ms. padilla -- abdullah. >> thank you. respected board, public safety committee members, i am a u.s. citizen. i am an arab american community leader and a human rights activist originally from yemen. i am an arab american that has lived in this country for over 15 years. in all my time here, i have lived among many other arab- americans, who along with me, are being mistreated for no reason, just because of the way we look at who we are. we are being harassed and mistreated by the law- enforcement authorities. they treated us as if we were second-class citizens. i am an arab-american. i have responsibilities and rights as a citizen in this country. i look forward to local policy that will respect my constitutional rights, local policy that will protect my basic human rights and dignity and respect my existence as a part of this nation. this act of discrimination is impacting our community's help by causing stress, fear, and fear impacting our community education, growth, and development. we are community members appeared we need to be able to turn to government agencies and law enfor