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John Whitmire: “We had a police incident four months ago, Southwest freeway…”

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

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The State of Houston: A Conversation with Mayor John Whitmire

Published | Video Starts at 50:22

But it will pass. You know, if the president doesn't get us blown up, we're going to be okay. But I do feel for the heartache of the undocumented community. We had a police incident four months ago, Southwest freeway, domestic abuse, undocumented lady was being terribly abused. Her abuser got in a car and there was a little police chase, shootout. He died. I went on live TV and said, we don't care what your immigration status is. (50:22–50:34)

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Asserts that there was a police incident involving domestic abuse of an undocumented woman four months ago.

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