%>>
GREAT.
%THANK
YOU.
%>>
EARLIER THIS
WEEK, MARISA
%WOJCIK
SAT
DOWN
WITH
THE
FOUNDER
%OF
URBAN
TRIAGE
AND
MADISON
%ORGANIZER BRANDI GRAYSON TO
HEAR
%WHAT
THEIR
DEMANDS
ARE.
%>>
CAN
YOU
DESCRIBE
FOR
U
S
WHAT
%THIS PAST
WEEK
OF
PROTESTS
AT
%THE
STATE
CAPITOL
HAS
LOOKED
%LIKE AND
SOUNDED
LIKE TO
YOU
?
%>>
THE
PROTESTS HAVE
BEEN
VERY
%POWERFUL
IN
THE
SENSE
THAT
IT'S
%CROSS-GENERATIONAL,
CROSS
RACES,
%CROSS
IDEOLOGY,
RIGHT?
%IT'S
JUST A
MIXTURE
O
F
%BEAUTIFUL,
BRILLIANT
PEOPLE WHO
%ARE REALLY FED
UP
WITH
THE
%SYSTEMATIC
OPPRESSION,
WHITE
%SUPREMACY AND
THE
KILLING
OF
%BLACK
BODIES
WITHOUT
JUSTICE.
%AND
I
THINK
WHEN GEORGE
FLOYD
%WAS
MURDERED
O
N
CAMERA
FOLLOWING
%THE
DEATH
OF A
MAN WHO
WAS
%CHASED
DOWN
BY
KKK
SUE
SUPREMACISTS,%IT
WAS
JUST
ENOUGH.
%WITH
COVID-19 AND
PEOPLE
JUST
%BEING
TIRED
OF
BEING
JUST
%OPPRESSED AND
HAVING THEIR
%RIGHTS
BEING
TAKEN
AWAY
FROM
%THEM, SO
WHAT
I'VE
SEEN ON
THE
%GROUND, IT
WAS
REALLY A FEELING
%OF COMMUNITY AND
THE
SENSE
THAT%WE ARE
I
N
THIS
TOGETHER AND
THAT
%WE WILL
BE
THE
ONES
THAT
SAVE
US
%AND PROTECT
US
AND
WE
MUST
KEEP
%GOING
UNTIL
OUR
VOICES
ARE
HEARD
%AND REAL
ACTION
IS
TAKEN.
%AND FOR
US
I
N
MADISON,
%WISCONSIN, REAL
ACTION
LOOKS
%LIKE
DEFUNDING
OUR
JAILS,
OUR%POLICE
DEPARTMENTS,
INVESTING IN
%PEOPLE,
INVESTING
IN
OUR
%CHILDREN,
INVESTING
I
N
YOUTH.
%AND
ONE OF THE
OTHER
DEMANDS
IS
%FIRING MATT
KEENNY, A POLICE
%OFFICER
WITH
MADISON WHO
%MURDERED
TON
Y
ROBINSON IN
2015,
%SHOT
HIM
SEVEN
TIMES.
%SO WE
ARE
ASKING
THAT
THERE
BE
%REAL
ACTIONS TAKEN
AS
I
T
RELATES
%TO
THE
VIOLENCE
INFLICTED
ON
%HUMAN
BODIES.
%AND WHAT
WE'VE
BEEN
WITNESSING
%IS COMMUNITY.
%AND WHAT
WE'RE
ALSO
DEMANDING
IS
%COMMUNITY
CONTROL OVER POLICE.
%WE
NEED
COMMUNITY
REVIEW
BOARDS%TO HAVE
THE
SAME
POWER
AS
THE
%POLICE
AND
FIRE
COMMISSION.
%AND
THAT
POWER CAN BE
GRANTED
TO
%COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH
OUR
%CITY
COUNCIL AND
THROUGH
THE
%POLICE
AND
FIRE
COMMISSION.
%AND
ANOTHER ONE
OF
OUR
DEMANDS
%IS
FREE
THEM
ALL.
