Im not the smartest commissioner or the most knowledgeable person. This is a constant fight, but you know, this looking at the country, looking at what happened to all of the individuals who have died recently from from White Supremacy and Police Violence, weve got to do better, ive got to do better, and, you know, i didnt really i guess i just as you can see, i got out of i had surge in the last week, and ive spent a lot of time on my back thinking, and i dont have any answers tonight. Some people think that were you know, as i said before, and ive read it online and on social media, were putting a gloss over operator your conference is now in questionandanswer mode. To answer each question, press one and then zero. Commissioner hamasaki do i need to stop for something . Clerk no, you can go. Commissioner hamasaki i dont have anything deep or profound to say, other than i really hope, i really hope that this is a moment that we rise to, and i i just we cant just keep going and reading
Protests in cities all across the nation including here in the bay area this is video we received from a viewer just an hour ago this is in emeryville you can see dozens of people running towards a best buy store there. We are also hearing that there are protesters at a target store in the same area in emeryville we are working to confirm with Police Exactly what is going on there, but you can see there is a lot of Movement Activity were not seeing any looting at this point. But nonetheless were waiting to get in touch with police thank you for joining us at 9, im pam moore and im ken wayne, the protests are in this response of course to the death of george floyd. The black man who died in minneapolis after a Disturbing Police arrest was captured on video. This is the video at the center of the National Outrage and shows nowfired Police Officer Derek Shaaban with his knee on floyds neck for almost 9 minutes. Shaaban has been arrested and is now charged with 3rd degree murder. And mansl
To make note once again that the Operational Plan and the decision to operate falls squarely with me and when the order to do so the actions that happened after that are my responsibility i want to once again extend my deepest apologies for to the journalists who were once again in the middle of this situation were in it virtually but nevertheless detained to them personally and to the news organizations and to journalists everywhere it is unacceptable i said when it happened the other day when i failed you i have to do better i continue to need to do and send that message i take full responsibility for that. And wont equivocate no matter how difficult the environment as i would just ask folks to know that in restoring public order and hearing to democratic principles and having a history of governor of welcoming that openness it is certainly not our intention nor is it helpful to restoring public order to have that happen so you can rest assured that we will look back again at what ha
We have a quorum. Vice president taylor thank you. In the last few weeks, we watched the barbaric murder of george floyd by vile, racist Police Officers. We watched Ahmaud Arbery get gunned down by white spr supremacists. Study after study shows that white people and black people are not only more likely to commit crimes, they think that we feel less pain. We have a less nuanced feeling, and less worthy of protection, so we often have to fend for ourselves. Racism is definitely a police problem, one that is as old as our entire nation, but lets be clear no ones off the hook. Racism is an america problem. Trayvon martin, Ahmaud Arbery were killed by citizens. The overwhelming number of hate crimes are committed by ordinary citizens. Every Single Member of this commission is committed to rooting out bias in this Police Department, and after seeing the murder in minneapolis, after seeing the recent video circulating of what appears to be neck restraints used here in San Francisco in janua
Central direction officers were district officers responded located the crime scene and summoned emergency medical aid for the victim. Officers were informed that the suspect had fled on foot after the attack. The victim initially believed his phone had been taken during the incident but later located it near the scene. At 6 36 a. M. , approximately one hour after the initial aggravated assault call, d. E. M. Received a 911 call from the pier hotel, which is located at 540 jones street. The caller stated the following we need the police to come to the pier hotel quick. Theres a guy in here. Hes waving knives at people and all kinds of stuff. He wont leave the building. Hes locked himself behind the door and keeps swinging a bloody blood. I seen him. I dont know what it is, but he keeps reaching for it, but he keeps swinging the twobyfour. The caller described the subject as a light skinned slim African American male with dreads, in his late 20s or early 30s, 59, wearing a red and white