Was going to make. The reason why ultimately chief parks didnt get rehired is because mayor jimmy haun in an act of political courage we havent always seen in this city, decided that he didnt want to see bernie parks retired, and thats the rehired, not because the Police Commission made the decision but jimmy haun cost himself the next election. How hard was it to for you to get information . How difficult was it for you to tell some captain to do this thing and unless you wrote it down and you kept after it, you got it. Its very, very difficult, and when youre parttime, and the the name of the judge, federal judge on the ninth circuit right now yeah, line rhinehart, called them the masters of the half truth. Has that been your experience . This is simple for me. Commissioners need training. They nigh need training to know when theyre being bull shitted, and training to know its not a level situation. Youre climbing a hill like this. Human nature doesnt want oversight. Human nate tower
Host is great to see you tonight. We have got a lot to talk about today and not much time to do so so lets get right into it. You have a wonderful new book out called fracture. Congratulations to you. I read it over the weekend and is just a fantastic read, a wonderful read. I think its a mustread for anybody who loves history and politics who cares about Race Relations in america and maybe who just wants to know who the next president is going to be. Tell us what caused you to write it and what motivated you and what did you hope to accomplish . Guest first of all thanks for having me. I appreciate the opportunity and when i first started thinking about this book it was in 2013 and that of course was a big Year Anniversary of the march on washington in 2013, 2014 and 2015. I wanted to write a book about what it means to have the first black president what thats meant to the country and what its meant to racial fallout and i thought maybe i will write about the republican reaction to o
Special interest. Amy in their first oneonone debate, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and vermont senator Bernie Sanders repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Toda that detenon witho arge haseen foundy the ghest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary tention. L of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic presiden
Repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Today, that detention without charge has been found by the highest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary detention. All of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic president ial candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton squared off thursday in a heated debate over the role of mone
Special interest. Amy in their first oneonone debate, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton and vermont senator Bernie Sanders repeatedly sparred last night days ahead of tuesdays primary. They debated over a money and politics, what it means to be a progressive, and their opposing views on the iraq war. Then the United Nations rules in favor of wikileaks founder Julian Assange. It should be brought to an end. Amy as a United Nations panel rules assange should be allowed to leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in london, we will hear assange s response. Being detained now without charge in this country, the United Kingdom, for 5. 5 years. Toda that detenon witho arge haseen found by the ghest organization in the United Nations to be unlawful. Amy in addition to Julian Assange and his lawyers, we will speak to a former human repertoire on arbitrary tention. L of that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Democratic presid