And then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the Pulitzer Prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Think of the people who are in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probation or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated from Saint Leo University near tampa. He gave the graduation address. So we went out to the street we were met by the Regime Se
Groveland four. One was killed by a mob of 1000 men. It was led by the local sheriff. The others were tortured in jail and then wrongly imprisoned. Florida lawmakers have just apologized for this grave injustice. We will speak with the pulitztzr prize winning writer gilbert king. He wrote devil in the grove Thurgood Marshall, the groveland boys, and the dawn o of a new america. Then to a modern day case of Racial Injustice in the florida legal system. We will speak to Marissa Alexander here in florida. She was jailed for three years after firing a warning shot into a wall near her abusive husband. Thihink of the people who o e in my situation whose case might not have made the news, who dont have the support, and how difficult it is to come up with the money for probationon or to find a job or anything like that. Amy this was around the time that George Zimmerman was acquitted of killing Trayvon Martin. And here in tampa, florida we , will speak to a syrian refugee who just graduated f
Prison after shooting dead her abusive father. We will speak with one of Bresha Meadows biggest advocates her aunt, who is a Cleveland Police detective who specializes in Domestic Abuse cases. Plus, we will look at how incumbents were the big winners in tuesdays primaries in arizona and florida as senators john mccain and marco rubio and congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz beat back challengers. And we will return to our conversation with pulilitzer pre winning journalist Glenn Greenwald on the 2016 race. It is a little bit hard for me to take seriously complaints the donald trump wants to get too close to putin he was a dictator or authoritarian when they closest allies in the world, in the United States government, are themselves dictators and tyrants beginning with the saudi regime and going throughout that region and into other regions as well, cuddling up to dictatotors has long been and continues to be a u. S. Policy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now
Her aunt, who is a Cleveland Police detective who specializes in Domestic Abuse cases. Plus, we will look at how incumbents were the big winners in tuesdays primaries in arizona and florida as senators john mccain and marco rubio and congresswoman Debbie Wasserman schultz beat back challengers. And we will return to our conversation with Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Glenn Greenwald on the 2016 race. It is a little bit hard for me to take seriously complaints the donald trump wants to get too close to putin he was a dictator or authoritarian when they closest allies in the world, in the United States government, are themselves dictators and tyrants beginning with the saudi regime and going throughout that region and into other regions as well, cuddling up to dictators has long been and continues to be a u. S. Policy. Amy all that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Donald trump is visiting mexico today, where
Tonight were hosting Kareem Abduljabbar for his newest nonfiction work, writings on the wall. Theres a were hosting David K Johnson for his timely bestseller, the making of donald trump. Please check our website for more information. Tonight were honored to bring you a Crucial Panel voices on race in america. This is a necessary difficult conversation and we are honored and humbled to have it at politics and prose. April is our moderator and the person who brought these great a minds together. Aprils White House Correspondent and Washington Bureau chief for american urban radio network. White house report is the First National radio feature broadcast directive from the white house. She has developed a devoted audience who depend on her for honest and challenginghallen reporting. She is the author of the bestselling, the presidency in black and white, my up close view of three president s and white race in america. In in the forthcoming, at mamas knees,. Hurt 30 years of journalism have