not let our elected sheriff go back to work. please stop wasting our time. [applause] >> good evening. i represent myself as a community and neighborhood activist. we live in a world full of gray area. people choose to live in the black and white. the mayor's role appears to be retribution. i disagree with have the mayor is handling this whole matter. it emphasizes repairing the harm caused by criminal behavior. it is best accomplished through cooperative processes that include all stakeholders. justice requires that we work to

restore those who have been injured to those most directly involved affected by crimes. the government's role is to preserve a just public order. not to destroy a person, not to destroy his career or also the remnants of his marriage and separate him from his wife and child. we got to open our minds and live in those grey areas. i voted for a man who has experience as a share. he has worked on legislation to give free entry to criminals. he has a commitment and the know-how. he is a workaholic. we need his dedication. i ask you to stop spending our money with furthering this. i ask each and every one of you to do what is right, not what

the mayor wants to do. i believe this is unethical. stop the attack on his personal life. i voted, i want my vote to count. [applause] >> for the last 37 years i have lived in san francisco. i am proud to support ross mirkarimi. his tireless leadership on local law enforcement issues. his courage. he should be returned to duty immediately and made whole for the losses being suspended without pay. the public assault that has been waged on sheriff mirkarimi -- there has been a total disregard for his wife and their son.

in a deal to destroy his ability to survive, not only as a public official, but as a human being, they have trampled on his rights. they are abusing tax dollars with these manufactured charges. i want to speak to you in terms of the substantive issue. it is whether or not he has engaged in conduct toward permanently removing him from office. i advocated for working people and a variety of work places. i would say the issues did not come close to warranting termination of employment. this is such an obvious example of the mayor making a political decision and tasking the cities attorney's office with developing a case after the fact. nothing took place during his duties as sheriff. all of the allegations deal with

issues out of his duty. he has been fully punished under the law. he has been treated to a greater public humiliation. it is your opportunity to rise above this, to exercise reason, [inaudible] [applause] >> long evening. i was born and raised in san francisco. i am a father of three children. my wife is my best friend. i spent decades working as a union worker, in the press room, and also as a representative.

i have never seen in the most egregious attack, this kind of assault that has gone on. of course, the city attorney is a friend of mine. i am ashamed of him. i have told him so. it is a public lynching. you guys, i am concerned about, a going to be used -- are going to be used to make this something you shift to the board of supervisors. the board of supervisors have to decide, do i sacrificed my relationship with the mayor or do i do what is right? nothing in the incident rises to the level of a crime. he pled guilty to false imprisonment in a deal. he has explained it. he was guilty of what happened.

that does not rise to the level of domestic violence. there is no history, no pattern. there was no burning of buildings. there was no falsifying addresses. there was a family argument over the custody of theo. i went through something like that. i felt pain when i thought of is going to lose the custody of my children. you a going to be used. i think you are being used. i wanted to recognize that and pass on -- >> thank you. i would invite the next speaker to come up. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. thank you for giving me the opportunity to express my

feelings. sorry if i am nervous. i feel said today. i see good people in front of my eyes. s@zwhat is happening, this is turning into a circle. what i am asking you is please do not be part of this. i think there are better things to do in san francisco and all over the united states. what you are doing right now, you are destroying this man's life.

you are tearing his family apart. you say, i have been hearing about criminal violence, what we are doing to him, it is a violent crime. destroying a family, destroying his career. please, i am asking you, do not be part of this. i am sorry i feel nervous. god bless it. thank you. [applause] >> good evening. i have been a grass-roots organizer for social justice and for 18 years. i know the vagaries of city hall. i am here to ask you to send a

strong message to the board of supervisors. it to reinstate ross mirkarimi -- it should reinstate ross mirkarimi. i am happy to report i am sfgreen party. even though ross left the party, we had the wisdom to realize when a serious breach of democracy was taking place. we put a statement up on our web site. i would encourage you to look at the statement. it is at sfgreenparty.org. let's refocus. we are talking about a misdemeanor case in which the court decided the remedy is family counseling. this does not by any stretch of the imagination rise to the level of removing someone from

office. i watched this today. what i saw from the mayor's attorneys was an attempt to take a large industrial sized pot of spaghetti and throw it at the wall to see what would stick. i have never been so appalled. please, your job as ethics commissioners is to consider the politics. that is what you do when you address campaigns. if you go with this nonsense, who is going to be next? what is the mayor going to do to the moderate? this could open up a ridiculous can of -- [mic turned off] [applause] >> my name is tracy brown.

