Speaker 1: Right now, man, there's so much going on. I'm looking
at one story, getting distracted by another story, but we
will get to all of it. We always do. So, Miles,
tell me about Lil Durk from your perspective. You know,
I always make you talk about all the rappers, even
if they're not even like your peeps, but we have
had conversations in the past about what seems to be
the growing number of prosecutions against rap artists, a lot
of it happening in Georgia, this one happening in California,
but it's a federal case.
Speaker 2: From what it looks like, it seems like Dirk hired
the same lawyer that Thug hired for the YSL trial
that they had. It looks like he's kind of playing
the same playbook. It seems like they're trying to bring
in the... The main thing that they're presenting is the
associations with people plus the rap lyrics. What's really going
to get Dirk caught up in his murder for hire
trial that he's going in right now.
Speaker 3: Is the... Receipts.
Speaker 2: The receipts of, like, flights for people and actually wiring
money to people and, you know, the gifts for the
people and everything. You got to call people on his
own team that are going against him. So it looks
like they're not fighting the fact that there was a
murder for hire. They're kind of, like, fighting the fact
that it was not Dirk's motive to do it, I guess.
Speaker 3: So we'll see how it goes.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, that's what they're saying. They're saying that
he was trying to get revenge because... Because of his,
you know, his friend. But to me, and this isn't some,
this isn't like, this guy's a pretty mainstream artist. He's
not some guy you've never heard of.
Speaker 2: And he's got, and he had, him and his crew
have a very extensive violent history.
Speaker 3: Very much so.
Speaker 1: The people all around him, not just himself.
Speaker 3: Just himself. But yeah, the whole, the whole gang does
for sure. For sure.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Well, um, I mean, what I'm seeing is that
they're saying they're trying to blame his assistant. They're trying
to blame other members of the crew. I'm not sure
how effective that will be. I guess we'll see. If
you're the money source, it's hard to like.
Speaker 2: Seems like the people that are testifying against their seems
like they took pleas already.
Speaker 1: Yeah, they did. That's what according to the L.A. Times,
they took plea deals.
Speaker 2: I don't know. That could be the play. You guys
already took your plea. It's okay to snitch and go
against me or put it all on me if you're
dirt because that may be your only way out is
to put it all on somebody else. Yeah.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I used to think that if anybody
did that, like take a plea deal or what they
used to call snitching, that it would be over for them.
But we've seen that that's not the case in the
rap world anymore. People, from what I can see, people
turn on other people and then they go on and
have careers.
Speaker 2: And then, you know, you get up there and take
the stand as the witness and end up butchering the
whole case. That's how it turned the YSL thing into a,
you know what I mean, what, a two, three year
long trial?
Speaker 1: Yeah. You're saying because the witnesses or.
Speaker 2: The Witnesses are in on the game, so they get
in there, the defense calls them up to the stand,
and they'll end up going completely off the script.
Speaker 1: Talking in circles. I mean, I think we see a
little bit of that going on with the Tupac situation
as well, although I really haven't followed it stroke for stroke.
But some of these alleged gang members are up here just, well,
you know, talking in circles. Clearly not wanting to walk
away being labeled forever as a snitch.
Speaker 3: Not on paper, not on the federal paperwork.
Speaker 2: Nah, that's going to be a bad look for you
once you go in there with your plea deal.
Speaker 1: Forever. Yeah, but also, you know, I mean, murder for hire,
this is the stuff that, you know, law and order
episodes are made of. I mean, it's pretty dramatic. And
to me, whether it was Lil Durk or this guy,
Kavon Grant, the personal assistant, that they're trying to blame
who goes and buys ski masks at REI. Like, I mean,
I'm not a master murder mastermind, but if you've ever
been to REI, it's like a very white, you know,
sporting goods store. It's like where hikers go when they're
going to go up, you know, the Himalayas or whatever,
a bunch of black dudes going in there and buying
ski masks.
