Killing africanamerican men in baton rouge, louisiana, and Falcon Heights, minneapolis. Pres. Obama incidents like this there is a big chunk of our fellow citizenry that feels because of the color of their skin, theyre not being treated the same. Amy we will speak with a retired new york Police Attacked up as well as the head of the naacp in baton rouge, and the. Uthor Marc Lamont Hill then we look at a stunning expose into the privatized world of prison extradition in which prisoners are transferred across the country by forprofit van companies. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In dallas, five Police Officers have been shot dead and six. Thers were wounded the police were patrolling a demonstration in Downtown Dallas against the recent Police Shootings of alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, minnesota. Video of the men being killed by police have sparked protests across the nation. Authorities in dallas described her states assault as a planned ambush. Authorities have not yet released information on the suspected shooters. The gunfire erupted around it 40 5 p. M. Local time, just as the peaceful protest was wrapping up. Four the slain officers worked for the Dallas Police department. The third best it was part of the dallas area Rapid Transit force known as dart. At least one protester was injured in the shooting. One of the suspected snipers reportedly died from a selfinflicted gunshot. Three other people have been taken into custody. Earlier this morning, president obama spoke in warsaw where he is attending the nato summit. Pres. Obama these Law Enforcement officers were targeted and nearly a dozen officers were shot. Five were killed. At least one wounded civilian. We are praying for the recovery. Obama speaking in warsaw. No information has been released about this is a good shooter s. As of may, more than 70 of Police Killed this year were killed by white men. As news about the dallas shooting unfolded, former illinois congressman joe walsh sparked controversy by declaring a war against president obama and black lives matter activists. Around 9 00 p. M. Last night, walsh tweeted 3 dallas cops killed. 7 wounded. This is now war. Watch out obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real america is coming after you. He later deleted the tweet. This comes as many commentators are inaccurately claiming there has been a rise in violence against Police Officers under the obama administration. In reali during the first seven years of obamas presidency, an average of 54 officers were shot and killed. Thats less than the average of officers killed each year under president s george w. Bush, bill clinton, george h. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and gerald ford. , in fact, the safest two years for Police Officers over the last century were during the obama presidency. The years 2013 and 2015, which also coincided with the rise of the black lives Matter Movement. Protests against Police Brutality are spreading across the country in the wake of the fatal Police Killings of African American men alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, minnesota. In oakland, california, more than 1000 people blocked interstate 880 for hours. Hundreds more marched in denver, philadelphia, washington d. C. , atlanta, and baton rouge. More than 40 people were arrested amid a massive march in new york city. In minnesota, thousands of people attended vigils for Philando Castile outside the Montessori School where castile had worked, and outside the Governors Mansion in st. Paul, where his girlfriend, diamond lavish reynolds spoke out. They held me in a room. No water, no food. They took my phone. No numbers. I dont have my phone. They took over my facebook. They took my groceries. They took everything that i had at the time. And then they seized the car for evidence. They seized my phone for evidence. Video,dy who share that they dont want you guys to be part of this. They dont want us to stand up for one another. They dont want us to support each other. They want everybody to stand up for them. They are going to temper with evidence. They are going to tamper with witnesses. Theyre going to do whatever they can to cover their butts. This is not acceptable. Amy that is diamond lavish reynolds, who livestreamed the video of the aftermath of her boyfriends death. She narrated what happened from the car, livestreaming on facebook. The officer who fatally shot castile has been identified as 28yearold jeronimo yanez. A second cop at the scene has been identified as officer joseph kauser. Both officers are currently on paid leave. On thursday, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton said the Fatal Shooting was motivated by racism. Would this have happened if those passengers, the driver or passenger were white . I dont think it would have. Im forced to confront and i think all of us are forced to confront this kind of racism exists. Us, tooming up on all of vow to do whatever we can to see that it doesnt happen, that it doesnt continue to happen. Amy well have more on the fatal Police Killings