welcome to the oversight subcommittee on civil rights and civil liberties. the infiltration of local police departments. good morning to the chair of the committee, miss maloney, our ranking member mister roy the vice chair of the committee ocasio-cortez and all of our wonderful members who join us. i want to take a moment to extend the welcome to tlaib this is her first hearing with our subcommittee. we re delighted to have her join us welcome miss tlaib. before we begin today i want to play a video that will set the stage for the discussion that we re about to have. please go ahead and play the video. white supremacy permeates every corner of society, and every institution. police, fbi, to the department of justice. check out the social media posts, it s a good day for a chokehold. or, look at this piece of, street justice or just plain karma quickly, hopefully by police gunfire. or, if you can read it. that and any situation right, what if i told you that all of those in
from the house oversight committee, this is about two hours. the chair will come to order. welcome to the oversight subcommittee on civil rights entitled white supremacists in blue, the infiltration of local police departments. good morning to the chair of the committee, miss maloney, good morning to our ranking member, mr. roy, who is with us, and good morning to the vice chair of the committee, ms ms. ocasio-cortez and our wonderful members. i want to express a special welcome to rashida tlaib of michigan. this is our first hearing with our subcommittee and we re delighted to have her join us. welcome. before we begin today, i want to play a video that will set the stage for the discussion that we re about to have. clerkings, please go ahead and play the video. white supremacy permeates every corner of the institution. tracks hate and extremist groups, whomever is engaged in those groups, wherever that might lead. we have outed a number of law enforcement officers who h
broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our team international i m. certainly glad to have you with us. now the mayor of seattle has responded furiously to a thread by donald trump to deploy the military to her city to break up an autonomous zone set up by black lives matter protesters jenny durkan said any such action by the u.s. president would be against the law. our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitz s law and order initiatives it s simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal the capitol hill autonomous zone was formed at the beginning of the week by black lives matter activists they barricaded themselves inside 6 blocks in the center of seattle and declared it a police free area activist doesn t. explains what life is like inside the commune . i am down here in the capitol hill autonomou
police. could increase the risk of. broadcasting live. international i m certainly glad to have you with us now we have some interesting new fresh pouring of anger in the united states city of atlanta after police fatally shot a black fast food drive through on friday. demonstrators have set a local branch of wendy s on fire torched cars and blocked a highway the city s police chief has stepped down following the killing which took place outside the restaurant according to reports 27 year old brooks had failed a breathalyzer test and wasn t resisting arrest. meanwhile across the country in the city of seattle the mayor there has responded furiously to a threat by donald trump to deploy the military to her city to break up an autonomous zone set up by black lives matter protesters jenny durkan said any such action by the u.s. president would be against the law. our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspirac
branding the wartime leader a racist. and nearly 1300 health experts call on the us police to stop using tear gas and other against demonstrators warning such tactics could increase the risk of 19 transmission. broadcasting live coverage from our studios and this is r t international thomas certainly glad to have you with us and the mayor of seattle has responded furiously to a threat by donald trump to deploy the military to her city to break up an autonomous zone set up by black lives matter protesters. said any such action by the u.s. president would be against the law. our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitz s law and order initiatives it s simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal the capitol hill autonomous zone was formed at the beginning of the week by black lives that matter activists they barri