Granddaughter of the late Strom Thurmond, the longterm South Carolina segregationist, governor, and senator who ran for president in 1948 opposing civil rights. It simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of socalled civil rights. Amy after his death in 2003, it was revealed Strom Thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. Their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of South Carolina. Then to new york were Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Police Killings of unarmed civilians. This situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. It is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. Amy we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in Staten Island after being placed in a poli
[applause] mayor coleman let me just say one quick thing about thurgood, how important he was to our country, for africanamericans, for those who wanted to go to law school africanamericans who wanted to go to law school, i was a part of that generation who looked up to him, believed in him, who was inspired by him. That i too someday could go to law school and i could someday become a lawyer. There is a whole generation of people just like me who have gone on to do that because of the bravery and the courage of Thurgood Marshall. So tonight, we are here gathered here this evening and i have view this really has the intersection of history and the future. What to i mean by that . The intersection of history and the future . Well, we are in Lincoln Theater. In this theater, this was the only place where black folks could come and get entertained in a theater because they couldnt go downtown. They would come right here. And this theater was nearly demolished. A wrecking ball almost tore
That the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. And i am so sorry that the fbi workforce had to hear them and im so sorry that the American People were told them. Comey also said the president pressured him to drop the investigation into former National Security adviser michael flynn. Whether comeys termination amounts to obstruction of justice will now be taken up by special counsel robert mueller. Joining me now is melinda hague, former District Attorney for the Northern District of california. Thank you so much for being here. My pleasure. You were u. S. Attorney from Northern California from 2010 to 2015. What was your reaction to james comeys testimony . It appears that the president of the United States directed the fbi director to shut down an investigation. Its shocking. Its improper. Whether its impeachment or obstruction or an impeachiable offense, its shocking and improper
That the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. And i am so sorry that the fbi workforce had to hear them and im so sorry that the American People were told them. Comey also said the president pressured him to drop the investigation into former National Security adviser michael flynn. Whether comeys termination amounts to obstruction of justice will now be taken up by special counsel robert mueller. Joining me now is melinda hague, former District Attorney for the Northern District of california. Thank you so much for being here. My pleasure. You were u. S. Attorney from Northern California from 2010 to 2015. What was your reaction to james comeys testimony . It appears that the president of the United States directed the fbi director to shut down an investigation. Its shocking. Its improper. Whether its impeachment or obstruction or an impeachiable offense, its shocking and improper
That the organization was in disarray, that it was poorly led, that the workforce had lost confidence in its leader. Those were lies, plain and simple. And i am so sorry that the fbi workforce had to hear them and im so sorry that the American People were told them. Comey also said the president pressured him to drop the investigation into former National Security adviser michael flynn. Whether comeys termination amounts to obstruction of justice will now be taken up by special counsel robert mueller. Joining me now is melinda hague, former District Attorney for the Northern District of california. Thank you so much for being here. My pleasure. You were u. S. Attorney from Northern California from 2010 to 2015. What was your reaction to james comeys testimony . It appears that the president of the United States directed the fbi director to shut down an investigation. Its shocking. Its improper. Whether its impeachment or obstruction or an impeachiable offense, its shocking and improper