TESTIMONY
Monique Silverman on the shock of wrongful convictions and desire to support reforms
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Monique Silverman testifies for the first time about her shock and dismay at learning about wrongful convictions. She expresses her sincere interest in supporting reform efforts, specifically mentioning a freedom organization discussed during the meeting. Moreover, Silverman extends her advocacy towards broader systemic reforms in the court system and the police department. Amidst her testimony, she also delves into personal experiences of facing backlash for her activism, emphasizing the importance of freedom of speech and the need for societal unity and peace.
Monique Silverman
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Hi.
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My name is Monique Silverman, and I've never done this before.
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But it's been so fascinating to see what's going on here, to hear all the testimonies.
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And I really feel for all these people that have been wrongly convicted, it's just shocking.
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And I really would like to actually help out somehow with the freedom that you were talking about, the freedom organization that you have, I would really like to help out to see to to, you know, to do some reforms because we need reforms.
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In all aspects of the court system, the police department.
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I mean, we need reforms, I feel.
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And Anyway, look, I've been You know, I'm here for I'm half Jewish, half Catholic, and I was putting up some signs, some hostage signs and, you know, people were yelling at me for who were protesting, and I feel that that's outrageous.
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In the sense that this we're in a free world here.
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You know, we're in a free country.
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This is one of the the few free countries out there.
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Freedom of speech, and I think that it should be protected at all costs.
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And I wouldn't do that to somebody who said free Palestine.
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They can do whatever they want.
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They can prosign this all over the place free Palestine.
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It's fine with me.
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I'm not gonna go attack them, or I'm not gonna even say anything about that.
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But to do that to to to people who are putting, you know, rare usages back, I think, is pretty outrageous.
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Personally.
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And I think that we have to protect our freedom of speech at all costs.
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So whether it's I just saw the movie, the Bob Marley movie, which was fantastic.
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I I recommended for everybody to see And it's he has a message that we should, you know, live in peace.
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And it's very important to for us to live in peace and to not be at odds with each other.
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What's the purpose of being at odds?
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It doesn't make sense.
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We have to move forward as a unit in peace.
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So that's what I have to say.