%IT
MEANS
ALL
BLACK
PEOPLE
LOCKED
%UP
IN DANE
COUNTY JAIL.
%AND THAT
RESPONSIBILITY
AND
%POWER
SPECIFICALLY
FALLS
O
N
OUR
%DANE
COUNTY
EXECUTIVE
JOEL
%PARISI
AND
OUR
SHERIFF.
%SO THEY
HAVE
THE
POWER
T
O
LET
%PEOPLE OUT.
%AND WHAT
WE
KNOW
IS
WHAT
%COVID-19
HIT,
THEY
DID
LET
%PEOPLE OUT.
%SO WE
KNOW
THAT
THEY
CAN
IF
THEY
%REALLY
ARE
INTERESTED
IN
JUSTICE
%AND A FAIR
SYSTEM.%>>
AND
I DID
WANT
T
O
ASK
YOU
%ABOUT
YOUR
DEMANDS.
%YOUR
ORGANIZATION,
ALONG
WITH
%FREEDOM, INC.
AND
THE
PARTY
FOR
%SOCIALISM AND
LIBERATION
HAVE
%MADE THIS
LIS
T
OF
DEMANDS.
%ARE THESE
DEMANDS
IN
LINE
%GENERALLY WITH
WHAT
OTHERS
ARE
%CALLING
FOR ACROSS
THE
COUNTRY?
%>>
YES.
%IT'S IN
LINE
WITH
THE
BLACK
%MOVEMENT,
MOVEMENT
FOR
BLACK
%LIVES,
OF
DEFUNDING THE
POLICE,
%REPARATIONS FOR
BLACK
PEOPLE
AND
%REALLY BUILDING
RESOURCES FOR
%THE
BLACK
COMMUNITY.
%AND
WITH
THE
UNDERSTANDING
THAT
%WHEN WE
GET
T
O
THE
POINT
WHERE%
WE
ARE
UPLIFTING
BLACK
PEOPLE
%AND
WE'RE
SUPPORTING
BLACK
%PEOPLE WITH
OPPORTUNITY,
%RESOURCES
AND
JUSTICE,
THEN
%EVERYONE
IS
LIBERATED.%>>
WHERE DO YOU
SEE
THINGS
%GOING?
%WHAT DO YOU
BELIEVE THE
OUTCOME
%OF
THESE
PROTESTS WILL
BE?
%OR
D
O
YOU
FORESEE
YOURSELF
%PROTESTING EVERY DAY
FOR
WEEKS
%AND
MONTHS
TO
COME?
%>> YOU
KNOW,
THAT'S A HARD
%QUESTION.
%THAT'S
TOTALLY UP
T
O
THOSE
I
N
%POWER.
%IT'S
TOTALLY UP
TO
OUR
FEDERAL
%GOVERNMENT,
OUR
LOCAL POLICE
%DEPARTMENT, OUR
LOCAL
MAYOR,
OUR
%LOCAL DANE COUNTY
EXECUTIVE,
OUR
%SEVER.
% OUR%SHERIFF.
%IF
FOLKS
WANT
THIS T
O
END,
THIS
%HAVE TO BE
CHANGES.
%I DON'T
SEE
IT
STOPPING
UNTIL
%ACTUAL STEPS
HAPPEN.
%THIS
I
S
HISTORIC
AL.
%THERE
IS A
REVOLUTION
HAPPENING
%ACROSS OUR
COUNTRY.
%I DON'T SEE
IT
ENDING.
%I
SEE
IT
INCREASING
NND
UNTIL
%ACTIONABLE
STEPS
ARE TAKEN
TO
%END
THE
ENDING
OF
LIVES
OF
BLACK
%BODIES.
%THEY
HAVE
TO
POWER
TO
END
THIS
%AT ANY
MOMENT.
%THE
QUESTION IS
WHEN
THE
%PROTESTERS ARE
GOING
T
O
STOP.
%IT'S
WHEN
ARE
THOSE
IN CHARGE
%AND
IN
POWER
GOING
TO
START
%DOING
THINGS
T
O
PROTECT
BLACK
%BODIES?
%>> ALL
RIGHT.