danielle lott? >> yes, ma'am. i'm so sorry for doing that in the courtroom.my emotions took over. and i should have never disrespected you. you are the judge. i should have respected you. this overnight stay has literally -- i work. we was in the jail. i'm so sorry that -- i'm so, so sorry. >> what is it about the experience overnight in jail that has caused you to calm down today? >> i never, ever -- there was a lot of drug addicts and a lot of different type of things around me. and i just -- that's not the life i want to live and i should have respected what you said. i have five children. i have no respect like this at all. >> i appreciate that. so at this time i'm accepting your apologies. i think in the future if you are ever in a courtroom you will be respectful. i'm going to give you credit for the one day served and i'm letting you go right now. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you counsels for being present. >> we get to go home. >> to our babies. >> how do you guys feel right now? >> good. >> good, relieved. this morning we talked by ourselves

lott yale university in his new book. terrific book and i am going to give it some play right here. [applause]. professor foreman's left in your right is danielle allen who is university professor at harvard university and her new book is called cause, the life and times of michael a. [applause]. before asking her questions really both of these books are about what i think is the number one civil rights issue of our time. the police racial massive car's ration in the and the way in which mass incarceration has disfigured and really distorted american democracy on multiple levels, levels of race, class, gender, mental health and citizenship. of both of these books readable-- really utilize academic knowledge and personal expense and reflection. especially the book by danielle. my first question professor alan and down yell, if i may, is you are trained well known classicist, political theorist and philosopher and this is such an intimate portrayal of a cousin of yours who got caught up in our criminal justice system. what inspired you to write this book? >> so, first of all i may just say how glad i am to be here in austin. gay austin. [applause