All right. I think well get started. Good afternoon. Thank you all for coming. Thanks for cspan for coming. My name is mark schmitt. Im the director of the Political Reform Program here at new america and all i want to do is welcome you to this discussion on race and solidarity in the United States and the future of solidarity as a way of thinking about thinking about race. This discussion was organized by ted johnson who has been a fellow in our National Fellows program and also a fellow in the Political Reform Program. His work on the complexity of black voting behavior and Political Attitudes has been eyeopening to me, and, you know, tremendously important. Hes now a fellow at the Brennan Center for justice which is an organization that as you can see, the signs here, its occasionally here. We often do things in partnership with the Brennan Center which is a wonderful organization and ted is bringing a bit of a of a nonlegal beyond legal, i guess he would say, scope of analysis to t
That way he can form opinions. Host how much of these reports are based on unnamed sources, and has that trend increased with this president . All right, i think we will get started. Thank you for coming. Thank you to cspan. I am the director of the Political Reform Program here at new america. I want to welcome you to this discussion on race and solidarity in the United States and the future of solidarity as a way of thinking about race. This discussion was organized by ted johnson, a fellow in our andonal Fellows Program also in our Political Reform Program. His work on the complexity of black voting behavior and Political Attitudes has been eyeopening to me enter medicinally important. He is a fellow at the Brennan Center for justice, an you can see that here. It is occasionally here. We often do things in partnership with the Brennan Center, a wonderful organization. Bit of ainging a nonlegal, beyond legal, scope of andysis to their work continuing hopefully to work in partnership
He had to show them id. Im physically im in pain but most of all its just like i said, those are the people i call for help. Im just hurt. Both of them stomped into his head and pushed his face into the concrete and gave him a serious and severe beating. Reporter the nypd said the arresting officers supervision notified them he was injured while resisting arrest. No allegation now hes turning to the court. I have no hate towards Police Officers at all and thats who i call when i need help. So im just hurt and its a lot of things. Reporter mr. Baker is back in court to face charges from that arrest next month. Reporting live, tim fleischer, channel 7 eye witness news. Tim, thank you. Developing news right now in manhattan. New video of protesters getting arrested at a demonstration. 50 demonstrators have been arrested charged with disorderly conduct. This for blocking the buildings entrance. Faculty and Staff Members demanding a fair contract offer. Protesters say theyve gone five years
The cars involved are pretty smashed up. No word yet on what caused that crash. Also on 7, leaders in burlington coming together to give a mosque a new look. This after two teens are being charged with vandalizing the Islamic Center. Police say they spray paimentd usa on the mosque over the weekend and now leaders are retagging the walls with some positive messages. John coco has the latest from burlington. Reporter covering up hate after the mosque was defaced over the weekend. Its members many others are now using art to bring them closer to their community. Peace. Reporter early sunday morning, the Burlington Islamic Center was tagged with usa, mosque. Eggs were also thrown at it, the mass culprits were caught on building. Two 18yearolds cameron copella and derek demoan were arrested and now charged with malicious destruction of property. Its a Wider Network of friends, colleagues and neighbors in burlington and they we lament that the fence of safety and security, which we all valu
I surely couldn t foresee myself writing another letter to the editor after all these years, but I just can t restrain myself. There are so many remarkable issu