Than most. Hank yes. I spent part of my childhood in georgia, in the middle part of georgia. I was born in jacksonville, florida, and i think from age probably three to eight was spent in georgia. An area considered middle georgia, not are from augustine, georgia. After that, i went with my family to saint augustine, florida, and that is where i came of age as a teenager. I came by my activism very early. I always had an innate sense of what was right and what was wrong, and i dont know exactly where i got that from. The idea of segregation and things that white people could do and black people could not do, i understood very early. Maybe as early as 7, 8 years old, that there was something wrong with that. Obviously i wasnt capable of any deep philosophical thinking, it is just that, why cant we go there and the white folks can . Or why are we poorer than white people . Those were things as a child that concerned me. I did have one incident in georgia wherein i guess i violated a very
Later, we will focus on yesterdays gop event in ames, iowa. Reaction to your comments of donald trump. We will begin with the effort this past week to reduce prison time for nonviolent offenders. Our phone lines are open and we went to hear from you. 202 7488000 if you support the efforts to ease mandatory prison sentences. If you oppose the idea, the number to call is 202 7488001. Finally for those of you that it had experience with the criminal justice system, heres the number to call. 202 7488002. As always you can send us a tweet or join us on social media and facebook or send us an email at journal cspan. Org. Good sunday morning and thank you for being with us. Many of you weighing in on our Facebook Page and the question were asking. These efforts to ease the mandatory prison sentences. The president , the First Time Ever a prison. He did so last thursday just outside of oklahoma city. From our Facebook Page that is this from kylie says cops are one step away from being a milita
Everyone does not mean a 21yearold who just got assigned there, that it does mean a senior officer or someone who is trained in this sort of endeavor. The other issue is this issue of carrying personal firearms on base. We are seeing that debate in the Defense Authorization bill. This is a concern of a lot of folks. Military folks are a lot more chained trained than your average people. But there is still the concerned, do you have that level of opportunity experience the folks that are really pushing for allowing personal firearms are saying these are the best in america. These are people that we know have signed up, we know their motivation. We know that they have been trained and they are more responsible than another 23yearold. But there is still that concern. It was getting that weapon those weapons, do they know what to do . There was a report of something down in florida this weekend who took a personal firearm and accidentally discharged it. I dont remember if there were any in
Within. Do you believe the massacre could have been prevented . I do. Thats the painful conclusion. There was a failure to act. The Obama Administration says no purple hearts will be avoided. What happened at fort hood almost 3 years ago should be addressed in the context of a broader threat of Workplace Violence. The big question is why didnt anybody ever blow the whistle on hassan . I am bill hem mer. I am katherine jarrett. I am greg begun feld we are here on this episode of fox files. I wanted to help soldiers and i wanted to work in Mental Health. Hideidaho native Shawn Manning comings with a family of a proud tradition of serving the nation. My father wasgrandfather was in ee roy jemaah world war ii was a marine. He drove a tank. He was proud i joined the military. It was in october of 1999 when the 23yearold followed in his grandfathers foot steps. What is your rank and position . Staff sergeant Mental Health specialist. Active duty . On active duty but i am a reservist. He has
Within. Do you believe the massacre could have been prevented . I do. Thats the painful conclusion. There was a failure to act. The Obama Administration says no purple hearts will be avoided. What happened at fort hood almost 3 years ago should be addressed in the context of a broader threat of Workplace Violence. The big question is why didnt anybody ever blow the whistle on hassan . I am bill hem mer. I am katherine jarrett. I am greg begun feld we are here on this episode of fox files. I wanted to help soldiers and i wanted to work in Mental Health. Hideidaho native Shawn Manning comings with a family of a proud tradition of serving the nation. My father wasgrandfather was in ee roy jemaah world war ii was a marine. He drove a tank. He was proud i joined the military. It was in october of 1999 when the 23yearold followed in his grandfathers foot steps. What is your rank and position . Staff sergeant Mental Health specialist. Active duty . On active duty but i am a reservist. He has