
October 7th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 39 | 25m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Topical experts discuss the latest in Colorado Politics at the Tattered Cover.
The Colorado Inside Out Panel meets at the Tattered Cover. Host: Krista Kafer Panelist: Kwame Spearman George Brauchler Patricia Calhoun Chris Rourke Topics Include: • US Historical Site Sand Creek Expanded • Mayor Hancock Requests Record Money for Police, Fire and Jail Services in 2023 Budget Proposal • 3rd Congressional District Race • Dominion Voting Saga
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October 7th, 2022
Season 30 Episode 39 | 25m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
The Colorado Inside Out Panel meets at the Tattered Cover. Host: Krista Kafer Panelist: Kwame Spearman George Brauchler Patricia Calhoun Chris Rourke Topics Include: • US Historical Site Sand Creek Expanded • Mayor Hancock Requests Record Money for Police, Fire and Jail Services in 2023 Budget Proposal • 3rd Congressional District Race • Dominion Voting Saga
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO COLORADO INSIDE OUT I'M KRISTA KAFER.
WE ARE HERE WITH MY FAVORITE BOOKSTORE.
WE ARE WITH PATTY CALHOUN.
CHRIS WORK.
LET'S GET STARTED.
THE INTERIOR JUST ANNOUNCED EXPANSION OF U.S.
HISTORICAL SITE TO THE 1864 SAND CREEK MASSACRE.
THE LAND IS CONSIDERED SACRED.
>> THIS MASSACRE WAS YEARS AGO.
THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE SITE WAS.
CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHOE WERE KILLED THERE.
THEY HAD NEGOTIATED TWO YEARS EARLIER.
CAME IN WITH THE TROOPS AND KILLED MOSTLY WOMEN, CHILDREN, AND OLDER MEN WHILE THE OTHERS WERE TRYING TO FIGHT OR FLEE.
THE FACT IT WAS COVERED UP UNTIL THEY FOUND THE SITE.
PUSHING IT THROUGH CONGRESS TO PROVE THIS SHOULD BE A NATIONAL MONUMENT.
AT THE LAST SECOND THEY FOUND LETTERS WHO WAS THERE WHO REFUSED TO PARTICIPATE WAS LATER ON THE STREETS OF DENVER.
AT THE LAST SECOND THEY FOUND HIM -- FOUND HIS LETTERS.
THEY KILLED LITTLE CHILDREN.
THEY BEAT THEIR HEADS OUT.
THEY STRIPPED THE BODY APART.
THEY PARADED THINGS BACK TO DENVER.
NOW IT HAS BEEN DOUBLED.
THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR HAS ANNOUNCED IT.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
WE SHOULD KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS.
>> WE SHOULD KNOW MORE.
I DON'T EVER RECALL HEARING ABOUT THIS WHEN I WAS A KID?
>> I DON'T REMEMBER.
I WENT TO DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE HAD A GOOD TRACK RECORD OF ACKNOWLEDGING HISTORY.
THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT ARE MISS.
HOW DO WE DEMONSTRATE ACKNOWLEDGING THE HISTORY AND THINKING HOW TO BE BETTER FOR IT.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MAJOR ATTENTION.
IT IS A STORY THAT WE NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT.
IT IS A STORY THAT IS A CRITICAL PART OF OUR HISTORY.
IT IS A STORY THAT MAY NOT MAKE US FEEL THE BEST.
>> THERE IS MORE TO THE STORY.
THERE IS FINDINGS IN THIS PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS CONSIDERED SACRED.
THERE IS SHORT GRASS PRAIRIE THAT CAN BE PRESERVED.
CHRIS, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE ON THIS SITUATION?
>> I AGREE WITH YOU BOTH.
I WAS GOING TO PHRASE IT AS A DARK NATIONAL HISTORY BUT IT IS SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT.
I DON'T THINK ANYTHING EVERY ATONE FOR IT OR BRING CLOSURE.
