but eric garner should be alive, in my opinion. >> you've lived in new york a long time. today was the first day in this interview i realized you were not born in brooklyn. >> georgia. >> you're from atlanta, georgia. but do people recognize that the fact that this has not changed and still leading up to 25 years, what is wrong with us as a society that people are surprised when something happens like that in an eric garner case? >> i think, number one, that we tend to turn our head away. and commissioner bratton is the one who outlawed the chokehold by nypd 27 years ago and it still reared its ugly head. and the choke has been used not only on eric garner but we just had the video tape of it. so we are in a very messy time here in america when it comes to race. but i've always felt that it is right under the surface and it takes like an o.j. or whatever it is and then it just explodes that we have town hall meeting on nbc. let's have a town hall talk about race and then it goes down and comes back up again and nothing is really -- >> resolved. >> resolved. >> and i do wa

take eric garner and staten island. there were 10 police man around this man. he was unarmed. i'm nonviolent offense. selling cigarettes. 10 policemen put their heads together and decided the best outcome was for this man to be carried out on a stretcher dead. there is something wrong there. guest: the caller did point to some things i think the polls have revealed. particularly some of the use of weaponry that police have been using. also in a poll from 2014, 80% of blacks and 60% of white said that some of this weaponry should only be reserved for national guard and military. host: why is that? guest: i think people think local police forces need some weaponry, but the increased use of military weaponry that has been made available to them as we wind down our pres -- participation in wars abroad. host: this poll from cbs saying that most police officers need better training on how to deal with confrontations with civilians. what were the results of that? guest: again, 80% of life and 59% of whites said that police officers could use better trading. -- training. i think that

garner, even travon martin with his hood on. you know, you immediately think of a black male as a threat. >> i'm a big guy, you know and, it shows that we can be professional, we're not thugs, we can be successful business men. i'm just hoping this opens the doors for other opportunities for minorities on film or television >> shawn won't give away the ending but says he did meet his match on the show. >> there's much more visions 2015 coming up, stay with us. why do we do it? why do we spend every waking moment, thinking about people? why are we so committed to keeping you connected? why combine performance with a conscience? why innovate for a future without accidents? why do any of it? why do all of it? because if it matters to you, it's everything to us. the s60 sedan. from volvo. the volvo presidents day invitation. this month, get these exceptional offers on a new volvo. visit your volvo showroom for details. >> visions 2015 is presented by parx casino, proudly supporting black history month. >> welcome back to visions 201

all of this comes after a staten island grand jury declined to indict the officer who put eric garner into a fatal chokehold, and as a grand jury in ferguson, missouri, chose not to indict the officer who shot and killed michael brown. well, for more, we're joined by vincent warren is the executive director of the center for constitutional rights. were you surprised -- or he surprised by the non-indictment? risa prize by the non-indictment? now this officer has been indicted, we surprised? >> nothing surprises me when it comes to indictment of police officers. there's no question this case should have been indicted. this is where the police are saying this was an accidental shooting. the real question is, can a prosecutors show probable cause in the grand jury under manslaughter to say there was a risk that he knew --peter liang knew what the risk was and is regarded it, or in criminally negligent homicide, did he not know there was a risk and should have? anybody with any sense would say, if you have a gun in one hand and a flashlight and the other and trying to open the door, terrib

you still have the eric garner chokehold death, and you still have the michael brown case. is there a sense when you talk with the activists who are still active in the black lives matter movement that there's anything new expected when those two cases are announced, that it'll be any different than it was in the zimmerman case? >> almost to a person, there's no hope that the federal investigation will yield anything at all. but it's important to remember just how high a bar we're talking here. that doesn't necessarily negate the fact that, you know maybe folks were talking because of their race or gender. but there's a willful intent and i stopped and killed you because of your race. that's a high bar to jump over. while the president sun likely to come out and touch that rail one more time the trayvon martin killing really did spark a major shift in the administration, the way they approached race. a lot of times attorney general eric holder will be the proxy for president obama. so of course folks in the community pushing and fighting for black lives, it won't be enough.

