REMARKS
Council Member Alexa Aviles Speaks in Support of the How Many Stops Act
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Council Member Alexa Aviles shares her personal and professional insights in support of the How Many Stops Act. Highlighting her experiences growing up with an older brother in Queens and her work as a public defender, Aviles emphasizes the need for data on police interactions to address issues of racial bias in policing. She affirms her vote in favor of the legislation, underlining the potential for improved safety and health, especially among black and brown communities.
Speaker 7
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Colleagues.
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Public, familia.
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Despite what you have heard from the mayor and his allies, This legislation has been years in the making driven by legal experts, by advocates, by family members, by law enforcement and by people whose rights have been violated and have spent time in the back of a police are under very different circumstances than some of you have experienced this weekend.
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The child don't know nothing about that.
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We would not be here without the tenacity of advocates and families affected by police violence.
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For your unbridled determination to seek accountability, I thank you.
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To the speaker and counsel leadership and colleagues, I thank you for your diligence and never losing sight of doing what is right instead of what is easy.
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To my co sponsor public advocate, Giovanni Williams, who has been relentlessly and unnecessarily attacked.
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And yet has maintained grace and continued to lead with reason and compassion, a rare leader indeed.
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I thank you.
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Accountability and transparency are essential in all aspects of city government, and the NYPD should not be treated any differently.
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This veto will be for every person who has had an unlawful encounter that took away some of their dignity.
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For every young person that was has made them feel like a suspect instead of a scholar, you know nothing about that.
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Getting stopped by police is not normal.
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We should not have to give our children the talk.
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You would know nothing about that.
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For every person who has experienced violence and harm and for those who've lost loved ones.
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This will not erase any of that, but it is a small step in the right direction.
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You should be asking yourself How do we stop unlawful policing?illegal policing?
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How do we use our resources better?
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How do we stop racial discrimination?
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That is the question you should be asking.
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Thank you.
Speaker 2
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Thank you, council member.
