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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 6/12/20
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Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
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Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who's
joining
me
today.
We
have
chief
marty,
martinez,
jerome
smith,
john
barros,
rita
nueves
from
the
public
health
commission,
freda
bransfield
from
city
hall,
commissioner,
william
gross
formula's
attorney
wayne
budd.
I
think
I
got
everybody
I
want
to
thank
you
all
for
joining
us
today.
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I
want
to
start
with
the
latest
numbers
of
covert
19
in
massachusetts.
As
of
yesterday,
the
state
reached
a
total
of
104
667
cases.
We
had
a
one-day
increase
of
519
cases.
The
state
has
now
confirmed
total
debts
of
7492
and
that's
up
from
38
from
the
previous
day.
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The
boston
numbers,
as
of
yesterday
are
now
recorded
at
13
118
cases,
a
one-day
increase
of
44
cases.
We
have
confirmed
that
7
987
people
are
fully
recovered
from
covert
19
in
the
city
of
boston
and
600.
673
people
have
passed
away
and
that's
two
additional
debts
from
the
day
before,
and
I
just
want
to
say
our
prayers
continue
to
be
with
the
families
of
all
the
loved
ones
who
are
struggling
with
this
illness
and
who
have
lost
loved
ones
during
this
difficult
time.
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Today
I
want
to
take
this
opportunity
to
talk
about
racism
and
equality.
We
know
about
the
inequalities
in
our
country
and
we're
working
every
day
in
the
city
of
boston
to
eliminate
them.
Our
resiliency
policy
defines
racial
inequality
as
a
slow-moving
disaster
that
harms
communities
and
individuals
over
the
course
of
a
lifetime.
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The
health
impacts
of
historic
and
systemic
racism
are
clear
in
our
covenant.
19
case
numbers
and
the
impacts
go
far
beyond
the
current
crisis,
so
we'll
be
back
backing
this
declaration.
With
an
initial
investment
of
three
million
dollars,
that's
going
to
be
transferred
from
the
police
overtime
budget
to
the
boston
public
health
commission.
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Doing
thank
you,
mr
mayor.
Racism
is
a
driving
force
that
shapes
access
to
the
social
determinants
of
health
like
housing,
education
and
employment,
and
it's
a
barrier
to
health
equity
for
all
bostonians.
In
a
city
like
ours.
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We
have
to
focus
on
the
impact
that
racism
has
on
the
lives
of
all
of
our
neighbors
and
how
it
impacts
the
overall
health
of
the
city,
the
executive
order
that
the
mayor
will
launch
and
the
declaration
that
racism
is
a
public
health
crisis
is
an
important
step
in
ensuring
intentional
focus
on
this
work
and
resources
that
will
allow
us
to
do
what's
necessary,
but
more
than
just
the
executive
order.
It
comes
with
actions.
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We
will
create
a
boston
health
equity
now
plan
that
will
detail
objectives
and
measurable
goals
that
will
get
to
the
root
causes
of
these
inequities,
not
simply
just
respond
to
them.
We
will
continue
our
engagement
of
historically
underserved
communities
to
be
at
the
table
for
decision
making
and
ensure
we're
moving
in
the
right
direction.
We
will
complete.
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It's
important
to
not
only
make
the
declaration
and
important
to
not
only
have
this
executive
order,
but
it's
important
that
we
have
an
intentional
focus
on
what
causes
these
inequities
and
these
disparities
and
at
the
root
it
is
racism.
As
the
mayor
said,
we've
seen
it
play
out
through
our
covet
covet
19
and
do
the
work
we've
had
to
do
and
we
continue
to
see
it
play
out
today.
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It's
been
at
the
core
of
the
boston
public
health
commission's
work,
and
it
will
continue
to
be
at
a
core
with
a
stronger
intentionality,
more
resources
and
the
full
weight
of
the
mayor
behind
this
work.
Thank
you,
mr
mayor,
for
your
leadership
on
this,
and
we
will
continue
to
move
this
work
forward.
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In
addition
to
the
declaration,
we're
also
taking
a
number
of
steps
in
law
enforcement,
accountability,
we're
going
to
establish
a
process
to
strengthen
the
current
existing
community
oversight
panel
that
I'm
going
to
talk
about
in
a
few
minutes.
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These
steps
call
for
a
10-point
action
plan
put
forward
by
the
black
and
latino
legislative
caucus
and
other
elected
of
officials
of
color
in
boston
in
the
commonwealth.
I
want
to
thank
all
the
elected
officials
for
their
advocacy,
in
particular
members
of
the
boss
city
council,
and
I
will
join
them
in
advocating
for
change.
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In
addition,
the
boston
police
department
has
completed
a
review
of
its
use
of
force.
Policies
outlined
by
the
national
eight
can't
wait
movement.
The
boston
police
department
is
clarifying
rules
to
meet
the
standards
and
has
immediately
implemented
several
forms
that
we
hadn't
previously
implemented.
D
These
are
all
use
of
force
policies
proven
to
reduce
the
likelihood
of
violence.
I
want
to
commend
and
thank
the
commissioner
commissioner
gross
for
his
leadership
in
acting
swiftly
to
drive
these
important
changes
forward.
