Streets of washington d. C. To protest the murder of george flawed and the harassment unwarranted incarceration and killing of thousands upon thousands of black and brown citizens by u. S. Law enforcement over the years standing in the rose garden our chickenhawk in cheapie declare that if a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents then i will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them. Because that want to be tough guy up there trying to act like he actually knows what hes doing but lets find out what does trumps law and order look like well apparently my friends it starts by deploying chemical weapons and state state sanctioned violence on Peaceful Protesters in front of the white house just so once again our chickenhawk in cheap along with members of his family and his administration. Could stand off quickly in front of St Johns Episcopal Church with a bible in hand for a campaign bo
See these folks behind us these folks behind us on both sides are amazing. The staff democratic and republican members have to put up with us, which is amazing to start with but in a Committee Role like this, susan, youve been a friend, youre probably the one i hear the name most often when i say johnny says well susan called, i said in my in trouble and he says no. Susan, youre going to be missed. It will be hard to turn around and not see you here but i am so happy for you, the beneficiary heres what youve done for the committee but also at the administration of officer courts are to do. They are gaining, we are losing, and we acknowledge that with that i yield back the chair. [applause] i will now recognize myself her opening statement. Todays hearing furthers our committees longstanding commitment to conducting meaningful oversight of state and federal Law Enforcement. As initiated by former chairman goodlad and his establishment of the bipartisan policing strategies working group.
Its a testament to her knowledge and status that she worked as counsel and later senior counsel both republican and democratic chairs of this committee. Susan later moved to the democratic stamp on the former chair Ranking Member john conyers where she expanded her portfolio to include Administrative Law the federal courts and ethics issues. When i was elected to serve as chair he also asked susan to serve as committee parliamentarian. In addition to her all their duties. To develop procedures for hearings, markups and other committee activities. Regular viewers of this committee will recognize as the person sitting behind me providing the wise counsel. Susan has been essential to the operations of this committee and shes been involved in nearly every pace of Committee Business over the last year. Though she will be leaving the committee she will continue the book service as she transitions to a position with the Administrative Office of the u. S. Court. I wish her well as i think her
They will start to fill in, and please be nice and show them where there are seats available. Tonight is an elson lecture, and we thank our sponsor, ambassador and mrs. Edward elson, for supporting this program. Tonight angela j. Davis just to be really clear, this is angela j. Davis for anyone who is confused, okay . [laughter] shes going to be talking, shes the editor of policing the black man arrests, prosecution and imprisonment, which she will be discussing this evening. She is, throughout her career as a lawyer, author and professor, angela j. Davis has dedicated her efforts to studying and bettering the criminal Justice System in america, particularly as it relates to prosecutional power and racism within the system. Tonights program is being broadcast for cspan, so this will probably show up in about a week. But that does mean that if you have a question, you should go to the microphone to ask it. And i forgot to say that, so now im going to go back to her bio, but i wanted to
[inaudible conversations]. Was the executive director of the National Rainbow coalition. She is the author of arbitrary justice, the power of the american prosecutor which one in the wood. Currently davis is a professor of law at American University Washington College of law. She is the editor of policing the black man arrest, prosecution, and imprisonment. Please join me in welcoming angela j. Davis to the Atlanta History Center. [applause] thank you. I want to thank the Atlanta History Center for having me this evening. I want to thank all of you for coming out. It is great to see so many familiar faces. I see people that i know and people i do not know. Im happy to see everyone. So grateful that so many of you want to hear about this issue and talk about this issue. So thank you for being here. I want to start off by just talking a little bit about how this book came about. I was approached about 2 and a half years ago about of essays that would explore and contextualize the many aw