TWO HOUR. ALL ABOUT DEMONSTRATION DEMONSTRATION ARE THE REASON THEY SAY. SAY THAT THEY SHIFTED HERE IS THEY WANT THE SEAT OF POWER TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON AND THEY DON’T WANT TO BE COMBINED IN BY THE POLICE DOWN ON THE PLAZA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT SO THEY CAME TO CITY HALL TODAY FOR A TWO-HOUR RALLY. THERE MAY BE A LITTLE MARCH A VERY LITTLE ONE FROM HERE THE CITY HALL STEPS. WE DEMAND CONTROL DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS, WHICH IS JUST OVER HALF BLOCK FROM WHERE I’M STANDING RIGHT NOW. IN FACT OUR OFFICERS AND NATIONAL DRIVE WATCHING THAT YOU YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ABLE TALK ABOUT FOR LOCAL CONTROL WILL BE MR. PARKER BEFORE THE PRIMARY DEMAND TO THIS APARTMENT. SO ABOUT 200 HERE FOR THIS RALLY, WHICH WILL PROBABLY HAVE A SPORT MARCH OVER TO THE POLICE STATION, PERHAPS AND BAR QUINTON LUCAS. MAYBE DOWN HERE AT SOME POINT. LET’S GO BACK TO YOU. NUMBER TWO. ALL RIGHT, MICHAEL. THANKS SO MUCH. AND YEAH, WE DO HAVE THE MAYOR SCHEDULED TO SPEAK. WE HAVE CONGRESSMAN WOMAN SHRIEKS DAVID SCHEDULED TO SPEAK AS WE ARE UNDERWAY WITH A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST, WHICH IS WHAT YOU’RE RIGHT NOW IN THE SOUTH STEPS OF A CITY HALL. LET’S LISTEN IN. PROPOSED MONEY FOR BY KIM’S IMMEDIATELY TO QUIT EVERY OFFICER IN KCP WITH A BODY CAMERA. WE DEMAND A RESTRICTIVE POLICY GOVERNING THE USE OF FORCE INCLUDING A MULTI-STEP THE ESCALATION PROCEDURE. WITH RESPECT TO THE PROTEST BEGINNING ON MAY 29TH, 2020 FOLLOWING THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. WE DEMAND THE ALL PENDING LEGAL CHARGES CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LEVIED AGAINST PEACEFUL PROTESTERS BY THE KCPD BE DISMISSED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY. ALL PROTESTERS WE DEMAND THAT THE KCPD DEMILITARIZE BECAUSE FRANKLY I DON’T KNOW WHY THERE’S TEAR GAS BEING DEPLOYED ON KANSAS CITY HANDS WHEN EVEN THE GENEVA CONVENTION BANDS THAT AND WARFAR WE DEMAND THAT KCMO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES INCLUDING ACTIVIST MEMBERS OF ADVOCACY GROUPS AND THE LEADERSHIP OF LOCAL NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, BECAUSE FRANKLY THAT UNITY MARCH I DIDN’T GET A CONTACT HENRY. DID YOU GET A CONTACT? THEY’RE NOT ENGAGING. WE THE MAN THAT KCMO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE REDUCTION OF THE KCPD BUDGET WITH THE INTENTION OF REALLOCATING THEIR FUNDING TOWARDS SUPPORTING COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ENGAGED IN WORK OF ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS THAT WE SEE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE HEARD WE HAVE HEARD SOME OF WHAT I’VE SAID, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE’S MORE TO DO BUT THIS ISN’T ENOUGH. NONE OF US IS ENOUGH. WE AGREE WITH YOU AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE END OF OUR DEMANDS. IT’S THE BEGINNING. THIS IS A BEGINNING OF A MOVEMENT. HEAR ME LOUD AND CLEAR EVERYONE IF THEY GIVE US AN INCH. WE TAKE A MILE. WE NEED TIME TO SIT WITH MORE LEADERS. WE NEED TIME TO PUT TOGETHER MORE COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED PLANS. BUT KEEP IN MIND AS WELL. MY B THANK YOU MADDOX. THANK YOU. CAN WE HAVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THE PEOPLE OUT HERE TO TAKE CARE OF US NOT MEDICS. BUT KEEP IN MIND WE CAN’T LEGISLATE A SOLUTION TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND ORGANIZED DEMOCRATICALLY TO ADDRESS DISPARITIES AND THESE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS AND HOUSING EDUCATION POVERTY AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY FOOD AND SECURITY HEALTHCARE OUTCOMES INTERNET ACCESS AND SO MANY MORE KANSAS CITY NOW IT’S TIME FOR US TO STAND TOGETHER. SHOULDER TO SHOULDER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER. ARM AND ARM AND DEMAND THAT OUR CITY DO BETTER FOR EVERYONE EVERYONE. I AM GOING TO PASS THE MIC OFF THE JESSICA. JUST I WANT TO THANK MY LATIN X COMMUNITY THAT CAME OUT. I MEAN THIS IS THIS IS STRONG. THIS IS OUR FIGHT IS YOUR FIGHT AND YOUR FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT. DON’T KNOW CHA. DOWNLOADS DONALD CHA THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THEM ARE ALL PROTEST ORGANIZERS TO REPRESENT TODAY BOSS. CASEY VO Z WHICH TRANSLATED IN ENGLISH TO VOICE VOICES. BOSS CASEY IS HERE. TODAY. WE’RE GATHERED BEHIND ME ARE MY COLLEAGUES MY COMRADES. LET’S GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE TO THESE BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL REVOLUTIONARIES THAT DECIDED TODAY WITHIN 72 HOURS THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR THE INDIGENOUS FOR THE LAB MIX FOR THE LATINO. YOU NEED TO BE PRESENT IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR BLACK RELATIVES. BUT THAT’S WHAT TODAY IS NOT ABOUT US. TODAY IS NOT ABOUT INDIGENOUS LIVES. TODAY IS NOT ABOUT BROWN LIVES. TODAY IS NOT ABOUT BLACK NEXT LIVES TODAY. IT’S ABOUT BLACK LIVES. NOW MY BROWN AND MONO SANDED - WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO STRUGGLE. WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE POLICED. WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE PUSHED BACK INTO THE SHADOWS. WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE AN ESSENTIAL WORKER. WE KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO KEEP AMERICA MOVING. BUT TODAY ISN’T ABOUT US TODAY. WE COME TOGETHER AS A ONE PUEBLO TODAY WE COME TOGETHER AS LUNA ROSSA SO THAT WE CAN STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR BLACK RELATIVES BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTER. NO LIFE, NO LIFE MATTERS UNTIL BLACK LIVES MATTER. AND ON BEHALF OF BOTH CASEY AND ON BEHALF OF LATIN X ACROSS THIS GLOBE. WE WANT TO THANK THE BLACK COMMUNITY FOR STANDING WITH US THROUGH WHAT WE WE HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING AT HE DETENTION CENTERS WIT WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR CALLING AH NICE TO BE DISMANTLED. BUT TODAY IS NOT ABOUT US. TODAY WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS OUR RELATIVES. WHO’S THE MAN THAT LOCAL CONTROL OF THE KANSAS CITY MLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT? WE DEMAND A COMMUNITY REVIEW BOARD. WE DEMAND THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR BODY CAMERAS. WE DEMAND THE RESTRICTIVE POLICY GOVERNING THE USE OF FORCE. WE DEMAND THAT THE KC PD JUST MILITARIZED NOW. NOW MORE THAN EVER. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH EACH OTHER. WHAT CAN I LOOK JUST HE GAY NOW MORE THAN EVER HERMANOS IT IS TIME FOR US TO TALK TO OUR THEO’S IT IS TIME TO TALK TO OUR FEE IS IT IS TIME TO TALK TO OUR WILLOWS AND IT’S TIME TO TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS. IT WAS TIME TO TALK TO KANSAS CITY BROWN LIVES AND TO TELL THEM WE COME WE STAND TOGETHER. TODAY WE AIN’T. THE ANTI IN OUR COMMUNITY TODAY WE END IT. TODAY WE ENDED BECAUSE BOO NO JAW. DON’T KNOW JACK JOE LHOTA BECAUSE NO LIFE MATTERS UNTIL AL BLACK LIVES MATTER LET’S GIVE IT UP FOR JESSICA AGAIN. I KNOW YOU GUYS GIVE US SOME MORE ENERGY THAN THAT. LET’S GIVE IT UP FOR HER. I KNOW I KNOW SHE’S ON THE KANSAS SIDE, BUT I HAVE I’M DEEPLY HUMBLED AND HONORED TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER. NOT ONLY THE FIRST ONE OF THE FIRST NATIVE AMERICAN CONGRESS WOMAN ELECTED TO CONGRESS. BUT ALSO YEAH GIVE IT UP FOR HER. I WANT TO INTRODUCE THE CONGRESSWOMAN OF KANSAS SHARICE DAVID’S. HOLD ON. HOLD ON AND DON’T YET BLACK LIVES MATTER. FIRST I WANT TO START OFF BY ACKNOWLEDGING THAT. TODAY IS BRIANNA TAYLOR’S BIRTHDAY. SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN 27 AND SAY HER NAME BRIANNA TAYLOR. I THINK THAT IT’S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE LOST TOO MANY FOLKS FROM IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE AND RACISM AND I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JUSTICE FOR INVITING ME TODAY BECAUSE IT’S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT. DON’T SPEAK FOR ANY PARTICULAR COMMUNITY. AND THAT MY ROLE AS A CONGRESSPERSON IS TO LISTEN AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IS TO LISTEN AND I SHARE THE HEARTBREAK AND OUTRAGE OVER THE KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD BRIANNA TAYLOR. AM I DARBY AND THE COUNTLESS OTHER FOLKS WHO HAVE BLACK PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND MURDERED. AND I THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THE PAIN AND ANGER THAT WE’RE SEEING IS IT’S RIGHT AND IT’S JUST AND THAT WE NEED TO LISTEN NON-BLACK PEOPLE NEED TO LISTEN ELECTED PEOPLE NEED TO LISTEN. WE’RE SEEING A JUSTIFIABLE RIGHT REACTION TO THE FAILURE OF OUR COUNTRY TO RECKON WITH OUR HISTORY. WITH THE REFORMS THAT HAVE FAILED TIME AND TIME AGAIN TO HAPPEN THE INJUSTICE THAT WE SEE IN THE CRIMINAL INJUSTICE SYSTEM. THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH AS A SOCIETY IN A COMMUNITY AND RIGHT NOW WE’RE EXPERIENCING A COLLECTIVE TRAUMA. BUT RIGHT NOW THE IMPORTANT PIECE IS THAT WE LISTEN AND WORK WITH BLACK FOLKS TO HEAL FROM THE TRAUMA THAT HAS BEEN INFLICTED BECAUSE OF THAT LONG HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY. I’M PROUD TO STAND HERE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE BLACK COMMUNITY. TO SAY THAT BLACK LIVES. MATTER TO SAY THAT THE POLICY IDEAS THAT WE ALREADY HEARD TODAY IN THE CALLS FOR CHANGE. NEED TO BE HEARD. I’M LISTENING I HEAR YOU. I CERTAINLY SEE YOU. AND I SEE ALL OF YOU AND I THINK THAT THE WOUNDS THAT WE NEED TO BEGIN TO ADDRESS IN THIS COUNTRY ARE STARTING NOW TO HEAL BUT IT’S HARD. AND IF YOU ARE NOT LISTENING TO THE BLACK FOLKS AROUND YOU. YOU NEED TO START. AND I’M GOING TO KEEP LISTENING AND I’LL KEEP SHOWING UP AND THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME BECAUSE THIS IS NOT ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS HAS TIME TO SHINE. THIS IS THE TIME TO SHINE THE LIGHT ON THE INJUSTICE THAT WE’VE SEEN FOR TOO LONG IN THIS COUNTRY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU EVERYONE. I KNOW I WANTED TO DO SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER COUNCILPERSON COUNCILPERSON BRANDING ELLINGTON, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. HE GAVE ME PERMISSION HE GAVE ME FREEDOM TO GO IN AND I PLAN ON DOING IT BEFORE I SAY ANYTHING ON THE SAY I’LL PRAISE HONOR AND GLORY BE TO GOD. SO WHATEVER COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH IS NOT MY FAULT. IT’S A COUPLE THINGS I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THOUGH, AND ALL OF THESE IS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART A HUNDRED PERCENT SINCERE. Y’ALL NEED TO START CHECKING PEOPLE’S RESUMES NOW THINK I HEARING YEAH, I NEED TO CHECK PEOPLE’S RESUMES. Y’ALL GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING BEFORE Y’ALL TALKIN. A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY’RE LISTENING A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING