>>LENA PRINGLE: WELCOME BACK TOMORROW NEWSFOURJAX PARTNERS WITH A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL IT IS
CALLED BREATHING
WHILE BLACK. IT’S A DISCUSSION
ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY THE
CAUSE TO PROTEST AND WHAT
HAPPENS NEXT. A NUMBER OF
AFRICAN AMERICAN JACKSON, THE
LEADERS WILL
ANSWER QUESTIONS. COUNCILWOMAN
JU’COBY PITTMAN STATE
REPRESENTATIVE KIM DANIELS
BISHOP JOHN GUNS AND LOCAL
RADIO PERSONALITY, GENE DOT
COM. YOU CAN WATCH THIS LIVE ON
NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM AT
7.30. SO JOINING ME NOW TO TALK
ABOUT THIS
FALL FORUM. WE HAVE TO FIND
SOME A CLINTON AND MARWAN THE
PEOPLE’S CHAMP ORDER WITH THE
COCHRAN FIRM TREASURE COAST.
GOOD MORNING GENTLEMEN. THANK
YOU FOR COMING
IN TODAY. SO YOU’VE ALREADY
BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS FROM
PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WHAT
DO YOU. WHAT ARE YOU FINDING
THAT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW FROM
THESE LEADERS.
>> WELL, YOU KNOW PEOPLE WANT
ANSWERS, YOU KNOW PEOPLE WANT
TO KNOW WHAT FIRST OF ALL WHAT
WE COULD DO AS
A COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO CHANGE
THE EPIDEMIC THAT HAS BEEN
GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES FOR
40 YEARS. AND AND YOU KNOW YOU SEE A LOT OF THE RALLIES IN THE RIOTING AND WHAT WE’RE
FINDING IS THAT YOU KNOW THAT
IS THE WAY
PEOPLE ARE ARE EXPRESSING
THEMSELVES AND SO THEY WANT
ANSWERS THEY WANT
TO KNOW WHAT COULD THEY DO IN A
POSITIVE IN LEGAL IN A
PRODUCTIVE WAY TO HELP BRING
ABOUT CHANGE. AND SO IT’S A LOT
OF FRUSTRATION A LOT OF
BUILT-UP ANXIETY AND IF YOU
DON’T HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND IN
THE WISDOM OF THE LAW OR
TRAINING ON HOW TO EFFECTUATE
CHANGE THEN YOU KNOW THEY
RESORT TO TO SOME OTHER TACTICS
AND SO WE
WANT TO YOU GET TOGETHER IN IN
GIVE THE COMMUNITY SOME REALLY
SOLID SOLUTIONS ON HOW WE CAN
EFFECTUATE
CHGE TOGETHER.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AND IF YOU WANT
TO BE PRODUCTIVE, YOU KNOW YOU
KEEP HEARING PEOPLE SAY THIS
FIGHT IS NOTHING NEW AS YOU
JUST SAID, BUT THIS TIME FEELS
DIFFERENT. WE’VE SEEN
RESIGNATIONS FIRINGS
AN ARREST ALSO SEE A VERY
DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE
FIGHTING FOR
EQUAL RIGHTS. SO THIS ISN’T
JUST ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY ITS
ABOUT LEVELING THE PLAYING
FIELD FOR ALL COMMUNITIES, SO
TALK ABOUT THE PANEL AND WHY
THESE INDIVIDUALS
WERE SELECTED.
>> THE REASON WHY THESE
INDIVIDUALS SELECTED BECAUSE
THEY HAVE A VOICE IN
THE COMMUNITY AND WHEN YOU SEE
THE PROTEST AND THE THING ABOUT
IT IS EVERYBODY’S CHANGING THE
NARRATIVE THERE YES, AND RIGHT
ENOUGH PROTESTING
AND WE HE AND THE PHRASE BLACK
LIVES MATTER AND THE TRUTH OF
IT IS WE PROTECT THAT WHICH WE
VALUE LIKE LAST REALLY MATTER
WHILE WE STILL NOT PROTECTED
WHEN I SAW THAT 8 MEN AND 46
2ND VIDEO. IT TOOK ME BACK TO
1991 WITH THE RIGHT. THE KEAN
WRITE A PROTEST
AND HERE IN 2020 WE STILL
HAVEN’T
POLICE BRUTALITY. IF WE MATTER
THAT WE VALUE IF THEY VALUED AS
WE WOULDN’T HAVE THIS TYPE OF
ACTION SO WE GOT THE PALACE ON
TO TALK ABOUT DO BLACK LIVES
REALLY MATTER. SO BISHOP JOHN
GUN GENE DOT COM.
FROM THE POLITICAL SCENE THE
CONGRESSWOMAN AND COUNCIL
MEMBERS ARE AND STATE
REPRESENTATIVE AND FOR ME
MYSELF PERSONALLY IT MADE ME
THINK ABOUT 1619 WHEN THE FIRST
LADY SHIPS CAME TO AMERICA.
