This season of running from cops contains some pretty rough scenes of policing on television,

as well as audio of people in distressing situations, which you might find upsetting. There's also a fair amount of bad language.

Thanks for listening.

Episode 1, the one-celled amoeba.

I'm going to begin this story at the end of it, or almost the end, here in Spokane,

Washington, where my producer, Henry and I are in hour three of a Marathon City Council meeting.

I'm going to talk about the rumored tax increase on firearms and ammunition.

Jealous much?

Some might say local government meetings are boring and really long.

I've been waffling on what I was going to speak on.

I had several issues.

I would just like to read.

On the other hand, some say they're really long and boring.

It's the Ten Commandments have been taken out of our laws.

We have laws.

We have the Constitution.

But this one is about to get good, because the debate we are here for is up next on the docket.

Go to C-35593.

Coordinates C-35593 relating to reality-based police show program filming and acting a new chapter 10.56 to the Spokane Municipal Code.

Let me translate.

They are about to vote on whether or not to effectively kick the reality show cops out of Spokane. In other words, after eight seasons of cops' cameras in town shooting this.

You are under arrest.

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