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[ADRIAN DIAZ] We're all here dedicated, to really
the work that Detective Cookie has done over her career.
We know that many of our officers way back in the day
probably didn't think this was police work.
They didn't think that this was actually the way to
to actually go out and handle crime.
This is what saves lives every single day.
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[DENISE "COOKIE" BOULDIN] I call chess a sport.
This is a sport where you don't have to be
the fastest, the strongest, the biggest, the tallest.
You don't even have to speak the same language.
And you can sit down and play chess.
And that's what happens a lot of time.
People are learning each other's culture.
They are learning how to interact with each other.
And they are learning to be friends.
[BRUCE HARRELL] When we talk about "One Seattle,"
when we demonstrate to those 84 square miles
that there's magic over here.
Look, look around you.
You don't see...we don't look alike.
But we come together Cookie under your leadership, sister.
We come together
and we
say we're going to build a community.
When we come out of this pandemic,
we're going to be stronger. We're going to be brighter.
We're going to be happier.
[DENISE "COOKIE" BOULDIN] I'm just so happy that my dream
has finally come true of having a chess park
where kids and adults can come and enjoy the game of chess.
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