Welcome to the oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties. The infiltration of local Police Departments. Good morning to the chair of the committee, miss maloney, our Ranking Member mister roy the vice chair of the committee ocasiocortez and all of our wonderful members who join us. I want to take a moment to extend the welcome to tlaib this is her first hearing with our subcommittee. Were delighted to have her join us welcome miss tlaib. Before we begin today i want to play a video that will set the stage for the discussion that were about to have. Please go ahead and play the video. White supremacy permeates every corner of society, and every institution. Police, fbi, to the department of justice. Check out the social media posts, its a good day for a chokehold. Or, look at this piece of, street justice or just plain karma quickly, hopefully by police gunfire. Or, if you can read it. That and any situation right, what if i told you that all of those inflammatory words
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
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40 there who have tested positive for coronavirus. Representing inmates at the facility in dublin, saying she learned of the outbreak this morning. She says it happened in a dorm housing kitchen workers and wants to know how the virus made its way inside the correctional facility. Once it gets in there it is a tinderbox, and it spread throughout the facility and puts many at risk. The outbreak was confirmed and traced back to one inmate, but because the inmate was not part of the jail that does not house new intakes, there is one thing they do not know. We dont have any theories on how he may have come in contact with covid19. But we are continuing to do extreme education around it, and encouraging the inmates to wear face coverings that they are provided on a regular basis. 53 were tested for the virus. 40 tested positive. 38 were asymptomatic. According to the marshall project, it proved fatal for 650. 5400, out of that number, 29 have died. It has left 12 inmates dead, one as recent
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