Prof. Fields good afternoon. We are going to talk about jean harris. We are going to talk about this case in a couple of different sections. First, we will talk about the case itself. As we talk about this case, i want you to keep two things in the back of your mind. We will come back at the end of class to talk about these. The first is, i want you to think about how this case is both similar and different from the Lizzie Borden murder trials from 1893. About 100 years earlier. The second is a question of, why do you want know who is a board is, and raise your hand if you heard about the jean harris murder trial before this class. You had all heard of Lizzie Borden, right . I want to talk about why some cases remain more famous than others. Especially because everybody talks about cases as if they are this case of the century, the trial of the century. We will begin with opening statements. The reason we are doing that is that most of america really got to know our alleged perpetrator
This is the view right now as the sun continues to rise. We will see partly to mostly clear skies throughout the afternoon and a gorgeous day in store for the state. Pueblo still has hazy conditions from the fire in Custer County but we dont have as high fire danger is what we had yesterday. There are no watches or warnings in effect. We are waking up to partly cloudy skies and airport at 7 mph and we still have a large ridge of High Pressure that will keep things dry today and tomorrow and we will see more cloud coverage by tomorrow, nason mild today and temperatures not as toasty and not as breezy this afternoon, we will have your broncos forecast in just a bit. Denver police are trying to figure out who shot a man on east 20th near washington where hospital. No word on how he is doing and they are not sayymuch about a suspect. Another shooting investigation near Bruce Randolph avenue where the team was apparently shot in the foot and taken to the hospital. Not clear how he was shot
Reporting live in Green Valley Ranch, denyer of 7. Another shootings just in. Denver police say a man was shot and was transported to the hospital. Details surrounding the shooting are still unclear at this hour but we will bring you new developments as soon as we find out more. Also breaking earlier this morning we told you police were searching for these two men. We have learned one of them has been arrested. 3 this is what we are learning this morning. By police. They were both wanted in connection with an Early Morning shooting. A woman was shot. This happened in Colorado Springs area. The woman who was shht has since died from her injuries. Denver fire crews are mopping up whats left of a fire overnight. This happened on kendall street in southwest denver. Investigators say the fire started in the front of the house, and theyre still on scene trying to figure out what exactly sparked it. Fortunately everyone was able to get out safely. Called out to the scene. That is routine. And
Here. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and social justice is something that aflcio has been doing for decades. Since recent happenings in our world we have really started Digging Deeper into social justice. For us, talking about workers who deal with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. You know, i think about what is going on in our nation and the conversation around Colin Kaepernick. We all know that conversation around athletes taking a stand spans way far back. I do not know how many of you have been to the africanamerican smithsonian. They started with the most famous of athletes taking direct action with the olympics. Think about mohammed ali. Think about the desegregation in baseball, football, and basketball. The wnba. Today is not the first time, right now is not the first time that athletes have taken a stand. Taking a stance. If you think
Professional athletes have in advocating for racial and social justice. Speakers include Baltimore Ravens tight end Benjamin Watson and representatives from the nfls Player Association and aflcio. They discuss the National Anthem protest being led by nfl quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the work of labor unions. This is two hours. Good evening, everyone. Im Carmen Berkeley here at the national aflcio in washington, d. C. Welcome to the house of labor for those of you have never been here on behalf of our president , president richard trumka. Today, we will be talking about athletes, racial, and social justice. This intersection of workers and Racial Justice is work that the aflcio has been doing over five decades. Since recent happenings in our world, we started Digging Deeper into Racial Justice after the incident in missouri. For us, talking about workers with Racial Justice issues and how unions should protect people of color and the work that we do in the workplace. He workplace. Y