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Texas. Im for gas and oil drilling. I want them to go away from the city. They dont have to be next to where they cop tam nate the contaminate the air, water and people. A dallas suburb steps up with a first. Can they keep the drillers at bay when they dont own the right to what is under them. It wasnt just the fried shrimp, a Miami Institution serving justice for all. I told the black customer you dont have to come in the back door, you can come in the dining room. Reporter did that take a while . It took a while. They were not comfortable. A time dast of jumbo, for more than 50 years, full of flavour and what was right. Good evening. Im julie chen, thank you for joining us for america tonight, the weekend edition. We begin with the water woes in ohio. The water is safe to drink now in toledo, the problems are not over for the 11 million that livers around lake erie. Algae threaten the life of the lake. Lori jane gliha tells us that the problem is bigger than lake erie. Reporter at wade smiths toledo home no one takes clean Running Water for granted. His family of five was among nearly half a Million People who couldnt use the tap water over the weekend when toxins from a bluegreen algae bloom contaminated the water supplies. You couldnt drink the water, do laundry or dishes. Contact with the water could cause liver problems, vomiting and diarrhoea. The kids skipped bath time. The neighbours had a large pond worse Case Scenario we would have thrown them in there with a bar of soap. Scientists warn the source of the Drinking Water, lake erie, is still at risk. What is the impact if nothing is done . Fish could die, plants in the bottom of the lake could die. We could kill the lake. Reporter of the great lakes, lake erie is the smallest by volume, and shallowest. Its surrounded by four states and canada. This is part of algae. Yes. Its all algae growing, yes. Some has the tox irk in it. Yes. This environmental engineer says when it comes to the lake health, environmental problems goes deep. This is the intake for toledo. Yes. All the water people drinks comes from there. Reporter 73 million gallons filter through the intake system. In order to supply Drinking Water to half a Million People, like the smiths. This is the algae there today. The other day how much was it . It was solid green. Reporter what do you think when you see it like this . The wind turned it up and its better. Reporter algae feeds off foss ferrous that runs into the lake from farm runoff, animal waste. Its like a man made candy. We are giving it to them, and its growing, multiplying. Excessive growth farms maps or blooms. Its not knew. In the 1960s, lake erie was declared dead because the toxic blooms cut off oxygen. The lake came back to life. In 2011 lake erie was hit by a large algal bloom. Regulators realised the problem went beyond the known polluters to individual farms and land openers with foss ferrous run off and leaky septic systems. Climate change made it worse. Will things get worse . The treatment at the water facility is a bandaid. I would suggest to the patient. The lake is not as healthy as it should be. Frank says things are deteriorating. The blooms are pref leapt. They are happening with greater intensity. Therell be the chances for Water Systems to be caught offguard going forward. The fert loising factor for our agriculture business and farmers need to adjust the type of fertiliser that uses less foss ferrous, less nitrogen. Reporter how many tomato plants do you have. Theres about 500. Reporter wade smith is a farmer and feels the blame coming his way. I dont want anyone to be a scapegoat. There are multiple players among Different Industries that play a role in the health of the lake. Finger pointing and scapegoating will not help. Reporter he uses phosphorous, or newtry ents, to grow his plants. Reporter what would the tomatos look like without the fertiliser. It wouldnt be existence. This man uses them as well. I farm 1500 acres. Without it the plants wouldnt be as tall or full. Costs would carry to the contimer. I would not be in business. We cannot farm without having nutrients for the crops. Reporter he says hed like to see more research before changing his farming methods. What would you do if regulations were implemented saying you had to use less. Like anyone, you learn to adapt. I hope we get the Research Done so if there are regulations, its based on science. Reporter farmers cross the state are working with ohio state to gather data about foss ferrous run off, and they Utilized Technology to fertilise the fields. Do you think farmers are partially to blame . Anyone that says they are not part of the problem are putting blinders on. Reporter wade smith says shes trying to be frugal with his fertiliser. How much do you tent the leaf . Ever test the leaf . Every two weeks. Reporter he sends samples to the lab so he can utilize what he needs, no more, no less. Hes willing to listen to farming ideas. Patients is key. The process must be fair. We cant fix the lake tomorrow. We need to make sound conditions. If we pick the wrong one, and act too soon, we could do more harm than good, coming out of the gate. That was america tonights Lori Jane Gliha reporting. From the tainted water in ohio, to concerns about a toxic situation in texas, a growing number of towns have said no to fracking, setting up clashes with state regulators who see the boom as ben initial. A state that is friendly to the oil and gas industry, america tonights sara hoy has the story of a town that by be the first to