Platforms have violated antitrust laws in recent years as theyve risen to dominate the internet now arties Rachel Blevins joins us with the latest rachel what have we heard so far was there as we saw c. E. O. s from the 4 Largest Tech Companies in the country testified before the house judiciary antitrust subcommittee as part of an investigation looking at whether they have achieved such a major monopoly that they are no legally stifling their much smaller competitors because of the crown of virus pandemic these testimonies are being carried out virtually and the wind up includes the c. E. O. s of alphabet and Google Facebook apple and amazon now each of these companies have been accused of manipulating their platforms and search results to promote their own products and interests google users know that any time they search for a product the 1st several results are typically advertisements but today the topic of conversation included how google has benefited from those results. What is
Its time now to move i. Begin this hour with some disturbing video surfacing out of new york city thats where the n. Y. P. D. Is once again coming under scrutiny for this questionable arrest tactic here that youre seeing on screen in that spotlight you see Plainclothes Police officers arresting a trans woman on the streets of new yorks East Manhattan subduing her and then tossing her into an unmarked van now aided by identified and why p. T. To many people who witnessed this it appeared to be an abduction nikki stone was wanted for vandalization and destruction of Police Cameras at city hall but the method of her arrest have many worried about. Practices during these ongoing protests so joining us to band on the topic retired Metro Police Detective ron hampton ways and ron good to see you you were a cop on the ground here locally for a long time stone was wanted for vandalization did that warrant this sort of reaction. I dont think it was but you know some of this behavior app of the i
A mob of protesters have been charged with one felony count each for their actions but thats just the tip of this ice berg in the story might not be what it seems fair and. What a peculiar story ok 1st of all this this looks like a really bad movie. But its a big you know this is a really bad movie then the 2nd thing you do understand weve talked to lawyers in that area theyre going to tell you this prosecutor has really kind of why shes you know her experience is kind of light shes coming in to make a name for herself but why would you pick this case i mean this issue with the firing pin thats a big deal right what we know right now is that when the officers when in an issue serve the search warrant they found the gun that she used the firing pin was in the wrong position which means the gun was incapable of firing. However this is also worth pointing out it was 12 days there were 12 days in between this incident right here and when the Police Officers came in found the gun so the cri
Save the city a lot of money as well as limiting the number of negative interactions between Police Officers and people of color. A new progressive proposal in berkeley could ban police from enforcing traffic stops the move being considered by City Government would instead create an unarmed civilian division to handle the job, you know the calvary threatened to cut co sponsor of the proposal Council Member ben bartlett would like to see changes to Public Safety in his city. Bartlett believes a new department of transportation would be better suited then police to take care of broken tail lights fender benders and the like its like going to Fire Department lot of mass. Its not necessary. Some transportation advocates have been taking a more serious tone. What were trying to do is prevent an escalation of minor Traffic Violation in 2 that meeting number being or nelly gauche with walk bike berkeley says a new department made up of traffic experts would go beyond what armed Police Officer
Exclusive. Maybe i can sound a bit crude but this is 100 bull [ bleep ]. Democrats and republicans demanding answers today. On capitol hill. Summer scorcher. The first major heat wave of the season taking hold from the midwest to the east coast. Record highs expected in the south. The full forecast straight ahead. Firing back. The st. Louis couple who went viral for aiming guns at protesters. Get the hell out of my neighborhood now defending their actions. Coming right at the house. Why they say demonstrators left them with no other choice and the investigation into the confrontation caught on camera. Game off. Just one day before Training Camps reopen, the star players who wont be a part of baseballs return. Why they say theyre opting out. Those stories, plus snap, crackle, pop. A surprise Fireworks Show lights up the new york city skyline as macys kicks off its annual fourth of july display with a series of sec retoshows. Today, tuesday, june 30th, 2020. Announcer from nbc news this