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Council Member Salaam's attempt to restore order
1:06:08
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Council Member Yousef Salaam intervenes to bring the discussion back on topic and promote respectful dialogue amid rising tensions.
- Salaam emphasizes the need for a respectful and on-topic discussion
- He addresses the inappropriateness of asking if panel members are racist
- There's a back-and-forth between council members as Salaam tries to regain control of the meeting
Yousef Salaam
1:06:08
I would like to bring back on topic
Vickie Paladino
1:06:12
That's inappropriate.
Jeffrey Maddrey
1:06:13
To the day
Vickie Paladino
1:06:13
it's We sat here and we've listened to comments that I consider racist.
Diana I. Ayala
1:06:17
I didn't probably have to.
Vickie Paladino
1:06:19
I don't don't.
1:06:21
No.
1:06:21
This is two sides here.
1:06:22
Inappropriate.
1:06:23
It's not it I I didn't get to that, Diana.
Althea V. Stevens
1:06:27
We're not doing that.
Vickie Paladino
1:06:28
Okay.
1:06:29
Wait.
1:06:29
One moment.
1:06:31
We are doing it.
Yousef Salaam
1:06:32
I wanna make sure.
Vickie Paladino
1:06:33
We are.
1:06:33
This is a hearing.
1:06:34
This is a hearing.
Yousef Salaam
1:06:34
I wanna make sure.
Vickie Paladino
1:06:36
Yes.
1:06:36
We are.
Yousef Salaam
1:06:36
Can I can I
Vickie Paladino
1:06:38
I'd like to
Kezilar Cornish
1:06:38
recognize my final panel?
Yousef Salaam
1:06:41
Can we level set for a second?
1:06:44
I would like to make sure that we have a respectful dialogue.
1:06:48
That's what this is about.
Vickie Paladino
1:06:49
That's absolutely correct.
Robert F. Holden
1:06:51
So I
Yousef Salaam
1:06:51
would like to I would like to say this because the the the respect that has to be acknowledged on both sides is to, in fact, especially for this young man at the end who lost his family member, to ask this young man if he's racist is a very is a very problematic thing.
Vickie Paladino
1:07:11
It was I did not I
Yousef Salaam
1:07:12
know it's a general question, but we have to begin to start
Vickie Paladino
1:07:15
Can I let let
Tiffany Cabán
1:07:15
me start off
Yousef Salaam
1:07:16
mind which is