>> GEORGE, THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT STEP IN RECOGNIZING A GREAT TRAGEDY.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
>> LISTEN, I'M NOT NORMALLY A FAN OF THE IDEA THAT WE ARE GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THE GREATEST EVILS THAT WE PERPETRATED TO PEOPLE.
BUT THIS FEELS DIFFERENT TO ME.
THERE IS A LOT ABOUT THIS STORY THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW.
FOR INSTANCE JOHN WHO WEARS MUCH OF THE BLAME.
THERE IS THIS DUALITY OF MAN.
THE GOOD AND BAD.
IT LED TO EVIL OUTCOME.
BUT FOR THE FACT THERE HAD BEEN FOCUSED BY SENATOR AND OTHERS.
I DO THINK IT HIGHLIGHTS NOT JUST WHAT WE WERE CAPABLE OF DOING WRONG BUT OTHER PEOPLE WHO SURFERED WHO WERE HERE FIRST.
HE WENT TO DENVER PUBLIC SCHOOL BUT HE DIDN'T LEARN MUCH.
I'M TOTALLY JOKING.
>> I WENT TO JEFCO.
>> IT WAS AWESOME.
>> LET'S HOPE THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN REVISIT IN THE FUTURE.
MAYOR HANCOCK HAS REQUESTED A RECORD AMOUNT OF MONEY IN 2023 BUDGET FOR POLICE, FIRE, AND JAIL SERVICES.
AURORA IS CONTINUING ITS SEARCH FOR POLICE CHIEF.
OFFERING BONUSES TO NEW HIRES AT THE STATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.
WILL THESE CHANGES TAKE A BITE OUT OF RISING CRIME?
>> I LOOK AT THIS FROM A SMALL BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE.
THE WORSE EVIL OF CRIME IS HOW TO AFFECT SMALL BUSINESSES.
WHEN YOU ARE IN A SITUATION WHICH PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GO INTO YOUR STORE BECAUSE THEY ARE AFRAID SOMETHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THEM, WE TAKE THE BRUNT OF THAT.
WE GOT TO DO MORE IN THIS CITY AND IN THIS STATE TO GET BACK TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE COVID ON CRIME.
THE BIGGEST THING I WANT TO UNDERSCORE IS THE NEED FOR INNOVATION.
WE HAVE TRIED THINGS IN THE PAST.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE WAS GOING TO PARTISAN PEOPLE WHO WERE IN JAIL FOR FEDERAL CRIMES DEALING WITH MARIJUANA.
WE GOT TO LEARN FROM THOSE MISTAKES BUT PUT FOR A PLAN TO GET US BACK MOVING FORWARD.
I LOOK AT THE NEW HIRES AND OPPORTUNITY FOR INNOVATION.
WE GOT TO BE HONEST ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING OVER THE PAST YEARS.
BUSINESS IN PARTICULAR ARE HURTING.
THE OTHER THING YOU NOTICE IS THE NEIGHBORS SEEN THE BIGGEST UPTAKE THEY ARE TYPICALLY BLACK AND BROWN REPRESENTATIVE.
WE GOT TO GIVE AS MUCH SUPPORT AS POSSIBLE.
I'M IN A WAIT AND SEE MODE TO SEE IF THIS WILL HELP.
I'M ALL FOR NEW IDEAS.
>> KRIS, AS A DEPUTY EDITOR OF A MAJOR NEWSPAPER.
GIVE US A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF THIS SITUATION.
HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY CRIME.
WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS NEW INVESTMENT IN COUNTER ACTING THAT CRIME?
>> I THINK THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANYONE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS NO ONE WILL ENFORCE THOSE LAWS.
IF THERE IS NO ONE THERE TO PATROL OR MAKE ARRESTS YOU CAN'T TAMP DOWN ON CRIME.
YOU CAN'T JUST THROW MONEY AT THE PROBLEM.
