dozen scheduled protests happening all along the west coast, as long sure union workers are uniting to bring about social change . we are joined live with this developing story in oakland, frank good afternoon . reporter: good afternoon, quite a day, these protests are underway spending the west coast as you mentioned . the cranes are up which means the no work is being done at the ports . 29 ports in all one of the biggest year, it s a plan one day work stopped to bring awareness to stop police brutality in our country and bring about racial equality . your taking a live look out there from chopper to 2 . thousands of people are gathered and marching from the port of oakland . that s at 14th and broadway, peaceful march so far, it got started at 10 am. a rally is planned at 1 pm with very hope high profile speakers . we caught up with the young woman and her father with the meaning of the march, commemorating the juneteenth day . we are tired and exhausted . this is a di
present. supervisor stefani. present. supervisor walton. present. supervisor yee. mr. president. all members are present. thank you. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. place your right hand over your heart, please. i pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. what i would like to do is before we go to communications, and before we get into our special order at 2:00 p.m., i would like to at least say a word or two. before we get started i want to acknowledge george floyd s funeral today and thank the city family, particularly m.t.a., for halting all public transit from 12:00 to 12:08 p.m. to acknowledge the wrong that happened to mr. floyd and to the many other black and brown indivi
good afternoon. welcome to the june 9, regular meeting of the san francisco board of supervisors. could i have roll call, please. thank you, mr. president. supervisor fewer. present. supervisor haney. supervisor mandelman. present. supervisor mar. present. supervisor peskin. present. supervisor preston. present. supervisor ronen. present. supervisor safai. present. supervisor stefani. present. supervisor walton. present. supervisor yee. mr. president. all members are present. thank you. please join me in the pledge of allegiance. place your right hand over your heart, please. i pledge allegiance to the flago f america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. thank you. on behalf of the board i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgovtv who record each meeting and make the transcripts available to the public online. what i would like to do is before we go
get up off of us and we can be and do whatever we can be. floyd s brother was among those speakers today. he says his brother has touched people s hearts. you know, you come to third ward where we are from. people are crying right now. that is how much they love him. i am staying strong as i can because i need to get it out. everybody wants justice. we want justice for george. he is going to get it. he is going to get it. over the coming days, there will also be a private service in north carolina where floyd was born. and floyd grew up in houston texas. three of the four former officers involved in floyd s arrest made their first court appearances today. derek on the left is the officer seen yelling on floyd s neck. he has already been charged with second-degree murder. thomas lane and jay alexander along with another officer are charged with aiding and abetting floyd s death. the attorney for lane says his client and king are both rookies. he says elaine asked shopp
off. when i did accelerate, they shot three more bullets in the back. his 11-month old daughter was in the backseat sleeping. fearing she could be hit he switched to the furthest lane but he and his daughter were still a target. i heard three shots again when i was trying to get off the freeway. my daughter was in the car, i had to get away. the bullets turned out to be from a bee bee gun. he didn t want to be on camera, but by sharing his story he s hoping someone will recognize the gray charger. it had tinted windows and a rare decal on the window. now i m more cautious, that s a big wake up call for me. the chp says this was an isolated incident not tied to other freeway incidents we ve heard about in the east bay. they re urging anyone with information to give them a call. thank you. now we head to new information about a 71-year-old woman who was shoved to the ground and her purse stolen, it all happened in broad daylight. tonight that woman is recoveri