He manages the department lesbian gay transsexual and bisexual department. And mr. Trust thought. Were looking forward to learning a lot, and looking back through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. It is kind of hard to believe. I would like to start with you if we can. What was new york like what was america like, for gays and lesbian and transgender citizens before the stonewall riots. What was it like for the Lgbtq Community. It is really counter intuitive, because there is a common tendency in this country, to assume you dont for the we go back in history the worst things are going to be. But in the whole history of the entirety of the u. S. History, the sixties and fifties were probably the very worst time for lgbt people. That is because, there have been a period of liberalization in the 1920s, and you know it was generally a liberal period in the 1920s. With the Great Depression coming along, that seem to begin a clamp down on and i will use the term gay p
Expedited also, already underway. Commissioner dejesus and the second part of my question is how can it be brought to your attention sooner instead of brought by civilians . If they use a knee to the shoulder blade or some way else, is there going to be a way to bring it out to the sergeants by way of a report or some other way . Yes. Its state [inaudible] in our systems, in our oversight systems is whether there are any gaps as it stands right now, and the way our general order reads, reportable use of force, that level of force, this body control weapon, body weapons, that kind of thing, control holds, wrist control holds, that type of thing, if theres no injury, it has to be categorized, but its not a reportable use of force. So the things have to be documented, but if its whats believed to be a minor type of control hold, a knee on the back, that type of thing, its not considered a use of force. So some of the things that we have to look at in this investigation is whether a gap in
Good morning. This hearing will come to order. , want to thank eyewitnesses first of all for your service to this nation. On behalf of the committee, if you can thank the men and women who worked with you and apron pretty tremendous effort, trying to deal with an overwhelming situation, as a nation, we need to be grateful for your effort. Had thebly have not days off. I really do appreciate that. Toant to ask for consent have my statement entered into the record. Just a couple of facts. Just to lay out how extraordinary and overwhelming this effort has been. Not thatanuary 21, long ago, we had the first case reported of covid and eight days later on january 29, the administration established the task force. At that time, we only had five cases and zero deaths. Two days later, President Trump announced travel restrictions in china. That was not a popular decision, but it probably saved many lives and but as time to flatten what bought us time. Fema began assisting hhs. 12 cases and zero
Weve been going for school and the coronavirus rates and the simple steroids treatment that is slashing the rate confidantes. Low welcome to the program in the past few minutes north koreas military has announced it would resume exercises near the border with south korea and send soldiers into the Industrial Zone of the border town of case song and follows pyongyangs blowing up of a Liaison Office in case all the u. N. Secretary general says north and south korea must resume dialogue south korea says it will respond strongly if the north does not dial down its actions and rhetoric in a moment well be speaking live with a fright in seoul 1st though this is his report on the escalating situation the complete destruction of a building created at the height of improving into korean relations and with it in the immediate hope of reconciliation. The north has become enraged by defectors who make calls human scum releasing propaganda balloons into its territory kim jong the increasingly influ
Im not the smartest commissioner or the most knowledgeable person. This is a constant fight, but you know, this looking at the country, looking at what happened to all of the individuals who have died recently from from White Supremacy and Police Violence, weve got to do better, ive got to do better, and, you know, i didnt really i guess i just as you can see, i got out of i had surge in the last week, and ive spent a lot of time on my back thinking, and i dont have any answers tonight. Some people think that were you know, as i said before, and ive read it online and on social media, were putting a gloss over operator your conference is now in questionandanswer mode. To answer each question, press one and then zero. Commissioner hamasaki do i need to stop for something . Clerk no, you can go. Commissioner hamasaki i dont have anything deep or profound to say, other than i really hope, i really hope that this is a moment that we rise to, and i i just we cant just keep going and reading