Live now to hearing on White Supremacists infiltration of Police Department. The House Oversight and reform subcommittee on civil rights and Civil Liberties is hosting. This is live coverage on cspan2. Good morning to the chair of the committee, ms. Maloney has joined us. Good morning to our Ranking Member mr. Roys whos with us and good morning to the vice chair and all of our wonderful members who joined us. I want to take a moment to extend a special welcome to rashida to leave of michigan come to our subcommittee. This is her first hearing with our subcommittee and were delighted to have her choice. Welcome, ms. Tlaib. I wanted show a video to set the stage. Please play the video. White supremacy permeates every corner of society and our institution. Please agencies to the fbi to department of justice, all of them. The Southern Poverty Law Center combover is engaged in those groups wherever that might lead. We have outed a number of Law Enforcement officers who have connections to w
From the House Oversight committee, this is about two hours. The chair will come to order. Welcome to the oversight subcommittee on civil rights entitled White Supremacists in blue, the infiltration of local Police Departments. Good morning to the chair of the committee, miss maloney, good morning to our Ranking Member, mr. Roy, who is with us, and good morning to the vice chair of the committee, ms ms. Ocasiocortez and our wonderful members. I want to express a special welcome to Rashida Tlaib of michigan. This is our first hearing with our subcommittee and were delighted to have her join us. Welcome. Before we begin today, i want to play a video that will set the stage for the discussion that were about to have. Clerkings, please go ahead and play the video. White supremacy permeates every corner of the institution. Tracks hate and extremist groups, whomever is engaged in those groups, wherever that might lead. We have outed a number of Law Enforcement officers who have connections t
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The feds were firing so much tear gas that a federal Aviation Administration official said that clouds of it were getting picked up on the radar over portland heres what i would describe as a tear gas tornado approaching from the west so we have a 75 percent chance of burning face and eyes a low to no visibility and theres also a 95 percent chance begin raining rubber bullets after 9 pm especially medics and journalists remember to pack an umbrella and a helmet and bring your mom. And who could forget them shooting the press and protesters in the face with their less lethal bullets well i guess thats why they shot people in the head so they would forget some might call this is disaster black lives matter protests were dying down in early july when the feds arrived in portland and breathed new life into the protests you know most people like to disappear in a puff of smoke but somehow in portland a cloud of tear gas only makes more protesters appear tear gas makes them stronger but also
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