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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Christopher Leon Johnson, Member of the Public
11:04:50
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Christopher Leon Johnson provided testimony on various topics, primarily advocating for the release of Mahmoud Khalil and emphasizing the importance of education funding. He touched on issues of free speech, school funding, and the relationship between charter schools and public schools.
- Called for a city council resolution to free Mahmoud Khalil, who he claims was arrested for freedom of speech
- Urged the city council to maintain funding for all schools, especially special education and childcare
- Suggested allocating $5 billion to develop separate facilities for charter schools
- Criticized the current system of housing charter schools within public school buildings
Christopher Leon Johnson
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Ready?
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Hello.
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Hello, chair Joseph.
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My name is Christopher Leon Johnson.
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Thanks for staying out here for this, what is it, twelve hours?
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Twelve hours.
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Hope you get home safely.
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Take a Uber if you can, please.
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It is dangerous out the end of this.
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Alright.
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Alright.
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So I'm here to show my support to Mahmoud Khalil, free Mahmoud Khalil.
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I hope that the city council really put a resolution to free the man.
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The reason he's in this situation because of freedom of speech.
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I know this is education.
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I know this is not higher education, but since his you know, he got arrested in Colombia, might as well add it in here.
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I'm calling on the city I mean, look.
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He didn't have to go through that stuff.
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You know, support Israel.
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Don't support Israel.
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Support Palestine.
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Don't support Palestine.
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Nobody should be arrested by the FBI or any government agency or even NYPD because they say stuff that
UNKNOWN
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Can you stay on topic?
Andrea Ortiz
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I am.
Christopher Leon Johnson
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I am.
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I am.
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I am.
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They shouldn't be, sane, but, that's that's my thing.
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Alright.
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While we're here, the city council should make sure to keep the schools funded.
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All schools be funded.
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The city council needs to really care about the kids by keeping keeping stuff funded, especially special education and, in childcare.
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Shout out to New York for childcare, campaign.
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They need we need childcare for parents that that go to school.
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They need they need childcare.
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Well, let me see what else.
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Baby Lee, that's what we need in the city.
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And and I know the city the they oversee the school construction authority.
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I think that the city council should make charter schools separate facilities separate from public school facility because what's going on here, I see my my my niece go to a charter school, but it's inside a public school.
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If the city council should allocate at least $5,000,000,000 into developing charter schools separately from the public school system, While at the same time when that happens, they should hand out security contracts to private security contractors.
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I I think it's kind of, like, really funny when you put a a charter school inside a public school, but then you gotta they be they have be protected by school safety, and then it's it's it just kinda it's kinda really complex and funny about that.
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But like I said, protect the kids, fund the kids.
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Education is first like mister mister Edward Dinowitz said early over there that education matters.
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Like, that need to be funded more.
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I don't know why that the the mayor's office doesn't prioritize education for the kids.
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If without education, these kids ain't gonna be ain't gonna be see the future that they wanna see.
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So I'm I'm done.
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Free my moo khalil.
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Free my moo khalil.
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Free moo khalil.
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Free my khalil.
Rita Joseph
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Thank you.