RE STILL CALLING FOR THESE 1119 00:35:41,305 --> 00:35:44,108 OFFICERS TO BE IDENTIFIED, 1120 00:35:44,108 --> 00:35:47,245 NOT BY A FOYA REQUEST, 1121 00:35:47,245 --> 00:35:49,046 BUT INTERNALLY FROM THE POLICE 1122 00:35:49,046 --> 00:35:50,781 DEPARTMENT, SO WE CAN FIRE THEM, 1123 00:35:50,781 --> 00:35:51,349 CONVICT THEM. 1124 00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:54,152 AND WE WANT THIS FOOTAGE TO BE 1125 00:35:54,152 --> 00:35:54,418 RELEASED. 1126 00:35:54,418 --> 00:35:56,687 NOT AS IF IT'S SOME SORT OF 1127 00:35:56,687 --> 00:35:58,823 ED IT TO MAKE THESE MEN LOOK 1128 00:35:58,823 --> 00:36:00,691 LIKE THEY DESERVED TO DIE, BUT 1129 00:36:00,691 --> 00:36:02,727 TO SHOW THE REALITY OF WHAT 1130 00:36:02,727 --> 00:36:05,129 IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN YOU LET 1131 00:36:05,129 --> 00:36:06,797 RABID DOGS WHO ARE POLICE RUN ON 1132 00:36:06,797 --> 00:36:07,465 OUR 1133 00:36:07,465 --> 00:36:07,832 STREETS. 1134 00:36:07,832 --> 00:36:11,936 SO ON THE 25th OF THIS 1135 00:36:11,936 --> 00:36:13,104 MONTH, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A 1136 00:36:13,104 --> 00:36:15,773 MARCH TO THE PRECINCT. 1137 00:36:15,773 --> 00:36:18,242 SO THE SOUTH SEATTLE 1138 00:36:18,242 --> 00:36:21,212 PRECINCT WILL BE THERE TO PUT 1139 00:36:21,212 --> 00:36:21,612 PRESSURE PRESSURE 1140 00:36:21,612 --> 00:36:21,812 THEM. 1141 00:36:21,812 --> 00:36:23,214 THEY THINK THAT THEY CAN COME 1142 00:36:23,214 --> 00:36:26,884 IN AND OCCUPY OUR NEIGHBORHOODS 1143 00:36:26,884 --> 00:36:27,051 AND 1144 00:36:27,051 --> 00:36:28,586 MURDER PEOPLE, BUT WE ARE 1145 00:36:28,586 --> 00:36:32,156 JUST WAITING TO STRING THEM UP 1146 00:36:32,156 --> 00:36:33,457 AND PUT THEM IN JAIL. 1147 00:36:33,591 --> 00:36:37,495 >> THANK YOU, JONATHAN. 1148 00:36:37,495 --> 00:36:44,168 NEXT, WE HAVE SONIA. 1149 00:36:44,302 --> 00:36:46,737 >> HI, MY NAME IS SONIA, CHAIR 1150 00:36:46,737 --> 00:36:52,376 OF THE SEATTLE PARTY AGAINST 1151 00:36:52,376 --> 00:36:54,312 POLITICAL REPRESSION. 1152 00:36:54,312 --> 00:36:56,747 WE ARE HERE DEMANDING POLICE 1153 00:36:56,747 --> 00:36:59,717 ACCOUNTABILITY, AND HOPING FOR 1154 00:36:59,717 --> 00:37:00,985 JUSTICE FOR THESE TWO MEN WHO 1155 00:37:00,985 --> 00:37:03,087 WERE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH 1156 00:37:03,087 --> 00:37:05,122 CRISES, AND SPD RESPONDED 1157 00:37:05,122 --> 00:37:06,857 TO THOSE CALLS, AND INSTEAD 1158 00:37:06,857 --> 00:37:08,559 OF RESPONDING WITH EMPATHY 1159 00:37:08,559 --> 00:37:10,962 AND CARE AND DEESCALATION, THEY 1160 00:37:10,962 --> 00:37:11,162 WERE 1161 00:37:11,162 --> 00:37:15,266 SHOT DEAD WITHIN SECONDS OF 1162 00:37:15,266 --> 00:37:16,834 ARRIVAL. 1163 00:37:16,834 --> 00:37:18,436 CHRISTIAN NELSON'S BODY WAS 1164 00:37:18,436 --> 00:37:20,171 LEFT THERE ON THE CONCRETE IN 1165 00:37:20,171 --> 00:37:20,805 FRONT OF 1166 00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:21,439 THESE APARTMENT BUILDINGS FOR 12 1167 00:37:21,439 --> 00:37:24,375 HOURS. 1168 00:37:24,375 --> 00:37:25,876 THE POLICE SHOT DIRECTLY INTO 1169 00:37:25,876 --> 00:37:27,144 THE APARTMENT BUILDING, 1170 00:37:27,144 --> 00:37:28,980 THERE'S STILL A BULLET HOLE IN 1171 00:37:28,980 --> 00:37:29,480 THE RECEPTION DESK 1172 00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,084 OF ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS. 1173 00:37:33,084 --> 00:37:34,785 IT SHOOK THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY. 1174 00:37:34,785 --> 00:37:37,622 THESE MURDERS HAPPENED IN BROAD 1175 00:37:37,622 --> 00:37:37,888 DAYLIGHT. 1176 00:37:37,888 --> 00:37:39,690 IN THE CASE OF CHRISTIAN 1177 00:37:39,690 --> 00:37:41,125 NELSON, HE WAS MURDERED BETWEEN 1178 00:37:41,125 --> 00:37:41,292 THE 1179 00:37:41,292 --> 00:37:43,561 HOURS OF 1:00 P.M. AND 2:00 P.M. 1180 00:37:43,561 --> 00:37:45,997 THERE'S SO MUCH TRAFFIC AT 1181 00:37:45,997 --> 00:37:47,298 THAT INTERSECTION THAT PEOPLE 1182 00:37:47,298 --> 00:37:49,033 ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT STATION, 1183 00:37:49,033 --> 00:37:51,769 AND SO FOR HIM TO BE SHOT DEAD 1184 00:37:51,769 --> 00:37:53,537 WAS NOT ONLY A SAFETY CONCERN 1185 00:37:53,537 --> 00:37:55,139 FOR HIM WHO HE HAS NOW LOST HIS 1186 00:37:55,139 --> 00:37:57,008 LIFE AND IS NO LONGER WITH US, 1187 00:37:57,008 --> 00:37:57,541 BUT A 1188 00:37:57,541 --> 00:38:00,111 SAFETY CONCERN OF EVERYBODY WHO 1189 00:38:00,111 --> 00:38:01,445 LIVED IN THAT AREA AND ALL 1190 00:38:01,445 --> 00:38:03,414 OF THOSE PEOPLE COMMUTING BACK 1191 00:38:03,414 --> 00:38:03,781 AND 1192 00:38:03,914 --> 00:38:06,350 FORTH. SO WE DEMAND SPD 1193 00:38:06,350 --> 00:38:07,485 ACCOUNTABILITY IN THESE CASES. 1194 00:38:07,485 --> 00:38:09,587 WE DEMAND FULL TRANSPARENCY 1195 00:38:09,587 --> 00:38:11,489 AND FOR THE NAMES OF ALL 1196 00:38:11,489 --> 00:38:12,857 OFFICERS INVOLVED TO BE 1197 00:38:12,857 --> 00:38:13,391 RELEASED, AND 1198 00:38:13,391 --> 00:38:18,829 FOR THOSE KILLER COPS TO BE 1199 00:38:18,829 --> 00:38:19,430 FIRED. 1200 00:38:19,430 --> 00:38:20,665 THE COMMUNITY CONTROL OF 1201 00:38:20,665 --> 00:38:22,667 THE POLICE IS A LONG STANDING 1202 00:38:22,667 --> 00:38:23,634 DEMAND OF THE ALLIANCE. 1203 00:38:23,634 --> 00:38:25,670 THROUGH AN ELECTED BOARD OF 1204 00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:27,605 CIVILIANS, THE PUBLIC 1205 00:38:27,605 --> 00:38:28,506 SAFETY SHOULD BE PUT INTO THE 1206 00:38:28,506 --> 00:38:28,706 HANDS 1207 00:38:28,706 --> 00:38:29,807 OF THE PEOPLE. 1208 00:38:29,807 --> 00:38:31,008 WE NEED TO PUT CONTROL BACK 1209 00:38:31,008 --> 00:38:32,076 INTO THE PEOPLE'S HANDS. 1210 00:38:32,076 --> 00:38:36,247 THE PEOPLE WHO COME TO YOU WITH 1211 00:38:36,247 --> 00:38:37,615 CONCERNS, WE KNOW YOU CAN'T 1212 00:38:37,615 --> 00:38:39,083 FIX EVERY PROBLEM, BUT YOU DO 1213 00:38:39,083 --> 00:38:39,283 HAVE 1214 00:38:39,283 --> 00:38:40,785 THE POWER AND ABILITY TO 1215 00:38:40,785 --> 00:38:41,886 PRESSURE THOSE WHO DO. 1216 00:38:41,886 --> 00:38:43,387 YOU MIGHT THINK OH, SOME OF 1217 00:38:43,387 --> 00:38:44,789 THESE PROBLEMS ARE WELL BEYOND 1218 00:38:44,789 --> 00:38:46,557 US, BUT YOU HAVE 1219 00:38:46,557 --> 00:38:46,724 THE 1220 00:38:46,724 --> 00:38:53,664 CONNECTIONS -- [ MIC MUTED ] 1221 00:38:53,864 --> 00:38:54,565 >> THANK YOU, SONIA. [ APPLAUSE 1222 00:38:54,565 --> 00:39:01,806 ] 1223 00:39:01,806 --> 00:39:04,041 NEXT, WE HAVE EM, FOLLOWED BY 1224 00:39:04,041 --> 00:39:04,942 SILAS, THEN SUMMER. 1225 00:39:04,942 --> 00:39:06,610 AND IF YOU ARE ONLINE, WE STILL 1226 00:39:06,610 --> 00:39:09,613 HAVE ABOUT SIX MORE 1227 00:39:09,613 --> 00:39:12,049 SPEAKERS AFTER THAT. 1228 00:39:12,049 --> 00:39:12,316 WELCOME. 1229 00:39:12,450 --> 00:39:15,553 >> MY NAME IS M SMITH, I'M A 1230 00:39:15,553 --> 00:39:18,489 MEMBER OF SEATTLE DSA. 1231 00:39:18,489 --> 00:39:20,958 IT'S BEEN FOUR MONTHS SINCE 1232 00:39:20,958 --> 00:39:23,794 ALEX PRETTY AND RENEE GOODE WERE 1233 00:39:23,994 --> 00:39:26,497 KILLED. I.C.E. REPORTED THE 18th 1234 00:39:26,497 --> 00:39:26,697 DEATH 1235 00:39:26,697 --> 00:39:28,099 IN I.C.E. CUSTODY SO FAR 1236 00:39:28,099 --> 00:39:29,600 THIS YEAR IN 2026. 1237 00:39:29,600 --> 00:39:31,168 WHAT HAVE THE DEMOCRATS DONE 1238 00:39:31,168 --> 00:39:32,002 ON THIS COUNCIL? 1239 00:39:32,002 --> 00:39:33,104 THE ONLY THING 1240 00:39:33,104 --> 00:39:34,138 THE DEMOCRATS HAVE DONE IS PASS 1241 00:39:34,138 --> 00:39:35,339 A ONE- YEAR 1242 00:39:35,339 --> 00:39:37,375 BAN ON I.C.E. DETENTION CENTERS. 1243 00:39:37,375 --> 00:39:38,943 DOES ANYONE HERE REALLY 1244 00:39:38,943 --> 00:39:41,512 THINK THAT IS 1245 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:42,113 SUFFICIENT, GIVEN THE ATTACKS 1246 00:39:42,113 --> 00:39:42,546 THAT WORKING 1247 00:39:42,546 --> 00:39:42,947 CLASS PEOPLE 1248 00:39:42,947 --> 00:39:45,249 ARE FACING IN THIS COUNTRY? 1249 00:39:45,249 --> 00:39:47,351 ON TOP OF THAT, THE DEMOCRATS 1250 00:39:47,351 --> 00:39:49,553 ARE NOW THREATENING CUTS 1251 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:52,189 TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. 1252 00:39:52,189 --> 00:39:54,024 COUNCILMEMBER STRAUSS IS ON THE 1253 00:39:54,024 --> 00:39:55,459 TRANSIT BOARD PUSHING THOSE 1254 00:39:55,459 --> 00:39:55,659 CUTS. 1255 00:39:55,659 --> 00:39:57,762 THE DEMOCRATS ARE 1256 00:39:57,762 --> 00:39:58,729 THREATENING CUTS TO PUBLIC 1257 00:39:58,729 --> 00:39:58,996 SERVICES, 1258 00:39:58,996 --> 00:40:02,500 REFUSING TO TAX THE RICH. 1259 00:40:02,500 --> 00:40:03,768 COUNCILMEMBER RINK IS THE ONLY 1260 00:40:03,768 --> 00:40:05,836 DEMOCRAT ON THIS COUNCIL WHO HAS 1261 00:40:05,836 --> 00:40:07,071 PLEDGED TO SUPPORT A 1262 00:40:07,071 --> 00:40:08,739 PERMANENT BAN ON I.C.E. 1263 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:09,173 DETENTIONS. 1264 00:40:09,173 --> 00:40:10,574 THAT'S LESS THAN THE BARE 1265 00:40:10,574 --> 00:40:10,908 MINIMUM. 1266 00:40:10,908 --> 00:40:13,077 BUT WE SHOULDN'T EVEN GIVE HIM 1267 00:40:13,077 --> 00:40:15,813 THAT MUCH CREDIT, BECAUSE 1268 00:40:15,813 --> 00:40:16,847 COUNCILMEMBER, YOU COULD 1269 00:40:16,847 --> 00:40:18,082 BE INTRODUCING LEGISLATION ON 1270 00:40:18,082 --> 00:40:18,249 ANY 1271 00:40:18,249 --> 00:40:19,717 ONE OF THESE ISSUES THAT WE 1272 00:40:19,717 --> 00:40:21,919 HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. 1273 00:40:21,919 --> 00:40:23,988 MUNICIPAL I.D. s, TAKING DOWN 1274 00:40:23,988 --> 00:40:28,125 THE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS, 1275 00:40:28,125 --> 00:40:31,629 COMMUNITY CONTROL OF THE POLICE, 1276 00:40:31,629 --> 00:40:34,031 GIVING FULL COMPENSATION TO 1277 00:40:34,031 --> 00:40:34,265 VICTIMS 1278 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:38,169 OF POLICE BRUTALITY, AN EVICTION 1279 00:40:38,169 --> 00:40:38,469 MORATORIUM. 1280 00:40:38,469 --> 00:40:41,772 WE SHOULD BE TAKING BAD LAND 1281 00:40:41,772 --> 00:40:43,774 LORDS, WE SHOULD TAKE 1282 00:40:43,774 --> 00:40:45,443 THEIR BUILDINGS AND RUN 1283 00:40:45,443 --> 00:40:47,111 PUBLICLY 1284 00:40:47,111 --> 00:40:47,745 THROUGH THE SEATTLE SOCIAL 1285 00:40:47,745 --> 00:40:48,512 HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. 1286 00:40:48,512 --> 00:40:51,248 WE SHOULD LET RENTERS GOVERN 1287 00:40:51,248 --> 00:40:51,715 THEM. 1288 00:40:51,715 --> 00:40:53,017 WE COULD BE INTRODUCING ANY 1289 00:40:53,017 --> 00:40:54,485 ONE OF THESE PIECES OF 1290 00:40:54,485 --> 00:40:55,786 LEGISLATION, BUT THE DEMOCRATS 1291 00:40:55,786 --> 00:40:56,520 AREN'T DOING 1292 00:40:56,654 --> 00:40:59,857 IT. THIS IS WHY TRUMP IS 1293 00:40:59,857 --> 00:41:00,157 EMBOLDENED 1294 00:41:00,157 --> 00:41:02,326 AND WHY WE HAVE A WAR IN IRAN 1295 00:41:02,326 --> 00:41:03,394 RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE 1296 00:41:03,394 --> 00:41:04,862 THE DEMOCRATS HAVE FAILED TO 1297 00:41:04,862 --> 00:41:05,062 FIGHT 1298 00:41:05,062 --> 00:41:07,932 BACK AGAINST I.C.E. , THE 1299 00:41:07,932 --> 00:41:08,299 ATTACKS IN 1300 00:41:08,299 --> 00:41:11,802 VENEZUELA, AGAINST THE ATTACKS 1301 00:41:11,802 --> 00:41:18,509 ON IRAN. 1302 00:41:18,509 --> 00:41:20,177 INDIANA JUST LAUNCHED A 1303 00:41:20,177 --> 00:41:25,649 NEW SOCIALIST 1304 00:41:25,649 --> 00:41:26,984 PARTY -- [ MIC MUTED ] 1305 00:41:27,184 --> 00:41:28,185 >> IS SILAS HERE? YEP, THERE'S 1306 00:41:28,185 --> 00:41:28,419 SILAS. 1307 00:41:28,419 --> 00:41:34,792 AWESOME. 1308 00:41:34,792 --> 00:41:36,660 YOU CAN TAKE THIS MIDDLE 1309 00:41:36,794 --> 00:41:42,366 MICROPHONE RIGHT HERE, SILAS. 1310 00:41:42,366 --> 00:41:44,168 WELCOME. 1311 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:45,536 YEAH, HOPEFULLY THAT'S EASIER 1312 00:41:45,669 --> 00:41:46,670 FOR YOU. AWESOME. 1313 00:41:46,670 --> 00:41:47,638 WELCOME. 1314 00:41:47,771 --> 00:41:53,878 >> THANK YOU. 1315 00:41:53,878 --> 00:41:56,614 HELLO, MY NAME IS SILAS, I'M 1316 00:41:56,614 --> 00:42:00,484 A FAMILY ORGANIZER, 1317 00:42:00,484 --> 00:42:02,519 ADVOCATE FOR -- AND A CANDIDATE 1318 00:42:02,519 --> 00:42:02,686 FOR 1319 00:42:02,686 --> 00:42:03,721 DISTRICT FIVE. 1320 00:42:03,721 --> 00:42:06,690 I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO CANCEL 1321 00:42:06,690 --> 00:42:09,226 SEATTLE'S CONTRACTS WITH THE 1322 00:42:09,226 --> 00:42:11,528 COMPANY THAT PROVIDES 1323 00:42:11,528 --> 00:42:13,964 SEATTLE WITH TV CAMERAS -- 1324 00:42:13,964 --> 00:42:14,298 [ INAUDIBLE ] 1325 00:42:14,298 --> 00:42:16,200 WE SPEND 1326 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:20,037 MILLIONS A YEAR -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 1327 00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:21,438 THE SURVEILLANCE IS JUST FINE 1328 00:42:21,438 --> 00:42:24,508 ON THE CLAIM, AND IT PREVENTS 1329 00:42:24,508 --> 00:42:31,081 CRIME, HOWEVER, THERE'S NO NO 1330 00:42:31,215 --> 00:42:31,815 RESEARCH THAT FINDS THERE IS AN 1331 00:42:31,815 --> 00:42:32,283 INCREASE IN CRIME. 