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Clarification on the intent of the legislation and conclusion
0:10:38
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Public Advocate Williams clarifies the intent behind the proposed legislation and concludes his remarks.
- Williams emphasizes that the issue is not police involvement, but consistent over-policing
- He argues that the current approach, including the database, doesn't effectively stop violence and can cause additional harm
- Williams stresses that the goal is to stop violence, not promote it
- He advocates for a more holistic approach to community safety, reducing the burden on police to solve all problems
Jumaane Williams
0:10:38
I just wanna also be clear, the issue for me is not necessarily police involvement, it is a consistent and over policing.
0:10:45
Some of the takedowns that happened, we have to come back several years later to do the same takedown because we haven't done any changes in those communities.
0:10:52
Oftentimes, I see in the news these type of bills that are problems and they present the violence from gangs themselves even though these bills aren't in effect.
0:11:00
And so, what it looks like is some of the things that we're doing aren't working generationally and it doesn't seem like a database like this stops the violence that we wanna stop but can cause additional harm to people who now are part of the legal system that now further may fall into more problems with the legal system because they were there in the first place.
0:11:19
And so that is the issue that we're trying to fix.
0:11:22
I don't want the media to think that people up here are trying to promote violence, want violence in their communities quite the opposite.
0:11:28
We want it to stop.
0:11:29
We also, in my opinion, wanna stop asking the police to do everything and try to solve everything.
0:11:34
It's unfair to them and it's unfair to the communities that they're asked to solve these problems in.
0:11:38
Thank you so much mister chair.