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>> ive been surprised by the number of people who have brought up term limits. they admitted we were sort of knee jerk against this. i feel like all politicians are looking for ways to communicate we want to fix this place, too. >> i think you have to be about reform. guess what, chuck, were going to have another change election. >> seven out of the last night. >> and i think people are looking for reform and a change in washington because again what were hearing time and time again is that city...

In the. city police reforms as a major topic of discussion,. that is near and dear to me because, as you mentioned in your opening remarks, my work is about making generational cycles of inequity and criminalization -- ensuring every resident, whether theyre born in boston or just got here this morning, are afforded the same opportunity i had growing up in the city of boston. because this city, on the one, hand give me everything. the life torn apart by in cars ration that allowed me to go to pr...

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Opening remarks, its always been about breaking generation cycles of inequity in the city of boston and criminalization. thats a critical issue. and ensuring every resident, whether theyre born in boston or just got here this morning, are afforded the same opportunity i had growing up in the city of boston. this city gave me everything. the life torn apart by incarceration that allowed me to go to princeton university and be successful. but on the flip side, my twin brother who died in the custo...

>> how did you do it? how did you get to where you are with all the challenges that you faced growing up? challenge >> i had access to excellence cools. i want to five excellent boston public schools. i had excellent teachers. i had mentors. i had jobs as a young person. i had access to social and emotional supports. you name it. just incredible opportunities that allowed me to develop a sense of resiliency and without my biological parents who are both deceased, including my biological grandpar...

Faced growing up? >> i had access to excellent schools. i went to five excellent boston public schools, including boston latin school. i had mentors, i had jobs as a young person. you name it, incredible opportunity that allowed me to develop a sense of resiliency, of course, and without my biological parents who are both deceased, including my biological grandparents, took off and be successful. and that picture you see, thats my aunt and uncle who are my parents. i had them. my twin brother, o...

Peace. everyone should read the piece. but you also make the point that choosing not to investigate because you are afraid of the way it will look politically is in fact poisoning the investigative process with politics. >> we doj is not going to be able to ignore the gorilla in the room. and today was a great day for doj. they announced really and poignant civil rights -- those police investigation in phoenix, theres political investigations in the works. all that work is four nothing if the am...

Variant? >> its simple, we have to continue to get folks vaccinated and particularly focusing on communities of color in those harder to reach communities, and vulnerable populations. were doing a lot of that work in the community. its of course very unfortunate and deeply disappointing to hear our acting mayors recent remarks comparing pushing for vaccination and proof of vaccination to slavery. soft called that out to say, we cannot perpetuate -- misinformation or push information that just do...

Fact poisoning the investigative process with politics. >> doj is not going to be able to ignore the gorilla in the room. and today was a great day for doj. they announced really important civil rights work, this new police investigation in phoenix. there are some criminal prosecutions in the works. all of that good work is for nothing if the american people dont see a serious investigation into the former presidents conduct around the insurrection on january 6th. thats not looking at something ...

Grave mistake. and so the misinformation and that rhetoric is not helpful. and i have to keep stressing this point. i live in mattapan which is a community of color. it has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the entire city of boston. theres a collective effort to change that. we need information to get out. we do not need misinformation and we have to remind folks this is important. otherwise we will not continue to be able to open our economy in the city of boston. >> whats your top issue ...