Hes 18. Hes in city hall in beaverton, oregon. And according to him, hes high on mushrooms. So he starts a fight with some cops. They all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cops gun and shoots it. More cops jump in. It ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. This is white privilege. If that idea bothers you, then lets just call it benefit of the doubt. Those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. Now, of course, when youre black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. Cops murdered Laquan Mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. Cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. But jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. On this episode, were talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. You want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake . Yes. Youve seen the vi
he s 18. he s in city hall in beaverton, oregon. and according to him, he s high on mushrooms. so he starts a fight with some cops. they all wrestle, and then jared grabs a cop s gun and shoots it. more cops jump in. it ends up taking seven cops two full minutes to restrain jared, and he makes it out alive. this is white privilege. if that idea bothers you, then let s just call it benefit of the doubt. those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters, that his life is worth saving, even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. now, of course, when you re black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. cops murdered laquan mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. cops killed tamir rice in less than two seconds. but jared, he got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. on this episode, we re talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. you want to call the police on him for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake
i m at the home and studio of one of sri lanka s most influential artists and activists, jagath weerasinghe. can sri lankans put behind them their bloody past and forge a new and united future? jagath weerasinghe, welcome to hardtalk. i m happy to be here. sitting here in your home, which is also your studio, i wonder how far you ve been influenced as both an artist and an archaeologist by sri lanka s past? i m totally influenced by that. i m totally, yes. everything i do has something to do with the past of sri lanka and the idea of the past, that we keep performing in the present. yeah. but it s notjust sri lanka s past, it s a particularly bloody past that you choose to focus on. why? that is what i call the history of the present. you know, we have a long history coming from, like, fifth century bc, and, you know, there s this great history of sri lanka or south asia. but the 20th century history is i call the history of the present, which is.defines myself and my art and
it was not guilty of concealing information about flight control systems on its 373 max aircraft. flaws in the systems were found to have led to fatal crashes four years ago. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i m stephen sackur. iam i am outside colombo, the capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into it s capital of sri lanka. this beautiful nation has been plunged into it s worth economic crisis for more than 70 years. it led to widespread process and forced the resignation of the president last year and all this after a long running civil war in which iamat i am at the home is really one of the most influential artist and activist. cancelling can put behind them their bloodied past and forge a new and united future? welcome to hartog. i am happy to be here. welcome to hartog. i am happy to be here- to be he
yasmin. if you are joining us, welcome and if you are still with us, thank you for sticking around. we are following the latest developments in the wake of the bylaw tile assault on nancy pelosi s has been. police saying the man was second for the speaker of the house, bringing back memories of these chants from january 6th. [inaudible] we are going to be looking at the rise and violent political rhetoric that is only grown since that day on january 6th. and later on this hour, i will be joined by senator sheldon whitehouse to talk about the increasing dangers that lawmakers are currently facing, especially ahead of midterm elections. and also this hour, the president casting his ballot and democratic heavyweights hitting that campaign trail just ten days out before the midterms. i have been reading up on some of these candidates on the other side. lord have mercy. and as republicans hammer away at inflations, we are going to look at what economists are saying about the