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michele alexander, the new jim- crow.ression is from -- the pipeline from schools to prisons. when somebody is stopped and frisked, that name is written down. no matter what his age, they have that name at the police department. think very carefully about your humanity. think about your own children, if they were likely to be targeted for stop and frisk. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. >> i am larry edmonds. i was bullied and high domestic violence in my sro apartment. you probably read that in the paper. what i am here to talk about is why i walk for aids. aides what is coming up this weekend. i walk for aids to stop racism, sexism, homophobia. san francisco is a little bit like the crazy people in washington, d.c., who do not want people to have health care in this country. you know what? some years ago, you all were making $33,000 a year. we voted you would make $135,000 so you could do the work of the people. we want san francisco and the mayor to do the work of the city and county. we are the last city to do a

i think people here are familiar with michele alexander's book, the new jim crow, which outlines the going on against black and latino youth in this country, the 2.4 million youths that are incarcerated right now. it is way beyond the percentages of white. as far as what has happened in new york city, i think it is one out of a youth -- eight youth. nine out of 10 of the people charged with anything have not been released, as far as a stop and frisk. very few people have charges against them. if it took someone on the street and did that, you would have the same thing. this is also the anniversary of the killing of kenneth hardy. -- kenneth harding. why was he stopped in the first place? he was stopped because of stop and frisk. it was not named that, but that policy is going on right now in the mission district and the bayview, without it being officially a policy. we need to not make this policy official. it is already going on. there are actions happening this weekend in relationship to the anniversary of kenneth harding, including a call for muni to shut down on monday. >> i just

i think people here are familiar with michele alexander's book, the new jim crow, which outlines the going on against black and latino youth in this country, the 2.4 million youths that are incarcerated right now. it is way beyond the percentages of white. as far as what has happened in new york city, i think it is one out of a youth -- eight youth. nine out of 10 of the people charged with anything have not been

kind of new jim crow era that people like michelle alexander talk about so in one sense it is new but in another sense it isn't and i also want to emphasize that you know we're younger activists we live the majority of our adult lives like after nine eleven after he treat acts cetera et cetera more or less you know the state so you know way it's a lot less surprising for us than i think it is for all the people were used to this and we see this all the time and we've grown up and it's still somewhat shocking though at least it to me that they would do this and from what i understand i mean you guys were zip tied your hands were tied while the raid was going on but nobody was arrested and what kind of items did they take out of your apartment. and no one was arrested they took basically they took of black hoodie that belonged to my girlfriend they took a few gloves a pink scarf. they took a notebook that belonged to my girlfriend that was going to a she was one of the she's five i don't concede i don't there are some that you know it was a notebook with her and snow you know they took

you see it from michelle alexander's book "the new jim crow" governor cuomo. >> libertarians like ronaul. >> governor cuomo not legalizing but decriminalizing marijuana. right now christie. you still can't campaign on legalization or treatment. you know, that's not going to get you anywhere. >> you've got to be tough on crime. >> you can still get very far being tough on crime which of course means tough on young black and brown men which is what we have with stop and frisk that we're going to sort of feel up every black and brown man we can get close to. 90% of these frisks yield nothing but they make the police and judges seem tough, prosecutors, politicians, on and on. >> i would say what's interesting here is i don't see a political movement at this point with influence to reform the drug laws. it gross out of the experience of politicians. christie is interesting. the experience, this guy was a federal prosecutor, a united states attorney for eight years. this isn't the first issue where he said something surprising that is rooted in the experience. immigration is the other issue

. >> michelle alexander calls it the new jicrownot becausof thbrowand bla bodi, but peop whore jtimplhis a jor yolital poweent,ut ts h bee abt por a the right to vote you take away the vote but also the economic disempowerment. many who gonto pso cant gea j, caot fdhoing, thiss a moray to undmine eie bncy of communities of color and a poor community of color. it is the new gym jim crow, but we heoreakt up >> wneere tking aut the 8' b bdn the fir ur,e wer tking abo this notion of privatizing, there are people who are gettingconoc befitsrom inrcering r mmuny. thas a gssue but we ouldot le sit othe ct tt th replica par benefitsirectly from this because they are disenfranchising people who would vote overwhelmingly decrat. >>ne ifivelackoter i viiniandorid th's t elecon. >> tre y go >> o iive bckvote, w knowhe vt majity of the votes would go to president obama if they were able to be cast. >> i work on legislative iues with opening up opportunies r the iolvein t crimal jtice syem. i'llever fgetetti dow wi a setor. we wenhe disict ine prisons, he took a look at the buding and said, this is

