1 00:00:05,105 --> 00:00:07,608 WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO 2 00:00:07,775 --> 00:00:10,777 BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT 3 00:00:10,945 --> 00:00:15,548 GENERATION. BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. 4 00:00:15,715 --> 00:00:18,752 ENTERGY. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED 5 00:00:18,918 --> 00:00:21,388 BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE 6 00:00:21,555 --> 00:00:24,592 ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM IN JENNINGS CITY HALL. 7 00:00:24,758 --> 00:00:28,828 THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN 8 00:00:28,995 --> 00:00:32,533 HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. 9 00:00:32,667 --> 00:00:34,133 AND THE FOUNDATION FOR EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC 10 00:00:34,302 --> 00:00:37,705 BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 11 00:00:39,640 --> 00:00:42,610 CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY LNS CAPTIONING 12 00:00:42,777 --> 00:00:44,845 WWW.LNSCAPTIONING.COM 13 00:00:53,387 --> 00:00:56,390 I'M SPEAKING TO OTHER STATES, SPEAKING TO OTHER COUNTRIES. 14 00:00:56,557 --> 00:01:01,162 HOW THE STATE'S NETFLIX MODEL FOR HEP C COULD WORK FOR OTHERS. 15 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:04,898 IT SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREME MEASURE TO INCARCERATE SOMEBODY 16 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:08,068 SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY DID NOT COME TO COURT WITH A PRIVATE DEFENSE 17 00:01:08,235 --> 00:01:11,805 ATTORNEY. COURT WATCH NOLA SPEAKING OUT 18 00:01:11,972 --> 00:01:13,207 AGAINST DEFENDANTS HELD IN CONTEMPT OF COURT FOR NOT HIRING 19 00:01:13,340 --> 00:01:16,043 A PRIVATE ATTORNEY. WE'RE OFFERING SWIM LESSONS 20 00:01:16,210 --> 00:01:19,212 TO PEOPLE WHO WOULD OFTENTIMES BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT. 21 00:01:19,347 --> 00:01:21,882 HELPING INNER CITY KIDS LEARN TO SWIM. 22 00:01:22,048 --> 00:01:23,483 HI, EVERYONE. I'M NATASHA WILLIAMS. 23 00:01:23,650 --> 00:01:26,653 AND I'M ANDRE MOREAU. MUCH MORE ON THOSE TOP STORIES 24 00:01:26,820 --> 00:01:28,755 IN A MOMENT ON THIS WEEK'S EDITION OF "SWI," BUT FIRST A 25 00:01:28,922 --> 00:01:33,027 LOOK AT OTHER HEADLINES MAKING NEWS ACROSS THE STATE. 26 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:36,697 AN INTERNET SECURITY BREACH LED GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS TO 27 00:01:36,863 --> 00:01:40,968 ISSUE AN EMERGENCY DECLARATION. THIS AFTER MALWARE ATTACKS WERE 28 00:01:41,102 --> 00:01:43,603 DETECTED AGAINST THREE SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN THE STATE. 29 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:46,273 THE GOVERNOR DID NOT OFFER DETAILS ABOUT THE ATTACKS, 30 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:51,045 EXCEPT TO SAY THEY AFFECTED SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN SABINE AND 31 00:01:51,212 --> 00:01:53,180 MOREHOW PARISHES AND THE CITY OF MONROE. 32 00:01:53,347 --> 00:01:56,350 THE DECLARATION MAKES STATE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO HELP 33 00:01:56,483 --> 00:01:58,618 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RESPOND TO THE CYBERATTACKS AND STOP FUTURE 34 00:01:58,752 --> 00:02:09,897 DATA LOSS. THE LEVEL OF THE MISSISSIPPI 35 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:17,003 RIVER DROPPED ENOUGH THIS WEEK IS THAT THE ARMY CORPS OF 36 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,372 ENGINEERS BEGAN CLOSING BAYS AT THE BONNET CARRE SPILLWAY. 37 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:20,440 AS THEY START CLOSING BAYS, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE 38 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:22,208 RIVER. THE SPILLWAY WAS RE-CREATED TO 39 00:02:22,375 --> 00:02:23,610 LIMIT THE RIVER'S RUSH PAST NEW ORLEANS. 40 00:02:23,777 --> 00:02:25,712 THE SPILLWAY HAS BEEN OPEN FOR MORE THAN 75 DAYS. 41 00:02:25,878 --> 00:02:28,915 TWO GRETNA POLICE OFFICERS WERE FIRED MONDAY, ONE FOR A FACEBOOK 42 00:02:29,082 --> 00:02:33,020 POST CALLING U.S. REPRESENTATIVE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ A VILE 43 00:02:33,153 --> 00:02:37,157 IDIOT AND SUGGESTING THAT SHE BE SHOT. 44 00:02:37,323 --> 00:02:39,292 THE OTHER LOST HIS JOB FOR LIKING THE POST. 45 00:02:39,427 --> 00:02:42,997 GRETNA'S POLICE CHIEF ARTHUR LAWSON ANNOUNCED THE 46 00:02:43,163 --> 00:02:46,200 TERMINATIONS MONDAY. OFFICER CHARLIE RISPOLI WAS 47 00:02:46,367 --> 00:02:50,437 FIRED FOR A POST SAYING OCASIO-CORTEZ NEEDS A ROUND AND 48 00:02:50,603 --> 00:02:53,073 NOT THE KIND SHE USED TO SERVE, AN APPARENT REFERENCE TO HER 49 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:57,310 ONCE BEING A BARTENDER. GOP CANDIDATE CANDIDATE FOR 50 00:02:57,443 --> 00:03:03,683 GOVERNOR EDDIE RISPONE FINALLY GOT HIS FIRST TV SPOT ON THE 51 00:03:03,817 --> 00:03:05,785 AIR, WHILE INFIGHTING AMONG THE TWO GOP CANDIDATES CONTINUES. 