so, i know that firsthand the tragedy of a police shooting. we filed a million dollars lawsuit against the park police, which we won. we organized rallies and hearings in sonoma county and i personally flew to washington, d.c. to meet with attorney general janet reno at the time to ask her to initiate a federal investigation. ultimately there was no federal prosecution of the case. we did convince the u.s. commission on civil rights to come out to sonoma county and hold multi-day hearings to look at the issues, the patterns of police killings, of people of color and those suffering from mental illness. my work at the caucus also included being part of the national defense team for dr. win ho lee, chinese american in new mexico who was falsely accused of being a foreign spy based upon racial profiling and selective prosecution. in partnership with the national lawyers guild, the aclu and lawyers committee for civil rights, we worked as part of a statewide coalition to fight racial profiling both on the state level while driving black and brown a

the police, they do racially profile. the killing happens, they investigate their owns, the cover up as we can hear earlier the cover upstarts at the scene of the crime. and this is not justice the facade that's happening right here and with you people it's the worse. the facade that's happening right here is inexcusable. it won't bring justice. every time the excuse is used, it's getting old. there is an uprising happening. and we won't stop. until there is justice until everyone of you is accountable. i'm sorry for your pain. >> the commission and comment. we have a line there that is closed. public comment is close side. on behalf of the commission and i did this last night. i see mr. nieto present and you have been in our thoughts and prayers. you have been in my thoughts and prayers. we listened to what you have to say and it's fair to listen to what other people have to say. i was shutdown by people, there are three investigations. please don't tell me to shut up. i expect you to show me respect. everyone listened to

first chinese american police officer to serve on the san francisco police force. what i appreciate the most about angela, today you will hear from many people about her work with the youth, with immigrant populations, with mental health issues, but i'm here today specifically to talk about the deep respect that she has for the police department. it is not often that we see community members having great respect for the work that police do. i [speaker not understood] worked for eight year. the community buzz was not very happy about the police department. i was always happy about the work my husband did and had i colleague. i feel the work angela has done around mental health and the trauma they see every day on their jobs, it strengthens our police force to better serve the people of san francisco. and i want to say as a school board member, angela worked really hard on her m-o-u which we've had for year. this m-o-u as crafted has given us a working document on how we can work more efficiently and effectively with the police department and our school. we hope never

hwang would be the right person for the police commission. he would be god for our community because the experience he has. [speaker not understood] with youth that are involved with the juvenile justice. i feel that victor has [speaker not understood] the da for a very long time. and y'all should put him on the board because he's a good perp. thank you. >> thank you. i want to call a few more names. gabrielle a [speaker not understood] ~. [speaker not understood]. deborah lee. dionicio web. david lang. >>> hello, good afternoon. my name is brian goldstein. i'm a policy analyst with the juvenile justice system here in san francisco and i'm here to speak in support of angela chan [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] youth, adults and other vulnerable populations. we also offer technical assistance and policy analysis. and it's within that lens that we're here to support angela's reappointment. she has been dedicated to strengthening the juvenile just physics and mental health services. she's been an excellent resource for our agen

between the police and the community to have age impact. it's rare that someone who has work to do will remain as an incumbent she's got much business to do and i hope i'll move to support her nomination and we'll be stronger as a community because she brings together the police efforts in san francisco >> supervisor tang. >> thank you president chiu. at our rules committee we concerned the appoint it was our duty to appoint a member it was difficult i want to thank you president chiu and for her service as well. we are as the rules committee we're actually very lucky to have strong candidates it's good for the community there are people with expertise, however, because of victor's sensitive civil rights justice i want the board to consider a motion to promote him to the police commission. it conducted disciplinarian actions and i believe victor is the best candidate. we've heard about the extensive advocate for a champion for civil rights and on top of he has experienced the justice system as a attorney and the prosecution and defensive is