Speaker 3: I mean, Stand out on that flock camera, brother.
Speaker 1: For sure.
Speaker 2: Dreads and your diamonds and your platinum teeth and everything.
Speaker 1: You don't even need the flock camera. It's just a
little security camera in the store. Anyway, it's like that
David guy ordering murder stuff on Amazon. What? I guess
they don't watch those old, like, police drama movies because
that seems like it would be it just i'm sorry
it just seems very dumb to me.
Speaker 2: It's unfortunate for dirk um i'm sorry it's an unfortunate
situation because i feel like they dirk and everybody else
put themselves into the situation in my opinion but yeah
it's unfortunate to see um i hate to see hip-hop
go back on trial like it's about to go i
hate to see them comb through these lyrics And, you know,
paint the picture through the lyrics.
Speaker 3: But this is what we got. And it's going to be,
I think it's going to be messy. I think yesterday
was the first day. Am I right? Yeah.
Speaker 1: Yesterday was the first day. He's pleading not guilty to
death and conspiracy to commit murder for hire, a stalking
resulting in death. Conspiracy to commit murder for hire resulting
in death. And they're saying that he spoke, you know,
encoded language. in order to tell people he would pay
money for anyone who killed this guy. I also noticed
that little Dirk is 33, and a lot of the
people around him as assistants and stuff are much younger.
And I just wonder about that. I mean, not so
much in the context of murder, but in the context
of the entertainment world where people have these crews and
entourages that surround them.
Speaker 2: And, I mean, that plays into, I guess, what defense
is going to play about them saying that it was
the assistant's call when it's like, bro, you the big dog.
Speaker 3: You the big homie. You know what I'm saying?
Speaker 2: So I think that's going to be the angle the
defense probably takes, too. It's like it can, whatever you
feel about it, Big Dirk is not this big fish.
Speaker 3: I'm sorry, Big Dirk. Little Dirk is not this big fish.
He seems big.
Speaker 1: He seems like the big homie, but he's Little Dirk, yeah.
Speaker 2: Well, the money, I'm saying he's the one on Front Street.
He's going to put a lot of people in position. So,
you know, it's going to be hard to beat. I
see how the angles are going to be played for sure.
Speaker 1: I am. I've never had an entourage, you know, or
an assistant, but I've worked for people that do. And I,
I don't, you know, I've worked for and with a
number of celebs with entourages and It's hard to imagine
that they just take your money and go and do
a whole project, but I guess you never know. You
never know. And as you pointed out, it's starting to
seem like so mainstream in hip-hop for there to be
murder trials and the lyrics go on trial, although I
thought that we were moving away from that because..
Speaker 2: These aren't no new lyrics that they're going to be
putting on trial. This is from, like, this was, what, 2019,
I think, when Vaughn died? King Vaughn died around the
same time like Nipsey and Young Dolph died. So what
was that, 2019?
Speaker 3: Before COVID. How about that?
Speaker 2: So there's not no brand new lyrics that they're pulling out.
So he's writing that same..
Speaker 1: You know what I mean?
Speaker 2: That same vein when that was what was hot in
hip-hop and on the streets, on the blogs, was talking
about your beefs and drilling and, you know what I mean,
calling hits on your ops live on stage and everything.
Speaker 3: That was the way.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, I get it. My point is just
that legally I thought they were moving away from it.
Seems like not, which means you have to be mindful
of what you put in your lyrics. And I'm not
saying go murder someone and then cover it up in
your lyrics, by the way. I'm not suggesting that at all.
But if you look at screenwriters and TV show writers
and all these other people that write fiction, what we
would assume is fiction, their lyrics and their content are
not brought into their trials. I've never heard of that
anywhere except hip-hop. I wonder if it's going to be,
you know, is that a factor for David? Because he
does have that, you know, I'm not a David fan.
I just know the title, but something like, you know,
homicide love or something.
