Many of you saw the news early many of you saw the news early on monday when the new York Police Department decided to fire the Police Officer involved in the death of eric gardner. This is what the police had to say on monday about that decision. [video clip] being a police is one of the hardest jobs in the world. That is not a statement to. Licit sympathy, it is a fact cops have to make choices, sometimes quickly every single day. Some are splitsecond, life or death choices. Oftentimes they are choices that will be thoroughly and repeatedly examined by those with much more time to think about them than the Police Officer had and those decisions are scrutinized and secondguessed both fairly and unfairly. The officer went to bed thinking he would make choices and take actions during a routine arrest that would lead to another persons death. An officers choices and actions even made under extreme pressure matter. It is unlikely mr. Gardner thought he was in such poor health that a brief
He would often drill this into me. And say just remember leave the woodpile a little higher than you found it. That showed this metaphor because a mill town and a logging town and somebody who had asked to hold. [laughter] but leaving the woodpile a little higher resonated today in these times that we are in because the man in the woodhouse one white house wants nothing more than to burn the woodpile down. So people ask why did i endorse corey so early flex i dont know how many answer. Maybe he was an amazing mayor. Of a tough city in the midst of one of the worst recessions as country has ever seen and came out of it being successful. [applause] maybe its how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate particularly sitting down with folks on the other side with historic criminal justice refor reform. [applause] maybe its about the grit and resilience he demonstrated after decades of service of new jersey politics. Did you know he succeeded a mayor that was an i
Me. And say just remember leave the woodpile a little higher than you found it. That showed this metaphor because a mill town and a logging town and somebody who had asked to hold. [laughter] but leaving the woodpile a little higher resonated today in these times that we are in because the man in the woodhouse one white house wants nothing more than to burn the woodpile down. So people ask why did i endorse corey so early flex i dont know how many answer. Maybe he was an amazing mayor. Of a tough city in the midst of one of the worst recessions as country has ever seen and came out of it being successful. [applause] maybe its how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate particularly sitting down with folks on the other side with historic criminal justice refor reform. [applause] maybe its about the grit and resilience he demonstrated after decades of service of new jersey politics. Did you know he succeeded a mayor that was an incumbent 29 years and was as co
Out, pulle your phone up the text messages, text n h2403 to keep up with the campaign, post pictures and tag corywith the hash tag 2020. I graduated from Wellesley College in 2011 with a Political Science degree, and volunteered on Jeanne Shaheens 2009 senate campaign. So happy to be back in New Hampshire. After college, i put law school on hold to pursue a music career in nashville, tennessee, and have been there for the past eight years working as a musician and singersongwriter. I have a whole life in nashville, but it was easy to put it on hold for cory booker. [applause] why cory . To get personal, i am a rape survivor. Experiencing Sexual Violence is a kind of pain that separates you from your body. But the most powerful thing i learned about this pain is that it is that its razorsharp edges that i was able to lean in and create a space, with help and support, to trust my body again, to start to live and breathe and move and create. Our country has a common pain. What is missing
I have a special thank you to say to senator cory booker. My dad had the saying i would like to share with folks. He would say, you have to leave the woodpile a little bit higher than you found it. Showsinteresting that he this metaphor. He didnt have a clue which end of the asked to hold. Leaving the wood pile a little resonates in these times we are in. The man occupying the white house wants nothing more than to burn that would pile down. Down. D pile so did you endorse cory earlier . I love getting asked that question. Amazing mayor of a top city, in the midst of one of the worst recessions this country has ever seen, and came out of it being successful. [applause] maybe it is going to be about how he has shown such incredible leadership in the United States senate, particularly being willing to sit down with folks on the other site to pass historic criminal Justice Reform in this country. [applause] thank you for that. Maybe it is about the grit and thank you for that. Resilience