Stay updated with breaking news from Ourfirst case. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
shooting was a hoax. he sings my heart will go on he s an internet sensation in bangladesh for singing out of tune, but we ll find out why this crooner failed to strike a chord with the police. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe we start in the us with the case of us basketball player, brittney griner, who has been sentenced to nine years injail by a court in russia. the court found her guilty of possessing and smuggling drugs. president biden said washington would use all means possible to guarantee her release, and added that her sentencing is unacceptable. the two time olympic gold medallist admitted to possessing cannabis oil when she was detained in february. here s what she said after both sides presented closing arguments. i made imade an i made an honest mistake and i hope that it does not end my life here. i m joined now by kimberle crenshaw, executive director of the african american policy forum. good to have you with us and thank you ....
he s an internet sensation in bangladesh for singing out of tune, but we ll find out why this crooner failed to strike a chord with the police. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start in the united states with the case of us basketball player, brittney griner, who has been sentenced to nine years injail by a court in russia. the court found her guilty of possessing and smuggling drugs. president biden said washington would use all means possible to guarantee her release, and added that her sentencing is unacceptable. the two time olympic gold medallist admitted to possessing cannabis oil when she was detained in february. here s our russia editor steve rosenberg. in court today brittney griner said she made an honest mistake when she brought vape cartridges with cannabis oil into russia. she made a plea for leniency and that fell on deaf years, really, and thejudge found her guilty and sentenced her to nine years in a russian prison. h ....
With merrick garland and make no mistake, the department of justice really brings forth charges unless they have a lot of evidence and in this case, the big thing is they said that these officers met together to conspire, actually allegedly in a garaged, to meet, to come up with a story that matched the intimation that was received to cover themselves. {iii intimation that was received to cover themselves. cover themselves. of course, i don t have cover themselves. of course, i don t have a cover themselves. of course, i don t have a response - cover themselves. of course, i don t have a response from - don t have a response from those police officers or their defence at the moment either, which ijust want defence at the moment either, which i just want to point out. when it comes to breonna taylor, though, why do you think it has taken this long to come to this point? i think with other cases, if it was eric garner, for example, or george floyd, that was something that exploded i ....
In 2020 by plain clothes police. at the time, the police said they were executing a search warrant as part of a drugs investigation. no drugs were found in the property. it led to scenes like this racial injustice protests all over the country. this is the lawyer for breonna taylor s family reacting to the news. because of a breonna taylor, we can say this is a day that black women saw equaljustice in the united states of america. we can now speak to dr rashawn ray who s a senior fellow at the brookings institution. dr ray regularly testifies at the federal and state levels on racial equity, policing and criminaljustice reform. good at you happy with us. thanks so much forjoining us. tell our viewers a little bit about what is happening procedurally because they will remember this case. then it was ....
Little bit. why do you think it is too late? is too late? well, in the middle is too late? well, in the middle of is too late? well, in the middle of may, - is too late? well, in the middle of may, we - is too late? well, in the middle of may, we had | is too late? well, in the i middle of may, we had our is too late? well, in the - middle of may, we had our first middle of may, we had ourfirst case. there were a trickle of cases after that. now we have 6600. we are the highest grossing country in the world right now and that the longer you wait, the more expensive it takes. for example, if you imagine having a few cases and the doing contact tracing around that, it is very manageable. you can nip it in the bud. if you wait for 6600, and many people think this is really the tip of the iceberg because it is so hard to diagnose clinically, not a lot of patients are going to get a diagnosis, and not a lot of clinicians are recognising it in time to give a diagnosis and apart from tha ....