Vice pres. Biden hi. Thank you all for being here. I t want to remind everyone this event has been set up to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Keep your mask on when you are speaking. Thank you for being here. At the end of the program, we will give you guidance to take a socially distanced photo. Vice pres. Biden in case you want one. I thought i was supposed to come up this way. Ok. Hats [indiscernible] vice pres. Biden good afternoon, everyone. I can hear you. Good afternoon, everyone. Lets get energy. Mahomes. S tim i appreciate everyone being here. I want to thank reverend barker for your hospitality and for convening what we know is a very important discussion in our community. Biden, dr. Ent Joe Jill Biden is in the house, i believe, somewhere. She always does. Id like to welcome both of you here for what you know is a town or f love, unity and compassion. You spent most of your career unifying people, bringing people together. Much like your hometown, scranton, youve ofte
Adjacent apartment during the fatal no knock raid. According to kentucky law, the use of force by mattingly and cosgrove was justified to protect themselves. This justification mars has from pursuing criminal charges in his Breonna Taylors debt. Amy we will go to louisville for the latest. Then we speak to jacob blake, sr. His son was paralyzed last month after police in kenosha, wisconsin, shot him in the back seven times in front of three of his children. They shotsons my son seven times. Seven times. Like he did not matter. But my son matters. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. O. Org, the quarante report. Im amy y goodman. In louisville, kentucky, a grand jury has declined to charge any of the three white police offificers who killed breonnnna taylor with her death, more than six months after they shot the 26yearold black emergency room technician in her own home. The grand jurys only indictments were three counts of wanton endangerment agains
Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Good evening, thank you for joining us, tonight jacob blake is in the hospital paralyzed from the waist down after the seven gun shots from police. But his name is on the list of thousands who marched in the Nations Capital today. Reporter a city in rage. Black lives matter reporter and the nation in turmoil, after 29 year old jacob blake was shot in the back seven times by a Police Officer in kenosha, wisconsin, his three children sitting in the car. All my grandson asked repeatedly is why did the police arngouroteers strts deman justice for the National Guard called in to kenosha from three different states. Let me be clear. This wasnt an accident, this wasnt bad police work. This felt like some sort of vendetta being taken out on a member of our community. This community is like a box of matches right now. Were just the match that got lit. Reporter this just the latest flash point in a summer of unrest and protest about Racial Injustice a
Amy this is dememocracy n now , democracynow. Org, the e quarante report. Im amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. As oututrage mounts over the grd jury ruling in the Police Killing of breonna taylor, we turn to wisconsin n where the investigation into the Police Shooting of jacob blake is in its final stages. Jake blakes case became a flash point for National Protest after the africanamerican father was shot in the back by Kenosha Police seven times in august, paralyzing him. Wife Police Officer rusten at pointired the shots blank range into jacob blakes back as blake leaned into his car. Inside the car were his three boys a age 3, 5, and eight. Prosecutors in wisconsin have tapped former Madison Police chief noble wray to serve as an independent t voice during the final stages of the investigation into the shooting. Wray will review the state department of justices findings before a report is sent to Kenosha County District Attorney michael graveley, who will ultimately decide whether cha
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