WEBVTT 1 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.480 Billy coming in the Great American and welcome this Wednesday 2 00:00:09.560 --> 00:00:12.199 afternoon in the Tri State Reds baseball kicks off about 3 00:00:12.199 --> 00:00:15.279 six oh five tonight, because I thought that maybe Trevino 4 00:00:15.320 --> 00:00:17.839 should start the game because he seems to have more 5 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:20.640 results in the starting pitching crew. Looking at the last 6 00:00:21.039 --> 00:00:23.760 two games at my ballpark, the Great American, the Reds 7 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:26.879 on Monday night lost five to one. They lost last 8 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:30.440 night twelve to two. That means collectively they're seventeen and three. 9 00:00:31.120 --> 00:00:34.280 This isn't a football score, a baseball score. Seventeen and 10 00:00:34.359 --> 00:00:39.000 three against Miami, not exactly the seventy six Reds, but nonetheless, 11 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:41.119 they try again tonight. We'll see what happens tonight with 12 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.520 Avan on the mound, and then they have one more 13 00:00:43.560 --> 00:00:45.719 game tomorrow with Miami than three with the Rocks in 14 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.359 town and getting ready for the All Star break and 15 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:51.000 the trade deadline. Maybe one of the other good teams 16 00:00:51.039 --> 00:00:53.280 won Trevino to pitch for them, because he seems to 17 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.679 be the best pitcher the Reds have. But until then, 18 00:00:55.759 --> 00:00:58.560 there's all hell breaking loose throughout the Try State in 19 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:01.280 many different quarters. I have a guest on tomorrow to 20 00:01:01.280 --> 00:01:03.799 talk about what happens in Clifton in front of the 21 00:01:03.840 --> 00:01:06.799 fire station, the skyline chill. On a regular basis, we've 22 00:01:06.799 --> 00:01:09.480 had on guests from Covington about the what's happening on 23 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.840 the riverfront there and also in Cincinnati. But Red White 24 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.799 and Blue Ash is a signature event in Hambleton County. 25 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.359 It's been going on for about thirty years, and until 26 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:22.519 a few days ago there was no difficulties whatsoever. Then 27 00:01:22.519 --> 00:01:24.799 all hell broke loose. Joining you and I now is 28 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.920 Mayor Jill Cole, and Mayor Cole is in charge of 29 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:31.480 the city of Blue Ash, the little tree that grew. 30 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:34.120 And Mayor Cole welcome, i think for the first time 31 00:01:34.159 --> 00:01:36.760 to the Bill Cunningham Show. So first of all, can 32 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:40.760 you tell me tell the American people the event itself, 33 00:01:40.799 --> 00:01:43.159 the planning for the event before the events took place 34 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:45.640 later on in the evening that were terrible. Now just 35 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:48.200 talk in general about what Red White and Blue Ash 36 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:50.159 seeks to do for the past thirty years. 37 00:01:51.439 --> 00:01:53.439 Thanks for having me on, Billy. Yes, it's my first 38 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:55.760 time talking with you, and I'm really grateful to be here. 39 00:01:56.239 --> 00:01:58.480 You know, Blue Ash is an amazing city. We have 40 00:01:58.560 --> 00:02:01.280 a long history of being said Efe and welcoming and 41 00:02:01.359 --> 00:02:03.359 we're in the we have the ability to do a 42 00:02:03.359 --> 00:02:07.120 lot of amazing things, including our annual Fourth of July celebration. 43 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:09.560 As you said, we've been putting these on for over 44 00:02:09.599 --> 00:02:12.560 thirty years, and I've always been so proud that despite 45 00:02:12.599 --> 00:02:15.639 the thousands and thousands of people that attend, there have 46 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:19.479 rarely been any problems. However, last Friday night, a small 47 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.639 group of individuals made poor choices and they frightened the 48 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:25.599 people around them. I know I had one of my 49 00:02:25.639 --> 00:02:27.719 family members that was right in the middle of it, 50 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.120 and it was very scary. Fortunately, our police officers were 51 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:36.680 nearby and they were able to quickly respond to the situation. Fortunately, Yes, 52 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:37.800 very serious. 53 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:40.520 Injury, and there's other serious injury or deaths or nothing 54 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:43.400 at some of these events. As far as the entry 55 00:02:43.400 --> 00:02:45.479 to the facility, I was last there about ten to 56 00:02:45.520 --> 00:02:48.159 twelve years ago and it was easy to get into, 57 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.400 easy to go. Is there an entry point where people 58 00:02:50.400 --> 00:02:52.039 were more or less checked a little bit or not 59 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:55.479 ors simply catches catch Can just come in for any 60 00:02:55.599 --> 00:02:56.919 any quarter that you desire. 