The justice department’s 2019 report described a culture of violence across the state prisons for men with frequent rapes, beatings and fatal stabbings at the hands of fellow prisoners and a management system that undercounts homicides and fails to protect prisoners even when warned.
The July report on excessive force noted that at least two inmates died at the end of 2019 after use of force by officers. It listed a litany of other incidents including a prison guard beating a handcuffed prisoner in a medical unit while shouting, “I am the reaper of death, now say my name!” as the prisoner begged the officer to kill him.
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: 10 years ago this week, the united states sent troops into iraq to remove saddam hussein as part of the r global war on terror, it wast side. it was the start of one of the longest and most controversial conflicts in american history. it lasted almost nine years. the iraqi y death toll stands at over 100,000. on the tenth anniversary of the war, many are reflecting on why it hammond, how it ended, and what it means for american foreign policy.me joining me is michael gordon.jo he is chief military correspondent for the new york times. his new book is called end game: theis inside story of the struggle for iraq. i am pleased to have him here back at this table. welcome. good to see you. glad to be here. rose: this is, many are say, the detailed history from t the military point of view of the iraqi war. is that a fair assessment? well, it i started out to do,
captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. rose: 10 years ago this week, the united states sent troops into iraq to remove saddam hussein as part of the r global war on terror, it wast side. it was the start of one of the longest and most controversial conflicts in american history. it lasted almost nine years. the iraqi y death toll stands at over 100,000. on the tenth anniversary of the war, many are reflecting on why it hammond, how it ended, and what it means for american foreign policy.me joining me is michael gordon.jo he is chief military correspondent for the new york times. his new book is called end game: theis inside story of the struggle for iraq. i am pleased to have him here back at this table. welcome. good to see you. glad to be here. rose: this is, many are say, the detailed history from t the military point of view of the iraqi war. is that a fair assessment? well, it i started out to do,
anniversary of the i have a dream speech. this is a little over an hour. i want to begin with a standard image of martin luther king in his relationship to americans to their culture and we tend to think of him of the icon of the loftiest dreams of universal humanity, the great high flow and moral ideal, the e-alitoian dreamer that turned the other cheek. it s not a black dream, not a white dream but a dream that transcended race in some sense. and this noble king in many ways is part of a whole narrative of st. martin, the kind of utter perfect person, utterly noble. [inaudibl [inaudible] the identities up through evangelical christianity which brought their identity into the modern civic world, we re here too and in some sense we think is a break with all of that stress on the particular identity. now, it s not that this conventional image of king is wrong. but it s highly partial and what i try to do in my book is sort of take us to a more complicated picture of king
dynamic, science and technology companies like synbiotics to missouri. that s exactly what we want to do. that brings me to the third part of my 2010 jobs plan. it focuses on missouri s greatest asset: our people. training for tomorrow is a new initiative to train more missourians for jobs in growing fields, like lab techs, nursing aides, surveyors and mechanics. it gives community colleges the flexibility to enlarge training programs where there s high demand, and ensures there are enough workers to meet that demand. in addition, i ve proposed a 20 percent increase in funding for customized training programs tailored to the needs of specific high-tech industries. by matching industry s needs with training programs, more missourians will be able to find work quickly. much of this training will take place at missouri s excellent community colleges. there s no place where the link between education and employment is stronger. i was at crowder college in neosho not long ago. p