John Whitmire: “Our hands have been tied, but I've instructed the chief city…”

“We enforced state and city ordinances, and that will continue. But we're going to do everything we can and have been doing to gather the information and have a local independent investigation. Our hands have been tied, but I've instructed the chief city attorney to untie those hands. Continue to work with Washington, Austin, Harris County. It's a very, very painful time for Houstonians. But I also have great gratitude for the coming together of Houstonians. I hear it.” (01:01–01:10)

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