52 00:03:05,952 --> 00:03:08,455 A POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE SAYS U.S. REPRESENTATIVE RALPH 53 00:03:08,622 --> 00:03:11,125 ABRAHAM IS NOT FOLLOWING REQUESTS TO AVOID VERBAL 54 00:03:11,292 --> 00:03:19,065 ATTACKS. THE GROUP, SECURING LOUISIANA'S 55 00:03:19,198 --> 00:03:20,867 FUTURE PAC, WHICH IS SUPPORTING ABRAHAM, RELEASED A FACEBOOK AD 56 00:03:21,035 --> 00:03:23,303 PANNING RISPONE SAYING THE WEALTHY BATON ROUGE BUSINESSMAN 57 00:03:23,470 --> 00:03:25,972 IS TRYING TO BUY HIS ELECTION, BUT HE CAN'T WIN. 58 00:03:26,140 --> 00:03:30,210 THE TWO REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO KEEP INCUMBENT JOHN BEL 59 00:03:30,377 --> 00:03:32,847 EDWARDS FROM A SECOND TERM AS THE DEEP SOUTH'S ONLY GOVERNOR 60 00:03:33,013 --> 00:03:37,083 WHO IS A DEMOCRAT. FORMER SOUTHERN BAND DIRECTOR 61 00:03:37,217 --> 00:03:41,322 NATHAN HAYMER IS ACCUSED OF POCKETING MORE THAN $293,000 62 00:03:41,488 --> 00:03:44,525 FROM PUBLIC FUNDS OWED TO THE SCHOOL. 63 00:03:44,692 --> 00:03:48,228 THIS FROM A REPORT RELEASED BY LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR DARYL 64 00:03:48,395 --> 00:03:51,398 PURPERA. THE REPORT SAYS HAYMER SET UP A 65 00:03:51,565 --> 00:03:55,135 COLLECTION SYSTEM WITH A THIRD PARTY TO SNAG THE MONEY. 66 00:03:55,302 --> 00:03:58,305 A LAWSUIT IS CALLING THE MAPS USED TO ELECT THE STATE'S SEVEN 67 00:03:58,472 --> 00:04:02,008 SUPREME COURT JUSTICES DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST 68 00:04:02,175 --> 00:04:05,745 AFRICAN-AMERICAN VOTERS. THE LAWSUIT FILED IN BATON ROUGE 69 00:04:05,878 --> 00:04:10,517 U.S. DISTRICT COURT SEEKS A DECLARATION THAT THE DISTRICTS 70 00:04:10,683 --> 00:04:13,153 VIOLATE THE FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS ACT. 71 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,357 A CHICKEN PRODUCER IS PLANNING A $47 MILLION EXPANSION OF ITS 72 00:04:16,523 --> 00:04:20,593 OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA, CREATING A NEW FEED MILL AND 73 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:24,297 UPGRADES TO ITS HATCHERY AND PROCESSING PLANT. 74 00:04:24,465 --> 00:04:28,002 THE NORTHWEST LOUISIANA EXPANSIONS OF HOUSE OF RAEFORD 75 00:04:28,168 --> 00:04:31,205 FARMS SHOULD CREATE ALMOST 120 JOBS. 76 00:04:31,372 --> 00:04:38,245 THE NORTH CAROLINA-BASED COMPANY SAYS IT'S SPENDING $41 MILLION 77 00:04:38,412 --> 00:04:45,752 TO IMPROVE A FEED MILL IN LINCOLN PARRISH AND $6 ML 78 00:04:45,918 --> 00:04:47,253 IMPROVEMENTS NO BIENVILLE PARISH. 79 00:04:47,420 --> 00:04:49,055 A POPULAR DOWNTOWN SHREVEPORT CAFE LOCATED AT 1234 LOUISIANA 80 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:51,492 AVENUE IS UNDER NEW OWNERSHIP, BUT THE NEW BOSSES SAY THEY 81 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:53,093 EXPECT JACQUELYN'S TO BE THE SAME. 82 00:04:53,260 --> 00:04:56,297 AND DON'T WORRY, THE SHRIMP SALAD SANDWICH ISN'T GOING 83 00:04:56,463 --> 00:05:00,533 ANYWHERE, THEY SAY. AFTER 35 YEARS IN THE RESTAURANT 84 00:05:00,667 --> 00:05:04,237 BUSINESS, FOUNDER JACQUELYN AND JIMMY CASKEY HAVE RETIRED, BUT 85 00:05:04,403 --> 00:05:07,407 THE DOWN-HOME CHARM THAT HELPED THEIR PLACE BECOME A GO-TO SPOT 86 00:05:07,573 --> 00:05:17,250 WILL REMAIN. AT LIVING FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER 87 00:05:17,417 --> 00:05:18,552 MONDAY, A NEAR FULL HOUSE ATTENDED MEMORIAL SERVICES 88 00:05:18,685 --> 00:05:19,953 HONORING THE LIFE OF SADIE ROBERTS-JOSEPH. 89 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,055 A JULY 12 MURDER ENDED HER LIFE ON EARTH. 90 00:05:22,222 --> 00:05:24,725 IT WAS NEWS THAT STUNNED EVERYONE WHO HEARD ABOUT IT. 91 00:05:24,892 --> 00:05:27,360 MS. SADIE IS BEING REMEMBERED AS AN EDUCATOR, GIFTED STORYTELLER, 92 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:30,563 CIVIC LEADER, MATRIARCH, PRESERVATIONIST AND FOUNDER OF 93 00:05:30,697 --> 00:05:33,733 THE BATON ROUGE AFRICAN-AMERICAN MUSEUM. 94 00:05:33,900 --> 00:05:41,208 GOVERNOR EDWARDS AND BATON ROUGE MAYOR SHARON WESTON-BROOME WERE 95 00:05:41,342 --> 00:05:44,645 AMONG THE SPEAKERS AT THE SERVICES. 96 00:05:44,812 --> 00:05:54,822 MS. SADIE WAS 75. LOCKED UP BECAUSE YOU 97 00:05:54,988 --> 00:05:56,323 COULDN'T AFFORD TO GET YOUR OWN ATTORNEY? 98 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,425 THAT'S WHAT A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SAY HAPPENED TO THEM IN ORLEANS 99 00:05:58,592 --> 00:06:00,560 PARISH. AND THE WATCHDOG GROUP, COURT 100 00:06:00,727 --> 00:06:02,695 WATCH NOLA SAYS THEY HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE IT. 101 00:06:02,862 --> 00:06:06,933 THEY SAY IT'S ILLEGAL AND IT HAS TO STOP. 102 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:09,570 SIMONE LEVINE SAYS HER WATCHDOG GROUP COURT WATCH NOLA HAS 103 00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:13,307 MONITORED THE ORLEANS PARISH COURT SYSTEM CLOSELY SINCE IT 104 00:06:13,473 --> 00:06:18,078 WAS FOUNDED IN 2007. OUR REPORTS NORMALLY LOOK 105 00:06:18,245 --> 00:06:21,782 INTO VICTIM RIGHTS, CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS PROBLEMS, 106 00:06:21,948 --> 00:06:24,417 AND ISSUES OF PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS. 107 00:06:24,585 --> 00:06:32,725 AND WE ALSO LOOK INTO ISSUES OF FINANCIAL IMPROPRIETIES OF THOSE 108 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:38,198 IN THE COURT SYSTEM. THE 2018 REPORT DETAILED WHAT 109 00:06:38,365 --> 00:06:40,133 DOZENS OF COURT WATCHERS FOUND IN ORLEANS DISTRICT. 