Right now at 11 00. Whos behind it and when will it stop . A San Francisco neighborhood is on edge, following racist attacks against a black man. Vile and hateful messages at his home near alamo square and neighbors are rallying to catch the person responsible. Nbcs Terry Mcsweeney has the story thats new. At 11. Not far from famous alamo square, a park that shows off some of the best in San Francisco, is a reminder that darkness can be found here, too. The first package was found right here. Terry williams showed us where he found the first batch of racist images and words right there on his doorstep. Theyre so offensive we cant show you what was lobbed over williams front gate. They put it up. Something about black people or something they said to us in slavery days. The first racist messages arrived april 26th. The second came sunday night, and williams says it was worse than the first. Williams says during his lifetime in San Francisco, he has occasionally experienced a racial slur
Right now at 11 00. Whos behind it and when will it stop . A San Francisco neighborhood is on edge, following racist attacks against a black man. Vile and hateful messages at his home near alamo square and neighbors are rallying to catch the person responsible. Nbcs Terry Mcsweeney has the story thats new. At 11. Not far from famous alamo square, a park that shows off some of the best in San Francisco, is a reminder that darkness can be found here, too. The first package was found right here. Terry williams showed us where he found the first batch of racist images and words right there on his doorstep. Theyre so offensive we cant show you what was lobbed over williams front gate. They put it up. Something about black people or something they said to us in slavery days. The first racist messages arrived april 26th. The second came sunday night, and williams says it was worse than the first. Williams says during his lifetime in San Francisco, he has occasionally experienced a racial slur
Job being as aggressive as possible. Were joined by mayor breed, who explains why the Homeless Population is declining. Plus an oakland deli hit by burglars 11 times in about two years. What can be done to help Small Business owners down . And a lot of cheers for sharks fans. Well show you what happened tonight that could resurrect the franchise. Good evening. This is nbc bay area news tonight. Im raj mathai, mayor breed, in just a few minutes, but we want to start tonight with that police chase across San Francisco. A driver is accused of hitting two pedestrians, including a student outside of her middle school. This all started this morning. It got pretty wild in the tenderloin at jones and market. Someone reported to police that a person had been hit by a car. Witnesses tell us the skid marks you see right there on the pavement or the spot where it happened. The man who was hit was taken to the hospital, but he is expected to survive. Officers then spotted the car swerving through t
To kind of challenge the ways thathat in much of our public conversation today there is a kind of dangerous i think distinction being made between whats being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the sort of movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today. These are very dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly look at the history of rosa parks through criminal justice, really challenges these distinctions that some commentators are making today. And so i think a real look at rosa parks remind us from scottsboro to emmett till and jeremiah reeds distorted campaigns for justice for black women who were raped to the kind of criminalization of organizing that we see with Highlander Folk School and the bus buck offs to all of the Defense Committees she served on to all the antiPolice Brutality work she did sitting on the peoples tribunal after the 1967 detroit uprising and on and on. I think seeing that scope giv
History and conversation with us. And to kind of create a space to put that history of conversation with the president and struggles today. Tonight we are going to be talking about black power and political refreshment. It feels a timely in the moment we are in. I think most of you who have been here before also know that every two months i like to talk about rosa parks. Many of you know i am professor Jeanne Theoharis and i wrote a biography of rosa parks and this would have been her 100 third birthday. In honor of that, colleagues have built a new web site called rosaparksbiography. Org to challenge the ways in much of our public conversation today theres a kind of dangerous distinction being made between what is being treated as the good old Civil Rights Movement and the movements for Racial Justice and black lives matter today and these are dangerous distinctions and i think really looking at the history of rosa parks and particularly looking at criminaljustice. Really challenges t