1332 00:42:32,416 --> 00:42:33,183 IT'S JUST NOT TRUE. WHAT WE DO 1333 00:42:33,183 --> 00:42:33,984 KNOW IS THAT 1334 00:42:33,984 --> 00:42:36,554 THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WORKS 1335 00:42:36,554 --> 00:42:37,388 CLOSELY 1336 00:42:37,388 --> 00:42:38,656 WITH THESE COMPANIES, TO 1337 00:42:38,656 --> 00:42:40,090 EXECUTE THEIR ILLEGAL WARRANTS 1338 00:42:40,090 --> 00:42:41,091 ON OUR 1339 00:42:41,225 --> 00:42:42,326 NEIGHBORS. WE ARE FORTUNATE TO 1340 00:42:42,326 --> 00:42:42,860 LIVE IN 1341 00:42:42,860 --> 00:42:49,700 SEATTLE, A LOVELY CITY, BUT 1342 00:42:49,700 --> 00:42:50,534 -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 1343 00:42:50,534 --> 00:42:51,435 PROVIDED THE 1344 00:42:51,435 --> 00:42:53,871 INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY CAN 1345 00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:56,974 BE EASILY USED -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 1346 00:42:56,974 --> 00:42:59,009 I IMPLORE YOU TO CANCEL THE 1347 00:42:59,009 --> 00:43:03,347 CONTRACTS WITH AXON AND PUT 1348 00:43:03,347 --> 00:43:03,948 OUR 1349 00:43:03,948 --> 00:43:04,581 NEIGHBORS AT RISK -- THANK YOU 1350 00:43:04,581 --> 00:43:06,784 SO MUCH. 1351 00:43:06,784 --> 00:43:07,117 [ APPLAUSE ] 1352 00:43:07,251 --> 00:43:09,353 >> THANK YOU, SILAS. 1353 00:43:09,353 --> 00:43:11,555 NEXT, WE HAVE SUMMER. 1354 00:43:11,555 --> 00:43:17,394 WELCOME. 1355 00:43:17,528 --> 00:43:19,663 >> MY NAME IS SUMMER MILLER, 1356 00:43:19,663 --> 00:43:22,733 A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT. 1357 00:43:22,733 --> 00:43:27,538 DEMOCRATS ARE THREATENING TO 1358 00:43:27,538 --> 00:43:27,972 CANCEL LIGHT RAIL. 1359 00:43:27,972 --> 00:43:29,540 THE SOUND TRANSIT BOARD IS 1360 00:43:29,540 --> 00:43:31,308 MED UP OF DEMOCRATS THAT INCLUDE 1361 00:43:31,308 --> 00:43:36,647 THE NEW MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBER 1362 00:43:36,647 --> 00:43:37,848 DAN 1363 00:43:37,848 --> 00:43:38,148 STRAUSS. 1364 00:43:38,148 --> 00:43:39,817 WHY ISN'T HE CALLING TO 1365 00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:42,386 FUND THESE EXPANSIONS AND FREE 1366 00:43:42,386 --> 00:43:43,187 MASS 1367 00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:44,822 TRANSIT? THE SEATTLE DEMOCRATS 1368 00:43:44,822 --> 00:43:46,256 ARE PREPARING ADDITION AL KUTES 1369 00:43:46,256 --> 00:43:48,659 TO HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, 1370 00:43:48,659 --> 00:43:50,761 OTHER PUBLIC SERVICES. 1371 00:43:50,761 --> 00:43:52,763 SENSE GEORGE FLOYD, THE 1372 00:43:52,763 --> 00:43:55,332 POLICE BUDGET HAS BEEN INCREASED 1373 00:43:55,332 --> 00:43:55,632 BY 1374 00:43:55,632 --> 00:43:57,901 $123 MILLION AND THROWN HALF 1375 00:43:57,901 --> 00:44:01,505 A BALL AT SPD, CLAIM THING'S NO 1376 00:44:01,505 --> 00:44:06,610 MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE, HOUSING. 1377 00:44:06,610 --> 00:44:09,346 THIS $123 MILLION COULD 1378 00:44:09,346 --> 00:44:11,815 SERVE FREE GENDER AFFIRMING CARE 1379 00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:11,982 AND 1380 00:44:11,982 --> 00:44:13,851 MAKING CLINICS FREE AGAIN, 1381 00:44:13,851 --> 00:44:15,519 LIKE IT WAS WHEN THE BLACK 1382 00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:17,121 PANTHERS BUILT IT IN THE '70s. 1383 00:44:17,121 --> 00:44:22,926 SENSE WORKING PEOPLE -- 1384 00:44:22,926 --> 00:44:23,961 AMAZON'S PROFITS HAVE MORE THAN 1385 00:44:23,961 --> 00:44:26,764 TRIPLED FROM $21 BILLION TO $77 1386 00:44:26,764 --> 00:44:27,231 BILLION LAST YEAR. 1387 00:44:27,231 --> 00:44:28,766 THE DEMOCRATS COULD TAX THE 1388 00:44:28,766 --> 00:44:30,300 RICH TO FIND EVERY PUBLIC 1389 00:44:30,300 --> 00:44:31,435 SERVICE THAT WORKING PEOPLE 1390 00:44:31,435 --> 00:44:32,269 NEED, AND 1391 00:44:32,269 --> 00:44:33,904 INSTEAD, THEY'RE PROTECTING 1392 00:44:33,904 --> 00:44:35,272 AMAZON, MICROSOFT, THE 1393 00:44:35,272 --> 00:44:37,007 CORPORATE LAND LORDS AND THE 1394 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:37,541 POLICE 1395 00:44:37,675 --> 00:44:38,642 BUDGET. THE DEMOCRATS HAVE 1396 00:44:38,642 --> 00:44:38,876 FAILED 1397 00:44:38,876 --> 00:44:40,444 TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST I.C.E. , 1398 00:44:40,444 --> 00:44:40,811 A 1399 00:44:40,811 --> 00:44:42,012 ONE- YEAR DETENTION BAN IS 1400 00:44:42,012 --> 00:44:43,414 LESS THAN THE BARE MINIMUM. 1401 00:44:43,414 --> 00:44:45,883 WE NEED A PERMANENT BAN, AND 1402 00:44:45,883 --> 00:44:48,786 I WANTED TO ASK ALL OF YOU RIGHT 1403 00:44:48,786 --> 00:44:50,354 NOW, WHO CAN PROMISE THAT YOU 1404 00:44:50,354 --> 00:44:59,897 WILL VOTE YES ON A PERMANENT 1405 00:44:59,897 --> 00:45:00,931 BAN 1406 00:45:00,931 --> 00:45:02,699 ON DETENTION CENTERS? 1407 00:45:02,833 --> 00:45:03,767 >> PUT YOUR HANDS UP! 1408 00:45:03,901 --> 00:45:05,436 >> THERE'S NO REASON THAT 1409 00:45:05,436 --> 00:45:07,104 THEY CAN'T TAKE ACTION ON ALL 1410 00:45:07,104 --> 00:45:09,940 OF THESE ISSUES, 1411 00:45:09,940 --> 00:45:10,541 EXCEPT THEY DON'T WANT TO, 1412 00:45:10,541 --> 00:45:11,608 BECAUSE THEY 1413 00:45:11,608 --> 00:45:14,311 REPRESENT BIG BUSINESS AND THE 1414 00:45:14,311 --> 00:45:14,578 CORPORATE 1415 00:45:14,578 --> 00:45:15,179 LAND LORDS. DEMOCRATS WON'T 1416 00:45:15,179 --> 00:45:19,149 FIGHT FOR US. 1417 00:45:19,149 --> 00:45:23,654 WE NEED A SOCIALIST PARTY -- 1418 00:45:23,787 --> 00:45:24,388 [ MIC MUTED ] 1419 00:45:24,388 --> 00:45:27,524 >> THANK YOU, SUMMER. 1420 00:45:27,524 --> 00:45:31,228 NEXT, WE HAVE JASON. 1421 00:45:31,361 --> 00:45:32,096 >> SHUT DOWN I.C.E.! 1422 00:45:32,096 --> 00:45:36,767 SHUT DOWN I.C.E.! 1423 00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:39,103 >> SO NEXT WE HAVE 1424 00:45:39,103 --> 00:45:41,271 JASON, FOLLOWED BY HOWARD, 1425 00:45:41,271 --> 00:45:41,538 STEVE, 1426 00:45:41,538 --> 00:45:43,107 ALLEN, JUSTICE 1427 00:45:43,107 --> 00:45:47,377 AND NATHAN. WELCOME, JASON. 1428 00:45:47,511 --> 00:45:50,114 >> MY NAME IS JASON DIEHL, I'M 1429 00:45:50,114 --> 00:45:51,849 A RENTER IN DISTRICT FIVE AND 1430 00:45:51,849 --> 00:45:53,350 A MEMBER OF LABOR MILITANT. 1431 00:45:53,350 --> 00:45:54,818 IT IS SHAMEFUL THAT ONLY 1432 00:45:54,818 --> 00:45:57,087 ONE MEMBER OF THIS 1433 00:45:57,087 --> 00:45:58,222 COUNCIL COMMITTED TO PASSING A 1434 00:45:58,222 --> 00:45:58,889 PERMANENT BAN 1435 00:45:58,889 --> 00:46:02,559 ON DETENTION CENTERS, AND THAT 1436 00:46:02,559 --> 00:46:03,594 IS 1437 00:46:03,594 --> 00:46:03,894 SHAMEFUL. 1438 00:46:03,894 --> 00:46:07,898 I ASKED THIS 1439 00:46:07,898 --> 00:46:09,266 LAST WEEK, AND NOBODY BESIDES 1440 00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:09,633 RINK SUPPORTED 1441 00:46:09,633 --> 00:46:11,301 A 1442 00:46:11,301 --> 00:46:12,636 PERMANENT BAN. BUT THAT'S BELOW 1443 00:46:12,636 --> 00:46:13,771 THE BARE 1444 00:46:13,771 --> 00:46:14,071 MINIMUM. 1445 00:46:14,071 --> 00:46:16,240 ALL NINE OF THE COUNSELORS HERE 1446 00:46:16,240 --> 00:46:17,307 ARE DEMOCRATS. 1447 00:46:17,307 --> 00:46:18,575 THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY 1448 00:46:18,575 --> 00:46:20,377 NATIONALLY IS RAMPING UP THE 1449 00:46:20,377 --> 00:46:20,878 DRUMBEAT 1450 00:46:20,878 --> 00:46:23,981 OF LESSER EVILISM, SAYING IF WE 1451 00:46:23,981 --> 00:46:26,483 BRING THEM BACK TO THE 1452 00:46:26,483 --> 00:46:28,018 HOUSE, THEY'LL FIGHT AGAINST 1453 00:46:28,018 --> 00:46:28,252 HOUSE. 1454 00:46:28,252 --> 00:46:29,953 THE STATE IS RUN BY 1455 00:46:29,953 --> 00:46:31,421 DEMOCRATS, AND THEY CAN'T EVEN 1456 00:46:31,421 --> 00:46:31,622 PASS 1457 00:46:31,622 --> 00:46:33,223 A PERMANENT BAN ON DETENTION 1458 00:46:33,223 --> 00:46:33,490 CENTERS? 1459 00:46:33,490 --> 00:46:37,461 NOT A SINGLE MENTION, EACH FROM 1460 00:46:37,461 --> 00:46:42,299 RINK, ABOUT MU MINCE PAL I.D. s. 1461 00:46:42,432 --> 00:46:43,934 INSTEAD, THEY'RE CUTTING PUBLIC 1462 00:46:43,934 --> 00:46:45,736 SERVICES, THEY SAY THERE'S 1463 00:46:45,736 --> 00:46:47,171 NO MONEY FOR HEALTH CARE AND 1464 00:46:47,171 --> 00:46:47,371 CHILD 1465 00:46:47,504 --> 00:46:49,406 CARE. THERE'S ALWAYS MONEY FOR 1466 00:46:49,406 --> 00:46:50,007 COPS. 1467 00:46:50,007 --> 00:46:51,408 $500 MILLION EVERY YEAR IN 1468 00:46:51,408 --> 00:46:53,811 THE CITY GOES TO POLICE, AND 1469 00:46:53,811 --> 00:46:56,079 THAT HAS GONE UP $123 MILLION 1470 00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:56,280 MORE 1471 00:46:56,280 --> 00:47:00,951 SINCE GEORGE FLOYD WAS MURDERED. 1472 00:47:00,951 --> 00:47:04,021 SOUND TRANSIT BOARD IS MADE 1473 00:47:04,021 --> 00:47:06,824 UP OF DEMOCRATS AROUND THE 1474 00:47:06,824 --> 00:47:08,058 DOWNY, INCLUDING THE SOCIALIST 1475 00:47:08,058 --> 00:47:09,259 MAYOR KATIE WILSON. 1476 00:47:09,259 --> 00:47:10,494 THEY COULD TAX THE RICH TO 1477 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:12,429 FUND THE TRAINS AND MAKE THEM 1478 00:47:12,429 --> 00:47:14,698 FREE AND BUILD THEM BEFORE WE'RE 1479 00:47:14,698 --> 00:47:15,165 DEAD. 1480 00:47:15,165 --> 00:47:17,301 INSTEAD, THEY'RE RAMPING UP 1481 00:47:17,301 --> 00:47:17,734 FARE ENFORCEMENT. 1482 00:47:17,734 --> 00:47:19,503 WE NEED A SOCIALIST PARTY IN 1483 00:47:19,503 --> 00:47:19,937 SEATTLE. 1484 00:47:19,937 --> 00:47:22,706 WE NEED TO UNITE TO THROW OUT 1485 00:47:22,706 --> 00:47:25,142 EVERY ONE OF THESE DEMOCRATS 1486 00:47:25,142 --> 00:47:28,045 ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. 1487 00:47:28,045 --> 00:47:29,146 JOY HOLLINGSWORTH IS BOUGHT 1488 00:47:29,146 --> 00:47:31,381 AND PAID FOR BY CORPORATE 1489 00:47:31,381 --> 00:47:32,583 LANDLORDS, CEOs AND EXECUTIVES. 1490 00:47:32,583 --> 00:47:35,185 SHE ATTACKED THE MINIMUM 1491 00:47:35,185 --> 00:47:38,589 WAGE, TRYING TO CREATE A 1492 00:47:38,589 --> 00:47:39,223 SUBMINIMUM WAGE FOR THE LOWEST 1493 00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:39,856 PAID 1494 00:47:39,856 --> 00:47:41,792 200,000 WORKERS IN THE CITY. 1495 00:47:41,792 --> 00:47:43,760 UNITED FRONT FOR WORKERS 1496 00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:45,295 PARTY HAS OUR MONTHLY MEETINGS 1497 00:47:45,295 --> 00:47:45,462 ON 1498 00:47:45,462 --> 00:47:46,663 THE SECOND SATURDAY OF EVERY 1499 00:47:46,663 --> 00:47:46,897 MONTH. 1500 00:47:46,897 --> 00:47:48,665 THE NEXT ONE IS THIS SATURDAY 1501 00:47:48,665 --> 00:47:50,934 AT THE GARFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER 1502 00:47:50,934 --> 00:47:51,168 AT 1503 00:47:51,168 --> 00:47:56,139 2:00 P.M. [ MIC MUTED ] 1504 00:47:56,273 --> 00:48:06,583 >> THANK YOU, JASON. 1505 00:48:11,321 --> 00:48:14,224 WELCOME. 1506 00:48:14,358 --> 00:48:19,029 >> GOOD AFTERNOON. 1507 00:48:19,029 --> 00:48:20,330 SEATTLE OFFICE INSPECTOR 1508 00:48:20,330 --> 00:48:22,399 GENERAL, WHAT WENT WRONG WEN 1509 00:48:22,399 --> 00:48:23,934 OFFICERS BEAT 1510 00:48:23,934 --> 00:48:25,602 PROTESTORS, RESULTING IN MANY 1511 00:48:25,602 --> 00:48:26,503 INJURIES, 23 1512 00:48:26,503 --> 00:48:28,972 ARRESTS, CONCLUDES THAT "THERE 1513 00:48:28,972 --> 00:48:30,207 IS IMPORTANT CULTURAL 1514 00:48:30,207 --> 00:48:31,708 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAPITAL 1515 00:48:31,708 --> 00:48:33,176 HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LACK 1516 00:48:33,176 --> 00:48:35,746 OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF 1517 00:48:35,746 --> 00:48:36,079 UNDERSTANDING 1518 00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:37,681 OF THIS CONTEXT BY SPD 1519 00:48:37,681 --> 00:48:38,482 CONTRIBUTED TO THE 1520 00:48:38,482 --> 00:48:40,217 TENSIONS AMONG POLICE AND 1521 00:48:40,217 --> 00:48:40,584 DEMONSTRATORS. 1522 00:48:40,584 --> 00:48:45,622 " BUT THE WORDS OF 1523 00:48:45,622 --> 00:48:47,524 SPD OFFICER MATTHEW DIDIER MADE 1524 00:48:47,524 --> 00:48:47,791 CLEAR 1525 00:48:47,791 --> 00:48:49,927 THIS WAS NO CULTURAL 1526 00:48:50,060 --> 00:48:52,462 MISUNDERSTANDING. BODY WARN 1527 00:48:52,462 --> 00:48:54,064 VIDEO SHOWS HE SAID 1528 00:48:54,064 --> 00:48:55,499 TO OFFICERS, WE ARE GOING IN 1529 00:48:55,499 --> 00:48:57,634 THIS TIME WITH GUNS BLAZING, 1530 00:48:57,634 --> 00:48:59,002 WITH ALL OUR PIECES IN PLACE. 1531 00:48:59,002 --> 00:49:01,905 WE ARE PAST TALKING TO PEOPLE. 