Panel, the a b. A. Annual Meeting Forum on justice and policing. A path forward with senator tim scott of South Carolina. Thank you senator scott, so very much, its a privilege to have you join us for this program at the ap a annual meeting. Thank you maam and thank you for your leadership. Without any question, americas better for folks because a folks by yourself with strong positions. Thank you for making the investment to make a difference. Thank you sir. Senator scott, what do you see is the role of congress and improving police and Community Relations and bridging the gap of trust, particularly with communities of color across our nation. I think Congress Plays a role in that. Even a significant role. But perhaps the most Important Role is the one on the local level. The mayors and the county chairman or chair women, those folks have the most direct path for Police Reform. Not those of us in congress. Ive share this story several times, i have been stopped by officers 18 times in
Todays sponsors, target and Thomson Reuters, two Companies Whose core values clearly reflect their desire to connect Law Enforcement with communities, by helping the national Law Enforcement museum to accept the table for meaningful and impactful conversations. Now for some brief housekeeping items before i introduce our keynote speaker. All attendees are muted. If you like to ask a question, please cement your question through the q a tab. Note that everyone in the webinar will see your question. You can upvote questions submitted by other attendees and we will prioritize questions that received the most votes. A link to this webinar would be sent to everyone, and will also be available on that museums youtube channel. Panelists, please room ever to keep yourselves on mute when you are not speaking. I would like to introduce our keynote speaker. Sharon belton, the Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and alliances of Thomson Reuters government. She oversees development and managem
From rockefeller certainty in the heart of new york city, its the tonight show starring jimmy fallon tonight, joins jimmy and his guests, Charlize Theron, Governor Andrew Cuomo and musical guest Little Big Town. And featuring the legendary roots crew now, heres your host, jimmy fallon hi, everyone. Welcome to the tonight show. As you can see, we are back in the studio at 30 rock feller plaza in new york city as a new yorker, i want to say thank you to everyone who helped get us back to where we are now, Wearing Masks, social distancing, washing hands, quarantining, it all helps to all the states going through the tough parts right now, our friends in florida, arizona, texas, california, all over the south, i know how hard it is and im not going to lie to you. Its rough i guess im here to show you there is a light at the end of the tunnel if we all do our part to keep each other safe. I dont know if anyone else feels this way, normalcy, any type of normalcy feels great hopefully we can
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And bridging the gap of trust, particularly with communities of color across our nation . Sen. Scott i think Congress Plays a role in that, even a significant role, but the most important is the one on the local level, the mayors and county chairwoman, those folks have the most direct path towards Police Reform, not those of us in congress. I have shared this many times. I have been stopped by officers years. S in the last 20 seven times in one year as an elected official and all of my 18 stops were either by city, county, or state Law Enforcement, never by federal Law Enforcement officers. Literally while we know the president ial election is important this year, another very important one. The truth is your election for your mayor, a lot of citizens dont participate in, election every city council members, those are the folks directly in positions of power to determine the local Law Enforcement you have. When we dont vote in those elections, we are actually taking a step back from th