Kim not present supervisor mar supervisor peskin supervisor tang supervisor wiener not present and supervisor yee not present madam president a we have quorum were to excuse commissioner yee and supervisor wiener seconded by supervisor cowen colleagues without objection, without objection supervisor yee and supervisor wiener will be excused new id like to turn it over to commissioner president loftus welcome to the board chambers. Thank you. Good evening, everyone and welcome to to scombroint meeting the Police Commission and the board sergeant, next item. Commissioner president loftus commissioner Vice President turman is excuse commissioner marshall is excused commissioner nakajos commissioner nakajo and commissioner dejesus commissioner wong excused we have quorum. Thank you sergeant and ladies and gentlemen, just for clarity we will have general Public Comment at this time and we will then go into our hearing specifically on the number of reports including the blooper report and ot
And we do say good morning on this friday. Im kendis gibson. Im Gloria Riviera in for diane macedo. We begin with breaking news in arkansas. The states executioner went back to work overnight for the first time in over a decade. The state ignored criticism for its plan to carry out several executions by the end of this month. La dell lee was executed just before midnight as his death warrant was about to expire. Abcs Danya Bacchus with the latest. Reporter in arkansas inmate put to death. Earlier this afternoon ladell lee received as his last meal request communion. Reporter his attorneys making one last push to save his life filing a civil rights lawsuit to prove his innocence, but to no avail. These are lawsuits being filed are a sense to delay the executions, the lawful executions of these individuals who have been convicted by juries of abs crimes. Reporter ladell lees execution was on hold due to a temporary restraining order on the states use of a drug, one of three used in the l
Doubles partner. Thanks for being with us. I have to ask you about the biggest tennis news of the week. Just your reaction to learning that Serena Williams is expecting. A lot of people are saying what about tennis. What is your reaction . I would say its wonderful news for her and there have been other players, including chris evert and others that have kids and they come back and do well. So i think its great. I think that is a nice way to sum that up. The washington tennis and Education Foundation has put many youngsters on the road to success in tennis and in life. Tell us about some of your programs. So basically we use tennis as a hook to get kids through the door and then our focus is really on education. We have three main programs. Our center for excellence program, kids from kindergarten to 12th grade where were providing tennis and academic programs. And what we find very important to have that continuity for the kids. You introduce desire. He started at four. We really feel
Supervisor wiener will be excused new id like to turn it over to commissioner president loftus welcome to the board chambers. Thank you. Good evening, everyone and welcome to to scombroint meeting the Police Commission and the board sergeant, next item. Commissioner president loftus commissioner Vice President turman is excuse commissioner marshall is excused commissioner nakajos commissioner nakajo and commissioner dejesus commissioner wong excused we have quorum. Thank you sergeant and ladies and gentlemen, just for clarity we will have general Public Comment at this time and we will then go into our hearing specifically on the number of reports including the blooper report and other reports as referenced in the hearing so if you last week to make comments specifically recommended to the hearing through will be an opportunity to do that as well that is the time for general Public Comment first speaker please. Thank you good evening andrew yip World Affairs have key focus on human civ
Thats an issue that is good that the board is involved and thats good were talking to as bodies the Police Commission and the board of supervisors, the mayor but i think that is a fundamental problem we have and it is going to be an ongoing issue so i look forward to Public Comment and again, thank you guys for being here and before we move forward just we will need to take a 5 minute break unfortunately, the commissioners cant leave the room otherwise not a quorum we need to allow them a quick 5 minute break wellback. All right. Everyone thank you so much for your patience and at this time, id like to recognize commissioner dejesus. Thank you, thank you thank you sxooepdz thank you for having us here and thank you for the public i want to talk about what supervisor campos said this is a real important issue we need to put on the table what further discussion the reports have certainly said the department shouldnt be investigating itself this is a critical vlgdz vlgdz and i know the fo