passes by the earth. we look at what this means. welcome to bbc news. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols. a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee, who are all black, were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destruction on our community or against our citizens
But to prepare citizens with the minds, hearts and character to disdain or democracy in the future. Built on hope, not fear, encouragement not threat, on inspiration, not compulsion. I trust. Im releasing the dignity of the person, not devotion to data. Unsupportive mutual respect, not a machine of punishment and blame. And the last thing to revive collaboration humor, student, parents, teachers, principals, administrators and local communities. The american system is democratically controlled schools has been the mainstay of our communities and the foundation for a nation success. We must Work Together to improve public schools. They must extend the promise of equal Educational Opportunity to all the children of our nation, protecting our products goes against privatization, saving them for future generations of American Children is a civil rights issue of our time. Thank you very much. [applause] nonbook tv, molly raskin text that it had them and, and not addition to cofounded a comp
And lecturer which is beyond me, but also to be here as the speaker. My father meant a lot to me obviously as most parents to, but he was important to me as a father as well as he was to everyone else. Thank you very much for inviting me here. I have just published his book, looking for palestine. The subtitle is also important because it is called growing and confused in an arab american family. And to give you an idea how my own identity as the palestinian american has been, all i form did on my own which has been very difficult. My mother is from lebanon, from a Christian Family but they are actually quaker. That is the first problem. My dad was as many of you know, a palestinian born with american citizenship to british schools end he wrote about his own identity issues and left palestine at a young age. And he came to the United States at the age of 14 or 15 and he was also a christian, and i was born and baptized there. And i was sent to a private school for girls. And what went