Addressing Youth Challenges and Political Change in Milwaukee

Good morning. Good morning. What's happening family? Welcome to the show. It is Michelle. Brian here at WNOV 860 AM 106.5 FM. You are listening to say something real. And, uh, just like to say, uh, my per usual, thank you to the Milwaukee police department, uh, for nobody being out.

I just want to thank the good men and women in blue for being somewhere else and not on Capitol Drive when I was coming down the street this morning. Yeah, I don't know what Alexa was on, but she did not wake me up this morning. She overslept. So Alexa overslept. And I know I'm messing up.

blank in people's houses by saying the word. Keep saying it. Yep. And so there's, I didn't catch that. Could you, you know, that's, cause that's what she'll tell you. I didn't hear that. I didn't catch that. Could you repeat it? But yeah, I just happened to open my eyes and say, Hey, what time is it? Like five 18, five 18. No. So I was, I was, I was behind. Um, but I am here.

Lots to talk about this morning. Let me say good morning to the brothers in the building. What up, D-Bob? How you doing this morning, sir? Good morning, Michelle. I am blessed and highly favored. Not certainly would be remiss. Oh, here we go. I have to give you that. I have to give you that one since you threw it at me last week. Here we go. But yeah, just want to say this quickly to the community, a legend and icon in this city that's been around a long time, boss hall.

is in the hospital and it looks kind of rough, y'all. So if you can get a prayer past the ceiling, pray for the legendary DJ Balls Hall. Now, I'm not familiar with this brother. Who was he? Oh, he's been around forever. He used to work for an OV back in the day. Still a club job, but just very well known and very well liked, you know, works for the city also. So pretty popular dude. Okay.

He was he was actually coming in on Saturdays on my blues blue show as well. So, you know, folks folks knowing. All right. Well, certainly, you know, let's give him a second dose of Jesus, but certainly will keep him uplifted in prayer, as the good church folks say. You are right, though.

Yeah, but I'm you know, I don't mean no harm, but I said if you can get a prayer past the ceiling so you go Wait a minute Wait a minute. You said if you can get a prayer past the seal Huh, you know what I could take the bait, but it's early. I'm not sharp this morning. I know because I'm still I'm still sleeping. You think her prayer go past the ceiling

Man, listen, that's between her and God. It is it is so so we take what we can get Michelle between her and God, man I think it gets to the third floor

You know what? So since he ride with me today, I go say nothing about him, but I kind of heard the shot within the shot. You know, that's why I'm a come for him right away. I'm a come for him right away. No, because I told Keith I was going to wait to his show.

But I can't be here for his show because I was like, no, Keith, we're going to do it together. We're going to do it together.

Go ahead, I'd like to hear this. Let me, let me, let me say good morning first, let me say good morning first. Good morning, Mr. Rhino. Come on with it. Come on with it, baby. I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just,

You gotta do what you gotta do. Don't do it. You gotta do what you gotta do. Because if you think you ain't about to get this smoke. If you think. Hey, she told me I'm, I'm gonna say, yo, I'm gonna say. I mean, and it really wasn't my idea. It was, it was Keith's idea.

But for folks who may be wondering on Saturday had the Friday Friday Friday. That's right. Saturday. I was at, um, well, I set up set up for the neon block, but on Friday, Jermaine Reed had, I mean, Jermaine Reed, Jermaine Ryder.

Had see cuz I'm too busy trying to get to it. That's why oh you know his little angels try to trip me up His mama praying she listed like come on now. I'll do my baby like that And you know, that's the whole church family so they praying they try to trip me up but Jermaine had his birthday party and so you know

Of course, I came fashionably late. Keith was there when the door is open. Of course, you know, I come fashionably late. And Mr. Roddow is on the stage actually playing. And I was like, oh, you play at your own birthday party. So that was cool. Singing a little couple of tunes. I was like, oh, my goodness. Star studded all the little entertainers in the city and some some national folks in the building.

I'm like, okay, okay. Then I turned around and look and I'm like, is that Omar Gooding? Uh, Cuba Gooding's brother, like the man who does all the plays and you know, on all the little TV shows. Yes, it was. So, you know, I'm like, I hear seeing stars at Jemaine's party.

But. Don't you do it. Jermaine was dressed impeccably. Was that a gray suit you had on? Gray suit. It was hitting. It was hitting. And nice tie. And do decided. I had to have a pop. He was going to have on some statement shoes. I had to have a pop.

So this dude had all some ruby raids His parents was like to click his heels There's no place my home And of course, you're ready to go click his heels Oh my god, and then Keith said, it sounds silly Keith's jokes because Keith said, oh

We couldn't afford red bottoms, so we got red tops. Hey, by the way, I'm sure it was a few hundred dollars, man. So you know, I was like, hello, Keith. I said, they look like they cost a little change. They cost a change. And Keith was like, they do. But that does not change.

You know, Keith is ultra concerned.

He ain't going to step out the box to save his life. If Rondo were there drowning, he ain't stepping out the box. He's going to be like, dang, baby, we had a good run. He ain't stepping out the box. Whatever the little routine's supposed to be with the little gear, that's what Keith's going to have on. He ain't a line stepper. As Keon was saying, he's not a line stepper. But Jermaine? Yeah.

Jermaine is a line step. Oh, man. Oh, bitch. Dude, the red shoes. Oh, my God. Oh, not away. Yes. I heard y'all last week.

about. I didn't hear that. I didn't hear that. I wish I was listening directly. Yeah, that's what brought it back. Oh my God. It was so good to see Carvey. I met your maids. This is a met your daughter because I knew your son and

That's a handsome child. So I met you. I mean saw your son met your daughter Yeah, she a cute little thing like I could see my brothers and my daddy now like I keep on her keep a leash on give them away from her so So how are you birthday man? You recovered? Yeah, well man after the party

Left for the party on my car. Somebody said Dorothy would be envious of those movies. Hey, wait till you see. Hey, people, I'm gonna see your pictures that you put on the screen. Okay, let's do it. Somebody say Dorothy from the woods of the woods. Yes. I'm gonna say that the Divas. Yes, they was, they was rubies. Like my red glasses don't have nothing on them shoes.

As soon as you walked in, the light was hitting them. They was twinkling and carrying it on. No place like home. No place like home. No, but after that, I ended up going down to... Somebody said send pictures. No, I'm about to send pictures. Post pictures. I said, uh... Oh, I got some on my phone. Yeah, send them pictures. Send the good ones to me. Send me the good ones. I was taking pictures. I got them on my phone. Yeah, send me the good ones, because you're not going to send them good ones.

You hear me? Hold on. I'll get those right on screen. So much that is he a cappa. Heck no, he ain't no cappa. It's great because I took a picture with my home girl and I didn't know that people thought that we was a couple because I had on a gray suit with red shoes. She had on a red dress with

gray shoes, but we didn't talk like at all. So they was like, Hey, hey, hey, don't try to dress this up. Let me see. Is it that one? Send me that one. Yeah. Okay. No, I got the close up though. No, you say that one. Send that one. Send that one. Why? She was at a public party.

Yeah, I'm just saying she was at a public party. So while Jermaine is doing I'm doing a show. I'm trying to be professional. I'm going to get him out. But I just I really wanted to be here with Keith to do it. I ain't gonna be able to stay. Yeah, we was we was plotting already. And I'm talking about the one liners. Oh my god, man.

Now you know I shoot back. Dave Chappelle worthy. You hear me? Now you know I shoot back now. Ain't nobody scared. Ain't nobody scared. Because let me be clear. Whatever shooting you do, it better be in the direction of keep fair. It's nothing better than coming my way. I ain't taking no strides. Nothing better than coming my way. Because I'm telling you right now. No sir.

It ain't my fault you had the big red shoes on. No, no, you're red shoes. I'm just like, mm, look at sexy. Sexy of me. I saw as soon as I came in. I should have crossed the flow line. You should have did to George Jefferson and just eased on down, baby, because, yeah, I did. I said, don't you carry nothing that might be alone now.

You know we did the weeds we do we do the Wizard of Oz we were singing the weeds over at our table I'm just saying so I'm gonna wait I'll see if Keith actually says anything because you know He may he may just be like Michelle ruined it. No, but I want to say I really do appreciate everybody that came out sale keep

He put them on the screen. Take them down. Take them down. There they go. There they go. Yeah, Michelle. They can't see that yet. I'm saving it now. Oh, okay. See you. Yeah. Okay. Okay. Uh, yeah. Uh, yeah. Get down to them shoes, bro.

But I did I did concede they look like they cost a few dollars that they did They were celebrity worthy. No now you gotta have and I mean you and Leo you got you can carry off the attitude to wear them shoes They was popping baby. I mean the way you got to write stuff around it. It's gone It's gone Everything

Uh, you know, I clean up and you know, put on the clear drum roll, please. Don't you do it? Your your gear is not what necessarily makes you. It's a well just in the city and around us. The lady got on what that is. She got on that. Well, we don't mind her. Just some of them shoes. Just some of them shoes. And as you can see, it's a quality shoe.

Like the like the toe on them. Um, they actually are some bad shoes, but you know, the grip on them too. It was unexpected. Call us off guard. We didn't know. So, you know, uh, I just want to say kudos to a brother. So, all right, let me, uh, turn. We got callers. Well, we got callers. Let me go to the phone line. Hey, caller. What's happening? Hello. Hello. Hey, Michelle. Hey, how you doing this morning? You know, chilling, chilling.

