i'm personally acquainted with desmond morgan, the sponsors of this. i have the highest regard for their integrity and entrepreneurial endeavors. i strongly support the proposed venture in our neighborhood. it is clear that cannabis is and will continue to be a strong market in our community. the proposed bill will bring added business and foot traffic to the area which would benefit neighboring businesses as well. the proposed the proposal by the press includes security by the way of designated staff with benefits to the area as well. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is brian springfield. i have lived in the castro for over 21 years. this is the first time i have come to speak at one of these hearings. i am doing so because i think it is important. i feel like an approval of this application will be of great benefit to the neighborhood. i am on the board of castro merchants. i'm also on the board as vice president of the friends of harvey milk plaza going on three years now, i have been really impressed with the generosity of both desmon

registering to vote is not normally an emotional affair but desmond made this was a moment he fought hard for like over a 1000000 florida residents desmond has a criminal record something that prevented him from voting for decades last november all that changed when residents overwhelmingly approved a groundbreaking ballot measure restoring the voting rights of people with convictions so i get to take my affair with a lie could go vote with my family for the 1st time in the case that means a lot to me that means not only that i can vote but this is a state this this is an opportunity that we have busy now to stimulate the conversation about how important voting is since in the state's republican controlled legislature to change the language of the amendment ruling that extra ones must pay outstanding fees and fines before they're eligible to vote the vast majority of defendants are poor when they're arrested and even more financially challenged after they were released from prison to add their legal fees and fines to where they may fit in a case frame almost the same disenfranchiseme

real of him all of the commandos look at the camera they can't help looking the camera even though desmond they own sergeant grant us the man not to look at the camera when they were filming them because of course looking at the camera is the way you break the artifice of cinema in the british army there was an unwritten set of guidelines about how you present all represent corpses you didn't show british dead or allied dead and you didn't show the dead civilians or civilians in distress they knew that these scenes wouldn't be used by the newsreels so given that they only had a very small amount of stock 10 rolls of film so about 10 to 12 minutes of film there was no point filming scenes that wouldn't have any use however there is one scene which is shot by i think it's. on juno beach where a film some dead canadians of the longshore regiment in the water just near the shore now if you didn't look very closely you wouldn't realize that this was a dead body it's very discreet it's a mid show your cameraman is about 10 feet away from the body and there's lots of other rubbish or flotsam and

hard for like over a 1000000 florida residents desmond has a criminal record something that prevented him from voting for decades last november all that changed when residents overwhelmingly approved a groundbreaking ballot measure with storing the voting rights of people with convictions to take. a lie could go vote with my family for the 1st time in the case that means a lot to me that means not only that i can vote but this is a step this this is an opportunity that we have now to stimulate a conversation about how important voting is since in the state's republican controlled legislature to change the language of the amendment ruling that x. felons must pay outstanding fees and fines before the eligible to vote the vast majority of defendants are poor when they're arrested and even more financially challenged after they released from prison to add their legal fees and fines to where they may fit a case pretty much almost the same disenfranchisement though it was to begin with and that the voters that a vote for i just received this. for those without legal fees or who've managed t

real of him all of the commandos look at the camera they can't help looking the camera even though desmond they own sergeant grant asked the men not to look at the camera when they were filming them because of course looking at the camera is the way you break the artifice of cinema in the british army there was an unwritten set of guidelines about how you present or represent the corpses you didn't show british dead or allied dead and you didn't show dead civilians or civilians in distress they knew that these scenes wouldn't be used by the news reels so given that they only had a very small amount of stock 10 rolls of film so about 10 to 12 minutes of film there was no point filming scenes that wouldn't have any use however there is one scene which is shot by i think it's. on juno beach where he filmed some dead canadians of the longshore regiment in the water just near the shore now if you didn't look very closely you wouldn't realise that this was a dead body it's very discreet it's a miniature your cameraman is about 10 feet away from the body and there's lots of other rubbish or flots

