that will indicate how much time is remaining when you have 30 seconds left a bell will sound and you should complete your comments before you begin your comments please state your name thank you welcome to your Fort Worth City council meeting I will call us to order tonight's in vacation will be by council member Williams please rise for the invocation and remain standing for the pledges of Allegiance thank you so we pray most gracious God we first say thank you thank you for love which surpasses all understanding thank you for another day that was not guaranteed and most of all thank you for the gift of forgiveness salvation and Redemption God as we meet tonight I asked a special prayer blessings of our city our mayor and Council our city leadership and employees our First Responders our residents and visitors I said you help us all to clean the Justice to love mercy and to serve each day with the spirit of humility and Goodwill God help us to never forget our neighbors in need help us to be advocates for the poor to provide food for the hungry housing for the homeless Humanity for the marginalized and hope for the downtrodden God we also pray a special prayer protection over our children that you would keep them safe from Harm's Way in danger and that you will help us to be a strong support system to help them grow and Thrive as a community as we engage in tonight's meeting we're so grateful for the opportunity to connect with our neighbors in love and kindness and for the opportunity to be peacemakers in the pressing matters that our residents and City face teach us to live with the Deep consciousness of our fellow neighbor and to love one another in a way that is pleasing in your sight help us to be a light to to the people and a Beacon of Hope for the world have your way in these things and so much more it is in your name we pray trust and place Our Hope amen States of America and to the Republic for which decisions under God our first item of action will be approval of the minutes from the April 4th work session and public comment meeting got a motion motion and a second in their discussion Council please vote two yes that's on the screen and motion carries mayor that concludes all of the items it's now public comments thank you our first speaker is Peyton Jackson it's Miss Jackson here I don't see her Bob Willoughby will be followed by Adrian Smith just play the video uh did a terrible job narrating but maybe you can make it out now right here we want to stop you know this right here Gina raises up her arm with the camera in it right here now she's not filming this one is feminine Gina's not filming also don't have two things Gina could be doing right now is either sending a command this is a signal this is a command for the police to come in now and do their thing this is not because of something happening this is using the police personally as her own um Force so but that's what I say she's doing right here now and a court of law I guess I could say well she's just stretching her arm she's just raising her arm to stretch her arm that's all and that might be possible maybe she's got a cramping that arm also raise it up here with the camera in it stretcher on but ironically it is at the same time here comes officer hired you cannot reach this Sergeant Howard on the East Division she has her phone will just ring no recording and you cannot make any contact with her and I've only got one I had to go to Eternal Affairs I have a recording of her and uh she's just uh I'm not pleased with her at all none at all okay but Watch What Happens here as we go on now whoa right there what she actually does here she does actually a little bit of a cap not much just a little bit of a tap now this would be okay with me I'm fine right here okay oh I forgot to mention one thing too let's bring this up right now um let's see if we can go back just a shot here now I don't see the officer coming and back here while Gina had her phone up look in this room and see if anybody's looking back to Signal this officer I want to know how this officer get her signal to compare and do this from the back of the room when officer Z boards right over here and he's at the front of the room you can see everything he's not doing anything so I would really like to know whose signer if Gina bibbons or her phone up did not signal this officer to come up who did I don't see any heads looking back for an officer you don't see anybody making any emotions calling for one you don't see anything of it but here she comes and well she does okay tap and then grab right there tap and grab all she had to do the tap was fine with me I have no problem I have no complaints at this point I have no complaints to hear all she had to do is say Mr Willoughby will you come outside we need to speak to you okay she didn't do that they grabbed me and took me on out also that's what that's my question I want to talk to that officer can we not talk to the police anymore I want to talk to Sergeant higher okay anything wrong with that they're a public servant let's see if it happens this is a this is a comment they don't have to do anything here okay if this was a q a we could get answers here they just go home and forget us thank you our next speaker is Adrian Smith followed by Jim DeLong Adrian Adrian Smith let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable and thou sight oh Lord my strength and my redeemer alrighty the individual that I need to speak to tonight he's not here but he's listening he's watching councilman Nettles uh if you're listening sir I'm gonna give you an address to consider four two two five Miller Avenue 4225 Miller Avenue 4225 Miller Avenue this particular business is known as Joe's but most people consider it as Fina now this particular business is where the most recent violent uh crime deaths occurred within the last two weeks the reason I bring this particular address up Mr Nettles now this is this is this has been an ongoing matter at this particular location you just so happen to be the council member um who's serving