Amy in philadelphia, a black mother who was attacked with her family in october by a horde of Police Officers is speaking out about the harrowing experience. Rickia young was driving an suv with her twoyearold son and teenage nephew when officers descended on the vehicle, broke all its windows, assaulted and arrested young, pulled her 16yearold nephew frothe car, and grabbed her child. We will he rickia her own wordand speato her aorney. Then we look at how the ridehailing Companies Uber and lyft scored a major victory against Worker Rights with the passage of proposition 22 in california. Theyre now pushing similar measures in other states. With this passage, this will basicivers like me from protections afforded to most in the state. These companies are promising to roll out this model tionwide. It foretells a grim future for gig workers across the country. Amy we will look at other Ballot Initiatives around the country. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democr
Interested in that. Certain people i know say all lives matter. The explanation that someone gave which i think is brilliant, well, the house is on fire on this block. This house is on fire. These other houses are also not on fire. Yes, these matter, but this is the house thats on fire right now. I think that, you know, people take the words and distort them. Even the socalled prolife movement. Prolifers are happy to be pro live until the person is born. Then they drop social programs and continue to not be prolife. They call it prolife, but its really antiabortion. Then say it like that is my and as sunny points out biden and pelosi want to get rid of choke holds which sounds so in human to me. Also if youre going to barge on peoples houses, knock on the door show. Every police show ive ever seen they knock and say police and then go in. Why is it certain polistates le police go into the house without warning them. They need a National Database for tracking police misconduct. They kee
Epidemic claims more lives. By Barbara Sarah in london with the top stories from europe including moscows eyes in the sky we take a close look at russias new facial recognition system thats provoking fear is of big brother and far as small have all the days sport including its 2 wins from 2 for holders al heloise saudi arabia and the group stages of the Asian Champions League. But we begin in syria where president bashar assad has made a rare address on state television to promise no let up in his offensive in the northwest he congratulated his forces and their allies for their rapid recent gains which are edging closer to winning back the last pieces of rebel held lands the un. Says the russian backed campaign supported by iranian militia has displaced 875000. 00 people mostly women and children since early december so assad votes a relentless push towards in his words complete fix 3 we learn in an item and we fully understand that this liberation does not mean the end of the war or t
Border. It is a manufactured crisis. We are working on a manufactured crisis. Thats very sensitive. Now democrats taken a very different tune, so why the sudden change of heart and talking point . It could be the situation at the border is disastrous. It could also be a chance to score political points. For instance massachusetts democratic senator and president ial hopeful and a butterfly, liz warren held a protest at a Migrant Detention Center in florida. She even climbed up the ladder. So brave and waved it to people on the other side of the fence while demanding her treatment for those caught up in her problem claim never existed. Many democrats claimed the president invited in the crisis for his own political gain into gain support of the border wall. Today the president said democrats are the reason everything has gotten so bad. You have the right laws that the democrats are not letting us have. Those people they would not be coming up. Children are actually being brought into sl
Border. It is a manufactured crisis. We are working on a manufactured crisis. Thats very sensitive. Now democrats taken a very different tune, so why the sudden change of heart and talking point . It could be the situation at the border is disastrous. It could also be a chance to score political points. For instance massachusetts democratic senator and president ial hopeful and a butterfly, liz warren held a protest at a Migrant Detention Center in florida. She even climbed up the ladder. So brave and waved it to people on the other side of the fence while demanding her treatment for those caught up in her problem claim never existed. Many democrats claimed the president invited in the crisis for his own political gain into gain support of the border wall. Today the president said democrats are the reason everything has gotten so bad. You have the right laws that the democrats are not letting us have. Those people they would not be coming up. Children are actually being brought into sl