61 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:00.879 It is just to catches catch Can. It's a hundred 62 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:03.000 over one hundred acre park and we do want to 63 00:03:03.080 --> 00:03:06.360 keep it very opening and welcoming, and so we don't 64 00:03:06.400 --> 00:03:09.680 have a checkpoint. And you know, obviously we're going to 65 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:12.319 look at this and see what safety measures we might 66 00:03:12.400 --> 00:03:14.840 need to implement for next year. I think that one 67 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.680 would be a difficult one to do because of the 68 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.159 size of the park and also again we just want 69 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.479 to keep the welcoming, family friendly environment of it. 70 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:27.400 As far as what occurred that night, I know you've 71 00:03:27.439 --> 00:03:29.439 been working on this with the city manager and the 72 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:33.400 police chief. Tell the American people what happened Friday night 73 00:03:33.439 --> 00:03:36.240 that caused the injury to the police officer, and just 74 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.159 give us the facts of what happened that turned out 75 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:40.039 not so well for that particular event. 76 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:43.680 Sure, you know, I just want to reiterate though, that 77 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:45.120 we're still doing research on this. 78 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:45.879 They were still. 79 00:03:45.719 --> 00:03:48.199 Analyzing you But what we know is that again, there 80 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:51.000 was a small group of individuals that were throwing fireworks 81 00:03:51.039 --> 00:03:55.199 at each other under the canopy area, which if you've 82 00:03:55.199 --> 00:03:57.159 been to the park, you're familiar with that. And then 83 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:01.840 unfortunately they ran through the crowd that gunshots had been fired, 84 00:04:01.879 --> 00:04:04.599 so they added confusion and upset to the area. Again, 85 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:07.759 the people that witnessed it were very upset rightfully, so 86 00:04:07.879 --> 00:04:12.840 fortunately it was fairly well contained and again the police 87 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:13.759 responded quickly. 88 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:16.600 As far as injuries, what was the injury to the 89 00:04:16.680 --> 00:04:19.439 police officer, He had a burn on. 90 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:22.959 His legs from a firecracker that hit him. He was 91 00:04:23.000 --> 00:04:25.439 treated at the hospital and released. In fact, he was 92 00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:26.800 back on duty last night. 93 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:29.480 And as far as I read somewhere in the media 94 00:04:29.560 --> 00:04:33.720 that juvenile court, which in my editorial opinion, often does 95 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:38.319 a terrible job relative to holding juveniles accountable for serious misbehavior, 96 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:41.439 is it true that juvenile court dismissed most of the 97 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:45.920 charges against the individual that injured the police officer. 98 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.720 That is true, and unfortunately we can do our part, 99 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:50.959 but we can't control what. 100 00:04:50.879 --> 00:04:53.360 Happens after that, which is really unfortunate. 101 00:04:53.920 --> 00:04:56.399 Did that happen with your permission? With you're okay? 102 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:01.439 Wow, I wasn't there. I would have to talk with 103 00:05:01.519 --> 00:05:03.480 the people that were there. But I don't know that 104 00:05:03.519 --> 00:05:06.480 we have a choice in that. That's the magistrate's decision. 105 00:05:06.720 --> 00:05:09.800 And the police officer. I would assume it was. I 106 00:05:09.879 --> 00:05:12.920 just understand it's without prejudice, which means that it could 107 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:16.000 be brought again. And the magistrate in the media said 108 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.800 that they can't identify the person who did this because 109 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:24.360 it's a juvenile. But nonetheless it was over the objections 110 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:27.720 of the police officer and according to media accounts, the 111 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.600 city of Bluish was not involved in agreeing to the dismissal. 112 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.279 The magistrate did it on her own. Is that your. 113 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.800 Understanding, that's my understanding. 