the longest federal probe of a police department in history. ey are reviewing the fatalities that have taken place since 2010. they have met with members, and they are hoping today finally the meetings and investigation will result in some changes. >> heidi, isle give you the standard apology going into that we'll be going to this news conference live. but was this one specific incident that lead to this investigation? >> there has been a chain of shootings since 2010, 23 people have been fatally killed. but the police eye has turned to the police department in march of this year, because of the shooting of the mentally ill man who was killed on march 16th while the police talked to him about illegal camping in the foothills of albuquerque. watching that video has illicited outrage here and around the country and world, and they are also pointing to this as just another case of what the community calls a rampant overuse of force, of lethal force in albuquerque, and they point to that statistic of 23 people killed since 2010 -- now there's no nat

luckily this m-o-u was just signed this year by both the police department and the board of education. we also piloted a training for youth if for enteration with police and developed and distributed a youth guide which is also in your packets. ~ interaction one of the most important and tactful [speaker not understood] cit in 2011. the impetus behind this is there are several high profile and very unfortunate incidents of individuals in mental health crisis who were shot by officers. i have personally had a chance to meet with some of these families. some of them were asian families and i was extremely moved and i felt very deeply for what they were going through. and i also know in terms of these situations, the impact it has on our officer and the harm to everyone involved when there are these very unfortunate shootings. ~ officers i learned about the [speaker not understood] cit model in order to find a way to address the situation and under this nationally recognized best practice, an elite cad reof officers trained for 40 hours of on de-escalation skills and help have itionv wit

marshall to the police commission. aside from the fact that he's been responsible for sending over 200 young people to college, including myself, and aside from the fact that he's done a lot of work with young people in the system and out of the system and making sure they get to pass for success, he's also been a responsible police commissioner for the last 10 years. i think it's a blessing that he's going to get the opportunity to move forward upon your approval. one of the things about dr. marshall i think is important and what he brings to the police commission is not only the policy work and the understanding of the commission itself, but the work that he's doing and has done in the community. around antiviolence, around working to decrease crime in our area of san francisco. i think having that perspective and bringing that to the commission is important because he understands the community and he also understands the aspects of working with the police and coming up with effective ways not only to hold them accoun

, the best police force. they serve the best devilled eggs. they don't both with that in los angeles, with oakland in santa rosa. they don't both to conceal the fact that they fear and hate the people who have shown up to express their loss and hurt and their anger. and i have watched you in the bayview. i was impressed when wayne tucker, the chief of police in oakland had to be at one of these meetings he couldn't conceal his fear and anger of the black people surrounding him and you couldn't. we watched you do a performance to pretend that you care, to pretend to investigate. >> can you address the commission, please? >> i will address who i want to address and i don't give a -- about you guys or him. because we know you are irrelevant. you are a joke. you are irrelevant. and we will get justice and well not have anything to do with it. it will be the people in the streets of san francisco. you saw people monday and yesterday and it will not stop until we know who these cops are, they are fired, they are arr

helmet of the the police officer, one of the police officers involved in this killing. >> last week, police chief gordon even said the shooting was justified after james boyd threatened as officers with knives. it albuquerque mayor richard berry ejected the chiefs assessment. >> he is new in this position, but that is no excuse. you should not of said that. but we all need to do on a horrific situation like this is thoroughly and copper easily go through the process. , can youl contreras talk about the reaction to the shooting from the police chief and from the mayor? the police chief is new, correct? he was recently selected from a nationwide search? roughly a is been the month. this was his first incident involving a police shooting. airing his press conference, myself and another reporter asked -- during his press conference, myself and another reporter asked if it was testified. he said yes. she recanted after the mayor said he spoke too soon. the investigation was still ongoing. after the remarks, the fbi announced they were going to look into the shooting more closely. this come

president and also with us is the chief of police gregory sur and hicks. >> welcome to the san francisco police meeting and before we start i want to announce that we adjourn in the honor of fallen police officers or former police officers, and unfortunately tonight, we have to adjourn in the honor of two officers who passed away recently and we will do that in their honor, but before we move into the meeting a little bit of background about the officers. the first officer everyone knows him as jr, and james richards was assigned to company a, central station, he is 50 years old. he is married. he has been a member of the san francisco police department for over 20 years. he is a native san franciscan, and went to macatire high school and played football at city college and sacramento state university and also an accomplished musician, dj, and everyone says that he was quite the character. and he was serving at central station at the time when he passed suddenly, and without any warning. and so we will adjourn in his honor. and secondly, we also lost a 37-year veteran of the san francisc