I
also
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
command
staff
police
department
for
taking
these
issues
very
seriously.
D
The
boston
police
department
is
also
adopting
the
training
program
known
as
ethical
policing
and
courage.
Courageous
excuse
me:
it's
courageous
epic.
This
means
that
officers
will
not
only
be
required
to
intervene
when
they
witness
unused
unnecessary
use
of
force,
they'll
be
trained
with
strategies
to
preventing
abuses
and
intervening
if
they
occur.
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This
is
a
significant
program
of
reforms
and
investments,
and
I've
said
a
new
policy
and
budget
announcements
are
important,
but
they're,
certainly
not
enough.
We
need
to
keep
the
community
involved,
sustain
this
conversation
and
continue
to
make
and
demand
change.
So
I'm
also
announcing
a
process
for
community
import
review
and
reform.
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F
Thank
you
very
much,
mr
mayor,
and
thank
you
for
on
on
behalf
of
the
task
force.
We
thank
you
for
the
opportunity
to
serve.
We
understand
the
importance
of
the
tasks
that
you
have
given
us
and
we
understand
that
these
these
are
to
be
undertaken
promptly
and
efficiently,
and
you
can
be
assured,
mr
mayor,
that
it
will
be
given
our
very,
very
best
effort.
So
again,
thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
serve
you
and
the
city
of
boston.
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Coronavirus
has
taught
me
a
lot
as
far
as
watching
what's
happened
over
the
last
three
months,
I've
talked
to
the
cabinet
and
people
that
we
have
an
opportunity
with
coronavirus
to
really
make
substantial
change
here
in
the
city
of
boston.
The
way
that
we
deliver
services-
and
I
thought
we
were
good
before-
but
it
showed
some
opportunities
for
us
to
do
better
with
the
murder
george
floyd.
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D
This
is
different
because
the
activism
in
this
moment
and
the
conversations
I've
had
with
young
people
in
my
administration,
the
emotions
that
they
have
they're
ready
for
change
and
they're
ready
to
do
the
work
they
have
to
do,
and
I
think
this
is
a
unique
moment
in
time
that
we
can
look
back
on
some
generations
after
us
can
look
back
on
and
say,
they're
grateful
for
the
20.
Second,
the
second
quarter
of
the
21st
century
2020
really
began
change
in
our
country.
D
The
question
the
question
is:
what
do
I
say
to
the
police
that
we're
moving
this
money
from
the
overtime
budget
and
it's
not
fair
to
them?
D
The
answer
is
the
money
that
we're
going
to
be
investing
is
actually
benefiting
them
to
deal
with
racism
to
deal
with
health
inequities
to
deal
with
opportunities
for
our
youth
to
deal
with
homelessness.
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I
think
that
when
we
think
about
policing,
as
the
conversation
has
been
around
defunding
police
departments
and
and
and
changing
the
way
police
departments
are,
what
we
have
to
do
is
continue.
This
is
this
is,
as
I
mentioned
earlier,
this
is
the
these
two
steps
are
the
first
two
steps
I'm
taking
today
in
declaring
a
racism,
a
public
health
crisis
and
also
working
to
do
reforms
in
the
police
department.
There
are
other
steps
that
we
have
to
take
in
housing
and
education
and
economic
development.
All
of
those
it's
it's
all
of
it
together.
D
That's
a
great
question:
the
question
is:
why
am
I
doing
it
now
and
taking
the
aggressiveness?
I
would
say
that
when
I
became
married
in
2014,
I
took
very
bold
steps,
then,
with
the
police
department,
in
putting
in
reforms
changing
the
way
that
we
do
training
with
de-escalation.
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D
There's
room
for
improvement
to
be
a
bit
better
mayor
every
day,
and
I
think
that
now's
is
the
exact
right
time
to
review
our
policies
and
what
we're
doing
is,
commissioner,
did
it
last
week
with
the
eight
can't
wait
and
went
through
with
his
command
staff
and
started
talking
about
it,
and
this
task
force
we're
putting
together
is
going
to
be
an
outside
independent
task
force.
That's
going
to
be
looking
at
the
policies
in
the
police
department
and
and
hopefully
maybe
coming
back
to
some
great
recommendations.
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C
It
is
the
duty
and
responsibility
excuse
me
of
each
and
every
one
of
our
citizens
to
make
sure
that
that
currently
murder
will
not
happen
here
in
boston.
So,
even
though
we
had
many
things
in
place,
we
do
want
different
eyes
on
our
policies.
Our
procedures
and
we
do
want
to
move
forward
because
we
have
one
of
the
top
community
policing
models,
and
that
means
working
in
partnership
with
the
community
to
solve
problems
and
create
a
better
quality
of
life
for
all.
And
it's
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
today.
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So
the
boston
police
is
not
going
to
be
defensive,
adversarial.
That's
what
makes
us
who
we
are
today.
This
is
a
community
policing
model
and
the
people
that
we
serve
should
have
the
expectation
that
this
department
will
improve
each
and
every
year,
and
I
think
we're
taking
those
steps
and
the
panel
that
we
have
put
together
led
by
mr
bud.