Hey, um, I, uh, wanted to, did I ever tell you about my friend named David? Uh, no, I don't think so. So he got pulled over by the cops the other day. Okay. And they asked him his name and he said, well, my name is David. And I said, excuse me, sir, do you have a speech impediment? He said, no, my dad does, but the guy who filled out my birth certificate was a real asshole.

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. No, but when it day, he has your cut. So, hang up on him. Just go ahead. Oh, he hung up first? Yeah, because you know, hang up on him. That's not fair to my daddy to talk like that.

You know what? I will not be participating. I'm serious. My daddy really do talk like that. You know, whatever. Um go to the next line. He's just that's how you're going to start my day, bruh. Hey, hey, Caller. What's happening? That morning, 860 Derrick O V to number one station ending.

country is big. Say it, bro. You know what I'm saying? Increase the peace, stop the violence, and make sure the kids have a book bag and a hat that's coming up. It's going to be cold again. It's going to be cold, you know what I'm saying? We've got to take care of the community, stop the violence, man, and get the kids to die. There's some, there's folks in the community, the blocks, by the popsicle.

I'm an ice cream. The ice cream truck comes out of the street every day. That's it? Yeah, so clean it. So clean the community up, man. Let's make our community a safe and a beautiful environment in our way, Mackie. Thank you, Ray. I appreciate you, Ray. Conscientious Mack. You know, I'm just saying, everybody, he remind me of P.D. Green. He remind me of P.D. Green. I'm all for it.

Uh, so let me, let me, let me say this. Yeah, they, they're getting it. They at you. Uh, uh, somebody did not say round me down my shoes out of red, but y'all.

If you can't be appropriate in the chat we will have to delete your comments. As long as they're not directed at me.

Somebody said wear them on Christmas So look let me get into a couple quick things cuz I guess this morning Let me get this collar. Hey, Carla. What's happening?

We did just a little bit just a little bit Let me be clear player There are photos of me fly to death I might add and I'll be happy to get mine posted as well

Yeah, because you know, I'm like, if the party started at 7, then you gotta tell Michelle the party started at 6. The party went to like midnight man. I'm not gonna be there for five hours. Yeah, it was a concert extravaganza.

I'm just telling you it was an extravaganza. It was like phases to the party DJ live performances the band the guest drummers DJ

in the morning. No, that's Cinderella. You know, we turn into a pump. Yeah, I did. Yeah, but we're going to cut the bills. We're going to cut the bills. You got to be on top. Do no, you can't listen. You can't always be back. Look, bro, there is no time for me to get to a party.

That you know, I don't know who comes to a party as soon as it starts. That's just madness to me Right and I mean everybody know that so they got time to get warmed up before we get there and then we ready to party but man This this dude did a whole lineup man. It was like

I said I wanted to get to like a couple things before I think I got guests coming in this morning. I'm not sure but I think so Jermaine asked me the question

As soon as I walked in the door, I'm gonna talk about it after I take this break. But I am so tired of folks not knowing how to go somewhere and act like they got good sense. I don't understand how state fair becomes WWF for way too many children, young people in our community.

Like that's what is for that's not what state fair is for and then when we get the complaints about we don't have nothing in our community Because it's always a few that mess it up for the masses So I'm gonna take a break when we come back. How will officer got punched in the face What? Officer police officer got punched in the face. Oh, they getting tired. I'll be right back

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12 News is TJ Dysart joins us live from State Fair Park in West Dallas. TJ, you were seeing a chaotic scene right as the fair closed there.

Yeah, that's right, Kendall. We've just learned some new information literally within the last 10 minutes from when you first came to us out here at State Fair Park. We now know that multiple officers were attacked that coming from officers on scene and eyewitnesses right now. I want to give you a look at the main entrance here. This entrance gets you right into Spin City. We're told this is exactly where this happened. When you came to us earlier, if we take a look over here, not as many people here in the front entrance as we saw just about 10 minutes ago. Officers here to the left on their horses, making sure people are cleared out earlier at the top of the hour. They told folks that we're

are hanging out here, that this is not the space to be waiting for your cars telling them to go over to other directions. So they've obviously cleared this out somewhat since you last come to us. But I want to give you a look at some video from when we first got here, because this was the chaotic scene. Again, just within the last 10 minutes, this video was taken. You can see dozens of people in the middle of the front entrance. Again, Kendall, as you mentioned, according to an officer here on scene, we're told that this involved an officer getting punched in the face. And then we're told multiple fights broke out after that. We are still trying to work on details.

is to learning if the officer getting attacked is what started these fights, or if this went on during officers trying to break up other fights. Of course, those are questions we'll keep pressing Milwaukee Police for. As far as the officers on scene here, on their horses, on the bicycles, we're told that everybody out here in the front entrance is OK. So some good news for them as well, Kendall, as they try and continue to clear just a little dozen of people that are still out here waiting for cars. But as of right now, I can report to you that it's safe at the moment. Nothing going on it now, but still quite a chaotic scene.

the last day of the state fair here. Right. Just an unfortunate and violent way to end the state fair this year. Thank you so much. TJ reporting line for us in West Alice. All right, folks. So I wanted to take a minute to do that. We do have our guest in attorney Mark Thompson this morning. But you know, this is a reoccurring thing. Uh, state fair and I know that the organizers of state fair while they are always excited.

to bring the fair every year, all the different, you know, competitions, agricultural offerings, you know, the entertainment lineup, they don't shy away from doing things that include everybody in the community. I think Ron Isley performed out there, although, you know, some of those acts will skew a little bit older. But without fail, every year,

we have a situation and it's like young people are waiting for the fear for that opportunity to go and get into some nonsense that usually ends up in physical fights and folks being you know hurt and I just you get so tired

of trying to defend the need to create space and opportunity for people only to have a few people come and mess it up every time. People gotta hate to see us coming if I can just be candid for five seconds because the actions of a few young black teens becomes the reputation or the character of the entire black community.

I don't know how many times when I was young, my mother and grandfather and my dad, they always imparted to us when you leave this house, you represent A, yourself, B, this family, and C, this community, and they meant black folks. Because they will judge everybody else based on how you behave in the streets. It's not fair. Other groups don't fall under the same level of scrutiny, but it is what it is.

And so there are folks that push and advocate for our young people to have opportunities, to have a place to hang out, to have a place to kick it. But we don't help ourselves when we can't figure out how to go out to state fair and not have drama. When I used to be the ED for African World Festival, the individual that owns that sky ride,

that takes you from one side of Summerfest to the other side of Summerfest. They would pay us to keep it closed because our young people couldn't get on it and ride from one end of Summerfest to the other end without dropping someone people's head, doing something inappropriate that potentially caused harm, spitting on people. So the owner of that would pay us to keep it closed.

because if we ran it and work with him to run it, that would be additional revenue for the festival. But we missed that money because we couldn't have folks up there who didn't know how to act. And it became a liability issue. Before we went to break and I said, I teased this and said, I was gonna talk about it. Jermaine said, what is the penalty for hitting the officer? I said, I don't know. And he said like five years,

I don't know. But an attorney comes in the door, right on cue, looking all like he is on summer vacation. I used to see an attorney Mark Thompson without a tie on. Good morning, Mark. How are you this morning? Good morning, Michelle. I am doing very well. Thank you very, very much. It is good to see you this morning. You look nice in your white linen rested. You OK?

I'm here with you. I gotta be okay. What else would you want to be on Monday morning? But this is a good look. I like it. I like it. Uh, so first of all, this segment is a monthly segment that we do with attorney Thompson, uh, the scales of justice attorney Thompson. You want to remind folks of your law firm? Absolutely. Absolutely. So, you know, I've had the privilege and honor of being here once a month with you now for

a while, I guess. And, you know, my law firm is Jim Grass Thompson and Wax. We have offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Eau Claire, and Waukesha. You know, every day we take care of people that have been injured, whether it's drunk drivers, car crashes, you know, I'd be just falling when somebody's not taking care of their sidewalk.

To you know civil rights cases where you have You know, and it's ironic you bring this up, right? We have an officer that was hit and you know and It sounds like from what you're saying not rightly so and Similarly, there are times as everyone knows that law enforcement officers cross the line and use excessive force and we're here to represent

the victims of you know those assaults as well you know my phone number is 414-837-4167 414-837-4167 and you know if you're injured you need somebody we're honored and privileged to represent you so that's a little bit about

my day-to-day business. So look, I need to take a quick break when we come back. We will talk to Attorney Thompson about some of the issues confronting us today. Get a legal framework by which to have some of these conversations. So just give me a second. We'll be right back. Michelle Bryant, WNOV, 860 AM, 106.5 FM, you are listening to The Scales of Justice.

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All right, family, welcome back to the show. So before I went to the break, I said we wanted to get into a couple of topics with attorney Thompson. I think one of the things that is top of mind though, you just can't help but just think about, you know, many of the conversations that I've had with attorney Thompson have centered around young black males, how they are engaged in the city of Milwaukee, you know, talking about folks understanding their rights, knowing

what protections are available to them. And then this, though, on the flip side, an opportunity to talk about young black men that potentially can ascend to the highest elected office in the state. And that's got to be an interesting dichotomy considering how you at times have to come in and interact and engage to see what's happening in our state right now. So there was no way.

you couldn't be in the studio and not get your two cents worth on what we've just seen politically in this state. You know, David Crowley is just such a fascinating human being. You know, he literally, you know, obviously had help with the community, right? But he, he was not spoon fed.