Speaker 3: I mean, you got, you got him on trial.
Speaker 2: Still, you still got, if you follow, if you follow
in the hip hop scene in Florida, you still got
the YNW melee.
Speaker 3: That's been going on for about six years. He's still
in prison for a song.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I caught murder on his mind for, allegedly often his
best friends. Right here in L.A., you got the whole
Big U tribe that's going to be coming up soon.
That's going to involve a lot of other artists and their.
Speaker 3: Lyrics as well. So, you know, it's not over yet
by a long shot, unfortunately.
Speaker 1: I mean, David, do you consider him hip-hop?
Speaker 3: I'm saying him black music person. I wouldn't say him hip-hop.
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's kind of like... Kind of like punk rock,
rock and roll.
Speaker 2: Alternative kind of vibe.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, he's black, but yeah. I
like to be specific because I get irritated when people
call Chris Brown a rapper.
Speaker 2: Right.
Speaker 1: I never heard can.
Speaker 3: Chris brown rap you're.
Speaker 2: Right okay i i never singer though he's more of
a dancer than a rapper how about that.
Speaker 1: He's more yeah he's a singer and a dancer i
mean i've seen him perform i didn't really see him rapping.
Speaker 3: Seen him act more and i've seen him rap he's
a dancer.
Speaker 1: Yeah yeah so i mean i i just yeah i'm
just I point it out because I think when we
go along with the mainstream media calling every black man
a rapper, we set ourselves up not to say that
we should be murdering people or we should be having
these other legal problems if possible, but I think defining
how we are labeled and being specific is helpful. There's
my little talking point. tip of the day we've got
news traffic and sports and then we'll be back with
more conversation only right here good morning happy talking point
Tuesday I'm Dominique the show is called first things first
and my first thing is always prayer giving thanks giving
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blessings of the ancestors and the elders and court is
in session All right, so this is how we do
it on a Tuesday. Hour one, we look left coast.
Hour two, we go national, international, and beyond. And in
the third hour, we do a deep dive with a
hot topic or a person or persons of interest. We
are doing all of that today, and you are welcome
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Today we'll ask the question, do Africans accept black Americans?
Are black Americans accepting Africans? A huge number of our
so-called migrants now are black. And that's changing the dynamic
a little bit. And then you've got some movements, some,
I don't even know if I want to call them. Yeah,
some movements, some schools of thought. How about we put
it that way? within our community that seem to be
creating more division, some that are creating more unity. And
there's a big festival going on here in LA, so
we'll talk to the man who's putting that together, who
is actually Igbo, but he is on a mission to
create more dialogue. So we'll have Dr. Obina Okere in
here and we will talk with him. And you, you
know these phone lines are always open at 800-920-1580. 800-920-1580.
It's hot. I hope you're okay. It's going to stay hot.
We get snow relief this week. If you're on the
left coast, if you're in L.A., you already know it
is hot. I am one of the at-risk persons who
does not have air conditioning in my home. So I
feel it. I have one little window unit in one room,
and that's pretty much where I've been huddled up. If
I got to do anything else, it's all bad. So
I'm feeling it. I hope you are hydrating because, you know,
I'm over here complaining and joking, but also... people die
from heat. And even though it's not Las Vegas hot miles,
if it's hotter than what you're used to and your
body is not properly hydrated, you can die. Okay. So, and,
and a lot of the times that people are kicking
the bucket from heat exhaustion or heat exposure, there's one other,
there's three different diseases that, well, conditions, I guess they're conditions.
that occur because of heat and all of them can
kill you. So part of what's happening now is because
it doesn't cool off that much at night, right? So
your body doesn't get a break. It doesn't get to
go back down in temperature. So you can call 311
and they will give you a list of cooling stations.