1532 00:49:01,905 --> 00:49:04,574 WE ARE HERE TO MESS 1533 00:49:04,574 --> 00:49:04,841 PEOPLE UP 1534 00:49:04,841 --> 00:49:05,943 NOW. WE'RE DONE WITH THESE 1535 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:06,143 GUYS. 1536 00:49:06,143 --> 00:49:06,843 THEY HAVE PUSHED THE 1537 00:49:06,843 --> 00:49:08,745 ENVELOPE AND NOW THEY'RE GOING 1538 00:49:08,745 --> 00:49:09,012 TO GET 1539 00:49:09,012 --> 00:49:09,813 THE FULL SOMETHING OR OTHER. 1540 00:49:09,813 --> 00:49:11,782 THIS IS NOT A CULTURAL 1541 00:49:11,782 --> 00:49:12,783 MISUNDERSTANDING, THIS IS 1542 00:49:12,783 --> 00:49:14,952 NOT ABOUT ONE BAD OFFICER, 1543 00:49:14,952 --> 00:49:15,185 BECAUSE 1544 00:49:15,185 --> 00:49:17,354 NOT ONE SINGLE OFFICER 1545 00:49:17,354 --> 00:49:18,188 OBJECTED TO THAT. 1546 00:49:18,188 --> 00:49:20,157 THE OIG HAS ASSERTED THIS 1547 00:49:20,157 --> 00:49:22,292 EVENT WAS A ONE OFF, AN 1548 00:49:22,292 --> 00:49:22,592 ABERRATION. 1549 00:49:22,592 --> 00:49:25,595 THREE DAYS LATER, OFFICERS 1550 00:49:25,595 --> 00:49:28,265 ONCE MORE DEMONSTRATED BIASED 1551 00:49:28,265 --> 00:49:29,566 POLICING, UNLEASHING 1552 00:49:29,566 --> 00:49:31,201 MORE VIOLENCE AND ARRESTS, RIGHT 1553 00:49:31,201 --> 00:49:32,536 IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. 1554 00:49:32,536 --> 00:49:34,371 LAST WEEK, AND THE NEXT 1555 00:49:34,371 --> 00:49:36,807 TWO WEEKS ARE THE ANNIVERSARIES 1556 00:49:36,807 --> 00:49:38,408 OF THREE UNNECESSARY KILLINGS 1557 00:49:38,408 --> 00:49:39,576 BY SEATTLE POLICE 1558 00:49:39,576 --> 00:49:41,144 OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN SEVERE 1559 00:49:41,144 --> 00:49:41,378 CRISIS, 1560 00:49:41,378 --> 00:49:45,248 ALL THREE REMAINING IGNORED AND 1561 00:49:45,248 --> 00:49:51,722 UNREMEMBERED BY THOSE IN POWER. 1562 00:49:51,722 --> 00:49:54,424 ALL THESE CASES HAVE ONE THING 1563 00:49:54,424 --> 00:49:56,426 IN COMMON, AND THEY WILL HAVE 1564 00:49:56,426 --> 00:50:03,967 INQUEST HEARINGS OVER THE NEXT 1565 00:50:03,967 --> 00:50:04,868 FEW HONLT MONTHS. 1566 00:50:04,868 --> 00:50:07,637 WHETHER IT'S 1567 00:50:07,637 --> 00:50:09,306 PROTESTORS, FOLKS IN CRISIS 1568 00:50:09,306 --> 00:50:10,307 MURDERED BY POLICE OR 1569 00:50:10,307 --> 00:50:12,476 FAMILIES BEGGING FOR LEGAL 1570 00:50:12,476 --> 00:50:14,711 RESOURCES TO AMELIORATE 1571 00:50:14,711 --> 00:50:16,880 THE HARMS OF YOUR POLICIES, 1572 00:50:16,880 --> 00:50:17,614 YOUR RESPONSE 1573 00:50:17,614 --> 00:50:24,755 IS ALWAYS -- [ MIC MUTED ] 1574 00:50:24,888 --> 00:50:31,895 >> THANK YOU. 1575 00:50:31,895 --> 00:50:37,567 NEXT WE HAVE WENDLYN. 1576 00:50:37,567 --> 00:50:43,440 THANK YOU, MR. GILL. 1577 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:43,807 THANK 1578 00:50:43,807 --> 00:50:53,884 YOU, MR. GILL. [ APPLAUSE ] 1579 00:50:53,884 --> 00:50:56,186 GWENDLYN, FOLLOWED BY STEVE AND 1580 00:50:56,186 --> 00:50:56,753 ALLEN. 1581 00:50:56,753 --> 00:50:57,788 IF YOU ARE LISTENING 1582 00:50:57,788 --> 00:50:58,488 ONLINE, WE 1583 00:50:58,488 --> 00:51:01,425 ARE COMING TO YOU NEXT. WELCOME. 1584 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:03,326 >> I'M A MEMBER OF 1585 00:51:03,326 --> 00:51:04,594 LABOR MILITANT AND DSA. 1586 00:51:04,594 --> 00:51:07,931 WE NEED TO MAKE THIS BAN 1587 00:51:07,931 --> 00:51:09,566 ON I.C.E. PERMANENT, BUT 1588 00:51:09,566 --> 00:51:11,268 CRITICALLY, THERE ARE 1589 00:51:11,268 --> 00:51:12,502 NO EXISTING I.C.E. 1590 00:51:12,502 --> 00:51:13,770 DETENTION CENTERS IN SEATTLE 1591 00:51:13,770 --> 00:51:14,004 TODAY. 1592 00:51:14,004 --> 00:51:16,072 WE HAVE TO PUSH A BAN IN 1593 00:51:16,072 --> 00:51:18,241 SEATTLE FIRST AND EXPAND IT 1594 00:51:18,241 --> 00:51:19,509 ACROSS THE 1595 00:51:19,509 --> 00:51:19,810 COUNTY. 1596 00:51:19,810 --> 00:51:21,077 DEMOCRATS, IF THEY WERE 1597 00:51:21,077 --> 00:51:23,480 SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING AGAINST 1598 00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:23,814 I.C.E. 1599 00:51:23,814 --> 00:51:25,348 , IT COULD NOT HAVE TAKEN 1600 00:51:25,348 --> 00:51:25,549 FOUR 1601 00:51:25,549 --> 00:51:26,149 MONTHS TO GET A TEMPORARY BAN 1602 00:51:26,149 --> 00:51:30,353 TODAY. 1603 00:51:30,353 --> 00:51:31,788 IF THEY WERE SERIOUS, WE WOULD 1604 00:51:31,788 --> 00:51:35,058 BE SEEING DEMOCRATS IN A 1605 00:51:35,058 --> 00:51:37,027 MASSIVE LEGAL FIGHT TO PUSH 1606 00:51:37,027 --> 00:51:38,261 THIS LEGISLATION FIGHT AND BAN 1607 00:51:38,261 --> 00:51:40,263 THE EXISTING DETENTION CENTERS, 1608 00:51:40,263 --> 00:51:41,865 WE WOULD BE SEEING BANS 1609 00:51:41,865 --> 00:51:44,000 AGAINST I.C.E. ARE POSED ON 1610 00:51:44,000 --> 00:51:45,535 EVERY DEMOCRATIC LEGISLATURE IN 1611 00:51:45,535 --> 00:51:45,702 THE 1612 00:51:45,702 --> 00:51:48,105 COUNTRY, MARCHES, WALKOUTS OF 1613 00:51:48,105 --> 00:51:49,606 WORKPLACES, ESPECIALLY WITH 1614 00:51:49,606 --> 00:51:49,973 IMMIGRANTS. 1615 00:51:49,973 --> 00:51:52,042 BUT DEMOCRATS ARE NOT LEADING 1616 00:51:52,042 --> 00:51:53,777 THESE INITIATIVES. 1617 00:51:53,777 --> 00:51:55,445 INSTEAD, I.C.E. ARE GRINDING 1618 00:51:55,445 --> 00:51:56,580 FORWARD AGAINST THE 1619 00:51:56,580 --> 00:51:57,547 DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLITICAL 1620 00:51:57,547 --> 00:51:58,248 MACHINE. 1621 00:51:58,248 --> 00:51:59,182 THAT'S BECAUSE DEMOCRATS ARE 1622 00:51:59,182 --> 00:52:01,084 A PARTY OF THE BILLIONAIRES, 1623 00:52:01,084 --> 00:52:02,719 THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS ARE 1624 00:52:02,719 --> 00:52:04,287 PART OF THE SAME POLITICAL 1625 00:52:04,287 --> 00:52:04,588 MACHINE 1626 00:52:04,588 --> 00:52:06,590 AS THE DEMOCRATS SITTING ON CITY 1627 00:52:06,590 --> 00:52:07,123 COUNCILS. 1628 00:52:07,123 --> 00:52:08,825 THEY'RE NOT HERE TO FIGHT THE 1629 00:52:08,825 --> 00:52:10,360 SYSTEM, BUT HERE TO RUN IT, 1630 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,865 INCLUDING I.C.E. 1631 00:52:14,865 --> 00:52:17,601 WE NEED A NEW WORKING CLASS 1632 00:52:17,601 --> 00:52:18,902 TO FIGHT AGAINST THE SYSTEM FOR 1633 00:52:18,902 --> 00:52:19,069 OUR 1634 00:52:19,202 --> 00:52:21,204 INTERESTS. LAST WEEK WAS A 1635 00:52:21,204 --> 00:52:21,705 HEARING ABOUT 1636 00:52:21,705 --> 00:52:23,573 MAKING THE BAN ON I.C.E. 1637 00:52:23,573 --> 00:52:25,342 CENTERS PERMANENT, BUT ONLY 1638 00:52:25,342 --> 00:52:26,643 MERCEDES RINK SPOKE OUT IN 1639 00:52:26,643 --> 00:52:27,310 FAVOR. 1640 00:52:27,310 --> 00:52:33,083 THESE HAVE A TENDENCY TO DIE IN 1641 00:52:33,083 --> 00:52:36,186 THE DARKNESS, SO YOU HAVE A VERY 1642 00:52:36,186 --> 00:52:38,388 EASY OPPORTUNITY TO PROVE I'M 1643 00:52:38,388 --> 00:52:39,456 WRONG RIGHT NOW. 1644 00:52:39,456 --> 00:52:42,359 WILL YOU SUPPORT ACTUALLY -- 1645 00:52:42,359 --> 00:52:44,661 WILL YOU SAY RIGHT NOW YES OR 1646 00:52:44,661 --> 00:52:46,096 NO, WILL YOU SUPPORT 1647 00:52:46,096 --> 00:52:48,632 THIS PERMANENT BAN, STARTING 1648 00:52:48,632 --> 00:52:50,166 WITH MADAME COUNCIL PRESIDENT, 1649 00:52:50,166 --> 00:52:50,400 YES OR 1650 00:52:50,534 --> 00:52:50,800 NO. 1651 00:52:50,800 --> 00:52:52,936 >> THIS IS YOUR TIME FOR PUBLIC 1652 00:52:53,069 --> 00:52:53,303 COMMENT. 1653 00:52:53,303 --> 00:52:54,137 >> THAT'S A LOT 1654 00:52:54,137 --> 00:53:02,579 MORE SYLLABLES THAN YES OR NO. 1655 00:53:02,579 --> 00:53:05,081 ANYONE WHO DOESN'T SAY YES, 1656 00:53:05,081 --> 00:53:05,282 VOTE 1657 00:53:05,282 --> 00:53:06,583 THEM OUT AND REPLACE THEM WITH A 1658 00:53:06,583 --> 00:53:09,252 SOCIALIST NEXT YEAR. 1659 00:53:09,386 --> 00:53:14,891 >> NEXT, WE HAVE STEVE, AND 1660 00:53:14,891 --> 00:53:15,458 THEN ALLEN. 1661 00:53:15,458 --> 00:53:17,160 STEVE, IS STEVE HERE? 1662 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:17,761 WELCOME, STEVE. 1663 00:53:17,761 --> 00:53:20,764 THEN WE HAVE ALLEN, JUSTICE, 1664 00:53:20,764 --> 00:53:21,298 NATHAN. 1665 00:53:21,298 --> 00:53:21,565 WELCOME. 1666 00:53:21,698 --> 00:53:23,266 >> HI, MY NAME IS STEVE LEE, 1667 00:53:23,266 --> 00:53:25,602 I'M A MEMBER OF 1668 00:53:25,602 --> 00:53:26,870 SEATTLE REVOLUTIONARY 1669 00:53:26,870 --> 00:53:27,470 SOCIALISTS, AND 1670 00:53:27,470 --> 00:53:28,305 THAT'S WHAT WE NEED. 1671 00:53:28,305 --> 00:53:29,706 WE NEED A REVOLUTION, 1672 00:53:29,706 --> 00:53:32,242 BECAUSE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 1673 00:53:32,242 --> 00:53:33,009 RUNNING 1674 00:53:33,009 --> 00:53:34,611 THIS CITY ARE FOLLOWING THE 1675 00:53:34,611 --> 00:53:34,878 INTERESTS 1676 00:53:34,878 --> 00:53:38,148 OF THE BILLIONAIRES. 1677 00:53:38,148 --> 00:53:39,916 THEY'RE 1678 00:53:39,916 --> 00:53:40,550 EXPANDING AI, REFUSING TO BAN 1679 00:53:40,550 --> 00:53:41,518 I.C.E. PERMANENTLY, 1680 00:53:41,518 --> 00:53:42,686 AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN 1681 00:53:42,686 --> 00:53:43,019 SURVEILLANCE 1682 00:53:43,019 --> 00:53:43,286 CAMERAS. 1683 00:53:43,286 --> 00:53:44,854 ALL OF THESE THINGS NEED TO BE 1684 00:53:44,854 --> 00:53:45,255 CHANGED. 1685 00:53:45,255 --> 00:53:46,856 WE NEED TO HAVE A SOCIETY 1686 00:53:46,856 --> 00:53:49,025 WHERE PEOPLE ARE ORGANIZED TO 1687 00:53:49,025 --> 00:53:49,993 MEET THE 1688 00:53:49,993 --> 00:53:51,494 NEEDS OF PEOPLE, AND THE 1689 00:53:51,494 --> 00:53:53,096 NEEDS OF PEOPLE ARE NOT 1690 00:53:53,096 --> 00:53:54,231 FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. 1691 00:53:54,231 --> 00:53:56,199 THAT MONEY SHOULD BE GOING 1692 00:53:56,199 --> 00:53:58,969 TO HEALTH CARE, HOUSING, 1693 00:53:58,969 --> 00:54:00,036 EDUCATION, CHILD CARE, ET 1694 00:54:00,036 --> 00:54:00,270 CETERA. 1695 00:54:00,270 --> 00:54:02,806 THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE REALLY 1696 00:54:02,806 --> 00:54:03,139 NEED. 1697 00:54:03,139 --> 00:54:05,775 SO QUIT FOLLOWING THE 1698 00:54:05,775 --> 00:54:08,078 DICTATESDICTATES OF 1699 00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:08,845 BILLIONAIRES, AND 1700 00:54:08,845 --> 00:54:10,814 FIGHT FOR THE INTEREST OF 1701 00:54:10,814 --> 00:54:11,081 ORDINARY 1702 00:54:11,214 --> 00:54:12,415 PEOPLE. GIVE UP YOUR 1703 00:54:12,415 --> 00:54:13,049 CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP AND JOIN 1704 00:54:13,049 --> 00:54:13,850 THE PEOPLE. 1705 00:54:13,984 --> 00:54:19,255 >> THANK YOU, STEVE. 1706 00:54:19,255 --> 00:54:24,227 NEXT WE HAVE ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY 1707 00:54:24,361 --> 00:54:28,598 JUSTICE, NATHAN. WELCOME, ALLEN. 1708 00:54:28,732 --> 00:54:29,799 >> THANK YOU. 1709 00:54:29,799 --> 00:54:31,501 MY NAME IS ALLEN, A MEMBER OF 1710 00:54:31,501 --> 00:54:33,737 THE SEATTLE REVOLUTIONARY 1711 00:54:33,737 --> 00:54:34,137 SOCIALISTS. 1712 00:54:34,137 --> 00:54:39,442 I'VE BEEN TO A COUPLE OF 1713 00:54:39,442 --> 00:54:39,776 COUNCIL 1714 00:54:39,776 --> 00:54:40,043 MEETINGS. 1715 00:54:40,043 --> 00:54:41,945 I APPRECIATE THE RHETORIC 1716 00:54:41,945 --> 00:54:43,380 ABOUT HOW THIS IS THE PEOPLE'S 1717 00:54:43,380 --> 00:54:44,147 STAS. 1718 00:54:44,147 --> 00:54:46,516 IT'S IN LINE OF THE RHETORIC I 1719 00:54:46,516 --> 00:54:47,817 HEARD FROM LOTS OF 1720 00:54:47,817 --> 00:54:49,085 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE 1721 00:54:49,085 --> 00:54:50,587 ADMINISTRATION OF THE CITY ABOUT 1722 00:54:50,587 --> 00:54:50,920 HOW 1723 00:54:50,920 --> 00:54:53,123 PROUD WE ARE TO BE A SANCTUARY 1724 00:54:53,123 --> 00:54:54,824 CITY, ABOUT HOW COMMUNITY 1725 00:54:54,824 --> 00:54:55,725 IS EVERYTHING HERE. 1726 00:54:55,725 --> 00:54:58,995 ABOUT HOW EVERYBODY IS WELCOME. 1727 00:54:58,995 --> 00:55:01,331 WELL, I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE 1728 00:55:01,331 --> 00:55:02,966 CONSIDERING EXTENDING 1729 00:55:02,966 --> 00:55:05,101 YOUR MORATORIUM ON I.C.E. 1730 00:55:05,101 --> 00:55:07,137 DETENTION FACILITIES TO AN 1731 00:55:07,137 --> 00:55:07,437 INDEFINITE 1732 00:55:07,437 --> 00:55:07,737 MORATORIUM. 1733 00:55:07,737 --> 00:55:10,807 I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY 1734 00:55:10,807 --> 00:55:12,842 ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO AHEAD AND DO 1735 00:55:12,842 --> 00:55:13,109 THAT. 1736 00:55:13,109 --> 00:55:16,513 BUT I WONDER, I WONDER IF IT'S 1737 00:55:16,513 --> 00:55:17,147 WORTH IT. 1738 00:55:17,147 --> 00:55:19,015 BUT I KIND OF FIGURE, 1739 00:55:19,015 --> 00:55:20,817 SINCE YOU'RE UP HERE PRETENDING 1740 00:55:20,817 --> 00:55:23,186 THAT THIS IS A DEMOCRACY, AND 1741 00:55:23,186 --> 00:55:23,386 THAT 1742 00:55:23,386 --> 00:55:33,930 YOU WILL LISTEN TO US, AND THAT 1743 00:57:06,356 --> 00:57:07,090 WORLD, EVICTIONS KILL 1744 00:57:07,090 --> 00:57:08,191 PEOPLE. THAT'S PEOPLE OUT ON 1745 00:57:08,191 --> 00:57:08,358 THE 1746 00:57:08,358 --> 00:57:09,626 STREETS WITHOUT RESOURCES, THEY 1747 00:57:09,626 --> 00:57:09,826 DIE. 1748 00:57:09,826 --> 00:57:11,661 WHEN PEOPLE ARE TAKEN BY I.C.E. 1749 00:57:11,661 --> 00:57:14,164 , THEY'RE UNABLE TO AFFORD 1750 00:57:14,164 --> 00:57:15,198 BILLS, SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES. 1751 00:57:15,198 --> 00:57:17,167 THOSE FAMILIES ARE GOING TO 1752 00:57:17,167 --> 00:57:18,101 BE PERMANENTLY DAMAGED. 