this District so I don't put all the onus on you however we do have an opportunity as a city to do something about this particular business it operates as it operates in a 24-hour capacity so I would propose as a citizen one who's concerned about the crime rate that hasn't gone down as some would state it has I would ask that this counseling yourself looking to possibly regulate this particular business businesses um operating hours and if that doesn't work we can close it down all together because there have been numerous deaths that have occurred at this one location for years upon years and I stood here to say enough is enough now before I take my seat I had an opportunity to go down to the Commissioner's Court today and I want you council members to listen real closely to what I'm about to say there was transparency there was openness there was a sense of togetherness in that space I truly think they get it I truly think they get it I don't know what it's going to take for you all to open up your minds your hearts get back on a humble level humble playing field where the rest of us are but the Commissioner's Court it is it serves as a an example so as I take my seat I thank you all and you'll see me again our next speaker is Jim Delong followed by yovgini Vora nickov and he can correct me when he comes up here Mr DeLong good evening I'm Jim Delong and before I start back in 1988 there I went through a traumatic some traumatic events and it was during that time I made a decision I want to be a part of the solution not a part of the problem and I think that's an important decision for people to look at themselves in the mirror and saying what part of what side of the coin are you on are you on the side of the coin of solutions or problems I've titled this a bullet too last time I talked about when someone gets shot and there's a bullet in you don't patch up the wound sterilize it if you don't get out the bullet the person get infected and they can die and I Associated that to the race problems we have the problems we have in social problems we have in our country the crime problems and so tonight I want to talk about what the bullet is the bullet is man's compulsion to dominate you have Alexander the Great want to dominate the world the Roman Empire wanted to dominate the world to dominate the world The McCoys and the Hatfields they're few they wanted to dominate one another today Russia invades the Ukraine they want to dominate radical islamists against Israel and the U.S that want to dominate China's expansion to dominate the world and today in Africa there's genocide from One Tribe against another wanting to wipe out a group of people and the list goes on and on and on those who are dominate motivated they promote hate division anger strife and major on retribution they inflame their own egos pride and arrogance in our opposed to reconciliation and forgiveness do we want to solve the problems last time I talked that up to this point over 20 trillion dollars were spent on the Civil Rights Act and we still have as much racism today as back then I did some math here's what 22 Guess 20 trillion dollars you can't wrap your head around that 20 trillion dollars would give every resident in this city 20 million dollars about a million people that live in this city that would get 20 million dollars that's a lot of money to put effort against the wound and not the bullet so I encourage you have courage go after the bullet let's extract the bullet in our society and in our city thank you thank you I'm gonna go back to Miss Jackson since she just arrived and then we'll be followed by Mr rotnikov thank you Parker I was stuck in traffic good afternoon Council how do you decipher the difference between criticize and attack because I quote the public has the right to criticize policies procedures programs and services of the city or of the actions or omissions of the city council you see that was the beginning of section 5.4.3 that you referenced when you falsely accuse me of being vulgar but the real question is was it considered an attack before it went viral or just after and if it's not the latter why did it take you 55 calendar days to address an aggressive and violent action because that is how you define the word attack I didn't curse I didn't yell I didn't threaten you in fact the only thing that was violent was the history but the sad part about all of this you tried to silence someone that wasn't even speaking honestly I wasn't going to come back until you told a control freak that she couldn't have control over her words her delivery her stance Parker I will not be portrayed as a bully or silence because you can't handle your history Proverbs 28 1. even though I ran you off I didn't make you run I made you uncomfortable because and I quote you can't just wash that off right no Parker you can but I got I brought you soap and a rag I spoke on reparations you have the power to right a wrong but that's not easy to think because you are a direct reflection of our Police Department you are a direct reflection of Carolyn Bryant you are a direct reflection of the terms white virginity and fascism but the next time you try to discredit or defame my name I will bring forth said evidence you claim that I did not have and shout out to the media for suppressing current events during an election cycle but claim to be journalism that the community can depend on and thank you for moving your son from by that KKK building tone deaf toned up is the politest way that I can describe Jackson That's the conclusion of your time you and let me assure you I need no soap or washcloth I'm the mayor of the city and we're going to leave decorum in this chamber I really appreciate your opinions but what I don't appreciate is falsehoods on social media that have caused death threats to me and my family we're going to be done and I appreciate you coming this evening nothing you've said here is truthful at all thank you very much Miss Jackson thank you Miss Jackson thank you Miss Jackson Gentlemen let's just let her go she's fine