Retired air force colonel morris davis was formerly the top prosecutor for terrorist suspects held at guantanamo bay. Colonel davis spoke at the National Press club recently, explaining what he sees as the problems with the military trials at guantanamo bay. All right. Good morning, everyone. Is this on . Can you hear me okay . Sure. Okay, its a small room. Im loud. Good morning. Thank you so much for joining us. I am molly mcincludeky. Im a member of the board of governors here at the National Press club and a freelance journalist, and im so proud to welcome colonel morris davis to this newsmaker this morning. During an election cycle that has seen an increasing crackdown on press freedoms and an administration that has also become known for censoring its critics and journalists alike, i can think of few more relevant guests than colonel davis to join us day. Now, morris davis was the former chief prosecutor for the Guantanamo Military commissions, and he later spoke out publicly agai
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That is the spirit that i want to build on. Its one of the reasons why, next week, using the task force that we have set up after ferguson, but also building on andnd inviting both Police Law Enforcement and community activists, civil rights leaders, bringing them together to the white house, i want to start moving on constructive actions that are actually going to make it difference. Because that is what all americans want. So, when we start suggesting that somehow theres this enormous polarization, and we are back to the situation in the 1960s, thats just not true. You are not seeing riots. Police goingeeing after people who are protesting peacefully. You have seen almost uniformly peaceful protests, and you have handlingormly, police those protests with professionalism. So, as tough, hard, as depressing as the loss of life was this week, we have a foundation to build on. Confidencee to have that we can build on those better angels of our nature. Thate have to make sure all of us ste
In my household, we were never brought up to be prejudiced. I have had many black friends, coworkers, very intelligent, very nice people. And i had a bad experience. My husband played in a band with three white men and three black men. The wives and the girlfriends would get up when they played to encourage people to get up and dance because once they see people up there, they go. And i had a black man asked me to dance. I said no thank you. Only because i was married, ok . This man pulled out a knife. I did not see it because he was behind me, but the lead singer, who was black, saw it and jumped off the stage and tackled him. This did not in any way make me prejudiced against black people for doing this. And once he realized that i was not prejudiced, that i was married and i didnt dance with any man, he calmed down. But i could have been seriously injured. Is i think the prejudice pretty much on both sides. Kimberly all right up next we have robert from st. Louis, missouri. Good mor