Good morning to all the wonderful members who have joined us and i want to take a moment to send a message to michigan, to our subcommittee, this is our first hearing with our subcommittee and we are delighted to have you join us. Want toe begin today, i play a video that will set the stage for the discussion we are about to have. Please play the video. [video clip] permeatesupremacy every order of society and every institution. Whomever is engaged in those groups, wherever that might outed a number of Law Enforcement officers who have connection to White Supremacy. Primarily, we have discovered that through social media accounts. It is a good day for a chokehold. Sise that this piece of dealt with quickly. Or, f these muslims. Bad in any situation. What if i told you that all those inflammatory words were posted by former or Current Police officers . They are just a sampling found ofthe plainview project, officers using social media woment muslims, blacks, in eight jurisdictions of va
Campus color line College President s and the struggle for black freedom. Its out on september 29. If you havent yet preordered a copy of the book please consider grabbing one from book depot, we ship nationally, internationally, we have Curbside Pickup and we are actually open at a limited capacity. Just a heads up, weekends are busy so your best luck is swinging by monday or tuesday. Will share some guidelines in our chats and share some links to the book so you have easy access to purchases. Remember that your purchase goes to our supporting arts bookstore and staff. With that i would like to give a walkthrough of our platform and event after the introduction our guests for the night will be joining us up on the screen. We will be taking questions from the audience, please submit your questions in the q a photo below. If you are looking at the art below to the right you will see two bubbles that say q a thats where you should put them i would avoid the chat so we can keep track of a
Host welcome senator murphy its a pleasure to be with you today. Its a pleasure to read your book, the violence inside us. I learned a lot it is a useful book that people should read whether or not you have experience on this extremely important subject. Gun violence and american violence. I would like to begin with the title itself the violence inside us it forces the book where you take the reader through a short primer on biology and history. Why begin they are and why did you choose violence . Thank you for doing this im glad to be joining you to talk about this book. I start with the question of what kind of violence is inside us because for me it was the first question i came upon which was the mission of my political career. While the book is mostly a history of american violence and how we overcome the history, it involves my own political story. Since the shooting in connecticut in 2012, i have been pretty prodigious as a lawmaker before hand but i never had an emotional conne
People should read. Whether or not you haveer and tiers or experience on this extremely important subject. Gun violence, american violence, global violence. And so id like to actually just begin with the title. Violence inside us. And the early portion of the book where you take the reader through something of a short primer on the biology and the history of violence, and so i wanted to ask you, why begin there . Why did you choose to begin with the nature of violence itself. Guest well, thank you for doing this and really glad to toe be joining you to talk about the book. I start with this question of what kind of violence is inside us, because for me it was the first real thorny question that i came upon when i began what has become the new mission of my political career. Maybe well have a chance to talk about this a little built but while the book is mostly a history of american violence and a conversation about how we overcome that history, it also involves my own political story.
In Depth Program with father and faith and Freedom Coalition founder ralph reed. The books include politically incorrect, active faith and for god and country the christian case for trump published earlier this year. Host when we ask you what your Favorite Books are the first you list is the bible. Is the bible a political book . Guest i dont think of it that way. Politics and how we order our society is, the bible is primarily the revelation of principles for humanity. The best way to know the keys to living a godly life with intimacy, with him and if you believe in the new testament as i do his son jesus christ. I think of a trained historian it is one of the most important history books you will ever read. If you want to understand the ancient world there is no better Single Source than the bible. It is there, the rise and fall of empires, babylon to persians to the greeks to the roman empire and then finally even if you dont share my faith or the jewish or Christian Faith i think i