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From YouTube: COVID-19 Media Availability 6/12/20
Description
Mayor Walsh hosts a media availability to discuss updates relating to COVID-19.
A
Thank
you
very
much.
I
want
to
thank
everyone
who's
joining
me.
Today.
We
have
chief
Monty
Martinez
Charles
Smith
Sean
Burroughs
reading
nuevas
from
the
Public
Health
Commission
Freda
Bransfield
from
City
Hall,
the
Commissioner
William
grass
from
US
attorney
Wayne
bud.
They
can't
get
everybody
I
want
to.
Thank
you
all
for
joining
us
today.
I
want
to
start
with
the
latest
numbers
of
kovat
19
in
Massachusetts.
As
of
yesterday,
the
state
reached
a
total
of
104
thousand
600.
In
67
cases
we
had
a
one-day
increase
of
519
cases.
A
The
state
has
now
confirmed
total
deaths
of
seven
thousand
four
hundred
ninety
two
and
that's
up
from
38
from
the
previous
day.
The
Boston
numbers,
as
of
yesterday
are
now
recorded
at
13,000
118
cases
a
one
day
increase
of
44
cases.
We
have
confirmed
that
seven
thousand
nine
hundred
eighty
seven
people
have
fully
recovered
from
Koba
19
in
the
city
of
Boston
in
606
hundred
and
seventy
three
people
have
passed
away
and
that's
two
additional
deaths
from
the
day
before
and
I
just
want
to
say.
A
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.
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.
I
resent
resiliency
policy
defines
racial
inequality
as
a
slow-moving
disaster
that
homes,
communities
and
individuals
over
the
course
of
a
lifetime.
A
From
the
moment
the
kovat
crisis
hit.
We
start.
We
saw
a
very
stark
pictures
of
what
that
looks
like
in
financial
vulnerability,
housing
insecurity,
as
I've
reported
here
many
times,
and
access
to
food
and
technology,
and
certainly
in
health
impacts.
We
saw
the
urgency
it
would
take
to
meet
those
deep
needs
in
our
communities,
and
we
have
acted
with
that
urgency.
A
Equity
has
been
the
center
of
ours
Kwanza
to
the
Cova
19
pandemic,
and
our
goal
has
always
been
to
recover
from
this
pandemic
in
a
more
equitable
state.
Then
we
entered
it
then
on
May,
25th,
George
Floyd,
who
no
one
knew
at
least
in
Boston,
was
murdered
in
Minneapolis
and
then
the
public
conversation
changed.
A
Lifetime's
of
experiences
were
brought
up
to
the
surface
in
justified
anger,
young
people
refused
and
still
refuse
to
accept
that
injustice
of
the
past,
and
that
would
not
be
their
reality.
A
moment
grow
that
has
brought
a
new
urgency
to
this
moment
in
our
nation's
history,
not
just
our
city,
but
our
nation
I
stood
at
this
podium
a
little
over
a
week
ago
and
I
said
I
was
gonna,
listen
and
I've
been
listening
to
that
movement.
A
I've
been
listening
to
black
Americans
and
people
of
color
in
my
life
on
my
team
here
in
the
city,
women
and
dialogues
about
their
experiences,
real
experiences,
how
racism
shapes
lives
and
hurts
communities
as
we're
seeing
right
now
and
we're
determined
to
accelerate
our
work
towards
systemic
change,
to
renew
our
nation
in
our
cities.
Promise
of
equal
opportunity
in
justice
for
every
single
person.
A
Out
of
that
conversation
has
come
an
initial
set
of
action
for
racial
equity
that
I'm
going
to
announce
today.
What
I'm
announcing
today
is
the
beginning:
it's
not
the
end.
There
will
be
more
announcements
and
more
work
that
we
have
to
do,
but
first
I
want
to
declare
racism
to
be
a
public
health
crisis
in
the
city
of
Boston.
The
health
impacts
of
historic
and
systemic
racism
are
clear
in
our
Kovan
19
case
numbers
and
the
impacts
go
far
beyond
the
current
crisis.
A
So
we'll
be
backing
this
declaration.
