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From YouTube: Media Availability 6/1/20
Description
Mayor Martin J. Walsh hosts a media availability at Boston City Hall.
A
We
heard
young
people
speaking
from
the
heart.
We
saw
faith
leaders
providing
wisdom
and
guidance.
We
saw
all
kinds
of
people
who
simply
want
to
put
an
end
to
racism
and
make
positive
change
in
our
country.
I
don't
want
anything
to
take
away
from
what
they
accomplished
and
the
impact
that
they
had
yesterday.
I
want
to
say
to
all
of
those
peaceful
demonstrators.
Your
words,
your
testimony,
your
call
to
action
move
me
and
you
were
moving
our
society
forward
and
we
will
continue
that
conversation
and
lead
that
progress,
because
that's
who
we
are
in
Boston.
A
But
what
happened
in
downtown
after
the
protest
ended
was
an
attack
on
those
values
and
it
was
attack
on
our
city
and
its
people.
I
know
that
it
was
frightening
for
many
who
were
there.
It
was
frightening
for
those
watching
it
unfold
on
TV
or
falling
off
social
media,
especially
for
the
families
of
the
police
officers
first
responders
and
all
of
the
people
that
went
in
town
to
peacefully
protest.
A
A
A
This
was
the
very
last
thing
that
our
city
quite
honestly
needed.
Some
of
those
stores
have
been
hurt
badly
by
the
pandemic
and
are
just
on
the
verge
of
coming
back.
They're
fighting
to
survive
their
workers
are
fighting
to
support
their
families.
First
responders
are
taking
extra
risks,
with
every
interaction
that
they
have.
A
A
A
A
I'm,
certainly
going
to
do
everything
I
can
to
keep
our
city
safe,
but
also
I'm
not
going
to.
Let
that
distract
us
from
what
George
Floyd's
memory
means.
What
Almonte
Aubrey's
memory
means,
what
Brianna
Taylor's
memory
means
what
Tamir
Rice's
memories
means.
Trayvon
Martin's
memory
means
this
has
been
a
difficult
time
and
it
remains
a
very
difficult
time.
A
A
I
want
our
police
officers,
firefighters,
EMTs,
to
know
then
I'm.
Grateful
and
Boston
is
grateful
for
your
courageous
and
compassionate
service
last
night
and
every
night
and
I
want
to
thank
the
many
surrounding
departments
who
supported
our
efforts
as
well
as
members
of
the
Massachusetts
National
Guard
I
want
all
of
the
people
of
Boston
to
know
that
we
are
strong.
We
are
a
United
City
and
we
will
not
be
defeated
by
this
or
any
other
challenges.
A
A
We're
going
to
continue
to
fight
the
pandemic
with
every
ounce
of
energy
and
resourcefulness.
This
great
city
possesses,
and
we
will
stand
with
our
black
community
as
a
city
where
black
lives
are
valued
and
we're
positive
change
is
always
our
goal
and
our
guiding
light.
I
want
to
thank
you
and
God
bless
the
city
of
Boston
and
now
I'm,
going
to
ask
Commissioner
gross
to
come
on
up
and
say
a
few
words.
B
Good
afternoon
everyone-
let's
talk
about
yesterday,
it
was
mostly
peaceful.
Thank
you
to
the
media
for
showing
the
world
that
that
protest
started
off
peacefully.
We
had
people
from
everywhere
from
inside
of
Boston
the
Greater
Boston
from
all
of
our
Commonwealth
to
come
in
and
peacefully
protest
in
homage
of
mr.
George
Floyd
I
can
tell
you
right
now.
I'm
very
proud
of
that.
I
can
tell
you
right
now,
I'm
very
proud
of
our
community
stakeholders
that
let
groups
of
young
black
men
and
women
and
all
of
God's
children
to
downtown
Boston
to
peacefully
protest.
B
That's
what
that's!
What
should
be
doing
done?
Excuse
me,
that's
what
should
be
done.
I
got
to
remove
the
mask,
that'll
help,
here's
what
I'm
talking
about
we
know
what's
going
on
in
our
great
nation.
We
know
about
the
murder
of
mr.
George
Floyd
and
we
know
that
decades
and
decades
of
people
dying
at
the
hands
of
the
executive
branch
of
the
United
States.
B
B
Unfortunately,
individuals
showed
up
not
with
a
peaceful
intent
on
mine,
but
with
being
disruptive,
that's
not
paying
homage
the
Boston
Police
Department.