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registering to vote is not normally an emotional affair but desmond made this was a moment he fought hard for like over a 1000000 florida residents desmond has a criminal record something that prevented him from voting for decades last november all that changed when residents overwhelmingly approved a groundbreaking ballot measure restoring the voting rights of people with convictions so i get to take my affair with a lie could go vote with my family for the 1st time in the case that means a lot to me that means not only that i can vote but this is a state this this is an opportunity that we have busy now to stimulate a conversation about how important voting is since in the state's republican controlled legislature to change the language of the amendment ruling that extra ones must pay outstanding fees and fines before they're eligible to vote the vast majority of defendants are poor when they're arrested and even more financially challenged after they released from prison to add their legal fees and fines to where they may fit in a case pretty almost the same disenfranchisement tho

next we have doctor desmond patton. he is an associate professor at columbia university, he is a public inter-technologist and uses qualitative and confrontational data collection methods to examine the relationship between youth and gang violence and social media. how and why violence creates and identity are expressed on social media, and the real world impact the expressions have on the well-being of low income use of color. doctor patton is the lecture of the safe lab, a member of the data science institute. and faculty affiliate of the social intervention group, and holds a courtesy appointment in the department of sociology. next we have meredith clark, she is an assistant professor at the university of virginia where she studies intersections of race, media and power. her more recent work has focused on understanding contextualizing and analyzing the ways that black people have used digital and social media and mainstream news, her research has been published in journalism and mass medication editor, the journal

desmond fled here from nigeria. is middlesbrough a good place to live? this is my home now.ive now. this is my home now. anybody that describes me as being from middlesbrough. things are not always positive here. three years ago, we reported on the racist graffiti carved into the front doors of asylum—seekers. in 2019, prospects have improved, things are more organised. the missing words are... this woman is a syrian refugee. improving her english so she can work in her chosen profession. i was a pharmacist and i now work there for more than three years. since i arrived here, i tried to find a certificate to be able to work as a pharmacist. good afternoon. this charity pays for those classes, but at one local hospital, the results. on boxing day, at 9am, three of the junior doctors here were from the programme. so they were here on our bank holiday looking after patients on teesside. the realities of seeking asylum a long way from home are also being tackled. so many things, as a migrant you face, very difficult and very challenging moment in your life. but this is been a hu

and georgia and russian officials say they will only rejoin pays a full membership is guaranteed desmond martie director of pangea why a group group told us the dispute is far from over this decision it will be. argued that debated among its members ready and because it was an agreed only unanimously by all members. of the ukraine is very much against. there's other member states who voice their opposition to language to rejoin the peace organization. but as you can see their. hopes have been sidelined which has allowed russia to rejoin the business issue but we have to reread to see what the question is this will. this will give legitimacy to russia to continue with military separations wapping thank you but then again you see what the true knowledge of our own to be of this important step we need to take this is a. big overhaul as to where it is the reforms. the race to be britain's next conservative party leader and thereby prime minister is in full swing the sky is debate between the 2 remaining candidates has been cancelled after frontrunner barra's johnson fell to reply to the invi

in the famous words of archbishop desmond tutu, "there comes a point where we need to stopjust pulling upstream and find out why "they are falling in." as well as a change of economic policy, we believe it's time to regulate further the interest that can be charged on overdrafts and credit cards, to look at the marketing of credit to vulnerable people, and to ensure there is real and effective financial education in schools. there is a lot to do. this statement is a move in the right direction today. but let's make sure we keep going in that direction. in scotland, we've got the debt arrangement scheme that was launched in 2004 and was reformed significantly in 2011, and that includes a breathing space built into the scheme. since the reforms in scotland, over £200 million of debt has been repaid and 6,000 people have completed a debt payment plan through 2011—2018. so, i'm pleased to see in particularly the consultation response that the government published today, that the government has looked at the system in scotland and has learned lessons and looked at the way that's worked. it

