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EPISODE #111: Here’s What It’s Like to be a Young Black Cop in Seattle

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🗓️ 1 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0

Hey everybody is the Ron and Don show Ron and Don

0:06.1

com

0:11.3

Hey guys what's going on it's episode number 111 of the Ronadon show it's Ron Upshaw he's live

0:16.7

From the shores of South Lake Union. I'm Don O'Neill live from the shores of Queen Anne Mountain and

0:21.2

We got our broadcast equipment fix so hopefully

0:24.7

for this sounds better yeah hopefully this sounds a little better to you this

0:28.7

morning so a lot of things going on in the city of Seattle around the country over the weekend and

0:34.1

Ron has written something I've written something and then a good friend of mine who I

0:40.1

try to help mentor but really he mentors me he's in his 20 he's a local police

0:44.8

officer he's very involved in the community he's also a local coach he's the coach that

0:49.2

got me involved in Cleveland High School and he has written something that I want to share with you

0:55.3

that is very important and I think very thought-provoking but Ron you woke up this

1:00.8

morning you wrote something it's one of the first things I read and we want to share.

1:06.6

Yeah, I could see the smoke billowing between the high rises

1:10.5

in downtown Seattle last night.

1:12.2

Turns out it was cars being set on fire by

1:15.4

protesters. Race, power, justice, privilege, pandemic. There's no way for me to untangle these concepts in a few words on a social media

1:26.4

post, but I invite you to really look at the photos that I posted on my Facebook page from around America.

1:33.0

Take a moment and think about these fellow citizens.

1:37.0

They all have complex stories of hopes and dreams, struggles and disappointments.

1:42.0

I'm in no position to offer a solution or a clever anecdote that will change hearts and minds.

1:48.0

I just want to say that I'm doing my best to see you and I will stop and I'll say your name.

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