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Violence in Columbus and Mayor Ginther · Chuck Douglas

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  Speaker 1: Greeting salutations. Welcome my friends to another edition of the
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  Speaker 1: Power Hour. I'm Chuck Douglas, you know who you are,
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  Speaker 1: and we take it from there. We get to one
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  Speaker 1: hour together, which means I talk really fast and you
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  Speaker 1: must listen even faster. My number eight two one nine
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  Speaker 1: eight eighty six eight two one WUTVN or eight hundred
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  Speaker 1: six' TEN. Wtvn. WELL i Had Brian steele on The
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  Speaker 1: Blazer show here a couple hours ago talking about what
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  Speaker 1: happened In columbus over the, weekend and we had, shooting, shooting,
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  Speaker 1: shooting shoot, shoot shoot, shoo shoot, shoo shoot, shot just
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  Speaker 1: shooting all the, time constantly shooting all the. Time and
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  Speaker 1: so you, KNOW i was. INTRIGUED i was, introged not
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  Speaker 1: really more more just angered by the headline As i'm
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  Speaker 1: going through THE abc six website, Today mayor GINTHER cpd
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  Speaker 1: leaders call for end to totally unacceptable gun. Violence how
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  Speaker 1: many times have we heard that and yet we continue
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  Speaker 1: to accept? It, well there's an acceptable. Level well what
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  Speaker 1: is the acceptable before you get to? Unacceptable what's acceptable gun?
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  Speaker 1: Violence i'm not. SURE i think it's one death per.
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  Speaker 1: Day mayor called a news conference expressing his. Frustration, well
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  Speaker 1: the seemingly endless a pattern of, shootings particularly involving. Minors
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  Speaker 1: this is not how we solve. Conflict ginther, said only
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  Speaker 1: cowards solve conflict with. Guns, okay first of, all, no
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  Speaker 1: that's not.
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  Speaker 2: Correct.
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  Speaker 1: Uh sometimes people who are not cowards at all solve
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  Speaker 1: conflicts with, guns especially when the other person has a
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  Speaker 1: gun as. Well just. Saying the REASON i point this
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  Speaker 1: out is because it's more of The Charlie brown teacher.
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  Speaker 1: Syndrome you know What i'm talking, About Zach you Mean. Lucy,
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  Speaker 1: No i'm talking About Charlie. Brown you mean raa rah
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  Speaker 1: black rah. RAH i can hear, you BUT i can't
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  Speaker 1: listen to what you're. Saying right wa wah wah. Rah
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  Speaker 1: it's the same old garbage over and over. Again here's.
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  Speaker 1: It here's an, idea do something about. It i'm just,
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  Speaker 1: Saying i'm just do something to keep saying it's totally
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  Speaker 1: unacceptable doesn't fix. It saying these things like only coward
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  Speaker 1: self convicts with. Guns you. Ain't clint East, Wood, chill,
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  Speaker 1: dude do something back your, department empower your. Officers you
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  Speaker 1: want to make phone calls about stuff to, judges make
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  Speaker 1: phone calls about. This catch, them lock them, up keep
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  Speaker 1: them locked. Up well he's only. Seventeen, Yeah, well and
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  Speaker 1: if he's out there firing a gun at, Somebody i'm
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  Speaker 1: sorry they because it could be a he or she.
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  Speaker 1: Anymore just because you're a female does not mean you
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  Speaker 1: can't be. Vibe haven't we seen that? Too gither said
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  Speaker 1: it his news. Conference he here's complaints of residents who
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  Speaker 1: are tired of the. VIOLENCE i know you're all exhausted
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  Speaker 1: with these, events he, said adding that he appreciate those
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  Speaker 1: who share tips with the. Police i'm asking the people
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  Speaker 1: Of columbus to double. Down this is not, again cute
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  Speaker 1: for bra double. Down this is not a time for
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  Speaker 1: us to let. Up we need to continue to share,
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  Speaker 1: information take control of our, families and take our Families,
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  Speaker 1: zach check your family real. Quick is your family in
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  Speaker 1: the streets shooting? People? No your family ever been shooting?
