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So I was looking at it literally in real time.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=34.82,45.05"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/8","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And it went on for the amount of minutes, what was it, eight more than eight minutes?","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=45.05,51.23"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/9","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And by the time that it was at the end.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=51.23,56.72"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/10","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"I was in tears and I'm almost in tears now because I said, oh, my God,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=56.72,65.81"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/11","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"this is, you know, there's this is a there is going to be a problem here, you know, and I said, this is going","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=65.81,75.09"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/12","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to blow up and sure enough.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=75.09,78.95"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/13","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"As it started circulating, you know, that that video, that film over and over again during the day, during","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=78.95,86.09"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/14","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"the week, it started blowing up and I live here, you  know, only my community is only about...","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=86.09,96.32"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/15","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"OK, I live in a historically African-American community, so I wasn't experiencing only, you know,","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=96.32,104.09"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/16","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"hearing what people were saying, but it wasn't like in a raging way because, you know, my community is not as","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=104.09,113.12"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/17","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"diverse. We have more African-Americans and Hispanics in our community here.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=113.12,119.3"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/18","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"But when you go, the community is located just about 15 minutes east of the city of Houston.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=119.3,127.94"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/19","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"And so you could feel when you go into the city, you know, you can start seeing people start marching","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=127.94,138.2"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/20","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"and getting more and more riled up about, you know, the situation.","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=138.2,143.03"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/21","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"So just for my and my family's protection, I tended to more just kind of stay away and just look at the news","format":"text/plain"},"target":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698#t=143.03,151.01"},{"id":"https://houstonlibrary.aviaryplatform.com/collections/2660/collection_resources/120510/file/226698/transcript/64112/annotation/22","type":"Annotation","motivation":"transcribing","body":{"type":"TextualBody","value":"to be updated on what was going on. 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