Those cops give jared the benefit of the doubt that his life matters. That his life is worth saving. Even when he takes one of their guns and shoots it. Of course, when youre black, we rarely get that benefit of the doubt. Cops murdered Laquan Mcdonald in less than 30 seconds. Cops killed tamir rice in less than 2 seconds. But jared . He got probation and a fine and just a bump on the forehead. In this episode, were talking about the difference between two minutes and a few seconds. You want to call the police on them for having a barbecue on a sunday at the lake . Yes. Youve seen the videos. Im white and im hot. The last couple years theyve been sweeping the nation. Back where they belong. Like a new beyonce album, they drop without warning and are all anybody can talk about for days afterward. Look at you. The selfappointed barbecue police. Which ones your favorite . Around the park here. White lady calls the Cops On Black Dudes For Barbecuing In The Park i need a police officer. Or
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [silence] we are going to try and fit in these last two witnesses. If we dont finish by 5 00 we will cut off before 5 00. The state calls rhianna giles to the stand. These were a firm at the testimony youre about to give his the truth and nothing but the truth . Yes. Thank you. And if you feel comfortable removing your mask please feel free to do so do we can hear you clearly. And begin by giving us your full name. Breonna giles ms. Giles how are you currently employed . Im a forensic scientist in the chemistry section of the Minnesota Bureau of criminal acquisition also known as the bca. Can you describe for the jurors or educational background ironed my bachelors of science degree in chemistry from the university of wisconsin at madison and masters in science and medical Forensic Sciences from boston university. I have also undergone and both of my employments. When did you obtain your bachelors degree in b
Camp and hear stories of the kennedys, clintons and obamas in Marthas Vineyard. Our first guest tonight is from lincolns cottage where Abraham Lincoln resided for over a quarter of his presidency. Situated on a hilltop in northwest washington, d. C. , president lincoln made some of his most critical decisions at lincolns cottage. While in residence there, lincoln visited with Wounded Soldiers, spent time with self emancipated men, women and children and drafted the emancipation proclamation. Joan cummins is a public historian, artist and educator and Program Assistant at lincolns cottage, she supports their public facing programming, particularly for students and teachers. She also works very closely with one of their programs called students opposing slavery for young abolitionists working to combat Human Trafficking and she also is the cohost of a podcast which i think has a terrific name. Welcome, joan, to history happy hour. Thanks for having me, colleen. Im excited to be here and
I call the news, the death of the news that we once knew it which is by most of the people who are listening and watching today but dont necessarily know what is behind it in the third book slanted, i talk about whats happening with social media and quite convincingly that this trend in censorship and social media of the same types of political and corporate interests that are successfully controlled news narrative of the first 15 years before they focused on social media and the internet because they saw in 2016 that the public could get unsettled access that what they dont want is deceit and viewpoints and people so they decided to figure out starting then and they did so successfully how to control the information we see online. We heard about social media leading up to the election, you are saying even before the trend were happening . I mark the moment, big tech for invading our privacy and having other problems was not interested in interstate between us and our information until
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