Justice department has announced no federal charges will be filed against two officers involved in the shooting death of jamar clark, an unarmed 24yearold africanamerican man. Highly trained agents and prosecutors worked for months to find and examine facts to determine if there was a criminal civil rights case that can be brought here. We have all concluded that no such case can be made. Amy we will speak to the cofounder of black lives matter minneapolis and look at how a black lives matter activist in california is facing up to four years in jail after being convicted of what authorities call felony lynching. And we remember Western Saharan independence leader Mohamed Abdelaziz and look at his decades long effort to gain freedom for the last remaining colony in africa. The saharan peoples objective is independence, and that is a right we must address today. Tomorrow, next year, in our time in our childrens time. It doesnt matter when. The important thing is to achieve national indep
Suspend venezuela while ignoring the recent ouster of Dilma Rousseff in brazil . The international right wing carried out a coup in brazil and the organization of american states went violent. Right now theyre threatening to intervene in our country. Amy we will get response from venezuelas ambassador to oas. And then, could the upcoming rio olympics help cement the coup in brazil . We will speak to sportswriters dave zirin and jules boycoff, both just back from brazil. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Presumptive republican president ial nominee donald trump has attacked the news media for pushing him to explain what he did with millions of dollars he claimed to have raised for veterans. At a fundraiser in january, trump said he raised over 6 million for veterans groups. Last week, after the Washington Post said they could trace only about half of that, 3. 1 million going to vet groups, trump donated
As multiple boats s capsize on their way to europe. We will speak with seaeawatch, a volunteerrun german group that helps rescueues refugees at sea. Then why is the organization of american states threatening to suspend venezuela while ignoring the recent ouster of Dilma Rousseff in brazil . The international right wing carried out a cocoup in brbrazid the organization of american states went violent. Right now theyre threatening to intervene in our country. Amy we will get response from venezuelas ambassador to oas. And then, could the upcoming rio olympics help cement the coup in brazil . We will speak to sportswriters dave zirin and jules boycoff, both just back from brazil. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Presumptive republican president ial nominee donald trump has attacked the news media for pushing hihim to expln what he did with millions of dollars he claimed to have raised for veterans. At a
As multiple boats s capsize on their way to europe. We will speak with seaeawatch, a volunteerrun german group that helps rescueues refugees at sea. Then why is the organization of american states threatening to suspend venezuela while ignoring the recent ouster of Dilma Rousseff in brazil . The international right wing carried out a cocoup in brbrazid the organization of american states went violent. Right now theyre threatening to intervene in our country. Amy we will get response from venezuelas ambassador to oas. And then, could the upcoming rio olympics help cement the coup in brazil . We will speak to sportswriters dave zirin and jules boycoff, both just back from brazil. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Presumptive republican president ial nominee donald trump has attacked the news media for pushing hihim to expln what he did with millions of dollars he claimed to have raised for veterans. At a
We will speak to a member of the group vets vs. Hate who protested outside Trumps Press Conference in new york. Then to minneapolis where the justice departrtment has annound no federeral charges will be fid against two officers involved in the shooting death of jamar clark, an unarmed 24yearold africanamericican man. Highly trained agents and prosecutors worked for months to find and examine facts to determine if there was a criminal civil rights case that can be brought here. We have all concluded that no such case can be made. Amy we will speak to the cofounder of black lives matter minneapolis and lookok at how a black lives matter activist in california is facing up to four years in jail after being convicted of what authorities call felony lynching. And we remember Western Saharan independndence leader Mohamed Abdelaziz and look at hihis decades long effort to gain freedom for the last remaining colony in africa. The saharan peoples objective is independence, and that is a right