she's going to leave Mr rotnikov is our next speaker will be followed by Tony abs uh good evening city council my name is I'm here to represent a Church of Christ DFW we are a Slavic based church here in Fort Worth and we encounter a lot of uh Russian and Ukrainian refugees here in Fort Worth because of the war in Ukraine so we're just trying to see if um if there is any way that we can assist the city or maybe um specifically find programs for for such individuals that come in regards to housing um again we're we're trying to find individuals that we can help and we are encountering a lot of individuals that we're trying to help and sponsor to come here so yeah so I'm just came here to ask see if there's any way that we can assist or you can assist absolutely there's a variety of resources what I might do if if Valerie or Jessica mind meeting and getting all the information and then we'll follow up with you directly both that are City resources some faith-based resources and non-profits I think everybody on this diocese probably has someone they'd want to make sure you're in contact with okay thank you yeah I also spoke with the uh assistant uh city manager okay Fernando maybe did okay thank you Fernando appreciate it appreciate it of course thank you for coming this evening our next speaker is Tony ABS followed by James Smith is Tony here I'll come back if he comes in James Smith followed by Malik Austin good afternoon Council my name is James Smith I live in uh District eight this morning I consoled a mother who lost her son about a week or so ago his name was Brandon lapata I spoke here a few weeks ago about the narrative and the importance of having a truthful narrative this family didn't have a truthful narrative and it wasn't until they went to the Bob Bolin complex this morning and had a news conference that they got some answers if not all the answers but it should have taken them to have to go to Bob bowling someone in the police department or someone in the city should have went to them and explained to them how and why they lost their son they mentioned a Tatiana in the support that Titanic had they didn't have that support so I'm here and I will be standing behind them with them as they seek accountability for their son while I was at the Barb bowling I realized so I learned that the Forest Police Department is celebrating their sesquintennial 150 years in the poster inside the Bob bowling complex I guess it's a picture I guess it's 150 year old picture of with a police department looked like back then I would have rather seen a picture of the Forest Police Department as a diverse Police Department an inclusive Police Department the evolvement of the history on their poster and not to negate the original police if that's if it's who they are I want to have a second poster of the diverse Police Department not much to ask truth transparency accountability is what the citizens of Fort Worth are looking for in the police department thank you our next speaker is Malik Austin followed by Maria Elena Tillman uh good evening uh mayor Parker Fort Worth is on the uptick I know y'all young and you young constituents barely came into this world 87-88 you didn't know Fort Worth murder murder work but I do young man who got slaughtered at that uh Joe's Phenom Martin that Mr Smith spoke of I knew that chair know his whole family we from Highland Hills we was born he was born now raised there um the people who raised him we all lived on the same street as privileged as we were we still got issues you took the oath the office Mayor Parker 355 square miles of Fort Worth I'm not here to chastise you because you don't know your constituents don't know I'm here to help I can't call out nobody if you don't know the youth violence program is moving too slow but our children are moving rapidly fast North Side East Side South Side but my neighborhood all right though well I grew up in because I take care of it and I'm asking you to do the same thing as you took your oath to office to take care of the city and as young folks if you don't know ask for help I know this city I've been your age but you ain't been mine I've been your age but you haven't been mine I was here at the worst part of this city and mayor is right there on your doorsteps so what I'm trying to tell you this youth violence program you got to be fast you got to be quick I've been on some reach out to your constituents your business people and put some uh recreational uh events together for these kids because they have nothing to do we had a lot to do in the uh 80s when I was coming through and so you have to take that same sit down have Town Halls ask people what do they need disparity is not a solution pollution is not a solution 19 of your kids in the form of ISD can only read on the third grade level that is a socialistic problem and may I'm really I'm trying to help because I ain't gonna live through that no more I'm serious I'm serious Young Brother I see it I've stopped someone so I'm here thank you thank you Mr Austin our next speaker is Maria Elena Tillman followed by Manuel Mata good evening thank you Miss Parker for pronouncing my name right today um I'd like to start off by commending um Pastor Nettles for staying on top of his community and just really taking care of his of his district um I'm here on behalf of the attendance Association there are over let me clarify the Waterview tenants Association there are over 80 tenants in this residence that are living poorly in spite of the excess rent that they're paying to live well I can guarantee you that this is happening across the city and if not Statewide we are being cheated out of our money we are being cheated out of the benefits of ownership with Tri-County electric that's in Keller and we are being denied the use of covid-19 economic relief programs by One Source Communications when every single one of you on this panel accepted a position on this Council you also accepted the mantle of responsibility for the well-being of every single resident in Fort Worth this position requires