With
an
initial
investment
of
three
million
dollars,
that's
gonna
be
transferred
from
the
police
overtime
budget
to
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission.
The
Health
Commission
will
work
with
our
cities
departments,
including
our
police
department,
on
strategies
to
direct
access
and
the
impacts
of
racism
haves
on
the
lives
in
the
health
of
Boston
residents.
I'd
like
to
invite
chief
mighty
mightiness
now
to
come
up
and
talk
a
little
more
about
what
we're
doing.
B
B
In
a
city
like
ours,
we
have
to
focus
on
the
impact
that
racism
has
on
the
lives
of
all
of
our
neighbors
and
how
it
impacts
our
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
intention
to
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.
B
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.
B
We
will
have
complete
and
regular
availability
of
specific
race
and
ethnicity
data
that
documents
the
health
inequities
that
exist,
so
that
we
can
ensure
we're,
collecting,
disseminating
and
look
the
gaps
that
exist
in
partnership
with
our
hospitals
and
our
health
care
centers,
and
then
we'll
use
that
data
to
analyze
the
real
facts,
to
analyze
the
gaps
and
do
the
work
necessary
to
close
those
inequities.
We
will
continue
our
focus
on
access
to
prevention
and
treatment.
That's
culturally
and
linguistically
competent.
B
We
will
develop
direct
service
programs
and
services
that
address
the
negative
impact
of
these
inequities
and
we
will
join
advocacy
at
the
state
and
national
level
for
these
policies.
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.
B
As
the
mayor
said,
we've
seen
it
play
out
through
our
kovat
clover
19
and
did
the
work
we've
had
to
do
and
we
continue
to
see
it
play
out.
Today.
It's
been
at
the
core
of
the
Boston
Public
Health
Commission
x'
work,
and
it
will
continue
to
be
at
a
core
with
the
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.
A
Thank
You
mati,
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
gonna
talk
about
in
a
few
minutes.
These
steps
call
for
a
ten-point
action
plan
put
forward
by
the
black
and
Latino
legislative
caucus
and
other
elected
officials
of
color
in
Boston
in
the
common
wall.
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.
A
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.
These
are
all
use
of
force.
Policies
proven
to
reduce
the
likelihood
of
violence.
I
want
to
commend
and
thank
the
Commissioner
Commissioner
cross
for
his
leadership
in
acting
swiftly
to
drive
these
important
changes
forward.
A
I
also
want
to
thank
the
members
of
the
command
staff,
the
police
department,
for
taking
these
issues
very
seriously.
The
Boston
Police
Department
is
also
adopting
the
training
program
known
as
ethical
policing,
encourage
courageous,
assuming
is
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.
A
I
can
also
announce
that
moving
forward
the
Boston
Police
Department
will
no
longer
use
the
hair
test
for
evidence
of
drug
use
in
officers
or
recruits
I
want
to
thank
the
police
unions
in
their
partnership
in
this
decision
that
we
were
able
to
eliminate
the
hair
test
here
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
can
also
announce
steps
that
we're
taking
for
the
fiscal
2021
budget
to
further
ground
Public,
Safety
and
community.
A
Well,
health
and
well-being
I
am
proposing
to
the
bar
City
Council
to
reallocate
20
percent
or
12
million
dollars
of
the
Boston
Police
Department's
overtime
budget.
The
money
will
be
invested
instead
in
Community
Program
for
youth,
for
homelessness,
for
people
struggling
with
the
effects
of
inequality.
A
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
input,
review
and
reform.
I
have
signed
the
mayor's
pledge
issued
by
the
Obama
foundation.
My
brother's
keeper
Alliance,
but
my
brother's
keeper
was
launched
in
2014
to
empower
young
men,
and
women
of
color
in
Boston
was
one
of
the
initial
cities.
A
We
were
there
at
the
founding
and
we
made
sure
that
we
continue
to
be
part
of
this
alliance.
What
this
pledge
says
is
one
we
will
review
all
of
our
police
use
of
force
policies
2.
We
will
engage
communities
by
including
a
diverse
range
of
input,
experiences
and
stories.
3
will
report
the
findings
of
our
review
to
the
community
and
seek
feedback
4.
