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Rodney King, uh. George, just as of recent, Breonna Taylor.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=5.01,19.8"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/3","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"All of those names, that's police brutality and it also it really means that we have a long way to go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=19.8,37.12"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/4","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And I said Rodney King and George Floyd, because I think there's something like 30 years difference.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=37.12,43.09"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/5","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"That was police brutality during Rodney King and even earlier.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=43.09,48.55"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/6","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But, you know, because I that's when I was really paying attention to the international or national news.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=48.55,56.17"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/7","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Rodney King comes to mind and it's a good measuring stick for how far we still have to go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=56.17,63.78"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"In in some ways, actually, I think we've gone backward, unfortunately.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=63.78,70.9"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And, you know, we kind of know why that all has a lot to do with the past administration that we were in.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=70.9,78.79"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But at the same time, it you know, it's not a blame on that.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=78.79,85.45"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"It's just that we can see.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=85.45,89.29"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Just from you know, it's like the administration, the past administration gave us, showed us what the status","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=89.29,97.31"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"was of police brutality. We have a long way to go.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=97.31,101.15"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"Do you think that the relationship between the police and black people in the US, Houston or both has","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=101.15,110.39"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"improved over the last few years? Why or why not?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=110.39,119.43"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I would say that it has not, and that's simply","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=119.43,123.63"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"because, I mean, the easy evidence is you go into the prisons, the jails","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=123.63,134.13"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"locally, statewide, and you're you know, all you have to do is ask the question like \"why?\" You know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=134.13,144.48"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I think that it has not improved.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=144.48,147.27"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And and for the the reason I, one of the reasons I think it hasn't improved is because, you know, on the state","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=147.27,157.26"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"level, there's going to have to be more a really deep look at all of the laws that are on the","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=157.26,167.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"books. There's so much that, you know, studies that need to be done.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=167.01,172.65"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/23","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"For all I know, they could be being done now, especially post-George Floyd incident.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=172.65,181.86"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/24","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But so much needs to be done on the state level to and local level, but mostly the state to ensure and, you","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=181.86,191.64"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/25","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"know, put those laws in place that ensure more justice and equality and treatment of residents, whether","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=191.64,200.22"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/26","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"they're black or brown, you know, Asian, Indian because again, in our prison systems, in our jail","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=200.22,210.13"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/27","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"systems, who do you see?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715#t=210.13,212.41"}]},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196","type":"AnnotationPage","label":{"en":["English [Transcript]"]},"items":[{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120511/file/226715/transcript/64196/annotation/28","type":"Annotation","motivation":"subtitling","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/064/196/original/transcript_1706629078.vtt20240130-465958-8brpnz.vtt?1706611078","format":"text/vtt","language":"en"},"target":"https://d9jk7wjtjpu5g.cloudfront.net/file_transcripts/associated_files/000/064/196/original/transcript_1706629078.vtt20240130-465958-8brpnz.vtt?1706611078"}]}]}]}