. >> michelle alexander calls it the new jim crow, not because of the brown and black bodies, but peoplefranchised. >> some people think this is a major way of political empowerment, but this has been about power and the right to vote. you take away the vote but also the economic disempowerment. many who go into prison cannot get a job, cannot find housing, this is a major way to undermine the vie brancy of communities of color and a poor community of color. it is the new gym jim crow, but we have to break it up. >> when we were talking about the 8'2" big bird in the first hour, we were talking about this notion of privatizing, there are people who are getting economic benefits from incarcerating our community. >> that's a big issue but we should not lose sight of the fact that the republican party benefits directly from this because they are disenfranchising people who would vote overwhelmingly democratic. >> one in five black voters in virginia and florida? that's the election. >> there you go. >> one in five black voters, we know the vast majority of the votes would go to president ob

we think that the new jim-crow on one level we think about michele alexander's best-selling book aboutmass incarceration and the african-american community. what i want to do today is extend that metaphor beyond just incarceration. we are going to dhaka but incarceration today but i want to expend that to public schools, to racial, political and economic inequality to the death of trayvon martin sheeran harlem to the issues of police brutality to our foreign policy and the drone that checks against innocent globalist. i want to extend the metaphor of the new jim crow to the new tax on the voting rights for african-americans and minorities in places like florida and all over the united states. i want to extend that metaphor of the new jim crow to the political and public policy assault on poor black women that continues to this day. i want to extend that metaphor to the hip-hop generation and generations of young black men and women who we are writing off today as we speak as a nation because we do not care whether they can read, write, have food, suffering from malnutrition, whether th

alexander, and the treasurer's office. i also wanted to say that the second district parent teacher leaders, like michelle parker and the jeffersonne elementary school, i wanted to of knowledge one of the parent leaders from our richmond district for his hard work on this in his great insight in putting this together. guaranteed share organizations for several years have been holding special parking events on parking lots to raise a supplemental revenues. everything from fleet week to be hardly strictly bluegrass from october. currently the business tax regulation code requires that these events be taxed at a rate of 25%. this creates a burden on many of these parent-led volunteer organizations who are staging these events for the sole benefit of the unified school districts. by amending the existing law to exempt these fund-raisers from being taxed, it allows volunteers and parent organizers reap the benefits of their efforts. follows. the tax collector would issue what is called a special school parking event permit to the city's pta umbrella for the following criteria. the event parking must be conducted by a volunteer in a ta

michele flournoy. >>> we're live in london next with peter alexander. >>> the fix of going negative. the new numbers behind the nbc news "wall street journal" polls. >>> coming up, the qualifying rounds, colombia and sweden and north africa. this is andrea mitchell on msnbc. i don't spend money on gasoline. i don't have to use gas. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. drive around town all the time doing errands and never ever have to fill up gas in the city. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. the last time i went to the gas station must have been about three months ago. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. ♪ and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry

michelle. thank you very much. among those getting ready for the olympic games, gop presidential hopeful mitt romney. he's in london on the first leg of a week-long foreign tour. peter alexander has more on romney's trip and the presidential race. peter, good morning to you. >> matt, good morning to you. already this morning mitt romney is wrapping up his first round of meetings with british leaders. today he'll meet with the british prime minister david cameron. the wall street journal poll shows by a double digit margin more americans trust president obama than mitt romney to handle foreign policy issues. on this trip, romney is hoping to close that gap with a show of statesmanship. taking a break from domestic campaign politics, mitt romney is hoping to boost his foreign policy credentials. this morning visiting with britain's former prime minister tony blair. >> fabulous. >> in london through friday's opening ceremony, romney is hoping to highlight his own olympic experience, reviving the 2002 salt lake city games, then plagued by scandal and debt. but now even that success story is being used against him with a pro-obama super pac spoofing romney's business background in