their names include my neighbor, and my name appeal and lopez and jessica williams, and. >> j. gonzalez: zoos and and matthew hoffman and keggen harding and. >> next speaker. >> >> good evening. this is kylie speaking and i'm calling in support of the charter amendment and this moment where there's a ground swell of demand for the sfpd to be abolished you remove any language regarding maximizing police presence in the community. this requirement is outdated and arbitrary it threatens the safety of communities of color, trans communities and unhoused neighbors. it's long overdue for a massive par dime shift but black abolitionist have been calling on for years and instead of maximizing police presence it's time to maximize affordable housing, accessible transit, equitable education for youth, health and well-being outcomes and true safety for all community members. this is an important first step and it cannot be the last. thank you. thank you for your comments. next speaker. i list in district 5 and i'm eliminating the staffing requirement maximizing police presence in the comm

station doesn't take away this commission gave 40 day's suspension to a police officer that killed jessica williams and finally, to people that think other people are not represented by a black live's matter sign, i encourage them to research the data as to whom lives repetitively don't matter across the board. thank you. >> i wanted to let the public know the letter is under the 30-decore spon30-decore upon-dd. >> speaker: in general, i don't see how a poster will do a lot and also, on the political speech thing, i don't see why a black lives matter poster is ok but other forms of why not -- why isn't the confederate flag -- i mean, obviously the confederate flag is not the same as a black lives matter poster, but why not hang an american indian movement poster? who gets to decide what is appropriate and what isn't? when do certain forms of political speech come into favor and when don't they. i feel like somi feel like so. >> speaker: my name is michael petrlillis and i question what happened when the rainbow signs went up in the police station indicating that if gay people felt the need to go to

we won't forget jessica williams who was houseless and kill in 2016. black lives matter. black sex workers matter, black transworkers matter. i don't wave my time. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker please. >> hello, i just wanted to note that an earlier speaker was making a great point. the police were made to protect him and his stuff. that just goes to show that sfpd is reinforcing white supremacy, protecting wealthy white people and their property at the expense of everybody else's lives. i want to reiterate the point that people who are cycling in and out of the justice system are not there because they want to be. the cost of our criminal justice system is spiraling out of control. without a change to our safety, the criminal justice system is a danger to our community. these funds could address the community directly instead of wasted this way. disarm and defund the sfpd and redirect it for represent -- >> thank you for your comment. next speaker please. >> hi, can you hear me? >> yes, we can. >> great. hi, my name is catherine. i live in district four. i

i'm still stuck on why the killer of jessica williams only got 40 days suspension for murder, and he's able to work. anybody in their life could survive for 40 days without pay. that's too easy and definitely not acceptable for someone that murdered someone, so we vote to have all sessions open, and quit toking, smoking, and joking with the police officers' commission, and that's all. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. i'm jeff watson. i'm a resident of district 5, and i'm also calling to express concern about the closed session items. i think it's -- i think as a resident, i would expect that these types of things wouldn't be held in closed session, and to hold him in closed session just feels like it excludes me from participating in democracy and obfuscates the decisions that are being made. i yield my time. >> clerk: commissioner, that is the end of public comment. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next line item. >> clerk: line item 5, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 8 below, closed session, including public comment on item 7, vote whe

i'm still stuck on why the killer of jessica williams only got 40 days suspension for murder, and he's able to work. anybody in their life could survive for 40 days without pay. that's too easy and definitely not acceptable for someone that murdered someone, so we vote to have all sessions open, and quit toking, smoking, and joking with the police officers' commission, and that's all. >> clerk: good evening, caller. you have two minutes. >> hi. i'm jeff watson. i'm a resident of district 5, and i'm also calling to express concern about the closed session items. i think it's -- i think as a resident, i would expect that these types of things wouldn't be held in closed session, and to hold him in closed session just feels like it excludes me from participating in democracy and obfuscates the decisions that are being made. i yield my time. >> clerk: commissioner, that is the end of public comment. >> vice president taylor: thank you. next line item. >> clerk: line item 5, public comment on all matters pertaining to item 8 below, closed session, including public comment on item 7, vote whe

