doctor wenz is an advocate. he's also a vietnam veteran who saw many people suffer from substance abuse in the wake of that war and conflict and has a tremendous amount of experience. he as a doctorate. a master's degree in working with children and works in his own consulting business as well. doctor tomas wenz. >> angela chan as worked with san francisco and community based organization in the area of violence reduction and hate crimes. she understands that often violence is simply a manifestation of conditions that we are preprogrammed to assume. we are seeing that now. this whole issue the race being played out in the presidental elections. quite frankly untruths told about one another. if we understood the common history and the proud places from which we come, much of the violence and conflict could be avoided. she has done a number of presentations around the city and state. angela chan. officer lowis borilla. she took a particular interest in working with youth and with schools. she was a sro , school re

that can't be done unless you already have as my colleague, doctor wenz is saying. part of the sro program, it offers 6 officers skills clinic. we are doing that within 9 middle schools. it's grant funded specifically for that. and so far, the funding stream is there and the school district has been supportive of that as well. that add to the other programs. project impact and alert. all very important programs. the other piece that we're charged to do is help create a saver environment for the children in school. so we, as school resource officers, wear many hats. 1 day we are mediating or siting a child. we offer classes. we have a wilderness component. we take them hiking. we do that with the school district, the boys club and the ymca. the connection is the important thing. without the connection and listening relationship, there is no trust. that's what we strive to build. >> thank you. did you want to add something, angela? >> yes, i did, i had a couple of action items. i think this is a good time to add. to officer parillo. there's a lot of great programs. i

doctor wenz, can you state clearly what sel is for everybody >> it's social emotional learning. learning about one's self and how to recognize and work with other people's feelings too >> can we give all the panelists a round of applause. we will move to questions. we have iona with the mic. >> we got a question right here. . >> hi my name is joanne, i visited atlanta for social reform >> where are you? >> i am here. i visited atlanta for a whole week. the community bus is the best thing we can have if we can put it together. it's nothing like bringing the community together. you have to start at home. if you want to put something together, you have to go to the communities. have the youth say it. i see a lot of youth parents taking them to school because they are afraid they won't see their child again. it starts in the community. this meeting is really great. you are preaching to the choir. we need to speak to the youth. i have seen violence on the bus of a kid showing off a weapon in the bay view. people don't want to change and they don't want to be labeled. we are not prote

. >> just this past webber, wenz did inmates jailed along with rudy gaday testified he told them neitheriend were at the house the night of meredith kercher's murder. on monday gaday himself took the witness stand claiming those inmates were lying. after his testimony knox once again d

. >> just this past webber, wenz did inmates jailed along with rudy gaday testified he told them neitheriend were at the house

>> just this past webber, wenz did inmates jailed along with rudy gaday testified he told >>> it happened in the dark of night. a wrong turn down a dead end road. it would end up costing him 17 years in prison. >> there's no way i could have committed that crime. >> a state bureau of investigation crime lab withheld evidence that could have set him free. >> floyd brown spent 14 years locked up for a crime he didn't commit. >> was there any evidence whatsoever linking him to the crime? >> no. the only thing that puts floyd in this case at all is the fictional confession. >> i think over the last 20 years, a culture has developed at the sbi that basically the ends justify the means. >> you'd hope these were isolated incidents. the more we dug the more we found that wasn't the case. >> you never anticipate anything like this. you always think that there's a sense of justice in the world and that the system works. >>> it was september 25th, 1991, in raleigh, north carolina. and greg taylor was spiralling down a destructive path. a husband and devoted father with a steady job, he was fighting