Relate to the events that are cemented in history. Im ellee pai hong. Im kerry sayers. And im your host, bill kurtis. Its the holiday special, through the decades. Its the holidays a season in many ways that remains unchanged through the decades. We celebrate with the same lights, delicious treats, obligatory shopping and as much merriment as we can muster each year. So, today we thought wed take a look back at both some of the traditions and stories that return every year as if by clockwork and a few that may feel distinctively of a different era from the time tested rituals of our colonial days to the generosity of a North Carolina man who set an example for the past and the future. But, we begin with a story that you may recall. The one about rudolph. The most famous reindeer of all. We all know his story. But what you may not know is the origin of this classic tale. Things started simply enough as a holiday promotion for a Department Store in 1939. Rudolphs backstory begins in chic
After we get the updated report we might have updated items but i want to thank the chief and all of you for engaging with us and all of you and its important thank you. Thank you. Next speaker. Good evening. Im also a staff attorney at the asian law caucus id like to share a little bit more information about the Suspicious Activity Program briefly mentioned in the annual report. Suspicious activity reports ill call sars for short and in our look out we allege the national sars program uses a vague standard even lower than reasonable suspicion of criminal activity and at high risk of racial profiling. Thats not an abstract fear but a fact. Ill read a couple of these out to demonstrate some some of some of the problematic ones we came across. Two middle eastern males taking photographs. Buying several large pallets of water and a middle eastern male adult who is very un friendly. One of them was reported because he was appeared to be middle eastern and attempted to buy quote a large amo
Computers he turned out to be a purchasing manager for a computer center. Another plaintiff was reported because of his quote full conversion to islam and so the clear trend is none of these reports include evidence of criminal activity. Its important to realize that those reports when filed by local police can result in the fbi interviewing an individual in the community so the reports i quoted were not filed by sfpd but thats because the public doesnt know the types of reports the department has filed. That is despite the fact that other centers in california have disclosed those reports and the la Police Department discloses more information in its annual audit and in the spirit of the ordinance sfpd can and should do more to explain the sar activities to the public. Thank you. Thank you next speaker. Good evening. My name is im the Community Advocate of the asian law caucus. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and for your continuous engagement with us on this iss
Plaintiff was reported because of his quote full conversion to islam and so the clear trend is none of these reports include evidence of criminal activity. Its important to realize that those reports when filed by local police can result in the fbi interviewing an individual in the community so the reports i quoted were not filed by sfpd but thats because the public doesnt know the types of reports the department has filed. That is despite the fact that other centers in california have disclosed those reports and the la Police Department discloses more information in its annual audit and in the spirit of the ordinance sfpd can and should do more to explain the sar activities to the public. Thank you. Thank you next speaker. Good evening. My name is im the Community Advocate of the asian law caucus. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and for your continuous engagement with us on this issue. Since the passage of the ordinance our Community Partners continue to receive
Plaintiff was reported because of his quote full conversion to islam and so the clear trend is none of these reports include evidence of criminal activity. Its important to realize that those reports when filed by local police can result in the fbi interviewing an individual in the community so the reports i quoted were not filed by sfpd but thats because the public doesnt know the types of reports the department has filed. That is despite the fact that other centers in california have disclosed those reports and the la Police Department discloses more information in its annual audit and in the spirit of the ordinance sfpd can and should do more to explain the sar activities to the public. Thank you. Thank you next speaker. Good evening. My name is im the Community Advocate of the asian law caucus. Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today and for your continuous engagement with us on this issue. Since the passage of the ordinance our Community Partners continue to receive