Crosshairs of this as well but as a general rule this is something that amateur rappers are facing and there are a number of reasons for that but one of them is i mean above and beyond the fact that they lack the name recognition that well known artists like tupac or have its that theyll select the resources to mount anything like a vigorous defense and so they become more vulnerable its easy for prosecutors to use rap lyrics against these young amateurs either to get convictions or more often to scare them into taking a plea bargain when we dont have the help in the pony you say we dont really know the extent. To which people have been incarcerated for in essence rob because most of our forces are a lot of them are forced to play out thats exactly it we dont have a sense of the true numbers the truce scale of any of this i mean we know that the 5 or so 100 cases that weve identified are just scratching the surface but thats exactly right were certain that the majority of these cases w
What you make a distinction in the book but tween the high profile rap artists that we know to bach and you know. Who are pretty much left alone not completely right but but theyre the judicial system has really gone after amateur or local explained whats happened well thats right i mean there are some isolated digs the samples of more high profile well known artists who have been caught in the crosshairs of this as well but as a general rule this is something that amateur rappers are facing and there are a number of reasons for that but one of them is i mean above and beyond the fact that they lack the name recognition that well known artists like tupac or have its that theyll select the resources to mount anything like a vigorous defense and so they become more vulnerable its. Easy for prosecutors to use rap lyrics against these young amateurs either to get convictions or more often to scare them into taking a plea bargain well we dont have the help in the pony you say we dont really
What you make a distinction in the book but tween the high profile rap artists that we know to bach and you know it who are pretty much left alone not completely right but but the the judicial system has really gone after amateur or local explained whats happened well thats right i mean there are some isolated digs examples of more high profile well known artists who have been caught in the crosshairs of this as well but as a general rule this is something that amateur rappers are facing and there are a number of reasons for that but one of them is i mean above and beyond the fact that they lack the name recognition that well known artists like to pocker have its that theyll select the resources to mount anything like a vigorous defense and so they become more vulnerable its easy for prosecutors to use rap lyrics against these young amateurs either to get convictions or more often to scare them into taking a plea bargain when we dont have the help in the both of you say we dont really
Mccarthy could not do in the 1950s, something virtually unprecedented. 60 years ago, joe mccarthy tried and failed to obtain a criminal conviction of an american citizen after she professed her innocence before his committee and asserted her right not to testify under the fifth amendment. I want to read briefly from the hearing transcript. In 1954, senator mccarthy accused a woman named diana hogue of being a communist. She worked at the Westinghouse Company in a small town in new york, making 1. 71 per hour. The similarities to the hearing today are striking. Ms. Hogue said this, i have never engaged in espionage or sabotage. I am not so engaged. I will not so engage in the future. I am not a spy nor saboteur. Like chairman issa, senator mccarthy argued that she waived her fifth amendment rights stating, when a witness said she never engaged in espionage, then she waived the fifth amendment, not nearly as to that question, but to the entire field of espionage. Like chairman issa is do
That is the greatness of lbj. That is why we remember him. If there is one thing that he should teach us, one lesson that malia and sasha learned from today is that, with enough effort and empathy, peopleance, courage who love this country can change it. Year, president johnson stood on the stage, with battered by controversies , looking far older than his 64 years, and delivered his final public speech. We have proven that great progress is possible. We know how much still remains to be done. And ifefforts continue if ourl is strong, hearts are right, it occurred remains our constant companion, my fellow americans, im confident that we shall overcome. [applause] we shall overcome. We. The citizens of the United States. , like abraham lincoln, like countless citizens who have moved this country knewrd, president johnson that ours is a story of optimism , achievement, and constant striving that is unique upon this earth. He knew it because he had lived this story. He believed that we co