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Movement and the death penalty, and the movement to end mass incarceration gained new steam. but you know, michelle, of course we don t have enough time tonight. we only have about a minute left. give me a sense here of the relationship between what we just witness and what you talk about, the new jim crow. the incarceration of african-american and latino people in our prisons. there has to be a relationship that and the relentless assault upon people of color. that s absolutely right. the utter indifference the u.s. supreme court showed to the likely innocence of troy davis wasn t some kind of aberration, but rather, a reflection of the fact that our criminal justice system today has shockingly little to do with actual justice. and has far more to do with being a machine that is destroying the lives of people and communities, particularly poor communities of color. ....
Today, it is legal for the police to stop and search, frisk just about anyone anywhere without a shred of evidence of any criminal activity, as long as they get quote/unquote consent. pros krurts authorized to try to bully people into plea bargains. convicting themselves through confessions, even when they may be innocent by threatening them with mandatory minimum sentences. and the supreme court has made it virtually impossible to challenge racial bias at any stage of the criminal justice process. from stops and searches to plea bargains and sentencing without actual evidence of conscious intentional bias, tantamount to an admission. so nothing short of a major social movement is going to end the death penalty in this discriminatory system of criminal injustice. let s mope the fight to save troy davis life was just the beginning. let s hope so indeed. very compelling. michelle alexander, thank you ....
Offset cuts. and that has never happened before. we ve always had the values in our country that if there was an emergency, if there was a disaster, we took care of that. we didn t run around and look and say what can we cut before we restore communities. we ll see if boehner can herd those cats together of his republican field and see if they can get anything passed. that s going to be the determining factor. i don t think there will be many democratic votes. thanks so much for your time tonight. unless john boehner and eric cantor can convince enough republicans to vote for another spending bill, the federal government will shut down. another vote is expected tonight. as you heard from representative bass, democrats are holding firm. msnbc s jonathan alter is next with the latest. and troy davis was executed by the state of georgia last month. did he commit the crime he was convicted of? why a rush to judgment may have led to a rush to execution. urans ....
And you and other politicians have squandered my labor. squandered it. so until the feds and the states demand efficiency, and cut the crap, i will oppose targeted tax increases. i m a man. i ll add mit it. maybe i m wrong but i ve got a hard time believing the american people will abandon their overwhelming support on tax on the wealthy because bill o reilly said he s taxed too much. coming up, this six-ton satellite is coming home sometime tomorrow afternoon. a piece of it has a chance of hitting someone on earth. but next did the state of georgia put an innocent man to death? did the case of troy davis change americans opinion on the death penalty? [ thunder rumbles ] what is the sign of a good decision? ....
Have squandered my labor. squandered it. so until the feds and the states demand efficiency, and cut the crap, i will oppose targeted tax increases. i m a man. i ll admit it. maybe i m wrong but i ve got a hard time believing the american people will abandon their overwhelming support on tax on the wealthy because bill o reilly said he s taxed too much. coming up, this six-ton satellite is coming home sometime tomorrow afternoon. a piece of it has a chance of hitting someone on earth. but next did the state of georgia put an innocent man to death? did the case of troy davis change americans opinion on the death penalty? the postal service is critical to our economy delivering mail, medicine and packages. yet they re closing thousands of offices, slashing service, and want to lay off over 100,000 workers. the postal service is recording financial losses, but not for reasons you might think. the problem ? a burden no other agency or company bears. ....