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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Unknown Member of the Public on Personal Experiences and Concerns
6:52:18
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4 min
The testimony focuses on the speaker's personal experiences with violence and concerns about the criminal justice system. The speaker recounts a recent attack, discusses past employment, and expresses worries about funding for the "prison industrial complex" and the overall climate of violence in the country.
- The speaker claims to have been physically and sexually attacked on Memorial Day for being a cisgender male.
- They express frustration with ongoing violence and their attempts to report incidents to various authorities over the past decade.
- The testimony critiques the current approach to funding the criminal justice system and calls for re-legislation to address these issues.
UNKNOWN
6:52:18
Councilman council member Brennan, thanks for giving me the opportunity to testify.
6:52:27
I've listened to testimony protecting the rights of illegals and migrants at this hearing, including those who are living and working in New York City, those who haven't been deported, or those who haven't been imprisoned as a result of committing crime.
6:52:52
The reason why I'm mentioning this is yesterday, Memorial Day, I was physically and sexually attacked for being a cisgender male and I was sitting at a public area outside the offices of 17 State Street, which is in the Financial District.
6:53:14
I was formally employed there for a company called Shareholders Communications and I was a CSR there from 1994 to 1998 till 02/2001.
6:53:28
In 02/2001, I witnessed the attacks on the World Trade Center on nineeleven.
6:53:34
I was employed there and I saw, unfortunately, the events unfold.
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So, I was sitting there for various reasons, and one of the reasons was thinking about my past and the fact that I was formally employed there and thinking about my present and what was actually occurring.
6:53:53
And being that yesterday was Memorial Day, it's something that carries a lot of weight in most Americans' minds, including my own.
6:54:03
Now the reason why I'm mentioning this is because, and I apologize if it sounds a bit farfetched, I heard an individual who works as an information agent and another individual who works as a security guard say, various times that I would be attacked for being a cisgender male, and I didn't quite understand this, there's a lot of racial bias going on, there's a lot of hate crimes going on in New York.
6:54:37
I've seen many things happen.
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Unfortunately, I've been attacked many times on the street for the last ten years.
6:54:47
I've gone to the police.
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I've spoken to the DOI, I've spoken to Jocelyn Straubber, inspectors at the DOI, etcetera, over and over again for the last almost ten years now.
6:55:00
And, I have documented proof if you need it.
6:55:06
And so, I'm mentioning this at this testimonial to address the fact that what I still call the prison industrial complex, being funded by legislation, I believe is using collisional data and information that is being used to provide that funding.
6:55:29
And, what is not being said at this hearing are the other important factors that are affecting every American's rights, including illegals, including migrants who wanna become American citizens
Sandy Nurse
6:55:41
Sir, could you please wrap up your testimony?
UNKNOWN
6:55:43
Sure.
6:55:44
And and live in this country.
6:55:47
So, I can't go to the rest.
6:55:51
What is troubling me is that, is this how the American economy is being run?
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Meaning, this is how we're funding the prison industrial complex.
6:56:03
I believe that a lot of the violence that is occurring in this country is not being handled properly.
6:56:10
A lot of what I heard today, the testimony that I heard today, and the people who are trying to protect the rights of illegals and migrants, I understand, but the climate of violence and fear that is currently plaguing our country is quite another Sir, can
Sandy Nurse
6:56:26
you wrap up your testimony?
6:56:27
You're overtime and just out of respect for other people waiting online as well.
6:56:32
Can submit any written testimony the gentleman in the back.
UNKNOWN
6:56:36
Okay.
6:56:36
All I'd like to say in closing is that I truly believe that there needs to be re legislation of the law in order for that funding to be used properly.
Justin Brannan
6:56:45
Great.
UNKNOWN
6:56:45
You.