We
pride
ourselves
in
working
with
the
community.
We
learned
the
lessons
from
the
past.
We
learn
lessons
from
tragedies
that
are
going
on
today
and
again.
We
applaud
everyone
that
protested
peacefully,
but
unfortunately,
others
came
hell-bent
on
destroying
our
city,
our
great
city,
our
destination
city,
and
we
along
with
others.
There
were
people
from
the
community
as
well.
They
were
like.
No,
you
cannot
destroy
our
city.
I
commend
the
Boston
Police
officers.
B
I
commend
the
officers
from
the
outside
agencies,
the
law
enforcement
councils,
I
commend
the
National
Guard
State
Police
and
everyone
that
said.
No.
This
can't
happen
here
in
Boston,
so
yeah.
It
was
rough
for
a
while
out
there
last
night
as
the
officers
were
attacked
and
actually
tear
gas
was
thrown
at
us.
Vehicles
damaged
over
21
a
cruiser
burned
several
officers
going
to
the
hospital
and
trust
me.
The
eight
mentions
that
went
to
the
hospital.
B
There
were
several
more
that
said
this:
it's
not
going
to
happen
in
our
city
and
no
one's
going
to
take
over
our
city
and
burn
it
to
the
ground.
So
thank
you
first
responders.
Thank
you.
Ems
Thank,
You,
Boston,
Fire,
Thank,
You,
National
Guard,
because
guess
what
they
were
part
of
our
great
Commonwealth
and
we're
going
to
protect
our
Commonwealth
as
well.
I
have
some
numbers
here
that
are
very
important.
We
have
53
total
arrests
and
one
summons.
B
Why
do
I
even
want
to
mention
those
numbers,
because
I
want
to
break
a
negative
stereotypical
view
and
perception
that,
even
though
others
protested
peacefully
that
those
hell-bent
on
destruction
just
came
from
the
inner
city
of
Boston?
And
that
is
not
the
case,
so
the
breakdown
is
27
arrested
from
Boston
outside
of
the
city
24
and
from
other
states.
Two
arrested
in
one
summons,
I'm
telling
you
folks,
the
negative
actions
will
not
deter
us
from
remaining
together,
as
a
community
I
say
from
this
day
going
forward.
B
This
should
strengthen
our
resolve
to
work
together,
no
matter
what,
whether
it's
BPD,
the
communities,
the
greater
community
lists,
start
working
together.
Let's
leave
a
legacy
for
those
young
men
and
women
that
attended
and
protested
peacefully
so
that
when
they,
the
future
leaders
of
Boston
will
have
something
to
reflect
on
positively
and
strengthen
their
resolve.
For
being
the
great
leader
leaders
that
they're
going
to
be
so
going
forward,
we
will
have
partnerships
that
will
protect
this
city.
B
We
will
have
partnerships
that
again
help
us
communicate
with
the
communities
that
we
serve
so
that
we
don't
have
great
tragedies
occurring
like
there
was
in
Minneapolis
again.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
to
the
elected
officials.
Thank
you
to
the
community.
Oh
man,
we've
really
stepped
up
excellent
job
again
paying
homage,
but
we
have
work
to
do
folks.
So,
let's
remember
this.
B
C
C
C
As
if
my
heart
does
certainly
go
out
to
the
officers
and
civilians
that
were
harmed
last
night,
and
we
never
wish
that
upon
anyone,
those
police
officers
showed
up
to
do
their
job.
They
were
pulled
in
on
mandatory
overtime.
We
don't
know
what
their
opinions
are
with
respect
to
what
people
were
saying
or
doing,
we
would
never
wish
them
harm.
C
We
should
be
proud
that
we
have
a
commissioner
in
Boston
who
uses
his
voice
to
say
this
is
unacceptable,
that
we
have
a
sheriff
in
Suffolk
County
that
uses
his
voice
to
say
this
is
unacceptable.
I'm,
a
proud
member
of
noble
the
national
organization
of
black
law
enforcement
officers.
We
issued
a
statement
about
this,
but
I
want
to
remind
you.
The
Commissioner
is
management
and
the
Commissioner
is
not
the
rank-and-file
police
officers
that
go
out
every
single
day
and
interact
with
our
overwhelmingly
poor
black
and
brown
communities
and
people
are
fed
up
and
exhausted.
