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Transcripts For LINKTV Democracy Now 20160711

Delrawn small was shot dead by a doctor to Police Officer after a traffic incident as delrawn plus role friend and three children looked on. Newly releleased surveveillanc contradictct the officers clam of self defense. We will speak to the attorney for Delrawn Smalls family. 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. In the second leg of his transports, he was picked up and the guards on the second leg admitted that were marking mocking his moans and groans and making fun of the whining and complaining he was doing. Within about seven hours, he was found dead, covered in urin in the back of the van. Amy and we will speak to congressman Keith Ellison about this weekends mass black lives matter protests and get an update on how he and other Bernie Sanders supporters are attemptiting to push the Democratic Party to adopt a more progressive platform. All thatat and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests against Police Brutality erupted across the United States over the weekend, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets and blocking roads, bridges and highways in cities including chicago, atlanta, baton rouge, st. Paul, los angeles, phoenix, and rochester, new york. More than 300 people were arrested nationwide, including more than 160 in baton rouge, where two white Police Officers lastd alton sterling tuesday morning. An africanamerican father of multiple videos of the killing five. Show Police Officers had sterling pinned to the ground before shooting him multiple times. Among those arrested in baton rouge was black lives matter activist who ran for mayor in baltimore. He was held for 17 hours. In minnesota, where philando cacastile wawas killed by polic, more than 100 people werere arrested on saturday night on interstate 94 during a standoff with police during which , officers in riot gear threw smoke bombs and pepper spray, while some protesters threw molotov cocktails and rocks at the officers. More than 20 Police Officers were injured. Philanando castile was killed during a trafficic stop for a broken taillight. The aftetermath of his deaeath s livestreamed on facebook by his girlfrfriend, diamond lavish reynolds in an extraordinary video in which she narrates the she is sitting next to him still in the car while she narrates his killing with the police wanting a gun at her and her fouryearold daughter. As her boyfriend lays dying next to her. Philando castile had been pulled over at least 52 times by police in recent years, receiviving 68 in fines, although more than half of his violations were later dismissed a record which mamany decrieded as an eme of racial targeting. Throughout the weekend, solidarity protests also erupted in phoenix, arizona, where Police Pepper sprayed a crowd of more than 1000 protesters. In memphis, tennessee, hundreds shut down the interstate40 bridge. In rochester, new york, 74 people were arrested. And in chicago, protesters blocked traffic by forming a peace sign with their bodies. In cities across the country, the Police Deployed militarystyle vehicles, smoke bombs tear gas to attempt to , suppress the uprisings. The heavily militarized response to the protests was encapsulated by a photograph, which has since gone viral, of a tall black woman in a dress standing gracefully in front of two Police Officers in full riot gear who appear to be running toward her. The photo was shot by new orleans photographer jonathan bachman. Its reported the woman was later arrested. During a protest in atlanta, where activists have been marching for four straight nightsts, one ofof the protestes spoke out. It is so beautiful to see my people and so many other people and different races coming together and making a stand and saying, you know what . We are tired of it. So lets move. Lets do something. Lets change. Today is the change. You are the change. We are all the changnge. We are history. We are the future. So what are you going to do about it . Amy in response to the uprisings, three countries havae issued travel warnings for the United States,s, including thehe majorityblack caribbean nation the e bahamas, which warned in particular young males are asked to exercise extreme caution in affected cities in their interactions with the police. Do not be confrontational and cooperate. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates also issued travell warnings. Meanwhile, in new york, a new video has s surfaced in the case of the fatal offduty Police Shooting of an u unarmed brookln man on the 4th of july. Delrawn smalall was drivivg with his girlfriend and three children through East New York when he and offduty Police Officer wayne isaacs had a confrontation while driving. The police initially claimed small got out of his car and punched offificer isaacs in the face. Butt now a grainy, blackandwhite Surveillance Video of the intersection shows small approaching isaacs car, isaacs then opens fire within a small stumbles away and second. Collapses on the street between twtwo parked cars. Isaacs then gets out of his car, appears to tuck his gun into his waistband, surveilled the scene, then walk away. On saturday, more than a dozen people were arrested during a march that blocked traffic across manhattan, including on the fdr drive. We will have more on the delrawn small case after headlines. A series of highprofile entertainers and athletes have spoken out against Police Brutality and in support of the black lives Matter Movement, including Beyonce Stevie wonder, and tennis star serena williams, who said to those of you involved in equality movements like black lives matter, i say this keep it up. Weve been through so much for so many centuries, and we shall overcome this too. Williams won her 22th grand slam tournament when she won wimbledon on saturday. The nationwide protests come as president obama is cutting short his trip to spain to fly back to the United States. He is expected to speak at a Memorial Service in dallas on this comes as new details tuesday. Have emerged about the shooting spree in dallas, during which a sniper opened fire at the end of an antiPolice Brutality march, on thursday night. Five policeilled officers, wounding seven more. On friday, Dallas Police identified the gunman as 25yearold africanamerican Micah Xavier Johnson of mesquite, texas, which is just north of dallas. Johnson was an army veteran who served in afghanistan in 2014. About six months into his tour, he was accused of sexual harassing a female soldier, and was sent back to the u. S. By the army. He also had a restraining order placed against him. Dallas police say johnson told them during the standoff that he was acting alone, was part of no was not part of any group and , wanted to kill white Police Officers. Authorities say they killed johnsoson by detonating a bombequipped robot which is sparking questions. This is suspected to be the First Time Police have killed a suspect using a bombequipped robot in the United States. A handndful of former popolitics and propolicece groups have lasheded out against president obama and the black lives Matter Movement in the wake of the dallas shootings. On friday, the head d of the National Association of Police Organizations William Johnson accused the Obama Administration of waging a war on cops. This comes despite the fact fewer Police Officers been killed on average under president obamas presidency than the average number killed 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. Meanwhile, former new york city mayor Rudolph Giuliani issued a tirade against the black lives matterer m movement while speakg on cbss face the nation. That is a nearly racist. Black lives matter. White lives matter. Asian lives matter. Hispanic lives matter. That is antiamerican and it is racist. Of course, black lives matter. And they matter greatly. But when you focus i in on 1 of less than 1 of the murder that is going on in america and you make it a national thing and all of you in the media make it much bigger than the black kid whos getting killed in chicago every 14 hours, you create a disproportion. The police understand it and it putsts a target on their back ht of every cop in america will tell you that if you ask them. Amy that was former new york city mayor Rudolph Giuliani. During another part of this interview, he falsely claimed that a new york city Police Officer who killed amadou diallo in 1999 was sitting in jail for 25 years. In fact, all four officers charged in his death were acquitted. In news from the campaign trail, vermont senator and democratic president ial candidate Bernie Sanders has announced he will join his rival, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, for a Campaign Event in portsmouth, new hampshire, on tuesday, where he is expected to issue a formal endorsement of Hillary Clinton. A half dozen women have spoken out about being sexually harassed by fox news chairman roger ailes. This comes only days after former fox news host Gretchen Carlson sued ailes for sexual harassment, saying he made repeated advances toward her. Carlson also s says when she rejected those advances, he retaliated against her by cutting her salary, curtailing her airtime and then refusing to renew her contract. One of the six women to speak with new York Magazine s says she was 16 when roger ailes brought her into his office, locked the door, and then pulled down his pants. When she refused to perform oral sex she says he chased her , around t the office untitil finally allowing her to leave the room. In news from britain, former Prime Minister tony blair could be barred from future Public Office in the united kingdom. Members of the British Parliament are hoping this week to vote on whether blair deceived the British Parliament in order to go to war in iraq. The move for a contempt vote comes after the release of the chilcot report, which blames tony blair for deliberately exaggerating the threat posed by Saddam Hussein in the leadup to the iraq war. The International Criminal court is also considering proceedings