Those cooling stations are places where they have air and
where you can find water. Um, and just get your
body back to normal before you go out and do
whatever you got to do. Even if it's stopped by
the library or one of these other spots that they
have some senior centers and other rec centers set up,
have some water, let your body temperature go down and
before you go home and go to sleep. Because it's really,
if you're like me and you don't have air, right
now the fans are just blowing around the weather. I
couldn't believe it was like mid-90s downtown LA yesterday. That's hot.
That means the valley is cooked. I mean, because between here,
between the beach and Crenshaw, there's probably about a 10
degree difference. Another five degrees up, downtown and probably another
five to 10 into the valley. It's hot, hot, hot.
So I just need you to be careful. I need
you to take care of yourself and be mindful, especially
if you've got your mom or your auntie or, you know,
your big homie in the house, because a lot of
times folks do not want to drink a lot of
water because they don't want to have to go to
the bathroom. They don't want to have to deal with incontinence.
But you can really literally die. So even if you
have to stay near a potty, you know, or take
extreme measures, put on, you know, some kind of adult
pamper or whatever, whatever you got to do, you don't want,
trust me, you don't want to die. And I think
especially as Southern Californians, we kind of, you know, think, well,
we're used to the heat. We got this. But no,
you're not. This isn't what we're used to. And even
though they're saying that the temperatures aren't that different from
other years, again, the fact that it's not going down
at night is different. We don't have that for days
and days and days where it just, It's hot in
the day and hot in the night. You try to
get up real early to work out, it's already hot. Anyway, 809-20-1580,
that's the number to call. It's going all the way
through Friday. Looks like we'll be down to the 80s
for the weekend. So that's the relief we're getting. And
then it's going hot again. And, you know, it's a
weird cycle because the waves are big. So getting in
the water, you even have to be careful. Just be careful. Oh,
one more thing I'll say about this, because I don't
want us to die. is that if you're really dehydrated,
the best thing to do is eat something with a
lot of water content, like watermelon or cucumbers, other various
different types of melons, because it's hard for the body
to go from completely dehydrated to just guzzling a bunch
of water. You have to kind of help it out.
And sometimes, well, all the time, eating food that has
high water content is a good way to quickly hydrate
the body because Whatever water you drank, that's more hydrating
you for tomorrow. If you need to not die right now,
you know, just munch on some cucumbers or some watermelon.
Keep your body good. Miles, I see you rolling your
eyes inside your head. But this is serious business. And I,
you know, I just don't want us to die. Okay,
so the... other, there's, there's a trial going on in Vegas,
Miles's hometown, uh, about the, the murder of Tupac. And
it's very bizarre, but that is happening, um, 30 years
after the fact. Here in Los Angeles, there's another rap
artist on trial on federal charges. And I haven't been
following either one of them very closely, but, um, We'll
take a little look at that, what's going on with that. Also,
the deal, the merger between Paramount and Warner Brothers has
got Southern California's entertainment community on the edge of its seats.
It could really make or break something. the industry in
this town, which is a big deal. Now the Attorney
General has walked away from the negotiating table. Take a
look at what that means, if anything. And so that
and more on the table, 809-20-1580. If you want to
bring up something else, I'm Dominique DiPrima, and this is
KBLA Talk 1580. That's a little dirt right there, KBLA
Talk 1580. In case you were not putting two and
two together, I know you've heard that song. Huge hit.
But he is on trial for murder for hire right
now in the city of Los Angeles. Also kind of
coming to a head in the city of Los Angeles,
a situation with this merger, right? This mega merger. And
when it was announced that Skydance was trying to get
Warner Brothers, because they got Paramount. So now they're trying
to merge Paramount and Warner Brothers. I was not happy
about it because I know that this is the people
that own Oracle and that they would then not only
own TikTok and Paramount Pictures, but they would also own
Warner Brothers, which includes CNN. It seemed like too much
of a stranglehold on American media by one very Very
conservative family. The elder, Allison, reportedly a close confidant of
Benjamin Netanyahu. They're billionaires, obviously. They're Trump donors. And so
I just felt like it was very problematic. Some folks
were saying, we don't want Netflix to buy them because
Netflix is already too big. And I can understand that,
but I would have rather that. But now that deal
is off the table. And if you think about it,
the President of the United States put his thumb on
the scale to help one of his big donors get
this deal. But now 29 state attorneys general have joined. Actually,
this one has 12 states. I'm thinking of the meta states.