say not in our backyard. Reporter you dont see many children playing outside in this north texas neighbourhood. I feel trapped in my home with my small children. Its absolutely not fair. The safety and the health of my family and community has to take precedence over oil extraction. Over kath, traction. Miley extrabz. Miliary moved to texas and is now between two wells. What will happen if the well explodes. You live in a state of terror. You have no idea what they are doing. I had to buy a gas mon for d Carbon Monoxide detector, because you dont know what would happen. Departmenton sit atop the barp et shale barnett shale, a large gas government. The barnett shale is home to the most intensive gas drilling provisions operations attempted. Rrments this is literally in your backyard. Yes,its right outside my back door. I could throw a tennis ball and hit the tower. When the well was drilled of the neighbourhood was uplivable with the round the clock noise and truck traffic. Im for oil and gas drilling, but i want them to go away from the city. They dont need to be next to where they contaminate the air, water and people. Reporter hydraulic fracking pumps water into a shale formation to release natural gas. Theres more than 270 active wells within the city limits. The city established the 1200 foot setback, the rule doesnt flyto existing wells that could be fracked again at any type. This is what residents are concerned about. In april, after a gas well blowup homes were evacuated and flights diverted from the airport. 46 hazardous chemicals were found. The same company that operates the gas wells near bush and ingrams homes failed to report the blow out for hours, according to local reports. It never end. Im never go to sleep and feel safe and secure. Reporter residents have taken things into their own Hands Home Health nurse Cathy Mcmullen helped to spear head a fracking ban petition. We are putting it in there, doing our bit, saying do not frack wells 187 feet from a childs bedroom. Reporter under public pressure the city council netted a temp wry moratorium on fracking wells. Mcmullen says it didnt go forward enough. It end in september. I fear well have a generation of children in 20 years that will have an illness like associated with asbestos ande cancer and they will not show up for another 20 years. The drive prompted the city to call a special session. For eight hours, City Council Members heard from more than 100 people. I plead you to ban fracking, save the city, save our state, save our country. Its safe, and i challenge all the antienergy act cysts with accusations activists with their accusations about fracking. It does not happen that way. I know theres emotion and passion. Any time you want to resolve a problem you want to figure out the best strategy to protect. I wish i knew which one it was. Shortly before 3 oclock in the morning, in a 52 vote the Council Voted against a ban, deci deciding to send the motion. The moggs is improved 52. An issue that the council had to take into consideration is in texas, mnerral and surface rites were strait. A ban would make mineral states worthless. They could sue us saying we are doing regulatory taking and take the the property away from them, and we have to pay them for the value. Reporter dalton gregory, retired principal, now Council Member was born and raised in departmenton. If the ban denton. He says if the ban passes the state and oil and gas industry could come after departmenton. Reporter what are we talking millions . Tens of hundreds of millions. It would bankrupt the city. The Texas Railroad commission declined our request, saying the assy does not get involved in the oubs, but the chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission Send an alert to the Denton Council urging them to deny the ban, suggesting out of state and foreign powers like russia may be behind it. There are the min areal rights own mineral rights owners that stand to make a profit. Trisha made the electric to denton to testify. One thing that came up is youal are going to sue. You all being the royalty openers would have lost our property. It would have been condemned if a ban on fracking passes. The courts will probably ultimately decide and that is not a win for anybody. Transferring the wealth of the mineral estate to trial lawyers is not a win for texas. Well, the issue of local bans or control of fracking is an issue that is coming up all over the country. Attorneygenerally jeff gabor specialises in environmental law in dallas. Regulation of fracking has been almost exclusively a state issue. Cities may not be happy with how the states are handling and and may be trying to deal with the impact on their citizens. This fall voters will have to make a decision on the ban. Miley bush says she wont back dow down. Its my duty as a mother to make sure my kids and everyone elses are protected. If i have the ability to speak and the wherewithal to do it, ill do it. I wont count on someone else to do it for me. Detroit home openers shooting and fighting back against criminals. The citys police chief has gip his blessings, but given his blessings, but could a murder trial change the chiefs too . Welcome back to america tonight. Just a few days ago a jury in michigan found theodore guilty of Second Degree murder in the shooting of mcbride. She crashed her car. When she wept for help she was gunned down. It raised questions from detroits police chief. Theres more to the story. Lori jane gliha reports. Critics say the chief is enkornaling home owners to shoot first encouraging home owners to shoot