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The Chuck ToddCast

'There is no going back' on police reform, Mayor of Pittsburgh tells college journalists

The Chuck ToddCast

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Government, News

4.02.8K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto (D) joins the Meet the Press: College Roundtable to take questions from Sarah Beth Guevara, a graduate journalism student from the University of Oklahoma, Avalon Pernell, a rising sophomore at Washington and Lee University, and David Bender, a rising freshman at Indiana University.

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0:00.0

The Press College Roundtable Edition, where we give college journalists from across the

0:08.5

country, the opportunity to ask questions they want answers to from newsmakers that they

0:12.9

want to hear from.

0:14.2

This week, we've seen institutions start to respond to demands for change while in other

0:17.8

areas, citizens are taking matters into their own hands.

0:21.4

Mayors across the country are grappling with local level challenges of keeping citizens

0:25.2

safe during a health crisis and public protests while also debating how to reform policing

0:30.5

dramatically.

0:32.0

My guest this week is Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Padoodo and I've seen the questions our

0:36.5

student journalists.

0:38.5

First up is Sarah Beth Guevara.

0:40.7

She's a grad student at the University of Oklahoma where she covers politics and law.

0:45.3

Sarah Beth, tell us a little bit about yourself.

0:48.2

I got into journalism after my family became a foster family to a girl whose parents were

0:53.2

deported to Mexico and I realized that nobody will make a change that I want from my

0:59.1

big sister until people start to care.

1:02.2

Next up is David Wolfbender.

1:03.8

He is a rising freshman at the University of Indiana and he's been covering the growth

1:07.0

of community policing for public radio in Indianapolis.

1:11.2

David, tell us a little something about yourself.

1:12.9

Yeah, I live in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1:14.4

It's a very racially segregated city.

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