Nonviolence. She is just back from afghanistan. In another Louisiana Court has ruled Albert Woodfox of the angola 3 should be free. Enough,cause is noble you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I thought my cause, then and now, was noble. Therefore, [indiscernible] bit,might bend a little they may even take my life, but they would never be able to break me. Former black panther Albert Woodfox has been more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Will he finally be released . We will speak with his lawyer and robert king, another member of the angola 3, but he was freed. Kings conviction was overturned after he spent 29 years in solitary confinement. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue in the st. Louis area as a grand jury nears a decision in the Police Killing of unarmed teenager michael brown. The grand jury is set to reconvene today as it weighs whether to bring char
The possibility of expanded unrest. We will go to ferguson for the latest. Then 50 years ago today, fbi director j. Edgar hoover called the rev. Dr. Martin luther king, the most notorious liar in the country. Dr. King, what is your reaction to the charges made by J Edgar Hoover . Well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement for mr. Hoover questioning my integrity. Frankly, i dont understand what motivated the statement. As Martin Luther king prepared to go to oslo to received the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, the fbi ramped up its efforts to discredit the civil rights leader. We will speak to the yale professor who uncovered an unredacted copy of the fbis socalled suicide letter when to king. The letter threatened to expose kings alleged Extramarital Affairs if he did not commit suicide. And then, no debate and the new war. One in 89. That is number of antiwar voices indicted on the high profile sunday talk shows to talk about u. S. Attacks on iraq in syria. All
Brown shooting, the governor of missouri declares a state of emergency and prepares to send in the National Guard warning of the possibility of expanded unrest. We will go to ferguson for the latest. Then 50 years ago today, fbi director j. Edgar hoover called the rev. Dr. Martin luther king, the most notorious liar in the country. Dr. King, what is your reaction to the charges made by J Edgar Hoover . Well, i was quite shocked and surprised to learn of this statement for mr. Hoover questioning my integrity. Frankly, i dont understand what motivated the statement. As Martin Luther king prepared to go to oslo to received the Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago, the fbi ramped up its efforts to discredit the civil rights leader. We will speak to the yale professor who uncovered an unredacted copy of the fbis socalled suicide letter when to king. The letter threatened to expose kings alleged Extramarital Affairs if he did not commit suicide. And then, no debate and the new war. One in 89. That
This year. When will americas longest war ever end . We will go to kabul to speak with the peace activist and physician dr. Hakim and to kathy kelly of voices for creative nonviolence. She is just back from afghanistan. In another Louisiana Court has ruled Albert Woodfox of the angola 3 should be free. Enough,cause is noble you can carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I thought my cause, then and now, was noble. Therefore, [indiscernible] bit,might bend a little they may even take my life, but they would never be able to break me. Former black panther Albert Woodfox has been more than 40 years in solitary confinement. Will he finally be released . We will speak with his lawyer and robert king, another member of the angola 3, but he was freed. Kings conviction was overturned after he spent 29 years in solitary confinement. All of that and more coming up. , welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests continue in the st. Loui
Further participation. Terror courts rough justice at Guantanamo Bay. Today, and our special with former military prosecutor the tennis shirt stuart couch. Well speak with wall street journal jess bravin, author of the after this of timber 11 attacks. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The number of gun deaths that have taken place in the United States since the december shooting rampage in newtown, connecticut has topped 2100. The website slate along with the twitter feed said that documented 2141 deaths in just over two months. That is more than 79 newtown massacres. Meanwhile and analysis by usa today has found more than 900 people died in Mass Shootings over the past seven years, most killed by people they knew. Those mass killings accounted for less than 1 of all gun related homicides. The director of mayors against illegal guns told the paper in the latest violence making headlines, three people die