Changing the way they communicate we begin in baltimore, and the first trial in connection with the death of freddie gray. Jury selection began in the case of Willie Porter, one of three charged with grays deaths, sparking riots and protests. All of the jurors say they are familiar with the case. John terrett is in baltimore with more on the jurors. They are coming back tomorrow for intense questioning to find out if they can be fair in a trial they know so much about. A complex case, at that william porter, the first of six officers charged in freddie grays death arrived at the courthouse flanked by his attorneys. While jury selection was under way inside. [ chants ]. Demonstrators protested outside, chants audible in the courtroom. Mr grays death was a homicide Willie Porter pleaded not guilty to publicity surrounding the case is one of the toughest hurtles facing the officer and its his defense taxi. The biggest challenge for the defense is a climate now for a Police Officer charged
Moves credited to black lives matter. What started as a hashtag is a movement. From the streets of missouri, baltimore, new york and heard. There is a specific problem that is happening in the Africanamerican Community that is not happening in other communities. And that is a legitimate issue that we have to address. Joining me now is patrice, founding the black lives matter movement, after the acquittal in 2013. And was one who coined the hashtag black lives matter. Good to see you. Thank you for being with us. I want to start by asking you. Because that slogan is popular. Why does black lives matter need to be exclusive . The goal, obviously, is to value lives that you didnt think were valued. So why not broaden it. Do black lives matter more than other lives. I think thats a great question, a question that we often get, which is why are we just talking about black lives, from slavery to the black crouse to jim crow, to what some call the new jim crow. Black people are at the bottom.
Result in elections. The rainbow nations goes green. How south africa is looking to replace coal with wind. Venezuelas opposition has triumphed over the socialists winning control of the national assembly. The Coalition Land slide victory marks a victory. Some seats are yet to be counted, but so far the opposition has won 99 seats, that is more than double those of the ruling party which has basic seats so far. 22 seats are still to be declared. Translation were sending a message to venezuela, a message at this moment of calm. We have received our information from all polling stations in all regions. Were waiting for the council to come out and proceed to give all of venezuela the news that today the people of venezuela have won. Translation weve lost a battle today, but the struggle to build new socialism and a new society starts now. We should take this as a slap in the face to wake us up so that we can work towards the future. We must start over on a lot of things. Thats fine. We ex
Police shooting of teenager la quarn mcdonald 15 months ago, now officer Jason Van Dyk is facing murder charges and the Police Superintendent Gary Mccarthy has been fired. Moves credited to black lives matter. What started as a hashtag is a movement. From the streets of missouri, baltimore, new york and elsewhere the message is being heard. There is a specific problem that is happening in the Africanamerican Community that is not happening in other communities. And that is a legitimate issue that we have to address. Joining me now is patrice, founding the black lives matter movement, after the acquittal in 2013. And was one who coined the hashtag black lives matter. Good to see you. Thank you for being with us. I want to start by asking you. Because that slogan is popular. Why does black lives matter need to be exclusive . The goal, obviously, is to value lives that you didnt think were valued. So why not broaden it. Do black lives matter more than other lives. I think thats a great qu
What started as a hashtag is a movement. From the streets of missouri, baltimore, new york and heard. There is a specific problem that is happening in the Africanamerican Community that is not happening in other communities. And that is a legitimate issue that we have to address. Joining me now is patrice, founding the black lives matter movement, after the acquittal in 2013. And was one who coined the hashtag black lives matter. Good to see you. Thank you for being with us. I want to start by asking you. Because that slogan is popular. Why does black lives matter need to be exclusive . The goal, obviously, is to value lives that you didnt think were valued. So why not broaden it. Do black lives matter more than other lives. I think thats a great question, a question that we often get, which is why are we just talking about black lives, from slavery to the black crouse to jim crow, to what some call the new jim crow. Black people are at the bottom. When we deal with the issues of black