Reasons. We ask all of you to be active participants in tweeting. In toms place, let me Say Something i think he might have wanted to say about the importance of race and space and the importance of the ways in which policing have defined the spaces propriety of citizenship, in the United States of america. Ferguson brings us here. Ferguson is just a metaphor for an ongoing history that the state forces, that the white citizens that sees white citizens and class as the defining marker for the ways in which race continues to be made in the united dates of america. That said, i want to thank jim grossman from the American Historical Association for encouraging panels like this that link the past, present, and future. We all know as members of this august association that the American Historical Association has not always been responsive to contemporary moments and sometimes has been on the wrong side of history. We want to applaud the leadership in this moment for allowing us to come tog
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 fouhours 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 on protesters in ferguson. At least a dozen buildings in ferguson or broken into
Where now the artist just cant afford to live there. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill racial tensions and police use of force dominated the nations agenda today after the latest high profile caase involving a white officer and a black victim. This time, it happened in new york. But new calls for calm, and new cries of anger, echoed across city after city. Around the country, protests built as the day wore on. In pit
Afford to live there. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill racial tensions and police use of force dominated the nations agenda today after the latest high profile caase involving a white officer and a black victim. This time, it happened in new york. But new calls for calm, and new cries of anger, echoed across city after city. Around the country, protests built as the day wore on. In pittsburgh, people laid down in th
Where now the artist just cant afford to live there. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by lincoln financial committed to helping you take charge of your life and become youre own chief life officer. Supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill racial tensions and police use of force dominated the nations agenda today after the latest high profile caase involving a white officer and a black victim. This time, it happened in new york. But new calls for calm, and new cries of anger, echoed across city after city. Around the country, protests built as the day wore on. In pit