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Philly. if you were mayor today, are you engaging in stop and frisk? >> first, the city of philadelphia like every other city since 1968 had been using some form of that police tactic. there were wrong things done in that time and i have apologized for that. the goal here is not about stopping and frisking people. the goal is to get people to stop carrying illegal guns. if you think that theres a chance that your illegal gun will be taken from you, its really hard to shoot somebody if you dont h...

And as i dug into the story, we published some of the findings, the story kept getting stranger and stranger. and it sort of veered into browns own claim that the cia had spied on him. and this starts to look more plausible when you look at what was going on around the late 60s and into the 70s. because it all happened when martin luther king jr. was shot and killed in memphis, april 1968. brown says that, of course, it is well documented the next day -- the next night he helped to prevent rioti...

In a home which are published in 2005, he wrote that government agencies were concerned about the rise of the black power movement and the role of prominent entertainers like himself. in august of 1968, for example, a few movnlts few months after r kings assassination, brown released, "say it loud, i am proud." so did that song result in the cia spying on brown? cnn looked for the answer here. earlier this year, this network sued the cia under the freedom of information act, trying to get any fi...

Going back to the late 196 0s. in a memoir brown wrote government agencies were concerned about the rise of the black power movement and the prominent entertainers like hem self-. in august 1968 a few months after the assassination of d martin luther king junior he released "im black and im proud." everybody in the studio is dancing by the way. that song resulted in the cia spying on brown. as part of the deep dive into the story of james brown, cnn looked for the answer here. earlier this year,...

Whats happening right now. >> right. >> they havent seen the ups and downs of american politics. now, true, these are pretty big ups and downs right now. >> yeah, dangerous times. >> but they dont see the long term. they dont see 50 years of, you know, there was a second world war. horrible things have happened in this country. again, they dont have a long-term perspective. they see it as cataclysmic right now. >> by the way, anybody that is young and thinks this is the worst weve ever been thro...

Army in the late 40s he had been in and out of prison for years, he had actually escaped from prison in missouri in 1967, the year before he killed king. after his escape from prison in missouri he spent time in mexico, he also spent time in california. by 1968 he was reportedly really intoxicated with the reactionary presidential campaign of george wallace. the segregationist alabama governor who ran for president in 1968 on an anti civil rights segregation white supremacist platform. james ear...

A trip from atlanta to memphis, tennessee. it was widely publicized he was going to do it. he wentgo to memphis to support the striking sanitation workers there. james earl ray followed martin luther king to memphis. and he killed him there. he shot and killed dr. king, as king stood on the balcony of a motel in memphis, the lorraine motel. and for much of america, it must have seemed like time stopped in that moment. part of our history absolutely did stop in that moment. but it didnt end for j...

Saves lives. mass deaths, say, on the order of 800,000 americans, thats what happens without the vaccine. and dr. fauci and bill gates have security details because sometimes the and april 1968 in memphis tennessee the reverend dr. martin luther king junior was assassinated. the man who killed him was james oral ray, seen here in handcuffs. james earl rate was a rabid segregationist, he was a real racist. he had been kicked out of th

The rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. >> it was fantastic, chris. and the zinc. well then >> thanks at-home for joining us this hour. happy to have you here. in april 1960, in memphis, tennessee, the reverent dr. martin luther king the man who killed him was james earl ray, seen here in handcuffs. james earl ray was a rabid segregationist. he was a real racist. he was kicked out of the army in the late 40s. hed been in and out of prison for years. hed actually escaped fr...

Church james or earl ray appears to have gone to atlanta specifically in pursuit of dr. king. and in april of 1968, king took a trip to -- memphis tennessee. it was widely publicized that he was going to do, and he went to memphis to support these striking sanitation workers there. james earl ray followed martin luther king to memphis, and he killed him there. he shot and killed dr. king as king stood on the balcony of a motel. and for much of america, it must have seemed like time stopped in th...