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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public
2:02:31
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130 sec
Christopher Leon Johnson testifies against the defunding of ShotSpotter, a gunshot detection technology used by the NYPD. He argues that ShotSpotter is crucial for preventing crime and saving lives in high-crime neighborhoods.
- Criticizes City Council member Youssef Salaam for attempting to defund ShotSpotter
- Calls for the renewal of the ShotSpotter contract
- Mentions the need for technology to support hospital response for Larissa's (possibly referring to a specific incident or program)
- Briefly mentions support for intro 9924-A (likely a typo for a different bill number) and calls for deliveries for organizations like Riseboro
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:02:31
Yeah.
2:02:32
Hello chair of duty errors.
2:02:33
My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
2:02:34
Thanks for having us here.
2:02:35
I'm calling on the city council to not stop ShotSpotter.
2:02:39
I see that the city council stayed from last week with Youssef Salaam.
2:02:45
I think like I said before outside the hearing, outside the rally to free Mahmoud Khalil that Youssef Salaam is the most fascist oppressive city council member in these chambers because he likes to I'm not here because he likes to, oppress people's freedom of speech and last time when I was calling stuff out I was saying like the shot spotter, this the reason why the city council was trying to get rid of the shot spotter is to give all that money to these nonprofit organizations that would get rid of it.
2:03:12
So I'm calling on city council to preserve ShotSpotter.
2:03:15
If they when there's a contract coming for ShotSpotter to be renewed, it needs to be renewed because ShotSpotter helps the NYPD and the various lower force agencies when it comes to prevent knowing when these shots are get these gunshots are getting fired and it saves a lot of lives and they help people they help the NYPD, catch these guys and gals that shoot up the high crime neighborhoods.
2:03:38
I live in a high crime district so I know what this is about.
2:03:40
I we need this in my district.
2:03:42
The call for defunding of ShotSpotter is disgusting and the chair of the public safety committee, Yusuf Salom, you are disgusting you and me for calling this too, with the help of your friends and your boys and gals like Raymond Santana who's running for city council.
2:03:55
I say here, your boy Raymond Santana run for city council, so of course, you're gonna want that money to help your boys campaign to run for real for more for election.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
2:04:03
Mark, can keep on topic?
2:04:04
Yeah.
Christopher Leon Johnson
2:04:04
I'm okay.
2:04:04
I'm I'm I'm gonna stay on topic.
2:04:06
And one more thing I wanna say before is that miss Gutierrez sent you to sent you to sent you to your district, the Worker Justice Project, you need to go you need to have show support for intro s nine nine two four a and this to afford Eywen Chu to make it a class e family to anybody that saw the Larissa and while at it I'm I'm calling for the city I'm calling for the city council to submit technology, to implement technology for the Larissa's to for when they for hospital response, and the same time they need to start doing deliveries for like Riseboro, Kanoya Riseboro your district.
2:04:41
Thank you.
Jennifer Gutiérrez
2:04:41
Thank you, Christopher.