114 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:39.519 As far as going forward, one of the council members 115 00:05:39.560 --> 00:05:42.800 has come forward about monitoring social media, almost like a 116 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:45.680 CIA function in which you're going to have large numbers 117 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:49.199 of people monitoring social media of individuals who may come 118 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:51.560 to the party, may not come to the party. As 119 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.600 far as entry points and searches of bags, have you 120 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.240 begun the planning yet to do? What number one, is 121 00:05:57.240 --> 00:05:59.480 the event going to continue next year? And if so, 122 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:00.480 how will it different? 123 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.800 Well, you know the event will continue next year. At 124 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.000 this point, you know, we're just beginning to look at 125 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:09.759 this and we have a whole year and so we 126 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.079 work closely with our law enforcement, our parks and w 127 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:14.959 rec people and we'll carefully look at what happened and 128 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:16.959 see what we can do if we need to make 129 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:19.600 adjustments or change. Is to ensure that it's a states 130 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.279 and welcoming event. Unfortunately, you know, we do as a 131 00:06:24.560 --> 00:06:28.560 policy in our council appoint the mayor and the city 132 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:32.199 administration as official spokespeople. But unfortunately we had a council 133 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:34.879 member that's gone out on his own and has made 134 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:39.519 statements that are not reflective of the views or the 135 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:45.480 values of the city, describing the individuals as you know, 136 00:06:45.639 --> 00:06:50.399 just confusing language that stigmatizes and dehumanizes these people, which 137 00:06:50.439 --> 00:06:53.120 were just young kids. They made stupid mistakes, but that 138 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:55.839 was no reason, you know, we shouldn't be out ahead 139 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:59.120 of this event without understanding all of what happened and 140 00:06:59.279 --> 00:07:01.839 criticizing the young people that were there. 141 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:05.240 Well, that council member was almost Cosloane. A couple of 142 00:07:05.279 --> 00:07:08.079 days ago. He talked about the punks, about individuals that 143 00:07:08.480 --> 00:07:10.959 don't deserve to come to events like that. He was 144 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:15.920 very accusatory of those being charged. And so you're saying 145 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:18.399 that does not reflect the viewpoint of city council in 146 00:07:18.439 --> 00:07:19.480 blue Ash nor the mayor. 147 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:23.279 What I'm saying is that we shouldn't be talking about 148 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:25.519 individuals like that. First of all, we need to leave 149 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:29.560 the communication, particularly to the administration. So what was released 150 00:07:29.680 --> 00:07:34.040 is clear and factual and doesn't conflict with other people 151 00:07:34.040 --> 00:07:36.519 are said, and I just personally think, and I know 152 00:07:36.600 --> 00:07:39.920 that my council members share my view that his statements 153 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:43.839 were inflammatory and were not necessary or helpful and just 154 00:07:43.879 --> 00:07:45.600 made the situation worse. 155 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.399 Some of the charges were kept inside the City of 156 00:07:48.399 --> 00:07:51.160 Bluish and Mayor's Court. As you know as the mayor 157 00:07:51.199 --> 00:07:53.680 that there are misdemeanor charges that could be brought and 158 00:07:53.800 --> 00:07:56.519 kept in Mayor's Court and if it's a juvenile it 159 00:07:56.600 --> 00:08:00.279 must be sent down to Hamlin County Juvenile Court, which 160 00:08:00.319 --> 00:08:04.040 has a history of dismissing charges against those charges with crimes. 161 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:05.839 And I will and Nelly basis are you going to 162 00:08:06.800 --> 00:08:09.439 is there a sense of pursuing the charges in the 163 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:11.959 City of blue Ash Mayor's Court to it through their 164 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:14.120 logical conclusion and not to dismiss them. 165 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.120 You know, I don't have any information about what the 166 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.639 plan is. As you know, we have a magister. You 167 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.639 may know that we have an outside person run our 168 00:08:23.720 --> 00:08:28.040 mayor's court now a lawyer, so that it's handled completely appropriately, 169 00:08:28.079 --> 00:08:31.120 of course, and so I have not been engaged in 170 00:08:31.160 --> 00:08:35.639 any conversations talking about what what will be This is 171 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:37.279 the decision about these charges. 