He didn't grow up as a trust fund baby. He didn't grow up on, you know, Lake Drive where, you know, I saw the Joel Brennan signs lined up, but he grew up in 5,3206 and has become a role model for young men and not just young black men, right? I mean, what one can do with hard work, grit,

and a real attitude of caring. So I was, you know, I was a supporter of David Crowley way before he got into this race and early in this race. And, you know, I was very, very happy when he got back in, you know? I mean, Sarah Rodriguez set him up, right? She knew her campaign was tanking.

you know, Tony Evers couldn't get in and back anybody other than his lieutenant governor. So, I mean, he stayed out, you know, respectfully and letting everybody run. And, you know, for Sarah to sit down and talk to David and say, you know, I accept your endorsement. Thank you for your help knowing that she's going under.

And then let's be clear at some point somebody I'm I believe somebody acts for the the endorsement You know, he didn't just wake up and say I'm jumping out of the race and oh, let me see of all the candidates Huh, I picked Sarah Rodriguez. I believe that that support was asked for I could be wrong But I just don't believe that he arbitrarily just woke up because that's what

When you watch what happens behind the scenes and politics, you know that people call you out Tom. Hey, can I get your endorsement? Hey, can I get your endorsement? I'm I actively am wondering did she in Seek his endorsement knowing that this was a problem not just that she accepted it, but did you seek the endorsement? That's a that's a fine line for me that me but you know, I'm looking at it from David's point of view, right? Yeah, and I you know to me it was if if

if David to get back in he to me he had to have two things folks that were had money and backing sarah needed to come with him and the governor needed to endorse i mean you needed those two things and those two things happened you know so i he is the comeback kid right you really need three things you need

You also need Mandela to get out because had Mandela stayed in you know when they were saying he was like even though we know right now and I really want to talk to the folks over at Barcat to ask them how does polling go so off but they had Mandela polling at 16%

So, you know, I think that Mandela getting out also becomes a factor because you don't divide some of the votes Yeah, and I think that's absolutely correct But that goes back earlier. It's my understanding that David had called Mandela up front and said are you gonna run a Mandela said no and David got in right, okay, so And I yeah, I didn't want to go back that far, but you know

If Mandela says to David, I'm not running. He should never have got in, right? Because we, we know how difficult it is to, to run as an African-American. Stay white. Stay white. No, no, but, but when there, when there are more than one legitimate candidates and you completely divide up a potential voting block, I mean, that is not a recipe for success, but.

So to me, you know, uh, because I stayed up, you know, I mean, I watched the fiasco here and, you know, and Milwaukee pushing the wrong button. I mean, how ridiculous was that? You know, I'm now I'm speaking as elections commissioners like, Oh, come on, please. Not again, but here to me as from a plaintiff's lawyer and a citizen of the state, what excites me about David.

Running because I think he can win and will win Okay, it's gonna take a lot a lot of work, but the work he did as Background to make the minor changes they did in share revenue, right? He worked statewide with a lot of communities So he already has that base

And the numbers showed, right? I mean, outside, I mean, he did well running on a program that is for the people. And to me, if we, as a community, as a state, can elect, blew down, there is a real opportunity for Wisconsin to make a huge leap forward, right?

David winning is not enough you need the Senate you need the Assembly and you need you need a this coalition in power in Madison With a two-year opportunity essentially one year to really really Turn Wisconsin as a ship around towards doing the right thing for people and

the I was really really excited because you know the Just from a from a plaintiff's lawyer one of the things we were always doing were representing people in car crashes truth and auto was a A bill that Jim Doyle signed early on That created equity and insurance for consumers Right. I mean

it turned it around where there were the minimums were a hundred three hundred thousand right and the insurance companies did not go broke insurance rates didn't go sky high but people that were injured had the ability to recover right now over and over again we see people getting injured and it's under insurance there's just not enough coverage right

And so people buy under-insured motorist coverage. It's supposed to protect you and your family. The insurance companies wrote in reducing clauses that you bought 100,000 of under-insured motorists. If the other car had 100,000, you get zero. So you paid a premium for no coverage you can get. Under the truth and auto at the time, when you paid for 100,000 of coverage, you got it, right? The insurance companies can play this.

you know switching you know so just on that consumer the opportunities are there but when you think about shared revenue and taxing the wealthy and having money be available for public education allowing communities to have their fair share of shared revenue

You know, I mean, you know David Crowley was absolutely on point on that, you know Tom Tiffany and Representing that mega party they defunded Right police you're talking about police when you gut local communities and they can't function and Only you know Hendricks, you know, you know hanging out with the billionaires it doesn't work, you know, I'm glad

And it's interesting that you use the phrase in connection to a Republican that they defunded the police because we never talk about it in that way. On the surface, we know that the Republicans go to great lengths to make sure that pensions and retirement stuff is protected for police. But when you talk about the day-to-day operational cost,

that is a four and I you know what I've never I don't think I've ever heard anybody characterize it that way but when you think about it they actually are the ones who literally help to defund the police because they are reducing opportunities and ways by which the city can raise revenues to be able to pay for these things we're not getting our fair share revenue so

They are in part responsible for our inability to honestly afford a lot of the police services, just general operational city services and county services that we need. But that was an interesting way to put that because outside of pensions, they're not worried about the day to day operations of police, what we need in terms of body cams or safety equipment. They're not worried about that.

That was a great way to put that. They have gutted local communities. And they have played the slickest game on us. And frankly, we keep buying their game. And so the reason I think David Crawley will win, the question is, can he win as big as Chris Taylor won?

Right. Can we get David Crowley and a blue slate across with a 10-point margin? That to me is the ultimate challenge. I mean, I think David has to run as if he's five points down, you know, I heard some polls yesterday that oh, yeah, he's up but to me if I'm David or Inside his campaign, I'm saying you run every day like you're 10 points down

Okay, you have to run Hungrier than anyone has ever been hungry before I'm gonna tell you right now one thing his campaign need to stop is he's seven and ten Text messages every day because you also have the ability to tear people off and I'm like that's it's too much is I Said I was gonna go back and count how many I had gotten and they coming at all times of the day and night and like hey

you can you can overdo some of this stuff and it becomes an irritant so I just want to put free advice free advice take it if you want to but don't inundate my text messages with your campaign you know come on now well okay go ahead I'm sorry and so I think when you when you compare David Crowley and and blue slates

Assembly and in the Senate because like it if David is elected and he doesn't have the Senate and the Assembly Is Obama's second term? We can't right? We can't get it done right? You have to be able to get I have help but the other thing to me that really hit me just being you know older When I when I look at Tom Tiffany because Tom Tiffany is I mean he's

He's 65 and he hit, you know, I saw an ad and he says, you know, he's running for the police, right? But even though his party, as we just talked, gutted local communities, meaning he gutted the police, he defunded the police. So that's just- Not to mention, you do nothing to-

a hundred was it a hundred and seventy two police officers were injured in january six and there were folks that were getting ready to sit by on the sidelines and watch this fun be created people have been parred new partner police and republicans have been silent no no no no they haven't been silent and tiffany is out there voting 100 with trump and trump will that part trump wanted to

create this slush fund and look at they're not done i think they're gonna get it done they want to pay millions of dollars to these haters who attacked

Police, I mean and damage this the United States Capitol and literally had Congressmen and women on the floor hiding and put the Confederate flag on the on the floor for the first time ever ever No, no, I can't believe this is evil and and a Tom Tiffany who doesn't think Juneteenth is of any significance talked about that and Who talks about right taxes?

and reducing taxes but he only really means for the ultimate wealthy and you know you know he is old enough to remember what his party used to run okay and that's why in 1956 people think about this the republican party eisenhower a general

Coming out, you know This is after World War two after right. I mean just like we got Korea, right? I mean Eisenhower's thinking and his 1956 platform Tell me if this doesn't sound like a blue slate blue plant Federal assistance to low-income communities. Okay. This is what the Republicans ran on

extension of social security. Asylum, folks, for thousands of refugees, ex-bellies, and displaced persons. Today, we have Trump and ICE and arresting citizens and, frankly, murdering citizens.

In 1956, Republicans wanted to extend the minimum wage protections to as many more workers as is possible and practicable, improving the unemployment benefit system, protection of the right of workers to organize into unions and to bargain collectively, and to assure equal pay for equal work regardless of sex. Tom Tiffany doesn't stand for it.

any of these. I mean think about this. And one of my favorites, I had to go back and pull it when you were talking. Eisenhower back at that time was specifically also interested in legislation that dealt with disenfranchisement of black voters. And so there were actually things in work being done to help to protect the right to vote.

And we know that Tiffany is a part of this culture of dismantling and creating doubt. And, you know, I mean, look at these. Right. I was a denier, right? Yeah. Here. I was here. I'm on the Elections Commission 2020. Right. There was no fraud. Trump lost. Right.

I mean, look at 2016, tight, tight race. Trump won, right? Hillary lost. We certified Trump. 2020, margin flipped. Trump lost, and he's to this day can't accept that. And look at it, and folks, we've been talking about this. He's coming in November.