first. Reporter where is the safety on the gun. This woman had not touched the semiautomatic rifle in years but the 27yearold mother at home with two small children knew exactly how to pull the trigger when a group of teens tried to break into her detroit home. This is the first hole you shot. Yes, that is the warping shot. This is the next few shots, out the door. Reporter you fired from here. From here. Reporter surveillance showed the boys had been casing the house for half an hour before making a move to force own the back door. Mitchell was ready for them. [ gun fire ] run, now. Reporter were you prepared to kill someone if that was the end result . Killing someone was far from my thoughts. I didnt think i was going to kill no one. I doesnt want to till anyone, i was kill anyone, i was wanting to scare them. Reporter mitchell was one of four others that shot at ipp truders before police arrived. Four were killed. Mitchell doesnt want to kill anyone, but knew her gun would provide protection. The law protects home owners when they feel their life is in danger in their home. In detroit home owners say having a gun makes them feel safer. This is my wapon of choice. Reporter yvonne bought a handgun. She fired it at a range until a pitchblack warning this year. Did you see him enter . I was here. Reporter you were this close to the window. I was here. Reporter she said she was on the phone as a man with a crowbar broke through the window. My son was in the hall. I said if you come in ill shoot. My son yelled shoot him, i was like, no, he needs to come in. He reached in, he saw me. I saw him, and i discharged my weapon. He yelled so loud. Reporter what was that moment like when you realised i might a killed this guy. I would have felt bad had he died. At that moment i felt anger like how dare you come in my house . I was angry at that moment. I felt good. I felt great. Police officers cannot and will not be on every corner in front of every house every minute of the day. Detroit police chief james craig joined the department in the bankrupt city. I came here 10 months ago, its fair to say that many who lived in detroit had no confidence in the police kept. Reporter during the short tenure, there has been successes. Violent crime is down 10 in 2014, compared to the same period last year. These days craig is getting the most intention by encouraging home openers to defend themselves. He appeared on the cover of an n. R. A. Magazine, and reported his message in Television Appearance after Television Appearance. I have been very clear. I dont support vigilanteism. What i have continually stated is that this is about defence. This is about a person confronted with an imminent threat. Reporter what is your message to the teens considering breaking into somebodys house . Will they get what they deserve if they are shot and killed . That is a terrible statement, get what they deserve. The message should be make a better decision. Ron scott is with the Detroit Coalition against police brutality, and worries that the police have made it too easy to claim defense. You think hes encouraging the gun. They are not hitting options taken. I think you can retreat to an area in the home which is safer than the other place. I think you can use other weapons if you have to use them, that are left. Do you think that the police are doing a good job when it comes to helping assess whether these are justifiable homicides. Not when the shooting is fresh saying thats what you get. My comments are not to ipp site. This is about defense. People insight. This is about selfdefence. People in dedestroyed are sick and tired of being victims. Reporter these women say self defense saved their lives and if faced with the same situation in the future, each would pull the trigger again, in a heart beat. Ahead an america tonight investigation athletes at the top of their game playing out olympic dreams, but vulnerable to those guiding their careers. Of course you tell your kids dont get in a car with a stranger. You dont tell them dont trust your coach. What the u. S. Olympic movement is doing to trust the next generation, and why Young Athletes are coming forward to say its not enough. Its a horrifying tale we have heard a vulnerable child sexually abused by an adult a tocher, a relative teacher, a relative, a clergyman. And now evidence of another arena where children can be victimized elite junior athletes, olympianians, where they choose winning over anything else, including protecting children. Of course you tell your kids dont get into a car with a stranger. You dont tell them not to trust your coach. Monica could have kept silence about the coach that raped her daughter for years, but chose to speak out. As we are speaking i am sure a wideeyed 12yearold olympic wannabe is being abused. The situation sets itself up in every club team in every state in the country. Annas dream began at the waters edge. By middle school in western massachusetts anna had the makings of a star athlete, a distance freestyler. At 12 she was the baby, the youngest on the national team. Recruiters called when she was in eighth grade. This was the first time i made a top 16 National Time when i was 12 reporter you were 12. Yes. Reporter and you were one. Top 16 swimmers. Yes, for my age. Reporter as the medals and winnings piled up. Annas relationship with her coach at the y. M. C. A. Took a dark turn. She was 13. It was not only rape, anal rape, and violent rape he hit her. People ask me why didnt you scream, yell, kick, tell your mum . I hated it, i hated what was happening and it was