110 00:06:40,300 --> 00:06:42,235 A MAGISTRATE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS AND LEVINE SAYS A LOT OF 111 00:06:42,402 --> 00:06:44,537 WHAT WAS DOCUMENTED WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ILLEGAL. 112 00:06:44,672 --> 00:06:46,473 ONE ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE SEEN BEFORE HAS APPARENTLY FOUND ITS 113 00:06:46,640 --> 00:06:49,142 WAY BACK INTO ORLEANS PARISH COURTROOMS. 114 00:06:49,308 --> 00:06:54,982 WHAT WE HAD LOOKED AT WITH THIS REPORT, WE HAD LOOKED AT 115 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:58,685 CRIMINAL DEFENDANTS, PEOPLE WHO ARE ARRESTED, WHO ARE BEING 116 00:06:58,852 --> 00:07:02,922 FORCED TO HIRE A PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY DESPITE THE FACT THAT 117 00:07:03,057 --> 00:07:10,897 THEY MAY OR MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD ONE. 118 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:13,533 I THINK JUDGES HAVE PRESSURE TO MOVE THEIR DOCKET AND ALSO I 119 00:07:13,700 --> 00:07:15,668 THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WHEN IT COMES TO THE PUBLIC DEFENDER 120 00:07:15,802 --> 00:07:24,143 SYSTEM HERE IN LOUISIANA. SHE SAYS THERE SIMPLY AREN'T 121 00:07:24,310 --> 00:07:25,745 ENOUGH PUBLIC DEFENDERS, A WELL-DOCUMENTED ISSUE THROUGHOUT 122 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:27,880 THE STATE, BUT DEFENDANTS SHOULD NOT BE PUNISHED BECAUSE OF IT. 123 00:07:28,048 --> 00:07:29,983 I THINK OFTEN JUDGES MAKE THIS QUICK DECISION THAT A 124 00:07:30,150 --> 00:07:33,153 CRIMINAL DEFENDANT NEEDS TO HIRE A PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND 125 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:36,357 WE HAVE SEEN THAT THEY DON'T MAKE THE NECESSARY INQUIRY, SO 126 00:07:36,523 --> 00:07:40,593 OFTENTIMES WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS A JUDGE WHO WILL REQUIRE A 127 00:07:40,727 --> 00:07:43,230 DEFENDANT TO HIRE A PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SIMPLY BECAUSE 128 00:07:43,397 --> 00:07:47,467 THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BAIL. 129 00:07:47,633 --> 00:07:51,203 AND WE KNOW HERE IN LOUISIANA THAT IS AGAINST THE LAW. 130 00:07:51,372 --> 00:07:54,373 IT SEEMS LIKE AN EXTREME MEASURE TO INCARCERATE SOMEBODY SIMPLY 131 00:07:54,540 --> 00:07:56,510 BECAUSE THEY DID NOT COME TO COURT WITH A PRIVATE DEFENSE 132 00:07:56,677 --> 00:07:59,145 ATTORNEY. LEVINE SAYS THE LAW IS VERY 133 00:07:59,312 --> 00:08:03,383 CLEAR AND IT APPEARS SEVERAL JUDGES IN ORLEANS PARISH ARE 134 00:08:03,550 --> 00:08:14,527 IGNORING THE DEFENDANTS' RIGHTS. SPECIFICALLY THE LAW SAYS, 135 00:08:14,695 --> 00:08:16,295 THAT A DETERMINATION WHERE A DEFENDANT IS REQUIRED TO HIRE 136 00:08:16,463 --> 00:08:17,897 PRIVATE DEFENSE SO NOT BE BASED SOLELY ON THE FACT THAT THEY 137 00:08:18,065 --> 00:08:23,437 HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE BAIL. AND SHE SAYS THERE ARE CLEAR 138 00:08:23,603 --> 00:08:30,143 REASONS WHY MAKING BAIL SHOULD NOT BE THE ONLY FACTOR USED 139 00:08:30,310 --> 00:08:32,078 DETERMINE ONE'S ABILITY TO SECURE A PRIVATE ATTORNEY. 140 00:08:32,245 --> 00:08:33,680 AND IT MAKES SENSE IF I HAVE A RICH UNCLE THAT BAILS ME OUT 141 00:08:33,847 --> 00:08:35,282 OF JAIL AND THEN WANTS NOTHING TO DO WITH ME. 142 00:08:35,448 --> 00:08:37,383 I STILL CAN'T AFFORD A PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY. 143 00:08:37,517 --> 00:08:39,118 SHE SAYS IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SHED LIGHT ON THIS VERY 144 00:08:39,285 --> 00:08:41,287 SERIOUS ISSUE. THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT WE 145 00:08:41,455 --> 00:08:43,223 REPORTED ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE AND WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBERS GO 146 00:08:43,390 --> 00:08:53,500 DOWN, SO WE HAVE SEEN THE NUMBER OF JUDGES WHO REQUIRE A PRIVATE 147 00:08:53,667 --> 00:08:55,102 DEFENSE ATTORNEY SIMPLY BECAUSE THE DEFENDANT HAS MADE BAIL, WE 148 00:08:55,268 --> 00:08:57,003 HAVE SEEN THOSE NUMBERS GO DOWN SO WE KNOW THAT JUDGES ARE DOING 149 00:08:57,170 --> 00:08:59,138 A BETTER JOB IN ORLEANS PARISH. THEY ARE DOING A BETTER JOB, 150 00:08:59,305 --> 00:09:00,940 BUT SHE SAYS SOME JUDGES ARE CONTINUING TO PUNISH DEFENDANTS 151 00:09:01,107 --> 00:09:03,377 AND EVEN LOCKING THEM UP UNJUSTLY. 152 00:09:03,543 --> 00:09:07,613 WHAT WE LOOKED AT THIS TIME AROUND, THE PHENOMENON WHERE A 153 00:09:07,780 --> 00:09:16,088 JUDGE CAN HOLD SOMEONE IN CONTEMPT IF THEY FAIL TO HIRE A 154 00:09:16,255 --> 00:09:17,690 PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY. AND WE FOUND TWO JUDGES THAT DID 155 00:09:17,823 --> 00:09:19,492 IT AND WE KNOW WE HAVE ONLY FOUND THE MINIMUM, SO THERE ARE 156 00:09:19,658 --> 00:09:20,893 PROBABLY MORE JUDGES THAT HAVE DONE IT. 157 00:09:21,060 --> 00:09:24,597 ONE OF THE JUDGES WE FOUND HELD A CRIMINAL DEFENDANT IN CONTEMPT 158 00:09:24,765 --> 00:09:29,368 AND REQUIRED THE CRIMINAL DEFENDANT TO DO A LARGE AMOUNT 159 00:09:29,535 --> 00:09:31,137 OF COMMUNITY SERVICE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT BRING A PRIVATE 160 00:09:31,303 --> 00:09:33,607 DEFENSE ATTORNEY TO COURT. SHE