Flattered and even when this flatter y is degrading. I remember i was no more than 11 years old and it continued throughout middle and high school and i remember not being able to understand why men spoke to me when i clearly was not of age to be listening to be listening to those types of comments. And it impacts every single female friend that i had. Ben called this reaction what it was sexist and critics wondered why he chose to go back to retrieve his wallet they claimed this would not have happened if he had just gotten a cab but people are missing the point every human being regardless of whether they are a man or woman should be able to walk on the city streets free from harassment and violence. Dress is not an open invitation and they should not have further abuse heaped on them by the public for being responsible for another persons crime or abuse. Ben and his girlfriend wrote from the hospital they said now for the folks that have never met us not once have only heard our sto
Throughout middle and high school and i remember not being able to understand why men spoke to me when i clearly was not of age to be listening to be listening to those types of comments. And it impacts every single female friend that i had. Ben called this reaction what it was sexist and critics wondered why he chose to go back to retrieve his wallet they claimed this would not have happened if he had just gotten a cab but people are missing the point every human being regardless of whether they are a man or woman should be able to walk on the city streets free from harassment and violence. Dress is not an open invitation and they should not have further abuse heaped on them by the public for being responsible for another persons crime or abuse. Ben and his girlfriend wrote from the hospital they said now for the folks that have never met us not once have only heard our story via internet and media stations. To those who feel passionate about stopping harassment and feel like woman ne
Will be presented by supervisor kim. Thank you. Were actually honoring a lot of upstanding individuals today while this individual is not an official member of the city family he is certainly a member of our city and a district 6 resident. Im honoring an individual today that many of you have probably read about in the press recently. His name is ben schwart z. Ben was attacked in our neighborhood after taking a stand at the verbal abuse directed at his girlfriend he was returning from a party Early Saturday Morning and passed a man making threats to her and after crossing to the other side of the street and being followed ben asked the perpetrator and punches were thrown and ben ended up being stabbed 9 times in the back, face and neck and arms with the knife narrowly missing his spinal cord but puncturing his lung. While there are many men and women women ben made a Public Statement and he and elevated this issue and in fact one that is so pervasive that theres a consensus not even s
Now for another check of the forecast . Dry through most of the day tomorrow with rain, snow mixing in by dinnertime. Most of the action arriving after bedtime with snow showers likely monday. It will turn breezy. Much more coming up. The news rolls on. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] intelligence agencies are working to verify reports that a japanese man taken hostage by isil has been killed. Earlier today the white house and department of defense condemned the murder. The race against time may have run out for one of two hostages. A new video saturday reportedly from isis claims the terror group beheaded haruna yukawa. Japans Prime Minister headed to an emergency meeting calling the new development outrageous and unforgivable. I cannot stop shaking. I hope this news is incorrect. Abc news has not confirm the authenticity of the video, which shows a still image of Japanese Televis
There was a lot of activity a very short summary. Police say they had found the person they were looking for in connection with the body parts found in a suitcase. This was in the tenderloin as a residential building called the sala burton manor. They had surrounded the entrance to that residential unit with about half a dozen police vehicles. And at some point they escorted that man out, that man had a sheet over his head. Police put him in a squad car and drove away. This is the same person they were looking for earlier that they believe was a person of interest. Heres how Police Officers say they found the person tonight. We did receive a phone call through our Anonymous Tip Line about the person of interest could be located on the 400 block of turk street. Officers responded and did in fact, take into, not into custody but we did take the person of interest to the hollow justice. We do have that person. Homicide will be working together with all the investigators and all the eviden