garner in new york. you hear people once in a while jump into talk radio. they use those same kinds of stereotypes. it is deeply disturbing. sometimes i wonder if one of the benefits of a film like this, seeing it in its start racism and crudity, is wow. maybe someone talking that way today might realize what, really, they are doing and saying in terms of race and attitudes about people not like themselves. if they see it back in a different time, in a different place. it is so in your face and stark and outrageous. >> stephen from roanoke, virginia. >> good afternoon, gentlemen. i wanted to bring up that several people have called and said this film should be burned or band as racist propaganda. i feel the film is a brilliant film despite its virulent racism. the question i want to ask is coming if those people should be given the right to censor or destroy the film outright or other films they disagree with like the great soviet filmmakers of the 1920's. should we ban those films, too? >> i don't think

garner in new york city. on martin luther king day this year, 7,000 people marched on the city. it was the launch of a local coalition called mlk dare. 50 yeeshz later after selma we're still marching for justice and jobs and education. it's the goal of mlk dare to fight for improvement in all areas like call for equity in state education funding. the budget cuts over the last four years have disprorgs -- displorgs -- disproportionatepry affected black students. the police are more interested in predicting one another than predicting the community that pays them that's the problem. how to deal with the issue of mistrust. building trust between the police and the community is the goal of president obama's task force on policing. we'll take a look at use of force policy we talk about the issue of oversight. police chief charles ramsey is the co-chair. there's been no more serious time and serious focus and opportunity than right now to take on this issue. the task force will present his recommendations to the p

he's gone. >> this case has nothing to do with ferguson or eric garner or any other case. this case has to do with an innocent man who lost his life. >> reporter: reporting from brooklyn andrew siff news4. >>> new reaction at 6:00 to president obama's plan to fight the terror group isis. he's put a three-year limit on u.s. military involvement. but the president is confident it's a fight that can be won. >> isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. >>> a local high school dealing with tragedy tonight after a deadly crash involving a student. tonight we're hearing from her classmates. >>> and another smoke incident in a metro tunnel on the same day we learn more about what went so wrong at l'enfant plaza one month ago. >>> right now, team coverage of the problems on metro. news4's chris gordon is live at the courthouse station in arlington where riders were evacuate >> we begin with adam tuss who chased down metro leaders for answers today. adam adam? >> reporter: the headline of the day from the national transportation safety board, the ventilation system here at

look look at what eric garner's daughter does when asked if she thinks the reverend is a crook. >> you think is kind of a crook. >> this video was secretly recorded by the conservative activist james o'keefe already gaining a lot of media attention. look at the front page of the new york post. his mother and widow are fighting back saying, we believe that it is solely based on a commitment there commitment for justice and say her comments were taken out of context. the video speaks for itself. >> you can see the english and the pain in her face. she feels like she has been exploited. >> also adding that the comments could be due to fear of repercussions. some people do not want to be on camera. stay with "chasing" for more >> it's no surprise the delaware river is frozen. the the coast guard is working to break the ice. our investigation continues into the use of habitat for humanity. ♪ >> ♪ >> this is a fox 29 news update. >> hi, everyone, i'm fox 29's chief meteorologist scott williams. as we move into the overnight not as brutal t it's still going to be cold. look for lows in th

it took place just as the eric garner situation was playing itself out in new york. the district attorney in brooklyn is very different than the district attorney in staten island. he's been very aggressive against police misconduct. it would have been a big surprise if this case was not indicted. obviously we don't know what a trial jury will do. >> we don't flow the full charges, but we do know an indictment. thanks so much to you. >>> jon stewart is leaving. he's stepping down. next when? why? this bombshell just dropped. >>> brian williams. is there any way nbc and williams can recover? >>> new developments in the aaron hernandez murder trial. the judge rules his fiancee can testify against him. will she turn on the father of her child who has 40 million dollar in the bank. [ male announcer ] we know they're out there. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner brighter future. at boeing, that's what building somethin

