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Violence is whats dominated our

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for the 37 years 
that I've been alive.

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I grew up in the 1980s and 90s.

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If you were black 
and you were outside,

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you can be taken to jail 
for any simple thing.

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We've been doing this 
all my life,

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but violence is still here.

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We have to police better.

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We have to change things 
for ourselves

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because no one's going to do it 
for us.

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The youngest mayor 
in the city's history

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trying to restore 
trust in government.

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You cannot go anywhere 
in Baltimore

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without seeing the aftermath 
of gun violence.

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We've seen other strategies 
that are rooted in penalty.

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We are going to be reimagining 
public safety in Baltimore.

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We take guys who

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used to be shooters and killers,

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and they're now interceding 
in the violence.

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We the peacemakers.

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Many of us have been to prison,

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but now we work to diffuse 
violence in our community.

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Governor today insisted 
the city's cure will not work.

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Trying to reduce crime by 
defunding police is dangerous,

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radical, far left lunacy.

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You campaigned on trying 
to clean up the streets.

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What do you want to say 
about this past weekend?

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Can you handle this 
crime situation right now?

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The blood of 300 will 
be on your hands, Mr. Mayor.

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If the forces come to 
get me in four years, so be it.

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But I know when I'm done,

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I'll be able to say

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that I never compromise myself 
with my city.

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All right, all right.

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This is about building systems 
so that young boys and girls

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don't have to live through 
what I live through.

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We want murder to understand

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it cannot have the last say 
just because you showed up.

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Love is showing up behind.

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50 years from now 
or however long it takes.

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People will know

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we must have been doing 
a lot of good work

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in order for it to get that way.