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  Speaker 2: People?
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  Speaker 1: No might. Either what control of my family DO i
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  Speaker 1: need to take except maybe to wrap them in kevlar
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  Speaker 1: because of what you're letting our city. Become and take
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  Speaker 1: responsibility for everybody, safety.
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  Speaker 2: Lah blah blah blah.
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  Speaker 1: Blah. Wrong how the hell AM i responsible for? Everybody else's.
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  Speaker 1: Safety some gun toting gangs don't want to be out
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  Speaker 1: in the. Show i'm not responsible for his. Safety he
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  Speaker 1: is responsible for his safety if he asks, parents they
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  Speaker 1: are responsible for his. Safety the good lord response wor
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  Speaker 1: say it is not my job to be responsible for his,
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  Speaker 1: safety especially when his conduct is not. Safe about ninety
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  Speaker 1: minutes before the report of the was shooting at the
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  Speaker 1: pop up party out there On Wilson, avenue police were
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  Speaker 1: called to that same location about a noise. Complete officers
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  Speaker 1: gave them a warning to turn that music down and
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  Speaker 1: keep out of the. Street could we have done some things?
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  Speaker 1: BETTER Cpd First Assistant Chief Oshona pott said, maybe, SURE
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  Speaker 1: i don't know what? What and, Again, chief look what
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  Speaker 1: what could you have done? Better except to establish a
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  Speaker 1: command center at the? Party god bless? You but come,
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  Speaker 1: on somebody called and. Complained officers, responded addressed the situation,
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  Speaker 1: appropriately and. Left what more were they supposed to do
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  Speaker 1: without just staying at the. Party this is a legitimate.
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  Speaker 1: QUESTION i want to. Know tell, me tell me if
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  Speaker 1: you're one of those idealists out there who always wants to,
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  Speaker 1: go why couldn't they just hate? Him tell me what
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  Speaker 1: the police could have done when responding to the noise,
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  Speaker 1: complaint aside from advising them to keep it down and
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  Speaker 1: keep out of the, street what do you want him to?
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  Speaker 1: Do Justin, coleman who's A Columbus Police chief, deputy shared
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  Speaker 1: details about the declining violent crime rates across the. City, well,
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  Speaker 1: no and, again, no it's a declining homicide. Rate, ever
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  Speaker 1: folonious assaults involving weapons is. Up that is an incorrect.
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  Speaker 1: Statement AND i don't know if that's a departmental statement
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  Speaker 1: or does just maybe a you, know a misinterpretation from
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  Speaker 1: the television station or. What but the numbers are down
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  Speaker 1: for homicides and up for felonious, assaults meaning people shooting
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  Speaker 1: to each other without necessarily killing each. Other so they
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  Speaker 1: just missed. More, yeah. Exactly, well and again that AUDIO
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  Speaker 1: i played for you earlier From, philadelphia those people somebody
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  Speaker 1: shot and then. Boom it was, nuts is what it.
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  Speaker 1: Was they were just, shooting just pull it back and
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  Speaker 1: forth across the. Street nobody was aiming at. Squat they
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  Speaker 1: were just. Shooting and this again is one of the.
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  Speaker 1: Problems not only do you have no respect for, life
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  Speaker 1: but you have no talent when it comes to using a.
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  Speaker 1: Firearm When ginther goes out and says these, things do
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  Speaker 1: you think he's going, This is this making a difference
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  Speaker 1: or is it just like see, me see? Me or
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  Speaker 1: is it JUST i, mean he can't think this makes
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  Speaker 1: any possible.
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  Speaker 2: DIFFERENCE i don't.
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  Speaker 1: KNOW i you, KNOW i WISH i could figure that.
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  Speaker 1: OUT i WISH i could understand whether or not he's
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  Speaker 1: just being another liberal talking head who goes out there
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  Speaker 1: and reci you know, what, People we've gotta make people our,
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  Speaker 1: Best we've got to help people. Achieve we need to.
