Extraordinary in what they did. Hero is not even words for the Police Officers. Makes me want to do my job even harder. Three officers gunned down in baton rouge. Its unjustifiable. The violence, the hatred just has to stop. It is there between blacks and whites. Democrats and republicans now face the same challenge. Are you intimidated by the enormity of this . This man is awed with the American People and he is not intimidated by the world. Hes a good man, i believe, he will be a great president of the United States. I love what he just said. In east france, American College student Nicholas Leslie has been identified as one of the 84 people killed. Affecting its ties with the United States. Its irresponsible to have accusations of american involvement when we are simply waiting for their request. Storms swept the midwest. The most violent in eastern iowa. Homes and other buildings were damaged. A couple of loud booms. Liftoff of the falcon 9 spacex. Launch a key piece of equipment f
Killing,ther Police Another shocking video. In baton rouge, protest continue over the killing of alton sterling, shot to death by police early Tuesday Morning after they penned him to the ground. Sterlings son began weeping uncontrollably on live tv wednesday while the boy mother addressed the media. Then to st. Paul, minnesota, where a woman broadcast live on facebook from the car moments after her boyfriend, Philando Castile, is shot to death by police. Stay with me. We got pulled over for a busted tail light in the back and the police he is covered. They killed my boyfriend. My we will go to minnesota here in new york, we will speak with the author of nobody casualties of americas war on the vulnerable from ferguson to flint and beyond and mychal denzel smith. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of protesters are gathered outside the governors house in minneapolis following the Fatal Police Sh
Phone, and seized the store Security Camera footage without a warrant. He wilill join us today along wh an atlanta man who says he too has been targeted by police after posting the alton sterling video online. Chris leday says Police Detained at a u. S. Air force base and let him away in shackles. Then to new york where two years ago this week eric garner died in Staten Island after officers wrestled him to the ground, pinned him down, and applied a fatal chokehold. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. B backup. Amy the man who filmed the Police Killing of eric garner, ramsey orta, is now heading to jail for four years on unrelated charges making him the only person at the scene of garners killing who will serve jail time. We will speak to garners daughter erica and Rolling Stone reporter matt taibbi. We will also talk about Bernie Sanders endorsement of Hillary Clinton. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to fromom pacifica,
Of seattle norm stamper, author of the new book to protect and to serve how to fix americas police. Mr. Stamper we have to look at syst systemic forms of racism and other formsf bigogoted behavior. It is one thing for Police Chiefs or sheriffs to denounce racism, to announce that there will be no tolerance o of that kind of behavior. It is another to actually affect the working culture of Police Officers. Amy then, a father and son join us to read letters they wrote to each other after the shootings batonight last week i in rouge, louisiana, and falcon heights, minnesota. We will speak to princeton professor eddie glaude, author of democracy in black how race still enslaves the american soul, as well as his college age son, langston. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracycy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. President obama met wednesday at the white house with Law Enforcement officials and civil rights leaders after a week of nationwide prote
Though, what is debt. This comes days after shocking video showed Police Officers killing africanamerican men in baton rouge, louisiana, and Falcon Heights, minneapolis. Pres. Obama incidents like this there is a big chunk of our fellow citizenry that feels because of the color of their skin, theyre not being treated the same. Amy we will speak with a retired new york Police Attacked up as well as the head of the naacp in baton rouge, and the. Uthor Marc Lamont Hill then we look at a stunning expose into the privatized world of prison extradition in which prisoners are e transferred acrs the country by forprofit van companies. Alalof that anand more coming u. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In dallas, five Police Officers have been shot dead and six. Thers were wounded the police were patrolling a demonstration in Downtown Dallas against the recent Police Shootings of alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana, and Philando Castile