1753 00:57:18,101 --> 00:57:19,736 THEIR HEALTH AND THEIR 1754 00:57:19,736 --> 00:57:20,036 WELL-BEING. 1755 00:57:20,036 --> 00:57:22,739 AND THAT WILL HAVE 1756 00:57:22,739 --> 00:57:23,173 RAMIFICATIONS. 1757 00:57:23,173 --> 00:57:27,043 THE POLICE CANNOT BE 1758 00:57:27,043 --> 00:57:29,078 CONTROLLED, THE POLICE CANNOT BE 1759 00:57:29,078 --> 00:57:29,245 -- 1760 00:57:29,245 --> 00:57:30,079 AND I.C.E. AS WELL, 1761 00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:31,815 OTHER LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, 1762 00:57:31,815 --> 00:57:32,282 BY THIS 1763 00:57:32,282 --> 00:57:32,615 BODY. 1764 00:57:32,615 --> 00:57:34,350 THEY ARE BEHOLDEN TO 1765 00:57:34,350 --> 00:57:35,485 THE BILLIONAIRES BECAUSE AT THE 1766 00:57:35,485 --> 00:57:37,587 END OF THE DAY, THEY HAVE THE 1767 00:57:37,587 --> 00:57:38,621 RESOURCES TO DETERMINE 1768 00:57:38,621 --> 00:57:40,456 THEIR SIDE ON THE WAR. 1769 00:57:40,456 --> 00:57:42,492 AND YOU ALL ARE IN THE MIDDLE 1770 00:57:42,492 --> 00:57:42,792 HERE. 1771 00:57:42,792 --> 00:57:44,194 I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT 1772 00:57:44,194 --> 00:57:46,095 GOING ON IN YOUR MINDS, THINKING 1773 00:57:46,095 --> 00:57:48,498 ABOUT YOUR CONSTITUENTS AND 1774 00:57:48,498 --> 00:57:49,299 DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL 1775 00:57:49,299 --> 00:57:50,200 HAVE 1776 00:57:50,200 --> 00:57:50,800 CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU AFTER 1777 00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:51,134 THIS MEETING. 1778 00:57:51,134 --> 00:57:52,635 BUT I WANT YOU 1779 00:57:52,635 --> 00:57:54,838 TO REMEMBER THAT 1780 00:57:54,838 --> 00:57:55,472 WE ARE LIVING IN THE HEART OF AN 1781 00:57:55,472 --> 00:57:55,738 UMPIRE IN 1782 00:57:55,738 --> 00:57:58,241 COLLAPSE, OKAY? WE ARE STANDING 1783 00:57:58,241 --> 00:57:59,709 AT THE PRECIPICE 1784 00:57:59,709 --> 00:58:00,243 OF AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. 1785 00:58:00,376 --> 00:58:02,078 THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE 1786 00:58:02,078 --> 00:58:04,547 LED TO GENOCIDES IN 1787 00:58:04,547 --> 00:58:05,315 COUNTLESS EMPIRES THROUGHOUT 1788 00:58:05,315 --> 00:58:05,949 HISTORY. 1789 00:58:05,949 --> 00:58:06,783 WHEN WE CONSIDER WHETHER OR 1790 00:58:06,783 --> 00:58:08,952 NOT YOU ALL CAN PROTECT US, WE 1791 00:58:08,952 --> 00:58:09,152 HAVE 1792 00:58:09,152 --> 00:58:11,721 TO BE RECOGNIZING THAT THE 1793 00:58:11,721 --> 00:58:12,856 ACTUAL MOVEMENT THAT PROTECTS 1794 00:58:12,856 --> 00:58:14,224 US HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH 1795 00:58:14,224 --> 00:58:14,824 WHAT YOU ALL SAY. 1796 00:58:14,824 --> 00:58:16,926 SO YOUR DECISIONS HERE ARE 1797 00:58:16,926 --> 00:58:17,961 JUST DETERMINING WHICH SIDE YOU 1798 00:58:17,961 --> 00:58:18,161 WILL 1799 00:58:18,161 --> 00:58:20,830 BE ON WHEN THE BULLETS START 1800 00:58:20,830 --> 00:58:21,164 FLYING. 1801 00:58:21,164 --> 00:58:23,366 THIS CLASS WAR WILL NOT 1802 00:58:23,366 --> 00:58:24,601 END UNTIL ONE SIDE WINS. 1803 00:58:24,601 --> 00:58:27,604 IT IS US, THE WORKERS, OR THE 1804 00:58:27,604 --> 00:58:29,172 BILLIONAIRES, AND IT'S TIME, 1805 00:58:29,172 --> 00:58:30,840 AND NOW I'M ADDRESSING YOU IN 1806 00:58:30,840 --> 00:58:32,175 THE ROOM AND WATCHING THIS, IT 1807 00:58:32,175 --> 00:58:33,610 IS TIME TO GET ORGANIZED. 1808 00:58:33,610 --> 00:58:36,112 WE CANNOT DO THIS 1809 00:58:36,112 --> 00:58:37,881 WITHOUT COLLECTIVE ACTION, 1810 00:58:37,881 --> 00:58:38,147 COMMUNITY 1811 00:58:38,147 --> 00:58:38,514 SUPPORT. 1812 00:58:38,514 --> 00:58:41,317 WE NEED TO BE TALKING WITH ONE 1813 00:58:41,317 --> 00:58:41,584 ANOTHER. 1814 00:58:41,584 --> 00:58:43,686 WE NEED TO BE PUTTING 1815 00:58:43,686 --> 00:58:45,021 OUR GREATEST WEAPON HERE WHICH 1816 00:58:45,021 --> 00:58:45,722 IS THE STRIKE. 1817 00:58:45,722 --> 00:58:48,558 SO 2028, GENERAL STRIKE, MAY 1. 1818 00:58:48,558 --> 00:58:49,058 LET'S GET ORGANIZED. 1819 00:58:49,058 --> 00:58:55,899 THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE. 1820 00:58:55,899 --> 00:59:01,337 >> NATHAN, AND THEN MISSY. 1821 00:59:01,471 --> 00:59:04,807 >> HI, SO I WAS HAPPY TO HEAR 1822 00:59:04,807 --> 00:59:06,609 THAT COUNCIL WAS CONSIDERING 1823 00:59:06,609 --> 00:59:09,112 A BAN ON AI OR A MORATORIUM ON 1824 00:59:09,112 --> 00:59:09,345 AI. 1825 00:59:09,345 --> 00:59:11,214 I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT 1826 00:59:11,214 --> 00:59:12,715 BECOME A BAN AND SEE THAT PASS. 1827 00:59:12,715 --> 00:59:14,250 I WOULD DISAPPOINTED TO 1828 00:59:14,250 --> 00:59:16,185 HEAR THAT MAYOR WILSON 1829 00:59:16,185 --> 00:59:18,755 WALLS ENCOURAGING OR PUSHING FOR 1830 00:59:18,755 --> 00:59:19,289 LIKE 1831 00:59:19,289 --> 00:59:20,623 MICROSOFT AI USE IN CITY 1832 00:59:20,623 --> 00:59:20,924 GOVERNMENT. 1833 00:59:20,924 --> 00:59:23,860 WE NEED TO BE RESISTING AI AT 1834 00:59:23,860 --> 00:59:25,995 ALL 1835 00:59:25,995 --> 00:59:27,397 COSTS. IT'S NOT GOOD 1836 00:59:27,397 --> 00:59:30,099 FOR OUR BRAINS OR OUR SOCIETY. 1837 00:59:30,099 --> 00:59:34,203 AND AI DATA CENTERS ARE -- WE 1838 00:59:34,203 --> 00:59:35,672 NEED TO MAKE SURE THERE'S 1839 00:59:35,672 --> 00:59:37,307 NEVER ONE IN THIS CITY. 1840 00:59:37,307 --> 00:59:39,375 WHEN IT COMES TO -- I APPRECIATE 1841 00:59:39,375 --> 00:59:40,944 THAT YOU GUYS ARE 1842 00:59:40,944 --> 00:59:43,546 PASSING LEGISLATION TO MAKE IT 1843 00:59:43,546 --> 00:59:43,980 SO 1844 00:59:43,980 --> 00:59:45,848 THAT I.C.E. CAN'T COME INTO 1845 00:59:45,848 --> 00:59:47,650 THESE COMMUNITIES AND SEATTLE 1846 00:59:47,650 --> 00:59:48,585 POLICE CAN'T CORPORATE. 1847 00:59:48,585 --> 00:59:50,420 BUT A LOT OF THESE COPS 1848 00:59:50,420 --> 00:59:52,755 DON'T CARE WHAT 1849 00:59:52,755 --> 00:59:54,390 YOU GUYS SAY. I'M GOING TO PLAY 1850 00:59:54,390 --> 00:59:54,724 YOU A 1851 00:59:54,724 --> 00:59:56,826 VIDEO, I'M GOING TO COPY 1852 00:59:56,826 --> 00:59:57,060 BENNETT 1853 00:59:57,060 --> 00:59:57,961 A 1854 00:59:57,961 --> 01:00:00,196 LITTLE BIT. THIS IS A VIDEO OF 1855 01:00:00,196 --> 01:00:00,463 AN 1856 01:00:00,463 --> 01:00:02,599 NYPD OFFICER TALKING ABOUT THE 1857 01:00:02,599 --> 01:00:02,799 MAYOR 1858 01:00:02,799 --> 01:00:04,534 OF NEW YORK. IT'S PRETTY SHORT. 1859 01:00:04,534 --> 01:00:14,777 [ INAUDIBLE ] 1860 01:00:21,884 --> 01:00:24,554 >> THEY CALLED HIM AN 1861 01:00:24,554 --> 01:00:26,222 EMBARRASSMENT AND TEMPORARY. 1862 01:00:26,222 --> 01:00:29,559 HE SAID HE'S NOT MY MAYOR. 1863 01:00:29,559 --> 01:00:34,630 AND FINALLY, HE SAYS, 1864 01:00:34,630 --> 01:00:36,499 ALL DEMOCRATS ARE A WASTE OF 1865 01:00:36,499 --> 01:00:36,866 THE HUMAN RACE. 1866 01:00:36,866 --> 01:00:37,767 AND THIS IS A POLICE OFFICER IN 1867 01:00:37,767 --> 01:00:40,436 NEW YORK CITY. 1868 01:00:40,436 --> 01:00:42,639 I GET THAT YOU GUYS DON'T 1869 01:00:42,639 --> 01:00:44,941 WANT TO LIKE HAVE THIS BE A 1870 01:00:44,941 --> 01:00:45,208 DIALOGUE, 1871 01:00:45,208 --> 01:00:46,542 BUT 1872 01:00:46,542 --> 01:00:47,176 I'M CURIOUS HOW YOU GUYS FEEL 1873 01:00:47,176 --> 01:00:49,779 ABOUT THAT? 1874 01:00:49,779 --> 01:00:52,915 I'M CURIOUS HOW 1875 01:00:52,915 --> 01:00:54,384 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE FEELS ABOUT 1876 01:00:54,384 --> 01:00:54,751 THIS, 1877 01:00:54,751 --> 01:00:56,119 BECAUSE WE'VE HAD A LOT OF 1878 01:00:56,119 --> 01:00:57,887 CONFIDENCES ABOUT CONSTITUTIONAL 1879 01:00:57,887 --> 01:00:58,287 RIGHTS. 1880 01:00:58,287 --> 01:01:00,923 I KNOW WE DISAGREE A LOT ABOUT 1881 01:01:01,057 --> 01:01:02,291 SPD. HOW DID THAT MAKE YOU FEEL 1882 01:01:02,291 --> 01:01:03,359 WHEN YOU HEARD SOMETHING LIKE 1883 01:01:03,359 --> 01:01:03,926 THAT? 1884 01:01:03,926 --> 01:01:05,328 THAT'S HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT 1885 01:01:05,328 --> 01:01:06,863 YOU AND MAJOR WILSON, TOO. 1886 01:01:06,996 --> 01:01:09,832 >> THANK YOU, NATHAN. 1887 01:01:09,832 --> 01:01:11,134 NEXT WE HAVE MISS EVETTE. 1888 01:01:11,134 --> 01:01:11,768 I KNOW WE 1889 01:01:11,768 --> 01:01:12,402 HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WHO SIGNED 1890 01:01:12,402 --> 01:01:15,672 UP, AS WELL. 1891 01:01:15,672 --> 01:01:19,909 AND THEN WE'LL SWITCH ONLINE. 1892 01:01:19,909 --> 01:01:30,253 HELLO, MS. EVETTE. 1893 01:01:46,969 --> 01:01:48,504 >> EVERY DAY, KNOWING 1894 01:01:48,504 --> 01:01:51,140 THAT YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER 1895 01:01:51,140 --> 01:01:53,576 CRIME IN GENERAL, MURDERS, 1896 01:01:53,576 --> 01:01:58,614 ASSAULTS, AND PEOPLE IN HEALTH 1897 01:01:58,614 --> 01:01:58,848 CRISES. 1898 01:01:58,848 --> 01:02:00,817 SO WE NEED LAW AND ORDER. 1899 01:02:00,817 --> 01:02:02,618 JUST FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, 1900 01:02:02,618 --> 01:02:04,520 WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN MY 1901 01:02:04,520 --> 01:02:05,688 COMMUNITY, EVERY TIME I 1902 01:02:05,688 --> 01:02:07,423 ENCOUNTER POLICE OFFICERS, I 1903 01:02:07,423 --> 01:02:08,958 SHAKE THEIR HAND AND THANK 1904 01:02:08,958 --> 01:02:09,492 THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. 1905 01:02:09,492 --> 01:02:11,394 THIS IS FROM A WOMAN WHO GREW 1906 01:02:11,394 --> 01:02:13,362 UP IN THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, 1907 01:02:13,362 --> 01:02:15,331 SO I KNOW HOW IT USED TO BE, AND 1908 01:02:15,331 --> 01:02:16,466 IT'S COME A LONG WAY. 1909 01:02:16,466 --> 01:02:19,102 AND ALSO, ANY OF YOU WHO WANT 1910 01:02:19,102 --> 01:02:20,603 TO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE 1911 01:02:20,603 --> 01:02:21,003 DO. 1912 01:02:21,003 --> 01:02:22,572 YOU'LL SEE HOW HARD IT IS. 1913 01:02:22,572 --> 01:02:23,906 AND REGARDING THE I.C.E. 1914 01:02:23,906 --> 01:02:26,742 SITUATION, IF YOU ALL WANT 1915 01:02:26,742 --> 01:02:27,677 I.C.E. TO BE GONE, I GET THAT. 1916 01:02:27,677 --> 01:02:31,380 BUT ORGANIZE YOURSELVES AND 1917 01:02:31,380 --> 01:02:32,982 SHOW UP IN PLACES WHERE YOU 1918 01:02:32,982 --> 01:02:34,684 THINK I.C.E. WILL SHOW UP TO 1919 01:02:34,684 --> 01:02:35,751 PROTECT THE PUBLIC. 1920 01:02:35,751 --> 01:02:36,986 THAT'S THE LEAST YOU CAN DO. 1921 01:02:36,986 --> 01:02:38,588 SO INSTEAD OF RUNNING YOUR 1922 01:02:38,588 --> 01:02:41,257 MOUTH, RUNNING OUT IN THE 1923 01:02:41,257 --> 01:02:43,092 STREETS, PROTECT THE COMMUNITY 1924 01:02:43,092 --> 01:02:44,093 YOUR OWN SELF. 1925 01:02:44,093 --> 01:02:44,627 THANK YOU. 1926 01:02:44,760 --> 01:02:46,262 >> THANK YOU. 1927 01:02:46,262 --> 01:02:46,762 NEXT WE HAVE AARON ARE. 1928 01:02:46,762 --> 01:02:55,204 WELCOME. 1929 01:02:55,338 --> 01:02:56,939 >> GOOD AFTERNOON, 1930 01:02:56,939 --> 01:02:57,974 COUNCILMEMBERS. 1931 01:02:57,974 --> 01:03:00,343 MY NAME IS AARON, THE 1932 01:03:00,343 --> 01:03:01,978 LEGISLATIVE AIDE FOR LOCAL 1933 01:03:01,978 --> 01:03:02,278 STRATEGIES. 1934 01:03:02,278 --> 01:03:04,947 I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THIS -- 1935 01:03:04,947 --> 01:03:06,349 EVERYONE HERE. 1936 01:03:06,349 --> 01:03:07,350 I DON'T THINK DISRESPECT 1937 01:03:07,350 --> 01:03:09,218 IS GOING TO GET YOU FAR IF YOU 1938 01:03:09,218 --> 01:03:10,520 WANT SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT. 1939 01:03:10,520 --> 01:03:12,221 YOU CAN BOO ALL YOU WANT, BUT 1940 01:03:12,221 --> 01:03:13,422 DISRESPECT IS NOT GOING TO 1941 01:03:13,422 --> 01:03:14,123 GET YOU FAR. 1942 01:03:14,123 --> 01:03:15,791 I DON'T CARE HOW IT FEELS. 1943 01:03:15,791 --> 01:03:18,027 I DON'T CARE HOW YOU FEEL, 1944 01:03:18,027 --> 01:03:19,829 BUT YOU SHOULD REPRESENT 1945 01:03:19,829 --> 01:03:20,096 YOURSELF 1946 01:03:20,096 --> 01:03:25,535 WITH DECORUM, BECAUSE THIS IS -- 1947 01:03:25,535 --> 01:03:27,436 THEY'RE DOING STUFF FOR YOU. 1948 01:03:27,436 --> 01:03:29,972 SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, I 1949 01:03:29,972 --> 01:03:31,908 WANT TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT 1950 01:03:31,908 --> 01:03:33,442 I'M HERE FOR YOU GUYS, AS WELL. 1951 01:03:33,442 --> 01:03:35,578 SO THANK YOU. 1952 01:03:35,711 --> 01:03:40,116 >> THANK YOU, AARON. 1953 01:03:40,116 --> 01:03:45,121 NEXT, WE HAVE -- WE'RE GOING 1954 01:03:45,121 --> 01:03:47,623 TO GO TO -- GO ONLINE. 1955 01:03:47,623 --> 01:03:50,026 JUST ASKING THAT PEOPLE BE 1956 01:03:50,026 --> 01:03:51,027 DISRESPECTFUL WHILE PEOPLE 1957 01:03:51,027 --> 01:03:52,762 ARE TALKS AND NOT TO INTERRUPT 1958 01:03:52,762 --> 01:03:52,995 THEM. 1959 01:03:52,995 --> 01:03:53,396 THAT'S 1960 01:03:53,396 --> 01:04:03,339 ALL. WE WILL GO ONLINE. 