and i m gonna address theunited states of america. gary: there s no doubt that night. it was a textbook procedure. i had no choice. i was forced to take a life. i was a white cop whoshot a black 16-year-old. (protestors chanting) natacha: i would like toaddress all law enforcement across the country and around the world. honor the oath. (dramatic music) gary: the other officerskept repeating: he did the right thing.he had no choice. it was a good shoot. reporter: the death ofphillip pannell brought rage the streets of normallypeaceful teaneck, new jersey. m2: this was middle-classmodel city, american. alison: we live in teaneck.this doesn t happen in teaneck. w2: it wasn t the utopia ithought it was for many people. (dramatic music) thelma: we enduredthis pain for 30 years, now we re back here again. crowd: yeah, (music) natacha: on my honor,i will never betray my integrity forthe public trust. m3: the fact of the matter isphillip pannell was executed. m4: i don t care how
(dramatic music) thelma: we enduredthis pain for 30 years, now we re back here again. crowd: yeah, (music) natacha: on my honor,i will never betray my integrity forthe public trust. m3: the fact of the matter isphillip pannell was executed. m4: i don t care how manygrand juries he embattled. the truth is the truth.is it true? cop: it s time we speak.it s time we let those in power know that we re notgoing to take it anymore. (music) natacha: i will alwaysmaintain the highest ethical standards and uphold the valuesof my community. gary: my shootingwill never go away. it s with me everyday of my life. (protestors chanting: hehad a gun, he had a gun.) (upbeat music)
Boy Scouts will sell nearly 60 Norman Rockwell works to pay sex-abuse claims
Neil Vigdor, New York Times
March 2, 2021
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The association between the Boy Scouts of America and Norman Rockwell spanned more than six decades, yielding dozens of commissioned coming-of-age portraits that evoke virtue, bravery and Americana.
But now faced with tens of thousands of sex-abuse claims, the debt-saddled organization is poised to do the unthinkable: Sell its collection of Rockwell’s art.
In a reorganization plan filed in federal bankruptcy court in Delaware this week, the Boy Scouts listed nearly 60 of pieces of art by Rockwell whose sale would help raise money for a settlement fund of at least $300 million for sexual abuse victims.
this long story about a tycoon that included this curious section. he went out and bought a big yacht, and he had a very interesting life. i won t go any more than that because you re boy scouts, so i m not going to tell you what he did. should i tell you? the president thanked the audience of 12 to 18-year-olds for voting for him. the scout oath incidentally is that, quote, on my honor i will do my best to do my duty to god and my country and to obey the scout law, to help people at all times, to keep myself physically strong, mentally awake and morally straight. let s bring in the panel now, cnn political commentator andre bower, angela rye. i m going to start with you, angela, because i think you enjoyed it the most. president trump gives us all a front row seat about why it s
our failure to do this over the recent decades has diminished our standing and encouraged bad actors around the world to break their word. we cannot afford to ignore violations of international accords as we have done with iran. we cannot continue to accept empty promises like the ones china has made to pressure north korea to reform only to shy away from enforcement. looking the other way when trust is broken only encourages more bad behavior. and it must end. we cannot be accountable, though, if we are not truthful and honest in our dealings. as you are aware, my longstanding involve with the boy scouts of america, one of our bedrock ideals is honesty. indeed the phrase, on my honor, begins the boy scout oath. and it must undergird our foreign policy. in particular, we need to be honest about radical islam. it is with good reason that our fellow citizens have a growing concern about radical islam and