And by contributions to your pbs state from viewers like you. Thank you. It is hard to believe it has been 25 years since the los angeles that i know and love went up in flames because of the injustice of rodney king. Joining us is karen bass. Gil gar setty who was elected the new da and oversaw one of the most pivotal errors in the departments history. Michael wu made a racially charged race for mayor. He is now teaming with courses like redesigning l. A. He is dean of the college of environmental design, and john mack. Good to have you all here. Thank you. Does it seem like 25 years . No, it is incredible. The years have jumped by. We were talking about it earlier. It seemed like maybe 10 or 15 years ago, but 25, that is, but of course, it still burns in my mind, the memory and the process that we went through. Of course on the day of that verdict, a bunch of us were gathered at the church, and after that tape it was hard for us to believe that the jury would make the decision they d
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers look you. Thank you. Please welcome our guest back to the program. President of the nations leading latino civil rights organization. He and Community Leaders just released their assessment of the Trump Administration first 100 days. And they say it is dismal. Good to have you back on the program. Thank you, a pleasure. Well talk about what we have seen in the country and around the world, on may day, protesters having their say about immigrant rights. Let me read the way mr. Trump saw or sees, saw at this late hour, this day. President trump proclaimed monday to be loyalty day. He wanted to call it not may day. Loyalty day. Time for americans to reaffirm their commitment and i quote to individual liberties, to limited government, and to the inherent dignity of every human being. With pledge of allegiance ceremonies and display of american flags thats what he called for. May day for again protesters around the world, meant something
And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers look you. Thank you. Please welcome our guest back to the program. President of the nations leading latino civil rights organization. He and Community Leaders just released their assessment of the Trump Administration first 100 days. And they say it is dismal. Good to have you back on the program. Thank you, a pleasure. Well talk about what we have seen in the country and around the world, on may day, protesters having their say about immigrant rights. Let me read the way mr. Trump saw or sees, saw at this late hour, this day. President trump proclaimed monday to be loyalty day. He wanted to call it not may day. Loyalty day. Time for americans to reaffirm their commitment and i quote to individual liberties, to limited government, and to the inherent dignity of every human being. With pledge of allegiance ceremonies and display of american flags thats what he called for. May day for again protesters around the world, meant something
And and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. 50 50 years ago today, more than two dozen armed members of the black Panther Party, including women marched on the state Capital Building to protest the passage of an act signed by then governor ronald reag reagan. This protest was enough to push the black panthers into general knowledge. Adam winkler, law professor at ucla and author of gunfight. And here to talk about the overall legacy of the black Panther Party, one of his foreign leaders. Erica huggens. Before our conversation, first a look back at that day, 50 years ago. People in this court and the people in the legislature have not been acting like human beings, theyve put trumped up charges of conspiracy and felonies on everyone who went in to exercise a constitutional right. Instead they had no right to bear arms in a public place. The Second Amendment of the constitution guarantees the citizen a right to bear arms on public property. The legislat
And and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. 50 50 years ago today, more than two dozen armed members of the black Panther Party, including women marched on the state Capital Building to protest the passage of an act signed by then governor ronald reag reagan. This protest was enough to push the black panthers into general knowledge. Adam winkler, law professor at ucla and author of gunfight. And here to talk about the overall legacy of the black Panther Party, one of his foreign leaders. Erica huggens. Before our conversation, first a look back at that day, 50 years ago. People in this court and the people in the legislature have not been acting like human beings, theyve put trumped up charges of conspiracy and felonies on everyone who went in to exercise a constitutional right. Instead they had no right to bear arms in a public place. The Second Amendment of the constitution guarantees the citizen a right to bear arms on public property. The legislat