Nineteen sixty three Martin Luther king gave his i have a dream speech washingtons Lincoln Memorial is where civil rights leaders converge along with black lives matter activists and families of victims of police shootings. Like the father of twenty nine year old jacob blake the n. Arms wisconsin man remains paralyzed after police shot him seven times in the back last sunday and as the Wisconsin Senate and now plans to meet in a special session monday. To discuss Police Perform at the rally over in washington calls for federal legislation. We need rich mcconnell and the u. S. Senate to meet on the jobs front policing and justice act. All were gonna meet your senators at the polls. One of the we got the mail then walked in radin crawl then we wont. For more lets go to oak park illinois Cedric Johnson teaches African American studies and Political Science at the university of illinois at chicago thank you for speaking with us here on france twenty four. Thank you so much for having me. B
Concern, and remember the number 1. 1. For every one person who contracts the virus in the state thundershower 1. Is people on average are now infected. The state wants to drive that down to 1 or below as quickly as possible, so we asked just how bad is it right now . Are we essentially back to square one with all of inform . Nbc 1s news joins us know. Reporter theres good news and bad news. The bad news is cases are on the rise, the good news things being things are really not as bad as they could be or compared to the rest rast state. As coronavirus cases rise and california reverses plans to reopen its clear the bay area is not out of woods yet, but just how bad is it . The counties when you look at the entire bay area are not as bad as some of the worst hit counties in california, not as bad as los angeles, not as bad as imperial. Reporter to break it down, take a look at this graphic showing daily cases rising in the bay area. On july 10th there were 809 new cases, not including a
Policing, its never been an Institution Designed to keep us safe and used as a tool for those in power to keep the marginalized people from rising up, going all the way back to the slave patrol. Sharing im the policing unfairly targets marginalized communities, injects massive amounts of people into the prison system. We heard about reform from chief scott today, but all those measures ignore the fact that reform is not effective. We need to defund and sfpd and invest in our communities immediately. I yield my time. Thank you for your comments. It cannot force you to create money in a budget. Cut the budget and cut the numbers of police and Fund Services that help humans. End the violence against black and brown people that is built into policing. I disagree with supervisors assessment of what his constituents want. We want services, not Police Officers. I have heard on this call that over time sfpd at the airport, the focus of sfpd and the mandated reforms are not well understood by s
The rate has climbed from 2. 7 people per 100,000 to 5. 1 . If that continues over the next couple of days, we could be in our red zone. Reporter the city has delayed the plant reopening of hair salons, and outdoor bars. The city moved up the opening date for those activities because the infection numbers had stabilized. The Health Director would not say what neighborhoods are making up the new cases or if any particular activity including protests played a role in the spike. We are taking a close look in evaluating the demographics to see if with the search these new cases are significantly different. Reporter he also said San Franciscos hospitalization rate is relatively low, but they are concerned that could change when the disease typically worsens for some people. Over the next few days it will be telling to see where we are with regard to that curve. And then whether we can move forward with our reopening plans. Reporter the Public Health will be watching the infection rates and
But just in the context of this hearing, id like to point out that the board has been so far, from what ive heard, asking a lot of questions about identifying sort of superfluous elements of the Police Budget such that can be cut, particularly in the light of this budget deficit. And these are only symptoms of a much broader problem, and lets not forget that the Biggest Issue with the police is that this is an institution that directly targets black and brown people and that the time has concluded. Thank you for your comments. Next speaker, please. Hello. My name is ryan. I live in district 4. I urge for divestment of the sfpd. [indiscernible] and how education and Community Empowerment are how societies grow whereas reaction during punitive and literally oppresses people and holds bias for those struggling in so many areas in the city that needs massive homelessness, education, come full front. That is essentially all i have to say. Thank you. Thank you. Next speaker, please. Good aft