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we know part of the answer for policing. whenever there is a questionable use of force, the contact must be recorded, with sound and picture. and those recordings must be released to the public, right away. how do we know? because the verdict heard round the world may never have happened, without the body-cam video. remember, the police, initially, described george floyd s death as a health incident. no mention of a knee. no mention of a neck. that s why, the refusal to release the tape of a police shooting in north carolina is disturbing. all we know is that a black man, who was said to be unarmed, was shot and killed, wednesday, by police in elizabeth city, during the service of search-and-arrest warrants. we do have new information. there is dispatch audio that gives us clues. and we have a witness, tonight, to the deadly shootout of 42-year-old andrew brown. now, clearly, it can t be there is nothing to see here. listen to the dispatchers. ems has got one male, 42 ....
as a health incident. no mention of a knee. no mention of a neck. that s why, the refusal to release the tape of a police shooting in north carolina is disturbing. all we know is that a black man, who was said to be unarmed, was shot and killed, wednesday, by police in elizabeth city, during the service of search-and-arrest warrants. we do have new information. there is dispatch audio that gives us clues. and we have a witness, tonight, to the deadly shootout of 42-year-old andrew brown. now, clearly, it can t be there there is nothing to see here. listen to the dispatchers. ems has got one male, 42 years of age, gunshot to the back. we have a 42-year-old male with gunshot wounds to the back. gunshot wounds, to the back. why would an unarmed suspect be shot? let alone, from behind? all the police would say is that, you know, brown had a history of resisting arrest. if they think that arguably-irrelevant information is releasable. why not release the body cams? all ....
draconian voting restrictions. texas just advanced a bill that among other things would make it a felony, you heard that right, a felony for an official to give a voter an absentee ballot application if they didn t request one. as of march 24th they ve introduced 360 voter restriction bills in 47 states. in many states these restrictions will specifically be hard on black voters. look, i want to make this clear. this is not just in response to the 2020 election and the big lie. the voting rights of black americans have been under attack since the 15th amendment was passed, even if lawmakers don t explicitly spell it out, we see you. jamel boulie of the new york times wrote this about the jim crow era. there was no statute that said black people cannot vote. instead, southern lawmakers spun a web of restrictions and regulations meant to catch most blacks as well as many whites and keep them out of the electorate. and in a throwback to that time a writer for the conserv ....
about vaccine drawing fire from dr. fauci himself. plus it s a moment from the trump presidency few will forget. the president tossing out paper towels to residents hit by hurricane maria, how a new report details the lengths the trump administration went to keep aid from those same residents. the former mayor of san juan, who had a public battle with the former president, joins me later on this hour to talk about the story and how puerto rico is doing now. but i first want to get to that breaking news out of north carolina as protests over the police shooting of andrew brown jr. are continuing moments ago, brown s family, along with their attorney and other advocates wrapped up an emotional press conference demanding the release of officer body cam footage from the deadly altercation and accountability for brown s death. listen to this. with all these killings going on, i never expected this to happen so close to home. like, he left a close and tight family with ....
cloud will stick most of the day. it s tuesday, the 2nd of march. our top story. communities could be given up to a quarter of a million pounds to take over struggling pubs in their area under plans expected to be announced in the budget tomorrow. the chancellor will unveil a community ownership fund, which is also expected to cover sports clubs, theatres and other venues at risk of closure. our political correspondent, chris mason, has the details. how do you save your local pub? many were already closing permanently before the pandemic. how many more might follow now we are out of the habit of propping up the bar? in the budget tomorrow, the chancellor will announce that community groups across the uk could be given up to a quarter of a million pounds to help take over struggling pubs. they will be helped, too, to buy into theatres and sports clubs. rishi sunak will also say he will spend £300 million of taxpayers money to help summer sports such as tennis, horse ra ....