who were the men that seized the police station? >> there were about 100 of them, 10 to 15 guys clearly soldiers that arrived in a mini bus. i couldn't tell if they were russian or ukrainian. the rest were local guys wearing military fatigues. >> we returned the following day. the protestors had barricaded themselves inside the police compound. we got permission to go in and film what's the center of this rebellion. men at the gate referred to the commander by his nickname. these were clearly local guy, not special forces on open display in crimea. they were armed. we saw at least aing rifles and they appeared to have taken from the armory inside the police station. these men said they were old friends from the local school. >> there was nothing organized about it says the carpenter who heard what was happening on tv, jumped in the taxi and came here. his friend, a car mechanic, admitted they took weapons out of the police station, just to defend ourselves, he says. the men seen here taking over the police station in the nearby town.

in the new deal the history of excessive force by the albuquerque police department will take a look at that along with a new scandal brewing over according to bite the demons from lapd swat part is that he felt on that coming up and i was winemaker is pushing a bill that would drag the decisions on gmo food labeling. we'll look at them fail and what it means for gmo foods later and shout i am. the state the washington d c when you're in you're watching now results of the afghanistan presidential election from this past saturday are likely still several weeks away. a total of eight candidates in the running although there are some from runners emerging. the obama administration has said very little about the candidates in the afghanistan race however the ui has made it clear that it wants the winner to be somebody who will look great with security deal that would allow for small us peacekeeping force remain in the country past the fourteen cars and refused to sign a security pact last year and then saying he would preserve the task for his successor the top three runners for president

the police encountered mr. neat oh and asked to show his hands and he produced a taser from a hole --ster, and the officers took it to be a pistol and they fired in defense of their lives. mr. neat oh was hit and he did not survive. there was a town hall last night in the mission. feelings are very very real, very very raw. that will be, i don't think that's going away anytime soon. again, i apologized for the police department for the loss of alejandro to mr. neat oh, he is as any father would be. i can't say anything more about that. friday night there was a shooting here in the tenderloin. it appears to be over an amount of money owed over drugs. the suspect vehicle pulled up. the suspect got out, argued with the person that he believed owed him a debit and he was not satisfied, he went to his car and produced a gun and he grazed then intended victim. that victim left the scene and went to bayview after getting treated for his injuries. san francisco police officers arrested him with a tech 9 machine pistol.n

>> you create meaningful changes within the new york police department. you create agency-wide guidelines followed by all of those who work for the nypd intelligence division. you make it clear how you open an investigation and collect intelligence and make meaningful relationships with muslim-americans and not treat them as suspects. it created paranoia and lack of trust between police and the muslim communities. i think the nypd or the new nypd has realized that, and has seen the pressure and understood that, and this is why they're hopefully going in the right direction. >> jamie, brattan said that that information can be gotten in other ways that does not involve spying on muslim communities, do you think he's right? >> i think he is right, and i think it is exactly what linda is talking about, although i think sebastian is also correct, we can't kid ourselves. these are difficult questions. it makes you long for the clarity of the world war in some ways because all of this is so murky and so terribly troubling. americans have to dig deep and ask thems

>> the police commission. >> the commission will have a nice office area and the police headquarters on the 6th floor. >> really? there is a penthouse. >> it is a for mechanical space, it is all in the maintenance and it does sport a good view, currently. >> and nice branding. >> thank you. >> commissioner turman? >> that was basically my question. >> you can tell where their minds are at. >> i moved not too far from it, so one of the things that i am glad to see is you seem to be taking the public access areas very seriously. very light, very inviting which is not always something that you contract about 850 bryant. and so i am thrilled to see that this is moving in the right direction. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for your presentation. >> i enjoyed it. >> and i think just to comment lightly on that, part of the architect's ambition is to make sure that these buildings are a civic and an out look that they are apart from the commercial or the glass blocks that you see so often, for residential or office buildings. the landscape and the mission bay has changed dramatically in t

