that made me sit up. it was an ah-ha moment. if it s 17 people we can wrap our arms around these people in a different kind of way and do something provocative with them. i asked each of those agencies to give me their list of 17. it ended up being about 28 individuals. i assigned my street outreach team, neighborhood change agents to go out into those communities. these are rival group members. these are people law enforcement know as active in groups committing gone violence. central to the nexus of that. and haven t been able to arrest. evidence witnesses, what have you. so i send out our neighborhood change agents with a mandate. let s get these 28 people. like a list of names. that s what we re going to focus on. invite them to city hall to have them sit down.
your honor guard accompanied the body of senator clementa pinckney. you were part of that as well. was that on any of your minds as you brought this flag down today? it s just an honor for us to be a small part of this historic event. for me what s happened in south carolina over the last couple of weeks has been really special. gives me a sense of hope and to have a small part to play in that, to be here in part of a bigger team has been pretty special. give us a sense because this is completely unique of walking up to that flagpole hearing the crowd. tell us how that felt. set the scene. hearing the roar of the crowd. me personally just gave us a sense of how people come together under tragedies. and just to show that unity, if
south carolina highway patrol honor guard. it was instantly an iconic image. our joy reed spoke to campbell and two honor guard members shortly after the ceremony. throughout your careers in the honor guard, that flag has flown, obviously, here in front of these grounds. was there any personal meaning for any of you in being the ones to bring it down? no not for me. not at all. again, it s another ceremony that we had to do. the biggest thing is just being honored to be a part of this historical moment. there s a sense of awareness to an historical day, and to be part of the team and to be have a small part to play was humbling for me. this was your second participation in an event of great moment for the country, not just the state.