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they compare what happened to reid to the high profile case with michael brown and eric garner. this is dash cam video of the incident last step. two officers shot and killed reid. they found a gun at the scene, but they have released few details what lead up to the shooting. he had a pending lawsuit at the time of his death. he claims he was assaulted by corrections officers in the county jail back in 2009. >> he was beaten up while in jail he suffered a fractured eye socket and from my understanding and talking to his wife, he had very expensive damages. >> many protestors were frustrated they didn't get to speak during the city council meeting. he promised to set up a meeting to address their concerns. >> from our delaware bureau tonight, a decades old wound reopened for one murder victim. a jury convicted jermaine wright of murdering a liquor store clerk, but a judged ruled that videotaped confessions should not have been allowed at trial. he was apparently high on heroin at the time and he was not read his miranda rights. >> he killed my father and he should not be free. >>

. >> give that many of us thought that the eric garner video would lead to an indictment, and we're watching it again. ultimately look, he was arrested. what do you think will will happen as a result of this video. >> this officer is facing three different cases. first, the criminal case that could be lodged against him by the local district attorney for assault and battery. but he's also facing a civil case by the family for his damages in a state court and then he's also facing a federal--what's called 19el 1982 civil rights action where the family can sue him in court where under color of authority he violated this man's civil rights. even though he's not a citizen of the country he's entitled to the constitutional rights that any citizen would enjoy to be free from an unreasonable police contact such as this. >> we're going to roll this video one more time just because. so the justice department has a as you know a person and practice of investigation going on in ferguson, missouri. the results results are backing in on a similar situation in cleveland with harsh recommendations and conc

eric garner did not. video shows the unarmed man being placed in a choke hold by a new york city police officers a grand jury decided not to indict the officer for garner's death. videos like this are proving to be powerful tools for citizens capturing alleged bad behavior by the police. will ripley cnn new york. >>> when we come back, we ask legal experts to weigh in on such police recordings. l noise financial noise financial noise financial noise meet the world's newest energy superpower. surprised? in fact, america is now the world's number one natural gas producer... and we could soon become number one in oil. because hydraulic fracturing technology is safely recovering lots more oil and natural gas. supporting millions of new jobs. billions in tax revenue... and a new century of american energy security. the new energy superpower? it's red, white and blue. log on to learn more. what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch

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. >> reporter: in the wake of the deaths of michael brown and eric garner at the hands of police a conversation for years in african american families have taken on added urgency. >> it is more important now. >> about three years ago father and son had the talk, what to do if hashan was stopped by police. >> keep your hands in plain sight. >> don't make sudden movements. >> golson has asked his son to stay calm, look the officer in the eye don't give police a hard time. >> i just don't want my son to get hurry the or shot or -- to get hurt or shot or injured by the police. so it's a heavy concerned. >> back in the classroom, did he shaun shared some his feelings, if the police stop you on the street. >> i remember my father telling me they don't have a right to search us so i told them no. >> that's your constitutional right according to sadan nundan. >> officer. >> officer. >> i do not consent. >> i do not consent. >> to any searches. >> to any searches. >> why am i being stopped? am i under arrest? >> the d.c. police in a statement said they believe the aclu lessons are valuable because quote

garner. then it was like over and over and over, i was pissed, pissed. then when i saw what happened to michael brown. and then seeing the response from police of a mourning community that was grieving the loss of one of their kids, and how they were met with military force. and for four days i sat and watched. and i saw people, my people being shot at and tear gassed in their own neighborhoods. and i knew that i had to get up and go and stand with them. because i knew that when and if it happened in d.c., i would want people to come and stand with us. >> right. >> stand up. >> don't shoot. >> what do we want. >> justice. >> what do we want it now. >> i said i'm going to ferguson. he says i know. and he gave me his blessing and i'm a stay-at-home mom so it was a lot for me to know that i'm leaving my family behind to go and stand with my people. because that's my purpose. that's what i was here to do. >> if you don't go i'm going to go anyhow, i'm on my way. >> exactly. that's exactly what i

and i am old enough to know that, the intersection in light of what has happened in the past year, eric garner, ferguson, mike brown. >> how should we acknowledge this. >> that's why it is so critically important. and for many young folks this is something that is unprecedented. i grew up in an era where i rebel know. i remember black plus brutality, in new york city, and we know there's even a longer history so black history month helps us to be able to connect the dots. and particularly this moment where we have access to archives visual archives audio archives that's unprecedented in terms of what kind of access we have. we can literally do black history month every day, more than 28 days, why simply decide to roll out the marketing plan. on january 15th instead of thinking about rolling out the marketing plan for the whole year, and i think part of it has to do with the fact there are folks folks that don't want americans to know their history. because if they know american history, and that's even not even inclusive of the black experience with that, folks can connect dots and real