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  Speaker 1: Empower all those little, cute little catchphrase. Craps i'm sick of,
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  Speaker 1: it over and over. Again you keep do. Something that's
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  Speaker 1: what it comes down. To and you know this far
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  Speaker 1: in advance for him to announce that he's running for mayor,
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  Speaker 1: again considering the downward trajectory of the city Of columbus
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  Speaker 1: over the past few years during his reign as, MAYOR
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  Speaker 1: i THINK i would want to straighten some stuff out
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  Speaker 1: BEFORE i tried to become mayor. Again all the catch
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  Speaker 1: phrases in the, world all the cute little quotes in the,
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  Speaker 1: world does not change the fact that the sewer is
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  Speaker 1: rising above the. Ground at this, point something must be,
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  Speaker 1: done not just, talking not just task, force not just,
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  Speaker 1: committees not just spending more money on youth. Programs we
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  Speaker 1: has Had Roy Hawt junior in here last. Hour you,
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  Speaker 1: know he's got kids as young as six in this
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  Speaker 1: camp that he's doing this. Summer that's, great that's. Great
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  Speaker 1: but you, know by the time they're in high, school
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  Speaker 1: can you save? Them, honestly haven't you lost that? Opportunity,
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  Speaker 1: well we have plenty of things for our teens to. Do,
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  Speaker 1: NO i, see it's by the time they're, teens, man
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  Speaker 1: they've already been subjected to all the garbage that creates
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  Speaker 1: what they are. Becoming you got to be involved earlier than.
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  Speaker 1: That it's not about empowering the, kids empower, parents give
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  Speaker 1: parents some, assistance and be legit about. It i've never
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  Speaker 1: seen UNTIL i started dealing with various agencies for, CHILDREN
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  Speaker 1: i didn't Realize hall And epp so many of them
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  Speaker 1: were those that are supposed to be out there to
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  Speaker 1: provide resources for kids or or. Whatever, man you would
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  Speaker 1: not believe what a waste some of them. Are and
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  Speaker 1: it's sad because if there's anything worth, saving it's. Kids
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  Speaker 1: but they they take it on a chin when it
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  Speaker 1: comes to. Efficiency they really. DO i know we'reld tired of. It,
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  Speaker 1: well thanks for saying the. OBVIOUS a two SIX a
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  Speaker 1: two one DO wtv and let's get a few calls
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  Speaker 1: in here on The Legacy Retirement group dot com phone. Lines,
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  Speaker 1: martinez you're on six to TEN wtvn.
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  Speaker 3: You with?
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  Speaker 1: ME i AM. Marsa oh well that's that's not what
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  Speaker 1: this screen, says But i'll go with. It, marcia how are?
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  Speaker 3: You that's final? Call you call me whatever you want.
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  Speaker 1: Now It's zach is a lousy. Typest, No, no it's, fine.
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  Speaker 2: All.
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  Speaker 3: Right SO i work With Partner services and you have
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  Speaker 3: a guest on. THERE a while, BACK i believe it
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  Speaker 3: was like the president of The union of Maybe Columbus,
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  Speaker 3: police and he said exactly what it. Is prosecutors need to,
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  Speaker 3: Prosecute judges need to, judge they need to sentence these,
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  Speaker 3: kids not not tleated down to you, know old wat
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  Speaker 3: slap on the, hands and so they're in there for
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  Speaker 3: like three or six months or. Something and Also i'm
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  Speaker 3: just saying That Department services needs To we'll, say let's, say,
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  Speaker 3: uh come To jesus with these. Kids you know What i'm.
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  Speaker 1: Saying on which which Department.
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  Speaker 3: Department Of Youth, services which it's supposed to be like to,
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  Speaker 3: you the prison right For.