Okay ice and they're now their new electronic the gloves the gloves a Lot of people I'm afraid are gonna feel these gloves. I mean this is an election That we all have to be engaged in I'm just very excited that David Crowley is at that top of the ticket that I get to go fight for Because this is truly a unique opportunity for Wisconsin

To rally and here 300,000 voters or plus voted for Francesca, huh? That's young people that are looking for the future and it you know people I listen I Think we should talk about you know when when people talk about Democratic Socialist week, you know that Tiffany's gonna run all over the stuff and he's you know, he's gonna pull the

platform of I don't even know we're there and the craziest stuff but to me for the lesson is we should look at you know look at what Denmark in Denmark you know I have cousins there and my wife and I were there a couple summers ago and we were in a little town where my grandfather had lived and my great-grandfather had built he was a builder

Brick Mason and the waitress waiting on us for breakfast that She'd just come back from New Orleans on vacation and she goes, you know, I feel so sorry for you Americans I was in New Orleans and they're homeless and waitresses were all they were worried about is medical bills What were they gonna do with their kids how their kids were gonna get to school how they were going to retire and she goes

You know here in Denmark we have a structure in a society and a tax structure because there are tons of very very wealthy people in Denmark and Copenhagen But this is the waitress and she said I have never once worried about health care. I Have never once worried about retirement

and I never once worried about where my kid was going to go to school. And I don't know why we as Wisconsinites and Americans don't just adopt that worldview. We could have all of that simply by redesigning, I mean, you don't have to do, I mean, Eisenhower almost got there, right? I mean, that taxing the rich

Paying attention to unions created the middle class that used to be the envy of the world Right, so now it's time for us to look to Denmark if if a waitress is happy and Content because they're not worried about this. Why don't we aim high? Well, I'm just gonna say

understanding the system that we have, the mind shift that is required. And the folks who are in power and have an undue influence, amount of influence on the way things get done in this country, it literally requires, when they talk about waking a sleeping giant, people rising up, because you have 1%

5% of the wealthiest people in this country making decisions for everybody else by way of where they put their money Yeah, and the tech we got maybe six white guys gonna decide the whole future of AI and our lives, right? This is insane. It is completely insane And so, you know, I talked to folks that are from China who talk about the cost of health care compared to what it is in the States and it is

crazy that we accept this when you look at what was done under Biden to get insulin prices down and you realize that we're being gouged at every turn. We like I had to go to the emergency room on Friday and all I could think about is what is this getting ready to cost me. I had someone call me and say

When you talk about a legislature, when you talk about what was done for the auto industry, but for the healthcare industry, I had a listen to the show and a friend call and he said, hey, I think this is something we're talking about on your show one day. My mother passed away two years ago. We had a life insurance policy on her. But because of her income, she was eligible for the state to help, you know, with her like nursing home costs and all that.

Two years after the mom dies, the state sends a letter to her family saying, hey, we heard there was a life insurance policy. We want our money back. And then he found out from an attorney that no, your policy was purchased before the legislature changed the law.

So you're fine. But anybody else who bought that policy and, you know, for a lot of people, this is an opportunity to potentially pay off that family house, to pay off cars, to pay down some of the debt that the parent had, you know, whatever it is. And like.

And then in my case, I'm paying the premium on my mother's life insurance. My mother wasn't, this wasn't her policy. It was my policy. So how do you come after my policy that I paid for? My mother had nothing to do with it. That blew me away, but that also speaks to a legislature.

When you look at who's interest people are carrying forward. So that's why it also becomes important about who's sitting in that governor's office has the ability to veto or allow a bill to move forward as well. Yeah, you know, but It takes all of us to be engaged and my final comment on Tuesday on last Tuesday the primary turnout for Dems was

at almost record highs that showed me that there is a hunger right at the street level to imagine something bigger now it's up to david and his team to put that put together that coalition i mean you know francesca hung had 7 000 volunteers they had 300 000 votes out and didn't hit

They didn't run major TV, right? So there is a lot to learn, a lot to sew together. But if we do work with each other and remember that mega Tiffany and Trump are the existential danger to everything we do, right? Everything we do.

and how we think. I'm very, very, very hopeful. And just from the business point of view and representing injured people, having a governor and a legislature that is open to consumers instead of just the industry bosses is absolutely necessary for all of us. And to me,

that Tuesday and David Crowley and his example and his guts and creative and unifying imagination. It was a happy day. All right. Well, look, that is the show for this morning. Folks have had an opportunity, you know, to think about number one. I've been saying, I said this when he first entered the race.

the work, real work began, you know, on August 12th. How do you mobilize? How do you get him across the finish line? What can people do? It's not just enough to show up at the polls. It's going to require, you know, so much more. So I'll be talking about that in the coming future. But for folks that have any questions or concerns, the legal advice may need some help. How do they reach you? You know,

You go to GTW, lawyers on the internet, you find us, you call 414-837-4167-414-837-4167, Jim Grass, Thompson, and Wax. We're here for you, all in to win for you. And at a bigger scale, to stand with you and accompany you because

We all have to create and make this a more perfect union. All right. All right, family. That is the Scales of Justice for this month. I want to thank Attorney Mark Thompson for joining us. Let me take a quick commercial break. I said we got calls on the line. I'll get you in. We'll be right back. The work we're doing at Ville is absolutely bringing access to the water for people. To be able to have this job to help keep our rivers clean and our lake clean is the greatest thing I could ask to be doing for my time.

It feels good. You're accomplishing something that is truly helping everybody in the community I was born and raised in. Water is our greatest resource. We all need it to survive. Veolia is 100% doing great work. When we wanted to expand access for folks in need of bikes, we turned to Veolia.

The result, the new Violia EcoPass program that has dramatically increased access to our bike share system for folks all throughout our community. Connecting students to schools, people looking for work with employers, the community with parks. Thanks to our partnership with Violia, Bubbler Bikes is serving more people than ever before. Those are Milwaukee values.

I'm Jim Playset. I'm the executive director of the Historic Third Ward Association and also a resident of the Historic Third Ward. Somebody's got to manage this, right, and care for our waterways and care for the treatment of our waterways. We couldn't do it without MMSD and Veolia. They've just been a great partner as long as I've known them. It's just been an amazing recovery for this body of water. MMSD and Veolia have been a big part of getting that clean and enjoyable for all of us.

We have been in business here for 14 years. I believe the rivers are the cleanest they've ever been. We get lots of people on our rivers and canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards. People are happy to be here and it's growing every year. We love our partnership with Violia. They help the kayak company grow. I definitely don't think we would be here without Violia and MMSD. Clean water is essential.

Alright family, welcome back to the show. So I got to call it a hell through the break. I want to get them in. Let me also just acknowledge why and I didn't have my phone by me when I was talking to attorney Thompson. But I just got it off the charger and noticed that I had gotten some text messages, one of which a regular listener to the show. I hear from his sister every day. She said my daughter lived in Copenhagen Denmark for four years. She never worried about lack of health care.

Denmark was known as the happiest city on earth. So here is somebody right here in town when Mark is talking about what they experienced, what the waitress said, that we have black folks that notice to be true, have family members that are experiencing this for themselves. And I got two other text messages that also validated that whole piece about health care.

Why we do what we do during the break I welcome another guest into the studio But we started talking about the whole health care piece and how folks are actually honestly out here struggling in this country and You know people are afraid to go to the doctor afraid to go to the emergency room don't want to accumulate bills and

then people are being denied left and right, you know, care that could potentially extend their life or save their life in some cases. So it is frustrating. So I'm gonna get these two calls in, then I'm gonna get to my guest at the studio. Let me go to the phone line. Hey, Coller, what's happening? Hey, good morning. Good morning. How you doing this morning? I'm blessed. I was trying to get in. I didn't know what the lawyer actually take home, but he talked about how self-principle home.

Hang on, you sound a little muffled. You got us on speaker. Yeah, there you go. All right, thank you. She has 7,000 young, white jobs just like ourselves. I'm sorry, did you say young, wack jobs? Yeah, young, wack jobs. Check this out. The lawyer was talking, talking about healthcare, but he forgot if we ever go to a real, fully social society, what does that do for the lawyers?

he become everybody become have a public pretender because they'll be state appointed ain't no look at the country that's got it they've got state appointed okay how much money you got you're not going to be able to really there's no private lawyers it's all state uh derived derived it's all put together by the states so that would actually put lawyers here in america out of business why i'm sitting there listening to him and then he never addressed the fact

that what about the housing situation? Which you got black landlords, we are ready to lose it. Our kids would be sitting around saying, we used to have all of that stuff, but now look, they got it. Who is they? We're giving it away for them right now. And some people are so beholding to whatever belief or oath they took it in the past that they gonna sit back and push the demise of this on their team because it would compound every year on top of your regular city taxes. And it's going by assessment.

Nobody has no real, what you call it, appraisal going here. We're going off the city assessment value. Please, if you love your people, you will be telling them, look, man, I ain't heard quality address that. I think he's scared too, because if he do that, he gonna run head on into the school board, which we know as a real powerful union, you know, and they spent a lot of money. So I don't know if he's gonna address it. I know he's not. If he get in office, I can't see him saying.

