Practices nationwide. The president s order comes as lawmakers in both parties pursue reform bills in the wake of George Floyds death at the hands of police in minneapolis and following the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks at an atlanta fastfood drive through last weekend. Those events and others sparking nationwide protests and calls by some to defund the police, ray kelly, he joins me now, welcome commissioner kelly. Good to be with you, paul. Paul you have seen the now attempts to bring some reform as they say from washington, but policing is a local function, so what do you make of these National Reforms . Well, obviously they feel that they have to do something and the senate and the house agree on a few things which i think theyll go forward on but they disagree on a lot of other areas. They agree on body cameras, although they approach it differently. They agree on eliminating chokehold, they agree on having 19member commission on the status of black boys and men, but after tha
Investments. Additional support has been provided by and by thE Corporation for public broadcasting, a privatE Corporation funded b t american people. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewans like you. You. Good evening, thank you for joining us. It was not quite four years ago that we y brought a newshour weekend special called america in black and blue. At the time the country was reeling from the death of an africanamerican man in minneapolis, Philando Castille, whose killing be a pol officer was caught by his girlfriend on video and a Police Dashboard camera. [ shots ] you just killed my boyfriend that was after another black man, jamar kclark, wasled by the minneapolis p. D. Local and National Protests ensued. Everybody wne philando knew that he was a good man. Hands up, dont oot hands up, dont shoot now a minneapol Police Officer has been charged with murder for killing anotherer africanan man, george floyd. Floyds life was taken just miles from where Philando Castil
Mr. Espaillat i rise in support of this bill, one month ago george floyd was murdered. As i said in the days following, his daughter said daddy changed the world. And there is a manifest to, the harlem advocates for a ban on chokeholds and ends qualified immunity. The harlem manifesto includes a provision that Police Officers can be held accountable for excessive force. The standard should not be willful intent but reckness intent. We must pass this bill. The best anticrime policies are antipoverty policies. We must continue this fight. Black lives matter. Thank you, mr. Chair. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from north dakota. Mr. Armstrong we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Green. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. For those who are not sure as
I want to congratulate you on 100 years. My office along with the rest of my colleagues signed a certificate of honor and of course, we were in attendance at the gala, at the banquet, but i really love working with all of you and looking forward to continuing this relationship, working together for the next 100 plus years. Congratulations. Thank you. I also would like to join my colleagues in congratulating you on 100 years. Four generations of my family have been educated including myself. I have a lot to be grateful for and a lot to be pretty appreciative of. I would thank you for your hard work but also your advocacy advocacy in making this the best Public School system that we possibly can. I know it is a lot of hard work. I see you throughout my years on the school board, but also even as a p. T. A. President for 12 terms, the hard work that you do as an Organization Also for your membership. I just want to also add my congratulations on to uesfs 100 years. Thank you very much. Su
Continuing this relationship, working together for the next 100 plus years. Congratulations. Thank you. I also would like to join my colleagues in congratulating you on 100 years. Four generations of my family have been educated including myself. I have a lot to be grateful for and a lot to be pretty appreciative of. I would thank you for your hard work but also your advocacy advocacy in making this the best Public School system that we possibly can. I know it is a lot of hard work. I see you throughout my years on the school board, but also even as a p. T. A. President for 12 terms, the hard work that you do as an Organization Also for your membership. I just want to also add my congratulations on to uesfs 100 years. Thank you very much. Supervisor mar . Thank you, supervisor ronen for this commendation. I just wanted to add my thank you, as well as a long time ally and friend of uesf and as a Public School parent. Thank you very much for all that you do in advocating for not just tea