Civil rights. It simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of socalled civil rights. Amy after his death in 2003, it was revealed Strom Thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. Their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of South Carolina. Then to new york were Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Police Killings of unarmed civilians. This situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. It is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. Amy we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in Staten Island after being placed in a police chokehold. And we will get the latest on greece. Just days after greek voters overwhelmingly turned down the terms of an international bailout i
He was jailed at the federal prison obama visited on thursday. We will also speak to Maya Schenwar, author of locked down, locked out, why prison doesnt work and how we can do better. Then after a twoyear battle federal judge has ordered the release of Police Dashcam footage of a Police Killing of an unarmed man in gardena, california that shows officers ordering Ricardo Diaz Zeferino and two other men to raise their hands in the air, which they do. Three officers then open fire, killing him with eight bullets. We will speak with Sonia Mercado , civil rights attorney representing the family of the victim. Then a gunman opens fire on two separate military sites in chattanooga, tennessee. The rampage left four marines and the gunman dead and at least three people injured. This obviously has been horrible day for chattanooga in a tragic day for all of tennessee. I wanted to be her to express my sorrow and sympathy for the families and everyone else involved. Amy the tennessee shooting com
Set at 5,000. Three days later, she was found dead in her jail cell. Authorities now say sandrabland committed suicide. Her family strongly disputes that account. We will speak with Sandra Blands sister Sharon Cooper and with the familys attorney cannon lambert. Any Blacklivesmatter Movement takes center stage. Lets be clear, every single day folks are dying. Not being able to take another breath. We are in a state of emergency. We are in a state of emergency and if we if you dont feel that emergency, youre not human. Amy we will speak with a three founders of the Blacklivesmatter Movement, Patrisse Cullors alicia garza and opal tometi fohosting a movement for black lives convening in cleveland this weekend. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In lafayette, louisiana, at three people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a packed movie theater. The shooter, described by authorities as a lone white male
Activists. Recently, an organization used secretly recorded, heavily edited videos to make outrageous claims. I want to be really clear the allegation that planned parenthood profits in any way from tissue donation is not true. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In news from ohio, former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing has been released on a 1 million bail after pleading not guilty to the murder of sam dubose. Tensing, who is white, fatally shot the 43yearold African American man on july 19 after stopping him for not having a front license plate. Two additional officers, phillip kidd and David Lindenschmidt have been placed on administrative leave. Meanwhile, new information shows that officer phillip kidd and another officer on scene during the dubose shooting were involved in the death of an unarmed African American man five years earlier. According to documents revealed by the gu
James risen. And we will hear highlights from the first Republican Debate of the 2016 race. Mr. Trump, one of the things people love about you is you speak your mind and you dont use a politicians filter. However, that is not without its downside particular, when it comes to women. You have called women you dont like fat pigs, dogs, slobs, and disgusting animals. Your twitter cloud account line only rosie odonnell. Amy all of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. We are broadcasting from toronto, canada. 10 leading republican president ial candidates faced off in the first debate of the 2016 president ial election thursday night in cleveland. The main topics of the primetime debate included immigration, abortion, the soper claimed Islamic State, and u. S. Health care system. During the debate, donald trump stood by earlier statements that the Mexican Government was sending the bad ones over. People that idea wit