Lewis, national chairman, student nonviolent committee, john lewis. Be patient and wait, we must not be patient. We dont want our freedom gradually, we want to be free now. Lewis was arrested or jailed at least 40 times in the 60s. This year we commemorated the march in selma known as bloody sunday where he was beaten and tore men tormented by the police. Lyndon johnson introduced a bill called the civil rights act. He was elected to the u. S. House in 1987. Many remember him as the conscience of congress. But america lost another piece of its conscience yesterday, reverend ct vivian, a friend of his and civil rights icon. He called vivian the greatest preacher to ever live. Both men lived to see familiar scenes of street protests and demands for justice. Congressman lewis cheered them on, including the demonstrations for police reform. I think it sent a message that we will not give up on justice, we will not give up on fairness, that we will continue to press and press on for what is
Breaking news. The shock waves are spreading through the Justice Departments ferguson missouri investigation and tonight, we are learning who is now paying a price for a very disturbing culture of racial bias and abuses in the Police Department and the city court. In a cnn exclusive, we will hear from the Ferguson Police chief. Theres a move afoot to oust him right now. Can he keep his job . Even as the nation prepares to commemorate one of the watershed events of the Civil Rights Movement president obama is speaking out on the Justice Department report saying ferguson is not an isolated incident. Our correspondents and analysts and guests theyre all standing by with full coverage. Lets begin with our justice reporter, evan perez. The Ferguson Police chief, amazingly, hes still on the job. Amazingly, he is still on the job. This is something that local officials who had really organized a deal set up a deal with him some months ago to try to get him to leave before this report came out
Lets go to springer from montana with the president and his campaign speech. An indication how important the speech was given all that is going on in washington dc. And as expected a lot of high points on how strong the economy is and how democrats took control of congress, they would reverse those gains. Spent a lot of time attacking john tester, democratic senator in montana and a lot of time talking about the Supreme Court. Tester is running for reelection against matt rosen day or, staunch supporter of donald trumps, the second rally held by trump for rosendale who trailed tester in early polls but narrowed the gap and according to the latest poll has a lead. We can for more justices like neil gorsuch and Brett Cavanagh, people that will uphold the constitution and defend your Second Amendment rights. Reporter tester is running an ad that highlights several bills he sponsored that were signed by donald trump but tonight trump set on issues that matter like tax cuts, border security
“I just felt a little, you know, disappointed that sadly, now a reality is going to be that now there might be even less of a population of students who look like me or come from similar backgrounds as me,” Beato said. “And there's going to be even less of a population of that in schools that are already predominantly white.”
Brocton legion hosts car show BROCTON American Legion Post 434, 110 W. Main St., Brocton will host a car show on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. There will be hot