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backing out a security agreement to
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protect the democratic national
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conventions in milwaukee with less than
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three weeks to go into the event why
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would they do this
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the move comes after new orders in the
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city would restrict officers
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from using certain crowd control
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measures expected
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if there are any protests which happens
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a lot tear gas and pepper spray now off
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the table
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so they're out joining us now is one of
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the police chiefs withdrawing his
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officers from the dnc
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from the west allis police department
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chief patrick mitchell
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chief is it just about pepper spray and
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is it just about tear gas
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well pepper spray and tear gas are
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certainly
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the main issue at hand my fear would
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also be that there'll be
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a limitation upon the police department
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of other
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tactics that they can use but the
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elimination of tear gas
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and pepper spray is of grave concern to
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me
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why would they do this you're the pros
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these these
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other people are telling you what you
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can't do yet they want the result
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yeah so that that's a great question and
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i'm not certain
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why the elected leaders in the city of
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milwaukee and their civilian oversight
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board
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have chosen to take this route but the
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reality is
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tear gas while we do not want to
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frequently use it
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it certainly has a place in policing
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and if you remove chemical irritants
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from the tools that we can use you leave
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us a very limited options
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after that one of those options
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unfortunately
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is retreat uh chemical irritants
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are very very effective at getting a
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crowd
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that is becoming an unlawful assembly to
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leave an area
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and disperse without chemical irritants
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i'm not
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quite sure how we do that so another uh
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police chief william lamb says he
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expects
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more more organizations not to show up
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more than the hundred that have said
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call somebody else
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in the big picture doesn't this play
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with the theme across the country
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will tell you what to not what not to do
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as police officers
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meanwhile these people making the rules
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don't spend one day in the academy or in
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uniform
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yes i certainly do understand that
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politicians
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and civilian oversight boards have a
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role
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in policing but common sense would tell
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you if they would listen to the
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professionals
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any professional police chief would tell
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you we don't want to use chemical
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irritants
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we make decisions based on the actions
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of the crowd
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if the crowd was truly peaceful and we
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had a five-day democratic national
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convention
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with nothing but peaceful protest there
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would be absolutely no need for a
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chemical irritant
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but again if that is removed we're in a
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bad spot
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yeah the rioters protesters they have a
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say in this
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and no one's telling them what to do
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they're just telling you how to handle
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it
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meanwhile this is what the dnc said in
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response to that huge news
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as plans evolve due to the ongoing
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pandemic we will continue to work with
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law enforcement officials in
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coordination with the u.s secret service
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to ensure the 2020 democratic convention
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is safe and secure
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for milwaukee residents and everyone
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involved with our convention
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the bigger question final thought is how
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are they going to do that
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well i i have no clue how they're going
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to do that
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because again without chemical irritants
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you're left to very few things you can
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certainly use physical force
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to make a crowd leave or disperse from
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an area
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or you can retreat no one wants to see
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at this time in american policing
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a large display of physical force by the
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police
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against a group of protesters so i'm not
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certain
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who would want that or why they would
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think that that's a good
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alternative to a chemical irritant chief
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you've kind of been very diplomatic
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the era of retreat is looked at as
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weakness
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you give up a precinct you take a step
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back the mob grows angrier and greater
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we all know that you don't have to be a
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policeman to see that final thought
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no i agree with you it's certainly
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interesting times to be a police officer
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in this country
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i know in my heart that we are supported
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by the overwhelming
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majority of americans they want
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professional police officers they want
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positive interactions every police chief
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gets that
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you know we don't we don't want bad
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interactions but
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we need common sense and good i'm glad
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you made a stand and i'm glad those
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other groups made a stand too uh
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chief mitchell thanks so much thank you
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sir
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