IT IS MULTI-PRONG ISSUE.
LAWMAKERS NEED TO LOOK AT POLICIES.
IN THE PAGES OF OUR PAPER AND AIRWAYS WE ARE SEEING STORIES OFFENDERS ARE GOING OUT AND KILLING PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN ON PROBATION.
YES, WE NEED MORE LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WE NEED TO FUND THE POLICE, WE NEED TO TRAIN THE POLICE, BUT WE NEED TO LOOK AT POLICY.
>> GEORGE, YOU HAVE HAD A LONG-TERM EXPERIENCE WITH CRIME AND COMBATTING CRIME AS A DA.
AS A LONG TIME CRIMINAL.
AS A DA.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THESE PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS WHAT DO YOU SEE?
>> WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE LEAD THE COUNTRY IN WHOLE AREAS WE DON'T WANT TO.
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKSTORES IF THESE BOOKS WERE ON WHEELS THEY WOULD BE STOLEN.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ATTEMPT BY DENVER HERE, THEY HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR EVERYTHING.
THEY GOT TO DECIDE HOW THEY WILL SPEND IT.
RATHER THAN TAKE THAT MONEY AND APPLY TOWARDS RETENTION BOUNCES FOR A DEPARTMENT MUCH LIKE THE METRO AREA DEPARTMENTS THEY SAID WE ARE GOING TO THROW EXTRA THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PERSON AS THE UNIVERSAL PAY ON TOP OF THE FACT THEY HAVE QUEST CARDS, THAT WE HAVE HOMELESS BEDS EVERY SINGLE NIGHT, WE WILL PUSH MONEY AT THAT PROBLEM.
THE SHORT SIDEDNESS OF THIS YOU CONDITION GO AND BY SOMEONE OFF THE SHELF.
THE IDEA OF RECRUITING AND RETAINING ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
RECRUITING IS DIFFICULT ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
ONCE YOU GET THEM IN THE DOOR IT IS MANY MONTHS BEFORE THEY ARE ACTIVE POLICE OFFICER.
HOW DO WE KEEP THE GOOD PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE AND SUPPLEMENT IT?
>> WHAT ARE YOU SEEING?
WHERE SHOULD WE GO FROM HERE.
>> I BOUGHT THE BOOK.
WE ARE SITTING THREE BLOCKS WHERE SIX BYSTANDERS WERE SHOT.
IT IS TRAINING.
WE STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT SHOOTING BACK A MONTH AGO.
WE KNOW IT WAS NOT THE WAY THINGS WERE SUPPOSED TO GO.
WE KNOW THAT SOME THINGS WEREN'T FOLLOWED.
YOU HAVE A THREE WAY PROBLEM.
RECRUITING IS VERY DIFFICULT.
YOU HAVE TO GET TRAINING THAT DEALS WITH NEW REALITY BOTH IN BUDGET AND CARING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY AND HOW YOU RESPOND TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
WE SEE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS COMING OUT WITH STAR.
SOCIAL WORKERS, MENTAL HEALTH PEOPLE, PEOPLE TRAINED.
PEOPLE AT THE TOP NEED TO DEAL RIGHT WITH THEIR PEOPLE, WITH THE POLICE FORCES.
YOU SEE AURORA, THE PROBLEM THEY HAVE GONE BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
DENVER IS HAVING A NEW POLICE CHIEF IF IT GETS APPROVED.
WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
IN CARS THAT WILL STILL BE HERE.
>> A SURVEY HAS FOUND THAT ADAM FISH IS TRAILING BY A COUPLE OF POINTS.
DOES HE IS A CHANCE?
KRIS?
>> I'M AM FROM THE WESTERN SLOPE.
I'M A FORMER CONSTITUENT IN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT THREE.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS POLL IS.
KNOWING PEOPLE IN THAT DISTRICT, TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THAT DISTRICT WE JUST SAW A PRIMARY WHO GOT 36% OF THE VOTE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK SHE STOMPED HIM.
