. >>> my name is paulette brown and i'm here again i'm going to show the video i've been showing every week concerning our little children, the violence going on here [speaker not understood]. [video presentation] >> it is quite another to experience the sudden violent death of a loved one. >>> it is not a joke. [gunshots] >> in 2004 san francisco experienced [speaker not understood] ♪ >>> [speaker not understood], we need someone to stand with us. we feel sorry for those people that got murdered on mission street. we want to help them also, but we need someone to stand with us. we don't want to lose another child either. >>> the homicide victim are the people of color. their loved ones, living in neighborhoods and [speaker not understood] must deal with this -- >> thank you very much. >>> [inaudible]. >> that is. thank you very much. are there any other members of the public that wish to speak in general public comment? seeing none, general public comment is closed. colleagues, it is 3:37. why don't we go now to our 3:30 special commendations. why don't we go to supervisor mar with a

i have paulette brown here who is going to help me show some pictures, use the overhead. i'm here to advise you on a [speaker not understood] i'm having with the da's office. i'd like to read a part of a letter i wrote to da gascone and have not received a response. this is in regard to may sanchez, my mother, case no. 11 0 724 99. [speaker not understood] and i'm writing to you because of the frustration and stress that my family is enduring through the bitter process of justice delayed and justice denied. you may remember me from my own [speaker not understood] killed in a drive-by shooting on january 7 of 2007 and still an unsolved murder case with a reward of $250,000. the reason why i am writing to you today is because my mother mary sanchez was brutally assaulted on 9/11 of 2011 at a club bar -- club/bar named [speaker not understood] in the mission district. the person that assaulted her was a marine named juan omego, a.k.a. chino, this was a party for he and his sister. chino and his sister [speaker not understood] were with familiar friends and acquaintances of m