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Mattie Parker: “Mayors don't change homicide rates. Right. Your police…”

Featuring: Mattie Parker, Republican | Mayor of Fort Worth, Texas

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Meet one of the candidates in the runoff for Fort Worth mayor_ Mattie Parker

Published | Video Starts at 06:39

It was worse in what, 25 years? If elected, what do you do on day one to change that? Yeah, you work with your police department. Mayors don't change homicide rates. Right. Your police department does. And you also have to chase after any attempted murders. I understand that the department's really taking those seriously right now. (06:39–06:43)

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Asserts that the police department, not the mayor, is responsible for changing homicide rates.

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