A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS COUNTED ON FOR HIS POLITICAL ANALYSIS IF HE BROKE 40% THAT WOULD SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO CONGRESSWOMAN BOEBERT.
REPUBLICANS DON'T WANT HER SEEING GRABBING HEADLINES.
THEY WANT TO SEE HER CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECT AND BEING A THOUGHTFUL LEADER.
I DON'T THINK SHE IS IN DANGEROUS OF LOSING THAT SEAT.
I WOULD EXPECT ANOTHER PRIMARY IN 2024.
THIS RACE COULD SEND HER A STRONG MESSAGE.
>> GEORGE, WILL IT COST HER THIS ELECTION?
>> NO IT WON'T.
IS THE RACE GETTING CLOSER?
OF COURSE.
THAT IS TO BE EXPECTED.
THIS WAS COMMISSIONED BY THE OPPONENT, BY THE DEMOCRAT.
THE FRONT RANGE FOLKS MAY NOT KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE ADS THAT THE DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT HAS PUT OUT THERE.
HE IS TALKING ABOUT PROFISCAL CONSERVATIVE.
DO I THINK THERE ARE THINGS ABOUT HER HIGH PROFILE NATURE THAT MADE CONGRESSWOMAN MORE OF A TARGET WITHIN HER OWN JURISDICTION?
SURE.
DO I THINK WE WILL WATCHING CONGRESSWOMAN BOEBERT AGAIN?
I DO.
>> SHE WILL PROBABLY WIN.
THE FACT IS, SHE IS A GIFT FOR JOURNALIST.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT WHEN LAUREN BOEBERT IS IN CONGRESS.
I DO THINK ADAM IS DOING PRETTY WELL EVEN THOUGH THE POLL IS GOING TO BE SKEWED.
I THINK WHAT WILL HAPPEN, IT WILL COME DOWN TO HOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY VOTE.
CAN THEY STAND THE REPUBLICANS IF THEY DON'T LIKE HER?
CAN THEY STAND COMPETITION?
WE WILL SEE.
>> BOEBERT'S BRAND OF POLITICS IS NOT COLORADO'S BRAND OF POLITICS.
I THINK THE REASON WHY THE RACE IS CLOSER IS THAT TYPE OF THING.
WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WHO WANT TO SCREEN AN OFFICE NOW.
I'M FOCUSED ON CD7 AND CD8.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ABOUT TEN SEATS THAT ARE GOING TO CONTROL WHICH PARTY CONTROL CONGRESS.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE RACES.
IF WE WERE -- I SAY THIS AS A DEMOCRAT.
IF WE WERE ABLE TO FLIP CD3 THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY LIKELY TO HAPPEN.
MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT WE LOSE FOCUS ON RACES THAT ARE VERY WINNABLE FOR US IN CD8.
SHE NEEDS OUR SUPPORT.
I HOPE PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT AND PUSH HER OVER THE EDGE.
OBVIOUSLY, PETERSON IN CD7.
THERE IS A LOT MORE TIME.
A LOT OF THINGS CAN HAPPEN.
I'M FOCUSING MY TIME ON CD7 AND CD8.
>> SPEAKING OF ELECTIONS THE SUPREME COURT WILL NOT INTERVENE BY DENVER BASED AGAINST MY PILLOW.
FALSELY ACCUSING THE COMPANY OF RIG THE ELECTION.
THIS CONSPIRACY THEORY FINALLY DIE OUT, GEORGE?
>> THERE IS NO CHANCE.
IT HAS NEVER BEEN BASED ON FACTS.
THERE ARE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO FUNDAMENTALLY BELIEVE THEIR REASON THEIR CANDIDATE DIDN'T WIN WAS BECAUSE OF RIGGING OR CHEATING.
WHAT IT WILL PROBABLY GOING TO DO IS HAVE MORE CONSPIRACY THEORY.