against british soldiers accused of torturing iraqi prisoners in 2003. This comes as the pentagon has announced it carried out 10 strikes in iraq and 13 strikes in syria over the weekend. U. S. Defense secretary Ashton Carter is in iraq today. The family of an american journalist killed in syria in 2012 has sued the Syrian Government in u. S. Federal court. Sunday times reporter marie colvin died after a direct strike on a building where she was staying with other journalists. Her family says the attack deliberately targeted colvin hours after she had broadcast live from the building on cnn and spoke of indiscriminate shelling by the government in the oppositionheld city of homs. The committee to protect journalists says 96 journalists have been killed in syria since 2011. The majority are syrian. In news from south sudan, fighting has intensified in the capital juba. Fighting began last week as efforts to implement a Peace Agreement between the coununtrs twtwo main factionons failed. At least twowo United Nations peacekeepersrs were killed s suy evening and an estimated 200 people have been killed since last week. In cambodia, thousands are mourning the killing of political commentator kem ley. He was shot and killed at point blank range sunday while drinking a cup of coffee at a gas station. He was the founder of the Grassroots Democracy Party and a sharp critic of the countrys ruling cambodian peoples party, which is facing mounting opposition in the leadup to local and National Elections in 2017 and 2018. And the pulitzer prizewinning journalist whose work inspired the killing fields, has died at the age of 82. Newsday and New York Times reporter Sydney Schanberg helped create awareness of the genocide taking place in cambodia in the 1970s and 1980s under the khmer rouge. Following the secret u. S. Bombing campaign in cambodia during the vietnam war. This is schanberg speaking with the daily mail in 1991. It is important to continue development. Without it, the countrtry is not going to grow ouout of this h hl they have been n in f for 30 ye. Sisince the u. S. Has some significant t measure of respononsibility fofor thathel, having initiated in one since the war in cambodia and then having supported t the kmer rouge for keeping the vietnam ese out of power, we owed this cambodia we owe this aid. Amy to see his interview on democracy now , go to democracynow. Org. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests against Police Brutality erupted across the United States over the weekend, with tens of thousands of people taking to the streets and blocking roads, bridges and highways in cities including chicago,o, atlanta, baton rouge, st. Paul, los angeles, phoenix and rochester, new york. , hundreds of people were arrested nationwide, including more than 100 in baton rouge, where two white Police Officers sterling, the africanamerican father of five, last in minnesota, more than 100 tuesday. People were arrested on saturday night on interstate 94 during a standoff with police, during which officers in n riot gear threw smoke bombs and pepper spray. Protests have rocked minnesota since a Police Officer shot and killed Philando Castile, another africanamerican man shot during a traffic stop for a broken tail light. Whwhile the deaths of a alton ststerling and philandndo castie have s sparked the rececent wavf protests, we begin todays show looking at another Police Shooting from last week that has received far Less National attention. Shortly after midnight on july 4, an offduty new york Police Officer shot andnd killed an unarmed africanamamerican man from brooklyn after a traffic incident. Police officials said the officer, wayne isaacs, opened fire using his police gun after the man, delrawn small, approached his vehicle and punched him in the face. But newly released Surveillance Video counters that claim. The grainy black and white video shows the offduty officer shooting small as soon as he approached his vehicle. It does not appear to o show sml puncnching isaacacs. Small then stumbles away and collapses on t the street betwen two parked cars. Isaacs then gets out of his car , appearing to to tuck his gun into his waistband as he walks surveillance the scene, does not bend over to help them. He then returns to his car. Witnesses said the incident began when isaacs cut off smalls car. Delrawn smalls girlfriend, their 4monthold son and her two daughters witnessed the shooting from the car. Last week Delrawn Smalls , brother Victor Dempsey spoke out t at a candlelight vigil. You got that bad john, you do your job. You take that bad off, he still act like you have that bad john. Where is the video . We are asking for video. Yall go home after your shift. My brother aint coming back. On, you put the badges act human, just like us. Are all out here because we know w he was a good man. Lolook in our faces and tell me why you shot him. Dont c care at the end of the day, he got shotot by a cop for r no reason. Amy new York State Attorney general Eric S

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