We got lawsuits around here, people. I'm thinking of the
Meadow one. That has 29. This one only has 12 states.
It's an antitrust lawsuit, and it's blocking that merger between
Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery. I don't know how long
that will hold up, but there are lots of folks
in Hollywood, including the Writers Guild, that have weighed in
and said this merger is a huge problem. It will
cause massive job losses. It will undermine the agency of
Unions that will undermine our wages, which are already small
enough here in Hollywood. If you look at it in
terms of how often writers or directors or actors actually
get to work, and then you divide the money that
they make over the amount of time that they're going
to go without a job, these wages are very low already.
And so a massive monopoly, which is what we're talking about, will,
you know, bleed jobs from LA, which we cannot afford
because we're already in this very contracted economy where the
streamers say they're resetting their business model, where we're being
punished for going out on strike, trying to get protections
against AI, trying to get better wages, where there was
a rush of production right before COVID. And then These
streamers looked up and said, oh, we're not making enough money.
And then they started to realize that they can get actors, writers,
and have huge hits with using overseas talent, which is
not unionized, or even if they are unionized in some cases,
they are making much lower wages. So there's all these
different factors coming to play. The fact that the theaters,
people aren't really going to the theaters like they used
to ever since COVID. So what does that mean? It's
not just actors, directors, and writers that are out of
jobs when the industry contracts or when it consolidates. It's
everybody in the region. It's the caterers, the florists, the
makeup artists, the people that sell the makeup, the costume designers,
the regular clothing vendors, because all of these businesses are
the Uber drivers for that matter, all of these businesses
are fed by the big mama Hollywood entertainment industry. And
so this particular merger is an existential crisis for LA
because of the jobs that are associated with it. Yeah,
there's the content piece, which is part of what worries me.
When you have one far right wing conservative billionaire and
his son who are huge donors to the resident of
the White House and who are huge supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu,
who represents the most conservative, problematic element of the Israeli government,
that's raising my eyebrows in terms of content, right? We're
getting closer and closer to having total state control of
our media. And this, speaking of talking points, it's one
talking point that I always push back against. The media,
the big mainstream media is not liberal. It's just not.
It's owned by rich, conservative billionaires, for the most part.
You could say MSNBC, I don't know, you know, yeah,
maybe a little bit more liberal. Still owned by NBC.
It's not. There's no left-wing media, unless, you know, democracy now.
That's not mainstream. There's no real left-wing media in this country.
What they call left in this country is center. What
they call center is right, and what they call right
is far right. And for the most part, the far
right controls the media in this country. Rupert Murdoch, Fox,
you know, OANN. News Nation, these are all very conservative outlets. CBS,
now with a far right-wing owner and a far right-wing
conservative over their newsroom, who's not even a news professional,
so even the pretense of objectivity is gone. They used
to pretend like they were being objective, even though the
default was their perspective. which was a middle class, upper
middle class, or wealthy white male perspective. That's who was
running everything. You can only see the world through your
own eyes. It's not a condemnation. It's just a reality.
And if you don't acknowledge that, then you are allowing
your bias to control the content. But I digress. What
I was saying is that this is an existential crisis,
content to the side, because it creates a monopoly at,
I mean, look, Paramount is already huge. It's already a monopoly.
Those folks own TikTok. They own CBS. They own plenty
of media. If it merges with Warner Brothers, which it
looks like it's going to. I mean, the deal is
only being stopped right now by these 12 state attorneys general.
