Well fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin is suing Martin s parents their lawyer and Florida prosecutors N.P.R. s Greg Allen reports the suit by George Zimmerman seeks $100000000.00 in damages Zimmerman s lawyer says the lawsuit is based on evidence uncovered in an upcoming documentary and book on the shooting it happened in Sanford Florida after Zimmerman a neighborhood watch volunteer followed 17 year old Trayvon Martin in a confrontation Zimmerman shot and killed the unarmed teenager but was exonerated by a jury nearly 8 years later Zimmerman is now suing Martin s mother and father their lawyer Benjamin Crump and Florida prosecutors for allegedly conspiring to produce an imposter to pose as Martin s girlfriend a trial the lawsuit says since the trial Zimmerman has been unable to find work because of his infamy and that he lives in constant fear of physical harm to the regular death threats Greg Allen n.p.r. News Miami you re listening to n.p.r. News in Washington with k
There s great value in this depository of American history arguably alternative American history and history that s not normally stressed or told but it s real it s there and of course we re living in a historical period with Trump. And his world of illusion and fake news and and alternative facts. Well there s a whole bunch of fact. It is a very strange time to be living in and I must admit when the facts are laid out and then you get an over 100 page publication by the Republicans that say none of this exists like they did it like it s like it doesn t exist they don t see what they don t want to see and they see a lot of stuff that doesn t exist and yes in the archives we have irrefutable in context recordings from historic figures in context that is essentially a Smithsonian or Library of Congress of sound going back to 1900 there s no collection like it in the United States and maybe the world because we were rolling reel to reel tape machine since 1909 and that s right but. The v
The league player get. Plenty of player. a budget for that musical interlude We now want to return folks to the in progress push of a radio archives broadcast that will go to 9 o clock please stay tuned and donate if you can. In 1960 Pacifica was there on the March from Selma to Montgomery Alabama it took a month to strategize and actually get across the bridge and get to Montgomery but the result of that summer was the Voter Rights Act well that I know well you were there you see that s the thing Pacifica was there the entire time not just when the fun stuff was happening for the National t.v. Cameras but I understand how this whole you know on the ground work together that stuff you can t get anywhere and it s moving it s powerful but it s what let me get let me ask you amazing So let me ask you what the voter shenanigans going on today did the Scalia decision majority decision that gutted the Voting Rights Act that allowed. Local municipalities to to obstruct the the possibility
But look no guts no glory if they don t. Last it was not meant to be here with this afternoon today we decided to lower the interest rates for the 3rd time this year a quarter percentage point cut just like everybody said me had been saying there is some global weakness Powell said trade is still a problem but when economic push comes to shove that year the Federal Reserve said you know who s carrying the load the consumer facing companies that we talked to in our vast network of contacts report you know that consumers are doing well and are focused on on you know the good job market and rising incomes and that s their principal focus so that is the thing that s pushing the economy forward and it doesn t seem to have been affected so far by weakness in the other areas after the announcement we got Megan green at Harvard s Kennedy School at the University of Oregon and Kathy buss Jan 2nd Oxford Economics back on the phone to see what they said I didn t think it was surprising at all. S