Flint Town

As a water crisis erupts and a new mayor is sworn in, the understaffed police department faces uncertainty while struggling to protect the city.

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[Bridgette] You called about a robbery complaint.

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Let's set the stage.

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like the neighborhood is too dangerous for the police to come in,

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That makes a little bit of difference.

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[loud cheering and whooping]

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We have a water crisis right now,

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[Karen] I didn't, you didn't, we didn't work this hard

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I'm Chairman of the Board of the Flint Police Foundation.

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So we did it like the stadiums.

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Anybody hit?

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[Bridgette] Being alone a lot of the time is just frustrating.

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No problemo.

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[Robert] I want you to blow in the tube and make this easy.

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Then sit down and do it.

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And I will most certainly call your wife for you to let her know what's going on.

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[man] So are we getting a new chief or not?

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I am excited, because all we hear is negative things about Flint.

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Cha-cha again! Cha-cha now, you all!

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It was one I had thought about for some time.

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[dispatcher speaking indistinctly over radio]

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-[man] Who was the last person...? -Were you with him? You were in the house?

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[Wayne] Listen, listen. Get your mom. We need to preserve this whole area.

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to prevent that happening from your child any time in his life,

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I think they don't like it because it's dangerous, and...

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[Robert] Yep. Just think, six more months of this.

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It's like, how the fuck do you ever relax and think, "Alright, I'm secure now"?

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Do you want to...

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And if so, could he come up to the microphone?

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than what we had before.

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