SAYS WHAT IS UNCLEAR IN 161 00:09:33,773 --> 00:09:36,275 NEARLY EVERY INSTANCE IS IF THE PROPER INVESTIGATION WAS 162 00:09:36,443 --> 00:09:38,545 CONDUCTED ON EACH DEFENDANT TO CLARIFY IF THEY REALLY COULD 163 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:42,115 AFFORD TO PAY FOR AN ATTORNEY. AND IN ONE SPECIFIC CASE SHE 164 00:09:42,282 --> 00:09:44,750 SAYS THE JUDGE SEEMED TO GET IMPATIENT AND BECAUSE OF IT, THE 165 00:09:44,918 --> 00:09:50,590 DEFENDANT WAS SENT TO JAIL FOR SEVERAL DAYS. 166 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,725 THAT THE DEFENDANT DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO GIVE 167 00:09:52,858 --> 00:09:54,828 HIM AND THEN HE HELD HIM IN CONTEMPT AND WHEN HE HELD HIM IN 168 00:09:54,962 --> 00:09:58,565 CONTEMPT WHAT HE DID, HE HELD HIM IN CONTEMPT FOR NINE DAYS 169 00:09:58,732 --> 00:10:04,370 AND HE DIDN'T SET A BAIL AMOUNT. IF I AM INCARCERATED FOR NINE 170 00:10:04,537 --> 00:10:07,540 DAYS WITHOUT BAIL, THAT MEANS IT DOESN'T MATTER IF I HAVE ALL THE 171 00:10:07,707 --> 00:10:09,142 MONEY IN THE WORLD. I CANNOT GET OUT. 172 00:10:09,308 --> 00:10:12,312 THERE IS NO BAIL THAT WILL GET ME OUT. 173 00:10:12,478 --> 00:10:18,152 IT SOUNDS LIKE THE JUDGE MAY HAVE CHANGED HIS MIND MIDWAY 174 00:10:18,318 --> 00:10:27,627 THROUGH AND THEN SET BAIL. THAT DEFENDANT SERVED FOUR DAYS 175 00:10:27,793 --> 00:10:31,798 IN JAIL JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE THE JUDGE THOUGHT HE NEEDED TO HIRE 176 00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:34,567 A PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY. LEVINE SAYS THERE IS ANOTHER 177 00:10:34,733 --> 00:10:35,968 IMPORTANT POINT THAT WAS APPARENTLY IGNORED WHEN THE 178 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:41,273 DEFENDANT CAME BACK TO COURT. WHEN THIS JUDGE DETERMINED HE 179 00:10:41,440 --> 00:10:43,477 WAS GOING TO HOLD HIM IN CONTEMPT, THERE IS A HIGH 180 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:48,982 STANDARD. THAT HAS TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR 181 00:10:49,148 --> 00:10:53,387 SOMEONE TO BE HELD IN CONTEMPT. AND THIS DEFENDANT DIDN'T HAVE 182 00:10:53,553 --> 00:10:55,822 AN ATTORNEY TO DEFEND HIM. HE DIDN'T HAVE AN ATTORNEY TO BE 183 00:10:55,988 --> 00:11:01,127 ABLE TO SAY, LOOK, JUDGE, THIS DIDN'T MEET THE HIGH STANDARD OF 184 00:11:01,293 --> 00:11:04,865 CONTEMPT. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THOSE 185 00:11:05,032 --> 00:11:06,465 AFFECTED BY THIS THE MOST ARE THOSE WHO CAN'T REALLY AFFORD TO 186 00:11:06,633 --> 00:11:10,170 FIGHT. 85% OF THE CRIMINAL DEFENDANT 187 00:11:10,303 --> 00:11:16,543 COMMUNITY IN ORLEANS PARISH IN 2018 WERE FORCED TO HIRE THE 188 00:11:16,677 --> 00:11:31,390 PUBLIC DEFENDERS OFFICE SO 85% WERE CLOSE TO THE POVERTY LINE. 189 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:32,958 WE REACHED OUT TO TWO OF THE JUDGES NAMED IN THE COURT WATCH 190 00:11:33,125 --> 00:11:35,095 REPORT FOR COMMENT, BUT THEY DID NOT RETURN OUR CALLS. 191 00:11:35,262 --> 00:11:36,697 COMING UP NEXT MONTH ON "SWI," WE TALK TO MEMBERS OF THE 192 00:11:36,863 --> 00:11:38,798 OVERBURDENED PUBLIC DEFENDER'S OFFICE WHO HAVE FILED A LAWSUIT 193 00:11:38,965 --> 00:11:40,567 AGAINST THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS 194 00:11:40,700 --> 00:11:43,403 BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY SAY IS A BROKEN FUNDING FORMULA. 195 00:11:43,570 --> 00:11:52,978 THEY SAY THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO COURT IN SEPTEMBER. 196 00:11:53,145 --> 00:11:56,783 AN EXTRA BUSY WEEK FOR HEALTH SECRETARY DR. REBEKA GEE. 197 00:11:56,950 --> 00:11:59,352 JUST BACK FROM A CONFERENCE AT THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTES, WHERE, 198 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:01,988 YES, SHE TALKED ABOUT THE STATE'S NEW MODEL FOR TREATING 199 00:12:02,155 --> 00:12:06,760 HEPATITIS C. THAT MODEL IS SUDDENLY THE RAGE, 200 00:12:06,927 --> 00:12:08,895 WITH OTHER STATES AND OTHER COUNTRIES WANTING IN ON WHAT 201 00:12:09,062 --> 00:12:17,170 LOUISIANA KNOWS. SINCE THE HEP C MODEL WAS ROLLED 202 00:12:17,337 --> 00:12:21,708 OUT IN LOUISIANA, THERE IS SO MUCH TALK ABOUT WHY IT WORKS. 203 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:27,080 WHY WAS IT THE RIGHT TIME FOR LOUISIANA? 204 00:12:27,247 --> 00:12:35,088 HEP C IS THE LEADING KILLER, KILLING PEOPLE MORE THAN 60 205 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:39,492 OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES. IT IS THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE A 206 00:12:39,658 --> 00:12:42,562 CURE FOR. WE DON'T HAVE A CURE FOR AIDS OR 207 00:12:42,728 --> 00:12:47,400 THE COMMON COLD. WE HAVE 90,000 PEOPLE WITH THIS 208 00:12:47,567 --> 00:12:53,907 CONDITION IN LOUISIANA AND MEDICAID, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO 209 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:59,245 TREAT 3% OF THE PEOPLE BECAUSE THE DRUG COSTS INITIALLY OVER 210 00:12:59,412 --> 00:13:01,513 $80,000. HUGE PRICE TAG, NO WAY TO PAY 211 00:13:01,682 --> 00:13:07,087 FOR IT, AND THE WAY WE WANTED TO, WHICH WAS CURE EVERYONE WHO 212 00:13:07,253 --> 00:13:09,388 HAD IT. WE ASKED THE QUESTION AND IT 213 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:12,625 TOOK US THREE YEARS TO GET TO THE FINAL ANSWER, WHICH WAS, 214 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:14,793 YES, COULD WE DO THIS A DIFFERENT WAY? 215 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:21,835 BECAUSE IT WAS SO EXPENSIVE, THE DRUG WENT FROM $90,000 TO TENS 216 00:13:22,002 --> 00:13:26,638 OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. TO GET THIS DRUG YOU HAD TO SHOW 217 00:13:26,807 --> 00:13:30,877 YOU HAD END ORGAN DAMAGE, LIVER CANCER. 