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public and the police department. it was really surprising because these events were people who were victims where people i knew and it makes me feel how wide spread the problem can be. fundamental to our policing effort is making sure there's real trust that can be developed and these incidents erode that trust. police mounted cameras are some of the fastest innovations -- growing innovations in law enforcement, and there are major cities around the country that are implementing body cameras, new york, los angeles, denver, indianapolis, san diego and new orleans. this practice is gaining support both among law enforcement and police watch dog groups as well. many police support these cameras because they can help protect police officers against false accusations, watch dog groups support police body cameras because they can reduce incidents of police misconduct. the aclu support it because it allows the public monitoring of the government instead of the other way around. in rialto california, they worked with cambridg

to go through your house, to search your house, the police need a warrant. e argument is the police officers need a warrant to go through one's cell phone. >> now, some conservative courts have often argued that police need broad leeway when it comes to making an arrest. yet this is also a huge personal privacy issue. so court watchers like yourself, do you have any idea which way the court might be lean on the ground this particular issue? >> it's hard to tell because the court has confronted a number of cases recently involving that use technology? what surprisingly the court has come down in favor of defendants in two of those cases so it's conceivable that even though this court tends to be relatively prosecution oriented it could end up decideing in favor of the defendants and requiring a warrant, unless the police have reason to believe there is evidence of the crime for which the person was arrested is in the cell phone. which would be which would be a hard standard for police to meet they wouldn't be allowed to search it just because you are arrested.

the 28-year-old was shot by police on march 21. at the time police said he was armed with a gun. that turned out to be a taser. he says the family has been having trouble getting information from police, including the names of the officers involved. above all he says the shooting was not justified. >> we have a young man from the community who was minding his own business, taking a walk in a park and gets shot over 10 times. >> reporter: advocates say he was a member of the community who didn't deserve to be killed. >> the family demands justice for alex who was a scholarship student, full time security guard, community activist and beloved public servant. the family wants the da to investigate the killing and say they gathered 250 signed petitions. he is calling for a federal investigation and they plan to gather next monday, that will mark one month from the night he was killed. reporting live, gasia mikaelian ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a gray whale has been spotted swimming under the golds goaled and ktvu's john fowler has the -- golden gate bridge and ktvu's john fowler has the

the building houses about 40- medical practitioners. police have cleared the crime scene, and the medical center is expected to be open for business tomorrow morning. coming up: a man who says. he is the real father audrie pott. adds another lawsuit to the legal web surrounding the girl's final days and eventual suicide. we'll tell you what he wants. then: a shipwreck, more than a century old, discovered in the san francisco bay. how scientists found it. after all these years. but first: a huge police crackdown on one of the deadliest bay area roads for pedestrians -- just hours after another pedestrian is hit. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. what's this? it's u-verse live tv. with at&t u-verse... you can watch live tv from your device. hey. hey. anywhere in your home. [doorbell rings] hey. hey. so you won't miss a minute of the game. call now to get a u-verse bundle for the same great price for 2 years. guaranteed. all day today officers were out in full force. cracking down on drivers, in an effort to raise awareness about pedestrian safety. so f

it's also great to be here with the police commission. i get to see many of you at the rules committee and we have a collection of individuals that volunteer their time to work with sf p.d. to make our neighborhoods safer. it's incredible to see those numbers and one of our top issues in our office. we know we have the most number of individuals hit by vehicles anywhere in the city. to see the numbers double, triple, in terms of enforcement so that our youth and seniors are safe walking in the street is so incredibly important. i know we have some of our pedestrian safety advisory group members and dan jordan who are here to represent our district. [ applause ] >> and just working to make this neighborhood again a safer place along with safe passages which i see many of you volunteer at. one other thing that i would mention, sunday streets is coming up sunday april 13th. and we have flyers over there. we would love to see you all come out. last year was a huge success. i will be having open office hours on tenderloin and hopefully we'll ha

