official misconduct and officia oppression. there are facing a minimum of 6 years behind bars. four of the five cops were released on bond this morning. here is what police are telling us. under an re seven, ronna mc daniel nichols vehicle was pulled over for reckless driving . the police chief says there was a physical altercation in the cops tried. nichols out of the car. pepper spray was deployed, and nichols took off on foot. there was a foot pursuit, and officers then apprehended him a a different location and anothe confrontation occurred. nichols was arrested. the police chief says the level of aggression from police at that point is unexplainable. this happened a few blocks from nichols home, and he died three days later in the hospital on january 10th. here s what we don t know. the police chief says she is no sure why the cops stopped him i the first place. it s unclear how far nichols ram , how police apprehended him, and how long the confrontation lasted. we are
States was at war in vietnam, and this veterans day weekend, lets get ready for this next panel which im really excited about. First i want to introduce our next speaker and my good friend to the stage. I have known her for almost 20 years now. Whether fighting for the defense fund to fighting for immigrant rights ending mass incarceration [ applause ] hi. Good morning everyone. She is one of my closest and dearest friends. She is also someone i look up to and consider a hero. Im so very very proud of her and id love for her to join me on the stage now. Thank you. [ applause ] hi. Good morning everyone. That is a warm welcome from my dear friend nick. I am so glad to see everyone here. The panelists are joining us on the stage right now. I wanted to open up with a few remarks about the incredibly extraordinary time that we are in. I dont mean that in a great way. I think its so important that all of you are gathered here this morning. This is an extraordinary time in our country. It is
The move is by a pastor out of georgia but who was talking about that weve gotten so complacent in our churches that we, this is how he explains it. We go to the same place and time even though the last few times weve been going, the fish are not there but were going to do the same thing. Maybe we have to go to deeper waters to find the fish because the fish are moving. Its important for me not just as a christian but as a leader to figure out how to i findthe fish. And not expect for the fish to always be atthe same place or to always come to me. And it struck me as such a great read, very tiny book. So powerful and impactful. We have to figure out how to go into the deeper water and not be afraid to go out further. We want to stay on the shore, sometimes you got to go into deep water so thats why that one. Then james helper is my friend. Is probably one of the most intelligent people ive ever met. Hes a great historian and hes a great experience so i wanted to get some understanding
Why did you lead your forward with that . Jesse part of the reason why i got into writing about africanamerican history in washington, d. C. Was because of barack obama and his campaign. There was a lot of interest in African American history, having the first africanamerican president in the white house. I was lucky enough to be assigned by the Associated Press to cover obama that weekend. I remember pulling up to the obamas townhouse in chicago thinking about what book will i write next. And right at that spot is when it hit me. I got so excited about the topic and so i immediately called my editor. She immediately tamped down my enthusiasm and told me to think about it. To make sure that i had a really good idea about what i wanted to do. Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president liv
Brian what was the idea . Jesse the idea was to write a story about the africanamerican slaves who lived inside the white house. Back then, the country was still talking about how great and how unique it would be if an africanamerican president lived inside the white house. I said to myself, i understand that would be great but he cannot have been the first africanamerican to live there. And then the thought process went on so who were the first africanamericans to live there . We knew there were africanamerican butlers but i thought there had to be someone before them. I decided to write a book about the africanamerican slaves that lived inside the white house with the first president s and that is when the invisibles the untold story of African American slaves in the white house got its start. Brian we have an artist rendering of the first president s house in new york city. You say in your book that there were nine slaves working for George Washington inside that building. Explain h