218 00:13:31,043 --> 00:13:35,215 YOU HAD TO BE A LOT SICK. THIS IS A TOTALLY NEW MODEL, TO 219 00:13:35,382 --> 00:13:39,252 CURE EVERYONE WHO HAS IT. WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT AT OR ABOUT 220 00:13:39,418 --> 00:13:42,455 LAST YEAR IN OUR BUDGET, BUT GETTING UNLIMITED ACCESS. 221 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:45,592 IT IS NICE FOR LOUISIANA TO BE THE FIRST STATE IN THE NATION TO 222 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:49,628 DO THIS TYPE OF MODEL. IT HAS BEEN REALLY EXCITING NOT 223 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:55,335 JUST TO HAVE THIS IDEA, BUT TO SEE PEOPLE'S LIVES BEING 224 00:13:55,468 --> 00:13:57,603 CHANGED. GIVE HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT. 225 00:13:57,770 --> 00:13:59,172 AND LOUISIANA IS FIRST RIGHT. 226 00:13:59,338 --> 00:14:02,075 EVERYONE IS LIKE, OKAY, SO TELL US ABOUT IT. 227 00:14:02,208 --> 00:14:04,910 SO YOU ARE SPEAKING TO OTHER STATES? 228 00:14:05,078 --> 00:14:08,548 YES. IF THIS MIGHT WORK FOR THEM? 229 00:14:08,715 --> 00:14:13,118 I'M SPEAKING TO OTHER STATES, OTHER COUNTRIES, PEOPLE IN 230 00:14:13,285 --> 00:14:17,557 ENGLAND LOOKING AT THIS VERY 231 00:14:17,723 --> 00:14:20,593 VACCINES, ADDICTION TREATMENT. CERTAINLY AUSTRALIA HAD DONE 232 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,130 SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS. OF COURSE, THE IDEA OF A 233 00:14:24,297 --> 00:14:27,533 SUBSCRIPTION IS NOT NEW. WE KNOW WHAT NETFLIX IS, 234 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:32,638 SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE, BUT APPLYING IT TO A MEDICAID PROGRAM IS 235 00:14:32,805 --> 00:14:34,307 UNIQUE. IS THERE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 236 00:14:34,473 --> 00:14:39,945 THIS TO EXPAND TO THE MYRIAD OF OTHER MEDICATIONS THAT EXIST, 237 00:14:40,113 --> 00:14:45,918 WHETHER IT IS ALZHEIMER'S OR DIABETES OR -- THERE ARE SO 238 00:14:46,085 --> 00:14:48,087 MANY. COULD THIS MODEL WORK FOR THOSE? 239 00:14:48,253 --> 00:14:50,022 IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT? 240 00:14:50,157 --> 00:14:51,925 YES. CONSIDERING? 241 00:14:52,092 --> 00:14:55,262 YES. OUR GOAL IS TO CURE HEPATITIS C 242 00:14:55,428 --> 00:14:57,297 AND END THE EPIDEMIC IN OUR STATE. 243 00:14:57,463 --> 00:15:01,735 THAT IS A LOT OF WORK THAT WE HAVE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. 244 00:15:01,902 --> 00:15:06,005 SO WE ARE FOCUSED ON THIS FIRST, BUT CERTAINLY WE LOOK AT THE 245 00:15:06,172 --> 00:15:11,177 ADDICTION ISSUES THAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC. 246 00:15:11,343 --> 00:15:17,550 PEOPLE NEED TREATMENT, NARCAN OR SUBOXONE OR DRUGS THAT HELP YOU 247 00:15:17,717 --> 00:15:20,453 DEAL WITH ADDICTION. THOSE ARE EXPENSIVE. 248 00:15:20,620 --> 00:15:24,457 THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WOULD BE A GREAT FIT FOR THIS MODEL. 249 00:15:24,623 --> 00:15:29,028 OUR MODEL INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE INCARCERATED. 250 00:15:29,195 --> 00:15:32,198 WHY? BECAUSE 95% OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE 251 00:15:32,365 --> 00:15:36,302 THIS DISEASE WHO ARE INCARCERATED WILL REENTER 252 00:15:36,468 --> 00:15:40,173 COMMUNITIES. WE WANT THEM TO ENTER HEALTHY. 253 00:15:40,307 --> 00:15:44,910 ALSO REDUCE LONG-TERM COSTS. IF WE CAN TREAT THEM IN A 254 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:48,080 CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WHEN THEY GET TO MEDICAID, WE ARE NOT 255 00:15:48,213 --> 00:15:51,417 PAYING FULL FOR THAT DRUG. IF YOU DEVELOP A CURE FOR 256 00:15:51,583 --> 00:15:56,188 ANYTHING, YOU ELIMINATE IT. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A 257 00:15:56,322 --> 00:16:01,593 FIVE-YEAR LEVEL SUBSCRIPTION TO THAT MEDICATION ALLOWS THEM TO 258 00:16:01,760 --> 00:16:04,363 SAY TO THEIR INVESTORS, WE HAVE SECURED REVENUE. 259 00:16:04,530 --> 00:16:06,565 THAT IS NOD A BAD THING FOR THE COMPANY. 260 00:16:06,732 --> 00:16:11,203 WE DISCOVERED A WIN-WIN. WHERE ELSE CAN YOU HAVE A 261 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:13,807 WIN-WIN? ANYTHING THAT CURES CHILDHOOD 262 00:16:13,973 --> 00:16:17,243 CANCERS. WE LEARN ABOUT THE HUMAN GENOME, 263 00:16:17,410 --> 00:16:21,580 WE BECOME MORE SOPHISTICATED TO TREATING TYPES OF CANCERS. 264 00:16:21,747 --> 00:16:24,583 SUBSCRIPTIONS MIGHT BE A WAY TO DEAL WITH THAT. 265 00:16:24,750 --> 00:16:28,420 LISTEN, COMPANY, YOU WANT TO INNOVATE AND PROVIDE DRUGS FOR 266 00:16:28,588 --> 00:16:30,423 CHILDHOOD CANCER, WE APPLAUD THAT. 267 00:16:30,590 --> 00:16:34,760 WE COULD HAVE A NATIONAL INNOVATION FUND BUT SUP SKRIPGSS 268 00:16:34,927 --> 00:16:39,732 THAT SAY, LISTEN, WE WILL SUPPORT YOU, BUT WE CAN'T SPEND 269 00:16:39,898 --> 00:16:44,937 $200 MILLION ON YOUR DRUG, BUT WE CAN SPEND $10 MILLION OR $20 270 00:16:45,103 --> 00:16:47,207 MILLION. SO THEY GET GUARANTEED REVENUE. 