>>reporter: by the time police arrived on scene, the suspect was gone. n to a nearby hospital by two friends. he later died. police tell us that those two people, who now are in custody, we don't know if they're going to suspects, but we assume so. those two men are claiming they were just passing by. police believe they know the suspect. the victim is in serious condition but expected to survive. >>> time is 8:47. a deal brokered by the united states aimed at releasing tensions between russia and ukraine doesn't seem to be working right now. kyla campbell live in washington d.c. with more on the show of defiance. >>reporter: that agreement required them to give up control of government buildings. they're not budging and calling on ukraine's government to resign. masked men handed out flyers in front of the main synagogue in an east earn ukraine city -- eastern ukraine city. so far, n. jewish leaders said the flyers are fake. we expect to hear more from the white house. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> time now is 8:48 . let's

the police have killed 25 in the last five years. in some cases officers used deadly force, violating the constitution. >> the north-east of australia is evacuating, bracing for a powerful cyclone, to land in queensland in a few hour. >> president obama was at the l.b.j. library, and gave a speech commemorating the civil rites act in 1964 and president johnson. it paved the way for him to become president. those are the headlines. "america tonight" is next. i'm thomas drayton in new york. you can get the latest news at aljazeera.com. >> anybody could could have picked up the phone for me. police? >> i don't know. >> also tonight, trying to understand why. the mass stabbing in a suburban pittsburgh school raises new questions about safety and security and saving kids before they are in crisis. >> i was so surprised i could barely move. i got stabbed in the back. it was just having to have help going to the next room. yes bleed out. >> an escaping war for freedom. a woman steering her own path from a war-torn african home land to the s

the police union did not negotiate in good faith. the union said it is the village that is to blame. 23 police officers 2016. many residents find it troubling. >> things are not getting prettier. the more the merrier. i do not think it is: to do anybody any goo going to do anyy any good. >> as far as my taxes, the cutbacks. we need officers in this town. >> these people will be just fine. want to drastic cuts. the village board voted to slash $1 million from the police budget. the village president stated he hoped there would be no lay off. try to work with them to come up with a solution to avoid layoffs. >> reported reason is financial. a spokesperson says the police department was overstaffed for a village of 10,000 residents. this brings the apartment in line with fbi regulations. committed to providing the most effective police protection at a cost that puts the burden on taxpayers. a low crime rate and that will not change. >> the 16 remaining officers supervisors included will patrol the streets. the village manager is running

. >> anybody could could have picked up the phone for me. police? >> i don't know. >> also tonight, trying to understand why. the mass stabbing in a suburban pittsburgh school raises new questions about safety and security and saving kids before they are in crisis. >> i was so surprised i could barely move. i got stabbed in the back. it was just having to have help going to the next room. yes bleed out. >> an escaping war for freedom. a woman steering her own path from a war-torn african home land to the streets of francisco. >> good evening. that i know for joining us. i am joey chin. tonight we return to themist of a little girl lost. police called off a shave to find her 8-year-old ralisha rudd is missing. what police did found was the body of her suspected kidnapper. they say it was a suicide. they still don't come out and explain where ralish is. lauri jane glehaw talks about a system set up to protect kids but let her slip through the cracks. >> this was hope, i bought this outfit for her because that's what i walk around in. >> for melissa you

but for the police, everyone is a suspect at the beginning of an investigation like this. >> the policelly that's where you start. >> the family and rob, the boyfriend, we didn't have to go to them. they came to us, which some people would automatically say they're ruled out. that's not the case. >> i mean, obviously i'm not naive. i do watch the television and you watch all the news stories. they always say that most of these case, the person that's the closest or people that are the closest are the perpetrators. so i kind of came into the situation expecting people to point fingers at me. >> had you known him very long before the -- before januar january '06? >> we had met him in 2005, and they were great together. >> with rob, he was the starting point of the investigation. >> they have to do their jobs. >> you sit down in that room and i wouldn't say they interrogate you but question you and it's not pleasant when it's involving someone you love and they're asking you questions that are in some ways could implicate you. >> we were comfortable with the fact that he wasn't involved wi