i wanted to thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak. it is hard for me to come out and speak at a 11:00 at night. there are a lot of other people who would love to be here. i worked on his campaign. it was a great campaign. we were successful at getting him collected. when he did win, all of the kids i work with, they said, finally, you won an election. [laughter] i have campaigned my life -- my entire life. it is my folly. -- value. crime reduction, the way we deal with homeless. the way we deal with this is also a san francisco value. i am pleased with how the

session went. i have faith in our system. ross has been there for the people. he has heard our voices. i do not have to explain that. there were some voices that were not heard. as a woman, i have to say, if this was my family put on trial, i would be devastated. i hope that you, as people to support women, you look at what she is going through. hear her voice and allow her voice to a marriage. you heard a lot about ross. you have not heard about his former wife and how she feels. you have not heard from her. a lot of people have not heard from her. she is -- she just delivered a baby. i doubt she will be able to come in. you should listen to the voice

of women. [applause] >> good evening, commissioners. my name is maria. as they say, it is about who you know in city hall. that happened to be my union member who was a custodian here. she happened to have some extra fried chicken because we did not have dinner tonight. bless his heart. a want to be here. it is as simple as the three r's. that is redemption, restore to justice, and reunification of families.

redemption is much more positive and proactive. i think it is something that san francisco was all about. we all are human. we all have our flaws. i have always thought that a person's worth his -- when you know that there has been a challenge or a moment of shame that they have had to face and then make amends. i think that makes for a much stronger individual and also much more compassionate. that is something that we will all lead at some point. in terms of restorative justice, that was explained earlier tonight. let's restore peace, not just punishment. punishment itself will continue the cycle of violence. i also want to speak on the importance of family. that is without question.

i do not know one family without some form of dysfunction. i know that families must work hard and sacrifice family unity among themselves. you consider when an intrusive or -- or overpowering outside entities it comes in. >> thank you, ma'am. [applause] >> good evening. i just want to speak briefly about the politics of political assassination. that is at state operations. this has not been mentioned. when that video was obtained, the call went to fill up.

that was day one. day two, he had plot -- lunch with willie brown. on day three guitar chords him again. the decision was made to call the police. then we get our district attorney. they end up with tainted evidence. he has to strike a deal to get it out. that is done properly. and then passes on to the mayor. here again i believe we have the influence of willie brown where they were at supper with their wives. it he said that you would have to dismiss the mayor.

all of this is to deprive the people of the decent sheriff who was the champion of the people. >> i respect how difficult this is going to be for you to make. the thing that is clear is misconduct. i hear people making accusations that have not been found dead. if a man loses his job because he makes a mistake, it is a poor day in america when the cycle of abuse is continued by depriving them and his ability to provide for his family. [applause]

>> good evening. i work at san francisco general. my first meeting, wait for me. i do not even remember what we were marching for. wait for me. what a great guy. he has shown me what an ethical, humane person he is. he has really taught me that lesson. just last week i was talking to him. is that what you did? i am so guilty. we had many fights on the way to the mall over 10 issues. i turn the car around and went home. i like to call myself a good parent for that.

he said that this was not a laughing matter. what i did was wrong. by and never going to forgive myself for that. not to treat this like it is a laughing matter. to take this as seriously as i can. that is a true ethical person. that is true humility right here. how do we not let something like that happened in our share of tax from the city side we heard this over and over. it is the city's will to have him as our share. give us our sheriff back and give theo his daddy back.