THESE PEOPLE NAMED IN THE LAWSUIT THEY ARE MARTYRS FOR TRANSPARENCY.
I DON'T THINK THIS WILL QUILL THAT PART OF IT.
ARE THERE OTHER FOLKS WHO MIGHT THING TWICE OUT LOUD ON TV?
MAYBE.
THIS IS NOT THE END OF THIS.
>> MAYBE THAT IS GOOD BECAUSE LINEDDALE AND TINA PETERS THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT.
>> WE ALWAYS KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON MIKE LINDALE.
THREE BLOCKS FROM HERE IS THE OFFENSE OF DIM MEANON.
IT IS A DENVER BASED COMPANY.
THOSE OFFICES ARE EMPTY NOW BECAUSE OF THE DEATH THREATS AND THE RUMORS THAT POPPED UP SO QUICKLY AFTER THE ELECTION.
IT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
OF COURSE, MOST OF THEM ARE STILL BEING PROPAILED BY MIKE LINDALE.
I THINK IT IS RIGHT THAT YOU CAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU SAY AND WHAT YOU DO.
SOMEONE WHO ACCOMPANIES -- YOU HAVE HURT THEM BY WHAT YOU SAID.
>> YOU CANNOT DESTROY A PERSON BY TELLING LIES ABOUT THEM.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS HAPPENS WITH LIABLE LAW AND THIS PARTICULAR CONSPIRACY THINK.
>> I THINK COLORADO IS A STATE THAT IS ON A HILL ON THIS.
YOU LOOK AT TINA PETERS WAS NOT THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE.
PAM ANDERSON PUT ON THE COVER BECAUSE OF THE WORK SHE HAS DONE.
A FIGHT AGAINST THESE TYPES OF CONSPIRACIES.
HERE IN COLORADO, WE HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVE AND FORWARD THINKING THE WAY WE THINK OF VOTING.
I LOOK AT THE FACT THAT WE GET TO RECEIVE OUR BALLOTS THREE WEEKS AHEAD.
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO THINK ABOUT ISSUES.
I SORT OF FEEL THAT IS COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE STATE.
AS FAR AS LIABLE LAWS, THERE ARE WHAT THEY ARE.
I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE ABILITY FOR PEOPLE TO JUST SPAT OUT THINGS HAVE PUT LIABLE LAWS IN A SITUATION IN WHICH IT IS A FUZZY AREA.
THE REALITY IS, I DON'T THINK IT IS GOING TO CHANGE VERY MUCH.
WHAT WE CAN DO, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THIS AREA IN THE STATE CAN DO IS MOVE PAST IT.
WE SHOULD GO OUT.
WE SHOULD VOTE.
WE SHOULD TRUST THE RESULTS OF THOSE ELECTIONS.
WE SHOULD SHOW THE COUNTRY HOW THAT WORKS AND WHY IT IS SUCCESSFUL.
>> KRIS YOU USED TO BE OUT IN THE MOUNTAIN DISTRICT.
WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
DO YOU THINK THIS WILL DIE DOWN?
>> NOT AT ALL.
I THINK IT MAKES MARTYRS OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVES THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE STOLEN ELECTION THEORYS AND FOLLOW THESE LAWSUITS, IT IS INTERESTING THAT THERE IS PUSH BACK NOW.
WE WILL SEE HOW IT ALL PANS OUT.
I'D LIKE TO THINK WE CAN MOVE PAST IT.
NOT ANY TIME SOON.
THE GENERAL PUBLIC WILL GROW VERY WEARY ABOUT HEARING ABOUT THE STOLEN ELECTION.
>> ONE CAN HOPE.
IT IS OUR FAVORITE PART OF THE WEEK.
THAT IS THE DISGRACE AND SAY SOMETHING NICE.
YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> I'M GLAD GEORGE WAS ABLE TO TAKE OFF HIS CAT EARS WHEN WE SAT DOWN.
