Duke. Visiting professor of american christianity and southern culture. At the duke divinity school. And professor of American City at unc chapel hill. He is a very inclusive guy. He has an appointment we will not talk that tonight. He is the author of and a book called radio free, robert of williams and the roots of black power. Tim also served on an executive board of the North Carolina naacp. Tim can tell you more about, way more about this book than i can. I just want to say that he does a marvelous job of putting emmett till murder and lynching into a context of American History. Tims earlier book is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later in oxford North Carolina. About 25 miles from here. And i learned just a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here. At the intersection of carr boulevard and ninth street. Where a black, during the war in 1944, a black soldier in uniform would not, he was from philadelphia. It would not move
Timothy thyssen, also known as, tim tyson, tim is the Senior Research scholar at the center for documentary studies at duke, visiting professor of american christianity in southern culture at the Duke Divinity School and an adjunct professor of american studies at unc chapel hill. So you can tell it is a very inclusive guy. He has an appointment at duke and you and see. Were not, talk basketball tonight. He is the author of which is a finalist for the National Book award. In a book called radio free dick see. Tim also serves on the executive board of the North Carolina naacp. Tim can tell you more about this book than i can. I just want to say that he does a marvelous job of putting emmett tills murder and lynching into a context of American History. His earlier books and is about a similar incident that happened 15 years later North Carolina law 25 miles from here. I learned a few years ago about another similar incident that happened three blocks from here. At the intersection of clu
That officer had no choice but to shoot. It started when a Family Member reported the man acting erratically. We get this developing news now from maureen. What can you tell us . Reporter well, as you just heard, police are calling this a tragic scene. Tonight they are investigating a deadly shoot wrong they say the suspect was shot and killed by one of their officers, and its been about five hours now since this all happened, and at this time, a portion of scott boulevard is still close down. It happened about 5 00 p. M. , and they say they receive adam 911 call from someone on deborah drive, saying their son was acting reratically. Tonight several Police Vehicles remain outside the residence. Police say one officer deployed his taser, and then ultimately pulled his gun, opened fire, and shot and killed the young man. He died near the train tracks underneath the scott boulevard overpass. Here is what a Santa Clara Police captain told us a short time ago. During their contact with the
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