>> hello, commissioners. i served for 10 years on the relocation appeals board under three different mayors. four years as its president. i realize what a lofty decision you have in front of you. i work on similar matters of displacement for 10 years. i have been a member and an officer of the localization of the naturalization of women for the last 30 years. i am on the equity advisory committee for human rights commission. i have r knownoss mirkarimi for more than 30 years. i have known lopez said she moved here. i was there for the baby shower and the birth of theo.

your position as such over reached. it is so beyond the pale of what a commission or board should be doing. it is political payback. one thing i am taken by, i have been involved in san francisco politics for 30 years. i apologize for my brooklyn accent. the folks in this room come gay, latino, the labor council come se upnioers and disabled people like me. they are all here tonight. they have been here for five hours. they are pretty much unifying saying that this is over reach beyond what anybody can imagine. i hope you take that into account when you look into your

heart and your soul. [applause] >> hello, commissioners. i will be very brief. it has been a long afternoon and a long night. my name is josephwe. have been small business owners for over 27 years. i consider ourselves more civic minded. i even considered aspirations for politics. seeing what is going on in this city with this particular case is really in nauseating. it is the same that is going on in the country with the right wing trying to steal the next election. i will ask you and plead with you to do what is right. to reinstate this man to his job.

i am very upset by the fact that one of a vote and i do not want somebody to disenfranchise my vote, as has been done with the second term of george bush, when the u.s. supreme court -- excuse me, the people's vote was set aside and he was appointed by the u.s. supreme court. i know on a social level it is very liberal. politically speaking with what is happening now with the hijacking of the sheriff's career is the same old backroom politics with what has happened before. politically speaking, san francisco is not progressive. you have the illusion of being the progressive minded city. i recommend that this man be

reinstated to the job of sheriff and let the people decide. we are the ones that voted for him to be sure of. but him run his term. if we are satisfied, we know what to do. [applause] >> online name is rebecca. i am here to support these gentlemen right here. you have a family like everyone have family. what we do in this country is horrible. we see a lot of police killed and we do not do nothing. he is holding his wife and you guys are judging nothing. like he has no values. you guys look at him. his family is not here. we have to do our part. we see what is going on.

it is spending five hours and spending our taxes. we are judging him. its is just fighting. it is not time to be here spending time and doing nothing important. we have better things to do. our economy is horrible. we do have crime. let's do something else better. time is precious. >> good evening. i want to thank you all for being here. i am a constituent in district 5. i worked with ross mirkarimi 4

several years as a supervisor. we have several people in the overflow. the room was filled up in overflow. we are speaking for people who cannot be here. i will speak for one of them. he is a professor. he is an adjunct professor. he is a professor of ethics. as a professor of ethics, sound judgment must include the basic principle of law, making the punishment fit the crime. taking a job and a career related to a misdemeanor unrelated to job performance is not right. i believe this obvious fact should result in the ethics commission resulting that there are no grounds for dismissal from office. the lack of journalistic integrity in the media has clouded the community standard and judgment making any truly fair hearing is doubtful. this is setting a bad labor

precedent. [applause] >> my name is larry. i am probably the first out black person that ran for mayor in 1989. i know that a ba mayor brown will get an award for what he'd did forlbgt. i never wanted children. it scares me what you would do to a great man like this in the city of san francisco. you will make everything that we ever stood for look terrible. one little incident on new years. you get drunk and do something

on new year's eve. i graduated this june. the violence in c is aycle. this is not a cycle. if you are going to make this world a better place, we have to do the right thing in san francisco. we have 108 people on medicare in the city. we have 800,000 people in this city. you are harming elders. our future depends on thisi. f you don't do the ethical and right thing, it is time to move

forward. women cannot vote 207 years ago. you would have been burned as witches. move this ahead. [applause] >> my name is jerry. i am a member of sciu. four years ago i was laid off of my job. when i am listening to these lawyers, i am listening to what she is doing up there. the cost of keeping all of this going. we had a contract and we were trying to keep our insurance not too long ago. imc and all of this money for something that i don't