Special Police Committee meeting that just got underway. Officials are to vote on whether San Francisco officers should be armed with stun guns. For months now police chief William Scott has been pushed to get tasers into officers hands. He believes it gives them another less lethal option when trying to subdue a suspect, but protesters who are outside city hall right now think tasers are a bad idea. Unfortunately tasers are deadly. They do kill and they dont actually reduce incidences of shooting. So we think its really a step back from the deescalation and crisis intervention training the police are undergoing. As far as injury rates, the breadth of studies show it reduces suspect injuries and it also reduces injuries to officers. Back now to our live picture of the protesters, we are inside city hall right now. Were expecting a lot of Public Comment on this issue in that very room. The u. S. Justice department is recommending the tasers after its recent review of the department. Was
Was going to step down to clear the decks for Anthony Scaramucci to build a communications team. Today, the white house cleared the decks again. It ranks the shortest ranks in white house history. After ten days on the job, Anthony Scaramucci is out as White House Communications director. It was john kelly who asked for scaramucci to go after a profanitylaced interview scaramucci thought was off the record became public last week. The president certainly felt that anthonys comments were inappropriate for a position in that position. And he didnt want to burden general kelly also with that line of concession. Scaramuccis removal is a sharp indicator of how much power he will have as staff. Swearing in kelly this morning. I predict general kelly will go down as chief of staff one of the great ever. As a senior military assistant, kelly is well versed in the ways of washington. President trump is banking that kellys military discipline can bring some order to a west wing by competing powe
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To conduct productive change to build Greater Trust between communities and the police. Ive often said that police need the community and the Community Needs the police. I would like to start by thanking my cohosts in the forum, representative john conyers is the top ranking democrat on the house Judiciary Committee. Xp h been a tremendous leader for decades just as on criminal justice issues but on a wide variety of Critical Issues that face this country. In fact, we have a portrait of him hiding in our anteroom because he also used to be the chairman of this very committee. Also want to welcome my colleagues representative said richmond o serves as the chair of the congressiol blackcaucus , representative stewart jacksonlee who was the Ranking Member of the subcommittee on crime terrorism Homeland Security and investigation. Representative lawrence was a distinguished member of our Oversight Committee and who is championed so many of the issues that we are going t be talking about to