terrifying and ugly and disgusting. It was horrible, but i loed him. Reporter he was your coach. I didnt think he was my boyfriend, i thought he was the most important person in the world. Reporter looking back her mother admits she should have seen the warning signs. Once she said its like cocape, he yells at cocaine, he yells at me but i keep going back. Reporter sexual abuse experts say the rapes were not about sex. Anna says it was another way for the coach to control her. He screamed at me in front of coaches and parents and praised me and made me feel amazing. I was young. I thought okay, well i dont know how to handle this, other than to go with it and he must i must have done something wrong. Reporter you were being sexually assaulted. Yes. Reporter you didnt understand that that was rite. I didnt know if i told somebody that they would say it was wrong. Reporter the strain began to show. Anna was diagnose with anorexia. She crawled into her parents bed, considered suicide. Finally she confessed to a friend who called her parents. Knowing how crushed her mother would be was the toughest for anna. Its unimaginable. It hurts more than anything ever will again. To see them try to shoulder the guilt. I was the helicopter parent on the other side of the door while he was raping her. I was working out in the gym. So you can be as helicopter as you want and miss it. Reporter furious and determined to protect her daughter and other girls she reported the coach to the y. He was put on leave and forced out eventually. America tonight reached out to the coach multiple times. He never responded to our interview requests but the extreme cos found themselves but they were ostracised by other families. Parents dont want changes when their kids are swimming fast. Sexual abuse is nasty, dirty business, and nobody wants to admit that it happened in their back quart. Reporter she said he sh less support from u. S. A. Swimming, a governing body, facing a disclosure that rick curll, a top coach in the country from one of the nations on the Powerhouse Team sexually abused one of his stars for years. He was sent to prison for it. Monica expected u. S. A. Swimming would act quickly in her daughters case and ban the coach. I thought this will be easy, hes not a first class koch. They have a statement by a young girl raped by the guys, this should be easy, they could ban him. Reporter was he banned . No. He could coach now if he wanted to reporter bridie says its a familiar story, not just in elite swimming. Its a huge epidemic across the olympic sport, whether its in rowing or its in taekwondo or wrestling or volleyball. Its across all sports. Beryl has her own story. An olympic speed skating hopeful. She was in 10th grade when 4time ploip, silver medallist andy gable allegedly sexually abused here. She was 15, he was 33. Gable did not respond to our request for an interview, but admitted an inappropriate relationwith a female teammate. Andy makes the point we didnt have sex. But you are not allowed to touch 15yearold girls, put your fingers in 15yearold girls or kiss them. It does not matter. Its not a justification for what he did. Gable was never prosecuted by the time farr ale came forward the statue of time limits ran out. He was investigated but no action taken, as far as farrell knows. Bodies are under no mandate to investigate claims of abuse. Because the Olympic Committee subsidiary and National Bodies are not education institutions they dont are to go by title 9. If it happens in a school, theres rules and guidelines. The u. S. Olympic committee, u. S. A. Swimming and u. S. Speed skating declined our requests for interviews. After safe sport, the s abuse prevention sex abuse prevention programme. Some say they can be stuck between a rock and a hard place. Often theres no prove and they are not equipped to conduct an investigation. The attitude was to attack the victim. Mike is a former u. S. A. Swimming Vice President who served on swimmings Insurance Board and wrote a proposal with guidelines to protect swimmers. No one on one contact, an athlete shouldnt travel with a coach. They shouldnt share hotel rooms. If a complaint was not acted on, that member of the hair staff should be disciplined. The suggestions made him a pariah in the swimming community. I was called and told by a ranking folks that i made a huge, grave mistake, that i should not have written it. I should not have published it. Sports programs adopted guidelines, but the organizations do not investigate aggressively, that the burden is on victims to report abuse. Anna mourns her missed opportunity. I loved swimming. I was good at it. I wanted to Swim Division one. I wanted to go to olympic trials. They were realistic things for me. Reporter bridie continues her campaign to get her former mentor out of speed skiting and get him removed from the hall of fame. My purpose in coming forward is to make the sport safer. Taking no action creates a culture where athletes will not speak up. Reporter athletes may not. Strong mothers like monica, will continue their push for the truth. People ask me dont kids lie . I say kids lie, but adults lie more. They continue to follow develop on the case. Well watch and report what they learn. Ahead after the break stepping out into the political limelight. Marylands first lady speaks with adam may, why her husbands political future may mean changes for her career. The 26th campaign for the white house is under way. Hillary clinton is the most mentioned democratic candidate, another name is emerging, the governor of maryland. He is considering a run