172 00:08:37.639 --> 00:08:40.080 So as far as the planning for the future. The 173 00:08:40.159 --> 00:08:43.799 idea of having a place where people are checked is 174 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:48.440 almost impossible to do because I've been there many times 175 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:52.080 and you can come into that park from three sixty 176 00:08:52.120 --> 00:08:54.799 You can come in from almost any angle. Secondly, to 177 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:57.360 have a weight line for people to come in starting 178 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:00.279 in the afternoon until ten thirty pm at night, take 179 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.000 forever to get through the line, that would be a problem. 180 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:07.799 And so there's been comments made by some about parents 181 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:11.320 that aren't possibly being the kind of parents they should 182 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:14.600 be relative to their children. There were comments made by 183 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:18.399 state officials, and I know police officer and chiefs of 184 00:09:18.399 --> 00:09:20.720 police and other cities have said where are the parents? 185 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:24.240 How come parents on supervising their own children? As far 186 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.240 as the age of those involved in these activities, is 187 00:09:27.279 --> 00:09:29.960 the number about ninety because the police chief said it 188 00:09:30.000 --> 00:09:33.000 was about ninety people, What can you tell us about that? 189 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:35.080 How many people? 190 00:09:35.159 --> 00:09:37.879 I've heard media reports that there were four hundred people 191 00:09:37.879 --> 00:09:41.519 that I haven't heard anything official from our folks that 192 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:44.759 determined that that was the number of this group. But again, 193 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:47.879 it was a very small number of young people that 194 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.720 made these poor choices and use these actions that scared people. 195 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.440 Now no question, and I think ninety might be a 196 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:57.080 small number. At one point it was four hundred and 197 00:09:57.120 --> 00:09:59.600 as far as the tenants is ninety thousand people, I've 198 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:02.559 heard some say there's ninety to one hundred thousand people attending. 199 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:03.279 Is that accurate? 200 00:10:04.440 --> 00:10:04.639 You know? 201 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:07.759 I've heard varying numbers from fifty to sixty to seventy 202 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:10.240 in the park to the numbers that you're talking about 203 00:10:10.279 --> 00:10:14.080 when you consider the people that watch the fireworks from 204 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:17.480 around the park and then surrounding commercial buildings. So it 205 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:18.840 is a big event, you know, and in a Blue 206 00:10:18.840 --> 00:10:21.720 Ash we only have about thirteen or fourteen thousand residents. 207 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:24.480 So we put on this event for the whole community, 208 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:26.960 the whole region, and we're happy to do it and 209 00:10:27.120 --> 00:10:29.720 just will work really hard for next year to make 210 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:32.840 sure that we can do anything possible to minimize any 211 00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:36.080 events like that's happening to disrupt what's otherwise an amazing 212 00:10:36.120 --> 00:10:37.200 event and. 213 00:10:36.960 --> 00:10:39.559 A mayoric cole. It's fair to say the great majority 214 00:10:39.559 --> 00:10:41.600 of those attending this event are not from the city 215 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:43.000 of Blue Ash. Is that fair to say? 216 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.279 Can't be thember The numbers speak for themselves. 217 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:48.960 Yes, what does everybody park? I mean, I look at 218 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.519 numbers of fifty to sixty thousand people. That's like a 219 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:55.600 that's almost up to the level of pay course stadium. 220 00:10:55.639 --> 00:10:57.840 Where do people park? How do you get there? 221 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:00.200 We have well, we have a lot of commercials, a 222 00:11:00.399 --> 00:11:04.799 commercial areas around Summit Park, and so the office building. 223 00:11:04.919 --> 00:11:07.399 Some of the office buildings, not everyone, but many of 224 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:11.000 them allow us to have visitors park there. We put 225 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:14.480 up portlets and so forth, you know, to accommodate the 226 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:16.360 needs of the people. But you know, we have good 227 00:11:16.360 --> 00:11:19.840 relationships with our surrounding businesses. We try to take really 228 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:22.799 good care of our businesses and they help us out 229 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:24.759 from time to time with situations like this. 230 00:11:25.399 --> 00:11:28.080 Well, going forward, how does this hurt you as the 231 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:30.039 mayor of this city, which I think Blue Ash is 232 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:33.159 fabulous that it's a motto is the little tree that 233 00:11:33.240 --> 00:11:37.799 grew it's now a fabulous community. How does this hurt 234 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.039 your heart when there's something like this happens. 