This gotta stop right now. Gotta say grandma's whatever was left to me or whatever. His own house. See these are real issues that other stuff don't mean nothing to me. And if it comes down to it and we do some kind of way evolve into a social society fully, you're gonna have a public defender and everybody gonna be on magic here while you keep talking about Medicaid. It's all gonna be a state reinvestment. No care how much money you got. You won't be able to get the doctor your choice.

the best surgeon of your choice. So some stuff is just real now. I'm gonna get out of here with that because somebody's gonna come behind me, not looking at where they really is, and shoot me down with the nonsense on their mind until they're about five years in, they can't afford to pay them taxes.

own that house when they gotta walk away for 30 years. Thank you, bro. I appreciate it. And just so you know, yeah, I am gonna be the shooter. I just got a guest in the studio so I can't get you right now, but I'm gonna circle back. Yeah, I definitely am gonna be the shooter. Let me catch this last caller. Hey, caller, what's happening? Good morning, Michelle. Thank you for taking my call. No problem. I'd rather enjoy the interview you had from the guy that was on. But you know something.

When Tiffany is talking about David Crawley is with his smile because he smiles all the time. They picked that picture to do this. Number one, we're in the predicament that we're in because of the Republicans, legislators up there in Madison. If they were to give us the money that we're entitled to, we wouldn't be in the bind that we're in and people will be able to live.

So, he's not causing it. One man is not causing it. We have to get intelligent. And I really like how he said, Hong had 7,000 people working. That's a machinery that we need to really pull together and work and keep it in place. And let's forget all this other bull crap and let's start working together. We all live on a block.

Get out of your house walk down your block and encourage people to go in both And if they need a ride that you will take them, but you know another thing You still have to call to make sure but right across the street That person may not go to the same pole that you go to So you have to find all those things out and when people come in and they be making calls want me to come out and make all these phone calls no

I want to work the area that I'm familiar with, that I've been working in this community, that people don't turn out and vote like they should, but apparently they must have got out and did something. Those are the areas we need to work to heart it. And let's stop giving people so much airtime. Give us some solutions. And stop bringing us a whole bunch of drama. Because if we don't do something for our children,

We're going to be, we're going to be hurting. And the people don't waste time putting a nail in somebody else's coffin. They're doing that for themselves. Let's get about the business and not be like crabs in a jar pulling each other down because we're all on the same chip. And what we need to be doing is sending out that Republican party because they are not doing what they need to be doing for the people, the people in the rural areas.

And the people are in the central city, which they like to call the inner city, are suffering the same. And we need to wake up. All right. And show them just how you're going to vote for them when they actually come in November. Stay home. All right. Thank you. They have you all sewed up. And then look at the next dumb thing, and then I'm going to get off of it. Up there in New York, where Trump

the raid his attorney general there. No, it was in Washington where he said the reflection pool that this Olympic person ruined it. He went along with it, got the facts, brought it back, cleared him because it was a business that did not know what they were doing. And one man could not have destroyed that pool. So now all of a sudden he calls her to the White House

And now it's been a whole thing to heart. And now it don't get a special, uh, one of these courts that, you know, you go to, what do they call it? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. That's okay. I got you. I'm up against the break though. And I got a guessing studio.

Wait, wait, wait. Hang on. Let me let me stop you because I'm up against the break and I got to guess the studio. So thank you so much. I appreciate the call, but let me take my break so I can respect the time of the guests. All right, family. I'll be right back. The work we're doing at Ville is absolutely bringing access to the water for people.

To be able to have this job to help keep our rivers clean and our lake clean is the greatest thing I could ask to be doing for my time. It feels good. You're accomplishing something that is truly helping everybody in the community I was born and raised in. Water is our greatest resource. We all need it to survive. Veolia is 100% doing great work. When we wanted to expand access for folks in need of bikes, we turned to Veolia.

The result, the new Violia EcoPass program that has dramatically increased access to our bike share system for folks all throughout our community. Connecting students to schools, people looking for work with employers, the community with parks. Thanks to our partnership with Violia, Bubbler Bikes is serving more people than ever before. Those are Milwaukee values.

I'm Jim Playset. I'm the executive director of the Historic Third Ward Association and also a resident of the Historic Third Ward. Somebody's got to manage this, right, and care for our waterways and care for the treatment of our waterways. We couldn't do it without MMSD and Veolia. They've just been a great partner as long as I've known them. It's just been an amazing recovery for this body of water. MMSD and Veolia have been a big part of getting that clean and enjoyable for all of us.

We have been in business here for 14 years. I believe the rivers are the cleanest they've ever been. We get lots of people on our rivers and canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards. People are happy to be here and it's growing every year. We love our partnership with Violia. They help the kayak company grow. I definitely don't think we would be here without Violia and MMSD. Clean water is essential.

Look, so I say that I have a guest at the studio. I just happened to look up I did not say good morning to my folks on Facebook and YouTube I see y'all going in like crazy I gotta go back now and scroll through and read all these comments But the first thing I see when I looked up. Hey camera Way to represent Nova High School the place where a student can get a real chance to realize their potential inside and outside the classroom

By the way, I met a Nova graduate at Stay Fear who was working as a greeter. So I just want you to know, somebody saw you on camera, recognized your face. It was like, hey, Carol. So let me introduce you to the rest of the listening audience for folks that may not be familiar with you first time on the show. Carol Buck.

Yes. Uh, and what's the title over at Nova? I am the co-director over at Nova along with Dr. Teacher Myers. Okay, so it is wonderful to have you in the building today. And, uh, for folks that are not familiar with Nova High School, uh, tell us a little bit about the school. So, Nova High School, right there on 23rd in Berla, has been in existence, first of all, for 30 plus years. Okay. Started off, uh, 1993.

as a Milwaukee partnership school with Milwaukee Public Schools. We recently transitioned, we're part of the Milwaukee Purchase Marino Choice Program now, and we are a small school with a big purpose. Really? Well...

Our purpose is to continue to service our community. Those same students who have been in the Burlai 5306, 53212, 1-6 community, we are still there to service these kids. And welcoming a new traditional type program as well as continue to serve in their rescue.

So let me just back up for a second, because a lot of folks may not know a lot about you. So have you spent most of your career at NOVA or you've worked across the district? I've worked across many educational programs. I worked with Milwaukee Partnership Schools for 16 years. I was with CYD. Oh, OK. So I worked for CYD School of Excellence for 16 years. I have been at NOVA since 2020.

I came in during the pandemic, did some coaching for a few years between the closure of CYD.

and coming to Nova. And during the pandemic, I thought it might be wise to just come back into a building to try to make that transition back after we came back from COVID. So I've been there since 2020. So let me just ask you, because the population of young people that you are working with, in some cases, some of these kids can have the hardest times. They can have some of the most difficult home situations.

difficult you know starts to their academic career may not have always gotten all the supports that they've needed and when you think about folks that

have the luxury of saying who gets into a school who doesn't get into a school who gets help aid and resources and who may get slighted. You know, frequently I would get so frustrated as I am talking to young people and I'm literally as they are talking to me, I'm saying in my mind, somebody is failing you academically. Academically and sometimes they have experienced so much trauma.

in their elementary school years and in their youth that they lack the confidence. They don't believe. So what we try to do is try to help restore.

that belief, that confidence, coming in, we try to focus on what we call their intellectual courage. Help them to see that this is just one moment in time in their lives and help them be a part of planning what's next for them. Help them learning to strengthen that each one teach one and we are community. Life teaches us a lot. Now sometimes just worry about you.

Well, that's just worry about you. Yeah, we have to be independent and we have to set our own past. But there's a bigger world out here. And that's what we try to teach the kids that you are connected to other people. So intellectual courage.

humanity and so that they can build a sense of integrity in themselves and they can take that trauma and turn it into something good to show their little brothers and sisters. So oftentimes they come from very serious challenges, but we meet students where they are.

And and help them grow and I'm glad you brought that piece in because that was the other part of what I was going to say that I've looked at these kids or young people and hear them talking and I'm like you've been failed academically you've been failed in terms of family support emotionally, you know, so many of them Children have not had an opportunity to be children have had to grow up way too fast. You know, I'm gonna just tell you I'm in the midst of helping someone who is going through

homelessness or housing and security as they say today. But I'm watching the child connected to this situation. And this little boy has the saddest eyes. And there are moments when he sees me coming that his eyes either light up because he knows something is about to be taken care of or we're about to move again. And you know,

we don't appreciate how that will show up always in school. And he will get in front of this teacher and the teacher have like not a ton of information. All you know is this child can't do any of the things that they should be able to do entering first grade. So the population of young people that you are serving at NOVA in terms of graduation are these students that

are on track for graduation, need additional assistance. What kind of students are you serving? So we're serving two-fold right now, but traditionally we've served that student who was over-aged under credit. So we have an 18 credit track for that person so that they don't have to give up. We kind of fast-track them to get those

Key are graduation requirements. So let me back up for a second. You say overage under credit. So like what would that look like? So that looks like a year old, 20 year old. So anyone from like 18 to 21, you know, who may have not fair where the freshman year of school. So now that's put them back a year for their estimated graduation day. So we're able to take a look at where there are and get them some additional, put them on an 18 credit track, get them some additional.

independent studies or either some online course to help them recoup those credits.

and give them on what they call the state an alternative track, an 18 credit track. Eliminate some of those electives and get them to score credits so that they can get on and get into life. So what's the other side? The other is a 22 credit, which is a traditional credit track. Those additional electives that makes a student more around those students who are on track for graduation. And so you've been there now since COVID. So what are you seeing? I mean,

because we worry about graduation rates. We talk about 9% literacy rate in this state. It's been difficult even students. So how well what's it been like? It's been difficult even with coming back to the classroom post COVID. We saw additional years being added to that academic successfulness in students. Them being during COVID, their students expressed that some of them never even signed on.

those years if they were already behind that put them at an additional deficit. So like wait wait wait because yeah so we can keep up. So you're saying that we go to a point where kids are now at home. Chromebooks have been sent home. Everybody's supposed to be logging into school from home and there were some students that never even did that piece. Never even did that piece. We found ourselves with students who transitioned from eighth grade

And now they're 17 and this is their real first or traditional first year back in school. What? Yes. So this is our reality. We don't even think sometimes I think as a community about that lost that lost period of COVID when school is out and how these kids because you know and then there were kids like they have not had any traditional high school experience so that.

cognitive development, social development and growth. They've missed all of that. They've missed all of that. So schools are really in a tough spot. So then the kids are coming back to school and they lack the social skills. They are emotionally distraught. COVID did a lot mentally to all of us. But it's hard to see sometimes like.

