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John Whitmire: “The jurisdiction is federal. They control the evidence.”

Featuring: John Whitmire, Nonpartisan | Mayor of Houston | Texas

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Mayor John Whitmire Calls for a Moratorium of ICE Enforcement Actions

Published | Video Starts at 07:47

My police chief, former Texas Ranger, has been conducting investigations, sharing everything we have as an HPD office with this district attorney, Metro tape 911 video. I can't tell you how we continue to dialogue with the district Attorney. But The jurisdiction is federal. They control the evidence. We're asking them to release that to the Texas Rangers. And I'm also calling for this moratorium. It's broken. It's not working. I don't want to get. It's not even debatable. (07:47–07:51)

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