Minutes to add to it. Senator feinstein, senator booker, senator harris, if you would like to make Opening Statements. Is that ok . We have some people who will do some introducing to the panel. I have a short video that is tough to watch and i talked to senator booker about it the first couple minutes, but it ends up on a very positive note and we will see if we can go from really hard to watch to something that is a little bit more acceptable to the country. If you could roll the video. Is it working . Can we consider it an act of god and not air it . Could be. Well . What do we expect to see . You are expecting to see a video, but you are not. So i will just talk. E his very painful death, its about the gentleman who was jogging in georgia and got shot. And it was about the recent atlanta case. It was about two episodes of a cop pulling a woman out of a burning car and a Police Officer administering cpr to a very young, monthold infant. And it winds up with the cops and protesters t
Implemented prethey talked about the history of Police Brutality toward black and other minority communities. This runs one hour. This series called rethinking policing, activism and reform has examined efforts to reform the police as well as preparing the next generation for activism and healing, i invite you to explore these inspiring sessions on our website. But today our panel of legal experts will focus on police evolution, what it means, what it does not mean and what Public Safety can look like without policing as we know it today. Our aim with this series is to educate and empower those in pursuit of meaningful change. Both in the wake of George Floyds death in the midst of a larger legacy of Racial Injustice in this country. I want to thank you all again for joining and i want to thank Chris Henning for her leadership organizing the series. Let me introduce the moderators for todays roundtable. Professor kristi lopez, she joined our faculty and generate 2017 right after comple
Preparing the next generation for activism and healing. Invite you to explore each of the sessions on our website. But today the panel of legal experts will focus on what it means and what it doesnt mean and what Public Safety can look like without policing as we know it today ls. The series is to educate those in pursuit of meaningful change in the wake of George Floyds death and in the midst of a larger legacy of Racial Injustice in ourin country. I want to thank you all again for joining and also for the leadership to organize this series. Now let me introduce the moderator of todays roundtabl roundtable, professor laporte on lopez joined january 2017 might after completing a federal investigation to the Chicago Police department while serving with the department of justice civil rights commissionon leading the investigation and many others to examine patterns andat practices of policing across the country including new Orleans Los Angeles and ferguson professor lopez is now launchi
To the chorus demanding the Police Officers responsible for his death face justice. I keep finding myself taking that mr. Floyds death wasnt just a tragedy and it wasnt just a crime, it was a failure. It was our failure. Systemic racism is built into every level of our society and for 400 years black brown and Indigenous People of paid the price. Racism isnt just evil though it is, its dangerous and racism isnt just a moral issue, though it is, its a Public Health issue and the deathlo of mr. Fld like the death of so many black and brown people before him is an indictment of our failure of policymakers to fulfill our first and most important duty which is to protect the lives of the people that we serve. Black lives matter. We need to say it loud and often with strength and with purpose. If we truly mean it that we need to be very clear about why it is that so many whack an bromides are being c stolen and that meas we cant just point to systemic racism writ large. We have to talk about
Side. But, us know, history is not the long suit. Of these woke children. They didnt take history classes apparent lit in high school and college. They were too busy taking social justice seminars. You can see tt too in philadelphia. The statue of matias baldwin. He was a committed and devoted abolitionist who funded education for freed African Americans, who gave them jobs, and they defaced his statue. Even more amazing, in boston the shaw memorial was defaced. The shaw memorial honors the 54th massachusetts regiment, the first African American regiment formed after the emancipation proclamation. Whose braver and battle on behalf of the union cause was memorialized in the movie glory. Yet it was defaced by these mobs. Not just our history. Its pop culture and entertainment too. You may have seen the news that live p. D. And cops Television Shows canceled. Paw patrol was on the cutting board too. You may know that chase is the police cop. Theres call to euthanize the police dog on soci