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  Speaker 1: Ohio, yeah, Yeah unfortunately we've gotten rid of. Thinking you,
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  Speaker 1: know are you enough to Remember tico that used to scare,
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  Speaker 1: us yeap that used to scare, us the concept of
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  Speaker 1: going To. Tigo and then you've got agency you, know
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  Speaker 1: Like Children's, services WHICH i don't know if you've had
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  Speaker 1: any involvement with, them but that they're they're on far
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  Speaker 1: too many levels. Laughable their their involvement is basically just
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  Speaker 1: basically to continue their. Existence, okay we have a. Case
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  Speaker 1: therefore we can get something added to our, budget so
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  Speaker 1: we continue to. Exist but what's your? Goal and our
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  Speaker 1: goal is to close out the case and act like
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  Speaker 1: we did. Something that's not helping.
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  Speaker 3: Either but it's not helping when you're just giving the
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  Speaker 3: kids everything that they want to. Need, no but they
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  Speaker 3: break they get ANOTHER. Tv they BREAK, tv they get ANOTHER.
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  Speaker 2: Tv it's just.
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  Speaker 3: There are there are kids That Department services will work for.
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  Speaker 3: Them there are other. Kids it's not they're the gun
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  Speaker 3: TOTING i don't. Care they just beat up a female
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  Speaker 3: staff like the other. Day i'm just it's it's just
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  Speaker 3: too much.
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  Speaker 1: And i'm with you accountability and. Repercussions until we have that,
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  Speaker 1: again we will not h we won't be on the
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  Speaker 1: path to getting anything. FIXED i appreciate, You, marsha thank
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  Speaker 1: you very much for the. Call eight one six is my,
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  Speaker 1: number eight two ONE wtv and A mackenzie on six
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  Speaker 1: to TEN. Wtvn, HEY i.
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  Speaker 2: Have a quick fact for, you and this was a
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  Speaker 2: couple of years. AGO i looked this up or heard,
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  Speaker 2: this But columbus actually has a higher shooting rate per
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  Speaker 2: capita Than. Chicago so you Can't, oh, okay you knew.
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  Speaker 1: That i've. Heard i've heard that. Before and you notice
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  Speaker 1: people don't even talk About chicago, anymore and it's only
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  Speaker 1: gotten worse over the past three. Years but we're so
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  Speaker 1: what's the Word i'm looking. For it's like we don't
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  Speaker 1: even feel, it we don't even care. Anymore we just
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  Speaker 1: heard it so long that we were numb to.
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  Speaker 2: It, YEAH i, AGREE i, Agree.
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  Speaker 1: And i've grown up, here which so it makes me
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  Speaker 1: not just, mad it makes me. Sad. McKenzie this isn't
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  Speaker 1: the TOWN i grew up. In these this isn't the
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  Speaker 1: way we, live this isn't the way we, act and
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  Speaker 1: it's it's heartbreaking WHEN i see this and, think not
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  Speaker 1: too far into the, past what we used to.
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  Speaker 2: Be SO i grew up In Federal, Way, washington a
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  Speaker 2: suburb Of, seattle south Of, seattle AND i rode my
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  Speaker 2: bike everywhere as a. Kid you can't do it. Anymore
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  Speaker 2: your chances is getting, abducted, shot gang whatever is. Horrific
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  Speaker 2: and the difference between here and those we have the
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  Speaker 2: inner two seventy and the outer to seventy there everyone
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  Speaker 2: just sits on top of. Everyone but it's it's. COMING i,
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  Speaker 2: mean it's it's. Here and when we get, those when
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  Speaker 2: our population, first with these chip plants and everything. Else
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  Speaker 2: i'm leaving BECAUSE i DON'T i Left seattle for a
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  Speaker 2: reason AND i want nothing.
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  Speaker 1: To do with. IT i don't know which HILLS i
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  Speaker 1: might head, for BUT i will be in some hills
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  Speaker 1: directly behind. You you know What tennessee is What chattanooga
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  Speaker 1: specifically is one of my favorite towns That i've been
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  Speaker 1: to in the. Past and, Yeah tennessee's not out of. Question.
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  Speaker 2: Yep we're going to the mountains on sixty plus.
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  Speaker 1: Acres we're we're, Out so, YEAH i mate. Visit. Mackenzie
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  Speaker 1: thanks very much for the.
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  Speaker 2: Call all, right we'll talk to. You thanks very. Much