235 00:11:41.759 --> 00:11:44.360 Well, again, I said, it just hurts my heart because 236 00:11:44.399 --> 00:11:47.080 I've been so proud of the fact that, you know, 237 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:49.639 as you were talking about earlier, crazy things are happening 238 00:11:49.720 --> 00:11:51.799 all over that we've always been able to host this 239 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:55.159 event that has been pretty much trouble free, and it 240 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:58.480 is discouraging that this wasn't the case this year. But 241 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:00.440 I really have a lot of confidence in our team, 242 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.840 and I know that we will carefully look at every 243 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:06.080 angle of it and will develop a very effective, safe 244 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:09.399 plan going future, you know, going forward. So we'll also 245 00:12:09.480 --> 00:12:13.200 still keep it welcoming and family oriented events. 246 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:15.200 So the event will go on no matter what. The 247 00:12:15.240 --> 00:12:18.679 planning will continue. You can't let these few individuals, which 248 00:12:18.759 --> 00:12:20.960 might be half of one percent or less of those 249 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:23.240 who attend, can't let them ruin it for the other 250 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.519 ninety nine point eight percent of the people that attend. 251 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:29.360 I often reference this, then it's not exactly the same. 252 00:12:29.440 --> 00:12:32.639 But when something happens terrible in Israel and some terrorist 253 00:12:32.679 --> 00:12:34.919 blows up a pizza parlor, the next day, the pizza 254 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:37.639 parlor is filled with customers because you can't let the 255 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:42.320 myscreiants determine your activities. As an American, we have to 256 00:12:42.360 --> 00:12:44.440 stand up to this stuff, and we can't back down 257 00:12:44.480 --> 00:12:46.240 and say, Okay, we're not going to do this anymore 258 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:49.559 because someone may get hurt. Someone may get hurt just 259 00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:52.039 walking across the street, for God's sakes. And so when 260 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.600 these things happen, whether it's on the banks, whether it's 261 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:57.519 Washington Park, whether it's in Covington, whether it's in Middletown, 262 00:12:57.600 --> 00:13:00.240 whether it's in Blue Ash. When these events take place, 263 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:02.919 we must stand up together and say not on my watch, 264 00:13:02.960 --> 00:13:05.120 and we're going to continue to have this event. We're 265 00:13:05.120 --> 00:13:07.519 going to police it maybe a little bit a little 266 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:09.159 bit better. But I don't know how you could have 267 00:13:09.240 --> 00:13:11.960 anticipated this from occurring. It hadn't happened in thirty years. 268 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:15.200 And nonetheless your head over one hundred police officers present, 269 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.919 and at this point the planning must go on. Is 270 00:13:17.960 --> 00:13:20.320 it your attitude that as long as you're the mayor 271 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:22.480 of Blue Ash, this event will transpire. 272 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.440 Well, that is my sincere hope. And I've heard no 273 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:29.080 one on staff mention at all the idea that this 274 00:13:29.120 --> 00:13:31.519 would not go forward. And this is a very important 275 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:35.840 community event we're very proud to put on celebrating our countries. 276 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:40.399 So I have no information at all that discontinuing it 277 00:13:40.480 --> 00:13:42.000 is being considered, all. 278 00:13:42.000 --> 00:13:45.279 Right, Mayor Joe Cole, thanks for coming on. And Friday 279 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:47.639 night was a good night until at the last thirty 280 00:13:47.720 --> 00:13:50.240 or forty minutes, and then a few individuals acted up, 281 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:53.960 made fools of themselves, committed crimes and next year it 282 00:13:53.960 --> 00:13:56.879 will be more prepared. But Mayor Joe Cole, once again, 283 00:13:57.080 --> 00:13:59.399 thanks for coming on the Bill Cunningham Show, and thank 284 00:13:59.440 --> 00:14:03.679 you Mayor thinks. So let's continue with more. And there 285 00:14:03.679 --> 00:14:06.759 you have it. And fortunately no one was seriously injured. 286 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:09.759 No one was hurt seriously, no one was killed, fortunately, 287 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:12.799 but nonetheless had the potential with some serious injuries from 288 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:15.559 individuals that don't know how to act in public. Let's 289 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:19.240 continue with more. Bill Cunningham, News Radio seven hundred WLW 290 00:14:20.919 --> 00:14:23.320 HI Billy Cunningham and I've been trying to get on 291 00:14:23.399 --> 00:14:26.320 Mayor Joe Cole last couple of days. I'm glad she 292 00:14:26.399 --> 00:14:29.000 decided to come on as a responsible leader. You want 293 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.039 to wait maybe a couple of days for things to 294 00:14:31.879 --> 00:14:33.559 wash out a little bit to get more of the facts. 