I'm sure if you ask a lot of parents about how their child came through COVID, they would tell you, oh, fine. No problem. But how does this show up? It shows up through technology. The kids live behind the camera. They created a persona of wellness that really didn't exist. Social media and technology often gives students a mask.

to hide some of those. Wait, wait, wait. I got to take a break when we come back. Some like this needs to be the title of a series that they lived behind the camera. A mask behind that camera. Let me let me take a break.

Carol Butch y'all from Nova High School is in the building saying some things that many of us may not have thought about and trying to make sure that folks know there's a place for students who may need additional assistance and help. There's a place for them and we want to get folks started off right going into this upcoming school year. Let me take a break. I'll be right back.

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All right, folks. So we are back. I'm joining studio by Carol Butts, co-director over at Nova High School. And before we went to break, she had made a statement. And I just wanted her to expand a little bit on it, then also give contact information for folks that may be interested in talking to you all about their child attending Nova or a young person who hears it themselves. And like, you know what? This may be a better fit for me. But you made a statement. You used the phrase, living behind the camera.

Can you help me with that? So what I mean by that is everybody knows we live in a society where our students get their news, they get their information, and they live their lives through social media, you know, whatever platform that they use. But in exercising that, they aren't always being their authentic sales. Right.

Right. They're creating a lifestyle that gets them accepted of acceptance. So they live behind this camera and they it's it's not often often not real. So when we get them in school and you're 17 and you're vulnerable to try to seek academics or to try to try, they lack that courage because now.

This is real. Yeah, it's the real deal. This is real. You can't put a filter on this lens. You can't dress it up. You can either read or you can't. Right. You can do the work or you can't. Exactly. But what we encourage is we're here for that student.

We want to help you build that confidence to try because this is your future and we try to set pathways in place to help them be the architects of their own future and Slowly build that confidence. I had a couple of students who would not use their voice last year and through working with them wouldn't talk they never spoke and

Actually, one of them came on the radio last year, you know, so teaching them to find their voice so that they can live their authentic selves, be themselves and believe in themselves. We have to restructure that. So at Nova, we are family. So for folks that are interested, want to learn more about the program, what should they do? So you can go to our website, novahighschool.org. You can also call the school 414.

eight seven four oh two eight three and schedule an appointment to come in and take a tour say the number again four one four eight seven four oh two eight three okay and you can they can call and schedule they can call and schedule an appointment take a tour or you can go on our website and fill out an application we are currently enrolling we are a family and we offer a relationship centered

atmosphere and environment and a pathway to your kids getting the high school diploma. So someone asked in the chat, they said, did she say Dr. Lucisha Myers was over there? Yes, we welcome Dr. Myers in as my co-director this year and we are looking to make a difference. We're looking to bring our kids back into

their academic lives. All right. So I want to thank you so much for making time for us this morning. And let me do this community before I get out of here. There are a lot of folks that pay attention to what goes on down. Racine Kenosha in the faith community. If you had not heard Bishop Lawrence Kirby senior has passed away. Racine County joins the community in mourning the passing of Bishop Lawrence L Kirby senior deeply respected.

faith leader, mentor, community advocate whose impact reached across generations. Through his leadership as St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church of Racine, recognized as Wisconsin's oldest African-American church, Bishop Kirby helped strengthen not only his congregation, but the broader Racine community. His work extended beyond the walls of the church through years of service, partnership and guidance and supportive families, young people, and community-centered programming. Among his many contributions, Bishop Kirby created the

Godfather's Godson's program, providing mentorship, supporting positive guidance for black youth as they grew into adulthood. There are a number of things that he also helped to do, create the St. Paul Gardens Apartments, affordable senior housing. He is someone who's going to be truly missed. And I'm gonna just say this, politically when I...

have had to travel the state and bring candidates in and work with local faith leaders. Bishop Kirby was always in the mix and made sure I knew who to talk to when I came to Racine, Kenosha area. So I want to personally send my condolences to the family, to the congregants and the family.

friends and our community members that love this brother. He was a giant in his own right. So with that being said, that is a wrap for the show today. Let me thank attorney Mark Thompson and also Carol Butts who joined us this morning. Family, it's a bunch I got to get to tomorrow. Couldn't do it today, but make sure you catch me. Michelle Bond, WNOV, 860 AM, one on 6.5 FM. Bros in the building. Appreciate y'all. Talk to y'all later. Peace.

Good morning.

Good morning.

What's happening family?

Welcome to the show.

It is Michelle.

Brian here at WNOV 860 AM 106.5 FM.

You are listening to say something real.

And, uh, just like to say, uh, my per usual thank you to the Milwaukee police department, uh, for nobody being out.

I just want to thank the good men and women in blue for being somewhere else and not on Capitol Drive when I was coming down the street this morning.

Yeah, I don't know what Alexa was on, but she did not wake me up this morning.

She overslept.

So Alexa overslept.

And I know I'm messing up.

blank in people's houses by saying the word.

Keep saying

it.

Yep.

And so there's, I didn't catch that.

Could you, you know, that's, cause that's what she'll tell you.

I didn't hear that.

I didn't catch that.

Could you repeat it?

But yeah, I just happened to open my eyes and say, Hey, what time is it?

Like five 18, five 18.

No.

So I was, I was, I was behind.

Um, but I am here.

Lots to talk about this morning.

Let me say good morning to the brothers in the building.

What up, D-Bob?

How you doing this morning, sir?

Good morning, Michelle.

I am blessed and highly favored.

Not certainly would be remiss.

Oh, here we go.

I have to give you that.

I have to give you that one since you threw it at me last week.

Here we

go.

But yeah, just want to say this quickly to the community, a legend and icon in this city that's been around a long time, boss hall.

is in the hospital and it looks kind of rough, y'all.

So if you can get a prayer past the ceiling, pray for the legendary DJ Balls Hall.

Now, I'm not familiar with this brother.

Who was he?

Oh, he's been around forever.

He used to work for an OV back in the day.

Still a club job, but just very well known and very well liked, you know, works for the city also.

So pretty popular dude.

Okay.

He was he was actually coming in on Saturdays on my blues blue show as well.

So, you know, folks folks knowing.

All right.

Well, certainly, you know, let's give him a second dose of Jesus, but certainly will keep him uplifted in prayer, as the good church folks say.

You are right, though.

Yeah, but I'm you know, I don't mean no harm, but I said if you can get a prayer past the ceiling so you go Wait a minute

Wait a minute.

You said if you can get a prayer past the seal Huh, you know what I could take the bait, but it's early.

I'm not sharp this

morning.

I know

because I'm still I'm still

sleeping.

You think her prayer go past the ceiling

Man, listen, that's between her and God.

It is it is so so we take what we can get Michelle

between her and God, man I think it gets to the third floor

You

know what?

So since he ride with me today,

I go

say nothing

about him.

But I

kind of heard the shot within the shot.

You know, that's why I'm a come for him right away.

I'm a come for him

right away.

No, because I

told Keith I was going

to

wait to his show.

But I can't be here for his show because I was like, no, Keith, we're going to do it together.

We're going to do it together.

Go ahead, I'd like to hear this.

Let me, let

me, let me say good morning

first, let me say good morning

first.

Good morning, Mr. Rhino.

Come on with it.

Come on with it,

baby.

I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I

just, I just, I

just, I

just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just,

I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I

just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just,

I just, I just, I just,

I just, I just, I just, I just, I just, I just,

You gotta

do what you gotta do.

Don't do it.

You gotta do what you gotta do.

Because if you think you ain't about to get this smoke.

If you think.

Hey, she told me I'm gonna

say yo,

I'm gonna say.

I mean, and it really wasn't my idea.

It was Keith's idea.

I'm gonna get him too.

But for folks who may be wondering on Saturday had the Friday Friday Friday.

That's right.

Saturday.

I was at, um, well, I set up set up for the neon block, but on Friday, Jermaine Reed had, I mean, Jermaine Reed, Jermaine Ryder.

See, because I'm too busy trying to get to it.

That's why I got, you know, his little angels try to trip me up.

His mama praying.

She listed like, come on now, don't do my baby like that.

So she praying.

And you know, that's the whole church family.

So they praying and he tried to trip me up.

