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Council Member De La Rosa Explains Her Vote in Support of the How Many Stops Act
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Council Member De La Rosa shares a deeply personal account regarding the tragic loss of a constituent, Alan Phyllis, during a level 1 stop, emphasizing the human cost of policing policies.
Speaker 8
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De La Rosa.
Speaker 10
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A moment to explain my love.
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So here with us today, we have Sammy Feliz, who is the brother of Alan Phyllis, who was my constituent, and lost his life over a level 1 stop.
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For those of you who think that it is impossible to lose your life over a level 1 stop.
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I ask you to speak to Sammy.
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He knows about that pain.
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Alan's son, whose mother I went to high school with, will never know his father.
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And so as the council member, for Washington Heights where we have been at the crosshairs on targeted policing and broken windows.
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I probably will I because their blood will not be on my hands.