295 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:35.639 Here are some of the facts of what happened on 296 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.080 the evening of July fourth, which an event that I 297 00:14:38.120 --> 00:14:41.639 have attended repeatedly and it's a great event. Six people, 298 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:46.879 including four kids, children juveniles, were arrested after fireworks were 299 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.799 set off in the crowd at the event. A thirteen 300 00:14:49.879 --> 00:14:53.039 year old think about a seventh grader, initially charged with 301 00:14:53.200 --> 00:14:56.879 soulting a police officer now has charges reduced to simply 302 00:14:56.919 --> 00:15:01.320 inducing panic, which is a misdemeanor. And I can't get 303 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:04.240 clear information from the mayor or from the Chief of 304 00:15:04.320 --> 00:15:07.399 Place as to why it occurred. But it is a 305 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:10.720 regular event in our Hamley County juvenile court system, and 306 00:15:10.759 --> 00:15:13.000 I have Rob Sanders coming up later to address this. 307 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:16.360 And it's not a seriousness. In juvenile it's called kiddy court. 308 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:21.720 And if it's the first offense, many times the court system, 309 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:25.559 under the leadership of Judge Kerry Bloom simply dismissed the charges. 310 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:28.120 Maybe you have to write a book report, literally write 311 00:15:28.159 --> 00:15:31.000 a book report. And many of the proceedings are shall 312 00:15:31.039 --> 00:15:34.679 we say secret because of the youth of the child involved, 313 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:38.039 so the media is not notified. It's not open court. 314 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.960 You don't have many times a record being taken. And 315 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:45.200 the thirteen year old is not something in juvenile court 316 00:15:45.240 --> 00:15:50.399 system is fashioned to address. It's too young. But in 317 00:15:50.440 --> 00:15:53.200 today's world, when you look at the fighting happening at 318 00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:56.240 the Red, White and Blue Ash disturbance, most of the 319 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:59.159 kids were there, shall I say, they weren't living in 320 00:15:59.240 --> 00:16:02.639 Blue Ash. And secondly they were acting up unless if 321 00:16:02.679 --> 00:16:05.759 it was some Jerry Springer show. So when you charge 322 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:08.600 with a soul and the police officer, at a minimum, 323 00:16:09.440 --> 00:16:11.639 the court system ought to be in contact with the 324 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.080 police officer that was injured and to discuss it with 325 00:16:15.200 --> 00:16:19.000 him or her, to talk to the law director in 326 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:21.000 the city of Blue Aesh, maybe talk to the mayor 327 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:24.360 Jill Cole and say, hey, what's up with this? But 328 00:16:24.480 --> 00:16:27.720 to dismiss it willy nilly the first time of initial 329 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:30.600 appearance is kind of stupid, but nonetheless that's the way 330 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:34.840 juvenile court works today. Body camera footage shows police arresting 331 00:16:35.080 --> 00:16:38.039 a thirteen year old girl and responding to a fight 332 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:44.840 involving pepper spray. Numerous fights broken out, and so the 333 00:16:44.919 --> 00:16:48.919 fact matter is this isn't just happening in Blue Ash. 334 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:53.840 This is happening all over the county, in all over America. 335 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:58.039 Today you have in large cities of this great country 336 00:16:58.039 --> 00:17:01.159 of ours, they're in rebellion against the federal government. It's 337 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:02.240 the new Confederacy. 338 00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.360 You know. 339 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:06.559 The Democrats in the South, which turned about eighteen twenty 340 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:10.400 eight when Jackson Andrew Jackson formed the Democratic Party through today, 341 00:17:10.720 --> 00:17:15.400 they've been around now for almost two hundred years. For 342 00:17:15.480 --> 00:17:18.319 the first part of their existence, the Democrats were in 343 00:17:18.359 --> 00:17:22.000 rebellion against the federal government. The government wanted to have 344 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.839 black citizens treated the same as white citizens, and the 345 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:28.960 South would not do it. They would not educate black kids. 346 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:34.279 They had visions vicious ferior in discrimination. And so we 347 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:37.400 went to a civil war eighteen sixty one to eighteen 348 00:17:37.480 --> 00:17:41.680 sixty five, killing about six hundred thousand of my fellow citizens. 