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
And so i would like to at the end of this meeting to adjourn in honor of the members of the San Francisco Police Department who have paid the ultimate price in losing their lives in the line of duty. Sergeant youngblood, can you please call roll. Yes. So Vice President taylor. Vicepresident taylor present. Taylor present. Commissioner dejesus. Commissioner dejesus can you hear me . Okay, present. Commissioner hamasaki. Commisioner hamasaki i am here. Clerk hamasaki present. Commissioner elias. Here. Commissioner brookter. Commissioner brookter present. Clerk you have a quorum. Vicepresident taylor thank you, and thank you again. And its been a long time since we met and i thank the mayor for allowing us to resume our mightings virtually Going Forward. This ensures that the safety of the Commission Staff and the commissioners and the presenters and the members of the public is intact. And for the members of the public to make Public Comment the phone number to use is 888 2733658. And th
Of solidarity demonstrators across australia called black lives massive protests to denounce Racial Injustice. Under surprise jobs report in the u. S. The Unemployment Rate falls raising hopes the economy is recovering from the coronavirus lockdown the news isnt all good. Now a growing number of Us Police Departments are enforcing changes to their tactics following the killing of an africanamerican man while in custody the states of new york and california as well as the city of minneapolis where george floyd died have all announced reforms she had to tansey reports from washington. Each sounds very promising almost 2 weeks since george field was kewl. A Minneapolis Police officer spent nearly 90 minutes pinning him to the ground by his neck Police Forces around the country of our uniform i really believe for the 1st time in our history we have an opportunity to really make change like weve never made it for George Floyds death has really touched a nerve like we have not seen. Several
A Minneapolis Police officer spent nearly 9 minutes spilling into the ground by his neck Police Forces around the country of our uniform i really believe for the 1st time in our history we have an opportunity to really make a change like weve never made it for george floyd suggest has really touched a nerve like we have not seen. Several Police Departments including minneapolis and down police through using truckloads california will stop teaching its state police the technique across this country we train techniques on strangleholds that put peoples lives a risk now we can argue that these are used as exceptions but at the end of the day karada hold that literally is designed to stop peoples blood from flowing into their brain that has no place any longer than 21st century. Practices police see. The problem is many of the most notorious cases of Police Misconduct over the last several years including the death of george floyd have occurred in departments that on paper at least had alr
Part in black lives matter protests across the stream media to honor floyd and denounce Racial Injustice at home. And warnings of a bleak chance for peace between israel and the palestinians because of israeli plans to annex parts of the occupied west bank. And in support the n. F. L. Apologizes for not listening to players when they spoke about racism. We the National Football league. The league says it now stands behind protests against Racial Injustice following the death of george floyd in. Libyas un recognized government says its capturing more tonnes as its driving fighters loyal to war locally for huffed out of western libya the governments announced an offensive to recapture the city. Of sirte thats the hometown of former libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and a half dollars stronghold the move comes hours after Government Troops took control of the town of bani walid ottos forces had lost control of the city of tal on friday it was the launch pad for the 14 month failed offensive t