we were told that the families viewed the video or were ginn access to the video and told that it was going to be released publicly. they were so upset about the other video released. so the mayor being aware of that sensitivity wanted to give the families an opportunity to be aware of this. for him this is about trance parns sy and what we see in this body camera footage and we should warn is disturbing. the language and the footage. it really takes you inside those moments inside that school. you have a police sergeant outside the school making decisions and deploying officers unaware of what s going on and that there are children in a classroom and then seeing finally in the other video released we finally get to see chief pete arredondo who s scrutinized over the inactions in this incident. and then we also hear a radio transmission, a police operator telling a police officer late in the incident in the 12:00 hour of this incident saying a student calling 911 inside the c
we were told that the families viewed the video or were ginn access to the video and told that it was going to be released publicly. they were so upset about the other video released. so the mayor being aware of that sensitivity wanted to give the families an opportunity to be aware of this. for him this is about trance parns sy and what we see in this body camera footage and we should warn is disturbing. the language and the footage. it really takes you inside those moments inside that school. you have a police sergeant outside the school making decisions and deploying officers unaware of what s going on and that there are children in a classroom and then seeing
you may not know this, but you re on a campus where the graduation is 80%. nationally it hovers around 50%. if you stay in college longer, it ends up being more expensive. moreover you have colleges and universities graduating kids who don t necessarily have the skills to get the jobs to pay back the loans. we know where you stand on student debt. where do you stand on holding colleges and universities more accountable to students and parents? yeah. i agree with you. it s a really important point you re raising. one, the student loan debt issue. here in south carolina it s one of the highest, among the top ten in the country. there is no question that we have bright young students who are coming out of school making decisions about their careers based on how they re going to pay off their debt not based on their passion. you know, i talk about teachers, for example, here in south carolina.
you re raising. one, the student loan debt issue. here in south carolina it s one of the highest, among the top ten in the country. there is no question that we have bright young students who are coming out of school making decisions about their careers based on how they re going to pay off their debt not based on their passion. you know, i talk about teachers, for example, here in south carolina. over 5,000 teachers left the profession last year in south carolina. a profession that they love because they simply could not afford to pay the bills with a combination for some of their debt plus the salary. so you re right, we need to hold everybody accountable. i ve talked a lot about loans and what we need to do to reform the system around loans, bring them down and also debt-free college, but to your point, we also need to have a relationship between the united states government and our educational institutions to prepare students for the jobs of the 21st century. so over the next 15 ye
universities graduating kids who don t necessarily have the skills to get the jobs to pay back the loans. we know where you stand on student debt. where do you stand on holding colleges and universities more accountable to students and parents? yeah. i agree with you. it s a really important point you re raising. one, the student loan debt issue. here in south carolina it s one of the highest, among the top ten in the country. there is no question that we have bright young students who are coming out of school making decisions about their careers based on how they re going to pay off their debt not based on their passion. you know, i talk about teachers, for example, here in south carolina. over 5,000 teachers left the profession last year in south carolina. a profession that they love because they simply could not afford to pay the bills with a combination for some of their debt plus the salary.