We
will
reform
all
of
our
use
of
force
policies
based
on
the
conversations
that
are
happening.
I
want
to
be
clear
that
our
process
is
not
designated
to
delay
change.
A
It's
designed
to
sustain
change
and
to
make
sure
our
commitment
translated
into
action,
I'm,
creating
a
new
task
force.
It
will
be
led
by
Boston's
Bostonians
from
civil
rights
organizations,
the
legal
community
in
the
faith
community,
it
will
be
chaired
by
Wayne
bud
the
former
US
attorney
for
the
District
of
Massachusetts
he's
a
respected
and
longtime
leader
in
Boston's
legal
community
and
certainly
civil
rights
community.
A
The
task
force
will
conduct
an
immediate
review
of
force,
force,
paula's,
all
police
force
policies
and
other
equity
issues
at
the
Boston
Police
Department,
and
it
will
provide
guidance
on
how
we
strengthen
the
co-op
board
to
ensure
that
their
work
is
effective
and
I
will
be
accepting
any
changes
that
they
recommend
to
the
co-op
board.
This
task
force
will
begin
immediately
and
produce
a
recommendation
within
60
days.
The
community
will
then
have
time
to
review
the
recommendations
and
provide
feedback,
and
we
will
announce
reforms.
C
Thank
you
very
much
mr.
mayor,
and
thank
you
for
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
in
the
city
of
Boston.
A
A
They
are
truly
committed.
Our
offices
they're
committed
to
community
policing
and
positive
reform.
Since
my
first
day
as
mayor
of
this
great
city,
our
offices
continue
to
build
strong
foundations
of
trust
in
relationships
with
young
people
and
members
of
all
of
our
different
neighborhoods.
Here
in
the
city.
A
Their
work
starts
with
a
positive
interaction
with
our
communities
in
our
classrooms,
in
our
schools
and
in
progress
and
programs
like
coffee
with
a
cop,
the
flashlight
walks,
the
peace
walks
at
Christmastime
shop
with
a
cop.
They
provide
prevention
and
diversion
supports
for
at-risk
youth
and
families.
A
A
A
That's
what
we're
going
to
keep
doing
here
in
Boston,
the
men
and
women
of
the
Boston
Police
Department
are
increasingly
reflective
of
our
communities
that
they
serve
and,
let's
not
forget,
these
offices
are
sons
and
daughters
of
proud
parents,
their
mothers
and
fathers
who
love
their
children,
their
coaches
and
mentors
in
our
community,
and
they
chew
I'm
feeling
the
same
emotion
of
this
moment,
and
they
too
want
to
be
part
of
the
solution.
They
continue
to
deserve
our
respect
and
gratitude.
A
A
A
A
A
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
a
substantial
change
here
in
the
City
of
Boston,
in
the
way
that
we
deliver
services
and
I
thought
we'd
good
before,
but
it
showed
some
opportunities
for
us
to
do
better
with
the
murder
of
George
Floyd.
As
I
said,
things
got
more
tense.
A
Maybe
in
some
parts
of
this
country,
and
maybe
in
some
neighborhoods
we're
gonna
go
back
to
the
way
it
was,
but,
as
I've
said
from
the
beginning
before
mr.
Floyd
was
murdered,
the
new
normal
is
not
gonna,
be
what
we
experienced
in
the
past.
It's
incumbent
upon
me,
it's
incumbent
upon
all
of
us
to
continue
to
move
forward,
as
I've
said
before
that
too
often
we've
seen
a
shooting
of
a
black
man
and
we
have
protests,
and
we
turn
the
page.
A
A
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
22nd.
The
the
second
quarter
of
the
21st
century
2020
really
began
change
in
our
country.
A
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.
The
answer
is
the
money
that
we're
going
to
be
investing
is
actually
benefitting
them
to
deal
with
racism
to
deal
with
health
inequities
to
deal
with
opportunities
for
our
youth
to
deal
with
homelessness.
I
think
that
we
think
about
policing,
as
when
we
took
the
conversation,
has
been
around
defunding
police
departments
and
and
changing
the
way
police
departments
are.