of alton sterling in baton rouge, and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights as well as the shootings , in dallas, texas, after headlines. This comes as the fbi is investigating the case of a black man found hanging from a tree in piedmont park, atlanta, a Fulton County medical examiner initially ruled the hanging a suicide, sparking outrage. Atlanta mayor kasim reed then referred the case to the fbi. In new york city, ramsey orta, who filmed the Police Killing of eric garner is slated to go to jail for four years making him the only pson at the scene of eric garners killing who will serve jail time. On wednesday, orta took a plea deal on weapons and drug charges. He says he has been repeatedly harassed and arrested by police since he filmed the video of the fatal Police Chokehold nearly two years ago. Meanwhile, in baltimore, the fourth trial has begun for police offics charged in the death of freddie gray, who died after sustaining spinal injuries in Police Custody. Officer brian rice is the highestranking officer to be tried so far. Two of rices fellow Police Officers have already been acquitted. Fbi director james comey testified before Congress Thursday over the agencys decision to recommend no charges be brought against democratic president ial candidate Hillary Clinton over her use of multiple private email servers while she was secretary of state. South carolina Representative Trey Gowdy pressed comey on the discrepancies between Hillary Clintons statements that none of the emails had been marked classified at the time they were sent and the fbis findings. Secretary clinton said there was nothing marked as a fight on her emails either sent or received. Was that true . That is not true. There were a small number of portion markings have been gone three of the documents. Secretary clintons that i did not email any classified material to anyone on my email. There is no classified material. Was that true . There was classified material emailed. Amy in news from the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton has announced a proposal to eliminate tuition at instate public colleges and universities for families earning less than 125,000 a year. The proposal stops short of that of her rival, democratic president ial candidate bernie sanders, who has proposed making tuition at public universities free for all students. Still, clintons new position is seen as her largely embracing one of sanders core issues in order to court sanders supporters, particularly younger voters. Sanders is expected to give a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton next week. In iraq, another Suicide Attack claimed by isis has killed at least 35 people near a shiite shrine north of baghdad. This comes as the death toll from this weekends massive suicide truck bombing has risen to nearly 300 people. It was the deadliest attack in baghdad since the 2003 u. S. Led invasion. Iraqs Health Undersecretary spoke out. The death toll from the bombing is 200 92. 115 were identified and delivered to relatives, while 177 others have not been identified yet. Forensic officers are working day and night to identify the dead hotties in order to give them to their bereaved families. Amy this comes as former british Prime Minister tony blair has defended his position to push britain into the iraq war, claiming the world would be in an even worse position without the invasion of iraq that ousted Saddam Hussein. This comes after the release of the longawaited chilcot report, which blames tony blair for deliberately exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in the leadup to the iraq war. The report also revealed blair had been warned multiple times by britains joint Intelligence Committee that the invasion of iraq would increase the threat of terrorism by al qaeda and other militant groups. In brazil, lower House SpeakerEduardo Cunha has resigned in tears amid an ongoing corruption investigation against him. He is one of the conservative lawmakers most responsible for orchestrating the impeachment of president dilma rousseff. She has called her suspension and impeachment a coup. In honduras, another activist from the indigenous Rights Organization copinh has been killed. 49yearold Lesbia Janeth Urquia was a mother of three and a member of copinh since the 2009 u. S. Backed military coup. She had been one of the leaders of a campaign against the construction of a privatized hydroelectric dam along a river in the region of la paz. Her body was found near a garbage dump on wednesday. She had been stabbed to death. The daughter of murdered environmentalist and copinh leader Berta Caceres spoke out. Great defender of mother earth was initially kidnapped. And we know this unofficially because there is no official version from the government. She was later found murdered with a blunt weapon and this coincides with the consultation that was going to take place on sunday. As coordinator of an organization, i was also planning to participate to say no to the construction of dams in la paz. Amy this comes as the u. S. Says its investigating reports by a former