Expedited also, already underway. Commissioner dejesus and the second part of my question is how can it be brought to your attention sooner instead of brought by civilians . If they use a knee to the shoulder blade or some way else, is there going to be a way to bring it out to the sergeants by way of a report or some other way . Yes. Its state [inaudible] in our systems, in our oversight systems is whether there are any gaps as it stands right now, and the way our general order reads, reportable use of force, that level of force, this body control weapon, body weapons, that kind of thing, control holds, wrist control holds, that type of thing, if theres no injury, it has to be categorized, but its not a reportable use of force. So the things have to be documented, but if its whats believed to be a minor type of control hold, a knee on the back, that type of thing, its not considered a use of force. So some of the things that we have to look at in this investigation is whether a gap in
Im not the smartest commissioner or the most knowledgeable person. This is a constant fight, but you know, this looking at the country, looking at what happened to all of the individuals who have died recently from from White Supremacy and Police Violence, weve got to do better, ive got to do better, and, you know, i didnt really i guess i just as you can see, i got out of i had surge in the last week, and ive spent a lot of time on my back thinking, and i dont have any answers tonight. Some people think that were you know, as i said before, and ive read it online and on social media, were putting a gloss over operator your conference is now in questionandanswer mode. To answer each question, press one and then zero. Commissioner hamasaki do i need to stop for something . Clerk no, you can go. Commissioner hamasaki i dont have anything deep or profound to say, other than i really hope, i really hope that this is a moment that we rise to, and i i just we cant just keep going and reading
We have a quorum. Vice president taylor thank you. In the last few weeks, we watched the barbaric murder of george floyd by vile, racist Police Officers. We watched Ahmaud Arbery get gunned down by white spr supremacists. Study after study shows that white people and black people are not only more likely to commit crimes, they think that we feel less pain. We have a less nuanced feeling, and less worthy of protection, so we often have to fend for ourselves. Racism is definitely a police problem, one that is as old as our entire nation, but lets be clear no ones off the hook. Racism is an america problem. Trayvon martin, Ahmaud Arbery were killed by citizens. The overwhelming number of hate crimes are committed by ordinary citizens. Every Single Member of this commission is committed to rooting out bias in this Police Department, and after seeing the murder in minneapolis, after seeing the recent video circulating of what appears to be neck restraints used here in San Francisco in janua
Timeline some even pushing back their opening dates until least may 15th. Beyond the president may first goal tonight there are more than 2 million confirmed cases of covid19 in the world and more than 143,000 deaths, this is all according to Johns Hopkins university. In the United States there are more than 660,000 cases and more than 32,000 deaths in california there are more than 27,000 cases of coronavirus and it has claimed the lives of more than 900 people. Today President Trump unfolded his major plan to reopen the country as Americans Still continue to battle the unrelenting coronavirus pandemic as kron fours Theresa Stasi reports, the plan leans heavily on governors and how each state is uniquely dealing with the virus. America wants to be open and americans want to be open. The president flying to buy his experts on the White House Coronavirus task force diving into the details of how the country is going to reopen. Our approach outlines 3 phases and restoring our economic li
Anxiety around the delivery of our food and those workers have about their own health we dont want you going to work. If youre sick. Governor newsome extending paid leave benefits to food workers across the state during this pandemic. Nothing there nothing i was looking for bell peppers strategy, less i couldnt find anything pretty limited selection of what you can get. Plus concerns from shoppers about a shortage of produce at Safeway Stores across the bay area just one of the many angles were following for years on this friday morning april 17 thank you for joining us, im James Fletcher so our top story involves a course of the coronavirus in the fact that there are more than 4,500 american deaths in the last 24 hours alone. But despite the surge in deaths President Trump has laid out a threephase approach to restarting the economy as soon as possible and hes putting governors in charge of that reopening. Coming up are now has the story. The decision to reopen the country will not co