hawks stands as the third person in five weeks to be killed by a pd police and the persons that apartment was put under federal orders to reduce their use of deadly force. tension over police conduct escalated last month after police shot and tell the whole if you are in the foothills of the sandia mountains. the guild leader said police officers fired multiple shots on james blake who is ultimately going to be on a farm. i was when earlier by our teacher among the window from our l a c l a for assassins is how less about the latest regarding today's press conference the trim is the mansion do with it. on monday morning land of sir jimmy d a shot and killed when she held a mini hikes now today at a press conference the police chief said that of sergio was wearing a lapel camera when the shooting had been however they said that they were not able to recover any of the deal on the camera so they sent the camera into the manufacture to see if they can recover any sort of evidence. today at the press conference the police chief also said that. thirty two caliber semi automatic pistol was reco

i want to see the police department fill those in a much more rapidly pace. regarding the statistics regarding homicides. we all know homicide rates rise and fall with the economy so although the police department is doing a great job i believe the homicide level is decreasing based on the economy. there's one other point. i don't recall is now. thank you >> thank you very much. anyone else want to comment on item one seeing none, public comment is closed >> colleagues can i have a motion to file item one. we'll take that without objection.. okay mr. clerk call item 2, please and item 2. hearing and receiving an update it on the fire department for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016. >> okay. thank you very much welcome chief joanne haynes-white. >> welcome i'll be joined shortly by my chief advisory officer. but short of that i'd like to acknowledge the ability to talk about the budget for 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 >> i want to acknowledge our chief operating officer as well as the budget analysis and right now the budget analysis has an audit going on in which they're lo

finally relief to hear about his arrest. >> you can't call the police on the police. i knew he was going to get caught sooner or later. i'm so glad it was sooner. >>> coming up, major street closures set for san francisco tomorrow, all thoongs some marathoners hitting the pavement. >> then a video redhaul could have your car owners reaching for a can of raid. >> plus, diamond ditch goes to washington. ♪ you have three questions. coffee or espresso? oh, coffee please. ♪ is this coffee? it's nespresso vertuoline. how do they make this froth? it's coffee crema. last question. ♪ may i have another cup please? thank you. next! [ penelope ] nespresso vertuoline. experience the revolution of coffee. >>> a new website will allow people in san mateo county to find out if sex offenders are living in their neighborhood. the website is available 24 hours a day and will be updated by the san mateo county sheriff's office. users can find out if the offender lives near their home, office, school. >>> still ahead, more than two centuries behind bars. that's the sentence for a northern

you can use some of the alternate routes. policeay a woman in her 60s was crossing the street when she was struck by a minivan. the driver of the minivan remained on the scene and is cooperating with authorities. but this investigation will take some time. you can see alameda police are still on the scene. let's go to other things. i want to show you the bay bridge toll plaza. that backup is -- or the drive time, i should say, between oakland and san francisco is about 25 minutes. pretty slow. we had something on the bridge that made it extra slow. they were clearing up a minor crash near treasure island. that's why you see it's pretty crowded there. also looking at the richmond bridge approach. we have more people coming in towards san rafael. that's about a five-minute delay at the toll plaza. no major trouble at the bridge getting into marin county. >>> we're still following developing news from pennsylvania. 20 high school students hurt today in one of the worse mass stabbings in american history. pam coomb is in the newsroom. y

and in 2004 when the police shot a couple of asian-americans victor pulled together the advocates to be on the forefront to be having this put so what the front and the police officers were trained again. victor was one of the first asian-americans that joined the asian-american fight at a time it was hard to get asian-americans involved. he also drafts the brief on behalf of the hiv community for marriage equality but before all this work victor joined the last public defender's office working homicide cases. when after 15 years as a public deferred he became a district attorney. he responded to many cases reiterating the importance of having individuals grounded in the community for the voice also and for compassion and could work on hate crimes and other issues we cared about. i remember when he said he, he wrote from my experience the lack of access to law enforcement the lack of sufficient interpreters meant they weren't aware the silence. and not making eyewitness it is important and victor held his commitment in the public defender's he pushed hard to get hate crimes and other