But Jermaine had his birthday party.

And so, you know,

Of course, I came fashionably late.

Keith was there when the door is

open.

Of course, you know, I come fashionably late.

And Mr. Roddow is on the stage actually playing.

And I was like, oh, you play at your own birthday party.

So that was cool.

Singing a little couple of tunes.

I was like, oh, my goodness.

Star studded all the little entertainers in the city and some some national folks in the building.

I'm like, okay, okay.

Then I turned around and look and I'm like, is that Omar Gooding?

Uh, Cuba Gooding's brother, like the man who does all the plays and you know, on all the little TV shows.

Yes, it was.

So, you know, I'm like, I hear seeing stars at Jemaine's party.

But.

Don't you do it.

Jermaine was dressed impeccably.

Was that a gray suit you had on?

Gray suit.

It was hitting.

It was hitting.

And nice tie.

And do decided.

I had to have a pop.

He was going to have on some statement shoes.

I had

to have a pop.

So this dude had all some Ruby raids.

Keith's parents was like, to click his heels three times.

There's no place my home.

And of course, Jermaine called click his heels.

Oh my God.

And then Keith said, it sounds silly, Keith's jokes.

Because Keith said, oh.

We couldn't afford red bottoms, so we got red tops.

Hey, by the way, I'm sure it was a few hundred dollars, man.

So you know, I was like, hello, Keith.

I said, they look like they cost a little change.

They cost a change.

And Keith was like, they do.

But that does not change.

You know Keith is ultra

concerned

He

ain't gonna step out the box to save his life.

If Rondo were there drowning, he ain't stepping out the box.

He's gonna be like, dang, baby, we done had a good run.

He ain't stepping out the box.

Whatever the little routine's supposed to be with the little gear, that's what Keith's gonna have on.

He ain't a line stepper.

As Keon would say, he's not a line stepper.

But Jermaine?

Yeah.

Jermaine is a line step.

Oh, man.

Oh, bitch.

Dude, the red shoes.

Oh, my God.

Oh,

not away.

Yes.

I heard y'all last week.

about.

I didn't hear that.

I didn't hear that.

I wish

I was

listening directly.

Yeah,

that's what brought it back.

Oh my

God.

It was so good to see Carvey.

I met your maids.

This is a met your daughter

because I knew

your son and

That's a handsome child.

So I met you.

I mean saw your son met your daughter Yeah, she a cute little thing

like

I could see my brothers and my daddy now like I keep on

her keep a

leash on give them away from her so So how are you birthday

man?

You

recovered?

Yeah, well man after the party

Left for the party on my car.

Somebody said Dorothy would be envious of those

movies.

Hey, wait till you see.

Hey, people, I'm gonna see your pictures that

you put on

the

screen.

Okay, let's do it.

Somebody say

Dorothy from the woods of the

woods.

Yes.

I'm gonna say

that the Divas.

Yes, they

was, they was rubies.

Like my red glasses don't have nothing on them shoes.

As soon as you walked in, the light was hitting them.

They was twinkling and

carrying it on.

No place like home.

No place like home.

No, but after that, I ended up going down to...

Somebody said send pictures.

No, I'm about

to send

pictures.

Post pictures.

I said, uh... Oh, I got some on my phone.

Yeah,

send them pictures.

Send the good ones to me.

Send me the good ones.

I

was taking pictures.

I got them on my phone.

Yeah, send me the good ones, because you're not gonna send them good ones.

You hear me?

Hold

on.

I'll get those right on screen.

So much that is he a cappa.

Heck no,

he ain't no

cappa.

It's great because I took a picture with my home girl and I didn't know that people thought that we was a couple because I had on a gray suit with red shoes.

She had on a red dress with

gray shoes, but we didn't talk

like

at all.

So they was like, Hey,

hey, hey, don't try to dress this up.

Let me see.

Is it that

one?

Send me that one.

Yeah.

Okay.

No, I got the close up though.

No, you say that one.

Send that one.

Send that one.

Why?

She was at a public party.

Yeah,

I'm just saying she was at a public party.

So while Jermaine is doing I'm doing a show.

I'm trying to be professional.

I'm going to get him out.

But I just I really wanted to be here with Keith to do it.

I ain't gonna be able to stay.

Yeah, we was we was plotting already.

And I'm talking about the one liners.

Oh my God, man.

Now you know I shoot back.

Dave Chappelle worthy.

You hear me?

Now you know

I shoot back now.

Ain't nobody scared.

Ain't nobody scared.

Because let me be clear.

Whatever shooting you do, you better be in the direction of keep fair.

Nothing better come my way.

I ain't taking no strides.

Nothing better come my way.

Because I'm telling you right now.

No sir.

It ain't my fault you had the big red shoes

on.

No, no, you're

red shoes.

I'm just like, mm, look at sexy.

Sexy

of me.

I saw as

soon as I came

in.

I should have crossed

the flow line.

You should have did to George Jefferson and just eased on down, baby, because, yeah, I did.

I said, don't you carry nothing that might be alone now.

Because you know we did the whiz we do we do the Wizard of Oz we were singing the whiz over at our table I'm just saying so I'm gonna wait I'll see if Keith actually says anything

because you

know he may he may just be like

Michelle ruined it.

No, but I want to say I really do appreciate everybody that came out sale Keith

He

put them on the screen.

Take them down.

Take them down.

There they

go.

There they go.

Yeah, Michelle.

They can't see that yet.

I'm saving it now.

Oh,

okay.

See you.

Yeah.

Okay.

Okay.

Uh, yeah.

Uh, yeah.

Get down to them shoes, bro.

But I did I did concede they look like they cost a few dollars that they

did They

were celebrity worthy.

No now you gotta have and I mean you and Leo you got you can carry off the attitude to wear them shoes

They was popping baby.

I mean the way you got to write stuff around it.

It's gone It's gone Everything

Uh, you know, I clean up and you know, put on the clear

drum roll, please.

Don't you do

it?

Your your gear is not what necessarily makes you.

It's a well just

in the city and around us.

The lady got on what that is.

She got on

that.

Well, we don't mind her.

Just some of them shoes.

Just some of them shoes.

And as you can see, it's a quality shoe.

Like the like the toe on them.

Um, they actually are some bad shoes,

but you know, the grip on them

too.

It was unexpected.

Call us off guard.

We didn't know.

So, you know, uh, I just want to say kudos to a brother.

So, all right, let me, uh, turn.

We got callers.

Well, we got callers.

Let me go to the phone line.

Hey, caller.

What's happening?

Hello?

Hello.

Hey, Michelle.

Hey, how you doing this morning?

You know, chilling, chilling.

Hey, um, I, uh, wanted to, did I ever tell you about my friend named David?

Uh, no, I don't think so.

So he got pulled over by the cops the other day.

Okay.

And they asked him his name and

he

said, well, my name is David.

And I said, excuse me, sir, do you have a speech impediment?

He said, no, my dad does, but the guy who filled out my birth certificate was a real asshole.

That's the dumbest thing I've

ever heard in my life.

No,

but when it day,

he has your cut.

So, hang up on

him.

Just go ahead.

Oh, he hung up first?

Yeah, because you know, hang up

on

him.

That's not fair to my daddy to talk like that.

You know what?

I will not be participating.

I'm serious.

My daddy really do talk like that.

You know what?

Whatever.

Um go to the next line.

He's just that's how you're going to start my day, bro.

Hey, hey, Caller.

What's happening?

That morning, 860 Derrick O V to number one station ending.

country is big.

Say it, bro.

You know what I'm saying?

Increase the peace, stop the violence, and make sure the kids have a book bag and a hat that's coming up.

It's going to be cold again.

It's going to be cold, you know what I'm saying?

We've got to take care of the community, stop the violence, man, and get the kids to die.

There's some, there's folks in the community, the blocks, by the popsicle.

I'm an ice cream.

The ice cream truck comes out of the street every day.

That's it?

Yeah, so clean it.

So clean the community up, man.

Let's make our community a safe and a beautiful environment in our way, Mackie, and our eyes.

Thank you, Ray.

I appreciate you, Ray.

Conscientious Mack.

You know, I'm just saying, everybody, he remind me of P.D.

Green.

He remind me of P.D.

Green.

I'm all for it.

Uh, so let me, let me, let me say this.

Yeah, they, they're getting it.

They at you.

Uh, uh, somebody did not say, write on me down with shoes out of red, but y'all.

If you can't be appropriate in the chat we will have to delete your comments.

As long

as they're not directed at me.

Somebody said wear them on Christmas So look let me get into a couple quick things cuz I guess this morning Let me get this collar.

Hey, Carla.

What's happening?

We did just a little bit just a little bit

Let me be clear player There are photos of me fly to death I might add and I'll be happy to get mine posted as well

Yeah, because you know, I'm like, if the party started at 7, then you gotta tell Michelle the party started at 6.

The party

went to like midnight man.

I'm not gonna be there for five hours.

Yeah, it was a concert extravaganza.

I'm

just telling you it was an extravaganza.

It was like phases to the party DJ live performances the band the guest drummers DJ

No, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,

no,

That you know, I don't know who comes to a party as soon as it starts.

That's just madness to me

Right and I

mean

everybody know that

so they got time to get warmed up before we get there and then we ready to party but man This this dude did a whole lineup man.

