Right now at 11 00, he brought so much life to the bay area, tonight, San Francisco is mourning the death of reverend Cecil Williams the pioneer and longtime pastor at glide memorial church. Cecil, however, was dramatically different from any other pastor. Please his legacy goes well beyond just africanamerican Civil Rights Movement and poverty and those issues to really address some of the core issues of what became San Francisco, modern San Francisco. His influence and impact still resonates across San Francisco. The legendary reverend broke down barriers and gave a voice to the voiceless. He was a champion of the Homeless Community and a supporter of the lgbtq community, as well. The comp legation is celebrating the legacy he leaves behind. Pete suratos begins our coverage in the city. Reporter , members of the church are remembering the life of church cofounder, reverend Cecil Williams. He died today at the age of 94 and they push forward his legacy as a church community, one day a
Right now at 11 00, he brought so much life to the bay area, tonight, San Francisco is mourning the death of reverend Cecil Williams the pioneer and longtime pastor at glide memorial church. Cecil, however, was dramatically different from any other pastor. Please his legacy goes well beyond just africanamerican Civil Rights Movement and poverty and those issues to really address some of the core issues of what became San Francisco, modern San Francisco. His influence and impact still resonates across San Francisco. The legendary reverend broke down barriers and gave a voice to the voiceless. He was a champion of the Homeless Community and a supporter of the lgbtq community, as well. The comp legation is celebrating the legacy he leaves behind. Pete suratos begins our coverage in the city. Reporter , members of the church are remembering the life of church cofounder, reverend Cecil Williams. He died today at the age of 94 and they push forward his legacy as a church community, one day a
Community. At what point do we stop saying that over and over again either the Community Policing becomes a fabric of local Police Policy or do we understand when you have percentages of officers that within communities, those officers have a different perception of policing my Community Versus occupy in their community. This is a allday faceted issue but i will say one thing that you gave as a part of your answer your cell phone a Police Agency has a collaborative Community Policing program, that is a problem. It is a program or the six officers over there in the Community Policing and the rest of us do real policing or is it a philosophy that is welded in the agency and this is how we function and this is how we operate. You are part of that community. You are not an independent for years and into try to keep the peace. You are part of that community that you serve and you become part of it and that has to be mandated everywhere from the chief all the way through the agency said that
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Ladies and gentlemen, my name is craig floyd, and i would like to welcome you to to the new series called conversations on Law Enforcement. The series focuses on topical Law Enforcement issues on the minds of many. Tonights conversation is entitled when police shoot a dialogue on the use of force. We are proud to be jointly hosting tonights event with a new and longterm partner, the Memorial Foundation, builders of the magnificent Martin Luther king, jr. Memorial. I want to begin by thanking our event sponsor, the target corporation, which has been one of our top supporters over many, many years. Several of targets officials have traveled from their headquarters in minneapolis to be with us tonight and we are very grateful. They are deeply committed to supporting safe communities across the United States and tonights discussion is intended to help foster their very important goal. For those of you not familiar with our association, the national Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund he