Thousands of americans protesting the death of george the an armed black man killed by a white Police Officer in minneapolis. This has sparked days of mostly peaceful protests across the nation. At times Law Enforcement used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowds who re calling angrily for reform and justice. Earlier this week the san rnfrancisco district at announced siificant proposals to improve the citys legal and policing systems. We are joined now by skype. District attorney, have you personally participated in any of the protts this week . Good to be with you, yes i have. I have been to at least two different protests. What has the atmosphere been like for you . It has been wonderful. Righteous rage, creativity, diverse groups in terms of age and race ngd background co together to demand longoverdue change ulpeac in an exuberant exercise and First Amendment rights. There have been incidents of burglary, anvandalism at the beginning you had brought charges against peo
Also complained some machines didnt work properly and staff lacked training we had witnesses on technical states we had problems with the voter lists and also electronic and veritie devices turned out i. Didnt announce the final figure of turnout the government blames taliban attacks and threats to turn out an estimated 26 percent of just more than 9000000. 00 registered voters but analysts say there were other problems one factor could be because of the insecurity that you have in afghanistan and the other primary factor i believe is because of the 2014 elections and subsequently to 2018 and actions where people lost trust as well as this whole electoral process and democratic process of concern. Back to the workshop ratman says tradesmen like him are struggling and differences need to be resolved. My message to everyone is peace i am thirsty for peace im demanding all sides whether the taliban or the government sit together and make efforts towards peace so everyone will have a Brigh
I. Shall psychedelic. Stop 2nd guess yourself its a lot of work its time to take its just so. There was a waiting list for the navy over a year and i knew i didnt wait that long so i had a friend to me about the coast guard and i went to the coast guard and they said that they could get me in within a month so said ok. I tried college and. I had. A good job but as a married and and east texas i bought my own little house and the military was something i always want. Do i come from military family i was always taught that its every citizens duty to join the military if you can you should and so i want to go ahead and join and start a career. Im sure that of course i was 17 years old i had a boyfriend that encouraged me to go in so thats why he didnt give you permission to go. When i was in high school i was impressed with the marines but i had met a colonel that used to run laps around the track after soccer practice and. Youd be perfect for the marine corps has a really smart mouth but
Thats well i guess trash meets trash go ahead adam well that really is truly a marriage made in heaven and its symptomatic of the image of a kind of stereotypical image of what the Mainstream Media is doing the very sad part and there is a tragedy buried within the lies which themselves are wrapped up in a force and that is that these people who are peddling the russia gate myth have failed to even acknowledge that the United States is no longer a democracy and i sub about that i take no joy in saying it instead to talk to see which instead is super which itself is supervised by an all of this is made up of the military Industrial Complex foreign intelligence agencies the corporatocracy and this collective thing that we all know were not so much love as the deep state if they were truly concerned about democracy and the United States they talk about how to reform it. To even get it back to a level where it is actually something that resembles rule of the people where the people listen
Oh and welcome to cross talk where all Things Considered im Peter Lavelle is the day of reckoning coming will the liberal Corporate Media ever own up to their dismal and even dishonest coverage of what is called russia gate there is growing evidence the media are at the very center of this fake scandal. The Fake News Media im joined by my guest charles or tell in new york he is a private investor and writer as well as the host of the podcast show sunday with charles also in new york we have don de bar hes an antiwar activist and host of a Daily Radio Program and in london we have garri he is the director of eurasia future all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want to go to adam first thing in london adam if i didnt know better watching the cable network. I would have thought that it is a next series a very bad series that should have been cancelled probably after its pilot but no its goes on in on and on and has no reflection to reality le