and senator gelser keeps trying to change the system.le can say that these are troubled kids. they can say they're kids with problems. they're children. they're kids. they should have adults that care for them, that aren't pinning them to the ground, but instead are building them up and helping themselves see what they can be in the future. they're all kids. we should listen to them. and they deserve so much better than what we're doing. >>> tonight, on "the mehdi hasan show" -- alabama has amazon on edge over a crucial union vote. >>> plus, infrastructure hits a gop roadblock. it's all on the table with senator bernie sanders. my conversation with him ahead. >>> then, race in america and the trial of derek chauvin, professor, author, and activist dr. cornell west is here. when there's a complex problem, people turn to her. her

dollar company it was early 2019 when senator gelser discovered the state of oregon shipped 80 kids to group facilities in other states. >> these are kids who have been placed out of sight and it is my intention that we are going to ensure that they are no longer out of mind. it's the talking points you hear from everyone. we don't have the services that these very high-need kids need. >> so they have to be sent out of state >> correct. >> oregon paid hundreds of dollars a day to have a child sent to facilities gelser started hearing allegations that staff overused physical restraints. after visiting multiple sequel facilities she issued a dire warning to executives. >> i was very afraid a kid was going to die. >> months later it happened. 16-year-old cornelius fredrick died after he was restrained by six responds on a cafeteria floor at lakeside academy in michigan >> that is a violent response, what the staff did how long they held him down is shocking to people when they watch it but it was not shocking to anybody that was in that lunch room. >> child advocate daniel hatcher says

. >> reporter: sarah gelser, a mother of five, never thought would spend years taking on a multimillion-dollarmmittee on human services will come to order. >> reporter: in early 2019, senator geltser discovered the state of oregon had shipped more than 80 kids to facilities out of state. >> they've been placed out of sight and we're going to ensure that they're no longer out of mind. it's the talking points you hear from everyone. don't have the services these high need kids need. >> reporter: so they have to be sent out of state. >> correct. >> reporter: oregon paid hundreds of dollars a day to have children in facilities run by sequel youth and family services. she started hearing allegations that staff overused restraints, after visiting several facilities, she issued a dire warning to company executives. >> i was very afraid a kid was going to die. >> months later it happened. 16-year-old cornelius frederick died after he was restrained by six adults on the floor of a cafeteria in michigan. >> that's a violent response, what the staff did. and then how long they held him down is shocking t