Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Jacobs closes by restating that he is a non-affiliated applied anthropologist running for Kansas governor to push a systemic audit of state violence. He says winning does not stop or define the work. He asks people to help with petitioning if they want to support the campaign and says people who want to donate money should support ICT Tree Huggers and direct community work instead.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Jacobs describes policing as domestic terror and connects that view to police patrols, surveillance, impoverished neighborhoods, gun violence language, gang lists, constitutional rights, fines, fees, incarceration, and class. He argues that police violence should be discussed as a system rather than reduced only to the tool used in an incident.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

The discussion focuses on deescalation, officer training, and the police response in the Deandre Hill case. Helen discusses questions about trainees, use of force training, hallway safety, backup, how officers knocked and announced themselves, and whether the officers followed their own deescalation policy.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

This section discusses using public records requests to collect police data, including incidents where officers pulled guns, officer training records, body camera footage, demographics, and police reports. Helen explains why she wants to collect the data herself instead of relying only on outside summaries, and Jacobs discusses how statistics can be shaped by the narrative used to interpret them.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

This section discusses using public records requests to collect police data, including incidents where officers pulled guns, officer training records, body camera footage, demographics, and police reports. Helen explains why she wants to collect the data herself instead of relying only on outside summaries, and Jacobs discusses how statistics can be shaped by the narrative used to interpret them.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Helen discusses the Michael Gonzalez case, including vandalism at a Catholic church, media coverage, mental health, self-medication, jail, solitary confinement, and the lack of treatment options. The section focuses on how a property crime became part of a larger discussion about prosecution, rehabilitation, public pressure, and whether the system offered help before punishment.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Helen criticizes local media for repeating police narratives instead of independently investigating deaths, crashes, and police violence. The section discusses police scanners, official statements, family perspectives, watchdog journalism, corporate media ownership, and how public narratives are shaped before the full facts are known.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

This section discusses elected officials who say they cannot speak publicly after a police killing. The conversation covers First Amendment rights, legal advice, city interests, police department interests, political careers, and the difference between saying someone cannot speak and saying they choose not to speak.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

Helen discusses documenting people who say they or their families were harmed by the Wichita Police Department. The section covers the process of collecting names, folders, claims, records, and family stories, while also protecting sources and deciding what can be made public. Jacobs connects the discussion to his view that police departments protect themselves and that hidden violence needs to be exposed.

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Bryant Jacobs is running for Governor of Kansas in the 2026 election.

This section discusses local elected leaders, national political language, Christian nationalism, MAGA values, and how national political forces can show up in local government. The conversation also covers the difference between calling out public officials, criticizing their choices, and connecting local power to broader political systems.

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