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Trump Hits a New Approval Low, Arkansas Trooper Pulls Man by His Dreadlocks & FBI Lowers Hiring Standards · The Breakfast Club

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  Speaker 1: President Trump's approval rating hits a new low as the
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  Speaker 1: midterms close in.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I can get laid off tomorrow, then I'm
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  Speaker 2: pretty much homeless. Because, you know, you can't save now.
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  Speaker 1: And an Arkansas trooper is caught on camera pulling a
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  Speaker 1: former D1 basketball player by his dreadlocks. Crawl out the car!
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  Speaker 2: Crawl out!
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  Speaker 1: Crawl out! And the FBI is changing its hiring standards,
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  Speaker 1: including what no longer automatically disqualifies you from becoming an agent.
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  Speaker 1: It's Wednesday, September 2nd. From the Black Effect Podcast Network,
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  Speaker 1: I'm Mimi Brown, and here are the day's biggest stories.
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  Speaker 1: Stay with me. President Trump is heading into the midterms
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  Speaker 1: with a new warning sign. His approval rating has fallen
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  Speaker 1: to the lowest point of his second term. A new
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  Speaker 1: Reuters Ispost poll puts Trump's approval rating at just 33%,
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  Speaker 1: and this isn't just a one-week dip. It's been sitting
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  Speaker 1: there for three weeks straight. To put that in perspective,
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  Speaker 1: 33 percent also ties the lowest approval rating Trump ever
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  Speaker 1: received during his first term. And one of his biggest
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  Speaker 1: problems right now appears to be your wallet. More than
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  Speaker 1: seven in 10 Americans say they disapprove of how Trump
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  Speaker 1: is handling the cost of living.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I can get laid off tomorrow and then
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  Speaker 2: I'm pretty much homeless because, you know, you can't save now.
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  Speaker 2: Every dollar you have has to go to gas, groceries, bills, rent.
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  Speaker 1: You can't afford to breathe at this point. Class is
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  Speaker 1: definitely being affected. Yeah. and that includes 4 in 10 Republicans.
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  Speaker 1: Gas prices are averaging about $ 4. 08 a gallon, nearly a
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  Speaker 1: dollar more than this time last year. And the ongoing
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  Speaker 1: war with Iran is also weighing on his numbers, with
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  Speaker 1: just 36% approving of how Trump is handling the war.
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  Speaker 1: But here's the number Republicans may be watching more closely
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  Speaker 1: heading into November. Democrats currently appear more motivated to vote, 46%
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  Speaker 1: of Democrats say they're very enthusiastic about voting in the midterms.
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  Speaker 1: Among Republicans, that number is just at 31%. That matters
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  Speaker 1: because Republicans are trying to hold on to every narrow
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  Speaker 1: majority in both the House and the Senate. So with
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  Speaker 1: just two months to go, Trump's approval rating isn't the
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  Speaker 1: only number that matters. The bigger question is whether Democratic
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  Speaker 1: enthusiasm turns into Democratic votes in November. And in Arkansas,
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  Speaker 1: traffic stop is getting national attention after video shows a
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  Speaker 1: state trooper pulling a passenger out of an SUV by
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  Speaker 1: his dreadlocks and punching him in the face. The passenger
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  Speaker 1: is 23-year-old Tedrick Washington Jr., a former Division I basketball player.
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  Speaker 1: Washington was not driving. He was sitting in the back seat.
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  Speaker 1: Police say the driver, though, of the SUV led troopers
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  Speaker 1: on a high-speed chase, eventually reaching speeds at about 130
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  Speaker 1: miles an hour. Police used spike strips and eventually forced
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  Speaker 1: the SUV to stop. And that's when the encounter with
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  Speaker 1: Washington begins. Video shows trooper Theodore Henderson using his baton
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  Speaker 1: to break the window. Henderson then grabs Washington by his
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  Speaker 1: wrists and his dreadlocks, pulls him toward the broken window
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  Speaker 1: and punches him in the face. Crawl out the car.
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  Speaker 2: Crawl out.
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  Speaker 1: Crawl out.
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  Speaker 2: Crawl out of here.
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  Speaker 1: Henderson says Washington wasn't following commands to get out through
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  Speaker 1: the broken window and then postured up as if he
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  Speaker 1: might hit him. Washington says he was cooperating. Photos taken
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  Speaker 1: afterward show Washington with blood and visible injuries to his face.
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  Speaker 1: And despite being the passenger, Washington was arrested and charged
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  Speaker 1: with resisting arrest and obstruction. He has since posted online
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  Speaker 1: saying he wants his story heard and that justice will
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  Speaker 1: be served. Now, another officer involved in the arrest from
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  Speaker 1: the same police department has been cleared by that department
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  Speaker 1: after a use of force review. But that review did
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  Speaker 1: not cover Trooper Henderson. The officer is seen pulling Washington
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  Speaker 1: by the dreadlocks and punching him. Washington is reportedly preparing
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  Speaker 1: to take legal action. And finally, let's talk about the
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  Speaker 1: new requirements for the FBI. Things that once automatically stopped
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  Speaker 1: you from becoming an FBI agent may no longer take
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  Speaker 1: you out of the running. According to a CBS investigation,
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  Speaker 1: the FBI has quietly changed some of its hiring standards.
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  Speaker 1: Under the new guidelines, admitting that you paid for sex,
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  Speaker 1: stole from an employer, or even engaged in bestiality may
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  Speaker 1: no longer automatically disqualify you from becoming an FBI agent.
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  Speaker 1: So here's how it would work. Someone who admits to
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  Speaker 1: hiring a sex worker could still be considered as long
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  Speaker 1: as it wasn't three or more times and it didn't
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  Speaker 1: happen within the past 10 years. Someone who stole from
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  Speaker 1: an employer could still qualify if it happened more than
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  Speaker 1: three years ago. And someone who admits to bestiality or
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  Speaker 1: animal cruelty could still be considered if it happened before
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  Speaker 1: they turned 18. These changes were reportedly outlined in an
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  Speaker 1: internal FBI memo in June. That's your front page. I'm
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  Speaker 1: Mimi Brown. This podcast was brought to you by the
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  Speaker 1: Black Effect Podcast Network.