Myself for five minutes. Coates, you state 250 years of slavery, 90 years of jim crow, 60 years of separate but equal, 35 years of racist housing policies until we reckon with our compounding moral debts america will never be whole. Why should the federal government bear responsibility for social and economic damages for descendents of the enslaved . R. Coates thank you chairman the federal government is complicit in it. The article you spoke about, this period of White Supremacy that you referenced in the headlines, it is so broad that if i tried to cover it in one article it would have been impossible so i focused on a specific thing, housing segregation and redlining specifically in the city of chicago. The federal government was deeply complicit in housing segregation and redlining and in the plunder of black homeowners in chicago. It would not have existed if the fha had not had a policy of not insuring loans for black People Living in chicago. It would not have existed if not for
If jon stewart were here this wouldnt be happening. Committee on the judiciary subcommittee on constitutional civil rights and liberties will come to order. Thank the officers for get itin the doors shut and folks in. Thank you so much. Without objection, the chair is authorized to declare recess at any time. I welcome everyone todays hearing on the path to Restorative Justice. I will now recognize myself for an opening statement. Today is june, a day that commemorates the abolition of slavery in texas and more generally throughout the confederacy. The news with the emancipation proclamation did not reach texas for two years so all enslaved people knew they were free despite lincolns emancipation. Slavery was a crime against humanity, one whose impacts we as a society continue to grapple with today. This year marks the 400th anniversary of the first african slaves being brought to america. Slaveries of our nations first original sin. Our constitution protected it and various compromise
And this is an everyday occurrence in america. I have the privilege of having leaders in my community who over the decades have given me strength. One of them was a woman on the fifth floor of the projects. Building in which i lived whose son was murdered. She taught me hope is the action conviction. Despiair wont have the last word, but when i come back on a day like today, i wonder if other senators had people shot like that in their neighborhood, if it wouldnt be a headline. When people are shot and killed, the world seems to keep going on. And so i wonder about having the last word. What happens when the last word is no words. When its silence . And i feel a sense of anger where we are in the United States of america where we have not had direct conversations about a lot of the root causes of the inequities and pain and hurt manifested in economic disparities and Health Disparities and a criminal Justice System that is a form of new jim crow. We as a nation have not truly acknowled
House judiciary subcommittee this portion of the hearing includes questions from members starting with the subcommittee chair. It is one hour and 45 minutes. Why should the federal government bear responsibility for economic and social damages . Thank you, chairman cohen. The most obvious reason is because the federal government is complicit. Thisrticle you spoke about time of White Supremacy reference in the headline it is so broad that if i tried to cover in one article it would have been impossible. I focus on a specific thing and that is jim crow and housing discrimination specifically in the city of chicago. The federal government was deeply complicit in housing surrogates in and redlining and the plunder of black homeowners in chicago. It would have not existed if the sha did not have a policy of not ensuring loans for black People Living in chicago. It would not have existed if not for the redlining laps that were written and created by this government of every major city in thi
Keeping this area contained. This is a popular area if you know it in falls church. Generally more packed than it is but theyve closed off the area as they continue to investigate the cause here. Three people injured all in the hospital, all expected to be okay. Weve got incredible video that some of the witnesses shot that were going to get fed into the station so we can show you in the next three hours of news. Were live in falls church david culver, news4. Back to you. Thanks david. First at 4, news have learned that police are investigating an incident involving Christopher Barry, son of marion barry. We have details, mark . Jim, this stems from an incident yesterday at a downtown bank. According to multiple sources familiar with the incident, Christopher Barry, candidate to replace his father on the d. C. Council went in on the pnc bank on 7th street northwest. He got into a verbal argument with bank staff after his transaction was unsuccessful. Law enforcement sources tell news4