government. but in this case, they got what they paid for. i do think it might be time to sort of bury this let this story go after this one. we obviously he s a deranged person who needs help and never should have been near all of those dignitaries, especially the president. bad security breach. he was accused of killing people by putting ties around their neck and starting fires. which is one of the nastiest ways during the uprising, the black township outside of johannesberg, that is basically doing one of the nastiest things in the world. everybody else got arrested but he got sent back home because he was insane. it just tells you how screwed up south africa is. this guy got so close. the emotional import of the event our president would not allow that to happen in any
quote, sanctions against south africa will hurt the blacks much more than the government or anyone else. in the 90s as mandela prepared to visit, the heritage foundation warned americans that quote have reasons to be skeptical of him and arguing the quote mandela is not a freedom fighter. but it hasn t just been pundits and commentators. the modern conservative movement s most sainted hero, ronald reagan, took that movement and made it american government policy. he did it even as outrage over the crimes of apartheid grew around the world and here in the u.s. in south africa, the black township of soweto was invaded. as many as six people were reported killed today, but there was no way to confirm that number. south african government censorship limited the details of this report now by nbc s mike boettcher. reporter: before daybreak in the box houses, vigils were held
the state of michigan must act to ensure students in buena vista can finish out the remaining days of the school district. our reporter spoke to the school s superintendent, dr. deborah harvill, who said we ve been transparent about the fact we ll request an emergency manager or financial review. if emergency manager rings a bell, it should. rachel maddow has covered the heck out of emergency manager law, which allows a state to hire an emergency manager. in other words, austerity wins out over local democracy. the state throws out the decisions of your elected officials and the tiny and mostly black township of buena vista gets put under control of republican rick snyder. buena vista is what the most extreme austerity looks like. in the crisis area, on the ground, the shutting off of the most basic service we can provide, giving kids an education.
get involved saying, if the local school district is unable to reopen its schools on its own, the state of michigan must act to ensure that they can finish out the remaining days of the school year. dchlt debora heartville says, we ve been very transparent that we may request an emergency manager or an emergency review. my colleague, rachel maddow, has covered the heck out of michigan s emergency manager law, which allows the state to appoint an emergency manager to run cash-strapped localities. in other words, austerity wins out over local democracy. the state throws out the decisions of your elected officials and the tiny and mostly black township of buena vista gets put turned control of governor rick snyder. this is what the most recent example of austerity looks like.