Then to ferguson as the Justice Department is reportedly set to clear officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. And a major decision, the Supreme Court sides with whistleblowers in the case of a federal air marshal who exposed a plan to cut back on security on international flights. And we will hear why jill journalist Barrett Brown has been sentenced to five years in prison related to the hacking of the private Intelligence Firm stratfor im a witch exposed how the firm spied on activists on behalf of corporations. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Yemen is facing political collapse following the mass resignations of president Abdu Rabbu Mansour hadi, his Prime Minister and entire cabinet. Thursdays exodus came just hours after shia Houthi Rebels stormed the president ial compound in the capital city of sanaa. Hadi said he could not continue in office after houthis allegedly broke a pe
Michael brown, an unarmed black teenager. Ferguson erupts. Lives dont matter to these cops. At the end of the day. We be locked up more than anybody in this own community. Know what im saying apc . [indiscernible] everybody on this police force needs to get fired. From the courthouse to the streets, all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A grand jury here in st. Louis, missouri has chosen not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for the Fatal Shooting of unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown. The decision follows three months of deliberation by the jury of nine whites, and three blacks, including four hours of testimony from wilson himself. The decision set off outrage. The grand jury decision set off outrage in ferguson and communities across the country who see browns killing as part of a widescale pattern of Police Mistreatment of people of color. Shortly after the verdict, police fired tear gas
Being placed in a Police Chokehold on the streets of Staten Island new york in july. Last night protesters took to the streets chanting the same words as a grand jury cleared the Police Officer in the case. The Justice Department has now launched a federal investigation. If you are choking a man who is down with other police helping and covering over him, even if the guidelines dont kick in your mind, even if the law dont kick on your mind, after 11 times of i cant breathe, when does your humanity kick in . Today, conversation, we bring you Graham Weatherspoon them retired Police Detective, and vince warren of the center for constitutional rights. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The Justice Department has announced it will launch a civil rights investigation into the death of eric garner after grand jury decided not to charge a white Police Officer for causing his death. Garner, an africanamerican fa
Outside the Police Station at the time. Then to madison, wisconsin. It is the issue of Racial Disparity and racial injustices we will soon have a ferguson on our handss. S. We said it. We have numbers three times as bad as ferguson. We have a 19yearold like black boy dead, shot five times. Amy then the university of oklahoma expels two Fraternity Members and shuts down the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity after a video showed students singing a racist song. But first to iran. Republican senators are accused of trying to undermine the Ongoing Nuclear talks by penning an open letter to the iranian government. My reaction to the letter was utter disbelief. During my 29 years here in the senate, i never heard of nor even heard of it being proposed anything comparable to this. Amy all that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In ferguson, missouri two police , officers have been shot during a protest outside Ferguson Police
Peninsula. A coup attempt while king of dollar of saudi arabia dies at the age of 90. He will get the latest. Then to ferguson as the Justice Department is reportedly set to clear officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown. And a major decision, the Supreme Court sides with whistleblowers in the case of a federal air marshal who exposed a plan to cut back on security on international flights. And we will hear why jill journalist Barrett Brown has been sentenced to five years in prison related to the hacking of the private Intelligence Firm stratfor im a witch exposed how the firm spied on activists on behalf of corporations. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Yemen is facing political collapse following the mass resignations of president Abdu Rabbu Mansour hadi, his Prime Minister and entire cabinet. Thursdays exodus came just hours after shia Houthi Rebels stormed the president ial compo