Well speak with rabbi Arik Ascherman, cofounder of the group rabbis for human rights, who himself was attacked by an israeli extremist. Then a rally to end Police Violence. In the spirit of my son amadou, i say to you, we will see the end of this brutality in our lifetime. My son did not die in vain. He died so we can have change, but the change has been long coming. We are still waiting for stuff how many more victims were unjustly killed sinceamadou diallo . Amy we bring you coverage of rise up october, a rally to end police terror. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A powerful 7. 5 magnitude earthquake has struck northern afghanistan with tremors felt as far away as pakistan and northern india. Scores of people are reported dead with the toll expected to rise. Afp reports at least 52 people have been killed in pakistan alone. The Associated Press reports at least 12 students at a girls school were kil
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