The Muslim Public Affairs council hosted a discussion on National Security and civil rights as part of their annual convention in los angeles. Its 40 minutes. Good afternoon everyone. For those who dont know my name is seema ahmad the chair for the Public Affairs council. Thank you so much for joining us. I am personally thrilled about the Panel Discussion we have lined up first for you. Ill do very brief introductions of each of our speakers, kick it off with a couple questions, then well hear them have a conversation about the issue of policing and National Security on one hand and civil rights and Civil Liberties on the other. Is mediately to my left the chaired professor of law at usc teaching torts and criminal law and he has written and spoken extensively about the criminal Justice System, race, mass incarceration, and were thrilled to have you, jody. Thank you. And next to professor armor is mike downing former deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police department. Mike was with lap
Clinical. Com. Thanks sarah. Guest thanks so much. Next a discussion about balancing Law Enforcement and National Security with civil rights posted by the Muslim Public Affairs counsel in los angeles during their annual convention. Good afternoon everyone. For those of you i dont know my name is seema ahmad on the chair of the board of directors for the Muslim Public Affairs counsel. Thank you so much for joining us. Im personally thrilled about the Panel Discussion we have lined up first for you. I want to be doing very brief introductions for each of our speakers. We will kick it off with a couple of questions and then have a conversation about the issue of policing and National Security on one hand and civil rights and Civil Liberties on the other. Immediately to my left is professor jody armour a professor of law at usc teaching torts and criminal law and he has written and spoken to and simply about the criminal Justice System, race, mass incarceration and we are really to have th
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Security on one hand and civil rights and Civil Liberties on the other. Immediately to my left is professor jody armour a professor of law at usc teaching torts and criminal law and he has written and spoken to and simply about the criminal Justice System, race, mass incarceration and we are really to have the jody, thank you. Next to professor jody armour is mike downing former deputy chief of the Los Angeles Police department. Mike was with lapd for 35 years recently retired but gave his entire professional career to the department and is a very very special friend of the Muslim Public Affairs counsel and we really appreciate being here today. Im going to kick it right off and start with a question to you you, mike. And the muslimamerican Community Families who lets they have a son or daughter that they think is potentially involved in something or has traveled overseas and they dont know where their son went or they think they have fallen into the wrong crowd and wellmeaning parents
The president ial inauguration of donald trump is friday january 20. Cspan will have live coverage. Watch live on cspan and cspan. Org and listen live on the free cspan radio app. Last month the muzz limb publicaffairs council met in long beach earlier this month. Peaking there was californias members. This is an hourandahalf. Gooo everyone of you. Thank you. Thank you. King, for always bg there for so many people who believe in the u. S. Constitution, believe in this countrys motto that if you work hard and play by the rules, you will get ahead. And thank you for bringing everyone together who believes that the future of this country cant be strong. Can it be strong. I want to congratulate the honorees for tonight. I want to thank some of the people that will speak here like u fromcolleague, ted lie congress. You are going to have some very distinguished features, speakers, like mr. Kazeer kahn. Mr. Khan has etched himself into the hearts and minds of so many because of the words he h