1961 01:04:03,339 --> 01:04:06,375 THANK YOU. 1962 01:04:06,375 --> 01:04:07,677 ONLINE, WE HAVE ROSE. 1963 01:04:07,677 --> 01:04:08,778 YOU'RE GOING TO PRESS 1964 01:04:08,778 --> 01:04:19,255 STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 1965 01:04:19,822 --> 01:04:27,129 STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, ROSE. 1966 01:04:27,129 --> 01:04:29,065 WE STILL SEE YOU ON MUTE, ROSE. 1967 01:04:29,065 --> 01:04:31,267 MAYBE YOUR PHONE IS ON MUTE. 1968 01:04:31,400 --> 01:04:36,205 STAR SIX. THERE YOU GO. 1969 01:04:36,339 --> 01:04:39,008 >> THERE WE GO, SORRY. 1970 01:04:39,008 --> 01:04:42,245 LAST WEEK, THE DOJ FILED SUIT 1971 01:04:42,245 --> 01:04:45,781 IN TEXAS TO TRY AND GET HAITIAN 1972 01:04:45,781 --> 01:04:48,684 DATE OF RECORDS IN RHODE ISLAND 1973 01:04:48,684 --> 01:04:55,124 TO TRY AND BE ABLE TO STOP TRANS 1974 01:04:55,124 --> 01:04:56,392 PEOPLE FROM INCREASING THEIR 1975 01:04:56,525 --> 01:04:58,327 STATE. WE ARE SEEING 1976 01:04:58,327 --> 01:04:59,095 INCREASING CRACKDOWNS HAPPENING 1977 01:04:59,095 --> 01:05:00,129 ON 1978 01:05:00,129 --> 01:05:01,764 A FEDERAL LEVEL ON TRANS 1979 01:05:01,764 --> 01:05:03,332 PEOPLE, WE NEED SEATTLE AND THE 1980 01:05:03,332 --> 01:05:03,532 STATE 1981 01:05:03,532 --> 01:05:04,967 OF WASHINGTON TO BE LOOKING 1982 01:05:04,967 --> 01:05:06,502 INTO WHAT ARE THE BEST WAYS 1983 01:05:06,502 --> 01:05:07,436 TO PROTECT PEOPLE HERE. 1984 01:05:07,436 --> 01:05:08,771 I HAD A FRIEND LAST WEEK 1985 01:05:08,771 --> 01:05:10,940 THAT WENT TO HER DOCTOR'S 1986 01:05:10,940 --> 01:05:13,142 APPOINTMENT AND ASKED HER DOCTOR 1987 01:05:13,142 --> 01:05:13,843 IF THE 1988 01:05:13,843 --> 01:05:15,645 DOJDOJ COMES FOR YOU AND YOUR 1989 01:05:15,645 --> 01:05:16,746 CLINIC, WHICH WAS UNIVERSITY OF 1990 01:05:16,746 --> 01:05:18,047 WASHINGTON, WHAT WOULD YOU DO 1991 01:05:18,047 --> 01:05:19,916 TO MAKE SURE I HAVE HORMONAL 1992 01:05:19,916 --> 01:05:20,149 CARE? 1993 01:05:20,149 --> 01:05:22,218 THE DOCTOR HAD NOTHING TO SAY. 1994 01:05:22,218 --> 01:05:24,353 THIS IS A HUGE RISK FOR 1995 01:05:24,353 --> 01:05:25,655 OUR COMMUNITY AS PEOPLE ARE 1996 01:05:25,655 --> 01:05:25,888 FLEEING 1997 01:05:25,888 --> 01:05:26,222 HERE. 1998 01:05:26,222 --> 01:05:28,357 WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS 1999 01:05:28,357 --> 01:05:28,891 EXTENSIVELY. 2000 01:05:28,891 --> 01:05:31,594 WE HAD THE PROCLAMATION 2001 01:05:31,594 --> 01:05:34,630 THAT EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL 2002 01:05:34,630 --> 01:05:35,531 SIGNED, BUT THOSE WORDS DON'T 2003 01:05:35,531 --> 01:05:36,866 MEAN ANYTHING IF WE DON'T 2004 01:05:36,866 --> 01:05:38,467 HAVE ACTIONS TO BACK THEM UP. 2005 01:05:38,467 --> 01:05:40,036 WE ARE HAVING INDIVIDUALS 2006 01:05:40,036 --> 01:05:41,637 THAT ARE FLEEING TO CAL ANDERSON 2007 01:05:41,637 --> 01:05:43,606 EVERY DAY, NEEDING RESOURCES, 2008 01:05:43,606 --> 01:05:44,840 FOOD, BASIC THINGS. 2009 01:05:44,840 --> 01:05:47,009 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THINGS 2010 01:05:47,009 --> 01:05:48,911 ARE RIGHT NOW, AND WE NEED 2011 01:05:48,911 --> 01:05:49,178 RESOURCES 2012 01:05:49,178 --> 01:05:51,781 FOR THEM WHEN THEY LAND. 2013 01:05:51,781 --> 01:05:55,584 THE IDAHO BATHROOM BAN HAS 2014 01:05:55,584 --> 01:05:58,621 ALREADY BASSED, AND WE'LL SEE 2015 01:05:58,621 --> 01:05:59,422 AN 2016 01:05:59,422 --> 01:06:01,090 INFLUX OF REFUGEES HERE IN 2017 01:06:01,090 --> 01:06:01,357 SEATTLE. 2018 01:06:01,357 --> 01:06:02,958 WE NEED TO HEAR WHAT THE 2019 01:06:02,958 --> 01:06:04,560 COUNCIL AND MAYOR ARE GOING TO 2020 01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:04,994 DO 2021 01:06:04,994 --> 01:06:06,796 TO PREPARE FOR THIS IMPENDING 2022 01:06:06,796 --> 01:06:07,063 CRISIS. 2023 01:06:07,063 --> 01:06:08,064 THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE 2024 01:06:08,064 --> 01:06:09,899 BAD ENOUGH AS IS. 2025 01:06:09,899 --> 01:06:11,634 WE HAVE PEOPLE IN CAL 2026 01:06:11,634 --> 01:06:13,202 ANDERSON THAT ARE WRITING NAMES 2027 01:06:13,202 --> 01:06:17,073 OF MISSING PEOPLE, PEOPLE SHOW 2028 01:06:17,073 --> 01:06:20,042 UP WITH NO IDENTIFICATION 2029 01:06:20,042 --> 01:06:20,876 OR NO CONNECTION WITH ANYONE, 2030 01:06:20,876 --> 01:06:21,577 AND THEY 2031 01:06:21,577 --> 01:06:22,912 DISAPPEAR AND NOBODY SEES THEM 2032 01:06:22,912 --> 01:06:24,580 AGAIN, AND WE DON'T KNOW 2033 01:06:24,580 --> 01:06:25,181 WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THESE 2034 01:06:25,181 --> 01:06:25,581 PEOPLE. 2035 01:06:25,581 --> 01:06:28,684 WE NEED TO HAVE THE CITY COUNCIL 2036 01:06:28,684 --> 01:06:30,353 BE THERE FOR US AS RESOURCES 2037 01:06:30,353 --> 01:06:32,621 AND ALSO TO HELP US AS 2038 01:06:32,621 --> 01:06:32,955 INDIVIDUALS. 2039 01:06:32,955 --> 01:06:36,559 WE EVEN HAVE ORGANIZERS WHO ARE 2040 01:06:36,559 --> 01:06:38,461 STRUGGLING AGAINST ME. 2041 01:06:38,461 --> 01:06:41,197 WE'VE GOT TO HAVE YOUR HELP. 2042 01:06:41,330 --> 01:06:44,233 >> THANK YOU, ROSE. 2043 01:06:44,233 --> 01:06:45,668 NEXT WE HAVE JOE FOLLOWED BY 2044 01:06:45,668 --> 01:06:49,105 DAVID, THEN MELISSA AND CASTILE. 2045 01:06:49,105 --> 01:06:56,145 JOE, STAR 6 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. 2046 01:06:56,278 --> 01:06:57,046 >> THANK YOU, PRESIDENT 2047 01:06:57,046 --> 01:07:00,182 HOLLINGSWORTH. 2048 01:07:00,182 --> 01:07:01,951 I REALLY APPRECIATE BEING 2049 01:07:01,951 --> 01:07:03,219 ABLE TO CALL IN THIS MORNING TO 2050 01:07:03,219 --> 01:07:03,419 TALK 2051 01:07:03,419 --> 01:07:05,588 ABOUT DRONES AND THE NEED 2052 01:07:05,588 --> 01:07:06,589 FOR TIGHT LAW ENFORCEMENT AROUND 2053 01:07:06,589 --> 01:07:07,790 DRONES, BUT I'M CALLING 2054 01:07:07,790 --> 01:07:09,358 YOU TODAY WITH SOME SAD NEWS, 2055 01:07:09,358 --> 01:07:12,828 WHICH IS DUE TO THE FACT THAT 2056 01:07:12,828 --> 01:07:13,028 MAYOR 2057 01:07:13,028 --> 01:07:14,730 WILSON, A SUPPOSED DEMOCRAT, 2058 01:07:14,730 --> 01:07:16,599 IF YOU BELIEVE THESE 2059 01:07:16,599 --> 01:07:18,667 PUBLIC COMMENTERS YOU HEARD 2060 01:07:18,667 --> 01:07:19,201 TODAY, YOU 2061 01:07:19,201 --> 01:07:22,104 KNOW, SHE HAS NOT CONDEMNED 2062 01:07:22,104 --> 01:07:24,006 ANTI- SEMITISM, AND WE JUST HAD 2063 01:07:24,006 --> 01:07:27,209 A VIOLENT RIOT OUTSIDE 2064 01:07:27,209 --> 01:07:32,648 A GATHERING TO HONOR A MEDIC WHO 2065 01:07:32,648 --> 01:07:36,952 TREATED, GUESS WHAT? 2066 01:07:36,952 --> 01:07:40,222 DOZENS, NOT JUST ISRAELIS. 2067 01:07:40,222 --> 01:07:42,458 SO I WANT TO READ YOU THE 2068 01:07:42,458 --> 01:07:43,592 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE ABOUT IT, 2069 01:07:43,592 --> 01:07:46,128 THAT FREE SPEECH, 2070 01:07:46,128 --> 01:07:46,962 INCLUDING CRITICIZING THE 2071 01:07:46,962 --> 01:07:47,496 POLICIES OF 2072 01:07:47,496 --> 01:07:48,898 OUR OWN GOVERNMENT AND FOR 2073 01:07:48,898 --> 01:07:50,366 GOVERNMENTS, INCLUDING ISRAEL, 2074 01:07:50,366 --> 01:07:52,068 IS A FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT IN OUR 2075 01:07:52,068 --> 01:07:55,538 COUNTRY, BUT WHEN 2076 01:07:55,538 --> 01:07:56,639 PROTESTORS SCREAM PROFANITIES 2077 01:07:56,639 --> 01:07:57,473 AND BANG ON 2078 01:07:57,473 --> 01:07:58,908 THEIR CARS, THIS CROSSES A 2079 01:07:58,908 --> 01:08:01,077 LINE. WHEN PROTESTORS ATTACK 2080 01:08:01,077 --> 01:08:02,211 ATTENDEES AND POLICE, THIS 2081 01:08:02,211 --> 01:08:02,645 CROSSES THE 2082 01:08:02,645 --> 01:08:03,012 LINE. 2083 01:08:03,012 --> 01:08:05,681 WHEN PROTESTORS FOLLOW 2084 01:08:05,681 --> 01:08:07,783 ATTENDEES AND THEY'RE SCARED 2085 01:08:07,783 --> 01:08:08,384 FOR THEIR 2086 01:08:08,384 --> 01:08:09,485 SAFETY, THIS CROSSES A LINE. 2087 01:08:09,485 --> 01:08:12,154 WE CANNOT HAVE A THRIVING JEWISH 2088 01:08:12,154 --> 01:08:14,090 COMMUNITY WITHOUT BASIC SAFETY. 2089 01:08:14,090 --> 01:08:14,957 I AGREE 2090 01:08:14,957 --> 01:08:16,492 WITH PRESIDENT CAIN AND THE 2091 01:08:16,492 --> 01:08:17,526 JEWISH FEDERATION. 2092 01:08:17,526 --> 01:08:19,361 I DON'T SPEAK FOR THEM, BUT 2093 01:08:19,361 --> 01:08:19,728 IT'S 2094 01:08:19,728 --> 01:08:21,497 GOING TO BE VERY HARD FOR ME 2095 01:08:21,497 --> 01:08:23,966 TO SUPPORT LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS 2096 01:08:23,966 --> 01:08:26,168 IN SEATTLE WHEN WE HAVE 2097 01:08:26,168 --> 01:08:27,369 THESE ANTI-SEMITISM PROBLEMS. 2098 01:08:27,369 --> 01:08:29,205 WE NEED TO HEAR ELECTED 2099 01:08:29,205 --> 01:08:32,074 LEADERS CONDEMN IT AND MAKE 2100 01:08:32,074 --> 01:08:32,608 CLEAR IT'S 2101 01:08:32,608 --> 01:08:36,178 ONE THING TO SHOW UP, 2102 01:08:36,178 --> 01:08:38,280 BUT ANOTHER THING TO HAVE 2103 01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:38,547 VIOLENCE 2104 01:08:38,547 --> 01:08:41,450 TOWARDS YOUR POLITICAL ON POE 2105 01:08:41,584 --> 01:08:44,386 SENTS. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU 2106 01:08:44,386 --> 01:08:44,553 PUT 2107 01:08:44,553 --> 01:08:46,422 A STATION IN A COMMUNITY, YOU 2108 01:08:46,422 --> 01:08:47,456 ARE SAYING THAT YOU WANT TO 2109 01:08:47,456 --> 01:08:48,757 BUILD 2110 01:08:48,757 --> 01:08:50,559 A COMMUNITY AROUND HERE, WITH 2111 01:08:50,559 --> 01:08:52,661 INCLUSION, COURAGE, AND SCIENCE 2112 01:08:52,661 --> 01:08:53,529 AND INTEGRITY. 2113 01:08:53,529 --> 01:08:54,597 THANK YOU FOR 2114 01:08:54,597 --> 01:08:55,231 YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE, AND FOR ALL 2115 01:08:55,231 --> 01:08:56,899 YOU DO. 2116 01:08:57,032 --> 01:08:59,468 >> THANK YOU, JOE. 2117 01:08:59,468 --> 01:09:01,270 NEXT IS DAVID, FOLLOWED BY 2118 01:09:01,270 --> 01:09:01,537 MELISSA. 2119 01:09:01,537 --> 01:09:02,638 DAVID HANES, STAR 6, UNMUTE 2120 01:09:02,638 --> 01:09:07,109 YOURSELF. 2121 01:09:07,243 --> 01:09:08,677 >> THIS IS DAVID HANES. 2122 01:09:08,677 --> 01:09:10,112 THERE'S NOT MUCH ON THE 2123 01:09:10,112 --> 01:09:11,480 AGENDA FOR ALL THE DRAMA. 2124 01:09:11,480 --> 01:09:14,149 REMEMBER, NO KINGS, NO DRAMA 2125 01:09:14,283 --> 01:09:16,519 QUEENS. I WANT TO ADDRESS 2126 01:09:16,519 --> 01:09:17,486 ORDINANCE 2127 01:09:17,486 --> 01:09:20,322 12123, BUT $19 MILLION BEING 2128 01:09:20,322 --> 01:09:23,392 PAID TO SOFTBANK IN DELOITTE. 2129 01:09:23,392 --> 01:09:26,061 WHY IS IT THAT AN EXTRA 2130 01:09:26,061 --> 01:09:31,934 $18 MILLION HAS TO BE PAID, THAT 2131 01:09:31,934 --> 01:09:34,670 WE SEEM TO KEEP PLAYING FOR AND 2132 01:09:34,670 --> 01:09:38,607 OTHER POLICY CONCERNS? 2133 01:09:38,607 --> 01:09:40,309 IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR THAT 2134 01:09:40,309 --> 01:09:42,311 THE PEOPLE HAVE TO PAY $18 2135 01:09:42,311 --> 01:09:42,611 MILLION 2136 01:09:42,611 --> 01:09:44,079 EXTRA, AND THEN ALMOST 2137 01:09:44,079 --> 01:09:46,348 GUARANTEE AN OVERALL AMOUNT OF 2138 01:09:46,348 --> 01:09:46,515 $50 2139 01:09:46,515 --> 01:09:46,916 MILLION. 2140 01:09:46,916 --> 01:09:50,185 WHY CAN'T YOU NEGOTIATE? 2141 01:09:50,185 --> 01:09:51,053 BECAUSE THERE WAS 18 2142 01:09:51,053 --> 01:09:53,923 COLLECTIONS ON THE ACCOUNTING 2143 01:09:53,923 --> 01:09:54,924 PROCESS, LIKE SOMEBODY DIDN'T 2144 01:09:54,924 --> 01:09:57,793 PUT IN AN 2145 01:09:57,793 --> 01:09:58,460 ACCOUNTING CATEGORY FOR 2146 01:09:58,460 --> 01:09:59,995 VACATION, SO $1. 1 MILLION, AND 2147 01:09:59,995 --> 01:10:02,031 THEY HIRE SOME DUDE ON A 2148 01:10:02,031 --> 01:10:03,432 SHORT TERM CONTRACT, MAKING 2149 01:10:03,432 --> 01:10:03,732 CHUMP 2150 01:10:03,732 --> 01:10:07,937 CHANGE, AND WE MIXES IT. 2151 01:10:07,937 --> 01:10:10,372 THESE PEOPLE ARE MAKING UP TO 2152 01:10:10,372 --> 01:10:12,875 50% PROFITS, AND I DON'T 2153 01:10:12,875 --> 01:10:14,910 HEAR CITY COUNCIL MAKE ANY 2154 01:10:14,910 --> 01:10:17,313 RENEGOTIATION ON THAT. 2155 01:10:17,313 --> 01:10:23,085 I THINK THAT MAY 4, I TOUCHED 2156 01:10:23,085 --> 01:10:28,657 UP ON AI. A 34-YEAR- OLD 2157 01:10:28,657 --> 01:10:30,192 WAS LEFT IN CRITICAL CONDITION 2158 01:10:30,192 --> 01:10:30,492 YESTERDAY, 2159 01:10:30,492 --> 01:10:32,828 AND ON NORTH GATE, AN 2160 01:10:32,828 --> 01:10:35,531 ATTEMPTED KIDNAPPING WHEN -- 2161 01:10:35,531 --> 01:10:38,133 I THINK SOME GIRL WAS RAPED BY 2162 01:10:38,133 --> 01:10:38,734 THE BUS STOP 2163 01:10:38,734 --> 01:10:40,536 IN DISTRICT 5. 2164 01:10:40,536 --> 01:10:44,273 AND THEN ON MAY 5, A 35-YEAR- 2165 01:10:44,273 --> 01:10:45,841 OLD WAS STABBED IN THE BACK 2166 01:10:45,841 --> 01:10:46,075 DURING 2167 01:10:46,075 --> 01:10:49,445 AN ALTERCATION. 2168 01:10:49,445 --> 01:10:52,314 DOWNTOWN 3rd AVENUE, IT'S LIKE 2169 01:10:52,314 --> 01:10:54,950 NORTH BEACON HILL, SOME MAN WAS 2170 01:10:54,950 --> 01:10:55,618 STABBED TWICE. 2171 01:10:55,618 --> 01:10:58,120 SOUTH SEATTLE, 18-YEAR- OLD WAS 2172 01:10:58,120 --> 01:11:01,357 GRAZED BY A GUNFIRE WOUND. 2173 01:11:01,357 --> 01:11:02,591 ARMED ROBBERY YESTERDAY. 2174 01:11:02,591 --> 01:11:05,294 YOU ALL ARE STILL ACTING 2175 01:11:05,294 --> 01:11:08,030 LIKE THE FEDS ARE THE BIGGEST 2176 01:11:08,163 --> 01:11:09,465 CONCERN. BUT IF YOU CAN FILE THE 2177 01:11:09,465 --> 01:11:09,665 EVIL 2178 01:11:09,665 --> 01:11:11,033 DRUG PUSHERS THAT YOU 2179 01:11:11,033 --> 01:11:12,101 KEEP EXEMPTING -- 2180 01:11:12,234 --> 01:11:14,370 >> THANK 2181 01:11:14,370 --> 01:11:15,704 YOU, DAVID. NEXT WE HAVE MELISSA 2182 01:11:15,704 --> 01:11:15,938 HOWARD. 2183 01:11:15,938 --> 01:11:16,372 STAR 6 2184 01:11:16,372 --> 01:11:20,542 TO UNMUTE YOURSELF, MELISSA. 2185 01:11:20,676 --> 01:11:22,678 >> MY NAME IS MELISSA 2186 01:11:22,678 --> 01:11:24,213 HOWARD, AND I'M A MEMBER OF 2187 01:11:24,213 --> 01:11:24,580 DISTRICT 2188 01:11:24,580 --> 01:11:26,515 6, AND I'VE BEEN ORGANIZING 2189 01:11:26,515 --> 01:11:27,750 WITH A 2190 01:11:27,750 --> 01:11:28,817 GRASSROOTS GROUP COMMITTED 2191 01:11:28,817 --> 01:11:30,252 TO HOLDING THE MAYOR ACCOUNTABLE 2192 01:11:30,252 --> 01:11:31,387 FOR HER PROMISES. 2193 01:11:31,387 --> 01:11:34,156 I WANT TO COMBAT THE NARRATIVE 2194 01:11:34,156 --> 01:11:35,891 I'M SEEING BEING SHAPED OVER 2195 01:11:35,891 --> 01:11:37,993 THE PAST FEW DAYS FOLLOWING 2196 01:11:37,993 --> 01:11:40,029 EVENTS THAT THE MAYOR WAS AT 2197 01:11:40,029 --> 01:11:42,031 WHEN A SHOOTING OCCURRED NEARBY. 2198 01:11:42,031 --> 01:11:45,000 FOLLOWING THIS EVENT, MULTIPLE 2199 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:46,068 STORIES WERE 2200 01:11:46,068 --> 01:11:47,770 AIRED SUGGESTING THAT THE PUBLIC 2201 01:11:47,770 --> 01:11:48,470 IS CALLING FOR 2202 01:11:48,470 --> 01:11:49,872 INCREASED SURVEILLANCE. 2203 01:11:49,872 --> 01:11:52,775 LAST NIGHT, KOMO NEWS AIRED A 2204 01:11:52,775 --> 01:11:57,246 STORY CLAIMING CAMERAS HELPED 2205 01:11:57,246 --> 01:11:58,814 ARREST A SUSPECT IN THE 2206 01:11:58,814 --> 01:12:00,616 BEATING OF A 77-YEAR- OLD 2207 01:12:00,616 --> 01:12:00,883 DOWNTOWN. 2208 01:12:00,883 --> 01:12:05,521 BUT THAT STORY ENDS WITH SPD'S 2209 01:12:05,521 --> 01:12:08,657 BODY CAM FOOTAGE, ASKING IF 2210 01:12:08,657 --> 01:12:10,759 AN OFFICER KNEW KATIE WILSON. 2211 01:12:10,759 --> 01:12:12,294 IT ALMOST SEEMS PLANTED. 2212 01:12:12,294 --> 01:12:13,195 I THINK ANYONE WHO WATCHES WILL 2213 01:12:13,195 --> 01:12:19,168 AGREE. 2214 01:12:19,168 --> 01:12:20,769 AXON IS THE COMPANY 2215 01:12:20,769 --> 01:12:22,805 SELLING US THESE CAMERAS AND THE 2216 01:12:22,805 --> 01:12:24,373 REALTIME CRIME CENTER, IN 2217 01:12:24,373 --> 01:12:24,740 ADDITION TO 2218 01:12:24,740 --> 01:12:26,275 THEIR LUCRATIVE 2219 01:12:26,275 --> 01:12:28,444 EXISTING CONTRACTS FOR SPD BODY 2220 01:12:28,444 --> 01:12:30,179 CAMERAS AND TASERS. 2221 01:12:30,179 --> 01:12:32,815 KOMO USED THIS BODY CAM FOOTAGE 2222 01:12:32,815 --> 01:12:34,450 TO PUSH A FALSE NARRATIVE 2223 01:12:34,450 --> 01:12:36,618 THAT THE PUBLIC WANTS THE 2224 01:12:36,618 --> 01:12:37,786 COUNCIL AND 2225 01:12:37,786 --> 01:12:38,987 MAYOR TO BUY MORE CAMERAS 2226 01:12:38,987 --> 01:12:40,155 TO POLICE OUR CITY. 2227 01:12:40,155 --> 01:12:41,824 THAT IS SIMPLY NOT TRUE. 2228 01:12:41,824 --> 01:12:43,525 SO PEOPLE WANT REAL 2229 01:12:43,525 --> 01:12:48,163 INVESTMENT IN PUBLIC SAFETY. 2230 01:12:48,163 --> 01:12:50,699 WE WANT INVESTING IN EMPLOYMENT 2231 01:12:50,699 --> 01:12:52,034 AND JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS, 2232 01:12:52,034 --> 01:12:54,636 AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, STREET 2233 01:12:54,636 --> 01:12:56,405 OUTREACH, UNEMPLOYMENT 2234 01:12:56,405 --> 01:12:57,873 INSURANCE, EXPANDED HEALTH CARE 2235 01:12:58,006 --> 01:13:00,142 BENEFITS. THE LIST GOES ON AND 2236 01:13:00,142 --> 01:13:00,309 ON. 2237 01:13:00,309 --> 01:13:01,744 BUT NOWHERE IN THAT LIST 2238 01:13:01,744 --> 01:13:03,312 IS SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS OR 2239 01:13:03,312 --> 01:13:04,780 INCREASED POLICE FUNDING. 2240 01:13:04,780 --> 01:13:06,815 WE WANT INVESTMENT IN 2241 01:13:06,815 --> 01:13:08,450 COMMUNITY, NOT CAMERAS. 2242 01:13:08,450 --> 01:13:10,119 TURN OFF THE CAMERAS AND 2243 01:13:10,119 --> 01:13:12,154 SHUT DOWN THE REALTIME CRIME 2244 01:13:12,154 --> 01:13:12,788 CENTER. CANCEL THE CONTRACT WITH 2245 01:13:12,788 --> 01:13:22,898 AXON. 2246 01:13:24,366 --> 01:13:27,836 >> CASTILE HIGHTOWER. 2247 01:13:27,836 --> 01:13:29,438 STAR 6 TO UP MUTE YOURSELF. 2248 01:13:29,438 --> 01:13:32,007 GO RIGHT AHEAD FOR YOUR PUBLIC 2249 01:13:32,141 --> 01:13:32,408 COMMENT. 2250 01:13:32,408 --> 01:13:36,745 >> MY NAME IS CASTILE 2251 01:13:36,745 --> 01:13:42,751 HIGHTOWER -- THE SISTER OF A 2252 01:13:42,751 --> 01:13:45,521 MAN MURDERED BY THE SEATTLE 2253 01:13:45,521 --> 01:13:45,954 POLICE 2254 01:13:45,954 --> 01:13:46,355 DEPARTMENT. 2255 01:13:46,355 --> 01:13:48,190 WE WERE TOLD HE HAD A 2256 01:13:48,190 --> 01:13:54,263 KNIFE, ONLY TO FIND OUT IT WAS A 2257 01:13:54,263 --> 01:13:56,398 BULTER -- BUTTER KNIFE. 2258 01:13:56,398 --> 01:13:58,534 OUR FAMILY HAS CONTINUED TO BE 2259 01:13:58,534 --> 01:14:01,303 HARMED IN MULTIPLE WAYS, ONE 2260 01:14:01,303 --> 01:14:04,239 OF WHICH IS LACK OF 2261 01:14:04,239 --> 01:14:04,506 ACCESS TO 2262 01:14:04,506 --> 01:14:07,810 RESOURCES. [ INAUDIBLE ] 2263 01:14:07,810 --> 01:14:11,213 I ASK THAT YOU HOLD A TOWN HALL 2264 01:14:11,213 --> 01:14:12,781 TO TALK ABOUT FOLKS BEING 2265 01:14:12,781 --> 01:14:16,985 KILLED BY SPD OVER AND OVER 2266 01:14:16,985 --> 01:14:17,519 AGAIN. 2267 01:14:17,519 --> 01:14:19,755 SINCE YOU MADE THAT COMMENT 2268 01:14:19,755 --> 01:14:21,657 PUBLICLY, NOTHING HAS COME OF 2269 01:14:21,657 --> 01:14:22,124 THAT. 2270 01:14:22,124 --> 01:14:24,092 13 MONTHS AGO, COUNCILMEMBER 2271 01:14:24,092 --> 01:14:25,494 RINK, YOU PROMISED ME 2272 01:14:25,494 --> 01:14:26,962 THAT YOU WOULD WORK WITH US TO 2273 01:14:26,962 --> 01:14:27,362 CREATE 2274 01:14:27,362 --> 01:14:31,733 RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE 2275 01:14:31,733 --> 01:14:32,000 VIOLENCE. 2276 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:33,735 COUNCILMEMBER FOSTER, YOU 2277 01:14:33,735 --> 01:14:35,037 DID THE SAME EXACT THING. 2278 01:14:35,037 --> 01:14:37,773 I SPOKE TO YOU AND SAT ACROSS 2279 01:14:37,773 --> 01:14:40,909 THE TABLE FROM YOU, AND YOU 2280 01:14:40,909 --> 01:14:41,109 SAID 2281 01:14:41,109 --> 01:14:41,643 YOU WOULD NOT GHOST US IN 2282 01:14:41,643 --> 01:14:43,045 REGARDS TO CREATIVE 2283 01:14:43,045 --> 01:14:44,746 RESOURCES FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE 2284 01:14:44,746 --> 01:14:45,013 VIOLENCE. 2285 01:14:45,013 --> 01:14:48,484 YOU HAVE SINCE DONE 2286 01:14:48,484 --> 01:14:50,319 THAT. COUNCILMEMBER LIN, AT THE 2287 01:14:50,319 --> 01:14:52,221 LAST MEETING I ASKED YOU IF YOU 2288 01:14:52,221 --> 01:14:54,556 WOULD PASS A 2289 01:14:54,556 --> 01:14:55,224 RESOLUTION, AND YOU DIDN'T HAVE 2290 01:14:55,224 --> 01:14:56,225 ANYTHING TO SAY. 2291 01:14:56,225 --> 01:14:57,960 COUNCILMEMBER 2292 01:14:57,960 --> 01:14:58,627 HOLLINGSWORTH, I TEXTED YOU A 2293 01:14:58,627 --> 01:14:59,194 COUPLE DAYS 2294 01:14:59,194 --> 01:15:00,762 AGO ASKING IF YOU COULD SIT DOWN 2295 01:15:00,762 --> 01:15:01,029 AND 2296 01:15:01,029 --> 01:15:03,332 TALK ABOUT VICTIMS OF POLICE 2297 01:15:03,332 --> 01:15:03,599 VIOLENCE. 2298 01:15:03,599 --> 01:15:05,300 I HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM YOU. 2299 01:15:05,300 --> 01:15:06,935 PEOPLE CONTINUE TO SAY, 2300 01:15:06,935 --> 01:15:08,470 WE'RE BEGGING FOR THESE 2301 01:15:08,470 --> 01:15:11,139 RESOURCES, BECAUSE 2302 01:15:11,139 --> 01:15:21,650 WE KNOW HOW -- [ INAUDIBLE ] 2303 01:15:25,654 --> 01:15:28,257 YOU ARE TURNING YOUR BACKS ON 2304 01:15:28,257 --> 01:15:29,625 US. 2305 01:15:29,625 --> 01:15:30,726 WE ARE ASKING YOU -- CAN 2306 01:15:30,726 --> 01:15:32,461 YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION, 2307 01:15:32,461 --> 01:15:32,995 COUNCILMEMBERS? 2308 01:15:32,995 --> 01:15:38,467 CAN YOU PASS A RESOLUTION AND -- 2309 01:15:38,600 --> 01:15:38,700 ] 2310 01:15:38,700 --> 01:15:39,768 [ MIC MUTED ] 2311 01:15:39,768 --> 01:15:43,238 >> THANK YOU. 2312 01:15:43,238 --> 01:15:45,841 ARE THERE ANY MORE PUBLIC 2313 01:15:45,841 --> 01:15:46,208 COMMENTS? 2314 01:15:46,208 --> 01:15:46,842 AWESOME. 2315 01:15:46,842 --> 01:15:49,411 SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT -- I 2316 01:15:49,411 --> 01:15:50,479 WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR 2317 01:15:50,479 --> 01:15:50,712 COMING. 2318 01:15:50,712 --> 01:15:53,382 WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 2319 01:15:53,382 --> 01:15:54,416 REGISTERED SPEAKERS. 2320 01:15:54,416 --> 01:15:56,318 THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS 2321 01:15:56,318 --> 01:15:56,618 NOW CLOSED. 2322 01:15:56,618 --> 01:15:58,086 THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT 2323 01:15:58,086 --> 01:15:59,655 TODAY FROM ONLINE AND ON THE 2324 01:15:59,655 --> 01:16:03,058 PHONE, AND THROUGH EMAIL. 2325 01:16:03,058 --> 01:16:04,026 AND THE PEOPLE WHO TOOK OUT 2326 01:16:04,026 --> 01:16:05,093 THEIR TIME OF THEIR DAY TO 2327 01:16:05,093 --> 01:16:06,295 COME TO CITY 2328 01:16:06,295 --> 01:16:08,397 HALL, AS WELL. WE REALLY ARE 2329 01:16:08,397 --> 01:16:08,664 GRATEFUL 2330 01:16:08,664 --> 01:16:09,998 AND APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. 2331 01:16:09,998 --> 01:16:11,466 THANK YOU. 2332 01:16:11,466 --> 01:16:13,368 WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR 2333 01:16:13,368 --> 01:16:14,636 PRESENCE AND 2334 01:16:14,636 --> 01:16:15,237 YOUR COMMENTS TODAY. SO THANK 2335 01:16:15,237 --> 01:16:25,480 YOU SO MUCH. 2336 01:16:35,190 --> 01:16:36,224 ALL RIGHT. 2337 01:16:36,224 --> 01:16:39,328 WE'RE JUST AT EASE SO WE CAN 2338 01:16:39,328 --> 01:16:40,095 MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS SAFELY 2339 01:16:40,095 --> 01:16:44,132 OUTSIDE. 2340 01:16:44,132 --> 01:16:44,766 COUNCILMEMBERS, AND THEN I WILL 2341 01:16:44,766 --> 01:16:54,910 BEGIN. 2342 01:16:55,777 --> 01:16:57,746 SHOULD YOU SHUT DOES DOORS FOR 2343 01:16:57,746 --> 01:16:58,180 US? 2344 01:16:58,180 --> 01:16:59,047 OH, THEY'RE SHUT. 2345 01:16:59,047 --> 01:16:59,614 AWESOME. 2346 01:16:59,614 --> 01:17:00,882 THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2347 01:17:00,882 --> 01:17:01,183 ALL RIGHT. 2348 01:17:01,183 --> 01:17:03,352 SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE -- I 2349 01:17:03,352 --> 01:17:06,655 WILL SAY, I KNOW YOU GOT ABOUT 2350 01:17:06,655 --> 01:17:07,789 50 THAT LIVE IN THE CENTRAL 2351 01:17:07,789 --> 01:17:09,291 DISTRICT, SO I DON'T WANT 2352 01:17:09,291 --> 01:17:10,492 TO MESS WITH MS. EVETTE. 2353 01:17:10,492 --> 01:17:15,297 I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW. 2354 01:17:15,297 --> 01:17:20,002 SO IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, THE 2355 01:17:20,002 --> 01:17:20,402 INTRODUCTION AND 2356 01:17:20,402 --> 01:17:21,870 REFERRAL CALENDAR WILL BE 2357 01:17:21,870 --> 01:17:22,404 ADOPTED. 2358 01:17:22,404 --> 01:17:26,041 HEAR NOTHING OBJECTION, THE 2359 01:17:26,041 --> 01:17:27,509 CALENDAR IS ADOPTED. 2360 01:17:27,509 --> 01:17:31,947 IF THERE'S NO OPTION N, 2361 01:17:31,947 --> 01:17:33,949 THE AGENDA WILL BE ADOPTED. 2362 01:17:33,949 --> 01:17:36,084 WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER 2363 01:17:36,084 --> 01:17:37,319 THE PROPOSED CONSENT 2364 01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:38,920 CALENDAR, INCLUDING THE MINUTES 2365 01:17:38,920 --> 01:17:39,154 OF 2366 01:17:39,154 --> 01:17:42,391 APRIL 28th AND COUNCIL BILL 2367 01:17:42,391 --> 01:17:43,759 121203, PAYMENT OF THE BILLS. 2368 01:17:43,759 --> 01:17:45,293 ARE THERE ANY 2369 01:17:45,293 --> 01:17:46,294 ITEMS COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE 2370 01:17:46,294 --> 01:17:46,561 TO 2371 01:17:46,561 --> 01:17:48,663 REMOVE FROM TODAY'S CONSENT 2372 01:17:48,663 --> 01:17:48,930 CALENDAR? 2373 01:17:48,930 --> 01:17:50,999 HEARING NONE, I MOVE TO 2374 01:17:50,999 --> 01:17:51,233 ADOPT 2375 01:17:51,233 --> 01:17:51,933 THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IS 2376 01:17:51,933 --> 01:17:52,300 THERE A SECOND? 2377 01:17:52,300 --> 01:17:54,636 >> SECOND. 2378 01:17:54,770 --> 01:17:55,337 >> THANK YOU. 2379 01:17:55,337 --> 01:17:58,874 IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED 2380 01:17:58,874 --> 01:18:03,211 TO ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR. 2381 01:18:03,211 --> 01:18:04,913 CAN THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 2382 01:18:04,913 --> 01:18:05,414 ROLL. 2383 01:18:05,414 --> 01:18:15,757 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 2384 01:18:34,443 --> 01:18:35,877 >> THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS 2385 01:18:35,877 --> 01:18:36,178 ADOPTED. 