as we've seen from ferguson to san francisco and oakland to the alex nieto to the grant cases. the problems with racism and bias and policing is a national and social justice issue and san francisco is not exempt. on an individual level it's important that we'll hear today that we recognize that we all have biases of course and we need to consistently hold ourselves in check and call out these biases when they are kicking in and we need to constantly be developing skills to keep our biases from our actions and keep from reporting and monitoring and chekz and balances. on a systemic level as a city, as a society, monitoring this and resource mechanism to address to this situation within our departments. i want to highlight some harsh realities provided by our administration of justice. these are harsh realities in san francisco. 6% of san francisco residents are african american or black yet 56% of our males in jails are african american or black. black drivers are three times likely to be stopped for traffic offenses than white drivers. black defendants are more likely to have