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Its not one unanimous verdict where the hands were. What it has become is a symbol, i think, of people who are concerned about the fact that police, in this case can go about their duties and protect the people but in some cases behave excessively in their judgment and not face any sanction as a result. You know, everything fits with his account. Michael browns blood is inside his police car. He said brown was struggling to get his weapon. If youre a Police Officer, thats the thing youre supposed to do is prevent an assailant from grabbing your gun. Theres no doubt about that. You remember theres a very High Standard for a grand jury. They have to have more than 50 probability in saying to the government we think that this person is guilty of a crime and the government can prove in court that this would take place. I think because of the publicity there is a desire for transparency. I think people wish they had a trial, wish they could have seen the evidence, seen the testimony, allowe
Lead their own International Boycott of the United States hosting the Olympic Games as retaliation for what happened to them in 1980. But the United States had, again, led a coalition of 65 countries for the boycott of moscow. The sovietnion sically just got themselves and their little sphere of influence in the eastern block. It was 14 countries in total, including the soviet union that boycotted l. A. In 1984. But that weird period in olympic history had one legacy for right now thats turning out to be sort of interesting. That the moscow olympics, that moscow olympic adventure with that weird International Intrigue around it in 1980, that was the last time russia gotten a olympics for a very, very long time. For a generation. Fast forward to 2007. July, 2007, the International Olympic committee met in this city, in lovely Guatemala City in guatemala to make a decision about who would get the winter Olympic Games in 2014. As you can see, Guatemala City is lovely, kcosmopolitan place.
In the United States and all around the world. Im rosemary church. And im George Howell. Newsroom starts right now. It is 2 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast. We begin in kyrgyzstan. A jet crashed in a village and killed 37 people. We know children were killed as well. It crashed near the countrys main airport. This video shows the crash site. And you can see some of the debris there, as well as rescuers on the scene. Following this story, cnns ian lee is live in istanbul turkey, gathering details, what more do we know at this point when that plane and what might have caused this crash . Reporter well, george, when you look at the pictures of the wreckage, you can see that there was heavy fog at the time, and that could have played a role in the crash. Something investigators are going to be looking into. This was a boeing 747, operated by act, which is a turkish Cargo Company crashing roughly 2 kilometers away from that Main International airport there, 15 homes were destroyed. And tha
Did not go to the olympics in moscow that year. And then, incidentally, it was pitiful four years later the olympics were held in los angeles four years later in 1984, moscow decided they would lead their own International Boycott of the United States hosting the Olympic Games as retaliation for what happened to them in 1980. But the United States had, again, led a coalition of 65 countries for the boycott of moscow. The soviet union basically just got themselves and their little sphere of influence in the eastern block. It was 14 countries in total, including the soviet union that boycotted l. A. In 1984. But that weird period in olympic history had one legacy for right now thats turning out to be sort of interesting. That the moscow olympics, that moscow olympic adventure with that weird International Intrigue around it in 1980, that was the last time russia gotten a olympics for a very, very long time. For a generation. Fast forward to 2007. July, 2007, the International Olympic com