And now the Writers Guild and other entertainment players are
weighing in and saying this merger is bad. I was
surprised they didn't see the writing on the wall sooner,
but I'll take it. Now is better than never. Meanwhile,
the Attorney General for California, Rob Bonta, who's leading the
charge here, which makes sense because this is LA-based stuff, right,
was meant to be meeting with folks from Paramount today.
and Rob Bonta, our Attorney General, canceled those talks. This
is a $ 111 billion deal. Billion. $ 111 billion. That's what
we're talking about here. The Attorney General says he canceled
the talks because Paramount was not meeting in good faith,
that they were leaking stuff to the press, talking about
possible problems points of a settlement with the press. And
he says that means they were acting in bad faith,
that they're leaking to the media and that they misrepresented
the conversations. In other words, they're leaking stuff that wasn't
even true. And Paramount is saying that's not true, that
they didn't They didn't do the leaks. Okay, well, if
it wasn't you and it wasn't the AG, who was it?
Because nobody else knows what you guys talked about. Let's
blame the assistants. But in any case, they may end
up back at the table. They may not. It was
supposed to be yesterday. And there was no guarantee that
anything would come out of it. Of course, it's now
entered the mayor's race as well. because the council member,
Nithya Raman, says that the courts should decide whether or
not the deal is legal. And the mayor, Karen Bass,
has been pushing for talks. She says that she wants
them to find some kind of resolution right away, as
soon as possible. And I think that it's been unfairly
reported that the mayor supports the merger. I don't think
that is correct. She has not said that she supports
the merger. What she has said is that she supports talks,
which makes sense if you're the mayor. She says, continued,
and this is a quote, the continued uncertainty is not
good for workers, not good for productions, not good for
the future of this industry. Too many productions in LA
are now at a standstill, which means Angelenos are out
of a job and they're not getting paid. And you know,
that's coming from her being contacted by producers and others,
workers that rely on these jobs, right? So, um, she
did say that, that, that, A settlement would have to
include meaningful, enforceable commitments to keeping these entities in LA
and protecting jobs and productions and investments in LA. Not
sure what that looks like. But she says specifically that
this is about fighting for LA, standing up for union workers,
and keeping the companies here to protect the future of
the industry. She has not said, oh, I, I side
with Larry Ellison and I want this merger to go through.
She has not said that. She has said she supports
talks and I would imagine that's because she wants this expedited,
whatever's going to happen. If it goes to court, um,
then a judge will decide or a jury will decide
whether or not it's legal to create this monopoly. I don't,
that's you know, I can see the upside of that
in the fact that maybe if we get a decent
judge or a decent jury, they block the merger altogether.
That's a gamble though, because you could end up, you know,
with a Trump judge, a conservative judge, it could end
up dragging on for a long time. It could end
up going to the extreme court and they're going to
side with Trump and Ellison. And so we could end
up dragging this thing out and then ending up with
a worst case scenario where So that's a big gamble
to take with a lot of people's jobs and an
entire industry that supports the prosperity of this region. I
can see the arguments for both of those approaches. But
what is not cool is people saying something is true
that isn't true, which is neither the mayor nor the
council member have said they support Paramount's uncontrolled takeover of
of Warner Brothers. Neither one of them have said that.
And that, my friends, should be pretty telling in and
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Talking about this Paramount-Warner Brothers merger, I do feel like
this is an inflection point for Los Angeles and for
the entertainment industry wherever it is because we are talking
about such a massive consolidation of entertainment and news that
it almost becomes state-run media, right? And you're talking about
Larry Ellison, who was one of the broligarchs, one of
the supporters of this resident of the White House, who
has been very unapologetic in his close ties with Netanyahu.
They're like besties. So that's not just Israel, that's like
the most conservative and toxic element of the Israeli government.
