A lot of these occupations then protests and rallies are really happening organically and its. Led by community and its very grassroots so im just part of the organization thats been responsible so that means on the ground but i dont what the prime it is that there is a centralized leadership thats guiding whats happening on the ground because thats not the case last week. Minneapolis president africanamerican male by the name of george floyd went to his local Neighborhood Grocery store to purchase some items and as he was walking up the store Police Officers approached him and immediately threw him onto that ground and then proceeded to. Place one part where our. Presence of plays his knee on georges neck for about 10 minutes which george its higher time pleading for his life saying i cant breathe in calling for a mob saying you know i cant breathe i need you to let off my neck and mind you dozens of Community Residents were filming that happen so we watched by minute minute by minute
Lawyers there is incidentally case law which says that the physical layout of the courtroom can have bearing on whether a trial is fair or not so for our all or his protests about that have been disregarded but beyond this i am becoming worried by the trend of some of the legal arguments in the very interesting lee the prosecution seems to have accepted i should say the crown seems have accepted that the things that he has been charged with are political offenses but the argument now seems to be that that isnt relevant at all in extraditing him because the u. K. Extradition act of 2003 doesnt say that people cant be extradited on police for political offenses even though there has always been well understood. Even though the extradition treaty with the United States. Precluded and that does worry me that worries me a great do well it should worry us all because Julian Assange has a journalist ok i mean the way hes being treated me go to jail or here also in london the way hes being tre
Extradition act of 2003 doesnt say that people cant be extradited on police for political offenses even though there has always been well understood well how even though the extradition treaty with the United States seems appropriate and that does worry me that worries me a great deal well it should worry us all because Julian Assange is a journalist ok i mean the way hes being treated me go to jail or here also in london the way hes being treated here is if he said terrorists i mean the the layout is theres alexander macarius just told us i mean this is treating him as if hes a danger to society in themselves there is no evidence in his past to to prove that they have this justified whatsoever he is being treated like a terrorist because hes a political prisoner and theres no 2 ways about it go ahead taylor. Yes youre exactly right peter in fact we know that Julian Assange has been in london belmarsh prison which is often referred to as the u. K. s Guantanamo Bay and we also learned e
To do. Just. One thing with your house on them. Hello in a welcome across talk were all things are considered im Peter Lavelle in london Julian Assange and youre standing trial on whether he will be extradited to the u. S. To face espionage charges the stakes could not be higher saunters libya even life is on the line freedom of speech is also on trial though you wouldnt know that for. The Mainstream Media. Cross talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of Consortium News dot com we also have taylor hudak she is an independent journalist and cofounder of action for a stone age and were joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com or across the cause and effect that means he can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to the the legal part of this story here will go to our examine me curious alex i mean the Mainstream Media when it does report the tr
Talking Julian Assange im joined by my guest in london joe lauria he is the editor in chief of Consortium News dot com we also have taylor she is an independent journalist and cofounder of action for us and were joined by alexander make your us he is a writer on Legal Affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com all right crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate it lets go to the the legal part of this story here well go to alexander me curious alex i mean the Mainstream Media when it does report the trial it seems to me theres an enormous amount of omission being played out here. In europe you have a legal mind you have a legal legal experience is he getting a fair trial go ahead ill. Have to say there are certain aspects of the trial which do cause me a great deal of money on just one. You go into the. Details too far but firstly are i have to have genuine concerns about the physical layout of the courtroom the fact that