Know, these men in uniform giving me project. It was mutual. So far the Oakland Police department has launched internal investigations. What did the new chief have to say . It was interesting. The guy just got on the job and the question was how do you feel about this sort of scandal in oakland . We take this seriously. While he should after hours sex with a teenager has led to the suspension of five officers and the suicide of a 6th. Do you anticipate more officers going off . Not at this time but the investigation is continuing. Not just oakland. Officers from other cities may be involved. How widespread do you feel it is . Who knows. I feel like we have gotten our arms around this and we have identified the majority of who might be involved. I hesitate to say everybody because the investigation is ongoing. How many officers are involved . At this point it is still ongoing and i cant get into the specifics but i feel confident that our Investigative Team has identified it. More than
Jumping into the conversation, this is different than what we usually have, but the lgbtq life in the Safe Community and Jewish Community, lets start out and asked each of you what your community your experiences been in the Jewish Community. Maxine. I will date myself, so i him twice last. Being a lesbian and being jewish was very difficult because i did not come out until graduate school. I did not think that being [ null ] had anything to being jewish, and i had no role model, and no one to model myself after. I did not think that i could be jewish and [ null ] until i met someone in graduate school at the same seminary that i attended as a commuter communal professional studying nonprofit management. And my first lover was at the college at usc and i realized that the heavens opened. Talking about intersection analogy, two primary parts of myself that became integrated. Reverend . You know, it is a very similar in very different story for me. Being transgender, the Trans Community
It does. The standoff landed several hours with a gun battle between the shooter and s. W. A. T. Team. They had punched halls through a wall and stormed the club. Pam bondy visited the scene. I have never seen anything like this. There is strong indications that mateen was inspired by foreign terrorist organizations. Investigators searched mateens car. We are going through the killers life and his electronics to understand as much as we can about his path and whether there was anyone else involved in directing him and assisting him. Mateen spoke with the 911 operator three times early yesterday morning after being in a bathroom with hostages. My gut is that would be us. Gladys went to the club latin night and left 30 minutes before the massacre. Here is my picture. That is me and my husband. That would be my last time. And we left. We left around 1 30. And we are learning more about the shooter, omar mateen and there is information coming out from witnesses that he went to the nightclu
The victctimare overwhehelmingly latino, many puerto rican. President obama described the shooting as an act of terror and an act of hate. This massacre is a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house ofof w worship or a movie t ther in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the kind of country we want to be. Is atively do nothing decision as well. Amy the orlando gunman used a semiautomatic weapon that would have been prohibited under the assault weapons ban that expired over a decade ago. We will spend the hour looking at the massacre in orlrlando, speaking tlolocal officials in floridida, a longtime patron of the pulse nightclub, and d the fifirst openlyly gay imamam in e unitited statetes. We w will leararn how i been log nation, auaustraa, p passed sweeping gun control legislation after a massacre in 1995. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the
Latino, many puerto rican. President obama described the shooting as an act of terror and an act of hate. This massacre is a further reminder of how easy it is for someone to get their hands on a weapon that lets them shoot people in a school or in a house ofof w worship or a movie t ther in a nightclub. And we have to decide if that is the kind of country we want to be. Is atively do nothing decision as well. Amy the orlando gunman used a semiautomatic weapon that would have been prohibited under the assault weapons ban that expired over a decade ago. We will spend the hour looking at the massacre in orlrlando, speaking tlolocal officials in floridida, a longtime patron of the pulse nightclub, and d the fifirst openlyly gay imamam in e unitited statetes. We w will leararn how i been log nation, auaustraa, p passed sweeping gun control legislation after a massacre in 1995. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goo