On top of that, they already own Paramount. They already
own TikTok. They already own Oracle. And so I think
we have to, on this Talking Point Tuesday, we've got
to really be mindful about what is going on here
with the media consolidation. The talking point that mainstream media
is liberal is not true. It is, in fact, an untruth,
also known as a lie. So I mean, there isn't,
like I said, MSNBC, they consider that the left, but
that's really the center. What they call the center, what
they call the left is really the center. What they
call the center is really the right. And what they
call the right is very far right.
Speaker 4: Okay.
Speaker 1: That's where we are in this country. MS and what
they call MS now, that's what it's called, is not radical,
but also even if they You know, even if you
consider that sort of liberal Democratic Party talking point outlet
to be radical, they're not controlling the media landscape. They're
owned by NBC. And the dominant forces are Fox and OAN.
and News Nation. And these are very, very conservative, not
to mention the podcastosphere. I'm not sure what that is. Podcastosphere,
all these podcasters, many of the big, big, big names
are more on the conservative side or they're undercover conservatives.
So that talking point is a lie. The mainstream media
is controlled by wealthy people, many of them very conservative.
And so When you look at the Warner Brothers-Paramount merger,
you've got to look at it through that lens. We're
talking about further consolidation under the control of very, very conservative, very,
very rich people. Is that what we want for our country?
It's a fair question. Quamel says in the YouTube chat,
we've got to get serious about antitrust laws and hostile
takeovers and price gouging. And that's where we are. It's
happening in everything from housing to media, right? And now entertainment.
And these are all related to one another. And I
just think it is a crucial crossroads. Let's go to
Paul calling us from L.A. Good morning, Paul.
Speaker 4: Good morning, Dominique. How are you doing today?
Speaker 1: I'm blessed. What's on your mind?
Speaker 4: I got something to get off my chest. So black
people do not hang themselves. And there is a very,
very concerning trend that is going on There was a Julian,
which was a civil rights group in Mississippi, had a
report that at the time, over 70 lynchings were identified
in the South that was going on. At this time,
that is over 100. We've watched even recently people such
as Tisa Fortin, who was found hanging from a tree
in Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi, Demetrius Fleming. which is in North Carolina,
these are things that have happened recently. So I'm telling
my people right now, specifically for sure in those southern states,
to make sure we're watching out for each other and
to be on a buddy system right now, because this
is a seriously growing trend that we need to discuss.
Speaker 1: Well, it's a huge problem, and it's not, it is
mostly in the south, but we've had one of those,
at least one of those in southern California. The problem is, well,
there's a lot of problems, but one of the problems
is How do you prove it? Why is there no videotape?
I mean, I feel like there's flock cameras everywhere. There's
surveillance cameras everywhere. But somehow, these hangings, there's never videotape.
There's never witnesses. There's never evidence. How is that even possible, Paul?
Speaker 4: And every single time the police say no foul play,
we've seen a situation with Brother Nolan. This is a
growing trend. And in some ways, and to be honest
with you, in some ways, I believe that there are
some of those people that are allowing it to happen too.
So again, my people, make sure we're looking out for
each other because this is a growing trend.
Speaker 1: Yeah. Growing again, right? We'll call it a resurgence, right?
Speaker 4: Right, resurgence.
Speaker 1: This is not new for America. That's what Ida B. Wells,
that's what she was doing, was covering these lynchings when
no one else will, and I'm glad you brought it up.
It's so easy for the mainstream to dismiss it right now, though,
and it's hard to talk about it because we don't
have proof. And we do know that, you know, suicide
is up among black men, particularly young black people. But
I still don't believe we hang ourselves. I just don't.
Speaker 4: Black people do not hang themselves. And then again, and
then again. There was a recent, one of the people
that I brought up to attention, she was so high
up that when the fire people got her down, it
just doesn't make sense that she did that.
Speaker 1: Right, how could she even get up there? Yeah, it's terrible, Paul.
um thank you for for bringing our attention to it
reminding us to talk about it thank you for calling
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