2386 01:18:36,178 --> 01:18:37,946 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE AFFIX 2387 01:18:37,946 --> 01:18:40,015 MY SIGNATURE TO THE MINUTES 2388 01:18:40,015 --> 01:18:41,183 AND LEGISLATION ON 2389 01:18:41,183 --> 01:18:42,184 THE CONSENT CALENDAR ON MY 2390 01:18:42,184 --> 01:18:42,417 BEHALF. 2391 01:18:42,417 --> 01:18:44,086 PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE 2392 01:18:44,086 --> 01:18:49,191 INTO THE 2393 01:18:49,191 --> 01:18:51,927 RECORD. 2394 01:18:51,927 --> 01:18:52,861 >> APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR 2395 01:18:52,861 --> 01:18:54,896 OF THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 2396 01:18:54,896 --> 01:18:55,330 AND ENVIRONMENT. 2397 01:18:55,330 --> 01:18:56,364 THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS 2398 01:18:56,364 --> 01:18:57,332 THAT THE 2399 01:18:57,332 --> 01:18:57,866 APPOINTMENT BE CONFIRMED. 2400 01:18:57,866 --> 01:19:01,269 >> THANK YOU. 2401 01:19:01,269 --> 01:19:02,604 COUNCILMEMBER LIN, YOU 2402 01:19:02,604 --> 01:19:03,472 ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE THE 2403 01:19:03,472 --> 01:19:03,772 REPORT. 2404 01:19:03,905 --> 01:19:04,940 >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. 2405 01:19:04,940 --> 01:19:06,208 SUPER EXCITED TO HAVE THIS 2406 01:19:06,208 --> 01:19:08,577 HON THE AGENDA TODAY. 2407 01:19:08,577 --> 01:19:10,278 WE HAD A COMMITTEE LAST 2408 01:19:10,278 --> 01:19:12,814 WEEK, AND JUST OVERWHELMING 2409 01:19:12,814 --> 01:19:13,115 SUPPORT 2410 01:19:13,115 --> 01:19:14,349 FROM COMMUNITY. 2411 01:19:14,349 --> 01:19:17,352 I'M SUPER EXCITED THAT DIRECTOR 2412 01:19:17,352 --> 01:19:19,054 LILLIANA WILL, YOU KNOW, 2413 01:19:19,054 --> 01:19:20,355 MOST IMPORTANTLY ENGAGE WITH 2414 01:19:20,355 --> 01:19:21,590 THE COMMUNITY THAT SHE'S GOING 2415 01:19:21,590 --> 01:19:21,923 TO 2416 01:19:21,923 --> 01:19:23,892 UPLIFT THE VOICES OF COMMUNITIES 2417 01:19:23,892 --> 01:19:29,564 MOST DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY HIGHER 2418 01:19:29,564 --> 01:19:30,966 LEVELS OF POLLUTION, IMPACTED 2419 01:19:30,966 --> 01:19:34,035 BY CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THAT 2420 01:19:34,035 --> 01:19:36,438 SHE HAS THE SKILLS AND 2421 01:19:36,438 --> 01:19:36,771 EXPERIENCE 2422 01:19:36,771 --> 01:19:38,039 AND PERSONALITY TO BRING OUR 2423 01:19:38,039 --> 01:19:39,374 COMMUNITY TOGETHER TO WORK 2424 01:19:39,374 --> 01:19:41,309 WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, TO 2425 01:19:41,309 --> 01:19:45,814 WORK WITH DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT 2426 01:19:45,947 --> 01:19:48,450 AGENCIES. AND EAH, I ENCOURAGE 2427 01:19:48,450 --> 01:19:48,683 YOU TO 2428 01:19:48,683 --> 01:19:50,018 VOTE YES ON HER 2429 01:19:50,018 --> 01:19:51,253 APPOINTMENT. 2430 01:19:51,253 --> 01:19:52,721 >> AWESOME, THANK YOU. 2431 01:19:52,721 --> 01:19:54,289 COLLEAGUES, ANY 2432 01:19:54,289 --> 01:19:54,923 COMMENTS REGARDING 2433 01:19:54,923 --> 01:19:56,958 THE CONFIRMATION TODAY? 2434 01:19:56,958 --> 01:20:00,428 ANY COMMENTS? 2435 01:20:00,428 --> 01:20:00,695 AWESOME. 2436 01:20:00,695 --> 01:20:02,631 I KNOW THAT WE SPOKE HIGHLY OF 2437 01:20:02,631 --> 01:20:04,366 THE DIRECTOR IN COMMITTEE AND 2438 01:20:04,366 --> 01:20:05,667 ANSWERED ALL OUR GREAT 2439 01:20:05,667 --> 01:20:06,101 QUESTIONS. 2440 01:20:06,101 --> 01:20:07,202 SO JUST LOOKING FORWARD 2441 01:20:07,202 --> 01:20:09,137 TO WORKING WITH YOU, AND THE 2442 01:20:09,137 --> 01:20:09,371 OFFICE 2443 01:20:09,371 --> 01:20:10,472 OF SUSTAINABILITY, 2444 01:20:10,472 --> 01:20:11,706 ENVIRONMENT, AND ALL THE GREAT 2445 01:20:11,706 --> 01:20:12,274 WORK THAT YOU 2446 01:20:12,274 --> 01:20:12,874 DO. 2447 01:20:12,874 --> 01:20:14,276 AND THANK YOU FOR THE 2448 01:20:14,276 --> 01:20:15,143 GREAT PRESENTATION THAT YOU DID, 2449 01:20:15,143 --> 01:20:15,544 AS 2450 01:20:15,544 --> 01:20:16,011 WELL. 2451 01:20:16,011 --> 01:20:17,379 OH, COUNCILMEMBER RIVERA. 2452 01:20:17,512 --> 01:20:19,981 >> I'M SORRY, COUNCIL 2453 01:20:19,981 --> 01:20:20,282 PRESIDENT. 2454 01:20:20,282 --> 01:20:23,084 JUST TO REALLY -- I DON'T SIT 2455 01:20:23,084 --> 01:20:26,555 ON THE COMMITTEE, BUT I KNOW THE 2456 01:20:26,555 --> 01:20:28,590 ACTING DIRECTOR FROM HER 2457 01:20:28,590 --> 01:20:30,225 MANY YEARS OF SERVICE, ACTUALLY 2458 01:20:30,225 --> 01:20:32,527 TO THE OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY 2459 01:20:32,527 --> 01:20:34,796 AND ENVIRONMENT, AND I'M SO 2460 01:20:34,796 --> 01:20:38,300 HONORED TO BE VOTING ON HER 2461 01:20:38,300 --> 01:20:38,833 APPOINTMENT 2462 01:20:38,833 --> 01:20:39,434 TODAY. 2463 01:20:39,434 --> 01:20:41,837 SHE DOES GREAT WORK 2464 01:20:41,837 --> 01:20:43,104 IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HER GREAT 2465 01:20:43,104 --> 01:20:45,841 TEAM AT OSC. 2466 01:20:45,841 --> 01:20:49,945 THERE'S SO MUCH I CAN SAY ABOUT 2467 01:20:49,945 --> 01:20:52,080 THE DIRECTOR, BUT JUST TO SAY 2468 01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:55,584 I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HER 2469 01:20:55,584 --> 01:20:56,318 CONFIRMATION TODAY. 2470 01:20:56,318 --> 01:20:57,919 THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU'RE 2471 01:20:57,919 --> 01:20:58,253 DOING. 2472 01:20:58,253 --> 01:20:59,654 THANK YOU, COUNCIL 2473 01:20:59,654 --> 01:21:00,121 PRESIDENT. 2474 01:21:00,121 --> 01:21:01,756 >> AWESOME. 2475 01:21:01,756 --> 01:21:03,592 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL THE 2476 01:21:03,592 --> 01:21:11,933 ROLL FOR THE PASS AGE OF THE 2477 01:21:12,067 --> 01:21:12,467 CONFIRMATION. 2478 01:21:12,467 --> 01:21:22,811 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 2479 01:21:31,486 --> 01:21:33,388 >> EIGHT IN FAVOR, NONE OPPOSED. 2480 01:21:33,521 --> 01:21:39,694 >> THE APPOINTMENT IS CONFIRMED. 2481 01:21:39,694 --> 01:21:41,263 CONGRATULATIONS, DIRECTOR. 2482 01:21:41,263 --> 01:21:42,731 YOU ARE RECOGNIZED TO GIVE SOME 2483 01:21:42,731 --> 01:21:42,998 COMMENTS. 2484 01:21:43,131 --> 01:21:44,766 >> I WANT TO EXPRESS MY 2485 01:21:44,766 --> 01:21:45,100 GRATITUDE. 2486 01:21:45,100 --> 01:21:47,002 THANK YOU SO MUCH, ESTEEMED 2487 01:21:47,002 --> 01:21:48,803 COUNCIL, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 2488 01:21:48,803 --> 01:21:50,639 I'M VERY EXCITED TO WORK 2489 01:21:50,639 --> 01:21:52,474 WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE COURSE 2490 01:21:52,474 --> 01:21:52,774 OF 2491 01:21:52,774 --> 01:21:54,442 MY TENURE HERE AS DIRECTOR OF 2492 01:21:54,442 --> 01:21:55,577 THE OFFICE 2493 01:21:55,577 --> 01:21:56,044 OF SUSTAINABILITY AND 2494 01:21:56,044 --> 01:21:57,712 ENVIRONMENT. APPRECIATE YOU ALL. 2495 01:21:57,846 --> 01:21:58,580 >> 2496 01:21:58,580 --> 01:21:58,847 AWESOME. 2497 01:21:58,847 --> 01:22:00,682 THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 2498 01:22:00,682 --> 01:22:04,819 WELL DESERVED. 2499 01:22:04,819 --> 01:22:07,656 COLLEAGUES, THERE WERE NO ITEMS 2500 01:22:07,789 --> 01:22:08,290 REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT 2501 01:22:08,290 --> 01:22:09,124 CALENDAR AND THERE'S NOT 2502 01:22:09,124 --> 01:22:11,126 A RESOLUTION FOR INTRODUCTION 2503 01:22:11,126 --> 01:22:12,761 FOUR, I WOULD SAY 2504 01:22:12,761 --> 01:22:14,396 FOR INTRODUCTION AND ADOPTION 2505 01:22:14,396 --> 01:22:15,864 TODAY. 2506 01:22:15,864 --> 01:22:17,265 THERE IS SOME BUSINESS FROM 2507 01:22:17,265 --> 01:22:17,599 YESTERDAY. 2508 01:22:17,599 --> 01:22:19,100 I KNOW THAT SOME 2509 01:22:19,100 --> 01:22:20,101 COLLEAGUES ASKED REGARDING 2510 01:22:20,101 --> 01:22:20,969 SIGNING ONTO OUR 2511 01:22:20,969 --> 01:22:22,237 LET THEY ARE THE COUNCIL 2512 01:22:22,237 --> 01:22:24,506 WILL SEND TO KING COUNTY 2513 01:22:24,506 --> 01:22:24,873 REGARDING 2514 01:22:24,873 --> 01:22:25,840 RATES, THAT COUNCILMEMBER LIN 2515 01:22:25,840 --> 01:22:27,809 AND I ARE PART OF. 2516 01:22:27,809 --> 01:22:30,011 SO I THINK WE HAD PASSED 2517 01:22:30,011 --> 01:22:31,646 THAT AROUND TO THE OFFICES. 2518 01:22:31,646 --> 01:22:33,515 SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE HAD TIME 2519 01:22:33,515 --> 01:22:35,317 TO REVIEW THE LETTERS. 2520 01:22:35,317 --> 01:22:36,551 SO COUNCILMEMBER LIN AND I 2521 01:22:36,551 --> 01:22:39,020 SIT ON THE REGIONAL WATER 2522 01:22:39,020 --> 01:22:42,123 QUALITY AND WE'RE URGING KING 2523 01:22:42,123 --> 01:22:42,357 COUNTY 2524 01:22:42,357 --> 01:22:43,591 TO CONSIDER AFFORDABILITY AS 2525 01:22:43,591 --> 01:22:46,494 THEY RAISE THE RATES TO 12. 75 2526 01:22:46,494 --> 01:22:48,763 AND URGE THEM TO DO A MEASURED 2527 01:22:48,763 --> 01:22:49,097 APPROACH. 2528 01:22:49,097 --> 01:22:50,098 SO WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR 2529 01:22:50,098 --> 01:22:53,268 A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF HERE AT 2530 01:22:53,268 --> 01:22:54,569 10.75 INCREASE. 2531 01:22:54,569 --> 01:22:56,137 YESTERDAY, THERE WAS INTEREST IN 2532 01:22:56,137 --> 01:22:57,172 OTHER COUNCILMEMBERS SIGNING 2533 01:22:57,172 --> 01:22:58,907 ON, SO I WANTED TO GIVE 2534 01:22:58,907 --> 01:23:00,608 MY COLLEAGUES A CHANCE TO AFFIX 2535 01:23:00,608 --> 01:23:02,677 THEIR SIGNATURE TO THE LETTER. 2536 01:23:02,677 --> 01:23:03,878 COUNCILMEMBER, DID YOU HAVE 2537 01:23:03,878 --> 01:23:05,146 ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL COMMENTS? 2538 01:23:05,280 --> 01:23:06,014 >> YEAH. 2539 01:23:06,014 --> 01:23:08,083 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2540 01:23:08,083 --> 01:23:09,384 I JUST APPRECIATE 2541 01:23:09,384 --> 01:23:10,885 YOUR LEADERSHIP HERE AND WORKING 2542 01:23:10,885 --> 01:23:11,386 ON 2543 01:23:11,386 --> 01:23:14,255 THIS, EVEN AT 10. 75, IT IS 2544 01:23:14,255 --> 01:23:19,027 STILL A HUGE ISSUE AROUND 2545 01:23:19,160 --> 01:23:20,695 AFFORDABILITY. AND SO, YOU KNOW, 2546 01:23:20,695 --> 01:23:21,029 I THINK 2547 01:23:21,029 --> 01:23:22,664 WE NEED TO PUSH FOR THEM TO TAKE 2548 01:23:22,664 --> 01:23:25,900 A HARD LOOK AT THESE COSTS AND 2549 01:23:25,900 --> 01:23:26,067 DO 2550 01:23:26,067 --> 01:23:26,868 EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO 2551 01:23:26,868 --> 01:23:29,371 MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS AROUND 2552 01:23:29,371 --> 01:23:29,738 AFFORDABILITY. 2553 01:23:29,738 --> 01:23:30,739 SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 2554 01:23:30,872 --> 01:23:33,007 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER LIN. 2555 01:23:33,141 --> 01:23:33,742 I WOULD HAVE PUT ZERO, BUT YOU 2556 01:23:33,742 --> 01:23:40,682 KNOW. 2557 01:23:40,682 --> 01:23:42,283 SO COLLEAGUES, IF THERE'S 2558 01:23:42,283 --> 01:23:44,519 NO FURTHER COMMENTS ON 2559 01:23:44,519 --> 01:23:46,588 THE LETTER -- OH, THERE IS 2560 01:23:46,588 --> 01:23:46,855 ANOTHER 2561 01:23:46,855 --> 01:23:48,356 ONE. 2562 01:23:48,356 --> 01:23:52,327 COUNCILMEMBER KETTLE. 2563 01:23:52,460 --> 01:23:54,696 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL 2564 01:23:54,696 --> 01:23:57,766 PRESIDENT AND FORMER COMMITTEE 2565 01:23:57,766 --> 01:23:58,033 MEMBERS. 2566 01:23:58,033 --> 01:23:59,968 FOR TWO YEARS I SERVED ON 2567 01:23:59,968 --> 01:24:01,369 THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY 2568 01:24:01,369 --> 01:24:01,736 COMMITTEE. 2569 01:24:01,736 --> 01:24:03,238 AND I SEEN FIRST HAND SOME 2570 01:24:03,238 --> 01:24:04,539 OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE 2571 01:24:04,539 --> 01:24:05,106 FACING. 2572 01:24:05,106 --> 01:24:08,209 I JUST WANTED TO ECHO THE 2573 01:24:08,209 --> 01:24:12,247 LETTER'S POINT ABOUT THE 2574 01:24:12,247 --> 01:24:15,483 CHAIR'S OF THAT COMMITTEE, 2575 01:24:15,483 --> 01:24:17,619 WHICH HAS BEEN A GREAT -- 2576 01:24:17,619 --> 01:24:18,887 AND TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE 2577 01:24:18,887 --> 01:24:19,454 CHALLENGES THAT EXIST. 2578 01:24:19,454 --> 01:24:21,756 YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO 2579 01:24:21,756 --> 01:24:24,092 NOTE THOSE 2580 01:24:24,092 --> 01:24:26,461 CHALLENGES. YOU KNOW, ONE OF 2581 01:24:26,461 --> 01:24:27,695 THE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST, AND I 2582 01:24:27,695 --> 01:24:27,996 JUST WANT 2583 01:24:27,996 --> 01:24:29,864 TO FOOT STOP, IS HOW THE 2584 01:24:29,864 --> 01:24:30,865 WASTE WATER TREATMENT DIVISION 2585 01:24:30,865 --> 01:24:31,366 IN KING COUNTY DOES ITS 2586 01:24:31,366 --> 01:24:33,334 BUSINESS. 