Knowledge. Thank you. Plublack power. I need a video, yall. All right. We are now moving into a section that is very important, very important to me, very important to all of you here, which is the women. Lets give it up for the women. Women for justice. [applause] we had two powerful sisters that you will be hearing from. Arst, we are going to watch video. Immediately after the video, you will hear from the president of naacpeat d. C. Chapter d. C. Chapter. [video clip] r are women are the key ou women are the key. [indiscernible] justice for women. [applause] good morning. It is an honor to stand before you on this is sort day, commemorating this historic day, commemorating the anniversary of the million man march. 20 years ago, the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan, and nearly 2 million men, from across the country joined to deliver one powerful message. We are strong when we stand together. Today, i stand on the shoulders of many men and women, civil thats leaders, activists have
[applause] thank you, i am sorry. Will you help me celebrate and salute the family of our dear sister sandra bland . Make some noise as they come now. [applause] good afternoon. I greet you on behalf of the family of sandra bland. My name is sharon cooper, one of the older sisters of sandra bland and i stand in the gap for my mother. I am standing in the gap for my older sister, standing in the gap for my little sister, and standing in the gap for my baby sister. The biggest message i want to leave you with is the world has shown us that we have to control our own narrative. I want to thank you, say thank you to those of you who are here, especially the nation for acknowledging us. If i could ask you to do one thing, can you say her name . Sandra bland thank you. [applause] for our generation, she is considered the rosa parks of the hiphop movement, the one who who really kicked this off for this new movement to get us started. I needed to make a thunderous applause all over for the si
Reporter flanked by his attorney and military police, he afaced a judge for the first time in an arraignment that lasted about ten minutes. He described his right to be trialled before a panel or a military judge. The judge also inquired if he wished to enter any motions or plea at this time. The sergeant deferred all of these decisions to a later hearing. Reporter he held by the taliban for five years after he left his post in afghanistan is charged with desertion and misbehaviour before the enemy, a rare charge that carries a severe punishment including life in prison. He explained his actions in interviews on the pod cast serial. What i was seeing from my unit into afghanistan, all i was seeing was basically leadership failure to the point that the lives of the guys standing next to me were clearly, from what i could see, in danger of something seriously going wrong and somebody being killed. Reporter he said he planned to alert his colleagues then show up at another base days later
Dead in her jail cell. Authorities say she committed suicide, a claim her family rejects. The family has filed a wrongful death suit and wants charges against the officer who arrested her. The whole process from the secretive nature of it to the evidence presented to the lack of involvement of the family screams of a coverup. We feel like we have been shut out of this process from the very beginning. We are at the door knocking, waiting for the door to open, for the answers that we have asked for regardless of what they are. Amy will anyone be held to account for Sandra Blands death . Well speak to Sandra Blands mother, her sister, and the family attorney. Then, is freedom of speech welcome at the mall of america . The nations Largest Shopping Center tries to stop a black lives matter protest and force organizers to post on social media that its canceled. That is what the mall wanted. The judge rejected those demands tuesday. The mall of america did manage, however, to ban three black
Anyone over her jail cell death. Bland, an africanamerican woman, was arrested in july after she allegedly failed to signal a lane change. She was jailed with bond set at 5000. Three days later, she was found dead in her jail cell. Authorities say she committed suicide, a claim her family rejects. The family has filed a wrongful death suit and wants charges against the officer who arrested her. The whole process from the secretive nature of it to the evidence presented to the lack of involvement of the family screams of a coverup. We feel like we have been shut out of this process from the very beginning. We are at the door knocking, waiting for the door to open, for the answers that we have asked for regardless of what they are. Amy will anyone be held to account for Sandra Blands death . Well speak to Sandra Blands mother, her sister, and the family attorney. Then, is freedom of speech welcome at the mall of america . The nations Largest Shopping Center tries to stop a black lives ma