REMARKS
Council Member Tiffany Cabán Explains Her Vote in Support of the How Many Stops Act
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Council Member Tiffany Cabán, drawing from her personal experiences growing up in Queens and her professional background as a public defender, stresses the significance of data in addressing racism and bias in policing.
She outlines her journey from witnessing the day-to-day effects on her family and community to professional encounters with police officers in court, advocating for the How Many Stops Act as a means to improved safety and health, especially for black and brown communities.
Speaker 9
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Permission to explain my vote.
Speaker 2
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You may go ahead.
Speaker 9
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Thank you.
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First of all, I just want to thank the public advocate, the sponsor of the bill, consemira Villas, chair all of our colleagues, but 1st and foremost, the advocates and the families who have been most directly impacted by this.
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I am a queen's kid who grew up with an older Puerto Rican brother, and I know the effects.
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On a day to day basis for my family and my neighbors.
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And I just want to say for folks who have made it a recreational activity to listen to police scanners or go on a 4 hour ride along that I was part professionally part of the criminal legal system for years.
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It was a public defender who cross examined police officers every single day in court.
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It was my job and my duty to know the inside and out of the patrol guide to know every single piece of paperwork and documentation generated by a police officer.
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For any investigative action.
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And so I am here to tell you as someone who works professionally within that system, this is not a burden.
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This is doing the right thing.
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And if we are going to solve the issues of racist, biased policing outcomes, then we must have the data to do so.
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We need the information.
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We will all be safer and healthier for it.
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And you know what, particularly, and the reason why we should be doing it is because black men, brown men will be safer and healthier for it.
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So I am so proud to be part of this body today, and I vote I on all.