2587 01:24:33,334 --> 01:24:35,303 YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING 2588 01:24:35,303 --> 01:24:36,971 BEING IN THESE MEETINGS AND 2589 01:24:36,971 --> 01:24:37,472 SEEING THE 2590 01:24:37,472 --> 01:24:38,373 PLANNING PROCESS AND I 2591 01:24:38,373 --> 01:24:41,643 WAS REALLY SURPRISED AND 2592 01:24:41,643 --> 01:24:41,910 OBVIOUSLY 2593 01:24:41,910 --> 01:24:44,913 RAISED MY VOICE TO MAKE SOME 2594 01:24:44,913 --> 01:24:46,714 POINTS ABOUT IT, WHICH 2595 01:24:46,714 --> 01:24:48,316 WAS ECHOED OR SUPPORTED BY 2596 01:24:48,316 --> 01:24:56,024 MEMBERS OF MUPAC, BUT THE MAIN 2597 01:24:56,024 --> 01:24:56,691 PIECE WAS 2598 01:24:56,691 --> 01:24:59,294 IN TERMS OF BEST 2599 01:24:59,294 --> 01:25:00,662 PRACTICES, DOING WHAT WE'RE 2600 01:25:00,662 --> 01:25:00,895 DOING. 2601 01:25:00,895 --> 01:25:02,931 YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF 2602 01:25:02,931 --> 01:25:05,066 HAVING SOME UNDERSTANDING AND 2603 01:25:05,066 --> 01:25:06,468 PLANNING, IS HAVING A SIX- YEAR 2604 01:25:06,468 --> 01:25:07,669 SYSTEM WHERE THE THREE YEARS 2605 01:25:07,669 --> 01:25:07,936 WERE 2606 01:25:07,936 --> 01:25:09,337 LOCKED, AND THE NEXT THREE 2607 01:25:09,337 --> 01:25:12,440 YEARS ARE ESSENTIALLY GUIDES IN 2608 01:25:12,574 --> 01:25:13,608 WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND 2609 01:25:13,741 --> 01:25:14,375 ANTICIPATING WHAT CHALLENGES MAY 2610 01:25:14,375 --> 01:25:16,277 BE THERE. 2611 01:25:16,277 --> 01:25:20,148 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT NEEDS TO 2612 01:25:20,148 --> 01:25:21,883 HAPPEN, IS THAT THEY NEED 2613 01:25:21,883 --> 01:25:23,017 TO ADOPT BEST PRACTICES 2614 01:25:23,017 --> 01:25:24,519 THAT WE HAVE ADOPTED HERE IN 2615 01:25:24,519 --> 01:25:26,921 SEATTLE WITH SPU. 2616 01:25:26,921 --> 01:25:28,223 OTHERWISE, THESE KINDS OF 2617 01:25:28,223 --> 01:25:30,658 THING ALSO CONTINUE TO HAPPEN. 2618 01:25:30,658 --> 01:25:32,060 AND IT GOES TO THE 2619 01:25:32,060 --> 01:25:35,163 PLANNING PROCESS THAT EXISTS. 2620 01:25:35,163 --> 01:25:36,297 COLLEAGUES AND I'M 2621 01:25:36,297 --> 01:25:38,099 GLAD COUNCILMEMBER LIN HAS TAKEN 2622 01:25:38,099 --> 01:25:38,266 MY 2623 01:25:38,266 --> 01:25:39,701 SPOT SINCE I COULDN'T SIT ON IT 2624 01:25:39,834 --> 01:25:41,369 ANYMORE. BUT THESE ARE THE 2625 01:25:41,369 --> 01:25:41,603 THINGS 2626 01:25:41,603 --> 01:25:42,203 THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 2627 01:25:42,203 --> 01:25:44,472 I 2628 01:25:44,472 --> 01:25:45,073 JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT 2629 01:25:45,073 --> 01:25:45,740 BEST PRACTICE. 2630 01:25:45,740 --> 01:25:47,542 IT'S IMPORTANT THAT SPU DOES 2631 01:25:47,542 --> 01:25:48,443 IT FOR SEATTLE. 2632 01:25:48,443 --> 01:25:50,411 AND BY THE WAY, THERE'S GOING 2633 01:25:50,411 --> 01:25:50,578 TO 2634 01:25:50,578 --> 01:25:51,679 BE A HIT HERE TOO. 2635 01:25:51,679 --> 01:25:53,414 BECAUSE THAT THREE- YEAR LOCK 2636 01:25:53,414 --> 01:25:55,116 ON THE RATES IS GOING TO BE 2637 01:25:55,116 --> 01:25:55,483 IMPACTED. 2638 01:25:55,483 --> 01:25:57,118 WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED 2639 01:25:57,118 --> 01:25:59,487 WITH THIS MASSIVE 2640 01:25:59,487 --> 01:26:00,121 INCREASE FROM THE COUNTY SIDE. 2641 01:26:00,121 --> 01:26:01,856 OR FROM THE REGIONAL SIDE. 2642 01:26:01,856 --> 01:26:03,424 I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT 2643 01:26:03,424 --> 01:26:06,261 AND FOOT STOP THAT, AND ALSO, 2644 01:26:06,261 --> 01:26:07,629 COLLEAGUES, LONG AGO AT THE 2645 01:26:07,629 --> 01:26:09,531 BEGINNING, I SAID I DON'T DO 2646 01:26:09,531 --> 01:26:11,966 SIGN- ON LETTERS. 2647 01:26:11,966 --> 01:26:14,002 SO THAT DOESN'T MEAN I DON'T 2648 01:26:14,002 --> 01:26:14,769 SUPPORT. 2649 01:26:14,769 --> 01:26:16,371 IT'S A VERY WELL WRITTEN 2650 01:26:16,371 --> 01:26:17,605 LETTER, CATCHING ALL THE POINTS. 2651 01:26:17,605 --> 01:26:19,407 AGAIN, I WANTED TO NOTE 2652 01:26:19,407 --> 01:26:26,848 THAT ABOUT KING COUNTY MEMBER 2653 01:26:26,848 --> 01:26:28,383 BALDUCHI, AND HIGHLIGHT THE 2654 01:26:28,383 --> 01:26:29,017 PLANNING PERIOD. 2655 01:26:29,017 --> 01:26:30,785 THAT'S SO 2656 01:26:30,785 --> 01:26:31,719 IMPORTANT. THANK YOU. 2657 01:26:31,920 --> 01:26:32,487 >> THANK YOU, COUNCILMEMBER 2658 01:26:32,487 --> 01:26:36,391 KETTLE. 2659 01:26:36,391 --> 01:26:39,260 HER LEADERSHIP ON THIS HAS BEEN 2660 01:26:39,260 --> 01:26:40,261 PHENOMENAL DURING THIS PROCESS. 2661 01:26:40,261 --> 01:26:43,565 JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S 2662 01:26:43,565 --> 01:26:44,899 ALSO ASKING A FUTURE PLANNING 2663 01:26:44,899 --> 01:26:46,134 SO WE CAN LOCK IN RATES. 2664 01:26:46,134 --> 01:26:48,203 I KNOW THAT I SPOKE TO 2665 01:26:48,203 --> 01:26:52,407 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE AT KING 2666 01:26:52,407 --> 01:26:54,976 COUNTY, AND THEIR INTENTIONS ARE 2667 01:26:54,976 --> 01:26:55,210 GO GET 2668 01:26:55,210 --> 01:26:58,980 IT UNDER SINGLE DIGIT AS WE 2669 01:26:58,980 --> 01:26:59,380 MOVE FORWARD. 2670 01:26:59,380 --> 01:27:01,583 WILL THE CLERK PLEASE CALL 2671 01:27:01,583 --> 01:27:03,518 THE ROLL TO DETERMINE 2672 01:27:03,518 --> 01:27:05,787 WHICH COUNCILMEMBERS WOULD LIKE 2673 01:27:05,787 --> 01:27:07,589 THEIR SIGNATURES AFFIXED TO THE 2674 01:27:07,589 --> 01:27:09,791 SEWER RATE AND FUTURE 2675 01:27:09,791 --> 01:27:10,091 PROJECTIONS 2676 01:27:10,091 --> 01:27:10,892 LETTER. 2677 01:27:10,892 --> 01:27:21,235 [ ROLL CALL TAKEN ] 2678 01:27:36,517 --> 01:27:42,757 >> SEVEN SIGNATURE ALSO BE AFAX 2679 01:27:42,890 --> 01:27:44,192 -- AFFIXED. 2680 01:27:44,325 --> 01:27:45,893 >> THANK YOU, COLLEAGUES. 2681 01:27:45,893 --> 01:27:47,862 I CLEAVE COUNCILMEMBER 2682 01:27:47,862 --> 01:27:49,330 RIVERA HAS SOMEONE FOR THE BODY, 2683 01:27:49,330 --> 01:27:49,497 AS 2684 01:27:49,631 --> 01:27:51,733 WELL. 2685 01:27:51,733 --> 01:27:53,534 >> THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2686 01:27:53,534 --> 01:27:55,603 TODAY IS MY -- I WANTED 2687 01:27:55,603 --> 01:28:00,208 TO RECOGNIZE OUR MEXICAN- 2688 01:28:00,208 --> 01:28:00,475 AMERICAN 2689 01:28:00,608 --> 01:28:02,343 RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY AND 2690 01:28:02,343 --> 01:28:03,978 THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND 2691 01:28:03,978 --> 01:28:05,647 FOR THEIR MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO 2692 01:28:05,647 --> 01:28:08,082 OUR CITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. 2693 01:28:08,082 --> 01:28:12,453 I WANTED TO JUST RECOGNIZE THAT. 2694 01:28:12,453 --> 01:28:14,922 ALSO, ON A MORE SOMBER NOTE, 2695 01:28:14,922 --> 01:28:17,692 I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO OUR 2696 01:28:17,692 --> 01:28:18,660 COLLEAGUE, COUNCILMEMBER 2697 01:28:18,660 --> 01:28:20,762 JUAREZ, WHO I KNOW IS EXCUSED 2698 01:28:20,762 --> 01:28:22,530 FROM COUNCIL MEETING TODAY. 2699 01:28:22,530 --> 01:28:25,933 BUT SHE DID REMIND ME THAT 2700 01:28:25,933 --> 01:28:28,002 TODAY IS RED DRESS DAY IN 2701 01:28:28,002 --> 01:28:30,405 RECOGNITION OF NATIONAL 2702 01:28:30,405 --> 01:28:32,306 AWARENESS 2703 01:28:32,306 --> 01:28:34,575 FOR MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN 2704 01:28:34,575 --> 01:28:34,742 AND 2705 01:28:34,742 --> 01:28:35,710 GIRLS AND 2706 01:28:35,710 --> 01:28:36,310 MISSING INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 2707 01:28:36,310 --> 01:28:42,784 GIRLS. 2708 01:28:42,784 --> 01:28:44,419 AND FOLKS WEAR RED IN HONOR 2709 01:28:44,419 --> 01:28:45,420 OF THE VICTIMS. 2710 01:28:45,420 --> 01:28:47,722 WE KNOW THAT IN THIS 2711 01:28:47,722 --> 01:28:49,257 COUNTRY, INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND 2712 01:28:49,257 --> 01:28:49,557 GIRLS FACE 2713 01:28:49,557 --> 01:28:51,592 A HIGH RISK OF VIOLENT 2714 01:28:51,592 --> 01:28:53,528 CRIME, THEY'RE MURDERED AT A 2715 01:28:53,528 --> 01:28:53,728 RATE 2716 01:28:53,728 --> 01:28:55,897 TEN TIMES MORE THAN THE NATIONAL 2717 01:28:55,897 --> 01:28:56,164 AVERAGE. 2718 01:28:56,164 --> 01:29:00,168 AND SO I REALLY WANTED TO THANK 2719 01:29:00,168 --> 01:29:03,271 OUR COLLEAGUE, 2720 01:29:03,271 --> 01:29:04,005 COUNCILMEMBER JUAREZ FOR 2721 01:29:04,005 --> 01:29:05,940 BRINGING THAT 2722 01:29:05,940 --> 01:29:10,345 REMINDER AND WANTED TO JUST US 2723 01:29:10,345 --> 01:29:12,814 HAVE THAT RECOGNITION 2724 01:29:12,814 --> 01:29:14,749 AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TODAY. 2725 01:29:14,749 --> 01:29:18,853 THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS AND 2726 01:29:18,853 --> 01:29:21,456 IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THIS 2727 01:29:21,456 --> 01:29:23,224 COUNTRY, AND ONE THAT WE HAVE TO 2728 01:29:23,224 --> 01:29:25,293 CONTINUE TO KEEP AT THE 2729 01:29:25,293 --> 01:29:25,593 FOREFRONT. 2730 01:29:25,593 --> 01:29:27,128 SO THANK YOU FORGIVING ME 2731 01:29:27,128 --> 01:29:29,497 THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOUT THAT 2732 01:29:29,497 --> 01:29:30,031 OUT IN 2733 01:29:30,031 --> 01:29:31,165 RECOGNITION OF OUR 2734 01:29:31,165 --> 01:29:33,401 COLLEAGUE AND JUST MORE 2735 01:29:33,401 --> 01:29:33,835 IMPORTANTLY, 2736 01:29:33,835 --> 01:29:35,303 IN RECOGNITION AND 2737 01:29:35,303 --> 01:29:35,670 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 2738 01:29:35,670 --> 01:29:38,539 OF THIS CONTINUED ISSUE IN OUR 2739 01:29:38,539 --> 01:29:40,975 INDIGENOUS COMMUNITY, WOMEN 2740 01:29:40,975 --> 01:29:41,976 AND GIRLS TODAY. 2741 01:29:41,976 --> 01:29:43,111 SO THANK YOU. 2742 01:29:43,111 --> 01:29:46,414 THANK YOU, COUNCIL PRESIDENT. 2743 01:29:46,547 --> 01:29:47,715 >> AWESOME. 2744 01:29:47,715 --> 01:29:48,750 ANY FURTHER COMMENTS TO 2745 01:29:48,750 --> 01:29:51,252 COME BEFORE THE BODY BEFORE WE 2746 01:29:51,252 --> 01:29:51,419 END 2747 01:29:51,419 --> 01:29:52,153 REAL QUICK? 2748 01:29:52,153 --> 01:29:53,488 BECAUSE THIS HAS 2749 01:29:53,488 --> 01:29:55,022 GOTTEN BURIED IN THE NEWS BUT I 2750 01:29:55,022 --> 01:29:55,656 THINK 2751 01:29:55,656 --> 01:29:56,257 IT'S 2752 01:29:56,257 --> 01:29:57,625 VERY RELEVANT. WHAT NEEDS TO BE 2753 01:29:57,625 --> 01:29:57,925 HIGHLIGHTED 2754 01:29:57,925 --> 01:29:59,260 IS A LOT IS THAT THE SUPREME 2755 01:29:59,260 --> 01:30:00,995 COURT HAS KNOCKED OUT A LOT OF 2756 01:30:00,995 --> 01:30:01,229 VOTING 2757 01:30:01,229 --> 01:30:02,997 RIGHTS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS, 2758 01:30:02,997 --> 01:30:04,732 WHICH AFFECTS A LOT OF THE 2759 01:30:04,732 --> 01:30:04,999 SOUTHERN 2760 01:30:04,999 --> 01:30:06,868 STATES, AND THAT IT AFFECTS THE 2761 01:30:06,868 --> 01:30:08,002 DEMOGRAPHIC THAT WE 2762 01:30:08,002 --> 01:30:10,238 SEE REFLECTED IN OUR BODY AT 2763 01:30:10,238 --> 01:30:12,874 THE SENATE AND THE CONGRESS IN 2764 01:30:12,874 --> 01:30:13,141 THE 2765 01:30:13,141 --> 01:30:15,777 UNITED STATES THAT AFFECTS 2766 01:30:15,777 --> 01:30:16,377 LOCAL ELECTIONS. 2767 01:30:16,377 --> 01:30:17,678 SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT 2768 01:30:17,678 --> 01:30:19,447 HAS GOTTEN REALLY BURIED IN THE 2769 01:30:19,447 --> 01:30:21,082 NEWS BECAUSE OTHER THINGS THAT 2770 01:30:21,082 --> 01:30:22,650 ARE REALLY RELEVANT, BUT IT'S 2771 01:30:22,650 --> 01:30:23,417 SOMETHING THAT WE NEED 2772 01:30:23,417 --> 01:30:25,019 TO CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT, THE 2773 01:30:25,019 --> 01:30:26,220 SUPREME COURT, THE HIGHEST 2774 01:30:26,220 --> 01:30:28,256 COURT, KNOCKING OUT A LOT OF 2775 01:30:28,256 --> 01:30:31,192 THE LEGS OF THAT VOTING RIGHTS 2776 01:30:31,192 --> 01:30:32,860 ACT TABLE THAT WE HAVE IN THE 2777 01:30:32,860 --> 01:30:33,127 UNITED 2778 01:30:33,261 --> 01:30:34,729 STATES. SO JUST ENCOURAGING 2779 01:30:34,729 --> 01:30:35,196 EVERYONE 2780 01:30:35,196 --> 01:30:36,564 TO CONTINUE TO VOTE, AS WELL. 2781 01:30:36,564 --> 01:30:39,200 SO ANYWAYS, THAT IS IT FOR 2782 01:30:39,200 --> 01:30:40,701 THE GOOD OF THE ORDER. 2783 01:30:40,701 --> 01:30:42,603 I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE 2784 01:30:42,603 --> 01:30:43,304 HAS ANYTHING TO 2785 01:30:43,304 --> 01:30:44,772 SAY. WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF 2786 01:30:44,772 --> 01:30:45,740 TODAY'S MEETING. 2787 01:30:45,740 --> 01:30:47,775 THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL 2788 01:30:47,775 --> 01:30:50,211 MEETING WILL BE MAY 12th AT 2:00 2789 01:30:50,211 --> 01:30:50,411 P.M. 2790 01:30:50,411 --> 01:30:52,346 , AND HEAR NOTHING FURTHER 2791 01:30:52,480 --> 01:30:53,147 BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED. 2792 01:30:53,147 --> 01:30:54,849 THANK YOU.