Reigniting the National Debate over Police Brutality and has sparked a federal investigation. The Law Enforcement officer, has within their latitude of scope of duty, the ability to use the right amount of force. But not Excessive Force. Not Excessive Force as defined by the law. A tense situation in minneapolis tonight. Good evening, im christina run down. Im frank somerville. Those protests are spread around the country, including here in the bay area, but none of them with the intensity of minneapolis. This is video from the Third Police Precinct in minneapolis in just the past 90 minutes. Its been the focus of all the protests and tonight the building, as you can see, was set on fire. There are hundreds of protesters surrounding the precinct. Police officers were seen abandoning it, but there has been no sign of any firefighters as of yet. You can see people piling wood and cardboard at the entrance to the building and throwing fireworks as the fire burns out of control. The damage
There is a brief time lag between the live meeting and what is being viewed on sfgov tv. On behalf of the commission id like to extend our thanks to sfgov tv staff. If you wish to make Public Comment on an item, dial 8882733658, access code 3107452 and pound, followed by pound again. When Public Comment is called, dial 1 and then 0 to be added to the speaker line. You will be you will hear an automated voice that will tell you when it is your turn to speak and your twominute speaking time will begin. I will alert you when your time has expired. These instructions will be repeat. If they havent already done show, im going to ask the commission and staff to minimize microphones to minimize background noise. And id like to note that item number 9 has been removed from the agenda and will be rescheduled to a different meeting. Madame president , your first order of business is item three, approval a of the minutes of. May 12, 2020. Yes. Commissioners, before you have the minutes of may 12,
Reporter and the social media showdown between twitter and president trump. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. We have several new developments on reopening this evening. The first bay area mall opens its doors. The governor tells gym owners new guidelines for them are coming in seven to ten days. And bart today says the bay area is reopening and it is ready with new Safety Measures. Big steps toward reopening. Good evening, thank you for joining us im ama daetz. I am dan ashley. Health officials are sounding the alarm about the pace of reopening. One of them, sarah code. Krigs nguyen has the story from san jose. Reporter as california moves to reopen parts of the economy on a county by county base, there is growing concern it could be happening a little too fast. Santa clara county Health Officer dr. Sarah cody shared her opinion at a Virtual Meeting with the board of supervise. The state is moving ahead without knowing the consequenc
Governor new some tonight, acknowledging the human toll of the coronavirus pandemic. Good evening everyone, im Frank Somerville working from home tonight. And im julie haener. The white house did issue a statement. It said President Trumps prayers were comfort and strength are with all of those grieving the loss of a loved one or friend. As a result of this unprecedented play and his message remains one of resilience and hope and optimism. The u. S. Reached 100,000 deaths in the last four months. But for the most deaths of the virus in the world. Presumptive democratic president ial nominee joe biden expresses sympathies. Most of you werent able to be there when they died. With the pain and anger the frustration. No wonder people arent getting anywhere for better. It is made all the worse, by knowing that this is a fateful milestone we should have never reached, and could have been avoided. Biden cited a study that showed 36,000 deaths might have been averted, if the u. S. Had enacted
Coronavirus cases in most area counties, which prompted the question, why . One possibility for the increase in numbers is that more people are being tested, but that may not tell the whole story. We are also seeing increased number of hospitalizations, so just suggesting that this is not only due to the increased number of testing. Because testing should not affect the number of people who get hospitalized is because dr. Lee riley, purpose of epidemiology and Infectious Diseases at uc berkeley thinks that the states reopening non phase 2 is the most important factor kris pickel almeda county made the news because it surpassed Seneca County as the county with the highest number of cases in the bay area. Mike those numbers from the health around showing 840 increase in covid19 cases from the week before. We did have a larger loosening of restrictions of her shoulders order around may 4th, the lot for construction, more outdoor activities. Reporter there are now 450 new cases in Alameda