desmond tutu said that and he was right. and even if it didn't butterfly effect into the body public, can any of us say our lives wouldn't be a little better if we were a little more conscientious about practicing kindness? that's our argument for tonight. thank you for watching. "cnn tonight" with don lemon starts now. >> you said it, brother. even the conversations we have here. people take it out of context. some of the guys in studio said you didn't get a chance to say really say everything you wanted to say because you were trying to rush, but i think we just need to give people a little bit more leeway in conversations because that's the way you discuss things, and you and i know that. actually, when we go and talk to people, even in person, we say this is a -- the difficult conversations that you have. not everything is perfect. we're not perfect, but don't cast gate peop ca castigate people for saying the wrong word. lately people are way too out there and crazy. and divided. >> look at themselves. they need to the e

desmond tutu said that and he was right.ect into the body public, can any of us say our lives wouldn't be a little better if we were a little more conscientious about practicing kindness? that's our argument for tonight. thank you for watching. "cnn tonight" with don lemon starts now. >> you said it, brother. even the conversations we have here. people take it out of context. some of the guys in studio said you didn't get a chance to say really say everything you wanted to say because you were trying to rush, but i think we just need to give people a little bit more leeway in conversations because that's the way you discuss things, and you and i know that. actually, when we go and talk to people, even in person, we say this is a -- the difficult conversations that you have. not everything is perfect. we're not perfect, b

well, etika, he is 29, real name desmond amofah, but better known as the gamer who discusses nintendoen about in the past and we will play a quick clip that gives an idea of how he talks about it. one thing that i'll tell you that i have missed hitting is the goddamn news feed. i missed out on so many things when i was gone in my little hiatuses. i most stuff like the fire emblem three heroes announcements and stuff like the joker reveal, but no more! as you might have heard on there he refers to his hiatus, and you might have seen the animation, a little caption, and unless you are very eagle eyed i will read you what it said. "it would see my channel is doing well, time for another mental breakdown. " —— would seem that my channel. he has gone missing. what is the latest? six days ago he uploaded a cryptic video, apologising to those he had let down, but also talking about suicidal thoughts. aside from one tweet he posted a couple of hours later that is the last people have heard from him. he has gone silent. police in new york have been investigating and now the new york post newsp

desmond tutu, archbishop desmond tutu of south africa said once, without forgiveness, there is the future. we have to forgive one another. but that doesn't mean we stop there. we have work to do. and let's work for reconciliation. i wonder if my sister here - >> actually a question - mr. coates. it had to go really clearly. i had one question for mr. coates. if you wanted at something real quick. i'm running out of time. >> --. >> i know that. >> it's a little frustrating the economic questions are being directed to noneconomists. think i have some things that i would like to be able to say about some of this. but thank you, brother court for passing the mic. i really appreciate it. the questions about predatory lending, really needs -- your sister congresswoman raised, really need to be dealt with. because it is not just something that is happening - >> if you're going to talk about predatory lending, can you also, i was going to, can you -- answer also. this whole history of the exclusion of blacks from some of the early -- like social security and --. because it all is about economic s

desmond tutu of south africa said once without forgiveness, there is no future. we have to forgive one another, but that doesn't mean we stop there. we have work to do, and this is work for reconciliation. i wonder if my sister here -- >> actually, i had a question for mr. coates. you'd have to go really quickly. i had one question for mr. coates. if you wanted to add something real quick, i'm running out of time. >> i'm the economist on the panel. it's frustrating economic questions are being directed to noneconomists. i have things i'd like to say about some of this, but thank you, my brother for giving me -- for passing the mic. i appreciate it. questions about predatory lending really need -- your sister congresswoman raised, really need to be dealt with, because it's not just that it's something that's happening -- > >> if you're going to talk about predatory lending, could you also add, i was going to ask him, and you could answer. this whole history of the exclusion of blacks from some of the early programs like social security. >> yes, minimum wage. >> it