we're talking serena williams, natalie portman, khashoggi jessica chastain, america ferrera, jenniferhe even bought a stake in the team for her 2-year-old daughter alexis olympia as an investment. the group joining forces after they attended a u.s. women's national team match in l.a. back in 2019 and they got to work. no venue yet. no team name yet. they have not been announced but there is a twitter account called angel city that posted this promo video writing the time has come to reshape expectations on and off the soccer field. this is the place. the time is now. welcome to the beginning. some u.s. women's national team players like julie foudy, mia ham and abby wambach are also investors. it will be the 11th team set to debut in los angeles spring 2022. that is great news, so exciting. >>> also this morning, black friday shop something months away, we know, and one store that normally gets massive crowds by starting the night before is taking itself out of the game altogether. for the first time in 30 years walmart will not open on thanksgiving. walmart's president and ceo saying

we got some young readers out there jessica kim is going to be friday, may 22 and we also have williament kruger on thursdays may 28 all of them are 5:00 p.m. mountain time. the author we have today and very excited for this. my reading has expanded so much getting to do the these author events in this book is no exception. i'm so excited to pick her brain. hadar aviram is a professor of law at the university of california hastings college of law. she's the author of "cheap on crime" and the transformation of american punishment and coeditor of the legal process and the promise of justice. she is a frequent media commentator and runs the california correctional crisis law. we here to talk about her book "yesterday's monsters" and him and invite her to join me. and get a turn on her video here. let me get her connected and we will get this show on the road. hello! welcome! >> hi everyone. thank you for joining us. i know you're a little bit earlier than us so thank you for hanging out with us before dinner time.>> this is perfect. my toddler is napping and i have time and this is great.

any of you who have some young readers out there, jessica kim, friday, may 22nd, and we also have will qualm kent krueger on thursday, may 28th. william. but the author we have today, i'm very excited, i just -- guys, my reading has expanded so much getting to do these author events, and this book is no exception. i'm just so excited to pick her brain. hadar avenue rim -- avarm the author of cheap on crime and the transformation of american punishment and co-editor of the legal process. she's a frequent media commentator and runs the california correctional crisis blog. we're here to talk about her book, "yesterday's monsters," and i'm going to be inviting hadar to join me. let me get her connected, and we'll get this show on the road. let's see, here we go. hello! welcome. >> hi, everybody. >> thanks for joining us. i know that you're a little bit behind, you're earlier than us, so thank you for hanging out with us before dinner time. [laughter] >> this is perfect. i have time. this is great. >> yea, or i'm so glad. >> thank you so much for doing this. >> oh, it's our pleasure, truly. like we said in the intro, we really want to shar

william barr grilled for hours by democratic lawmakers. they didn't really hold back. barr defended the federal response to protests in cities including portland. cnn's jessicalive in washington with the latest on this. this was something, jessica. >> it was, john. a contentious clash, with the attorney general punching back amid those criticisms that he is working only for the president and repeated questions about his handling of those controversial cases involving michael flynn and roger stone. but bill barr, he asserted that he has always acted independently. democrats, though, dug in. they detailed their many grievances against the ag. >> you raise your right hand, please? >> house democrats clashing with attorney general bill barr on kp capitol hill. barr was on defense, as chairman nadler accused him of working only for the president. >> you have aided and abetted the worst failings of the president. >> reporter: barr defended the justice department's actions against peaceful protesters across the nation, including deploying federal officers to portland, where protests outside the courthouse have been going on for two months. >> we are concerned about

their names include my neighbor, and my name appeal and lopez and jessica williams, and. >> j. gonzalez: zoos and and matthew hoffman and keggen harding and. >> next speaker. >> >> good evening. this is kylie speaking and i'm calling in support of the charter amendment and this moment where there's a ground swell of demand for the sfpd to be abolished you remove any language regarding maximizing police presence in the community. this requirement is outdated and arbitrary it threatens the safety of communities of color, trans communities and unhoused neighbors. it's long overdue for a massive par dime shift but black abolitionist have been calling on for years and instead of maximizing police presence it's time to maximize affordable housing, accessible transit, equitable education for youth, health and well-being outcomes and true safety for all community members. this is an important first step and it cannot be the last. thank you. thank you for your comments. next speaker. i list in district 5 and i'm eliminating the staffing requirement maximizing police presence in the comm