Now and to look ahead lies ahead during a trump presidency. In a few weeks from now im a if there is a platform on which i will be privileged to stand my opening remarks will something like, welcome to the fourth reich. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In charleston, south carolina, a judge has declared a mistrial in the murder trial of white former Police Officer michael slager, who was caught on video fatally shooting 50yearold africanamerican walter scott in the back as he ran away in april 2015. Officer slager stopped walter scott for a broken taillight. After scott fled the car, video filmed by a bystander shows officer slager fatally shooting scott in the back from more than 17 feet away. Despite the distance and the fact that walter scott was unarmed, officer slager argued during his trial that he was in total fear for his life. There were 11 white jurors and one black jury on the jury, whic
Well, its a really great honor to be here and to be back in new york. Were on a 100city tour for the 20th anniversary of democracy now . And i also want to shout out to my colleagues, norman and dena and aaron over there in the back and the volunteers and the interns who are helping out. Democracy now is a joint effort, a joint project, a brain trust, a Remarkable Group of reporters and producers and videographers for the last 20 years. We didnt think it would go past nine months. It was the only election broadcast in 1996. I was asked to do the show when i was in a safe house in haiti and the first coupe. People who announced for office could be gunned down. People who would go to the polls would be gunned down and still the overwhelming number of people voted. But in our country when i was asked to do a daily election show sitting there from that advantage point, many people didnt vote, facing nothing like the adversity that they faced in haiti. But most people didnt vote. And i thou
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From a San Francisco phone booth, Bensky broadcast a live narrative of the historic "White Night" riots, sparked by the lenient sentencing of Dan White for the assassinations of San Francisco mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk.
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