It was like

I said

I wanted

to get to like a couple things before I think I got guests coming in this morning.

I'm not sure but I think so Jermaine asked me the question

As soon as I walked in the door, I'm gonna talk about it after I take this break.

But I am so tired of folks not knowing how to go somewhere and act like they got good sense.

I don't understand how state fair becomes WWF for way too many children, young people in our community.

Like that's what is for that's not what state fair is for and then when we get the complaints about we don't have nothing in our community Because it's always a few that mess it up for the masses So I'm gonna take a break when we come back.

How will officer got punched in the face

What?

Officer

police officer got punched in

the face.

Oh, they getting tired.

I'll be right back

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And OK, we're

following breaking news from State Fair Park.

Police tell 12 News an officer was punched in the face tonight just before the fair was set to end.

12 News is TJ Dysart joins us live from State Fair Park in West Dallas.

TJ, you were seeing a chaotic scene right as the fair closed there.

Yeah, that's right, Kendall.

We've just learned some new information literally within the last 10 minutes from when you first came to us out here at State Fair Park.

We now know that multiple officers were attacked that coming from officers on scene and eyewitnesses right now.

I want to give you a look at the main entrance here.

This entrance gets you right into Spin City.

We're told this is exactly where this happened.

When you came to us earlier, if we take a look over here, not as many people here in the front entrance as we saw just about 10 minutes ago.

Officers here to the left on their horses, making sure people are cleared out earlier at the top of the hour.

They told folks that we're

are hanging out here, that this is not the space to be waiting for your cars telling them to go over to other directions.

So they've obviously cleared this out somewhat since you last come to us.

But I want to give you a look at some video from when we first got here, because this was the chaotic scene.

Again, just within the last 10 minutes, this video was taken.

You can see dozens of people in the middle of the front entrance.

Again, Kendall, as you mentioned, according to an officer here on scene, we're told that this involved an officer getting punched in the face.

And then we're told multiple fights broke out after that.

We are still trying to work on details.

is to learning if the officer getting attacked is what started these fights, or if this went on during officers trying to break up other fights.

Of course, those are questions we'll keep pressing Milwaukee Police for.

As far as the officers on scene here, on their horses, on the bicycles, we're told that everybody out here in the front entrance is OK.

So some good news for them as well, Kendall, as they try and continue to clear just a little dozen of people that are still out here waiting for cars.

But as of right now, I can report to you that it's safe at the moment.

Nothing going on it now, but still quite a chaotic scene.

the last day of the state fair here.

Right.

Just an unfortunate and violent way to end the state fair this year.

Thank you so much.

TJ reporting line for us in West Alice.

All right, folks.

So I wanted to take a minute to do that.

We do have our guest in attorney Mark Thompson this morning.

But you know, this is a reoccurring thing.

Uh, state fair and I know that the organizers of state fair while they are always excited.

to bring the fair every year, all the different, you know, competitions, agricultural offerings, you know, the entertainment lineup, they don't shy away from doing things that include everybody in the community.

I think Ron Isley performed out there, although, you know, some of those acts will skew a little bit older, but without fail, every year,

we have a situation and it's like young people are waiting for the fear for that opportunity to go and get into some nonsense that usually ends up in physical fights and folks being you know hurt and I just you get so tired

of trying to defend the need to create space and opportunity for people only to have a few people come and mess it up every time.

People gotta hate to see us coming if I can just be candid for five seconds because the actions of a few young black teens becomes the reputation or the character of the entire black community.

I don't know how many times when I was young, my mother and grandfather and my dad, they always imparted to us when you leave this house, you represent A, yourself, B, this family, and C, this community, and they meant black folks.

Because they will judge everybody else based on how you behave in the streets.

It's not fair.

Other groups don't fall under the same level of scrutiny, but it is what it is.

And so there are folks that push and advocate for our young people to have opportunities, to have a place to hang out, to have a place to kick it.

But we don't help ourselves when we can't figure out how to go out to state fair and not have drama.

When I used to be the ED for African World Festival, the individual that owns that sky ride,

that takes you from one side of Summerfest to the other side of Summerfest.

They would pay us to keep it closed because our young people couldn't get on it and ride from one end of Summerfest to the other end without dropping someone people's head, doing something inappropriate that potentially caused harm, spitting on people.

So the owner of that would pay us to keep it closed.

Because if we ran it and work with him to run it, that would be additional revenue for the festival.

But we missed that money because we couldn't have folks up there who didn't know how to act.

And it became a liability issue.

Before we went to break, and I teased this and said I was going to talk about it, Jermaine said, what is the penalty for hitting the officer?

I said, I don't know.

And he said, like, five years, I don't know.

But an attorney comes in the door right on cue, looking all like he is on summer vacation.

I'm not used to seeing an attorney Mark Thompson without a tie on.

Good morning, Mark.

How are you this morning?

Good morning, Michelle.

I am

doing very well.

Thank you

very, very

much.

It is good to see you this morning.

You look nice in your white linen rested.

You OK?

I'm here with you.

I gotta be okay.

What else would you want to be

on Monday morning?

But this is a good look.

I like it.

I like it.

Uh, so first of all, this segment is a monthly segment that we do with attorney Thompson, uh, the scales of justice attorney Thompson.

You want to remind folks of your law firm?

Absolutely.

Absolutely.

So, you know, I've had the privilege and honor of being here once a month with you now for

A while, I

guess.

And, you know, my law firm is Jim Grass Thompson and Wax.

We have offices in Milwaukee, Madison, Eau Claire, and Waukesha.

You know, every day we take care of people that have been injured, whether it's drunk drivers, car crashes, you know, I'd be just falling when somebody's not taking care of their sidewalk.

To you know civil rights cases where you have You know, and it's ironic you bring this up, right?

We have an officer that was hit and you know and It sounds like from what you're saying not rightly so and Similarly, there are times as everyone knows that law enforcement officers cross the line and use excessive force and we're here to represent

the victims of you know those assaults as well you know my phone number is 414-837-4167 414-837-4167 and you know if you're injured you need somebody we're honored and privileged to represent you so that's a little bit about

my day-to-day business.

So look, I need to take a quick break when we come back.

We will talk to Attorney Thompson about some of the issues confronting us today.

Get a legal framework by which to have some of these conversations.

So just give me a second.

We'll be right back.

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All right, family, welcome back

to the show.

So before I went to the break, I said we wanted to get into a couple of topics with attorney Thompson.

I think one of the things that is top of mind, though, you just can't help but just think about, you know, many of the conversations that I've had with attorney Thompson have centered around young black males, how they are engaged in the city of Milwaukee, you know, talking about folks understanding their rights, knowing

what protections are available to them.

And then this, though, on the flip side, an opportunity to talk about young black men that potentially can ascend to the highest elected office in the state.

And that's got to be an interesting dichotomy considering how you at times have to come in and interact and engage to see what's happening in our state right now.

So there was no way.

you couldn't be in the studio and not get your two cents worth on what we've just seen politically in this state.

You know, David Crowley is just such a fascinating human being.

You know, he's literally, you know, obviously had help with the community, right?

But he, he was not spoon fed.

He didn't grow up as a trust fund baby.

He didn't grow up on, you know, Lake Drive where, you know, I saw the Joel Brennan signs lined up, but he grew up in 5,3206 and has become a role model for young men and not just young black men, right?

I mean, what one can do with hard work, grit,

and a real attitude of caring.

So I was, you know, I was a supporter of David Crowley way before he got into this race and early in this race.

And, you know, I was very, very happy when he got back in, you know?

I mean, Sarah Rodriguez set him up, right?

She knew her campaign was tanking.

Tony Evers couldn't get in and back anybody other than his lieutenant governor.

So I mean, he stayed out respectfully and letting everybody run.

And for Sarah to sit down and talk to David and say, I accept your endorsement, thank you for your help, knowing that she's going under.

And then let's be clear at some point somebody I'm I believe somebody acts for the the endorsement You know, he didn't just wake up and say I'm jumping out of the race and oh, let me see of all the candidates Huh, I picked Sarah Rodriguez I believe that that support was asked for I could be wrong But I just don't believe that he arbitrarily just woke up because that's what

When you watch what happens behind the scenes and politics, you know that people call you out Tom.

Hey, can I get your endorsement?

Hey, can I get your endorsement?

I'm I actively am wondering did she in Seek his endorsement knowing that this was a problem not just that she accepted it, but did you seek the endorsement?

That's a that's a fine line for me

that me but you know, I'm looking at it from David's point of view, right?

Yeah,

and I you know to me it was if if

if David to get back in he to me he had to have two things folks that were had money and backing sarah needed to come with him and the governor needed to endorse i mean you needed those two things and those two things happened you know so i he is the comeback kid right

you really need three things you need

You

also need Mandela to get out because had Mandela stayed in you know when they were saying he was like even though we know right now and I really want to talk to the folks over at Barcat to ask them how does polling go so off but they had Mandela polling at 16%.

So, you know, I think that Mandela getting out also becomes a factor because you don't divide some of the votes

Yeah, and I think that's absolutely correct But that goes back earlier.

It's my understanding that David had called Mandela up front and said are you gonna run a Mandela said no and David got in

right,

okay, so And I yeah, I didn't want to go back that far, but you know

If Mandela says to David, I'm not running.

He should never have got in, right?

Because we, we know how difficult it is to, to run as an African-American.

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