271 00:16:47,373 --> 00:16:50,910 FOR CHILDHOOD CANCERS, GENE THERAPIES, THIS COULD BE 272 00:16:51,077 --> 00:16:54,080 HELPFUL. IT COULD BE HELPFUL FOR 273 00:16:54,247 --> 00:16:58,785 RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, ANY AREA WHERE YOU HAVE COMPETITION AND 274 00:16:58,952 --> 00:17:02,055 LIMITED FUNS. WE FIGURED OUT THE KINKS AND NOW 275 00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:05,592 WE HAVE DONE IT AND HAVE THE PLAYBOOK FOR YOU, BUT YOU HAVE 276 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:08,528 TO FIND THE WILLING PHARMACEUTICAL PARTNER. 277 00:17:08,662 --> 00:17:13,198 SO I THINK THIS IS ONE MODEL, BUT I ALSO THINK WE NEED -- AND 278 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:16,435 THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS PURSUING THIS -- SIGNIFICANT 279 00:17:16,602 --> 00:17:18,738 REFORMS IN HOW WE PRICE PHARMACEUTICALS. 280 00:17:18,905 --> 00:17:24,477 THIS IS ONE OF AN ARRAY OF SOLUTIONS THAT NEED TO BE 281 00:17:24,643 --> 00:17:25,512 PURSUED. THIS MODEL AND WHAT COULD 282 00:17:25,678 --> 00:17:29,982 COME NEXT REMAINS BIG NEWS IN MEDICAL CARE. 283 00:17:30,148 --> 00:17:32,752 OUR THANKS TO DR. GEE FOR THAT INTERVIEW. 284 00:17:32,918 --> 00:17:34,520 BATON ROUGE POLICE THURSDAY ARRESTED A 16-YEAR-OLD IN THE 285 00:17:34,687 --> 00:17:35,922 SHOOTING DEATH OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD. 286 00:17:36,055 --> 00:17:38,057 THE BODY APPARENTLY DUMPED IN A CITY PARK LAST MONTH. 287 00:17:38,223 --> 00:17:39,658 THE MURDER TOOK PLACE IN JUNE. 288 00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:41,760 A MONTH THAT WAS ESPECIALLY VIOLENT, MOSTLY SHOOTINGS ON THE 289 00:17:41,928 --> 00:17:44,430 CRIME BLOTTER. ONE NIGHT AT ONE NIGHTCLUB, 290 00:17:44,597 --> 00:17:50,168 SEVEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT. -- INJURED. 291 00:17:50,337 --> 00:17:51,870 THIS MONTH "LOUISIANA PUBLIC SQUARE" BROUGHT TOGETHER 292 00:17:52,038 --> 00:17:53,538 PARENTS, STUDENTS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT TO EXPLORE HOW TO 293 00:17:53,707 --> 00:17:57,210 COMBAT THE CHALLENGES OF YOUTH AND GUNS. 294 00:17:57,343 --> 00:18:00,780 SOMETIMES THESE YOUNG KIDS FEEL THEY NEED A WEAPON TO 295 00:18:00,947 --> 00:18:05,117 PROTECT THEMSELVES AND MAYBE THEMSELVES ARE NOT IN ANY GANG 296 00:18:05,285 --> 00:18:08,988 OR GROUP THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO NEED, BUT THEY FEEL THEY NEED 297 00:18:09,155 --> 00:18:10,657 THAT. THAT IS A TOUGH CONVERSATION TO 298 00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:12,825 HAVE. SO WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU FIND 299 00:18:12,992 --> 00:18:15,428 YOUR CHILD WHO IS UNDER 21 THAT HAS A GUN? 300 00:18:15,595 --> 00:18:19,565 WHO DO YOU CALL? WHO DO YOU GIVE THE GUN TO? 301 00:18:19,732 --> 00:18:23,770 HOW DO YOU CONFRONT THAT CHILD? HOW DO YOU SECURE THAT WEAPON? 302 00:18:23,937 --> 00:18:27,273 DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE, BUT IT SURELY HAS TO HAPPEN I 303 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:31,777 BELIEVE IN EVERYONE'S HOUSE AND HAS TO BE SURROUNDED BY THAT 304 00:18:31,943 --> 00:18:33,947 NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT COMMUNITY. EVERYBODY HAS TO HAVE EACH 305 00:18:34,113 --> 00:18:36,248 OTHER'S BACK. I THINK THAT IS WHERE WE ARE 306 00:18:36,382 --> 00:18:38,952 LACKING AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW. IT HAS TO START INDIVIDUALLY IN 307 00:18:39,118 --> 00:18:41,787 THE HOUSE. I THINK IF YOU START ANY TYPE 308 00:18:41,953 --> 00:18:47,627 OF KIND OF MENTORING PROGRAM IN YOUR SCHOOL WHERE MAYBE 309 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:53,565 UPPERCLASSMEN HAVE A MENTEE, OR SOME TYPE OF PARTNERSHIP WHERE 310 00:18:53,733 --> 00:18:56,135 IF SOMEONE IS GOING THROUGH SOMETHING, THEY KNOW THIS IS A 311 00:18:56,302 --> 00:19:00,773 GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WE TRUST ENOUGH WE CAN SAY SOMETHING TO 312 00:19:00,940 --> 00:19:04,677 WITH THE UNDERSTANDING YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH 313 00:19:04,843 --> 00:19:05,912 ADMINISTRATION TO REPORT SOMETHING. 314 00:19:06,078 --> 00:19:09,415 WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED SO MUCH IS A LOT OF WHAT WE SEE AND A LOT 315 00:19:09,582 --> 00:19:12,985 OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COMMUNITY IS COMMUNICATED THROUGH SOCIAL 316 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,855 MEDIA AND KIDS SEE IT ALL THE TIME. 317 00:19:16,022 --> 00:19:20,225 WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR STUDIO THAT CAN CHANGE THIS 318 00:19:20,393 --> 00:19:23,863 NARRATIVE, THAT CAN HAVE A YOUNG BLACK MAN WALK INTO YOUR STUDIO 319 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:27,400 AND SAY, HEY, I DON'T WANT TO BE THE NEXT RAPPER THAT IS DEAD ON 320 00:19:27,533 --> 00:19:30,002 THE STREET. I WANT TO BE A RAPPER THAT MAKES 321 00:19:30,168 --> 00:19:33,940 A SONG THAT CAN BRING LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY. 322 00:19:34,107 --> 00:19:38,310 FROM THE LAST YEAR, I'VE DRAWN LINES. 