Allegedly failed to signal giving a lane change. Video captures her saying you are slamming my head and the ground and an i can hear. She was then jailed with bond set at 5,000. Three days later, she was found dead in her jail cell. Authorities now say sandrabland committed suicide. Her family strongly disputes that account. We will speak with Sandra Blands sister Sharon Cooper and with the familys attorney cannon lambert. Any Blacklivesmatter Movement takes center stage. Lets be clear, every single day folks are dying. Not being able to take another breath. We are in a state of emergency. We are in a state of emergency and if we if you dont feel that emergency, youre not human. Amy we will speak with a three founders of the Blacklivesmatter Movement, Patrisse Cullors alicia garza and opal tometi for hosting a movement for black lives convening in cleveland this weekend. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman
Allegedly failed to signal giving a lane change. Video captures her saying you are slamming my head and the ground and an i can hear. She was then jailed with bond set at 5,000. Three days later, she was found dead in her jail cell. Authorities now say sandrabland committed suicide. Her family strongly disputes that account. We will speak with Sandra Blands sister Sharon Cooper and with the familys attorney cannon lambert. Any Blacklivesmatter Movement takes center stage. Lets be clear, every single day folks are dying. Not being able to take another breath. We are in a state of emergency. We are in a state of emergency and if we if you dont feel that emergency, youre not human. Amy we will speak with a three founders of the Blacklivesmatter Movement, Patrisse Cullors alicia garza and opal tometi for hosting a movement for black lives convening in cleveland this weekend. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman
If there was a second dash cam video released from a different angle which was surprising to myself. Due to the fact that the initial discussion that we had with the lead investigator with the Texas Rangers said there was only one dash cam video do you believe had your sister not been an African American female that she would have been treated differently. Yes, i do. I believe she was targeted in this. I think it had something to do with it, yes. She was hold on 5,000 bond for what was supposed to be a routine traffic violation. Your thoughts on that . I think that seems unorthodox due to the nature of the stop. It seemed to be a routine traffic failure to signal. That seems a little excessive to me. Ms cooper if the family contends as they have all along, that she did not take her life, that means somebody killed her. Is that the way you feel, and if so, who might that be . I think the reality of it is is that this family took the posture that they want to understand what happened. We
Would things have been different if sandra had been white. Candidates on both sides try to find an audience. In a little more than three hours, the sun will rise over ethiopia over what promises to be another historic day. President obama making history this afternoon becoming the first sitting u. S. President to visit that country. This is second leg of his east africa trip. The next two days are likely to include more historic firsts, and as Patricia Sabga reports. Focused on the future. Another landmark, fresh on the heels of his historic trip to kenya, president obama touched down in addis ababa becoming the first sitting u. S. President to visit ethiopia. A milestone long overdue. This is a key partner of the u. S. On a variety of Strategic Issues its a country that needs to be engaged. Ethiopia also boasts subsaharas Fastest Growing economy. China has been cultivating aggressively. Pouring hundreds of mills of dollars into infrastructure, including high Profile Projects like addi
The syrian border. Im a victim of revenge for pornography. Another Major Corporation takes a stand against posting explicit images online without everyones permission. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city im tony harris. Ethiopian leaders are hosting a state dinner for president obama. He is the first sitting american president to visit the nation. He also met with other regional leaders to discuss the crisis in south sudan. The situations deteriorating. Humanitarian situation is worsening. Possibilities of reanied renewed conflict in a region that has been torn by conflict for so long and has resulted in so many deaths is something that requires urgent attention from all of us. Mohammad adow has more on the president s visit. The u. S. President has praised African American Peace Keeping coalition. The president is referring to the retaking of the towns in southeastern somalia and also barring southwestern somalia from al shabaab by the thousands of ethiopian troops who