honduran soldier that Berta Caceres appeared on a hit list distributed to u. S. Trained special forces before her assassination. Scientists have confirmed june was the hottest month ever recorded, making it the 14th straight month to smash global temperature records amid humanfueled climate change. This comes as the amount of Arctic Sea Ice has hit an all time record low. Scientists have confirmed that a vast stretch of ice, roughly twice the size of texas, has finished over the last three decades, and that the rate of the melting is accelerating. And in michigan, dozens of activists have protested and hung banners outside the house of Michigan Attorney general Bill Schuette to demand he move to shut down an aging oil pipeline known as line 5. A university of michigan study says hundreds of miles of michigans shoreline would be at risk contamination if line 5 leaks. The pipeline is owned by enbridge, the Company Responsible for another massive pipeline break in 2010, which dumped about 800,000 gallons of crude oil into a tributary of the kalamazoo river. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In dallas, five Police Officers have been shot dead and six others wounded. The police were patrolling a demonstration in Downtown Dallas against the recent Police Shootings of alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana, and Philando Castile in st. Paul, minnesota. Videos of the two africanamerican men being killed sparked protests across the nation. Authorities in dallas described thursdays assault as a planned ambush. Authorities have not yet released information on the suspected shooters. One of the suspected snipers reportedly died from a selfinflicted gunshot. Three other people have been taken into custody. The gunfire erupted at around 8 45 p. M. Local time just as the peaceful protest was wrapping up. Four of the slain officers worked for the Dallas Police department, the fifth was part of the dallas area Rapid Transit force. He was a dart officer. At least one protester was injured in the shooting. Earlier this morning president , obama spoke in warsaw where he is attending the nato summit. Still do notwe know all of the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated, and despicable attack on Law Enforcement. Police in dallas were on duty doing their jobs, keeping people safe during peaceful protests. These are enforcement officers were targeted and nearly a dozen officers were shot. Five were killed. Other officers and at least one civilian were wounded. Some are in syrias condition and we are praying for their recovery. Serious condition and we are praying for their recovery. As i told mayor rawlings, we are horrified over these events and we stand united with the people and the Police Department in dallas. According to police, there are multiple suspects. We will learn more undoubtedly about their twisted motivations. But lets be clear, there is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against Law Enforcement. The fbi is already in touch with the Dallas Police, and anyone involved in these senseless murders will be held fully accountable. Justice will be done. I will have more to say about this as the facts become more clear. For now, let me just say that even as yesterday i spoke about our need to be concerned as all americans about Racial Disparities in our criminal justice system, i also said yesterday that our police have an extraordinarily difficult job. In the vast majority of them do their job in outstanding fashion. Amy president obamas king and water for some earlier this morning. As news about the dallas shooting unfolded, former illinois congressman joe walsh sparked controversy by declaring a war against president obama and black lives matter activists. Around 9 00 bm last night, walsh tweeted 3 dallas cops killed. 7 wounded. This is now war. Watch out obama. Watch out black lives matter punks. Real america is coming after you. He later deleted the tweet. This comes as many commentators are inaccurately claiming there has been a rise in violence against Police Officers under the obama administration. In reality, the opposite is true. During the first seven years of obamas presidency, an average of 54 officers were shot and killed. Thats less than the average of officers killed each year under george w. Bush, bill clinton, george h. W. Bush, Ronald Reagan and gerald ford. , in fact, the safest two years for Police Officers over the last century were during the obama presidency. The years 2013 and 2015, which also coincided with the rise of the black lives Matter Movement. We begin todays show with two guests. Graham weatherspoon is a retired detective with the new york city Police Department. Hes also a board member of the amadou diallo foundation. Us Marc Lamont Hill rejoins from Morehouse College in atlanta. Yes just written a new book called nobody casualties of americas war on the vulnerable from ferguson to flint and beyond. We welcome you both to democracy now Graham Weatherspoon, lets begin with you. Your reaction to the four that unfolded last night, carrying on for hours and dallas, just a