it s part of the pressure that helped to create that type of change. what would have become of my mother and those other protesters of a local journalist wasn t there telling the story? and now is no different. but thankfully, my mother s story was told she got to complete her degree of delta state and continued on the florida a and m and got another degree and then for the last 45 years, has worked at a historically black colleges and educator and administrator and . one of those many black colleges, they need a little bit more funny. you got a 20 on your joke. that down to one of the black colleges, uh to my mom, i say thank you for everything you ve done for me and for helping countless students in birmingham have the opportunity to see a college degree. and to see an opportunity to grow, you know? my mother s journey may not have even begun, if not for brave journalists who chose to chronicle history and real time. and i don t know how to ever repay my mom for what she s
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was k at the pry crime, it s not much better. they hapull up and break into the front door and try to drag off the atm machine. some 2,500 s
pushing a radical program. the floodgates opened in 2020 when they came up with a bright idea to defund the police. they wanted us to believe take resources away from hot police would make us safer. major cities that embraced the idea found themselves in crime. and no city saw so much of a change in life than portland, oregon. portland jumped to the defunds the police movement in 2020. the council cut its budget by $15 million. in 2020 homicides increased 83% in portland. that trend continues in 2021 and 2022. the city tried to combat growing crime by refunding the police in late 2021. but the force is struggling to bring back officers. portland has become a prime example of how quickly a city can fall into anarchy when there is a break down in the rule of law. burning down buildings, squatters. violence in the streets. last year there was a 17% increase in burglaries. if you look at the property crime, it s not much better. they had a truck pull up and break into the front
it s part of the pressure that helped to create that type of change. what would have become of my mother and those other protesters of a local journalist wasn t there telling the story? and now is no different. but thankfully, my mother s story was told she got to complete her degree of delta state and continued on the florida a and m and got another degree and then for the last 45 years, has worked at a historically black colleges and educator and administrator and . one of those many black colleges, they need a little bit more funny. you got a 20 on your joke. setting that down to one of the black colleges. uh to my mom. i said, thank you for everything you ve done for me and for helping countless students in birmingham have the opportunity to see a college degree. and to see an opportunity to grow, you know? my mother s journey may not have even begun, if not for brave journalists who chose to chronicle history and real time. and i don t know how to ever repay my mom for w
Hear about the multimillion dollar executives reducing their salaries within these organizations. now, how do we fix this? i don t know. i m a comedian. i was just up there. it s not my job to have the solution that s on y all. but local local reporting it s very important. my mother is here tonight. i know she s furious right now because i m trying to put on camera but my mother was amongst a group of black student protesters fighting for equality in the sixties that delta state university and. that was a dangerous time. but those types of incidents were covered by local reporters and some of the shame that came from the national embarrassment of treating people inhumanely.