Kids get trapped in the crosshairs it aint because of a few bad apples my friends it means its time we start watching the hawks. Whats going on a city street you want to see. There so you. See this is this you always see. Graves see this least systemic deception is the late show which would bring the real. World for the watching the entire over there that would be amazing every every single day every single week it seems like 20. 20 has been nothing but made up of one more totally ludicrous Violent Police interaction with the public like one after another after another no youre absolutely right knew it think that the American Press tracing the pressure of these families how we continue to watch these cases bubble up over time that they will be a media better all reaction and that we are not seen alike specifically pointing out that hey you know this was a young white kid that this happened to as well its its not you know when there are people on the right. Will continually say this is
A tough job that most of us would have wouldnt have the courage to take up but then he added that like in any organization youre going to have a few bad apples. Yes bad apples. Like the bad 6 apples in rochester new york who killed 4141 year old daniel prude a black man who died in Police Custody while suffering a Mental Health crisis days after video footage was released showing officers putting a hood on him and pinning him to the ground but what about all those bad apples in Salt Lake City utah who slate now reports shot a 13 year old autistic child several times after his mother called 911 to get this ask for a Crisis Invention Team Intervention Team to take him to the hospital during a Mental Health episode who by the way that autistic boy Linden Cameron hes a white boy. I wonder if box knew c. N. N. All those loudmouths Security State punk and so the apologists will dive into his juvenile record looking for Police Violence justifications with the same zeal and zest they had when
Very often if you look through the past to catch up. The military thinking and strategy. It tends to stay in the past war and Technology Goes ahead and the military thinking has to catch up with technology. What we see in the American Civil War is that most military was along the lines of the American Revolution. In other words, warfare that had happened decades earlier or even napoleon just a few years earlier. That was a hero. A lot of the american generals, their hero was napoleon bonaparte. They thought was the greatest general in the world. And the strategist. But the problem was they had you up and where they were planning, making their planning, based on old weapons. That is one thing im going to get to. The advanced weaponry that goes into the American Civil War and how that is going to affect have casualties happen. First of all, basic weapon. Its actually an american copy of a french musket that was used at the time. This is the french call it a surely bill but it is a single
Followed by a brief q a should there be time for us to do that. I am so pleased tonight to introduce two of our friends and colleagues, the first being dr. Saje mathieu. Dr. Mathieu is an associate professor of history at the university of minnesota. She is just finishing a faculty fellowship at Harvard Universitys center for studies in American History. She earned a joint phd in history and africanamerican studies and specializes in 20th century american and africanAmerican History with an emphasis on immigration, war, race, globalization, social movements and political resistance. She is the author of a number of books, one of which is available outside and i would encourage you to grab a copy while you can. An oncoming book as well, the glory of their deeds a global history of black soldiers in the great war era. And saje was working on that book as part of your work at the warren center. Are we close to publication . I started it when i was five. So it is almost done. Really saje i
Book in the lobby. They will be able to take your credit card. Lynn will be ready to sign it. It is not true early to be making a christmas gift. [laughter] so that all the shopping done well before. Dumenil is the professor of American History at occidental college. She has taught a number of distinguished institutions, including berkeley, whitman college, and she specializes in u. S. Womens history and cultural and social history since the civil war. She is a distinguished professor, having received many honors, including being a senior fulbright lecture, and many other recognitions, which is also to say we are in for a treat. She brings to this topic a richness which i think is going to make this experience one of real memory frost. So, once again, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being here and for participating in the activities of the national war or one museum and memorial. I invite you back. Please join me in welcoming dr. Lynn dumenil. [applause] dr. Dumenil thank you. I am