For later today at 1 30 p. M. Eastern. We also expect more floor speeches on policing reforms after Senate Republicans introduced their bill yesterday. Now, live to the senate floor. The president pro tempore the senate will come to order. The chaplain, dr black, will open the senate in prayer. The chaplain let us pray. Eternal god, our hearts are steadfast toward you. Lead us safely to the refuge of your choosing, for you desire to give us a future and a hope. Lord, provide us with grateful hearts to appreciate your mercies that are new each day. Today, give our senators the power to do your will, as they realize more fully that they are servants of heaven and stewards of your mysteries. Give them your perspective on their daily tasks and every decision they must make. Remind them that people usually dont care how much you know until they know how much you care. May faithfulness to you become the litmus test by which they evaluate each action. We pray in your powerful name. Amen. The
Zarda passed away in 2014. His estate is continuing with his suit. This is one hour 45 minutes. Good afternoon. Each side has been assigned 30 minutes, 10 minutes per person. Exceeded may be depending on how things go during the argument. From mr. Antolino. Good afternoon. Case, we are proud to present the executives of the. Arda estate we ask that you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under title vii. Was a male. Complained that he identified as gay, he was fired. Revelation it was a violation of the statute because a male who was attracted to other men was a motivating factor in the adverse action. Case, he identified as gay only because he was accused of being straight. He was proud of being gay. And in the workplace of the skydiving community, jokes were that loosened the tension of the experience, and the jokes were often sexual. Allegation that he was gay, or exposed because he was gay . He was known to be gay, but because he came out as gay to a c
Were proud to represent Melissa Zarda and bill moore, the executors of the zarda estate and we ask the court to construe and unite title vii with life as we live it and under the plain language and its interpretations. We ask that you find that Sexual Orientation discrimination is sex discrimination under title vii. Don zarda was a male. He was known as guy, though he was not traditionally feminine, but he was a great sky diver. When a customer complained that he identified himself as gay, he was fired and for that revelation, it was a violation of the statute because his sex, a male who was attracted to other men was a motivating factor in the adverse action. And in this case he identified as gay only because he was accused of being straight. And he was proud of being gay, and in the male workplace of the skydiving community, jokes were often made that loose end the tension of the experience and jokes were often sexual. Is his claim that is he alleging that he was fired because he was
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Atlanta Police Department, and then the Atlanta Police chief stepped down. Were going to be speaking live with atlantas mayor, keisha lance bottoms, in just a few minutes. But i should mention things are moving quickly not just in atlanta right now but all over the country. Just this afternoon, the countrys Largest Police force, the new York City Police department, announced that it is disbanding a 600person plainclothes anticrime unit. These were plainclothes officers spread out across the city, ostensibly to root out violent crime. But out of a force of roughly 20,000 nypd officers, that one 600person unit was involved in a disproportionate number of fatal shootings. That unit will now be disbanded. Cross to the other side of the country, three big Police Unions in california in los angeles, San Francisco, and san jose took out a fullpage ad in local papers on sunday and in the Washington Post announcing their willingness to talk about some changes for american policing. The unions o