for the presidency. Ha has been getting he has been getting key indoorsments and building rgsships in iowa. Theres one person missing, his wife. Adam may introduces us to katherine omallee. Reporter do you feel you could be an effective first lady for the nation . Thats a tough question. Im not sure what will happen in the future. I hope what happens ill be able to adjust and hopefully do as well as i did here. Reporter do you guys entertain in here . If you have not heard of kath line omallee you will in the future. The first lady of canada is the wife of martin omallee. Between his trips to iowa, and meetings with top donors all signs point to omalley running for nomination in 2016. I think he is a contender. Reporter professor todd everley from st. Marys college. Hes young, dynamic, appealing with a regard of accomplishments. I think he has a lot of appeal for the folks that vote. Reporter tell me something about the governor that i dont know. I dont know that hed want me to do that. He may not be happy if i do that. The thing i tell people, because hes serious when i see him on tv is that he has a wonderful sense of humour. Reporter so does mrs. Omallee who insists on being called katy. She seems at ease in first lady mode. We spent time with her at a celebration of agriculture and local chefs at the governors mansion. Working a friendly crowd. On stage she is the woman behind governor omallee. Observers expect that to change. Katy omallee could find herself froupt and center in the 2016 campaign. Until this interview katy has stayed out of the National Spotlight because theres a lot more to the first lady than being a politicians wife. He is a District Court judge in baltimore, a career that helped fuel her passion for social issues, but also muzzled her. State ethics laws prohibit judges from engaging in politics or taking a stand on legislation. Reporter has that been tough for you as a judge that you cant be more active, do you wish you could . There are times you get frustrated when you cant get out and do what you want to do or respond to stupid stuff that you read in the newspapers. Rrments including criticism against you or your husband. Usually not me so stuff, stuff that is ridiculous. You simmer down and let it take its course. It does. Katy omallee has been connected to politics since birth. Her father was an attorneygeneral your. She would be an incredible asset. Shes from a maryland political family. I dont think you can grow up in a family like that without learning the treks of the trade and the ropes and how you work a room. Im a proud daughter of a wonderful politician and i ended up married to a politician, which was not in the grand plan. Reporter did you think youd marry a politician . No, it happened, lucky for me reporter and you have four kids. We have four great kids. Reporter what is it like to raise kids in the public spotlight like you have . Theres pros and cons to all of that. If they do something that is stupid everywhere hearse about it. Anyone else that makes a mistake, no one hears about it. Theres pros and cons. They have been great, and helpful to their dad and their dads career, which sometimes i cant do, because im a judge. Reporter instead, katy omallee put her experience as a judge and prosecutor to use in a different way, becoming an International Advocate for victims of domestic violence. Another cause close to her heart, stopping school bullying. We have had a few situations in maryland where children have tape their own lives. Before that had happened, i was sort of interested in the issue and worried about the issue. Working in the truancy courts i found a lot of reasons, kid were not coming to school was because they were bullied. What have you done about it . We try to take kids to do a policemen saying hey, if you see in happening, if someone is bullying a kid that is a little inferior and different you need to take a stand. Reporter based on the issues that you are passionate about, some describe you as progressive. I would rather be progressive than regressive. Reporter katy omalley avoided controversy except one time. A few years ago when the General Assembly refused to pass a law legal acing gay marriage, she referred to an act of cowardize to those that were going to vote and wept against it. Many felt that crossed the line for a judge in the state. It was an overtly political statement. Reporter did you learn something from that . No, i didnt think it was a political issue, it was a civil rights issue. When it comes for civil rights judges have to stand up for the rights of poem. Reporter as a judge omallee has not been able to venture on to the political trail yet. If her husband makes a run, she has to make a difficult decision, to give up the judgeship. I cant imagine it. I love being a judge. Reporter you may be faced with the decision in the near future should your husband run for president , that you may have to say i cant do this any more. Wouldnt that be tough . Well, well see. Thats the easy answer, right. And ahead in the time segment of this hour, more than five decades serving fried favourite and a healthy plate of respect. So they would come in through the back door, and one of the cooks would wait on them and sort of them food at the back door. Reporter this place was segregated back then. Yes, until i changed it he did, indeed. How the closing of miamis jumbos is more than the end of some great fried shrimp. And finally from us a bite of history that you cant forget. Miami said goodbye to a legend recently jumbos. It was a bit of a greasy spoon but with a flavour