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Show Transcript CITY HOME TO OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM A CITYUILT B BY PIONEERS AND INNOVATORS. WE’RE AN INDUSTRY FOUND A NEW ROUTE. A CITY SPARKY BED IN THE KNOWLES A CITY SERVEBYD HEROES. WHERE PEOPLE MARCHED TOWARDS EQUALITY. IF WE CONTINUE TO WATCH OUR CITIZENS DIE IN HIS STREE ATSND BE QUIET. WE’RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE A RESOLUTION. BUT OUR CITYAS H BEEN PLAGUED WITH PROBLSEM BLIGHT SEEN FOR BLOC POVKSERTY-STRICKEN COMMUNITIES WITH NO HOPEND A GUN VIOLENCE AT EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS. ARE FOLLOWING SOME BREAKING NEWS FROM WEST BTIALMORE WHERE SIX PEOPLE WERE SHOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY FUELING A FRACTURED RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POLICE. I DON’T THI WNKE NEED MORE POLICE, BUT I DO THINK WE NEED MORE ABOUT LEADERS IN THE COMMUNY,IT BUT THE PILLARS OF COMMUNITY AND CULTURE HAVEOT N FOLLOWED A BRIGHT FUTURE LIES AHEAD LAWMAKERS ACTIVISTS FORGING CHANGE WITH BOLD IDEAS. I WANT THEM TO GET TOGETHERIT S DOWN AND AROUND TAB