you know, i remember back in january, i was able to help misha out at a protest we had involving randallcan who was a handicapped man shot in the back. as he was wheeling himself away from the sfpd he was shot several times. and you know, it's just over and over again. i feel that -- especially in a city like san francisco, this is an outrage. and we need to do something about it, so therefore i'm here in support of every organization that is calling out for reform, severe reform, significant reform in this area, and again, we want legislation. we want an independent investigation because the sfpd cannot independently investigate itself, obviously. it's not possible. so that is what i'm here for today, and i hope that we are able to get something done with regards to this. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> i'm riadakiama with "revolution newspaper." i wanted to read something from basics. there would be no united states as we know it today without slavery and what we have, michelle alexander wrote a book and talked about after slavery, you had jim crow and lynching in this coun