Racism and policing, and the role of Police Unions. Come to order. I now recognize myself for an opening statement. Good morning and thank you to everyone for being here for this important briefing. Black lives matter. I cant breathe. Hands up, dont shoot. No justice, no peace. These powerful phrases are rallying cries for fair minded americans seeking to live up to one of this countrys core principles. Equal justice under the law. Since our nations founding, africanamericans have struggled, fought and died for the right to be free and equal citizens. This month marks 99 years since the tulsa race massacre, where an entire, vibrant community was destroyed and black men, women and children were systemically murdered. Today is juneteenth. A holiday that celebrate s the freedom of black people in america. That freedom did not come until 1865. Two and a half years after president lincoln abolished slavery. We are still working for freedom and we are still working to provide equal opportuni
Utish, inry, br short. Where was the social contract for george floyd . Where was the social contract for Breonna Taylor . Where was the social contract for tamia for tamir r ice . Put simply, for black americans, the social contract is always been contaminated by racism and white super missy, the nations original sin White Supremacy, the nations original sin. A black american has more than doubled the chance of being killed by the police as a white american. Police encounters are a leading cause of death for young black men. The problems of Police Brutality we confront today reflects the persistence of embedded Structural Racism in our country. Violent White Supremacy is the real deep state that we must uproot and discard in america. Yes, my friends across the aisle have been in search for it for several years right now. Racism is the real deep state in america. Violent White Supremacy dominated our country for an entire century, and the Supreme Court did nothing other than constituti
[gavel] good morning and welcome to a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined to my right by norman yee our member london breed is in the nations capitol today and wont be joining us. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones and 21 Electronic Devices and all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the. Board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you ms. Major. Fiscal year can we have a motion to supervisor yee can we have a member to excuse supervisor breed. inaudible . That is moved. Madam clerk can you read item 1 and two. Item 1 is a hearing on the recently published entitled San Franciscos crime lab promoting confidence and building credibility. Thank you madam clerk. First i would to thank the civil grand jury for this report acknowledge our interim police chief tony chaplin is with us and with that tu
Of Forensic Services. The level of turn over does not provide in our view the needed continuity for effective crime lab leadership. Going one step further we believe there is a need for an independent crime lab totally separated from the Police Department. This is not a new or novel idea. In 2009 a Blue Ribbon Committee of the National Academy of sciences recommended that all public forensic laboratories and facilities should be removed from the administrative control of Law Enforcement agencies or prosecutors offices. The committee stated and i quote forensic scientists who sit administratively in Law Enforcement agencies or prosecutors offices or hired by these units are subject to the general risk of bias. We agree with this statement. The need for independence was also a consistent theme we heard from many of those we interviewed during the course of our review. It is time to begin moving in that direction. And mr. Thompson as this was not actually included or at least i didnt see
Disclose the closed session. Second. All in favor, say i. I. Opposed . Other new business commissioners want to announce well not have the next Commission Meeting on august 23rd that is cancelled and next on september 13th same in the same room no future comments the meeting is adjourned [gavel] good morning and welcome to a special meeting of the government audit and Oversight Committee of the San Francisco board of supervisors. I am the chair of the Committee Aaron peskin joined to my right by norman yee our member london breed is in the nations capitol today and wont be joining us. Madam clerk do you have any announcements . Please silence all cell phones and 21 Electronic Devices and all documents submitted to the clerk and items will be on the. Board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. Thank you ms. Major. Fiscal year can we have a motion to supervisor yee can we have a member to excuse supervisor breed. inaudible . That is moved. Madam clerk can you read item 1 and two