author alex vitale hen a look at this issue and makes his case in his recent book, "the end of policing." in the first of our two-partpo on alternative policing methods, newshour weekend's yvette felicianopoke with vitale about whether or not we're asking police officers to do too much. >> reporter: from last month's controversial arrests of two black men in a philadelphia starbucks, to the viral videos of a black woman's contentious arrest in an alabama waffle house, to a school-based police ficer near san diego slamming a 17-year-old student onto the ground, to the fatal police shooting in new york of an unarmed black man who suffered from bipolar disorder, conversations about how police react when they're called to a scene-- especially invng communities of color-- are everywhere. but there's one idea that is different from all the others. what if poli hadn't been involved in these incidents at all? that's what alex vitale, professor of sociolo and coordinator of the policing and social justice project brooklyn college, argues in his recent book, "the end of licing." >> in many cases,

as professor alex vitale said in his book the end of policing felony arrests of any kind are a rarity for uniformed officers with most making no more than one a year this is a big deal because it means most of what police do is stand around. going to find people to harass for doing almost nothing wrong they're almost never fighting lex luthor al capone's runnin down the street with a car full of money from the heist you know that's not really going on that much even when they're dressed up like they're you know get ready to fight darth vader there they're actually getting ready to assault some grannies for peace. or maybe some native americans who had the gall to want clean water or perhaps some black people who had the nerve to be black people. and if one black person calls another black person now they can be convicted of conspiracy to be black people. so if there's thousands of americans killed by police over the past decade about half of them not even holding a gun at the time of their murder and congress has done nothing about that why did congress just fall all over themselves t

as professor alex vitale said in his book the end of policing felony arrests of any kind are a rarity for uniformed officers with most making no more than one year this is a big deal because it means most of what police do is stand around try. find people to harass for doing almost nothing wrong they're almost never fighting lex luthor al capone's running down the street with a car full of money from the heist you know that's not really going on that much even when they're dressed up like they're you know get ready to fight darth vader there they're actually getting ready to assault some grannies for peace. or maybe some native americans who had the gall to want clean water or perhaps some black people who had the nerve to be black people. and if one black person calls another black person now they can be convicted of conspiracy to be black people. so if there's thousands of americans killed by police over the past decade about half of them not even holding a gun at the time of their murder and congress has done nothing about that why did congress just fall all over themselves to make

as professor alex vitale said in his book the end of policing felony arrests of any kind are a rarity for a uniformed officers with most making no more than one year this is a big deal because it means most of what police do is stand around. going to find people to harass for doing almost nothing wrong they're almost never fighting lex luthor al capone's runnin down the street with a car full of money from the heist you know that's not really going on that much even when they're dressed up like they're you know get ready to fight darth vader there they're actually getting ready to assault some grannies for peace. or maybe some native americans who had the gall to want clean water or perhaps some black people who had the nerve to be black people. and if one black person calls another black person now they can be convicted of conspiracy to be black people. too if there's thousands of americans killed by police over the past decade about half of them not even holding a gun at the time of their murder and congress has done nothing about that why did congress just fall all over themselves

vital interests for safety and economic interests, among other reasons. thanks so much. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good morning, chair cohen and supervisors. my name is alex major. i'm here today to speak in support of the port seawall project. the embarcadero seawall is the foundation of 500 acres of downtown neighborhoods, the under pittance of critical infrastuckture. we think it's important to note that one out of every eight jobs in the bay area is located in downtown san francisco, and a 2007 study estimated that the seawall protects over $100 billion of assets and economic activities, so for these reasons, we ask you to support the seawall project. thank you. >> supervisor cohen: thank you. >> good afternoon, chair cohen and members of the committee. my name is thea seldy, and for identification only, i am the former chair of the citizens general obligation bond oversight committee, and i am the current chair of the san francisco transit riders, which is a grassroots nonprofit that is the voice of the san francisco muni, b.a.r.t., and caltrain riders. and i'm here today to urge you to support this $425 million bond. as you know, the embarcadero sea

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