civil rights. it simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of so-called civil rights. amy: after his death in 2003, it was revealed strom thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of south carolina. then to new york were governor andrew cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians. this situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. it is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. amy: we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in staten island after being placed in a police chokehold. and we will get the latest on greece. just days after greek voters overwhelmingly turned down the terms of an intern
granddaughter of the late strom thurmond, the long-term south carolina segregationist, governor, and senator who ran for president in 1948 opposing civil rights. it simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of so-called civil rights. amy: after his death in 2003, it was revealed strom thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of south carolina. then to new york were governor andrew cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians. this situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. it is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. amy: we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in staten island after bein
granddaughter of the late strom thurmond, the long-term south carolina segregationist, governor, and senator who ran for president in 1948 opposing civil rights. it simply means just another effort on the part of this [indiscernible] to dominate this country by force and to put into effect these uncalled for in these them noble proposals recommended under the guise of so-called civil rights. amy: after his death in 2003, it was revealed strom thurmond had secretly had a child with his black maid. their granddaughter will join us today from the capital of south carolina. then to new york were governor andrew cuomo has announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate police killings of unarmed civilians. this situation we are addressing is a crisis, a crisis in the state and a crisis nationwide. it is a crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system. amy: we will speak to gwen carr, the mother of eric garner who died a year ago in staten island after bein
agent who led the deadly attack has come forward for the first time to apologize for his actions. we will air a special report from tvnz in new zealand. plus, we will get the latest from guatemala where a television comedian has won the first round of presidential elections just days after otto pérez molina resigned as president and was arrested. and we will go to mexico city where an independent report has dismissed the mexican government s official account of the disappearance of 43 students following an attack by police in the southern state of guerrero last september. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. tens of thousands of people traversed europe over amidst an increasingly violent crackdown from right-wing governments and mounting grassroots efforts to show that refugees are welcome. by monday, as many as 20,000 people had arrived in germany, where many were greeted by crowds expressing s
ship killing a portuguese , photographer as the ship was heading to protest in the south pacific. now the french intelligence agent who led the deadly attack has come forward for the first time to apologize for his actions. we will air a special report from tvnz in new zealand. plus, we will get the latest from guatemala where a television comedian has won the first round of presidential elections just days after otto pérez molina resigned as president and was arrested. and we will go to mexico city where an independent report has dismissed the mexican government s official account of the disappearance of 43 students following an attack by police in the southern state of guerrero last september. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i m amy goodman. tens of thousands of people traversed europe over amidst an increasingly violent crackdown from right-wing governments and mounting grassroots efforts to show that