So thank you for for coming tonight. And i know mikes a great historian. Were going to have mike warden is going to present unleashed by a mob. And so without any further ado. My lord. Thank you. Thank you. I do appreciate you coming out. Its been a stormy day. Its been a stormy evening already. So thank you for getting here. And im going to talk to you about a pretty tragic event from 1890 to port jervis new york. I mean, its, what, 43 miles from here. So most people are probably familiar with the area, at least. And we were connected by the canal. So theres a strong connection between different communities here. And just quickly, with my background, im a retired Police Officer. I did 22 years, started as a patrolman. I was promoted to detective after six and a half years. I did that for almost nine and a half years. And then i spent the rest of my career promoted to sergeant as a uniformed sergeant on the night shift, and i retired in june of 2021 to pursue other things, including my
Im bill merchant, the Deputy Director for collections, historian and curator here at the Dna Technology oracle society. And i welcome you for tonights presentation. You must be some of the not some of the 46,000 people without power. I think i got that number right. So thank you for for coming tonight. And i know mikes a great historian. Were going to have mike warden is going to present unleashed by a mob. And so without any further ado. My lord. Thank you. Thank you. I do appreciate you coming out. Its been a stormy day. Its been a stormy evening already. So thank you for getting here. And im going to talk to you about a pretty tragic event from 1890 to port jervis new york. I mean, its, what, 43 miles from here. So most people are probably familiar with the area, at least. And we were connected by the canal. So theres a strong connection between different communities here. And just quickly, with my background, im a retired Police Officer. I did 22 years, started as a patrolman. I wa
Im bill merchant, the Deputy Director for collections, historian and curator here at the Dna Technology oracle society. And i welcome you for tonights presentation. You must be some of the not some of the 46,000 people without power. I think i got that number right. So thank you for for coming tonight. And i know mikes a great historian. Were going to have mike warden is going to present unleashed by a mob. And so without any further ado. My lord. Thank you. Thank you. I do appreciate you coming out. Its been a stormy day. Its been a stormy evening already. So thank you for getting here. And im going to talk to you about a pretty tragic event from 1890 to port jervis new york. I mean, its, what, 43 miles from here. So most people are probably familiar with the area, at least. And we were connected by the canal. So theres a strong connection between different communities here. And just quickly, with my background, im a retired Police Officer. I did 22 years, started as a patrolman. I wa
Theyre not as good as the fouryear Public Institution degree but that theyre allowing people who are working without degrees to go back, often times in their 30s and get i think theres plenty of public in most places theres plenty of public options. I worked for free for the university of the people, that is essentially free. And just as good as the university of phoenix which is going to charge you a lot of money for exactly the same amount of educationsive convenience. I think the language that would work in america in american politics you hear the plate tall pundits is the fact that these are not this is not private enterprise. This is corporate welfare. Theyre getting the public really known cussing on the fact that theyre just hoovering up Public Resources theyre not really free theyre not really businesses that are standing in competition in the real economy. Theyre just these just like defense contractors with no bid. Theyre just something that are actually just like welfare su
[inaudible conversations] on your screen now is a live picture of the Langston Hughes auditorium at the schomburg center. The home of the harlem book fair. The center for research and black culture part of the New York Public Library system is one of the leading institutions focusing on africanamerican life culture and experiences. Well be back live with the harlem book fair in just a few minutes. [inaudible conversations] what we often think as the bribery of our National Leaders by powerful special interests in washington may actually make more sense, understood as extortion by government officials both elected and unelected. Please elaborate. Guest i think sometimes that often times in fact the conventional wisdom is wrong and the conventional wisdom is you have good intentioned government officials who are being influenced or there are attachments to influence them by corporations corporations and public unyouens and if with could just seal off these Public Officials from outside i