What
we
have
to
do
is
continue.
A
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.
A
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
mayor
in
2014,
I
took
very
bold
steps,
then,
with
the
police
department
and
putting
in
reforms
changing
the
way
that
we
do
training
with
the
escalation.
If
and
I
think
that
the
results
are
in
the
numbers
that
I
mentioned
here
earlier.
Complaints
against
police
officer
down
arrested
on
crime
is
down,
and
I
would
say
that
a
lot
of
the
reforms
that
we
instituted
back
in
2015
were
effective.
I.
A
Think
now,
there's
been
a
call
by
Bostonians
to
review
our
policing
tactics
and
review.
What
we
have
and
I
think
there's
never
harm
and
always
reviewing.
There's
always
room
for
improvement.
There's
room
for
improvement,
be
a
bit
better
mayor
every
day
and
I
think
that
now
is
the
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
this
command
staff
and
start
talking
about
it
in
this
task
force
we're
putting
together
it's
going
to
be
an
outside
independent
task
force.
A
C
D
E
Can
tell
you
right
now,
since
the
merits
come
in
we've
reviewed
policies,
procedures,
rules
and
regs
I,
just
like
to
inform
everyone
that
it
was
President
Obama
that
ordered
a
21st
century
study
in
policing
because
of
the
shooting
of
unarmed,
black
and
brown
men.
At
the
end
of
that
study,
there
were
recommendations
for
each
and
every
Police
Department
in
the
United
States
to
follow
community
policing,
dialogue,
transparency,
fairness
for
policing,
procedural
justice,
de-escalation
and
then
the
president
said,
if
you
want
to
learn
about
this
model,
come
to
Boston.
Now
that
shows
you.
E
E
It
is
the
duty
and
responsibility
excuse
me
of
each
and
every
one
of
our
citizens
to
make
sure
that
that
cowardly
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
that's
exactly
what
we're
talking
about
today.
E
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
on
put
together
led
by
mr.
bud.
E
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
called
the
Boston
police.
How
many
hats
do
you
want
us
to
wear
so
I
think
that
responsibility
should
be
spread
out,
of
course,
we're
working
partnership
with
all
of
our
partners.
E
I've
created
the
bureau
of
community
engagement
to
make
sure
we
take
care
of
our
seniors,
our
youth
in
our
community,
and
that
we
never
lose
a
cohesiveness
that
we
have
now.
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
and
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.
E
E
The
rumblings
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
gremlins
I
hear
is
some
people
have
a
short
memory,
but
if
you
watch
someone
die
for
8
minutes
and
46
seconds,
you
want
to
make
sure
that's
not
happening
in
your
city.
E
We
just
asked
this:
let's
split
that
8
minutes
and
46
seconds
you
take
4
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
it's
working
in
partnerships
with
the
communities
we
serve
to
solve
all
problems
so
that
we
all
have
better
quality
of
life.
We
will
not
share
away
from
that
or
shy
away
from
that.
Thank
you.
A
I'll
come
back
gently,
just
real
quick
Rafal
pay.
Now
I'm
going
to
tempt
you
President
Obama,
put
together
his
task
for
us
back
in
2015
after
Ferguson.
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.
If
you
look
in
the
archives,
I
believe
there's
five
cities
reference
as
far
as
models
for
community
policing
Boston
was
one
of
those
models.
A
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
that
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.
A
A
We
cancelled
I
canceled
because
of
kovat
19,
all
of
the
parades
and
festivals
and
the
city
of
arts,
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
the
protests
in
there
still
communities
that
want.
My
phone
has
been
off
the
hook
about
fireworks.
A
People
asking
for
police
presents
the
neighborhood
about
the
fireworks
it's
incumbent
upon
all
of
us
in
the
department
to
make
sure
they
live
within
their
means
when
it
comes
to
a
budget
and
we're
going
to,
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
going
to
be
putting
a
budget
in
front
of
City
Council
Monday
we're
gonna
be
making
cuts
on
top
of
what
we
did
through
all
the
time.
A
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
what
we're
putting
in
there.
So
it's
going
to
be
in
cut
to
answer
question
quickly.