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How the bleep could something like this happen. is this america? i began sobbing. officers came over to console me. >> i know the officers involved in this and many have been wrestling with the aftermath, both physically and psychologically. and i know there are folks who are very much wary of being perceived as political actors. how did this lawsuit come about and why did the seven officers decide to join the suit? >> to be clear, these officers are just regular folks. they are long timers on t...

Being perceived as political actors. how did this lawsuit come about and why did the seven officers decide to join the suit? >> look, first, these officers are regular folk, you know. they are long timers on this capitol police force. they are not fly by nights, you know, a couple have over 30 years of service, some are military veterans, some are parents, come have a diverse set of backgrounds. so they are stalwarts at doing their jobs just like lieutenant byrd said and is. but these individual...

Asian or other minority backgrounds, and mawa hopes to change that. our community affairs correspondent, adina campbell, has that story. one of the worlds most iconic scenes — romeo and juliet�*s passionate declaration of love. if they do see thee, they will murder thee! but now one theatre company wants to shake shakespeare up — exploring the bards work through different perspectives. than death prorogued, wanting of thy love. thou knowest the mask of night is on my face. shakespeare is v...

Dost thou love me? i know thou wilt say aye and i will take they word. and there will be plenty more of these scenes from mawa theatre company, the uks first all—black, all—female group, committed to reinventing shakespeares most famous texts for modern—day audiences, which they believe will make theatre more inclusive, a place for everyone to relish new interpretations. hear it not, duncan, for it is a knell that summons thee to heaven or to hell. and i think thats the way to modernise it...

Wheelchair tennis players. im from south africa and i am the first south african women to play at wimbledon to have finally made it to the final. it is such a step closer to victory. i have got messages from, you know, the president. that was amazing because he is a legend. i am trailblazing, you know, because where i come from we dont have a tennis coach, you know, so for me i think i can say i am an inspiration to those who are coming from you know, backgrounds. my disability is a congenital d...

Have characters of black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds — but thats not the reality of many classrooms today, where ethnic minorities make up more than a third of pupils. when i was growing up there werent any, and i think now theres a lot more that can be done and i think its brilliant because the children, when they find someone who looks like them, they feel like they are welcome in this society, like they add something positive. and thats why they have set up this social media page...

22% of the subjects tasered were black, youre more likely to have a teaser used on you rather than pointed at you if you were white, but the police watchdog assaying people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds deserve a clear and transparent answer from the police about why this disproportionality still exists. i said at the beginning these are cases where there have been complaints about the use of tasers and the police chiefs body has come forward today saying this report is vague...

One with ties to terror gets into the united states. but with people coming out of afghanistan, some of them with no documentation whose backgrounds may be very difficult to trace, do you have faith, congressman that that system will prevent anyone who has ties to terror from coming into this country? >> i do know that they have robust systems, but i also know that those systems havent worked in afghanistan so hopefully that means that that incompetence isnt going to be transferred back to these...

Society and i hope the taliban realise that to bring peace and stability, as they claim, they need to be open to all afghans, all persuasions, all different backgrounds, and that we need to have a serious meaningful dialogue which we have not had over the last few years because of a lot of different reasons. . . sorry to interrupt you, is that dialogue beginning to take place with dr abdullah abdullah and indeed hamid karzai, because dr abdullah has been i think actually hosting some of the tali...

My mother became somebody else. it has been very, very heavy on me, on my shoulders. >> its that sense of just complete disempowerment. thats the heavy burden palestinians carry, and its 48, its 67, its today. its happening today in east jerusalem. this story has not ended. >> the whole palestine continues to be eaten up like a cancerous disease, delighting, erasing, demallishing, and the world is silent again. >> i will tell you the course on palestine has shifted. students from all different b...