WE WERE VIEWED AS LOW
CLASS CITIZEN. SO AT LEAST THE
ABUSE THAT IN 2020. SO
WE NEED TO HAVE A CONVERSATION
AND THE STARS IN OUR HOUSE
FIRST AND THEN AFTER WE GET OUR
HOUSE TOGETHER WE TALK ABOUT
VOTING REGISTRATION. WE TALK
ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE ON BOARD
WE TALK ABOUT GETTING PEOPLE TO
THE VOTE POLLS TO VOTE BECAUSE
IF THEY DON’T SEE US IN A
PROTEST IN MAY BE PHYLLIS
COME NOVEMBER WHEN IT’S TIME TO
VOTE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS
AND THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO
AFFECT CHANGE AT ALL
MEN SO.
>> IT’S DEFINITELY IMPORTANT TO
LOOK AT THE HISTORY TOO SO THAT
WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK AND
MAKE
A DIFFERENCE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO YOUR
ATTORNEYS I HAVE TO ASK RNC IS
COMING WE CAN ANTICIPATE BIG
PROTESTS THEN SO WHAT ABOUT
PROTESTERS RIGHTS WHEN CAN THEY
STAY AND WHEN WOULD YOU ADVISE
THAT IT’S TIME TO
GO HOME.
>> SO IN AND I’LL JUMP IN
ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MANAGING
PARTNERS OF OF THE COPPER
LAW FIRM AFONSO MCCLINTON IS
ONE OF MY
MARKETING REPRESENTATIVES.
AND YOU KNOW YOU AND YOU
BROUGHT UP SOMETHING VERY
IMPORTANT DEAL MELANIE THAT
THIS IS NOT ONLY A BLACK
PROBLEM, IT’S NOT ONLY WHY
PROBLEM THIS IS A PROBLEM
OF HUMANITY AND I THINK WHAT
HAPPENED WITH GEORGE FLOYD WAS
A WAKE-UP CALL
TO EVERYONE WHERE YOU CAN SEE
IN REAL TIME WHAT THE HOOP AND
HOLLER HAS BEEN ABOUT FOR MANY
MANY YEARS AND THE COMMUNITY
BLACK AND WHITE
ALIKE UNDERSTAND THAT WE’RE NOT
GOING TO TOLERATE THAT YOU KNOW
WE WE WE ARE BETTER THAN THAT
WE’RE BETTER THAN THAT AS
A PEOPLE AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO
TOLERATE IT, YOU KNOW WHETHER
YOU’RE A BLACK OFFICER, A
WHITE OFFICER. IF YOU ENGAGE IN
THAT TYPE OF CONDUCT YOU HAVE
TO BE
HELD ACCOUNTABLE AND THAT’S THE
ONLY WAY WE’RE GOING TO A RISE
AS AS A AS A PEOPLE
IN GENERAL AND THAT’S WHEN HE
GOES INTO A LITTLE BIT OF
SYSTEMIC YOU KNOW AN
INSTITUTIONAL RACISM. THERE
THERE ARE POLICIES AND
PROCEDURES THAT THAT RUN
THROUGH OUR SYSTEM THE SAME WAY
THAT BLOOD RUNS THROUGH OUR
VEINS AND WE NEED TO CHANGE A
LOT OF THAT
AND WE WILL RISE AS AS THE
HUMAN SPECIES ONCE THAT HAPPENS
SO I THINK THAT YOU KNOW AT
THIS JUNCTURE WE’RE AT A
TIPPING POINT I DON’T THINK
ANYONE’S GOING HOME ANYTIME
SOON UNTIL WE SEE REAL CHANGE
BOTH BLACK
AND WHITE, YOU KNOW PEOPLE ARE
REALLY GETTING IT THEY’RE
WAKING UP CAMERAS ARE VERY VERY
IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT. FOR US RIGHT NOW BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE IT YOU KNOW IF THEY’RE IF IT
WASN’T FOR THE CAMERAS, THERE
WILL ALWAYS BE
A NARRATIVE AND THEN YOU WOULD
NEVER KNOW WHICH REALLY TRUE SO
USE A PICTURE’S WORTH. A 1000
WORDS WERE VIDEOS WORTH A
MILLION WORDS AND AND I DON’T
THINK THAT ANYONE’S GOING HOME
ANYTIME SOON UNTIL THERE’S
CHANGE SO, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE ARE PEACEFUL
PROTEST. AND WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT THERE’S POSITIVE
RESULTS AT THE END OF ALL OF
THIS ALL RIGHT WELL OBVIOUSLY A
LOT TO DISCUSS AND THIS
DISCUSSION
WILL CONTINUE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: AGAIN THAT IS
TOMORROW AT 7.30 A NUMBER OF
WAYS THAT YOU CAN
WATCH THIS. WE WILL AIR IT LIVE
ON NEWS 4 JAX DOT COM. YOU CAN
ALSO CHECK IT OUT ON YOU TOO
AND ALSO ON FACEBOOK LIVE.
IT’S ALSO A WAY TO SUBMIT
QUESTIONS, THERE’S A COMMENTS
SECTION DURING THIS DISCUSSION
THAT YOU CAN YOU CAN ALSO
E-MAIL THEM
IN ADVANCE THE E-MAIL ADDRESS
THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. WE HOPE
YOU WILL
JOIN IN AND HOPEFULLY WE’LL