with me to talk more about it senior editor of hollywood eric garner. were you stunned by the news? >> very surprised. i mean in some ways it makes sense because i think that he came back from his break after taking some time off to direct rose water, as he says a little restless, he saw a bit of life outside the studio and maybe got a taste of things. he has been doing this 16 years. that's a long time. i can quite understand it from his position, but certainly it is a shock to go into next year's election without a voice like jon stewart. >> absolutely. that doesn't mean his voice won't come out in some way, maybe not in the form of the show we've grown to love "the daily show," but for example senator elizabeth warren tweeted out washington is rigged for the big guys no person has more consistently called them out for it than jon stewart. i read into that knowing jon stewart, who could imagine he would sit on the sideline with such an important election coming up. >> absolutely. there's a lot of important things to say. he brought a great voice, one with graph i tas, comedic sens

garner's death. >> you had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. if he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died. >> larry: wow. (booing) look, i'm not sure if obesity is a civil rights issue, but i'm sure of one thing -- the way we're treating obese people, it ain't right. we'll be right back. ♪ (cheers and applause) hey. what the... these are good. what have you been feeding us all these years? i want 3 of my 5 years back. these don't even need ketchup. i'm not mad. i'm disappointed. kfc popcorn nuggets. 100% white meat, extra crispy, and made from the world's best chicken- the way a nugget should be. try our kfc bucket and popcorn nuggets meal. delicious kfc chicken, popcorn nuggets, sides, and biscuits. these don't even come with a toy and i don't care. (cheers and applause) ♪ >> larry: thank you! welcome back to the show! joining our panel tonight is host of the cnn show inside man morgan spurlock, author of lessons from the fat-o-sphere marianne kerby, comedian and actor lavell cra

. >> mentioned the police involved deaths of michael brown and eric garner. >> after years of police work officers can't help but be influenced by the cynicism they feel. a mental shortcut becomes almost irresistible and maybe rational in some. the two young black men look like so many others that officer has locked up. two white men even in the same clothes do not. >> comby did use a line from a popular musical to drive home his point. >> look around and you will find no one is really color blind. maybe it's a fact we all should face, everyone makes judgments based on race. you should be grateful i did not try to sing that. >> he also adrezed minority communities asking them to recognize the dangers that officers face every day trying to keep them safe. >> fans of 60 minutes and journalists are still in shock over the death of cbs reporter bob simon. >> he died in a car wreck at the age of 73. here is more on what police think may have caused that crash. >> this is israelis most advanced position. >> fear less and razor sharp. his death now its own story. how could a man who survive

garner. two months after the panel declined to charge the officer involved other petitioners are now seeking to have the documents unsealed. the nyclu argues disclosure is needed to, quote, restore public confidence in our criminal justice system and to inform the current debate that's begun regarding the role of the grand jury as an instrument of justice or injustice. however, the district attorney presided over the grand jury process daniel donovan is opposed to the release arguing that many of the witnesses same forward and testified with full assurances of secrecy. and joining me now is civil rights attorney john burres who handled several civil rights cases including the rodney king lawsuit. thanks so much for joining us. >> good morning. >> let's start here with what they are arguing. the nyclu, among oh, saying this will restore public confidence in the criminal justice system. what is your take here? >> well i think it's important for it to occur. i would agree with that position. i d

it was as a response to what happened in ferguson and what happened with eric garner. all their lives and bodies matter but the reason the black lives matter notion has been articulated so strongly in the last few months is because of what we've seen with law enforcement. >> we've seen law enforcement acting properly. >> if you're using the premise -- >> don't the facts matter? >> of course they do. >> if the facts really matter and the facts mattered in these two cases here where the officers acted completely properly -- >> that remains to be seen. first of all, the fact you had a grand jury which functioned much more like a trial if we talk about ferguson than it did a normal grand jury you agree that's not a traditional grand jury proceeding right? >> i don't know how they do things in ferguson. i'm a retired new york city cop. the laws are different in every state. >> nearly no state does a police officer come and defend himself and jump on the witness stand in a grand jury. >> but he can do that. >> i'm not saying he can't, but -- >> that is one of his rights thou