HERE IS THE THING ABOUT HEIDI WHO THINKS DEMANDING KITTY BOXES IN SCHOOL ACROSS COLORADO.
SHE BROUGHT THAT OUT.
AND AFTER SHE WAS QUESTIONED ABOUT THE FURRIES SHE DOUBLED DOWN AND SENT OUT A LIST INCLUDING CASTLE ROCK.
SO YOU WANT YOUR CANDIDATES TO DO SOME FACT CHECKING AND NOT WORRY ABOUT THE FURRY.
>> NOT WORRY.
YOUR DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
>> I'M GOING TO REGRET THIS.
RIGHT NOW THE DENVER BRONCOS.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE TEAM.
GEORGE IS SPORTING AMAZING BRONCOS GEAR.
I'VE BEEN A FAN EVER SINCE I WAS FOUR.
I THINK THE EXPECTATIONS HAVE BEEN HIGH SINCE PEYTON MANNING ERA.
I HOPE WE CAN MAKE THE PLAYOFF THIS YEAR.
>> DISGRACE.
>> PARTY POPPER RON HANKS.
NO ONE LIKES A SPOIL SPORT.
IT IS ALL TOO PREDICTABLE.
HE SAID HE WOULD SUPPORT THE NOMINEE.
NO ONE LIKES A SPOILED SPORT.
>> GEORGE?
>> THAT IS VERY CLOSE TO SAYS I'M A BRONCOS FAN AND START ROOTING FOR THE RAIDERS.
WE PUT OUT FIVE REPORTS.
THERE IS AN INCREASE TEMPO OF COMMENCE INSTITUTE AS WELL AS MITCH THE FORMER DA.
SAYING THESE ARE POLITICIZED AND THESE NUMBERS ARE SUSPECT.
NOT A SINGLE POLITICIAN OR ATTORNEY GENERAL OR ANYONE ELSE HAS COME UP WITH A SINGLE CONTRARY NUMBER.
THIS IS A REAL ISSUE.
IT SHOULD NOT BE A POLITICAL ISSUE.
IT IS ONE THAT AS YOU KNOW IF WE DON'T TAKE THIS THING SERIOUSLY, THIS PUTS US AS RISK SMALL BUSINESSES.
>> SAY SOMETHING NICE AND KEEP IT SHORT.
>> I WILL SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE CU PROFESSOR WHO LOST HER POSITION.
WE DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING THAT WENT DOWN.
WE DO KNOW HER WORK POPULARIZING HISTORY HAS BEEN CRITICAL.
>> I THINK WE ARE TAKING POSITIVE STEPS TOWARDS DECRIMINALIZATION MARIJUANA.
IF YOU WERE IN FEDERAL PRISON YOU ARE GOING TO BE PAROLED.
>> KRIS?
>> FIRST RESPONDERS WERE HONORED FOR SAVING THE LIFE OF A 1-YEAR-OLD.
THEY CHOSE TO HONOR THE MOTHER AS WELL.
I THINK WE LOOK AT THE SHOOTINGS AND -- NEGATIVE NEWS THAT COMES OUT OF AURORA, IT IS SO NICE TO CELEBRATE THE SAVING OF A LIFE.
>> GEORGE?
>> THE REPUBLICAN SHERIFF TOOK A DISABLED WOMAN FROM THE JAIL DRESSED HER OUT IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES AND TOOK HER TO JAIL.
THAT CRIME GETS DISCOVERED BECAUSE HIS DEPUTY SAW HIM AND REPORTED IT.
THIS WOMAN NEVER HAD A BREAK IN HER LIFE.
THE JURY AWARDED $8.25 MILLION.
SHE WAS REPEATEDLY THEY BELIEVE ME I GOT MY JUSTICE.
>> THANKS.
THANK YOU PANELIST FOR YOUR WONDERFUL INSIGHT.
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