Coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Shot and killed by police in this country this year which is eight more than at a same time last year which the washington post, i get to write have been Keeping Tally for several years now. 109 of those have been black men who have been unarmed. Thats disproportionate given our population in this country and it is 2. 5 kpiemtimes greate us than it is for a white male in this country. That is what the players are protesting and those of us in the media once again we have couched this as an an Ththem Protest and in fact it is against police brutality. Thats what the players are disturbed about and the fact that they cant get their message out. It becomes an issue of the way we and the media characterize this narrative. Phillip, lets talk about
this and whether it is the nfl or whether it is these charges by omarosa or the immigration fight. If you are a republican in a tight race, what do you make of all of this an
The last fishing shack is gone from Norton Pond. And as I write, yesterday, March 7, was declared the official Ice Out on Megunticook Lake, the earliest one in recorded