garner and mike brown. that's trending. #activism is a catalyst that leads to organized sustained activism, just look at the eric goner. here is amnesty international there is -- join our twitter action today. the activism is used to -- but sometimes it causes a crack down, and more human rights abuses and turkey. we noticed in pakistan, what do you say that as the trend? how do we navigate around that negative consequence of the about vim. >> unfortunately, or i guess fortunately, in the u.s. we -- if that were to happen, if president obama decided to make twitter unavailable, i'm sure there will be a lot of people that would be upset about it, and unfortunately in other countries are there's less freedom of speech, and where the situation is different. >> and in a way, i think the intention was good there, they wanted to use or utilize social media to drive tension to human rights abuses but i think in a way it perpetuated stereotypes. and how they must do all these crazy things. i think even here at home

garner and mike brown. that's trending. #activism is a catalyst that leads to organized sustained activism, just look at the eric goner. here is amnesty international there is -- join our twitter action today. the activism is used to -- but sometimes it causes a crack down, and more human rights abuses and turkey. we noticed in pakistan, what do you say that as the trend? how do we navigate around that negative consequence of the about vim. >> unfortunately, or i guess fortunately, in the u.s. we -- if that were to happen, if president obama decided to make twitter unavailable i'm sure there will be a lot of people that would be upset about it, and unfortunately in other countries are there's less freedom of speech, and where the situation is different. >> and in a way i think the intention was good there they wanted to use or utilize social media to drive tension to human rights abuses but i think in a way it perpetuated stereotypes. and how they must do all these crazy things. i think even here at home, w

garner's death. >> you had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. if he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died. >> larry: wow. (booing) look, i'm not sure if obesity is a civil rights issue, but i'm sure of one thing -- the way we're treating obese people, it ain't right. we'll be right back. ♪ (cheers and applause) (cheers and applause) ♪ >> larry: thank you! welcome back to the show! joining our panel tonight is host of the cnn show inside man morgan spurlock, author of lessons from the fat-o-sphere marianne kerby, comedian and actor lavell crawford. and comedian shannon devido. (applause) thanks for joining us. marianne you first. we're talking about the obesity epidemic. people are really connected to this in almost a way i've never seen. and we talk about snipers and stuff on this slow. why do you think there's so much emotion and disdain for fat people out there? >> i think three things are going on. we live in our bodies so you don't get much more personal than that. your body i

garner case and the case in ferguson, missouri. so i think people have turned their attention to other cases involving unarmed black men and so i think because of that people are surprised around the country but as someone who has talked to attorneys, they say the federal government takes its time and it could take years for the other cases that i just mentioned to come to a conclusion on that. >> interesting since attorney general holder wanted to see resolution toward some of the high-profile cases like eric garner and michael brown before his tenure ends. this is the first one to get done. yamiche al sipdor who i got to know and did a great job covering this. thank you. >>> dozens of people injured in a fiery train derailment 75 miles west of los angeles. eyewitness video shows a pickup truck engulfed after a metro link train slammed into it just after 7:00 this morning. >> he he was -- he was trying to beat the train. yeds i seen one -- yesterday i seen one car coming down and you see the red car flashing and he went right thro

the remarks were comey's first since the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. >> police officers on patrol in our nation's cities often work in environments where a hugely disproportionate percentage of street crime is committed by young men of color, something happens to people of good will working in that environment, after years of police work officers often can't help but be influenced by the cynicism they feel. a mental shortcut becomes almost irresistible and maybe rational by some. the two young black men on one side of the street look like so many others that officer has locked up. two white men on the other side of the street even in the same clothes do not. >> comey's address sparked a debate about policing and race relations in america. joining me is mark lamont hill and retired detective harry hal. interesting to me neither of you liked what you heard from fbi director comey. harry, first to you. you don't accept that the behavior he described takes place. >> right. exactly. of course maybe a couple officers you know, think that. but i worked entirely up in harlem for

