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Welcome to amped up. This is your host Ryan Knight and our guest today is Nick Cruz.

Nick is an activist, a commentator, the co-founder of 10 Demands for Justice, the co-founder of

Fred Hampton leftist, and a board member for national rank choice voting. Nick, welcome to Amped Up.

Hey, man, I'm super happy to join you, Ryan.

Big fan of the content you put out there,

so I'm been looking forward to finally talking to you,

so I'm very very excited.

I feel the same way. I am a huge fan of your content and I'm humbled and honored to have you on the show today.

And I want to start off with a new article you wrote. the police violence epidemic in America and it's titled the rise of Defund the

Police the new civil rights movement 2.0 and I want to read a few lines from your

article you write for decades the black community lines from your article. You write,

for decades, the black community has been trying to tell the world a story.

Those of us who have been blessed with the ability

have shared our tales of police violence and brutality.

Our music, poetry, and other works of fiction

have been the only ways to express the pain inflicted upon us.

Now the world has the internet. Thus the cruelty the black community has been subjected to that white America has denied

has been laid out for all to see.

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