323 00:19:38,443 --> 00:19:43,315 NO CURSING. NO TALKING ABOUT DRUGS, GUNS, NO 324 00:19:43,448 --> 00:19:46,885 VIOLENCE. WE DO THAT BECAUSE WE TELL THEM 325 00:19:47,053 --> 00:19:48,988 I WANT TO SEE WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE. 326 00:19:49,155 --> 00:19:53,258 THERE IS MORE IN YOU. A LOT OF TIMES WE ONLY COULD 327 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:56,195 OPERATE OFF OF WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE HAVE BEEN -- YOU KNOW, 328 00:19:56,362 --> 00:19:58,397 YOU HEAR THE SAME, YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. 329 00:19:58,563 --> 00:20:03,803 A LOT OF TIMES IN OUR COMMUNITY, URBAN COMMUNITY, OUR CULTURE IS 330 00:20:03,970 --> 00:20:06,605 HIP-HOP, IT IS COOL. YOU KNOW, IT IS SWAG AND IT IS 331 00:20:06,772 --> 00:20:10,275 NOT TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE SPOKEN ON. 332 00:20:10,443 --> 00:20:14,180 SO I GIVE THAT ENVIRONMENT TO WHERE YOU CAN SPEAK WHAT NEEDS 333 00:20:14,347 --> 00:20:16,715 TO BE SAID. THE WORD OF GOD IS THE TRUTH. 334 00:20:16,848 --> 00:20:19,785 SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE WORD OF GOD. 335 00:20:19,952 --> 00:20:23,688 I STARTED MY CAREER IN CRIMESTOPPERS, ANSWERING THE 336 00:20:23,857 --> 00:20:28,227 PHONES AS A POLICE CADET, TAKING TIPS, RUNNING THEM DOWN THE HALL 337 00:20:28,393 --> 00:20:33,632 TO THE DETECTIVES AND WATCHING THE FRUITS OF THE INFORMATION 338 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:37,203 THAT THE PUBLIC GAVE RESULT IN A CLEARANCE OF A CRIME. 339 00:20:37,370 --> 00:20:40,338 KIND OF WHAT GOT ME ADDICTED TO POLICE WORK. 340 00:20:40,507 --> 00:20:44,143 AND SO IT WORKS. I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU IT 341 00:20:44,310 --> 00:20:46,845 WORKS AND YOU ARE GOING TO REMAIN ANN ANONYMOUS. 342 00:20:47,012 --> 00:20:50,783 SO YOU CAN SEE SOMETHING ONLINE AND CALL CRIMESTOPPERS 343 00:20:50,950 --> 00:20:53,552 AND REPORT IT AND THERE WILL BE SOME FOLLOW-UP. 344 00:20:53,718 --> 00:20:56,422 IF THERE IS A CASH REWARD, YOU CAN GET IT? 345 00:20:56,588 --> 00:21:00,793 YEP. "YOUTH AND GUNS" REAIRS THIS 346 00:21:00,960 --> 00:21:01,993 SUNDAY AT 11:00 A.M. FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT 347 00:21:02,162 --> 00:21:15,442 LPB.ORG/PUBLICSQUARE. TRAGEDY AT A PLACE KNOWN FOR 348 00:21:15,608 --> 00:21:18,610 FUN IN SHREVEPORT. THE CORONER OF CADDO PARISH 349 00:21:18,778 --> 00:21:21,280 TODAY CONFIRMING A 13-YEAR-OLD BOY DROWNED AT SPLASH KINGDOM 350 00:21:21,447 --> 00:21:24,117 WATER PARK. HE REPORTEDLY WENT UNDER ABOUT 351 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:26,585 5:00 P.M. YESTERDAY AND NEVER CAME UP. 352 00:21:26,752 --> 00:21:29,222 WILL LURKER REPORTS BECAUSE DROWNING IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE 353 00:21:29,388 --> 00:21:32,925 OF UNINTENTIONAL DEATH FOR CHILDREN IN THE U.S., THE MOVE 354 00:21:33,092 --> 00:21:40,900 TO TEACH KIDS HOW TO SWIM IS STRONGER THAN EVER. 355 00:21:41,067 --> 00:21:42,702 COME ON. TRY IT. 356 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:45,337 ALL CHILDREN LOOK FORWARD TO COOLING OFF FROM A HOT SUMMER 357 00:21:45,505 --> 00:21:49,842 DAY WITH A SPLASH IN A POOL, MANY WILL DIE WITHOUT HAVING THE 358 00:21:50,008 --> 00:21:51,610 MOST BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF HOW TO SWIM. 359 00:21:51,777 --> 00:21:55,347 MANY OF THESE EAGER YET INEXPERIENCED CHILDREN RESIDE IN 360 00:21:55,515 --> 00:21:58,583 NORTH BATON ROUGE. INNER CITY CHILDREN WHO OFTEN 361 00:21:58,750 --> 00:22:02,555 DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO SWIMMING POOLS, ARE FIVE AND A HALF TIMES 362 00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:06,458 MORE LIKELY TO DROWN THAN SOMEONE WHO IS NOT LIVING INNER 363 00:22:06,592 --> 00:22:14,267 CITY. THE OWNER OF SELA AQUATICS 364 00:22:14,433 --> 00:22:16,635 SAW THIS VOLUNTEERING AFTER HURRICANE KATRINA. 365 00:22:16,802 --> 00:22:21,407 I ENDED UP VOLUNTEERING IN A SHELTER IN BATON ROUGE. 366 00:22:21,573 --> 00:22:26,245 UP WITH OF THE KIDS I TAUGHT FREE SWIMMING LESSONS TO RAN UP 367 00:22:26,412 --> 00:22:28,882 TO ME AND SAID MR. ROB, I SWAM, I SWAM. 368 00:22:29,048 --> 00:22:33,452 MR. ROB, I SWAM. AFTER TALKING TO HIM MORE, I 369 00:22:33,618 --> 00:22:38,892 RECOGNIZED THIS PARTICULAR CHILD SWAM OUT OF HIS HOUSE AS IT WAS 370 00:22:39,058 --> 00:22:41,060 FLOODING. IT SAVED HIS LIFE. 371 00:22:41,227 --> 00:22:45,532 WE ASKED THAT PARTICULAR CHILD, WHERE ARE YOUR PARENTS? 372 00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:49,302 HIS ANSWER WAS, NO ONE TAUGHT MY PARENTS HOW TO SWIM. 373 00:22:49,468 --> 00:22:52,405 FROM THAT MOMENT, MY PERSPECTIVE ON WATER SAFETY CHANGED. 374 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:56,008 BY THE 1940s, AFRICAN-AMERICANS MADE UP A 375 00:22:56,175 --> 00:22:59,045 THIRD OF BATON ROUGE'S POPULATION. 376 00:22:59,212 --> 00:23:02,515 OPPORTUNITIES TO SWIM WERE LIMITED. 377 00:23:02,648 --> 00:23:06,918 SEGREGATION KEPT BLACKS OUT OF WHITE-ON POOLS. 