That is called the commission to combat Police Corruption so to answer your question as long as it has the teeth and the funding , it could be effective but politics in the city the mayor needs the Police Department to show the numbers and theres there is an inherent conflict here between those two agencies. Yes, sir maam . [inaudible] when youre talking about the roll call are you talking specifically about not reporting Violent Crimes or what kinds of crimes are diminished . Its the major seven rape robbery assault burglary grand larceny auto and grand larceny. Yeah. [inaudible] yeah. The question is the Police Commander is encouraging downgrading major crimes and also in courage and arrests for smaller crimes. That is definitely what they are doing. Theres something called a c summons. A c summons is basically an arrest for open container some kind of minor crime. But if you get a summons you have to go to court and take a day off of work and go to court at 246 broadway. They are en
A panel on a Civil Liberties and security is next on book tv. Robert higgs author of dilutions of power and Anthony Gregory author of the power of habeas corpus in america talked about the protection of Civil Liberties in the u. S. Since 9 11. Its about an hour and 40 minutes. Good morning everybody. Welcome. It is a tremendous honor to share the stage with bob and anthony who are two of my favorite people and i admire their work enormously. This is a huge topic we have to cover tonight. There are a lot of aspect and its going to be a challenge to be able to cover some of those. I have warned both bob and anthony that i will be holding them to tight schedules so we can get through it and we will have plenty of time for your questions and we want to have a good discussion following. In your Association Goes back many years and its been fruitful starting with the production of this book crisis and the episodes in the growth of American Government pity it was First Published by Oxford Uni
History seminar to order. I want to welcome everyone to this seminar subtitled historical perspectives on international and National Affairs this afternoon. We will be focusing on a new book by the princeton historian Laura Edwards titled only the clothes on her back clothing and the Hidden History of power in the 19th century United States published by oxford university, press in late, february and joining us this afternoon as discussions are martha jones of Johns Hopkins and Megan Sweeney of the university of michigan. Im eric arneson from the George Washington university cochair of the washington history seminar along with my colleague Christian Osterman of the Wilson Center who cannot be here today. The washington industry seminar is a collaborative nonpartisan venture of the woodrow Wilson Centers history and Public Policy program and the american Historical Associations National history center. And for over the past decade the seminar has been meeting weekly and precovid times in
Whos counting how fraudsters and bureaucrats put your vote at risk. Anytime a fraudulent vote is cast, your legitimate vote is undervalued, so i hope that hans can help us alleviate this situation. [applause] hi. Well, stan evans is pretty tough to follow. I dont think i have the jokes and stories that he does. But i am talking to you about a serious subject. You know, i often write for National Review magazine, and john fund is tear national correspondent. So we wrote this book, and the whole point of it was to upset the left and point out that voter fraud is something that actually does occur. And you know whats amazing about that is if you google me, you will find some to have worth stuff you can possibly imagine, and its all because of the fact that when voter fraud cases occur, i actually write about them. Now, the biggest thing that you all have heard is that even when voter fraud happens, why, its so rare, and it doesnt really do anything. Okay, well, im going to until you about
Thank you very much for that lovely introduction. I suspect all of you know this but ladies and gentlemen, tonight you will be in the presence of a literary giant. Among latin american giants, Gabriel Marquez is known for mesmerizing, others educate, and captivate, and then there is Eduardo Galeano. Truth teller, galvanize her, firebrand, a writer who tells us about history, that those who inhabit the corridors of power dont want us to know more truly understand. Eduardo galeano was born a commentator, it seems. By the time he was 14 he was publishing cartoons in newspapers. By 20 he was the editor of the leftwing weekly newsletter, he became the Top Executive of a paper of record. In 1971 at the tender age of 31 he published day hair raising indictment of north american influence on the hemisphere. The open veins of latin america. Four years ago at the summit of the americas, hugo chavez hand and a copy of that book to barack obama. [applause] auld let ease with which he stepped into