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U.S.FIRED OVER VIDEO

Officer fired; consultant billed to explain why

The officer was dismissed after video of the arrest surfaced, and police conduct concerns are now back in the spotlight; the consultants are already circling.

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  1. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWelcome back. The officer in that North Carolina arrest video has now been fired, after it showed him repeatedly punching a woman.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWith me is Thaddeus Okonkwo-Reyes of Brightline Obvious Advisory Group. Thaddeus, why did it take a video?

  3. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesGreat question. Accountability follows visibility. That insight is four thousand dollars an hour, and I'm giving you the first minute free.

  4. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFree.

  5. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesIntroductory rate. Now, firing him was the correct response. That's forty-five hundred an hour, because correct responses are rarer.

  6. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo the department did the right thing, but only after everybody saw it. What would you have told them?

  7. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesI'd have said, act before the video. Fifty-two hundred an hour. I also have a flowchart. It's laminated.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHow many boxes?

  9. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesOne. It says fire him. Six thousand an hour, and the arrow is extra.

  10. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAn arrow.

  11. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBut if the answer is one box, why does anybody pay you to read it?

  12. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesBecause nobody wants to say it first. Seven thousand an hour. Honestly, three departments have bought this exact flowchart.

  13. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree. And did they follow it?

  14. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesNo. They paid for the flowchart, not the follow-through. That's a separate engagement.

  15. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOkay. What does the flowchart say again?

  16. Thaddeus Okonkwo-ReyesFire him. Turning the page to see the back is two hundred dollars.

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