Health care clinics. Today we focus on an overlooked part of the panthers legacy, Political Prisoners. We will feature interviews with panthers who originally were convicted after tortured confessions. In 1973 in new orleans, herself and john bowman and ruben scott was arrested in new orleans by the Police Department. Place wheren the we were arrested, they took us to jail. Immediately, they started beating us. Amy in a historic round table we will be joined by four former black panthers who are held in prison for decades before winning the release. In his First National broadcast interview, we will speak with sekou odinga, who helped build the black Panther Party in new york city from a later involved in the black liberation army. We will speak with eddie conway, released from prison in 2014 after serving 44 years behind bars. And we will speak with two members of the angola 3 who formed one of the first black panther chapters in prison, robert king and Albert Woodfox. When he was in
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Anniversary of the founding of the black Panther Party, which famously monitor the behavior of police, begin a Breakfast Program for children and Free Health Care clinics. Today we focus on an overlooked part of the panthersrs legacy, political prisonerers. We w will feature interviews wih panthers who originally were convicted after tortured confessions. In 197373 in new orleans, herself and john bowmaman and ruben scott was arrested in new orleans by the police department. Place wheren the we w were arrested, they took us to jail. Immediately, they started beating us. Amy in a historic roundabable we w wilbe joioid by four former blkk panthers who are held in prison f for decades before winning the release. In his First National brbroadcat interview, we will speak w with sekou odingaga, who helped build the black paPanther Party in new yorkrk city from a later r invod in the black liberatation army. We will speak wiwith eddie conw, released froprprisonn 202014 afteteserving 44 years
I know how deeply personally affected he has been. And i guess i tell you why i am doing this as a means of telling you why senator blumenthal and i are doing this, and i tell it through a prism of a story that just awful, awful series of days following the shootings in sandy hook. Senator blumenthal and i went through the first of what were umpteen wakes and funerals, and we were standing in line at the first wake about to talk to the first set of parents who had lost in this case their young daughter, and i remember being so uncertain about what we were supposed to say to these parents, not just what you were supposed to say to provide some measure of condolence, but we were their elected representatives. We had some additional obligation to show them that we were ready to act, but was it too soon to make that offer . Was it not the right moment to suggest that there was a Public Policy response to the slaughter of their children . It was senator blumenthal that very gently and appro
Video. A traffic stop turned into a pursuit with this suspect chasing into this garage with police behind him. Police say they used a taser and he was unaffected by it. Police say the 32yearold martinez struggled with officers. He was able to break free of the officers and run into the kitchen where they were able to get ahold of him. Both had their arms around his neck and then they drug him inside of the house and shut the door. This man in the garage and a friend of martinez gives a different account. They drug him inside of the house and closed the door and i could hear them tasering him and beating on him the whole time. I heard three or four more tasers. Reporter police say he resisted arrest and bit a officer and backup officers arrived. As he was handcuffed, they realized he was not responsive. All of the officers have aeds in cars and we immediately started providing lifesaving measures, including cpr. Reporter police say martinez d died at the hospital. And his mother said he