Former, and most recently, Civil War Monuments and the militarization of america which one the book award from the society of civil war historians as best book of the year on the issues of the civil war era. Hes been the editor of several influential volumes, including a particularly still relevant and useful set of edited essays on reconstruction originally issued almost 15 years ago, but still relevant today and a topic we wrestle with today. As well as a number of edited volumes. We are delighted to have him join us today. I will lead him with the first question, if you are ready . You might be muted. Things we aret of going to want to touch on in a relatively brief time today. Monograph,arkable you approach memorials and all kinds of interesting ways that we will want to touch on as works of art, what happens if we context in a national rather than bifurcated into , northern, andrn confederate stories. And what cultural readings we can read from them beyond the meaning of the civil
Created by americas public Cable Companies as a Public Service and brought to you today by your television provider. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh Mcenany this morning held a meeting with reporters at the white house. This is about 25 minutes. Good morning, everyone. Three years ago today 58 people lost their lives and hundreds more were wounded in the horrific las vegas music festival. Three eye years ago today. On behalf of the president , they are in our prayers today. Fulfilling a section 2 obligation and following wellstaeshed precedent, President Trump nominated an imminently qualified candidate for the Supreme Court. Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Judge barrett is extremely wellqualified, graduated summa cum laude from Notre Dame Law School and received the hoins prize receiving beth effort in scholarship and a scholar. Carter sneed says there is just consensus. Amy barrett is the best student, the smartest and most talented person to ever come through the university of Notre D
Crow era. Of african andr African American studies at Washington University in st. Louis. The world war i memorial hosted this event and provided the video. Is my pleasure and honor to introduce dr. Geoff ward. Geoffs Research Examines racial of social control including dynamics of racial violence, conflict and inequality. He looks at areas of race and youth justice and social movement, labor and policy racial to advance justice. His work appears in numerous journals and anthologies and has been supported by the national foundation, the National Institute of justice, the ford mellonion and the foundation. He is the author of the black democracyrs, racial and juvenile justice, an Award Winning book on the rise, fall haunting remnants of jim crow juvenile justice. His current projects examine historical racial violence, its reckonings today. He is also a curator. You might have a chance to see encouragend i would you all to do so, catch the train, go to the other side of to another art m
The committee appreciate you taking the time out to explain what has been happening and answering our questions. Your full testimony will be entered into the record. Part, i will read my Opening Statement and then there will be a twominute video at the tail end of my statement. The federal protective Service Officer David Patrick underwood was 53 on may 29 when he was shot dead guarding a Federal Building during a protest. His partner was also shot but thankfully survived. News reports of the protests involving a thousand people turned chaotic and violent as demonstrators smashed windows, looted stores, and broke into a bank. Suspect that killed the deputy. His antipolice views drew him to oakland. He saw the protest as an opportunity for more bloodshed. David dorn was a retired police chief in st. Louis. He responded to the alarm going off at a shop owned by his friend during a night of antipolice protest. , 77 years old, father of five, grandfather of 10, died on june 2 in the anarch
Of its officers over the deadly shooting of Sean Monterrosa the San Francisco man who was kneeling in a walgreens parking lot when he was hits. The 22 yearold was shot by an 18 year veteran officer in june you can see in this video the officer was sitting in the back seat of an Unmarked Police car when he shot monterrosa through the windshield of the vehicle 5 times police have responded to the walgreens for reports of looting amid a night of protests when they arrive monterrosa his kneeling on the ground he had a hammer in his pocket. Hes hes looking through his window. The atc some movement. Many like a deer hunter, he shoots the movie magic and this is outrageous and trying to get us there was no factual basis. A factual basis to justify using deadly force at the town monterrosas family and their attorneys believe the officer who they say is jarrett on violated the civil rights of monterrosa by use of deadly force when it was not justified. They call the shooting disturbing. And say