each and every one of you to Advocate on a local level a regional level and a national level the destruction that's coming to the city of Fort Worth will be a direct result of your inaction your ignorance and your poor management we all know that democracy was designed to be a double-edged sword and the same right that you have to enforce any laws or rights on any private individual we also have the right to impose that on you as an entity what will it look like for the spouse of your beloved military to come against the city of Fort Worth for willful negligence of the residents of Fort Worth I want to know how many neighbors have you guys what how many neighborhoods have you guys walked in walked through and knocked doors on in the last two years how often are you engaging with the judges of Fort Worth since you all work in proximity with them and how often does our congresswoman and our Congressman attend these meetings are they too important to check in on us how often are you guys who are in charge of advocating for us how often are you guys writing to our governor you guys are sitting in your positions letting your bellies get fat from the spoils of the greedy businessman in Fort Worth I need you guys and the residents here to get up and start advocating for us that's why you guys are here please get up and do the work I will not let down I will walk these streets and I will collect signatures and I myself understand you our next speaker is Manuel Mata followed by Carolina Rodriguez my name is uh Manuel Martha I live in District nine and uh I too was at the Bob Bowling Center this morning and I don't know if y'all ever had to watch a kid have a asthma attack I don't know if any of y'all understand what that's like right this mother experienced that exact thing but instead of help he got the opposite and my issue with this situation is an off-duty officer and I read somewhere that Fort Worth or I think third in Texas if I'm not mistaking the nation of paid officers being up there somewhere so why do they need an off-duty job where they don't have the comprehension to understand the difference between an asthma attack and somebody fighting them back he's not here to come and explain it right I had to watch a family not understand what happened because no one reached out to them no one said anything and when they got their answers they were told a body camera fell off during the incident and the uniform security guard put it in her back pocket okay and uh 18 minutes off-duty officer and another one stood put their knees on his neck and the other one on his back for 18 minutes he was yelling help help you know how they helped them he didn't leave town center mall what they call right now la gran Plaza there they didn't get a call from no one here in any office they got a call from the medical examiners 24 hours later advising them that their child was not here anymore these are issues these are problems y'all can sit here and deny them all y'all want to y'all can say that you got some of the best police officers on your division South Central A and B but what's happening in these communities is proving what you're saying is wrong it's not even close and I've heard people say why don't y'all walk these communities that y'all say y'all represent because then y'all would understand what they were saying where they have to go get right now you're on Channel 11 Channel 5 channel 23 Spectrum for what happened at Town Center Mall they have no answers they still didn't get the ones they needed today and like they said they're not alone our next speaker is Carolina Rodriguez followed by Cody Warden I just want to read a quote to you it says we are taking in a data driven intelligent-led approach to go after specific people who commit violent crimes that statement was made by our chief of police and I thought for a minute when I first read it that it was by someone that was fastest or maybe Hitler didn't they do the same thing didn't they go up to specific people that weren't fitting into their mode the um the head of the the gang the bullies or the gang unit um he says we have a strategic plan in place to get get the people committing the crimes how do they know what when a crime's gonna I mean how do they even know if a crime is going to happen I mean how do they know they don't know when a violent crime is going to happen most of violent crimes are just done spur of the moment um maybe passion so what I wanted to point out here is that they're trying to twist it back onto the people that is not their fault that this is going on it's not their fault that that kid died at the Grand Plaza none of this is their fault it's always on deaf people the other people the people who they think are going to be committing violent crimes so if you look at the crime rate you can manipulate those numbers pretty well they're going up or down we don't know but there's other the numbers these numbers I'm fixing to tell you can be manipulated too and it's the monthly crime reports that they send to us here how many excessive force says how many how many suspects was excessive force used on each month does anybody know and well knows 200 they have 200 excessive force cases a month well if you add that into the crime rate who's committing more crimes the people of Fort Worth or the police do you know which race was used uh where they put the force onto the most the blacks of course and who and who and who committed the the excessive force the whites and where are all the black officers why they why they run them off or why they run away I don't know the point of the story is is they're going to try to twist this whole narrative around about Brandon Zapata he's a real life kid he hadn't been some kind of mental breakdown and not one and a half miles away was five women sitting in these little cars what's the name of that um unit the CIT Response Team why don't they call them a mile and a half away that's all I got to say Council that's the conclusion of our speakers this evening meeting adjourned foreign [Music] foreign [Music]