for change. We travel to miami for a taste of history. Well miss you, see you down the road. Reporter for 59 years that man and his family ran july bows in the liberty neighbourhood. Is this a bittersweet moment for you . Very emotional. Ive been trying to prepare myself for the last several years reporter a tired looking allnight joint in a busy street in a rough part of town is closing its doors may not be worth a shrug. When jumbos served final plates of fried streets, hundred of customers and wellwishers crowded in. This was famous. Open any time of day or night. Theyll grill this or that. Ill be in mourning and a lot of others will be in mourning because this place is 24 7. No other place to go. Theres other place, but never another like jumbos. Reporter in miami the cafe and the man who ran it were famous, not only for the shrimp and wings, but serving portions of goodwill, no matter the colour of a customers skip. This is my philosophy. Treat the customer like you would want to be treated if you wept into a restaurant. Treat them with the utmost respect. Bobby took over jumbos from his father who brought it in 1955 when this was a White Working Class neighbourhood. Back then miami was like any other city in the deep south. Blacks were relegated to secondclass substance. How segregated was miami in the 1950s. Extremely segregated like birmingham, atlanta or jacksonville. Reporter in miami blacks were forbidden from mingling with whites, even in public places. They couldnt share the same bathroom, water fountains. Reporter a few blocks from jumbo, you can see what is left of a concrete wall that separated the black neighbourhood from white miami. In the 1950s and 60, miami was so segregated that black customers could not sit at the lump counter. They had to go lunch counter. They had to go to a back room. They would come in the back door and a cook would wait on them and serve them through the back door. Reporter this place was seg re kated gabbing then. Yes. Until i changed that. In 1967, bobby took over. He opened the front door to everywhere. Jumbos became one of the first restaurants in miami to integrate. I kept trying to tell the black customer you dont have to come in the back door, you can come in the dining room. Reporter did it take a while. It did, the black customer was not comfortable in the dining room. Reporter most of jumbos employees were uncomfortable when he announced hed mire black cooks in wait tress. A couple said im not working with, they used the n word. I said youre free to quit. Did some quit . Id say 25 of my parttime waitresses quit and five of my fulltime. Reporter because they cant want to work with blacks . 100 . Integration was something that had to be done. It was time for it. It was the right thing to do. Segregation i did not like. The back room i did not like. The idea of the black customer coming, i hated it. You may not have demonstrated down up to, but in his open way he was doing something more significant. He was taking a chance with his business, his employment, by opening it up to all races. For me, he put more on the line than the average civil rights pursuiter did. No matter who you are, what colour you are. Soon jumbo was the place in miami where blacks and whites felt comfortable. Ord customers might bump into the mayor or police chief and everybody loved it shrimp. Coming from a gospel tipping singer, cant wait to eat the nice pretty chicken wings of good shrimp. Jerome starling, a miami minister has been coming to july bows for 30 years. Once we came, it was a good day. The people was glad to have us. People like bobby was glad to have us. They knew we were good workers and people. In 1980 much of miami erupted in violence after four White Police Officers were acquitted in the beating death of a black man. In liberty city many whiteopened businesses were burned to the ground, but july bows was left unscathed. The Community Came out and protected july bows, understanding that this was a good institution. Jumbos was spared because this was a safe haven. They knew they were treated well by the opener and he had respect for africanamericans. Reporter after the riots white customers stopped coming. Liberty city struggled more. And in 2005 hurricane will ma nearly blew jux bows off the map. I lost a lot of money. Reporter hundreds of thousands. Yes, over 400,000. Reporter as the troubles pile up, so g did the bils. At age 69 he decided to sell to a developer. Im sad in some ways. Im ready to move on. Its been difficult the last in my opinion years. Reporter you are ready to go . Yes. Here is one from 1985, 30th anniversary. Reporter over the years the walls became covered with accolade, prom lambations from the city and county, sa James Beard Award honouring the diaper as an american classic, and this entry, recognising jumbos for its correction to civil rights. Thats 2005. That was great. That was awesome also. That was probably one of the best awards i got. Even thou customers who have not heard that jumbos are closed stare at the locked doors. Reporter will the closing of jumbos leave a hole . It does, not because theres a wonderful gathering place, but leaves a psychological hole. Theres knew places in the neighbourhood where the races came together comfortably, shared good files and discussions and things like that. Thats gone. Reporter bobby closed the doors on jumbos after six decades, leaving a legacy of the goodwill he shared, justice he served and the sweet aftertast of the shrimp everywhere loved. A taste well never forget. 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