378 00:23:07,085 --> 00:23:10,122 THE CONSTRUCTION OF CITY BROOKS, THE FIRST POOL FOR 379 00:23:10,288 --> 00:23:14,127 AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHICH OPENED THREE YEARS LATER IN 1949. 380 00:23:14,293 --> 00:23:18,030 IT HAS A LONG HISTORY WHICH STARTED AROUND POOLS, EVEN WITH 381 00:23:18,197 --> 00:23:23,502 THE SOCIAL EQUITY PROBLEMS THEY HAD GROWING UP IN THE 60s, WITH 382 00:23:23,668 --> 00:23:28,707 THE DIFFERENT POOLS. EVEN WITH BROOKS, BUILDING THAT 383 00:23:28,873 --> 00:23:32,110 POOL. THE SCARIEST PART FOR ME WAS 384 00:23:32,278 --> 00:23:34,180 JUMPING IN THE DEEP END. IT WAS 10 FEET. 385 00:23:34,347 --> 00:23:37,182 I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO SWIM IN 10 FEET. 386 00:23:37,350 --> 00:23:40,920 I WAS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD. USING LOUISIANA TAX DOLLARS, 387 00:23:41,053 --> 00:23:43,388 CHILDREN FROM ALL OVER THE STATE WERE LEARNING TO SWIM. 388 00:23:43,555 --> 00:23:48,893 THERE WAS A GRANT WHERE EVERY SECOND GRADER IN THE ORLEANS 389 00:23:49,062 --> 00:23:55,067 PARISH PUBLIC SCHOOLS GOT FREE SWIM LESSONS AS PART OF P.E. 390 00:23:55,233 --> 00:23:56,568 CURRICULUM. 391 00:23:56,702 --> 00:23:59,572 AS A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, I VOLUNTEERED IN THAT PROGRAM. 392 00:23:59,705 --> 00:24:03,808 DESEGREGATION REDUCED DROWNINGS EACH YEAR, THE PROBLEM 393 00:24:03,977 --> 00:24:06,445 STILL CONTINUES. WITHIN THE LAST 10 YEARS ALL 394 00:24:06,612 --> 00:24:10,315 THREE OF BRECK SWIMMING POOLS HAVE BEEN REDUCED IN SIZE AND 395 00:24:10,448 --> 00:24:15,087 DEPTH TO REDUCE DROWNINGS. I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY IS 396 00:24:15,253 --> 00:24:18,992 GIVEN THE SAME OPPORTUNITY. WITH BRECK, WE PROVIDE SOCIAL 397 00:24:19,158 --> 00:24:22,728 EQUALITY, ESPECIALLY WITH THE SOCIAL EQUITY STATEMENT WE HAVE. 398 00:24:22,895 --> 00:24:28,800 WE WANT TO FOLLOW THAT AND GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME THING. 399 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:32,203 BIG LIFE THREATENING THING 3-15 IS DROWNING. 400 00:24:32,372 --> 00:24:37,208 WE PARTNER WITH THE RED CROSS AND SELA TO MAKE PEOPLE WATER 401 00:24:37,377 --> 00:24:42,213 AWARE AND LEARN TO SWIM. INSTRUCTORS ARE TRAINED 402 00:24:42,382 --> 00:24:45,617 THROUGH THE AMERICAN RED CROSS ON HOW TO TEACH LESSONS TO 403 00:24:45,752 --> 00:24:49,288 CHILDREN WITH AN UNDERLYING FEAR OF WATER. 404 00:24:49,455 --> 00:24:52,925 TAKE A RED CROSS INSTRUCTOR/TRAINER, BRING THEM 405 00:24:53,092 --> 00:24:56,562 TO THE TABLE AND YOU DELIVER THE CONTENT THE RED CROSS HAS 406 00:24:56,728 --> 00:24:59,932 CREATED AND YOU TAKE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOOD COMMUNICATORS, PEOPLE 407 00:25:00,098 --> 00:25:03,635 WHO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING, YOU TAKE HARD-WORKING 408 00:25:03,768 --> 00:25:07,873 INDIVIDUALS AND DELIVER THAT CONTENT TO THEM AND LIKE THAT 409 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:10,408 YOU HAVE A QUALIFIED SWIM INSTRUCTOR. 410 00:25:10,575 --> 00:25:14,347 THE FREE LESSONS HELP BRECK AND SELA ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOALS, 411 00:25:14,513 --> 00:25:18,150 TO PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING SKILLS TO CHILDREN OF ALL BACKGROUNDS. 412 00:25:18,317 --> 00:25:21,987 WE ARE OFFERING SWIM LESSONS TO PEOPLE WHO OFTENTIMES WOULD 413 00:25:22,153 --> 00:25:24,757 BE FORGOTTEN ABOUT. NOW WE ARE NOT FORGETTING ABOUT 414 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:28,627 THEM. WE ARE OFFERING FREE SWIM 415 00:25:28,793 --> 00:25:34,433 LESSONS. OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO BRING 416 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,670 THAT STAT DOWN. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE THE 417 00:25:37,803 --> 00:25:45,443 NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL DEATH. 418 00:25:45,610 --> 00:25:49,548 THE SKILLS TAUGHT ARE BASIC, THEY ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO A 419 00:25:49,715 --> 00:25:52,818 CHILD'S SURVIVAL AND THE FUN AND EDUCATIONAL MEMORIES WILL LIVE 420 00:25:52,985 --> 00:25:56,655 WITH THEM THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. 421 00:25:56,822 --> 00:25:59,325 BRECSELA AQUATICS AND THE AMERICAN RED CROSS HAVE 422 00:25:59,492 --> 00:26:00,760 PARTNERED TO OFFER FREE SWIM LESSONS TO KIDS IN BATON ROUGE 423 00:26:00,927 --> 00:26:04,630 AGE 5-12. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS SUFFERED 424 00:26:04,797 --> 00:26:08,000 THE LOSS OF ANOTHER MUSIC LEGEND THIS WEEK WITH THE DEATH OF ART 425 00:26:08,167 --> 00:26:10,435 NEVILLE. NEVILLE, THE ELDEST OF THE 426 00:26:10,568 --> 00:26:13,238 NEVILLE BROTHERS, FOUNDED THAT FAMOUS GROUP ALONG WITH THE 427 00:26:13,405 --> 00:26:20,212 METERS. HE PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT HIS 428 00:26:20,378 --> 00:26:21,513 NEW ORLEANS HOME MONDAY WITH HIS WIFE BY HIS SIDE. 429 00:26:21,680 --> 00:26:23,215 IN HIS FIVE-DECADE CAREER, HE WON THREE GRAMMY AWARDS, 430 00:26:23,382 --> 00:26:24,817 INCLUDING A LIFE TIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN 2018. 431 00:26:24,950 --> 00:26:29,455 ART NEVILLE WAS 81. THAT'S OUR SHOW FOR THIS 432 00:26:29,588 --> 00:26:32,123 WEEK. 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