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Barrett Josan Matoya

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• Special Meeting: Memphis City Council: April 21, 2026 38:31

  Okay. Today, as I speak out, I'm very aware of the possibility of retaliation against me and against the actions that I organize. Please just She stayed her name. We just do name. This morning after I watched a video of some of my comrades getting arrested as they peacefully took a stand against fascism. I knew I had to speak out today because that is exactly what we were standing against at No Kings 3. There are hundreds of thousands of US military veterans in this country who served and took a stand against fascism, who took a stand against who took a stand to protect the Constitution, who took a stand to protect our First Amendment rights. A lot of those veterans were at No Kings 3. Some of those veterans are here today and very proudly I am one of them. At the end of No Kings, your police officers displayed the very characteristics that we have served against and were standing against that day. If you don't know the definition of fascism, look it up. educate yourself. Let me say that again. Your police officers acted in a fascist manner as we once again were standing to protect our country against those very things. You now have the responsibility of holding your police officers accountable. So far as I currently understand it, the only thing you've done is given them a paid vacation. Shame on you for not taking a stand as so many of us have. Shame on those police officers for their cowardice actions. Shame on Chief Davis for many reasons. Remember Tyrie Nichols? And shame on Mayor Young. your dishonor.

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