Disregard of black bodies and lives removing the images of from syrup and uncle bin from rice isnt enough the streets are calling out for freedom liberty an america that finally treats black people as equals with protest and mounting calls for justice in the wake of the deaths of george floyd a model robbery Briana Taylor ryszard brooks and thousands of black americans the message the u. S. Is clear water down legislation p. R. Campaigns from top brands of multibillion Dollar Companies and going to cut it. At the intersection of race and accountability its time we start watching the next you want to know whats going on the city you streets you want to. Let me show you what she sees see the prizes you always state ill see you drone strikes mass graves you see this least systemic deception is the late show which i will see when you feel as. Though they were on the watch of the hawks. And ill be sure and joining us now is civil rights attorney and executive director of the Rainbow Push Co
We always like to say we do believe by golly its time to do news again. Greetings and salutation. I too am america. Its more than a popular poem from Langston Hughes its a plea for america to open her eyes and finally see black people as citizens worthy of protection and rights instead of a group to be tried it on from slave shackles whipping rape and government sanctioned family separations to reconstruction redlining restrictive covenants and Police Brutality make no mistake the path for blacks in america has been one of disrespect inhumanity high risk and a daily struggle to survive after 400 years of oppression blacks remain optimistic hopeful and filled with the desire to make this nation live up to its creed juneteenth is one of the most important american holidays that you probably never heard of despite claims from President Trump that he made this. Interesting expression of columbus saying in real time on his part but know much like everything in circling the black experience
Hopeful and filled with the desire to make this nation live up to its creed. Juneteenth is one of the most important american holidays that you probably never heard of despite claims from President Trump that he made this interesting expression of columbus saying in real time on his part but know much like everything and circling the black experience in this country juneteenth was torn from the pages of history books used to sanitize the black experience for american consumption and white comparability juneteenth is black folks Independence Day it commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States it was on june 19th 1065 that Union Soldiers landed in Galveston Texas with news that the civil war had ended and the enslaved were finally free in 2020 this is still called a takes on a new meaning the past is repeating itself the lynchings vigilante justice and the disregard of black bodies and lives removing the images of from syrup and uncle bin from rice isnt enough the streets are
Heard of despite claims from President Trump that he made this interesting expression of columbus saying in real time on his part. But know much like everything and circling the black experience in this country juneteenth was torn from the pages of history books used to sanitize the black experience for american consumption and white comparability juneteenth is black folks Independence Day it commemorates the ending of slavery in the United States it was on june 19th 1065. 00 that Union Soldiers landed in Galveston Texas with news that the civil war had ended and the enslaved were finally free in 2020 this is day takes on a new meaning the past is repeating itself the lynchings vigilante justice and the disregard of black bodies and lives removing the images of from syrup and uncle bin from rice isnt enough the streets are calling out for freedom liberty an america that finally treats black people as equals with protest and mounting calls for justice in the wake of the deaths of george
Item 1 roll call. President nakajo. Vice president morgan. Commissioner feinstein has been excused. Commissioner fraser has been excused. Commissioner collins. Present. President nakajo you have a quorum. Chief of department Jeanine Nicholson. And president nakajo will now read the lan acknowledgment. Thank you very much. Ramaytush ohlone land acknowledgement the San Francisco Fire Commission acknowledges that we are on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone who are the original inhabitants of the San Francisco peninsula. As the indigenous stewards of this land, and in accordance with their traditions, the Ramaytush Ohlone have never ceded, lost, nor forgotten their responsibilities as the caretakers of this place, as well as for all peoples who reside in their traditional territory. As guests, we recognize that we benefit from living and working on their traditional homeland. We wish to pay our respects by acknowledging the ancestors, elders, and relatives of the Ramay