Then there are others who just want to talk and dont want to do nothing. Okay . So we have to have conversations, walk in one anothers shoes and take the responsibility of doing something. [ applause ] i recognize that that table has Shaw High School students. And welcome. Were glad youre here. And im a big fan of Morgan Freeman but i cant completely agree with him. Maybe he meant you cant just talk about it. But i think thats where we start. And i said i was hopeful. But we do need to take more action. And folks, the system thats leading them to prison. This mass incarceration and get out of prison and cant get jobs and cant vote in some states. They cant participate in our society. Going back to school, they are under funded. We need to be devoting resources to that. We can talk about it but we also have to make those policy decisions and choices. Money will speak. And were concerned about police brutality. The police department. I mean we could be spending millions on investigations
Churches with people, sitting there for hours letting people ask any question they have. We urge to you call the nation during this week of nonviolence. Have community communications. Ask the leaders to do it. They can do it. They are ready. They just need leadership and direction. We propose you contact and explore this whole issue of how to get the nation in a conversation. Los angeles is doing great leadership, sacramento, all the things weve heard. Lets have a National Conversation using social media and change the culture of violence in our society. Thank you. Keith grate. Good afternoon. That everyone for being here. This commission maz been a very good theyve been here all day. Id like to say to you thank you for coming and being able to maintain composure and see that there are good officers and bad officers as well. Were very sorry for your loss. My name is keith gray, a former d. C. Police officer, also former educator. Prior to entering the force i was educator k12 system, a
right. his popularity is increasing so i think the argument that economic populism or addressing inequality or worried about economic mobility is a problem is wrong and what makes people attracted to the democratic party in the first place. adam, final word to you, briefly. take off the table any suggest this is not a good message for democrats or frankly any smart politician and i hope they mean it and do something if they get elected and progressive change campaign, this is something you focused on quite a bit resonating with people. absolutely. you know, it s not hypothetical. working with candidates to promote this message on the campaign trail. we re happy that just this past week a wonderful woman running in wisconsin actively called out her opponent for saying that he struggles to get by on $174,000 and kelly westland said she will
0 rhetoric about makers and takers it is easy to forget it s not just adults impacted but the kids. too many of them are having their futures stolen by policy that is are aimed at punishing parents with no thought as to how it will affect their children. our children. consider this. when unemployment insurance expires a week from today, it won t just impact the 1.3 million americans who rely only it to make ends meet while they look for work. it will also affect millions of kids whose families forced to cut back right at the height of the holiday season. here s how president obama described it. because congress didn t act more than 1 million of their constituents will lose a vital economic lifeline at christmastime. unemployment insurance only goes to folk who is are actively looking for work. the mom that needs help feeding her kids sending out resumes or a dad that needs help paying the rent. this is how real it is for the kids. in 2012 alone, unemployment being reared on depende