349 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.079 To tell the South, tell the Democrats that you're part 350 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.960 of the Union and you don't having your own federal law. 351 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:51.799 We wi't enforce federal law. You don't. So after deals 352 00:17:51.799 --> 00:17:56.400 were struck in eighteen seventy six with the selection of 353 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:59.319 rutherfert B. Hayes to be the president. To get the 354 00:17:59.519 --> 00:18:03.240 Democrats in the South to go along with Hayes's presidency, 355 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:06.440 Hayes had to agree to withdraw all the federal troops 356 00:18:06.440 --> 00:18:10.480 out of the South, which he did in eighteen seventy 357 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:14.079 seven to eighteen ninety. The federal troops were required to 358 00:18:14.160 --> 00:18:16.279 leave the South. The commander in chief the president said 359 00:18:16.319 --> 00:18:18.839 get out, which is what the Democrats wanted. That they 360 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:22.519 imposed Jim Crow on the South. If you were a black, 361 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:26.400 a person of color, often Catholics, certainly, homosexuals, and others 362 00:18:26.400 --> 00:18:29.720 were treated as second, third, and fourth class citizens, and 363 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:34.160 they were lynched, beaten, marginalized. And it took that way 364 00:18:34.200 --> 00:18:37.559 for eighty years for Dwight D. Eisenhower to say in 365 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:40.680 the nineteen fifties, you can't do that anymore. This a 366 00:18:40.680 --> 00:18:43.920 federal law. You've got to follow federal law, the Supremacy 367 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:46.880 Clause in the US Constitution. You must follow federal law 368 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:49.880 whether you like it or not. So the Democrats said 369 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:51.279 at that point, no, we're not We're not going to 370 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:54.799 follow federal law. What happened well Orville Fabas, the governor 371 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:58.640 of Arkansas, or George Wallace, Democratic governor in Alabama stood 372 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:01.000 in the doors of the of the school and would 373 00:19:01.079 --> 00:19:03.799 not let black kids go in to be educated, and 374 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:07.880 that white businesses would not hire black employees. So that 375 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:11.519 caused the mass exodus, the mass migration out of the 376 00:19:11.559 --> 00:19:14.799 South by African Americans to go into areas of our 377 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:20.400 country controlled by the Republican Party. And so that's why Detroit, Ohio, Kentucky, 378 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:23.680 and Pennsylvania have so many African Americans because they couldn't 379 00:19:23.720 --> 00:19:27.039 stand living under Democrats anymore. So here we are a 380 00:19:27.079 --> 00:19:31.160 few decades later, what are we learning now? The Democrats 381 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:35.480 who run the cities will not enforce federal law again 382 00:19:35.880 --> 00:19:40.119 and again and again. In fact, they're calling for rebellion 383 00:19:40.720 --> 00:19:45.160 against ICE, the FBI, the CIA, the law enforcement officials, 384 00:19:45.480 --> 00:19:49.880 US Marshall Service. There's efforts by some to literally shoot 385 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:53.079 and kill ICE agents whoever they might be located. I 386 00:19:53.160 --> 00:19:57.799 saw the story this morning in which there were approximately 387 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:02.079 fourteen left wing activists. We spent their time planning the 388 00:20:02.160 --> 00:20:07.680 murder the execution of ICE agents at their offices, and 389 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:11.799 right now they've been indicted and the Democrats in the 390 00:20:11.839 --> 00:20:16.680 big cities were not enforced federal law again and again 391 00:20:16.720 --> 00:20:23.119 and again. Sadly, according to this one report out of Texas, 392 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:27.079 a militant left wing group allied with the Democratic Party 393 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:31.680 launched what officials called was coordinated violent attack on ICE 394 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:35.160 detention facilities on the fourth of July. It started at 395 00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:38.559 about ten thirty pm when a group of twelve ANTIFA 396 00:20:38.680 --> 00:20:42.480 radicals dressed in all black began shooting fireworks toward the building, 397 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:46.359 lowering the ICE officials out of the building. On July fourth, 398 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:51.839 in the evening, some began ventializing government cars. When unarmed 399 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:54.799 ICE workers called nine to one one the police department 400 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:57.559 showed up as the officer got out of his car. 401 00:20:58.319 --> 00:21:00.519