C
So
we'll
get
the
job
done.
Quite
frankly,
what
I've
heard
in
the
community
is
we
wear
too
many
hats
anyway,
a
child
doesn't
want
to
go
to
school.
You
call
the
boston
police,
a
child's
on
the
bus
being
unruly.
You
call
the
boston
police,
there's
an
emotionally
disturbed
person
in
a
home.
You
call
the
boston
police.
How
many
hats
do
you
want
us
to
wear?
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C
I
created
a
street
outreach
unit
specifically
dealing
with
problems
of
opioid
abuse,
homelessness,
mental
health
issues
and
human
trafficking,
and
we
have
a
strong
partner
there
with
first
justices
in
the
community,
we're
just
asking
that
more
people
come
up
and
help
solve
problems
and
that
we
shouldn't
have
to
respond
to
each
and
every
call
when
it
doesn't
require
your
uniform.
It
requires
mental
mental
health
care
and
other
people
coming
to
the
plate.
So
that
would
cut
overtime
right
there
sharing
responsibilities
and
again,
no
matter
what
we
will
protect
our
city.
We
will
protect
our
commonwealth.
C
The
grumblings
that
I'm
hearing
is
this.
Last
year
we
had
one
of
the
lowest
crime
rates
in
20
years.
We
have
one
of
the
best
community
policing
models.
You
see
us
out
there,
each
and
every
day
you
see
we're
part
of
a
change,
the
only
grown
man's.
I
hear
some
people
have
a
short
memory,
but
after
you
watch
someone
die
for
8
minutes
and
46
seconds.
C
C
You
take
four
minutes
and
23
seconds
to
have
a
conversation
about
us
and
with
us
and
you'll,
see
that
you
have
more
in
common
with
us
than
you
think
we
want
the
conversation
we
welcome
it
and
before
I
leave
again
is
working
in
partnerships
with
the
communities
we
serve
to
solve
all
problems
so
that
we
all
have
a
better
quality
of
life.
We
will
not
share
away
from
that
or
shy
away
from
that.
Thank
you.
D
Let
me
just
I'll
come
back
to
that.
Let
me
just
real
quick
or
fall
up
in
I'm
going
to
tempt
you.
President
obama
put
together
his
task
force
back
in
2015
after
ferguson.
D
There
was
calls
back
then
for
police
reform,
and
we
were
boston
was
part
of
the
conversation.
I
was
called
to
the
white
house
with
a
meeting
and
when
that
report
came
out,
21st
century
police
report
came
out.
D
If
you
look
in
the
archives,
I
believe
there's
five
cities
referenced
as
far
as
models
for
community
policing
boston
was
one
of
those
models.
We
had
just
done
some
reforms,
the
incidents
that
happened
in
minneapolis,
the
murder
that
happened
in
minneapolis
didn't
happen
on
the
streets
of
boston
and
you
know,
but
I
still
think
it's
incumbent
upon
all
of
us
to
reflect
on
that.
D
What
that
incident
and
that
murder
and
to
improve
our
policing
here
in
boston,
and
I
think
that,
rather
than
fighting
back
and
rather
than
saying
yeah,
but
I
think
it's
opportunities
to
have
a
conversation
you
mentioned,
somebody
mentioned
the
young
people
that
are
here
and
what's
the
difference
this
time,
the
difference
is
we're
listening
and
we're.
G
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D
We
canceled,
I
canceled
because
of
covert
19,
all
the
parades
and
festivals
in
the
city
of
boston,
including
the
marathon
and
I
thought
at
that
particular
moment.
There
was
an
opportunity
for
for
some
reinvestment
back
savings
and
same
when
snow
when
it
snows
out
and
we
don't
get
much
snow.
Unfortunately,
that's
not
the
case
because
of
of
the
protest
and
there's
still
communities
that
want.
D
When
it
comes
to
a
budget
and
we're
gonna,
we
have
to
hold
them
to
it
and
and
on
top
of
all
of
all
of
what
we're
talking
about
we're
in
very
very
tenuous
economic
times,
we're
gonna
be
putting
a
budget
in
front
of
the
city
council
monday
we're
going
to
be
making
cuts
on
top
of
what
we
did
to
overtime.
D
The
overtime
money
is
being
reinvested,
so
it's
not
technically
a
cut
from
the
bottom
line
and
the
state
still
hasn't
done
their
budget
yet
so
we
have
no
idea
if
we
have
to
go
back
into
our
budget
at
some
point
in
the
in
the
next
fiscal
year
and
reduce
line
items,
because
we
don't
have
the
money
to
pay
for
for
what
we're
putting
in
there.
So
it's
going
to
be
cut
to
answer
your
question
quickly.
Is
it
coming
upon
the
police
department
and
we're
going
to
be
our
cfr?
G
D
You
know
man
that
works
for
me.
I
have
not
had
a
chance
to
look
into.
I
don't
have
an
opinion
on
I.
Just
literally
before
I
came
down,
I
got
the
text,
so
I
I'm
gonna
when
I
go
back
up,
I'm
going
to
make
a
call
to
him.
Thank.