The washington journal continues. Host paul butler. Law professor, former prosecutor, as somebody who has been arrested, what is your take on ferguson . Guest im tired of this happening over and over again. It is not just ferguson. It is staten island. It is that 51yearold grandmother who was beaten by the cops. Hit her 10 times. All of these unarmed africanamericans being brutalized by police. I think it is important to have a conversation about race and to put it in a larger context, in which african lives just dont seem to be valued. Host that is larger context . Guest it is not just criminal justice. It is civil justice. It is not just africanamericans. It is people of color. It is important to talk about race. White americans who are disenfranchised. The Lgbt Community has issues with the Justice System. But it is important to realize that africanamericans it is the classic american dilemma. There was a lot of hope when barack obama was elected. I dont think anyone thought that it
They had beautiful skin. I noticed another trend. This is much more disturbing. The students were not prepared for what i was attempting to teach them. They had come to the classroom less and less prepared. There were these moments in the classroom they would look at me and i would think the same thing they were. Part of me as a christian, i felt the lord was impressing on me. These are your children. If they are going to love me with their mind, it is your responsibility make sure that they are successful. That is the spirit and the heart of what raising the standards is about. That is the initiative were here to talk about. We believe it is raising the standards as one of a initiative that can help not just those students but those of the coming today and tomorrow. If we fastforward 15 years, a collective minority will be larger than the white population in classrooms today. This is the first time in u. S. History. We have seen some progress among hispanic students in terms of high s
To discuss race in america, we have a special number for you to dial. Host finally, our fourth line this morning has been set aside for st. Louis area residents. 2025853883. Host we are going to begin this morning with the editorial from the st. Louis post dispatch this morning. Ferguson we earned this. St. Louis earned this moment by not paying attention to immunities dominated by s, becoming then oxygen that fed the flame of protests and concentrated poverty. In the first editorial that this page wrote on the Michael Brown case, we noted that the likelihood of conviction in the low. Is extremely that remains true. It is the simple reality of most police shootings. But there can be an important conviction, the conviction of. E city to change here is the Huffington Post se vote this morning, Huffington Post cut Huffington Post this morning. Showing support for Darren Wilson and other Police Officers. , according to him, got exactly what he deserved. Arnold traveled to the event in. T.
Together. Faith leaders were together trying to see what they could do to bring the calm to the community. They lined up on bolton avenue which intersects with north avenue and this intersection 34 blocks away is the scene of a lot of violence. The faith leaders lined up and marched into the heart of where a lot of this rioting and looting took place. They start to sing songs, they prayed. As they walked the streets, you can hear the blast under their feet. You can look off to the side. Smoke is rising into the air, and fires burning. People walking down the streets, holding bags of goods that did not appear to belong to them. Folks that had been looting and rioting, and. Leading the charge. Leading it was representative from maryland a leader in the black caucus and he walked right up. There was a couple of hundred officers standing there with the shields, and the congressman walked up to the Police Department member and met and shook hands. The whole line of faith leaders marched up
Uprising. The ousted president is already serving a 20year sentence on charges he had a hand in killing protesters in 2012. The search is over for the eight people on board a u. S. Marine helicopter that crashed in nepal. Military officials are now hoping to remove the victims from the crash site today. Marines and Nepalese Army soldiers were on board. Their bodies were found in the mountains near kathmandu yesterday. And the chopper was part of the Relief Mission in the earthquake hit area. Weather conditions hampered recovery attempts yesterday. We are now hearing from the parents of one of the u. S. Marines killed in that crash. Chris norjek was the pilot and the mom and dad spoke about their son from their home in kansas. Hes just an amazing individual. My son is my hero. Hes with any now and always will be. Well there are 300 u. S. Military personnel in nepal supporting the earthquake aid mission. Fairfax countys urban search and rescue team members are back on u. S. The team land