She was facing 60 years in prison for killing her abusive ex partner. He had choked her, broke into her apartment, and sent threatening messages while she had an order of protection against him. Today in a democracy now exclusive, Cherelle Baldwin joins us in the studio after almost three years in prison on a 1 million bond awaiting trtrial. We will also speak with her mother and her attorney. Been to yemen. Then to yemen. Huhundreds of ththousands of yes took to the streets to protest the First Anniversary of the u. S. Backed, saudiled offensive. The protest were said to be the largest since 2011 force of resignation of the president. On yemenis from all different sects came out in the masses, to show the w world that the e yemi peop c can never bee shaken nor defeated. Amy since the u. S. Backed, saudiled interventionon began last march, more than 6000 people have been killed in yemen, about half of them civilians. Unicef says neararly 10 million children are in dire need of humanita
This is his target. Sharif left me alone in his truck. When he did that, there was a letter sitting on the dashboard from the law office. I snapped a picture of it because i knew he was fbi. I wanted to know who this guy was. His real name is saeed torres. Amy khalifah alakili from a white muslim convert in pittsburgh, about to have a News Conference with his lawyer sang he was being set up when he was arrested by the fbi. Ultimately he was sentenced to eight years in jail on nonterrorism charges. Today, we look at the film t error that is with a t with current the seas around it. We take you on the journey of the fbi informant as well as all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of people are believed to be dead in what may be the deadliest migrant disaster ever in the mediterranean sea. As many as 700 people perished after the boat capsized after departing from libya. Only 28 people were rescued. T
Bright light on the fbis shadowy use of informants in its controversial counterterrorism sting operations. You just heard the fbi informant saeed torres, aka sharif. This is his target. Sharif left me alone in his truck. When he did that, there was a letter sitting on the dashboard from the law office. I snapped a picture of it because i knew he was fbi. I wanted to know who this guy was. His real name is saeed torres. Amy khalifah alakili from a white muslim convert in pittsburgh, about to have a News Conference with his lawyer saying he was being set up when he was arrested by the fbi. Ultimately he was sentenced to eight years in jail on nonterrorism charges. Today, we look at the film t error that is with a t with current the seas around it. We take you on the journey of the fbi informant as well as all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Hundreds of people are believed to be dead in what may be the dea
That really needs to be discussed. And this would be a good place to to discuss it. Joseph shapiro is Lieutenant Colonel in the us air force. Hes got a ph. D. In philosophy from the university of oxford. His areas of expertise are everything from war theory military ethics especially the ethics of remote and autonomous weapons. Hes a senior pilot with more than 1400 pilot and Instructor Pilot hours and many flown in of major u. S. Combat humanitarian operations. He currently serves on the air force staff, so staffs, Artificial Intelligence, cross functional team. But, you know, the more we see u. S. Military involved in other parts of the world, the more we see the use of drones and other remote weapons. And so now a good time to discuss whether that is moral or. So please join me in welcoming joseph chapter. Thank you, tony, for the kind introduction. Thank you for being here. This is really a privilege. I would be lying if i told you that i expected someday to write a book and to be
But, you know, the more we see u. S. Military involved in other parts of the world, the more we see the use of drones and other remote weapons. And so now a good time to discuss whether that is moral or. So please join me in welcoming joseph chapter. Thank you, tony, for the kind introduction. Thank you for being here. This is really a privilege. I would be lying if i told you that i expected someday to write a book and to be able to talk to folks like you about it. I never thought that was going to be the case. This is really exciting. And to do so at this Historic Place is Something Special for me. Also i would be remiss if i didnt mention that president carter wrote a New York Times op ed in 2012, in which made it very clear that he had qualms about the quote unquote, drone program. And so im excited to bring some of those questions up and maybe hopefully to address some of the concerns that he expressed. So i think ill start by talking about a period of during which i was writing t