garner's death. >> you had a 350-pound person who was resisting arrest. if he had not had asthma and a heart condition and was so obese, almost definitely he would not have died. >> larry: wow. (booing) look, i'm not sure if obesity is a civil rights issue, but i'm sure of one thing -- the way we're treating obese people, it ain't right. we'll be right back. ♪ (cheers and applause) will twizzlers mixed berry bites ever end their rivalry with jolly rancher filled gummy bites? not today. bites. little greatness. hey, mr. smith. want to try out my time machine? it runs on doritos. [ barks ] sure. so now what? got to put the whole bag in. okay. yes! it's really working, jimmy! [ humming, thumping ] [ humming ] [ thumping ] this is the greatest moment of my life! get out of my yard! [ birds chirping ] jimmy? you're so old. [ crunch! ] it's the future! [engine revving] [engine revving] [engine revving] ♪ introducing the first-ever 306 horsepower lexus rc coupe with available all-wheel drive. once driven, there's no going back. lease the 2015 rc 350 for $449

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i mean for eric garner, there's a video. >> rose: right. there's no second guessing. there's no video of what happened in ferguson. i think it was a bad stop. it was just a bad situation. he says this happened, somebody else says that happened. we don't know. we do know that it's a predominantly non-white town that used to be white that suffered white flight yet kept control of power in that town. you had a police force that was overwhelmingly white. when that happens, the cops feel like they're in a fort surrounded by indians and they behave that way. they have this thing, they feel like the people around them are the enemy and the people around them feel -- the cops are an occupying army, and when you realize, well, the power is concentrated into white people who barely live there anymore and you have a police force that has so few minority members, you know anything can make it explosive. when cops also take eric garner in staten island, i feel like when police kind of live in the microclimates of their precinct or town and they have a very closed thinking about ho

>> do you think that eric garner's family would say that? out. >> i wouldn't dare to speak on behalf of the grieving, but i can certainly say that as i have written, i don't speak on men from american violence. you never hear american on american crime, american on american violence, why. we don't expect that identity to operate in a way. that would preclude that violence that leads to the injustices seen now. >> you are saying that african-americans to a certain degree feel left out. >> i'm not talking about a feeling, i'm speaking about a reality. it doesn't matter how you feel. if you are shot and killed your feelings don't matter. you are very right from a citizens, they've been champ pd upon. the countries in which you live say that's okay. you don't have to feel any way about that. as far as i'm concerned, it's self-evident. i'm clear as a brown skinned woman, a proud west african, that this is a context in which it becomes very, very difficult to feel entirely safe. home. >> still ahead on "talk to al jazeera". taiye selasi talks abou

garner and so on, do you sympathise. do you see - do you understand that experience that these people are denouncing? >> i clearly understand the frustration. what i don't understand is that how like if i'm in a position of where they are, and i don't want to speak too much from them, because i think i may have some moj that they may not -- knowledge that they may not have, because i've been in a position where i've experienced africa and the united states. i felt like africa was for africans. when i see african-americans in america dealing with these issues, my first question is why don't they go home. >> where? >> back to africa, where they'll be treated fair, praised for who they are. because the fact that they are treatment. >> come op, how do you tell people who lived for generations, centuries and centuries in one land to move to a place they don't know. >> that's my point. they don't know. it starts with a visit. how many african-americans consider africa as a vacation spot? not one. when you look at the overall p

>> do you think that eric garner's family would say that? >> do you feel they are left out. >> i wouldn't dare to speak on behalf of the grieving but i can certainly say that as i have written, i don't speak on men from american violence. you never hear american on american crime, american on american violence, why. we don't expect that identity to operate in a way. that would preclude that violence that leads to the injustices seen now. >> you are saying that african-americans to a certain degree feel left out. >> i'm not talking about a feeling, i'm speaking about a reality. it doesn't matter how you feel. if you are shot and killed your feelings don't matter. you are very right from a citizens, they've been champ pd upon. the countries in which you live say that's okay. you don't have to feel any way about that. as far as i'm concerned, it's self-evident. i'm clear as a brown skinned woman, a proud west african, that this is a context in which it becomes very very difficult to feel entirely safe. to feel valued and to feel at home. >> sti

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