C
I
want
to
thank
the
the
Chelsea
Police
Department,
the
National
Guard,
all
the
mutual
aid
that
was
brought
to
our
beautiful
city
of
Boston,
but
this
burning
rage
that
you
are
seeing
when
you
turn
your
TV
on
or
you
hear
in
my
voice
is
real
people
are
fed
up
into
the
white
community.
That
is
now
waking
up
to
see
this
rage.
We
have
been
telling
you
this
forever.
C
C
This
city
was
never
burned
on
May
24th,
this
city
wasn't
burned
in
April
or
March
or
2019.
It
was
burned
after
what
happened
on
Memorial
Day,
but
this
is
not
just
about
George
Floyd
or
a
mod
armory
or
Tony
or
Christian
or
Omar,
and
although
Omar
and
Christian
lived,
it
is
a
small
glimpse
into
a
CNN
reporter
being
arrested
and
a
black
man
who
happens
to
really
like
birds
being
criminalized
by
an
entitled
white
woman
who
called
the
police
and
thinks
that
you
are
her
personal
servants.
C
C
Please
be
silent
and
comply
with
all
of
the
police's
requirements
when,
in
fact,
it's
those
very
people
that
murder
us
with
impunity,
but
that's
where
we
are
right
now
and
currently,
as
we
speak,
there
are
three
sessions
of
the
Boston
Municipal
Court
that
are
actively
involved
with
my
staff
and
the
hard-working
men
and
women
of
the
Boston
Police
Department
prosecuting
individuals
that
disgraced
George,
Floyd's
memory
by
looting
and
burning
police
cars
and
throwing
objects
and
debris
and
in
fact
even
shooting
at
officers.
I
am
told
in
a
drive-by
situation.
That
is
unacceptable.
C
You
will
be
prosecuted
and
held
accountable,
but
I
will
also
say
that
buildings
can
be
fixed
and
I
am
happy
that
those
officers
I
hope
will
make
it
out
of
it,
as
will
the
civilians.
There
are
lives
that
were
stolen
and
people
that
were
lynched
and
murdered,
and
they
are
never
coming
back.
I
hope
that
you
take
a
minute
to
reflect
what
a
terrible
terrible
situation
we
are
experiencing
right
now.
Thank
you.
A
What
I'd
like
to
do
now
is
take
a
couple
questions
I
would
appreciate
if
I
could
get
a
couple
questions
about
the
peaceful
protests
today
and
not
focus
on
the
events
that
happened
later
in
the
evening,
because
20,000
people
came
into
came
into
Boston
or
from
Boston
they
marched
they.
Let
their
voices
be
heard,
they're
not
done,
there's
more
work
to
be
done
and
I
don't
want
to
give
satisfaction
to
the
people
came
into
our
city
and
caused
damage.
Last
night,
so
I'm
open
up
to
questions.
A
The
question
is
because
we're
in
the
midst
of
the
pandemic,
why
was
this
allowed
to
happen
yesterday?
In
the
midst
of
the
pandemic,
understanding,
potentially
that
there
was
going
to
be
some?
Some
bad
actors
are
going
to
the
question
in
the
crowd.
We
believe
in
free
speech.
We
believe
in
in
people's
right
to
to
protest
people's
right
to
much
we're
not
gonna,
get
into
a
situation
where
maybe
some
leaders
in
Washington
might
think
that
that
might
be
the
right
thing
to
do,
shut
these
down?
A
A
Health
Department
actually
contacted
some
of
the
organizers
and
we
were
actually
giving
out
mass
yesterday
to
the
marchers
to
make
sure
the
marchers
were
protecting
themself
I
mean
there's
a
real
I
mean
it
seems,
like
coronavirus,
has
taken
a
backseat
right
now,
but
it's
very
much
front
and
center.
Those
protesters
and
those
demonstrators
that
walk
last
night,
there's
probably
a
large
majority
that
had
do
not
have
the
virus
and
did
not
have
the
virus
and
they
expose
himself
last
night
to
the
virus.
A
A
This
is
something
that
we,
the
crowd
that
showed
up
last
night
and
as
the
protesters
and
his
people
are
marching
more
and
more
people
kept
coming
and
coming
and
coming
you
know
you
can't
we
don't
want
a
police
state
here.
We
want
a
balanced
approach.
I
think,
that's,
that's
the
the
the
that's
the
whole
intent
behind
the
March
was
was
was
to
have
to
have
a
respect
and
understanding
of
police
involved.
Shootings
is
one
of
the
one
of
the
pillars
of
the
conversations
yesterday
I'll.
A
A
I
mean
the
question
is
there's
other
demonstrations
plan
for
tonight
tomorrow
am
I.
Worried
certainly
have
some
concerns
about,
not
that
not
not
not
the
demonstration,
but
what
happens
after
the
demonstration
again,
you
know
the
organizer.
What
the
organizer
tomorrow
night
fit
in
contact
with
the
Morgan
I've
actually
have
a
conversation
a
little
while
about
tomorrow
night
and
it's
about
what
happens
afterwards,
and
that's
really
the
messaging
that
that
the
organizers
need
to
get
along
to
get
to
the
crowd,
and
all
of
us
need
to
continue
to
work
on
that
messaging.
A
A
A
The
question
is:
will
the
police
approach
change
from
tonight
for
a
differences?
The
police
had
a
great
I
thought
plan
yesterday
in
the
great
approach
I've
heard
lots
of
compliments.
There's
lots
of
comments
on
social
media
about
the
police
presence.
I've
spoken
selected
officials
about
it.
You
know
people
had
their
opportunity
and
it
exercised
it
all
the
way
to
the
common.
Without
much
of
a
police
presence
on
the
periphery,
there
was
the
only
the
police
had
to
be
activated
when
it
got
violent.
Last
night.
B
A
Let
me
just
address
that
what
you
know
it's
a
different
strategy
yeah
this
is
we
using
a
different
strategy,
I
mean
if
we
need
to
dump
trucks
to
block
intersections.
We
certainly
would
I
think
it's
important
that
any
any
marches
that
that
are
being
planned,
I
really
do
think
it's
important
for
the
organizers
to
talk
to
the
police
department
to
at
least
let
us
know
what
the
route
is,
so
that
we
can
put
the
proper
safety
precaution
in
place
to
save
people.
A
You
know
the
police
are
working
on
that
right
now.
This
is
not
just
unique
to
Boston.
This
has
been
a
constant
theme
across
the
country,
I've
been
in
constant
contact
with
mesh
from
around
the
country,
Chicago
and
New
York
and
Louisville,
Kentucky
and
Denver,
Colorado
and
other
places,
and
and
we're
we're
all
dealing
with
the
same
the
same
issues
so
we're
trying
to
figure
as
we
move
forward.
How
do
we?
How
do
we
deal
with
that.
A
B
A
I
think
it's
really
important
for
me,
but
what
I
have
to
do
is
focus
on
keeping
this
city
safe,
but
our
number
one
priority
is
always
coronavirus
will
be
work
on
the
corona
virus
last
three
months
and
it's
about
about
keeping
keeping
people
safe.
I
have
been
in
contact,
certainly
in
having
conversations
around
mr.
Floyd's
death
and
how
we
can
move
the
conversation
forward
even
more
than
we
have
in
the
city
dealing
with
the
systemic
racism
dealing
with
health
inequities
dealing
with
lack
of
opportunity.
A
As
I
said
many
times
from
this
podium,
this
virus
has
even
magnified
intensified
the
need
to
do
more
work
in
those
in
the
disparity
with
disparities
in
those
areas.
That's
what
this
has
put
a
big
spotlight
on
it.
We
knew
it
was
there,
but
I,
think
more
people
paying
attention
now
and
I
think
that
we
have
to
continue
that
work.
One
last
question.
B
A
I'll
answer
it
yeah,
they
didn't
have
it
on
last
night
until
they
needed
it.
If
you
watch
the,
if
you
saw
many
good
stations
by
the
way
covered,
thank
you
for
covering
the
the
March.
It
was
great.
A
lot
of
reporters
asked
a
lot
of
people,
questions
that
had
a
chance
to
talk
about
what
their
concerns
were
and
I
think
that
that
was
a
great
conversation
to
have
and
I
appreciate
that
you
know
the
police.
The
helmets
they
had
on
last
night
during
during
the
March
was
the
bicycle
unit
riding
the
bikes.
A
You
throw
a
helmet,
and
you
know,
obviously,
when
it
got
tricky
later
in
the
night,
you
make
I'm
gonna
make
sure
that
our
first
responders,
our
police
officers
safe,
not
gonna,
put
into
a
crowd
without
the
proper
equipment
when
people
throwing
bricks
at
them
and
shooting
fireworks
off
at
them
and
shooting
gas
canisters
at
them.
Things
that
you,
you
all
of
your
new
stations
report
on
last
night,
all
right.
Thank
you,
I'm
good!
Thank
you.