THAT THEY’RE CARING IT IS THE SAME WITH SOME THIS PROTESTING. SOMETHING IS PROTESTING ARE ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT THE STRUGGLE, BUT THE STRUGGLE IS REAL THE I NEED TO START CHECKING PEOPLE’S RESUMES, ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT ARE IN OFFICE. EVERYBODY DOESN’T OFFICE HAS A RECORD. THIS IS MY SECOND GO-AROUND. I WAS AT THE STATE EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS. I’M DOWN HERE FOR SIX MONTHS. I’M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE LEGISLATION THAT IDEA BUT AT THE STATE MOST OF MY LEGISLATION WAS ABOUT POLICE REFORMS WHEN I CAME HERE TO THE COUNCIL. I FOUND THREE OR FOUR POLICE REFORM BILLS. NO SUPPORT. WRIGHT CHECK PEOPLE’S RESUMES SAME WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROSECUTOR POWERS AND THOSE THAT ARE ARRESTING PEOPLE AND NOT RYAN STOKES THAT MURDERED IN JUST HAPPENED DOESN’T 2013 THE OFFICER DECIDE HIM. HE STILL AT THE POLICE FORCE TO THE OFFICE OF THAT WAS ARRESTED HIM. HE’S NO LONGER AT THE POLICE FORCE START CHECKING PEOPLE’S RESUMES, MAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT BRUTALITY WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, HUH? JUSTICE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR OVER 45 YEARS. THAT’S THE PROBLEM. EMMETT TILL WAS THE FIRST GOT TO GET DRUNK TO THE STREETS AND WE STILL BEEN MURDERED ON TV AND APPRECIATE THE DEMANDS. BUT EVEN WITH THE DEMANDS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE MOVING IN THE APPROPRIATE FASHION BECAUSE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL, THAT DOESN’T TAKE A WHOLE BUNCH IT TAKES INITIATIVE PETITION TO GET IT ON THE BALLOT TO VOTE FOR IT IN KANSAS CITY. NOT THAT HARD NOT THAT COMPLICATED WHEN WE ABOUT VIDEO AND AUDIO EQUIPMENT. WE NEED TO BE CHECKING WHO’S GOING TO HOLD THAT BECAUSE CURRENTLY WITHOUT LOCAL GOVERNANCE THAT WILL STILL FOLLOW UP UNDERNEATH PD, RIGHT? SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT FAST AND LET’S MAKE SURE THAT WE’RE USING THIS ENERGY RIGHTEOUSLY AND DON’T LET PEOPLE LEECH OFF YOUR ENERGY. WRIGHT I’M 38 YEARS OLD ARE GROWN FOR TEETH AND PROSPECT I RAN FOR OFFICE NOT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS SMARTER THAN ANYBODY NOT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS BETTER THAN ANYBODY I RAN FOR OFFICE BECAUSE I WAS TIRED OF WATCHING THE POLICE GOING PEOPLE’S POCKETS TAKE THEY DON’T MONEY AND LET THEM STAY OUT THERE. MEANING THAT THE WASN’T ILLEGAL. SINCE I’VE BEEN IN OFFICE A FAULT MARGINALIZATION NOW, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BRACKEN BROWN CALLED. BECAUSE AGAIN, WE’VE BEEN FAKING WITH EACH OTHER. WE THE ONLY PEOPLE NOT THE ONLY BUT WE’RE THE ONLY MAJORITY ONLY ONES HERE TO GOT MELANIN IN OUR SKIN MELON NATION IS FACTUAL MELON NATION IS NOT OPINION MELON NATION IS SOMETHING THAT IS SYNONYMOUS TO ALL OF US YET. WE DON’T LINK UP AND WE SUFFER THE SAME SUFFRAGE WE ALL LIVE IN INNER CITIES OF POVERTY WEST SIDE EAST SIDE HORRIBLE. WRIGHT BUT IT’S MORE OF US IN THE SO-CALLED MAJORITY IF WE STOP BUYING IN THE COLONIZATION AND WE JUST OBSERVE WE JUST LOOK BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT EACH OTHER WE HAVE MELON THE NATION SO IS NO REASON THAT WE’RE SEPARATED. THERE’S NO REASON THAT COLLECTIVELY WITH THE WEAKEST POLITICALLY. BUT IF WE LOOK AT OUR NUMBERS WITH THE LARGEST COLLECTIVELY IT’S KNOW. IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY SENSE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATE NUMBERS WHERE THE MAJORITY TO GET SPOILED OVER BLACK AND BROWN, BUT I’LL HIT RATIO THE AMOUNT OF DOPE DRUGS AND ILLEGAL ACTIVITY IS LESS THAN WHITE FOLKS. WRIGHT SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE ARENA, IT’S AN INSTITUTION AND INSTITUTIONS BUILD A SYSTEM SYSTEMS IS NOT INDEPENDENT OUT OF OUTSIDE OF THE INSTITUTION AND INSTITUTIONS ARE POWERED BY THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT THOSE INSTITUTIONS. SO LET’S START MANDATING WHAT WE WANT VIA THE RIGHT INSTITUTIONS AND STOP ALLOWING PEOPLE TO COME AND SAY I FEEL YOUR PAIN, BUT DON’T SHOW UP WHEN YOU STRUGGLING STOP ALLOWING PEOPLE TO SAY I CARE ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN I SEE YOU HURTING ALL EXTEND MY HAND STOP ALLOWING. PEOPLE TO SAY HEY, ALL THOSE MURDERS IS BAD TODAY, BUT I DO NOTHING ABOUT IT YESTERDAY THE DAY BEFORE OR THE DAY BEFORE THAT WHEN I HAVE ACCESS TO DO IT, AND I’M ONLY DOING IT NOW BECAUSE I WANT TO LOOK POLITICALLY CORRECT AGAIN CHECK PEOPLE’S RESUMES, BRO. AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANT TO SAY IS SOMETHING THAT’S COMING UP THIS TUESDAY, AND I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP. I HAVE AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD BE HEARD AT 10 A.M. AND LEGAL REVIEW. NEW SIXTH FLOOR AND IT GETS RID OF THE CHARGES FOR THOSE THAT WERE PROTESTING THAT DOING ANYTHING ILLEGAL. TRY TO PASS A THURSDAY. IF YOU DON’T COME OUT, IT’S NOT GOING TO GET PAST. SO I NEED Y’ALL HEAR IT AT 10 A.M. AND I’LL TELL Y’ALL ONE MORE DOWN TO BRING BACK AT THE BEGINNING OF MY COUNSEL TERM. I HAD A CONSENT FORM IF THAT CONSENT FORM HAD PASSED EVERYBODY. THAT WAS AT THEIR PROTEST WOULD HAVE PROBABLE CAUSE FORGETTING THE CONSTANT, BUT IT DIDN’T PASS BECAUSE PD TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT WAS GOING TO SUE US AND WE FOLDED THAT’S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE IT’S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE AND AGAIN, THAT’S AN INSTITUTION AND INSTITUTE’S IS IS POWERED BY THE PEOPLE THAT PAY THEM. WE WON’T CHANGE SO UP TUESDAY AND THEN SHOW UP EVERY DAY AFTER THAT START PAYING ATTENTION TO WHO’S AT THE STAKE BECAUSE NO STATE LAWS HAVE BEEN ADJUSTED START PAYING ATTENTION WHO WEARS YOUR PROSECUTOR AND WHY LAUREN VIOLENT ACTS BEING PROSECUTED WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT IS DOING THINGS THAT IS KNOWN THE OFFICERS THAT ARE CONSTANT THAT TRANSGENDER WOMAN WAS BEATEN AT GENTLEMAN NAMED TROY ROBINSON FOR FIVE YEARS ALL OF US ON CAMERA. TROY ROBINSON CAME DOWN INTO THE POLICE MEETING HAS BEEN TAUGHT. AND HE STILL BEEN GETTING BEAT UP. LOOK HIM UP. HE SEES THE GENTLEMAN THAT STANDS OUT ON 35TH AND PROSPECT WITH THE HONKS ON THOSE OFFICES WASN’T NO TO POLICE BRUTALITY. THEY WERE JUST NEW TO GETTING CAUGHT ON CAMERA AND THEN SOMEONE FINALLY GOT DONE AND AGAIN LAST THING I LIKE IS RYAN STOKES. SUDDEN THE BACK OFFICE OF THAT WAS ARRESTED ON SAID HEY, I’LL RECANTED OFFICER THE SALOMON STILL HERE WHERE HAVE FOR THAT. WE HAVE LAMB WHERE WE HAVE FOR THE ALL THE MURDERS THAT HAPPENED HERE WITH NO REPERCUSSIONS. SO AGAIN, SO UP TO LIVE LIKE A MAN. I APPRECIATE Y’ALL 10:00 A.M. LEGAL REVIEW. I NEED AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN TO GET THAT ORDINANCE PASSED REAL TALK. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. Y’ALL GIVE HIM SOME LOVE GIVE HIM SOME LOVE. SO I THINK I ALL INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER, BUT I DO WANT TO BRING THE PEOPLE’S. AND THAT WE HAVE MEDICS ON STAFF JUST IN CASE AND I WANT TO THANK WHOEVER THAT IS BACK THERE IN FRONT OF CITY HALL. EVERYONE HERE NEEDS TO REGISTER TO VOTE EVERYONE HERE NEEDS TO BE VOTING EVERYONE HERE NEEDS TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE VOTING FOR WHO THEY WANT. ALL RIGHT NOW WANT TO INTRODUCE HENRY SERVICE AND HE’S OUR NEXT SPEAKER HILL REAL Y’ALL. HELLO. HEY WHEN ME AND JUSTICE AND ON OUR ON OUR GROUP CAME TOGETHER TO GET. HE’S PROTEST TOGETHER. WE ALMOST HALFWAY WORRIED ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD GET ACCOMPLISHED HERE TODAY, BUT SERVO DAYS LATER I WAS SAYING EARLIER SIGNATURES TO OUR PETITION AND WHAT WE HAVE IS BODY CAMS WHERE THEY WERE TELLING US BEFORE THERE WAS NO MONEY IN IT COULDN’T BE DONE. WE GOT THAT. SO GIVE YOURSELF A ROUND OF APPLAUSE BECAUSE WE GOT THAT. WE READ FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WERE UNASHAMEDLY INCLUSIVE. WE SAID THIS IS ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTERING AND WE NEED EVERYBODY HERE TO HELP US BECAUSE IF YOU THINK BLACK LIVES MATTER THEN IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT COLOR YOU ARE. THIS IS NOT BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE OR BLACK PEOPLE AGAINST ANY OTHER RACE. THIS IS PEOPLE AGAINST RACISM AND INJUSTICE. NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE. ALL OF THE FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE HERE. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AROUND AND SEE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS THAT WE HAVE AND I WANT YOU TO STAND A LITTLE CLOSER. I KNOW YOU’RE HOT AND SWEATY GET A LITTLE CLOSE GET A LITTLE CLOSE TOGETHER AND I WANT YOU TO SAY AFTER ME. I WANT YOU TO SAY MAY THE LINE NEVER BREAK WHERE I STAND. MAY THE LINE NEVER BREAK WHERE I STAND. MAY THE LINE NEVER BREAK WHERE I STAND. MAY THE LINE NEVER BREAK WHERE I STAND ALL RIGHT POWER TO THE PEOPLE. I WANT I WANT YOUR FISTS IN THE AIR. I WANT YOU TO SAY POWER TO THE PEOPLE EVERYBODY EVERYBODY FITS IN YOUR AIR POWER TO ALL PEOPLE POWER TO THE PEOPLE. POWER TO THE PEOPLE POWER TO THE PEOPLE POWER TO THE PEOPLE POWER TO THE PEOPLE. YOU KNOW WHY I SAY PART OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE’RE STRONGER TOGETHER. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER WHEN WE KEPT HENRY BY HIMSELF, I CAN’T GET ANYTHING ACCOMPLISHED BUT WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE DEMANDS AND THEN FOUR DAYS LATER WE GET SOMETHING WE WERE ASKING FOR FOUR YEARS AND WE WEREN’T GETTING STRONGER TOGETHER STRONGER TOGETH WHEN WE STAND TOGETHER AND WE DEMAND CHANGE AND WHEN WE DEMAND AND DON’T ASK THERE’S NO THERE’S NO THERE’S NO THERE’S NO POLITE STATEMENT SAD. THERE’S NO TEA AND CRUMPETS. THERE’S JUST US DEMANDING WE GET WHAT WE WANT. THESE ARE OUR STREETS. THIS IS OUR CITY. THIS IS OUR GOVERNMENT. THIS IS OUR POLICE FORCE. THEY WORK FOR US. WE DON’T WORK FOR THEM. I’M WITH HIM WHOSE STREETS WHOSE STREETS WHOSE STREETS THE STREETS WHO’S POLICE FORCE WHOSE GOVERNMENT? WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER BECAUSE THERE’S MORE OF US THAN THERE IS OF THEM. YOU CAN THINK IN YOUR HEAD. OH, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH AND THAT’S WHAT WE HEARD ALL ALONG ALL YOU GUYS ARE THEY’RE ARGUING AND CHANTING AND WALKING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO ACCOMPLISH? WELL A LOT WILL A LOT LATER ON TODAY. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE OUR DEMANDS AND WE’RE GOING TO ASK FOR RECEIPTS BECAUSE YOU KNOW, LIKE COUNCILMAN ELTING JUST SAID, THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT HERE WHO WILL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD TALK. HOME AND THEN YOU’LL FORGET I DON’T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN HERE TODAY. I WANT YOU TO DEMAND RECEIPTS FROM EVERYBODY WHO COMES UP HERE AND SPEAKS RECEIPTS MEANS THEY DO WHAT THEY TOLD YOU THEY’RE GOING TO DO. IF WE COME OUT HERE AND GET SHOT BY RUBBER BULLETS TEAR GASSED AND ALL KINDS OF POLICE FORCE USED AGAINST US AND WE ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. I’LL CONSIDER THIS A FAILURE. WE’VE GOT TO REMEMBER WHAT WE’RE DOING HERE TODAY AND CARRY IT ON INTO YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE SIS. DON’T SAY YOU’RE WITH ME IF GO BACK HOME. AND YOU DON’T AND YOU DON’T TAKE THIS TO THE WATER COOLER AT YOUR OFFICE IF YOU DON’T TAKE THIS TO THE VOTING BOOTH IF YOU DON’T TAKE THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS. DON’T BE ON FACEBOOK AGREEING WITH YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT SOME SILLY STUFF IF YOU DON’T BLAME THEM AND SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER. THAT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST SAY HERE TODAY. THAT’S SOMETHING YOU SAY IN YOUR CHURCH. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU SAY WHEN YOU’RE TALKING TO YOUR FRIENDS. EVEN THE ONES THAT DON’T GET IT. IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY YOURS. IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THIS BACK FROM HERE INTO OUR SOCIETY BECAUSE THAT’S THE ONLY WAY WE ARE GOING TO GET BETTER AS A SOCIETY AND FINALLY TELL THEM THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER. SO WHAT I’M DOING HERE, AND I WANT EVERYONE TO DO THIS WITH ME DO IT DO THIS WITH ME. I WANT YOU TO DRAW A LINE DRAW A LINE IN THE SAND AND EITHER YOU’RE WITH ME AND US OR YOU WITH THE OTHER SIDE. THERE’S NO GRAY AREA. THERE’S NO GRAY AREA BLACK LIVES MATTER OR THEY DON’T MATTER TO YOU YOU DRAWING A LINE OF SAND. YOU MAKE IT CLEAR YOU SPEAK IT LOUD, AND YOU DO NOT TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS LACY NIGHT. MY MOTHER WAS A WHITE WOMAN WHO SPENT MOST OF HER ADULTHOOD IN THE STREETS AND THE BLACK AND THE BACK OF POLICE CARS AND IMPRISON ONE NIGHT ROUGHLY 27 YEARS AGO. SHE WAS PUT IN THE BACK OF A POLICE CAR AND SHE WAS TAKEN TO JAIL. THE JAILER AT THAT JAIL WAS A WHITE MARINE VETERAN TAYLOR. THIS MAN WOULD BE MY FATHER. AND MY PARENTS IS LOVE AFFAIR. MY DAD WOULD FIND HIMSELF CONTINUOUSLY RESCUING MY MOTHER FROM DRUGS. AND AFTER ONE WEEK END OF A DRUG BENCH, MY MOTHER TOLD MY FATHER THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT AND SHE EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT THE BABY WOULD EITHER BE HIS ARE THE WOULD BE BLACK. AND HERE I AM I’M BLACK. HE TOLD MY MOTHER THAT IT DIDN’T MATTER THAT I WAS BLACK AND I WAS HIS DAUGHTER. ANYWAYS, MY FAMILY MY FRIENDS MY PEOPLE THAT I GREW UP WITH IN MY COMMUNITY. THEY WERE ALL WHITE. OKAY, MY GRANDMA SHE MANAGED TO DAIRY QUEEN MY PARENTS USED TO TAKE ME THERE WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND THEY WOULD SIT ME ON THE COUNTER. A MY GRANDMA WOULD SERVE ME ONE OF THOSE AWESOME CHOCOLATE DIP CONES AND PEOPLE WOULD STARE. MY GRANDMA NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY PEOPLE WERE STARING AT US AND SO MY MOTHER HAD TO EXPLAIN TO HER THAT IT WAS BECAUSE I WAS BLACK. I NEVER UNDERSTOOD. WHY WOULD I WAS GROWING UP BUT I DIDN’T LOOK LIKE THE OTHER GIRLS. MY SKIN MY HAIR MY MY BONE STRUCTURE EVERYTHING ABOUT ME MADE ME DIFFERENT. THEY WOULD THROW SPITBALLS IN MY HAIR AND I WOULDN’T FIND HIM UNTIL I WENT HOME BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH HAIR THAT I JUST COULDN’T FEEL IT. THEY TOLD ME THAT I WASN’T PRETTY BECAUSE I WAS OVERWEIGHT BECAUSE I WAS DIFFERENT THAN THEM UNTIL THEY DECIDED THAT I WAS EXOTIC. AND THEN EVERYBODY WANTED TO SEE ME EVERYBODY WANTED TO TALK TO ME ISN’T THAT STRANGE? ONE DAY WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I WAS WALKING UP TO A FARMERS MARKET WITH MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY AUNT. A CAR FULL OF BLACK MEN DROVE PAST ME AND HE THREW A SLUSHY OUT THE WINDOW AND AS THE COLORS RAN DOWN MY FEET THEY CALLED ME A --. AND I ONLY HAVE TO ASSUME THAT THAT’S BECAUSE I WAS WALKING WITH WHITE PEOPLE. BUT BY FAR THE WORST TIME THAT I EVER EXPERIENCED RACISM THE MY DAUGHTER’S FATHERS GIRLFRIEND AT THE TIME. HIT ME WITH HER CAR ON CHRISTMAS EVE AND CALLED A -- --. IT TOOK ME TWO YEARS TO GET MY BIRACIAL DAUGHTER AWAY FROM THIS WOMAN. I WENT TO THE PROTEST ON SATURDAY AND WITHIN FIVE MINUTES OF BEING THERE. I HAVE MACE IN MILK ALL OVER ME. I TRIED MY BEST TO PROTECT ALL OF MY PEOPLE AS YOU RAN AWAY FROM THE POLICE I RAN TO YOU. THE SCARIEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN WAS THE TINY LITTLE BLACK GIRL STANDING THERE NEXT TO HER BROTHER AND I WAS HELPING THE WAS SCREAMING FROM THE TEAR GAS IN HIS LUNGS. SHE WAS SCREAMING FOR HER MOTHER, BUT SHE HAD LOST SHE WAS SCARED. THIS GIRL COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN MY DAUGHTER AND I WONDER TO MYSELF. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO? ALL OF THESE CHILDREN SO THAT THEY DON’T HAVE TO GROW UP IN THE WORLD THAT WE HAVE GROWN UP IN. WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO UNITE THE PEOPLE WHILE ALSO HONORING THE PEOPLE IN OUR POLICE FORCE THE GREAT MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE HERE SERVING US. WE KEEP HEARING THAT. THEY’RE GOOD COPS AND THEY’RE BAD COPS, BUT WE CAN’T HAVE ANY BAD COPS. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU GUYS A QUESTION KANSAS CITY. ARE YOU READY TO START THE REVOLUTION AND UNITE KANSAS CITY AS ONE? I WANT ALL OF YOU EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU TO BE THE CHANGE. THIS IS THE SCARIEST THING I’VE EVER DONE BEING UP HERE A WEEK AGO. I WAS AT HOME WITH MY TWO KIDS BEING A STAY-AT-HOME MOM FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS CRYING MYSELF TO SLEEP AT NIGHT. WONDERING WHAT CAN I DO? WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY CHILDREN FOR ALL OF YOUR CHILDREN? AND I WANT ALL OF YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF YOU VOTE GO AND REGISTER BOAT BE THE CHANGE. THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME TODAY. THAT WAS LAZY NIGHT AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION MAYOR QUINTON LUCAS IS HERE. HE’S ON THE STEPS WHETHER OR NOT HE’S GOING TO SPEAK REMAINS TO BE SEEN. COME ON, GIVE IT UP. STATE REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH KANSAS CITY. YEAH, THIS IS A FANTASTIC CROWD AND IT MAKES ME PROUD SEE EVERYONE HERE. MY NAME IS REPRESENTATIVE GREG RAZOR. I AM ONE OF ONLY FOUR OPENLY LGBTQ MEMBERS OF OUR STATE’S GENERAL ASSEMBLY. AND THIS MONTH THE MONTH OF JUNE IS PRIDE MONTH. EVERY JUNE FOR 50 CONSECUTIVE YEARS. MY COMMUNITY HAS CELEBRATED PRIDE BECAUSE THIS IS THE ANNIVERSARY. BOURBON UPRISING IN NEW YORK CITY AGAINST POLICE VIOLENCE TOWARDS MY COMMUNITY. THAT’S THAT’S WHY WE CELEBRATE PRIDE. WHAT DOES YOUR PRIDE TAKES ON A LITTLE DIFFERENT MEANING? THIS YOUR PRIDE TAKES ON A LITTLE DIFFERENT FEELING FOR ME AND FOR SO MANY OF US. I’M PROUD AS I STAND HERE THAT I KNOW I HAVE FELLOW LGBTQ MEMBERS IN THIS CROWD RIGHT NOW. LET ME HEAR YOU. I’M PROUD THIS YEAR BECAUSE WHEN I LOOK OUT IN THIS CROWD, I SEE A LOT OF LATINO FACES IN THIS CROWD. I SEE ASIAN LIVES I SEE NATIVE. LIVES I SEE ALL OF THE DIVERSITY OF LIES. I SEE WHITE LIVES AND WE’RE ALL HERE BECAUSE BLACK LIVES MATTER. THAT IS WHAT WE’RE PROUD OF THIS YEAR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE TO STAND UP AND SAY BLACK LIVES MATTER. I’VE STUDIED HISTORY. A LARGE PART OF MY LIFE AND THERE ARE MOMENTS IN HISTORY. WHEN SOCIETY CHANGES IN THE 1960S WE SAW SOCIETY CHANGE WHEN IMAGES HIT TELEVISION SCREENS. BIRMINGHAM A POLICE OFFICER SICKING DOGS ON BLACK MEN WHEN WE SAW FIRE DEPARTMENTS WITH FIRE HOSES KNOCKING BACK CROWDS AMERICA SAW IT AND REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING FOR THE FIRST TIME. AMERICA IS WAKING UP AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE IMAGES. WE SAW GEORGE FLOYD THE IMAGES. WE SEE EACH AND EVERY DAY EVERY DAY ON THE NEWS ON TWITTER ON SOCIAL MEDIA FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY OF RALLIES. JUST LIKE THIS THAT ARE PREPAR PEACEFUL AND THEN WE SEE VIOLENCE. AGAINST THE PEACEFUL PROTESTERS AMERICA IS WAKING UP AND IT’S BECAUSE WE ALL REALIZE THAT BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THERE’S SOMETHING ELSE I NEED ALL OF YOU TO DO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE POINTED IT OUT. I’M GOING TO POINT IT OUT AGAIN DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME AND FRONT OF THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE YOU CAN REGISTER TO VOTE. EVERY SINGLE PERSON HERE SHOULD BE REGISTERED TO VOTE. IF YOU DON’T REGISTER TO VOTE TODAY, YOU CAN GO TO ANY PUBLIC LIBRARY AND REGISTER TO VOTE IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, YOU CAN GO TO THE BASEMENT OF UNION STATION AND REGISTER TO VOTE AND EVERYONE HERE HAS A CELL PHONE. I WANT YOU TO PULL IT OUT. PULL UP YOUR CALENDARS APP AND PUT AUGUST 4TH ON YOUR CALENDAR BECAUSE WE’RE ALL GOING TO GO VOTE ON AUGUST THE 4TH. I LET ME TELL YOU THERE’S A LOT OF REASONS TO VOTE ON AUGUST 4TH, BUT ONE OF THOSE IS BLACK LIVES MATTER ON THE AND BLACK LIVES ALSO MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO HAVING ACCESS TO QUALITY AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE AND THAT IS ON THE BALLOT ON AUGUST 4TH. WE WILL EXPAND MEDICAID BUT ONLY IF YOU’RE REGISTERED AND YOU SHOW UP ON AUGUST 4TH, THEN GO BACK TO YOUR CALENDAR AND PUT NOVEMBER 3RD. NOVEMBER 3RD IS THE DAY. THE WE PUT DONALD TRUMP OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE? IT’S THE DAY WE RECLAIM OUR COUNTRY WHERE THE BEST VALUES THAT WE HOLD. YESTERDAY IN A MEETING. I SAT IN A MEETING WITH GOVERNOR PARSON AND HEARD HIM SAY THAT HE DIDN’T KNOW THE CORONAVIRUS WOULD AFFECT THE BLACK COMMUNITY THE WAY IT DID AND HE DIDN’T KNOW WHY. HE SAID HE WANTED TO STUDY TO SEE WHY THIS WAS BEING DONE. IT’S TIME. WE HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO ALREADY KNEW THAT IT WAS GOING TO AFFECT BLACK LIVES MORE AND WE NEED TO LIKE NICOLE GALLOWAY TO DO THAT. WE HAVE SO MUCH ON THE BALLOT. THIS IS A MOMENT WHERE WE CAN CHANGE AMERICA YOU’RE HERE PROVING AT THE DIVERSITY OF FACES IN THIS CROWD AND LIVES IN THIS CROWD PROVE IT. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. GOD BLESS. WHY ARE NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE COUNCILPERSON MELISSA ROBINSON. FROM THE EAST SIDE I HAD TO BRING SOME NOTES BECAUSE I DIDN’T WANT TO MISS A WORD I GOT TO MAKE SURE ALL MY WORDS ARE RIGHT AND IN ORDER I CAME TO STOP BY TO TALK ABOUT CONNECTING THE DOTS THIS. I MEANT ABOUT THE VIOLENCE PROJECTED ON BLACK PEOPLE AND THE PERCEPTION THE PERCEPTION Y’ALL KNOW PERCEPTION IS REALITY, RIGHT? THIS IS ABOUT THE PERCEPTION OF DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES IN AMERICA. AND AS A BLACK CHILD. WE ALL LEARNED THE WORDS OF OLD -- SPIRITUAL. WE SHALL OVERCOME WE SHALL OVERCOME WE SHALL OVERCOME SOMEDAY. WE’LL WALK HAND-IN-HAND. WE ARE NOT AFRAID. WE SHALL OVERCOME ONE DAY, BUT GUESS WHAT Y’ALL WE TIRED. WE’VE TIRED WE ARE TIRED. LIBERATION CONTINUES TO ESCAPE US WE ARE AFRAID OUR HEARTS IS BROKEN AND OUR BELIEFS OF OVERCOMING DIMINISHES EVERY DAY EVERY MOMENT THAT WE PROTECT UNJUST POLICIES AND SYSTEMIC RACISM THAT LITERALLY KILLING US. OUR FAITH IS UPROOTED. AS WE HAVE FAITH IN AN EQUITABLE IN A LIBERATING FUTURE. BUT FINN. BUT THEN JUST AS WE BEGIN AND OUR HOPE WAS BEING EVAPORATED AND WE BEGIN TO RETREAT INTO OUR SILOS AND OUR CORNERS OF COMPLACENCY, BUT THEN A SEQUENCE OF HORRIFIC EVENTS OCCURRED AND IT IS IGNITING ANGER IN A WAY THAT IS PRODUCTIVE AND THAT IS ACTIVATING OUR SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY. OUR SENSE OF DUTY TO MAKE AMERICA WHOL OUR COMMITMENT IS TO NOT GIVE UP TO NOT GIVE IN BUT YOU LOST SHOWED UP ON A FRIDAY MORNING AND A FRIDAY AFTERNOON AT CITY HALL GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. YOU ARE DEMANDING CHANGE YOU. BEING THE CHANGE AND I ENCOURAGE YOU TO NEVER GIVE UP YOUR PROTEST. PURPLE WILL TRY TO DETER YOU. WE WILL TRY TO PACIFY YOU WHEN TRINKETS AND SUPERFICIALPGESTURE PROTEST. WAIT AS POLICYMAKERS IN THIS IN IN THESE THE CITY’S DECISION SEATS. WE WILL TRY TO LURE YOU BACK INTO COMPLACENCY. WE WILL GIVE YOU A TWEAK HERE AND THERE BUT NEVER GIVE UP YOUR PROTEST, BUT WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? HOW DO YOU IMAGINE YOUR PROTEST AFTER BODY CAMERAS ARE INSTALLED IN A CITIZEN’S REVIEW BOARD IS ENACTED. WHAT DOES A PROTEST LOOK LIKE AFTER THIS DEMONSTRATION SEASON END? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 18 MONTHS THE NEXT FIVE YEARS? WHAT IS YOUR PROTEST LOOK LIKE OVER THE NEXT 15 YEARS? WHAT IS OUR BROADER PLAN TO HEAL OUR COMMUNITY AND TO MAKE OUR WAY TOWARDS? PEACE? NO, JUSTICE, NO JUSTICE, NO JUSTICE. WILL YOU BE PROTESTING IN THE CORPORATE CORNERS AT NEGOTIATION TABLES? WHERE WILL YOUR PROTEST BE IN THE HALLWAYS OF THE CLASSROOM OR IN THE CHAMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE HOUSE? HOW WOULD YOU SUSTAIN YOUR PROTESTS? ARE YOU THINKING OF A MASTER PLAN? AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL THAT REPRESENTS THIS CITY’S MOST ECONOMICALLY DIVISION DEFICIENT COMMUNITY. THE CITY’S DISTRICT THAT ENCOMPASSES THE SEGREGATED BLACK WARD’S I WOULD NOT BE FULFILLING MY COMMITMENT TO THE THIRD DISTRICT RESIDENTS IF I WAS NOT THINKING OF A MASTER PLAN. THIS IS A MASTER PLAN THAT CONNECTS THE DOTS AND IT DISMANTLES RACES AND OPPRESSIVE STRUCTURES CONNECT THE DOTS Y’ALL. IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE POLICE COMPLAINTS HER FROM PATROL STATIONS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. THE THIRD DISTRICT WHERE THERE IS A DENSITY OF BLACK PEOPLE. THIS IS A BROADER ISSUE MORE THAN ABOUT A CAMERA OR POLICE OVERSIGHT. THIS IS ABOUT THE PERSISTENCE OF SYSTEMIC NEEDS ON THE NECKS OF BLACK LIVES. THERE IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES BLACK PEOPLE BLACK. DRINK IN THE THIRD DISTRICT ARE UNDER PERFORMING THEIR WHITE COUNTERPARTS WE CAN’T BREATHE. URGENT TO CONNECT THE DOTS THIS AFTERNOON. IT’S NOT A COINCIDENCE THAT BLACK RESIDENTS IN THE THIRD DISTRICT. HAS THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN THE CITY HAVE OVER DEPENDENCY ON PUBLIC TRANSIT THAT WE FEAR EVERY DAY. WE CAN’T EVEN WALK TO THE PARK BECAUSE OF VIOLENCE THE THIRD DISTRICT WHERE THERE IS A DENSITY OF BLACK PEOPLE WHO ARE EVICTED FROM THEIR HOMES NOT ONE TIME NOT TO X NAUGHT 3 TIMES NOT FIVE TIMES BUT OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN. YEAH, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THIS MOVEMENT IS ABOUT A UNIVERSAL DISDAIN AND FEAR. OF DESCENDANTS OF SLAVES WHAT IS OUR MASTER PLAN IN KANSAS CITY FOR BLACK LIVES NOW THAT WE HAVE THE WORLD’S ATTENTION? I SUPPORT YOUR DEMANDS AND MOVING THE POLICE COMMISSION BOARD TO ACTION, BUT I WOULD BE DOING YOU A DISSERVICE IF I DID NOT LIFT UP THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSISTENT PRESSURE AND PROTEST THAT ELEVATES A COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA TO PROTECT BLACK LIVES. I HAVE INTRODUCED A RIGHTEOUS POLICY AGENDA PACKAGE AND LET ME TELL Y’ALL ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE. ONE PROGRESSIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS LOCAL CONTROL TUNE FUNDING AND OFFICE OF RECONCILIATION IN EQUITY AND JUSTICE TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE AND BRING TO LIGHT IN EQUITY POLICY DECISIONS BEFORE THEY ARE INACTIVE BY THE CITY COUNCIL BLACK LIVES MATTER CONNECT THE DOTS. NUMBER THREE RESTORE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC TRANSIT SO THAT THOSE OF US WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF RESOURCES HAVE ACCESS TO FREE TRANSIT. JUST AS THOSE OF US WITH THE MOST RESOURCES HAVE ACCESS TO THE EXPANDING STREETCAR BLACK LIVES MATTER. NUMBER FOUR AND THAT’S SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS OF REDEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY TO REDEVELOP THE CITY’S DILAPIDATED PROPERTIES IN 18TH AND VINE. 18TH AND VINE IS THE EPICENTER FOR BLACK ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BLACK CULTURE IN KANSAS CITY. THE CITY MADE A PROMISE TO INVEST 27 MILLION DOLLARS THEY’VE INVESTED 7 AND NOW THEY WANT TO RENEGE NOT TODAY NUMBER 5. PROHIBIT. I’M SORRY NUMBER 5 AND SURE THAT THE CITY’S INVESTMENT IN ECONOMICALLY DISTRESSED AREAS WILL PROTECT RESIDENTS FROM GENTRIFICATION BY PROHIBITING LANDLORDS TO USE OUR MONEY TO CHANGE RINSE OVER THE AREA MEDIAN INCOME BLACK LIVES MATTER. NOT ON OUR DIME NUMBER. X PROHIBIT THE CITY’S DECISIONS TO TAKE AWAY THE PROPERTY TAXES FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND GIVE OUR CHILDREN’S MONEY TO DEVELOPERS WHO REFUSE TO DEVELOP EAST OF TROOST BLACK LIVES MATTER CONNECT THE DOTS. AND FINALLY NUMBER SEVEN THIS WEEK. I INTRODUCED A MEASURE TO INVEST IN AN EQUITABLE MANNER FOR MILLION DOLLARS TO CORONAVIRUS IN THE AREAS THAT HAS BEEN IMPACTED MOST WE HAVE WORK TO DO YOUNG. WE HAVE TO IMPROVE POLICING. WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT WILL WE’RE BUILDING AN INTERSECTINAL MASTER PLAN TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE VALUE OF BLACK LIVES. YES. WE SHALL OVERCOME. AND WE ARE NOT AFRAID AND TODAY. AS I LOOK AT ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES AND THANK YOU FOR WEARING MY --. WE’RE STILL INDEPENDENT AS I LOOK AT ALL YOUR BEAUTIFUL FACES. I’M FILLED WITH HOPE. MY HEART IS RESTORED. AND I AM FUELED. BY YOUR ENERGY AND FINALLY I’M REMINDED. OF BARBARA JORDANS WORDS BARBARA JORDAN, JORDAN SAID THAT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANTS WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT IS VERY SIMPLE WHAT THEY WANT WHAT WE WANT IS AN AMERICA. THAT IS AS GOOD AS ITS PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU. THIS IS MICHEAL MAHONEY. THAT WAS CITY COUNCIL MEMBER KROBINSON. THE MAYOR’S I INDICATED IS IT IS THE OR YOU’RE TELLING ME HE WILL PLAN TO SPEAK TO THIS CROWD AND HE WILL ALSO PLAN TO SIGN THEIR LIST OF DEMANDS THAT INCLUDE LOCAL CONTROL AND MORE SUPERVISION AND TIGHTER REVIEW OF THE KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT. LOVE TO MAKE DO THAT DURING THE CEREMONY. MY NAME IS GO BACK TO THE FIRST LADY. THANK YOU MY CLOSE FRIEND AND COLLEAGUE JUSTICE WARREN HAS GRACIOUSLY INVITED ME TO ADDRESS YOU ALL TODAY. I’M GOING TO KEEP IT BRIEF THIS MOVEMENT. ISN’T FOR ME. IT’S FOR ALL OF THE PEOPLE OF COLOR IN THIS CITY WHO HAVE BEEN BEATEN DOWN HARASSED DISCRIMINATED AGAINST AND MURDERED IN OUR STREETS. I’M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU ALLIES IN THE CROWD AND LIGHT OF THE MURDER OF GEORGE FLOYD. I’VE HAD TO FACE THE HARSH. BE THE SOME OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS COLLEAGUES AND EVEN MY FAMILY AREN’T FULLY COMMITTED TO THIS MOVEMENT. IT’S PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO GIVE ME THE STRENGTH TO SAY TO THESE PRIVILEGED PEOPLE. YOUR DISCOMFORT IS IRRELEVANT. IT IS OUR JOB AS WHITE ALLIES TO MAKE OUR WHITE FAMILY AND FRIENDS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE REALITY THAT PEOPLE OF COLOR FACE EVERY SINGLE DAY IN THIS COUNTRY. THE DAY IS THAT WE AS WHY ALLIES HAVE LET MICROAGGRESSIONS AND SNIDE COMMENTS GO ARE GONE. TO EVERY NON PERSON OF COLOR LISTENING IF ALL YOU ARE DOING IS POSTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA YOU ARE NOT DOING ENOUGH. I’M TIRED OF THE IN ACTION. I’M TIRED OF WHITE PEOPLE REINFORCING THE IGNORANCE OF THEIR PEERS. I’M TIRED OF WORRYING ABOUT JUSTICE GOING ON A JOG IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IN A CITY FULL OF PEOPLE. AND IF I’M TIRED PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE EXHAUSTED. THE TIME HAS COME FOR US TO RISE UP AGAINST POLICE BRUTALITY IN KANSAS CITY. THE TIME HAS COME TO GIVE THE LOUDSPEAKERS TO PEOPLE OF COLOR. SO THE WORLD WILL FINALLY HEAR THEIR CRIES FOR JUSTICE THEIR CRIES FOR PEACE THERE CHRIST TO LIVE WITHOUT FEAR A PRIVILEGE THAT I AND ALL OF US WHITE ALLIES TAKE FOR GRANTED EVERY SINGLE DAY. THE TIME HAS COME TO SAVE TO YOUR FRIENDS YOUR FAMILY YOUR MAYOR YOUR GOVERNOR AND YOUR COUNTRY THAT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. I’M GOING TO GIVE THE MIC BACK OVER TO OUR PEOPLE OF COLOR. THANK YOU. I DO GET THAT THAT’S IMPORTANT. OUR EVERYONE I REALLY DO WANT YOU GUYS TO GET THIS NEXT GROUP IS A WARM. WELCOME THE FAMILY OF RYAN STOKES EVERYONE. MY NAME IS NATE. IN STOKES. I AM RYAN STOKES MOTHER RYAN WAS MY ONLY SON. I MISS HIM EVERY DAY I FIGHT FOR HIM EVERYDAY. I WANT MAN LUCAS TO KNOW MY SON WAS MURDERED BY OFFICER. BILL THOMPSON TWO BLOCKS FROM WHERE WE STAND TODAY. HE WAS SHOT IN THE BACK. HE WAS AN INNOCENT MAN. HE WAS UNARMED. WE MOURN HIS LOSS EVERY DAY. THE MORNING RYAN WAS MURDERED. I CAME DOWN HERE TO FIND HIM AND THE POLICE SENT ME AWAY TO SIT AT THE BUS STOP. THEY WERE NOT TELL ME ABOUT MY SON 14 HOURS. WE’RE STILL WAITING. WE PRAYED HE WOULD CALL US WE PRAYED HE WAS OKAY. THE END OF RELEASE CALM ME TO TALK TO ME ABOUT THE WELFARE OF MY SON. THEY WANTED ME TO COME AND MEET THEM. I TOLD THEM THEY COULD COME TO MY HOME. BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED MY HOME WAS FILLED WITH FAMILY. IN RYAN’S VERY LARGE GROUP OF FRIENDS FRIENDS STOOD IN THE STREETS AROUND OUR HOUSE PRAYING WITH US. THE POLICE TREATED US LIKE CRIMINALS. THEY ARRIVE IN SWAT GEAR. THEY BLOCKED OFF THE STREETS. DETECTIVE WHOSE JOB IT WAS TO LIE TO ME ABOUT THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MY SON’S DEATH WAS ESCORTED TO MY GATE BY PATROL OFFICERS. DID YOU TAKE TO TOLD ME RYAN’S DEATH WAS RYAN’S FAULT. HE TOLD ME THE OFFICER FORCED TO SHOOT MY SON. HE SAID RYAN POINTED A GUN AT THE OFFICER AND HE SHOT MY SON FIVE TIMES IN THE CHEST. I KNEW HE WAS LYING TO ME. RYAN WAS SHOT IN THE BACK. I SAW THE WOUNDS MYSELF. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO ROB ME OF MY SON. THE POLICE HAD DECIDED TO TAKE MY SON’S GOOD NAME TO THEY PROSECUTED HIM IN THE NEWS FOR THREE YEARS. THAT’S AROUND WAS MURDERED. I TRIED TO TO THE CHIEF. UNTIL THE MAYOR. I WANT TO JUSTICE. I WANTED THE TRUTH. BUT NO ONE WOULD TALK TO ME. THE MAYOR AND THE POLICE CHIEF TOP ME THAT DAY ONLY. THE ONLY WAY TO BE HER WAS TO GO TO COURT. MAYOR LUCAS, I PRAY YOU WILL DO AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF MY SON’S MURDER. MAN, LUCAS, I PRAY YOU WILL DO THE BETTER FOR THE FAMILIES LIKE MINE MAYOR LUCAS. I PRAY YOU WILL TALK TO MOTHERS WHOSE SONS ARE KILLED BY THE POLICE. I PRAY YOU WILL NOT LET THEM. PLEASE DRIVE THE GOOD NAME OF THEIR VICTIMS THROUGH THE MUD. I PRAY YOU WILL NOT STAND BY WHEN POLICE OFFICER GIVING MEDALS FOR KILLING OUR SONS. MAYOR LUCAS AND THE GOVERNOR AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. WE GOT TO FIGHT WE GOT TO STAND UP. THEY ARE KILLING OUR KIDS RIGHT HERE IN KANSAS CITY NOT IN MEN OF ATHENS NOT CHICAGO. IT’S RIGHT HERE. WE GOT TO FIGHT STAND UP PRAY FOR ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE PASTOR DEVIN TAYLOR TO SPEAK. FIRST THEY ASKED ME TO PRAY BUT THEY THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO PRAY IN TONGUES SO THEY TOLD ME NOT TO PRAY. WHEN I SAY WHEN THE COUPLE OKAY WHEN I SAY WHEN THE CAMERAS ON DUTY I WANT YOU TO SAY THE COPS ON DUTY WHEN THE CAMERAS ON DO DAY WHEN COP IS ON DUE DATE. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY’RE NOT TAKING THE CAMERAS AND TURNING THEM OFF. THAT’S ONE OF THE POLICIES WERE GOING TO FIGHT FOR SO WHEN THE COPS DON’T DO THAT. I CAN’T HEAR Y’ALL WHEN THE COPS ON DO THAT. COPS ON DUTY TO CAMERAS ON DUTY WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN I SAY BLACK LIVES. YOU SHOUT MUST SURVIVE BACK. LIKE I CAN’T HEAR YOUR BLOODLINE. I SAID BLACK LINE OF JULY 28TH. MY MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY 2013. RYAN STOKES WAS GUNNED DOWN BY THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND TO THIS DAY NOTHING HAS TAKEN PLACE TO GET JUSTICE FOR THAT BUT IN THE JUSTICE THAT WE’RE GOING TO TRY TO GET OUR WE’RE GOING TO GET FOR GEORGE FLOYD WE’RE GOING TO INCULCATE THAT IN AND GET OTHER THINGS DONE. CAN WE PUT OUR HANDS TOGETHER FOR THAT? WHEN THE COPS WON’T DO THAT WHEN THE CAMERA SO DO THAT MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THAT. BECAUSE THE GAME THAT WILL BE PLAYED. IS WHEN THEY’RE READY TO DO SOMETHING DIRTY CAMERA WILL GO OFF WHEN EVERYTHING IS LOOKING GOOD. IT’LL GO BACK ON. HERE’S SOMETHING THAT HAS ANGERED YOU AND I KNOW YOU’VE BEEN WAITING ON ME TO SAY IT. DON’T TELL US TO NOT BELIEVE ARE LYING EYES IF MY EYES SEE IT IT IS WHAT IT IS. IT IS WHAT IT IS. SO WHEN I SAY, WHAT DID YOU SEE YOU SAY MURDER ON GEORGE FLOYD. WHAT DID YOU SEE? WHAT DID YOU SEE SEE NAME? TURNER YOU MUST NOT TELL YOUR EYES IT LIED TO YOU. NAMASTE SOMETHING IS A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT IT’S NOT THAT BAD COMPARED TO WHAT I’VE HEARD. I KNOW QUITE A FEW OFFICERS ON THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT SOME I PLAYED SPORTS WITH ATHLETICALLY GROWING UP. AND YOU EVER LET US DOWN BROTHERS? BECAUSE IF WE STOPPED IT IN THE LOCKER ROOM, IT WOULD NEVER REACH THE STREET. I SAID IF WE STOPPED IT. I’M GONNA SAY IT AGAIN IF THE BLACK POLICE OFFICERS WOULD CHECK THEIR BROTHERS IN THE LOCKER ROOM. WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT IN THE COURTROOM. WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT ON THE STREET BECAUSE THEY HANDLED IT IN THE LOCKER ROOM. I GUARANTEE YOU. THAT FOR OFFICERS ON WHITE OFFICERS WOULD NOT HAVE WATCHED FOR BLACK COPS CHOKE A MAN TO DEATH AND NOT DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. SO BROTHERS, I AM HOLDING YOU ACCOUNT. I AM HOLDING YOU ACCOUNTABLE WHEN WE SPEAK TO THE POLICE CHIEF. I KNOW THEY HAD A MEETING, BUT SEE THEY TRY TO MAKE THE ENEMY TEAMS UP TO DOWN BUT THIS TIME WE WANT TO COME FROM DOWN HERE UP TO THEM AND I’M DONE RIGHT HERE. LAST THING I’M GOING TO SAY. SOMEBODY CAME TO ME AND SAID PASTOR. HOW DO WE REALLY CHANGE IT? AND I’M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW WE CHANGE IT START YOUR OWN BUSINESS. I DON’T HAVE THE MONEY CONNECT TO SOMEBODY THAT DOES. I’MA SAY IT AGAIN START YOUR OWN BUSINESS. TAYLOR HOW DO WE CHANGE IT START YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND IF YOU CAN’T CONNECT TO SOMEBODY THAT HAS ONE AND LEARN FROM THEM AND POSSIBLY WHO CAN RAISE UP IF THE CABLES AND DO THAT AND IF THE TOP IS DON’T DO THAT. HOW YOU DOING? I FIRST WANT TO SAY LIKE SOMEBODY TOLD ME BECAUSE A LOT OF Y’ALL MIGHT NOT KNOW ME, BUT I’LL BE ON 35TH AND PROSPECT PERSON TOLD ME HE WAS LIKE BLACK PEOPLE TRIED EVERYTHING BUT COMING TOGETHER HEAR ME MY CITY HAS DONE EVERYTHING BUT COME TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD TAKE ANOTHER STATE FOR MY CITY TO BE STANDING UP FOR THE SAME THING. WE GOT GOING ON DOWN HERE, YOU KNOW A LOT OF Y’AL DON’T KNOW ME. MY NAME IS TROY ROBERTS, AND I’VE BEEN BEAT BY THE POLICE FIVE TIMES, AUGUST 21ST. THE 15 I WAS TOLD BY BOOSTING THE BEAT OF ITS FOR RECORDING SOMEBODY GET ARRESTED THEM DOING SOMETHING TO LEGALLY. AUGUST AUGUST 21ST, AND AFTER I GOT TASED SOMETHING IN MY DRINK TOLD ME TO HOLD THE SUN IN I START DOING THIS. I’M STILL HOLDING THE SUN, HUH HELPING OTHERS NOTICE KINGS, SEPTEMBER 23RD 2015 POLICE JUMPED ON ME ON 35TH AND CHOOSE. SO I’M TELLING Y’ALL I’VE BEEN STANDING UP FOR THIS SINCE 2015 AUGUST 21ST, 2019 A LOT OF Y’ALL SEEN IT ON THE NEWS ON 35TH AND PROSPECT OVER 38 OFFICERS CAME OVER THERE AND JUMPED ON ME BECAUSE I ASKED HIM TO HONK BECAUSE ONE OF MY FRIENDS DIED. I ONLY ASK THE HONKS. OH I’M SAYING LIKE I’VE BEEN MAKING COMPLAINTS FILING COMPLAINTS AFTER COMPLAINTS OF THE COMPLAINTS SEPTEMBER. I TOOK AUGUST 21ST. 2019 SEPTEMBER 6 2019. I JUMP DOWN BY THE POLICE AGAIN. THEY SAID I MISS YOU AND I WANT ONE. I THOUGHT YOU POSED TO CALL 9-1-1 WITH SOMEBODY PASSED OUT. I WENT TO JAIL FOR MISUSE AND I DON’T WANT ONE. SEPTEMBER 9TH DAY, WE BURY MY BIG BRO. THEY PUT ME IN A HOSPITAL FOR SUICIDE. I HAD A SEIZURE ON MY EPIC EPILEPTIC. SO I HAD A SEIZURE THEY END UP SAYING THE REASON WHY THEY PUT ME IN THE SUICIDE PARTIES BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO DROWN MYSELF. MY SPIT AND BANGING MY HEAD ON THE GROUND. IF YOU GOOGLE THE SYMPTOM OF A SEIZURE IS GOING TO TELL YOU THEM SAME THINGS. SO I’VE BEEN SAYING I’VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR THE SAME THING BECAUSE I’M TIRED. YOU HEAR ME? I’M ONLY 26. I’VE BEEN STANDING UP SINCE I WAS 21. YOU CAN COME TO 35TH AND PROSPECT WE THERE EVERY NIGHT BRINGING PEACE TO MY BLOCK FEEDING THE COMMUNITY. SO WHY AM I GETTING BEAT BY THE POLICE THAT SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US FROM THESE BAD GUYS ONLY THING I ASK IS I FEEL LIKE WE GOT TO STAND UP FOR THIS AND MAYOR LUCAS WE CAME UP WITH AN ANTI VIOLENCE PREVENTION PROGRAM THAT’S GOING TO STOP VIOLENCE IN MY CITY. IT SHOULD MESSAGES AND MESSAGES AND MESSAGES BECAUSE I CAME UP WITH HONK HONK ME HELPING OTHERS NOTICE KINGS. YOU CAN TAKE THAT K OUT THERE AND PUT A CUTE SO WE CAN HELP OTHERS KNOW THIS CLEANS OR YOU CAN TAKE IT FOR THE KIDS. I BUILT AN EMPIRE THAT MAN SAID BIT OF BUSINESS I BUILT A BUSINESS BY MYSELF STANDING IN SLEEPING ON THE STREETS BECAUSE I WAS HOMELESS OUT THERE YOU HEAR ME, SO I’M TELLING MY CITY TO STAND UP FOR WHAT WE BELIEVE IN AND IF WE I WENT TO POLICE THE POLICE CAN WE COME UP WITH CAN WE COME UP WITH LIKE UNDERCOVER PEOPLE TOO? OUT THERE AND WE DO WHAT WE DO OUT THERE, YOU KNOW PROMOTE PEACE AND THEY POSE. GOING TO INTERFERE WITH A PEACEFUL GATHERING THEIR GATHERING THEIR MAY OFFICERS THAT PROTECT AND SERVE. I’M NOW GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER. IT’S KYLE HOLLINS. HE’S GOING TO GO AWAY. I KNOW IF YOU SICK AND TIRED OF OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. AREN’T YOU SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED SAY I’M SICK AND TIRED. I’M SICK AND TIRED OF HAVING TO WATCH TV EVERY SINGLE NIGHT ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTERING WHERE WE ALWAYS BETTER. I’M SICK AND TIRED OF SOMEBODY OPPOSING MY PROTEST PROTESTING MY PROTEST WITHOUT SAY THAT BLACK LIVES MATTER AND THEY REPEAT TO ME ALL LIVES MATTER. I’M SICK AND TIRED. IT’S ALMOST BETTER. QUICK QUESTION. WHY ARE WE HERE? WHY ARE WE FORMED AS A CITY? THIS IS KANSAS CITY. WE’RE SHOWING THE WORLD THAT WE’RE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. YOU HAVE TO REALIZE LISTEN RACISM IS ONLY A THOUGHT PROCESS. RACISM IS ONLY A THOUGHT PROCESS THAT WE CAN CHANGE THAT THOUGHT PROCESS, BUT IT TAKES A LOT OF HARD WORK. IT’S LIKE THE WHOLE LOT OF DEDICATION. IT TAKES EACH AND EVERY PERSON HERE TO STAND UP AND SAY SOMETHING WHEN THEY SEE YOUR INJUSTICE. I NEED YOU TO LIVE A LIFE OF PROTEST YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO BE THE PROTEST WHEN YOU GO TO WORK. YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT YOU’VE SEEN OUT THERE. WOULD YOU GO TO WORK? I NEED YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE FOOT STEPS THAT YOU TOOK WHEN YOU WERE OUT ON THE PLAZA. I NEED THE FIRST RESPONDERS TAKE THAT THEY HELPED INNOCENT VICTIMS THAT WERE MADE THAT WERE THAT WERE FIGHTING THAT WILL PERCUSSION BOMB THAT WAS POURING MILK ON PEOPLE’S FACE. YOU HAVE A STORY AND YOUR STORY IS YOUR PROTEST. ONLY THING YOU TAKE YOUR PROTEST PASS THESE LAWS. LISTEN, IF TODAY IS THE ONLY DAY YOU PROTEST YOU HAVE FAILED. SWEETIE IS THE ONLY DAY TO DO A PROTEST YOU HAVE FAILED. I LIED ON THE CORNER OF 27TH AND MUNGO HANDS. MY BACK BEATING PIGS BECAUSE I GOT SCARS ON MY RIGHT NOW WE’RE BEING KICKED IN THE FACE. THEY TOLD TOLD ME TO STOP RESISTING. I HAD MY HANDS BEHIND MY BACK. ALMOST 35 YEARS IN THE FEDERAL PENITENTIARY AT SERVE 90 MONTHS FOR A LOW-LEVEL DRUG OFFENSE. DID YOU JUSTICE SYSTEM IS IS INFECTED WITH A VIRUS CALLED RACISM. OUR HOUSING MARKET IS INFECTED WITH A VIRUS CALLED RACISM. OUR POLICE ARE INFECTED WITH A VIRUS CALLED RACISM. SPRING IS LIKE COVID-19. BUT THIS ONE IS FATHER’S DAY SCARED. DID I TELL YOU TO WEAR MASKS? STANTON SOMEBODY’S NECK FOR NINE MINUTES ON LIVE TV FOR THE WORLD TO TO SEE AND HAVE NO REMORSE. IF YOU’RE SICK AND TIRED OF BEING SICK AND TIRED. DON’T LET THE DAY BE YOUR LAST DAY. DON’T LET THE DAY BE YOUR ONLY MOMENT. NO, WE’RE NOT ALL PREPARED. ALL POLITICIANS. WE’RE NOT ALL ALL 501C3 OWNERS. NO, NO. WE ALL HAVE A STORY THE EAST PERSON WITH A STORY TONIGHT. YOUR CAMERA HAS NOW BEEN YOUR WEAPON. YOUR VOICE YOUR HASHTAG IS NOW YOUR WEAPON. YOUR FRIENDSHIP LISTEN, AND I’M GOING TO BE DONE. WHITE MOTHERS WHITE FATHERS WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL YOUR KIDS? WHAT’S THE NARRATIVE? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TEACH YOUR KIDS AND RAISE YOUR KIDS MOVING FORWARD? WHEN THE WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT THAT RHETORIC GOES ON WE’RE NOT HIDE FROM ME. WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS HAVE A SAKE OF EMPATHY BECAUSE GUESS WHAT THESE MOTHERS THAT MOTHER DID LOST OUR TESTS DIDN’T ASK FOR HER CHILD TO BE THE TO BE THE FRONT OF A PROTEST. MY GRANDMOTHER SHE DIDN’T SHE DIDN’T ASK TO BE THE ADVOCATE OF A NATIONWIDE MOVEMENT. SHE DIDN’T ASK FOR THAT. SO YOU HAVE TO TRAIN YOUR CHILDREN? YOU HAVE TO PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION BECAUSE GUESS WHAT THERE’S THE POLICY HOLDERS AT THE FUTURE? DID THE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE FUTURE? POLICE SYSTEM IS HE BAD? BUT HE’S INFECTED WITH RACISM APOLLO POLITICAL SYSTEM ISN’T WRONG, BUT IT’S INFECTED WITH RACISM. WHAT IF YOU TRAIN THEM WHEN THEY’RE YOUNG AND THEY BE TAKE THOSE THOSE POSITIONS THEIR COGNITIONS THE WAY THAT THEY THINK THE WAY THAT THEY BREATHED A DEEP A MOVE. WE’LL GO INTO THOSE POSITIONS AND THEY WILL MAKE THE POLICIES AND CHANGES THAT WE NEED AS A PEOPLE TODAY. CHANGE WHAT DO WE DO MAN? WHAT DO WE MEAN? WHAT DO WE WANT? WHAT ARE WE NOT LEAVING HERE TILL WE DID. SOREN WHAT A FORCE WHAT AN AMAZING JOB HE’S BEEN DOING AND AN INSPIRATION AND AND JUST THANKFUL FOR THIS AND THANK YOU ALL SHOWING UP GIVE YOURSELVES A HAND. FOR SHOWING UP HERE TODAY TO SAY DEMAND MORE TO DEMAND THAT WE ENACT THE CHANGE THAT THAT SO DESPERATELY WE NEED UM, YOU KNOW, I STRUGGLED WITH SOME OF THEM WITH WHAT I WANTED TO SAY TODAY AND IT’S A DIFFICULT THING TO TALK ABOUT AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I THINK BACK OF MY HISTORY TEXTBOOKS AT LEAST THE ONES THAT I SAW WHEN I WAS A KID. THEY WERE WHITEWASHED AND WE WERE LED TO BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE THE NORTH WON THE CIVIL WAR AND SLAVERY WAS IN OUR DISTANT PAST THAT WE’VE BEEN ATONED. AND I AIN’T RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE DIDN’T LEARN ABOUT THE DIRECT THROUGH LINE FROM THE CIVIL WAR FROM THE ANTEBELLUM SOUTH THROUGH THE RACIST HOUSING POLICIES OF THE NORTH THAT CONTINUED TO. OTHER DISADVANTAGE OUR COMMUNITIES OF COLOR AND OUR BLACK LIVES. ONE OF THE FIRST ONE OF THE FIRST MEMORIES I HAVE OF AN UPRISING AND REGARDS AND RESULT THE RESULT OF A BRUTAL BEATING OF RODNEY KING. I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND THAT THAT PROTEST WAS ABOUT NOT JUST ABOUT THE BEATING BUT THE FACT THAT THOSE OFFICERS WHO BRUTALLY BEAT HIM OR ABSOLVED OF ALL WRONGDOING. AND I WATCH ALL THE PROTESTS GOING ON ACROSS THE NATION AND I’M OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS IS REALLY A DIFFERENT TIME. BUT I’M NOT THE ONE TO SAY THAT IT’S NOT ABOUT ME. I LOOK OVER THE CROWD AND I’M IMPRESSED WITH THE TURNOUT AND I NEED TO TALK TO MY FELLOW WHITE FOLKS OUT THERE. THIS ISN’T ENOUGH. ARE YOU TIRED? WELL DRINK SOME COFFEE AND PERK UP PEOPLE WE HAVE A JOB TO DO AS WHITE ALLIES IN THIS MOVEMENT. AND I’M GOING TO ASK THE SAME QUESTION THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER ASKED WHICH IS WHITE PARENTS. WHAT ARE YOU TELLING YOUR KIDS ABOUT THIS? I AM RECKONING WITH THAT RIGHT NOW WITH A SIX-YEAR-OLD TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO HIM WHAT SYSTEMIC RACISM IS. WHITE FOLKS GET WITH IT. LET’S DO THIS. BE MORE THAN ALLIES YOUR BLACK LIVES MATTER ABSOLUTELY, BUT IT’S NOT AN IDEOLOGY OR POLITICAL AGENDA. AGAIN, MY MY WHITE FOLKS OUT THERE. IT’S NOT A HASHTAG FOR YOU TO PUT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO ABSOLVE YOURSELF OF THE ROLE. YOU PLAY IN A RACIST OPPRESSIVE SYSTEM. SO IT DOESN’T END HERE YOUR ROLE DOES NOT END HERE OUR BLACK BROTHERS AND BLACK SISTERS HAVE BEEN CRYING FOR OUR HELP FOR GENERATIONS. IT’S TIME TO GET TO WORK FOR REAL. YOU KNOW, I WATCHED PROTEST ON THE TV AND IN PERSON AND I’VE SEEN VIDEOS OF OF UNNECESSARY ESCALATION ON THE PART OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. I’VE SEEN MEN AND WOMEN GET BRUTALIZED WITH RUBBER BULLETS AND TEAR GAS. MARION WRIGHT WE HAVE TO DEMAND CHANGE AND IT STARTS RIGHT HERE. AND I’LL BE HONEST WITH YOU THE SIMPLE REFORM TO LAW ENFORCEMENT ISN’T ENOUGH. WE SPEND AS A CITY TEN TIMES THE AMOUNT OF ON LAW ENFORCEMENT AS WE DO ON PUBLIC HEALTH. AND WE ALL KNOW WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC. A GLOBAL PANDEMIC THAT IS HARMING OUR BLACK BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT A RATE. SO DISPROPORTIONATE THAT IT’S INHUMAN. AND WE’VE CALLED YOU OUT HERE AND THIS CROWD IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC AND THANK YOU FOR DOING IT AND THANK YOU FOR PUTTING YOUR HEALTH AT RISK. HAS TO HAPPEN WE SPEND 10 TIMES THE AMOUNT ON LAW ENFORCEMENT’S VIDEO ON PUBLIC HEALTH LET THAT SINK N AND THAT’S THE SAME WITH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL AS WELL. PUBLIC HEALTH IS A WAY. DE POLICE OUR CITIES AND WITHOUT THE HEAVY HAND OF BRUTAL LAWPEN’ SO MANY OF OUR VIDEOS PUBLIC HEALTH IS A WAY OF THE FUTURE OF ENFORCEMENT AND MAKING OUR COMMUNITIES SAFE AND WHOLE PUBLIC SAFETY NOT POLICING NOT LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE OVERNIGHT. BUT WE NEED TO START TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH. WE NEED TO LOOK AT TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE BECAUSE THE FOLKS WHO’VE BEEN LIVING IN THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY HAVE EXPERIENCED TRAUMA THAT WHITE FOLKS YOU AND ME. WE HAVEN’T EXPERIENCED AND WHITE FOLKS WE NEED TO GET REAL ABOUT THAT THAT TRAUMA THAT THEY’VE EXPERIENCED RESULTS. IN THE CRIME THAT WE SEE WE HAVE TO DO BETTER. WE HAVE TO TAKE A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH. DE PUBLIC SAFETY WE HAVE TO GIVE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. WE GOT TO GET WE GOT TO GET MEDICAID EXPANSION PASSED HERE IN A FEW MONTHS, BUT THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. THAT’S NOT ENOUGH THE PROTESTS THAT WE’VE SEEN ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE NOT ONLY RESULTED IN PUBLIC CRIES FROM FROM THE COMMUNITY FROM THE ORGANIZERS FROM YOUR VOICES, BUT VISIBLE RESULTS ARE COMING OF IT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETE SYSTEMS CHANGE IS REQUIRED FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO DO RIGHT BY OUR COMMUNITIES AND MAKE A SAFER AND NOT FEAR THEM YOU LOOK AT WHAT’S HAPPENING IN MINNEAPOLIS. MY COUNTERPARTS IN MINNEAPOLIS ARE CALLING FOR A COMPLETE UNDOING OF HOW WE DO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC SAFETY. IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. WE’RE TAKEN SOME IMPORTANT STEPS. I THINK YOU PROBABLY HEARD THE MAYOR THANKFULLY TALKED YESTERDAY ABOUT LAST COUPLE OF DAYS TALKING ABOUT BODY CAMERAS. WE GOT TO HAVE BODY CAMERAS ON EVERY SINGLE OFFICER, RIGHT? WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY ON AND WE GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THAT FOOTAGE BECAUSE WE CAN’T RELY ON INNOCENT BYSTANDERS TO TAKE VIDEO AND THEIR CELL PHONES. SOMETIMES THOSE INNOCENT BYSTANDERS ARE CHARGED WITH CRIMES THEMSELVES. YOU GOT HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE, BUT WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM HELD ACCOUNTABLE AS WELL. THEY HAVE TO HOLD THEMSELVES ACCOUNTABLE. THAT’S NOT ENOUGH. WE ALSO NEED LOCAL CONTROL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE’VE GOT TO GET THE CONTROL OF OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT BACK IN CITY HALL AND OUT OF THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. WE’VE SEEN THE LEADERSHIP THAT COMES FROM THE GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT AND IF THAT’S WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WE NEED TO BRING THAT BACK HERE SO THAT WE THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS CITY HAVE THE READY DO YOU MAKE THESE CHANGES? AND IN THE LONG RUN ALL THT STUFF THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT REFORM ISN’T ENOUGH. WE HAVE TO RETHINK HOW PUBLIC SAFETY WORKS THE VERY PEOPLE W GUARANTEED TO YOU BY THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ARE SOMETIMES THE ONES YOU’RE ALMOST ANGRY ABOUT. AND IF THEY’RE THE ONES IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING YOUR FREEDOM OF SPEECH WE HAVE TO RETHINK HOW THIS THING WORKS AND I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE THE OTHER DAY ABOUT I WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW WITH SYSTEMIC RACISM AND ESPECIALLY IN LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT THE THAT IT’S THAT IT’S BROKEN AND SHE SAID NO, IT’S NOT BROKEN IT NEVER WORKED IF IT’S NEVER WORKED FOR OUR COMMUNITIES. THEN IT CAN’T BE BROKEN. SO I’M STANDING UP HERE TODAY AS A CITY. NUMBER AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO REPRESENT YOU RIGHT HERE IN THIS BUILDING. MEADE EVERY THURSDAY TO PASS LAWS WE PASSED A FEW GOOD WINDS YESTERDAY. I’M HERE STANDING NOT ONLY IN SOLIDARITY BUT OF THE PROMISE TO CHANGE PROMISED TO BRING CHANGE TO THIS CITY. AS AN ALLY AND IF I GET TIRED. GIVE ME SOME COFFEE AND LET’S GET BACK TO WORK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. INTRODUCE OUR NEXT SPEAKER REPRESENTATIVE, BARBARA, ANN, WASHINGTON THANK YOU. CAN WE TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR THE BIRTHDAY OF BRIANNA TAYLOR, PLEASE? EVERYBODY BOW THEIR HEADS. THANK YOU. SO I WANT TO FIRST THANK ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE GIVE YOURSELVES A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE LATINO PEOPLE ALL THE INDIAN PEOPLE ORDER ASIAN PEOPLE. BECAUSE IF YOU KNOW OUR HISTORY AS BLACK PEOPLE YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS LED THE CHARGE. SO KEEP DOING THAT IF YOU KNOW OUR HISTORY AS BLACK PEOPLE MARTIN LUTHER KING WAS A YOUNG MAN WHEN HE STARTED MALCOLM X WAS A YOUNG MAN WHEN HE STARTED SNAKE WAS A YOUNG ORGANIZATION WHEN HE STARTED SO WE NEED THAT. SO THANK YOU TO JUSTICE HORN AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER AND GABRIELLE TODAY FOR INVITING ME. SO WHY YOU ALL ARE FIGHTING HERE? THERE’S ANOTHER GROUP THAT’S FIGHTING BEHIND THE SCENES THAT IS WORKING ON POLICIES AND WE NEED YOUNG PEOPLE AND THAT’S THE POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY TASK FORCE LED BY THE URBAN LEAGUE MORE SQUARED N DOUBLE AC P WE NEED YOU. SO I WANT TO START BY SAYING ONE OF MY FAVORITE POETS AND FORTUNATELY HE WAS BORN IN KANSAS, BUT LOVE THEM ANYWAY. LIKE TO USE ONE SAID ABOUT BLACK PEOPLE SWEET AND DOCILE MEEK HUMBLE AND KIND. BEWARE THE DAY WE CHANGE OUR MIND TODAY. IS THAT DAY? WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MIND KANSAS CITY. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MIND ABOUT EXCESSIVE FORCE. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MIND ABOUT INTERNAL INVESTIGATIONS THE COPS SHOULD NOT INVESTIGATE THEMSELVES. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT LOCAL CONTROL. WE ARE KANSAS CITY AND WE SHOULD HAVE A SAY IN OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT TRAINING. IT TAKES NINE MONTHS TO RAISE TO MAKE A BABY, BUT WE GOT TO WORK A LONG TIME TO MAKE THEM GROWN. RIGHT ARE Y’ALL WITH ME ON THAT? SO WE NEED MORE THAN NINE MONTHS TO TRAIN AN OFFICER. THEY HAVE PROVEN THAT NINE MONTHS DOES NOT WORK. WE NEED BETTER TRAINING ON DIVERSITY. WE NEED BETTER PROTECTION FOR OFFICERS LIKE THE OFFICER THAT SPOKE UP FOR RYAN STOKES. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE LOST HIS JOB. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY A 52-YEAR OLD BLACK WOMAN WITH A LAW DEGREE MY OWN BUSINESS AND A STATE REPRESENTATIVE YET I TOO. AND I CRINGE AND I GET SCARED EVERY TIME I SEE THOSE LIGHTS I SHOULD NOT BE SCARED SAY I SHOULD NOT BE SCARED. I SHOULD NOT BE SCARED. I’M NOT A BLACK MAN. BUT I HAVE BLACK BROTHERS. BLACK NEPHEWS BLACK FRIENDS BLACK COLLEAGUES AND NOW IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. I GOT ME TWO BLACK GRANDSONS. I DON’T WANT MY TWO BLACK GRANDSONS WHO JUST MOVED TO KANSAS CITY TO BE AFRAID TO LIVE. THEY SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID TO WALK THE STREETS TO PLAY IN THE PARK TO GO TO SCHOOL TO GET ARRESTED FOR A TRAFFIC TICKET. THEY SHOULD NOT BE AFRAID. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS BECAUSE MY GRANDSON’S NEED A FUTURE. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT OUR BLACK MEN CLOGGING UP OUR PRISONS. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT HIGH BLACK UNEMPLOYMENT. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT POOR HOUSING. WE WANT CHANGE AND WE WANT IT NOW SAY WE WON’T CHANGE AND WE WANT IT NOW. WE WON’T CHANGE AND WE WANT IT NOW WITH THIS MOVEMENT. THE UNIFICATION OF ALL OF US BECAUSE SOME OF YOU YOUNG PEOPLE YOU DON’T GET WHAT IN HISTORY ANYMORE WHITE FOLKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED WITH BLACK FOLKS IN GETTING US FREEDOM FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND HARRIET TUBMAN COULDN’T DO IT ON THEIR OWN MARTIN LUTHER KING COULDN’T DO IT ON OUR OWN WE NEED THIS BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE A CHANGE AND WE WANT CHANGE AND WE WORK. WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER AND CONTINUE THE SYSTEMIC CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED IN THE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT THROUGH YOUR EFFORTS IN THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS. WE GOT THE COMMUNITY TO DONATE THE MONEY FOR THE BODY CAMS AND MANY OF YOU DON’T KNOW. THE CONGRESS HAS ATTEMPTED TO GIVE BODY CAMS TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BEFORE WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHY THEY HAVEN’T BEEN TAKEN AND WHY THEY HAVEN’T BEEN USED. WE DON’T WANT NO MORE TEAR GAS. WE WON’T KNOW MORE NECK HOLDS ANY HOLDS NO MORE CHOKEHOLDS. WARN US BEFORE YOU SHOOT US. GIVE US SOME TIME. DON’T SHOOT HANDS UP. DON’T SHOOT INTO MOVING VEHICLES. BETTER OFFICER INTERVENTION IF I AS AN OFFICER SEE SOMETHING WRONG. I SHOULD NOT FEAR MY JOB TO SPEAK UP. EVERYBODY SAY SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING. AND WE NEED TO BE TRANSPARENT IN THE INVESTIGATIONS THAT GO ON. WE HAVEN’T ELECTED PROSECUTOR WHETHER WE LIKE HER OR NOT. IT IS HER JOB TO PROSECUTE AND SHE CANNOT DO THAT WITHOUT THE POLICE POLICE GIVING HER THE INFORMATION. A BLACK LIVES MATTER I SAFETY MATTERS ARE MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS ARE HOUSING MATTERS IF ANY OF YOU ARE ARRESTED, PLEASE CONTACT MY OFFICE. I WILL REPRESENT ANY PROTESTER FOR FREE AS WELL AS MANY PEOPLE IN. THE CI WE WANT BODY CAMS. WE WANT THEM TO BE USED. WE WANT D ESCALATION TACTICS. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT WAITING FOR THE POLICE TO GIVE US ANSWERS. WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT THE LACK OF DAYS YOUR ATTITUDE WHEN AN OFFICER KILLS US. WE SHOULD NEVER EVER SEE THE DEATH OF A CAMERA AND LAMB APPARENT BRIDGES ADANI SANDERS, AND HE SHOULD SHOULD NEVER TAKE SEVEN YEARS. TO PROSECUTE THE KILLERS OF RYAN STOKES WE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT STAYING SILENT. WE WANT EQUALITY. WE AS BLACK PEOPLE HAVE CHANGED OUR MINDS ABOUT ALLOWING YOU TO TREAT US INHUMANE. WE ARE HUMANS IN 2020 BLACK FOLKS SHOULD NOT STILL BE AFRAID OF THE POLICE. WE SHOULD NOT SUFFER MENTAL STRESS JUST BECAUSE OF THE POLICE. I’M GOING TO CLOSE OUT WITH JAMES BALDWIN WHO SAYS AND BLACK PEOPLE UNDERSTAND THIS YOU ALL SHOULD UNDERSTAND THIS AND THE COPS NEED TO THE STANDINGS TO BE A -- IN THIS COUNTRY AND TO BE RELATIVELY CONSCIOUS MEANS TO BE IN RAGE ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME. THANK YOU FOR COMING TOGETHER. WE NEED TO STOP THE RAGE AND GET IT BLACK LIVES MATTER. HI EVERYONE. I KNOW THE SUN’S COMING OUT A BIT. MAKE SURE YOU GUYS ARE STAYING HYDRATED AND THAT YOUR DRINKING WATER. I DON’T WANT ANYONE PASSING OUT HERE. YOU GUYS ONLY STAY SAFE. I DO WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT AND THANK THE THE COUNCIL THE COUNCIL PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT TODAY AND STILL WITH US SO COUNCILMAN ERIC BUNCH COUNCILWOMAN MELISSA ROBINSON AND ESPECIALLY COUNCILMAN BRANDON ELLINGTON FOR SPEAKING TODAY AND STANDING IN SOLIDARITY. SO YOU GUYS CAN GIVE THEM A VERY OWN PAWS. I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR TWO ONE OF OUR TWO LAST SPEAKERS COUNTY PROSECUTOR PETERS JEANS BAKER TO SPEAK ON. THE PROTESTERS ARE THIS WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT PROTESTERS HAVE AN ABSOLUTE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO BE HERE TO BE ON THE PLAZA AND WHEN YOU STEP OFF THE CURB YOU SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED BECAUSE THE CONSTITUTION PROTECTS YOU SO TODAY IS NOT A DAY FOR A WHITE PERSON TO GIVE YOU PLATITUDES TODAY’S. OKAY FOR A WHITE PERSON TO SAY WHAT WE MUST DO NEXT. SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE PROSECUTIONS AND MORE POLICE OFFICERS HELD ACCOUNTABLE THEN I ASKED YOU TO LOOK AT THE LAWS THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED FOR PROSECUTORS THAT THEY ARE A MUST FOLLOW. THEN LOOK AT UNION CONTRACTS THAT PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT. YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. AND THEN ONE MORE THING. IT REALLY REALLY MATTERS WHEN YOU TAKE VIDEO, IT IS CALLED EVIDENCE. I MET A WEAKNESS TODAY. YOU SERVE AS JURORS THAT BUILDING IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD, TOO. SO SARP SERVE AS A JUROR DO NOT BE AFEARD TO SIT. THROUGH ONE OF THOSE TRIALS YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE YOUR VOICE HEARD THERE IN THAT FORUM. ONE OTHER THING I WANT YOU TO KNOW. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT AND THINK ABOUT THE LAST TIME. WE WENT A MONTH IN THIS CITY WITHOUT A HOMICIDE. WAS FEBRUARY OF 2014? THE CLEARANCE RATE FOR HOMICIDES IN 2014 WAS WELL ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. DO YOU ASK YOURSELF WHAT HAPPENS? WHY? WE FACING THE HIGHEST HOMICIDE RATE IN KANSAS CITY HISTORY RIGHT WHEN YOU STAND HERE TODAY. IT’S UNACCEPTABLE AND WE MUST DO BETTER. ALL RIGHT ACCOUNTABILITY COMES WITH ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE WITH LAWS THAT DON’T STAND IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE AND UNION CONTRACTS THAT DON’T STAND IN THE WAY OF JUSTICE, PLEASE I ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THOSE, BUT FINALLY WHO SHOULD INVESTIGATE? WRONGDOING SO WHEN SOMEONE IN MY OFFICE IS ACCUSED OF WRONGDOING AND IT HAPPENS. I DON’T OVERSEE THAT INVESTIGATION AND I ALSO DON’T PROSECUTE THAT BECAUSE THAT WOULDN’T BE FAIR WOULD IT? IT WOULDN’T BE FAIR. SO LOOK AT YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT. AN ASK THOSE REALLY HARD QUESTIONS WHO SHOULD INVESTIGATE WHEN OFFICERS ARE ENGAGED IN ALLEGED WRONGDOING. IN A REVIEW BY SOMEONE ELSE’S NOT ENOUGH. IT’S GOT TO BE. THE INVESTIGATIVE TEAM MUST BE A NEUTRAL TEAM AND YOU MUST BELIEVE THAT ALL RIGHT PROTESTERS. I SUPPORT YOU YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HERE. I HAVE ESTABLISHED A WEBSITE FOR YOU TO BRING ME VIDEO EVIDENCE AND OTHER TESTIMONIALS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS. I AM GOING TO REVIEW THAT MATERIAL AND I’M GOING TO MAKE A PUBLIC REPORT ABOUT WHAT I LEARN BECAUSE WE DID THIS THIS VERY THING SOME OF YOU WERE HERE. IN 2015 AND NOT ONE ONE SINGLE RUBBER BULLET WAS FIRED THAT ONE BEAN BAG. SO WHAT WHAT HAPPENED? HOW COME IT WENT SO POORLY THIS TIME? HOW COME SO MANY PROTESTERS WERE ARRESTED THIS TIME. THOSE ARE QUESTIONS. THAT YOU SHOULD ANSWER. AND NOW I THINK I SERVE IT UP TO OUR MAYOR WHO HAS A REALLY REALLY TOUGH JOB. BUT HE IS THERE FOR US. AND I THINK I’M PASSING IT OFF NO TO JUSTICE. HE WILL PROPERLY INTRODUCED. SO I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE THE THE MAYOR OF KANSAS CITY LUCAS HE HAS A I KNOW THAT OVER THE WEEKEND. HE’S VERBALLY AGREED TO OUR DEMANDS AND AFTER HIS SPEECH HE HAS A GREAT TO SIGN TO OUR DEMANDS. SO I WILL NOW GIVE IT UP TAMARA LUCAS OF KANSAS CITY. THANK YOU. I HEAR YOU. SO LET ME START OFF THIS WAY. FIRST OF ALL, LET’S MAKE CLEAR. BLACK LIVES MATTER SAY IT AGAIN BLACK LIVES MATTER. SO, YOU KNOW, I’VE BEEN MARRIED FOR ABOUT 10 MONTHS. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? I HAVE NOT SEEN US RALLY TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY LIKE THIS BEFORE IN ALL OF MY YEARS. I HAVEN’T SEEN US TRY TO BUILD THIS LEVEL OF CHANGE, BUT LET ME TELL YOU WHAT WE’RE CHANGING. LOOK BACK AT THAT BUILDING RIGHT UP BUILDING IS BUILT IN 1936 WHO STANDS IN FRONT OF IT ANDREW JACKSON A TERRIBLE PRESIDENT. TERRIBLE PRESIDENT, RIGHT? OUR COUNTY IS NAMED AFTER HIM. YOU GOT HEADQUARTERS THE SAME TIME. YOU GOT CITY HALL BEHIND ME THE SAME TIME THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT WE ARE BUILT ON IS THE PROBLEM, BUT WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO? WE NEED TO SHAKE UP THE FOUNDATION BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU SOMETHING. THERE’S A REASON THAT EVERY YEAR WE LEARN ANOTHER BROTHER’S NAME. LA CROIX GEORGE FALANDO RODNEY AND DON’T YOU ALL WONDER WHY EVERY YEAR YOU SAY, HOW DOES THIS NOT CHANGE? I WAS 12. I WAS SEVEN YEARS OLD WHEN RODNEY KING WAS BEAT AND I REMEMBER ASKING MY MOM. I’M LIKE, HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN THAT THEY GET ACQUITTED? I DIDN’T KNOW THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WOULD BE IS THAT 28 YEARS LATER 28 YEARS LATER. WE’D BE SHAKING HER HEAD TO THE SAME THING. THE PROBLEM ISN’T JUST AN OFFICER. THIS ISN’T ABOUT ONE OFFICER OF FOR OFFICERS IN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS AIN’T ABOUT ONE OFFICER IN CHICAGO. THIS AIN’T ABOUT ONE OFFICER IN KANSAS CITY. WHAT IS IT ABOUT? IT’S THE FOUNDATION IS ROTTEN WITH WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH AND WE NEED TO SHAKE IT UP. WE NEED TO CHANGE IT. WE NEED TO FIGHT IT. WE NEED TO KNOW THAT WE’RE NOT GOING TO STAND FOR IT ANYMORE. AND SO LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. I KNOW I KNOW PEOPLE ASKING ME WELL LUCAS. WHAT YOU DOING? YOU CAN SAY LUCAS. WHAT YOU DOING? THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. SO YESTERDAY YESTERDAY WE CHANGE POLICIES THAT HADN’T BEEN CHANGED FOR YEARS. WE MADE IT SO THAT ANY USE OF FORCE VIOLATION NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY. NOT A DEPARTMENT ITSELF. WE CHANGED IT. SO ANY AND I MEAN ANY OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING NEEDS TO BE BY AN OUTSIDE AGENCY? NOT JUST THE DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS WHY WE HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR PROSECUTOR BECAUSE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING IF I WALK OUT ON THE STREET TODAY, AND I SHOOT YOU I DON’T GET TO WAIT THREE WEEKS FOR AN INVESTIGATION. I USUALLY DON’T GET TO GO. WRIGHT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE ACCOUNTABILITY BUT WE HAVE SPEED WITH THAT ACCOUNTABILITY. SO WHAT ELSE DO WE NEED TO DO? WELL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SHAKING UP THE FOUNDATION LOOK AT THESE THESE ARE SOME STRONG BUILDINGS. THEY ARE STURDY, BUT WE NEED TO SHAKE THEM UP TO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE NOT JUST WITH ME TODAY AND YOU’RE NOT JUST PUSHING US TODAY. YOU PUSHING US NEXT WEEK NEXT MONTH NEXT YEAR THE YEAR AFTER BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE CHANGE. BUT LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING IF SISTER BARBARA DIDN’T SAY IT THEN I KNOW I’M A COUNCIL MEMBERS COULD HAVE TO THE REVOLUTION MY FRIENDS WILL NOT BE TELEVISED. THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED. THEY WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE NEWS WHEN YOU’RE PROTESTING. THEY DON’T WANT TO PUT YOU ON THE NEWS WHEN YOU’RE TEACHING THE YOUNG BLACK CHILD. THEY DON’T WANT TO PUT US ON THE NEWS, BUT WE’RE TRYING TO CHANGE OUR COMMUNITY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT WE GONNA DO WE GONNA KEEP MAKING THE NEWS. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE IT TILL THEY KNOW THAT WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY. AND YOU KNOW HOW WE MAKE THAT ACCOUNTABILITY WE ALL JUST LOOK, WE ALL JUST COME WE SHOW UP TO THE NEXT POLICE BOARD MEETING AND SAY WE HERE WE SHOW UP TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND WHAT DO WE SAY? WE HERE WE SHOW UP TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE AND WE SAY WHAT WE HEAR AND THAT’S HOW WE GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. SO, LET ME JUST TELL YOU THIS AND I’M NOT TALKING ABOUT AS A MAYOR RIGHT NOW. HONESTLY, I’VE BEEN A BLACK MAN MY WHOLE LIFE BEEN A MAYOR FOR% 10 MONTHS. AND AND I WILL TELL YOU THIS STEP. WHEN I SAW WHENEVER I SEE ANY OF THESE STORIES AND IT’S SOMETHING I USUALLY DON’T EVEN WANT TO TALK BECAUSE THAT PAIN THAT SO MANY OF OUR BLACK SPEAKERS HAVE TALKED ABOUT. IS SOMETHING THAT EVERY BLACK PERSON IN THIS AUDIENCE KNOWS YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE A BROTHER WHO IS KNEEL DOWN AND KILLED BASED ON A FORGERY CHARGE. YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU SEE A BROTHER WHO STOPPED AND TRYING TO GET HIS LICENSE BUT ENDS UP SHOT AND DEAD, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD BE YOU, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT COULD BE YOUR BROTHER YOUR SISTER YOUR AUNT YOUR UNCLE YOUR NEPHEW YOUR KNEES YOUR SON AND YOUR DAUGHTER. AND WHAT WE ARE MAKING THESE CHANGES FOR THE DAY I WANT Y’ALL AND I KNOW WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT PROTESTING SOME OF Y’ALL MIGHT EVEN HAVE BABIES WITH ME. THAT’S ALL RIGHT, BECAUSE WHO ARE WE FIGHTING FOR RIGHT NOW? I’M THINKING ABOUT THE BROTHER RIGHT NOW AT 40TH AND BENTON. I’M THINKING ABOUT THE BROTHER RIGHT NOW AT 82ND AND TRUTHS. I’M THINKING OF THE BROTHER RIGHT NOW WHO STAYS OFF BLUE RIDGE. THAT’S WHO WE FIGHTING FOR WE FIGHT SO THEY CAN LIVE WE FIGHT SO THEY CAN BREATHE WITH FIGHT SO THEY CAN READ WE SO THAT THEY CAN BURN. WATCH SO I SEE ALL YOUR SON’S WE GOING TO KEEP UP MOVEMENT GOING TO LOSE YOUR ASK ME LUCHA WHAT WE SAY WITH EVERYBODY IS WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE ARE DONE. THESE FOUNDATIONS HAVE BEEN SHAKEN. WE HAVE CHANGED THE WAY IT LOOKS LIVING IN KANSAS CITY DOESN’T MEAN WE JUST GO ALONG TO GET ALONG LIVING IN KANSAS CITY DOESN’T MEAN WE’RE ACCEPTING OF SAME STUFF ANYMORE LIVING IN KANSAS CITY MEANS THAT WE CAN DEMAND JUSTICE AND LIVING IN KANSAS CITY MEANS THAT WE HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE CHANGE AND I NEED ALL OF Y’ALL TO KNOW YOU GOT THE POWER SAY I GOT THE POWER SAY I GOT THE POWER. BECAUSE WE ALL DO SO I NEED YOU AND I’M GOING TO LOOK BACK AT Y’ALL. I KNOW YOU AIN’T GONNA BE BEHIND ME WHEN I WALK UP THESE STEPS IN A FEW DAYS, BUT I WANT TO FEEL THAT YOU’RE GOING TO BE THERE THE NEXT TIME I’M MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR. I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO SAY LOOK GOVERNOR. YOU MAY BE ELECTED FROM A DIFFERENT PLACE IN MISSOURI. YOU MAY THINK ALL THESE THINGS YOU MAY LIKE TRUMP. I DON’T CARE CAUSE I GOT MY PEOPLE WITH ME. SO WHAT I’VE BEEN HEARING ALL WEEK IS THAT Y’ALL ARE READY NOW. YOU’RE NOT JUST READY YOU DEMAND CHANGE. IS THAT RIGHT? YOU DEMAND CHANGE SO IF WE DEMAND CHANGE AND I’M GONNA JUST DO THIS WILL BE THE LAST THING I SAY IF WE DEMAND CHANGE IF YOU WORRIED ABOUT MY BROTHER AND SISTER IF YOU WORRY ABOUT THE NEXT WHO’S RUNNING INTO TROUBLE BEING SAFE IF YOU’RE WORRIED ABOUT FAIRNESS AND EQUALITY IF YOU WANT TO SHAKE THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE JACKSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE OF KANSAS CITY CITY HALL OF THE POLICE HEADQUARTERS, NOT JUST IN KANSAS CITY, BUT EVERYWHERE AROUND HERE IF YOU WANT TO MAKE CHANGE. I WANT TO HEAR IT MAKE MORE NOISE THAN YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT OF MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS IT LET’S ROLL. ALRIGHT, WE’RE NOW GOING TO SIGN ON TO THE DEMANDS THAT THAT WE STARTED OFF ALTHOUGH STEVE. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN INCH. WE STILL HAVE A MODEL WALK. BUT THIS IS THIS IS WHY WE PROTEST WERE THE ONLY CITY THAT’S PROTEST AS ACTUALLY GOTTEN POLICY CHANGE AND CAME TOGETHER TO DEMAND THE OUR COMMITTEE WILL CHANGE. THIS IS A MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE NOW MAYOR I’LL LET YOU DO THE HONORS. AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP Y’ALL. THIS IS JUST A FIRST STEP. WE GOT MORE CHANGE TO COME. THANK YOU. KEEP FIGHTING KEEP MAKING NOISE. KEEP MAKING NOISE AS I WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE KEEP MAKING NOISE. LUCAS HENRY PRICE SERVICE RATHER IS RATHER IS BE WITH US AS THE PEOPLE. SO I’M GOING TO READ I’LL KEEP IT QUICK WHAT HE SIGNED ON TO THE DEMANDS OF THE BLACK LIVES MATTER KANSAS CITY. WE DEMAND LOCAL CONTROL OF THE KANSAS CITY. MELETE, MISSOURI POLICE DEPARTMENT. WE DEMANDS THE PROPOSED FUNDING FOR BODY CAMERAS. WE DEMAND A RESTRICTIVE POLICY GOVERNING THE USE OF FORCE INCLUDING A MULTI-STEP D ESCALATION PROCEDURE. WE DEMAND THAT THE KCPD DEMILITARIZED WE DEMAND THAT K CP D ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES AND THAT THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS CITY, BUT PEOPLE WE ARE NOT DONE WE’VE WON THE DAY, BUT THE BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN. WE’RE GOING TO KEEP PUSHING PEOPLE. WE’RE GOING TO BE PUSHING BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT WE DESERVE. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HUMBLY ASK FOR. THESE ARE THAT WE’VE DEMANDED AND THAT LANDED FROM THE BEGINNING AND THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE ARE WORRIED. PEOPLE ARE WORRIED. THEY’RE WORRIED THAT YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO GET TIRED THAT THEY’RE GOING TO WEAR YOU DOWN. IS THAT GOING TO HAPPEN? HOW MANY HOW MANY YOU HAVE TIRE HOW MANY YOU’RE TIRED? I DON’T GET TIRED. JUST SAY WE JUST WOKE UP. WE’VE BEEN SLEEPING ON TIME, BUT WE JUST WOKE UP. I GOT PLENTY IN AND ENERGY TO GO. WHEN WE STARTED OFF AND DEMANDED RECEIPTS AND WE GOT RECEIPTS THAT’S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU STAND TOGETHER. WE’RE STRONGER TOGETHER. LET ME HEAR YOU SAY IT. WE’RE STRONGER TOGETHER. WE ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. LIKE I WOULD LIKE I WOULD LOVE AND SO WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHOICES RIGHT NOW. WE’RE GOING TO MAKE SOME CHOICES. I WOULD LIKE A PEACEFUL MARCH OVER TO OUR FRIENDS AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. I DON’T BELIEVE I DON’T BELIEVE THAT WHEN PEACEFUL CITIZENS ASSEMBLED. THAT PEOPLE SHOULD TELL YOU YOU CAN ONLY BE IN THESE FOUR CORNERS OF YOUR PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION. BECAUSE HE TREATS OF THESE HE SEEKS OF THESE HE’S SWEET HE PAID FOR THESE STREETS WHOSE STREETS OUR STREETS. SO IF WE WANT TO WALK PEACEFULLY OVER TO THE POLICE STATION AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE PEOPLE WHO WE ARE DEMONSTRATING AGAINST WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND YOU’VE ALSO HEARD. A UNIVERSAL CRY THAT ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WILLING TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY SHOULDN’T BE ARRESTED SHOULDN’T BE SHUT OUT WITH RUBBER. THIS SHOULD NOT BE MACED SHOULDN’T BE TEAR GAS CANISTER DUDE. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAPPEN, RIGHT? OUR COVERAGE OF A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST CONTINUES. THIS IS AT THE SOUTH STEPS OF CITY HALL IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI WHERE WE HAVE HEARD FROM NUMBER OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS ADVOCATES AS WELL AS COMMUNITY LEADERS OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS AND OUR NEWSCHOPPER 9 IS JOHNNY ROWLANDS HAS BEEN HOVERING A BOW ABOVE THIS SCENE THE ENTIRE TIME NOW JOHNNY WANNA GO DO YOU JUST GET YOUR PERSPECTIVE GET YOUR TAKE ON WHAT ON WHAT YOU’VE SEEN HERE TODAY? WHAT’S KIND OF INTERESTING? I THINK IT WOULD BE SAFE TO CONSIDER OUR CITY HALL KIND OF MAJESTIC LOOKING AS FAR AS LOOKING DOWN ON THE LAWN THERE AND THEN SEEING ALL OF THE PEOPLE PARTICIPATING TODAY IN THIS AND TO SAY IT WAS ORDERLY WOULD BE KIND OF AN UNDERSTATEMENT AS THEY REALLY HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS AND DO IT IN A REALLY PEACEFUL WAY AND JUST JUST HAVE NOT SEEN ANY DEVELOP EVERYONE LISTENING TO THE SPEAKER’S INTENTLY, AND I GOT TO TELL YOU IT’S HOT UP HERE.GOT TO I CAN’T IMAGINE HOW HOT IT IS DOWN THERE RIGHT NOW AS WELL WIND SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT TO THE SOUTH AND PICKED UP. SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS HELPING THOSE AND THEY DID MENTION SEVERAL TIMES ABOUT STAYING HYDRATED FOR THOSE PARTICIPATING TODAY AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO POLICE PRESENCE AS FAR AS ANY POLICE CRUISERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IN FACT DIFFICULT FOR US TO DETERMINE WHO WOULD BE A POLICE OFFICER AROUND THAT BUT NO PERIMETER OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO VERY ORDERLY VERY PEACEFUL HOPEFULLY VERY PRODUCTIVE FOR WHAT THESE DEMONSTRATORS ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH BACK DOWN TO YOU. JOHNNY DID IT WAS AS WE JUST WITNESSED THE MAYOR SIGNED SOME DEMANDS BY THE BLACK LIVES MATTER, KANSAS CITY AND MAKE SURE YOU STICK AROUND BECAUSE COMING UP AT 4 O’CLOCK. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL RECAP OF EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED TODAY AT THIS BLACK LIVES MATTER KANSAS CITY PROTEST AT