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RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WJTV) - The six former officers involved in the January abuse case of two Black men pled guilty to federal charges on Thursday, and one Mississippi lawmaker is calling for more action. The officers included Christian Dedmon, Hunter Elward, Brett McAlpin, Jeffrey Middleton and Daniel Opdyke of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department [...]

Choice, war on public education, war on the free media, now, ron desantis has decided to declare war on private industry, and in this case, war on disney, for the simple crime of disagreeing with the position of policy. and maria teresa, this isnt just an ominous development for the economic life of florida, and what it might mean to us in orange county in florida, where disney is based. this is ominous because this is a page out of the fascist dictators playbook, and you have republican lawmake...

Democracy, saying if you defy the governor, or any policy, whether you are a private citizen, or a private company, there will be prices to pay, an ominous, very disturbing development, where one has to ask the question, whats next? is desantiss maga goon squads gonna come at night, start breaking the glass in cinderellas castle? who knows whats to come? >> lori, i just wanna pick up on that threat, because the irony is that all of this is happening in florida. florida was where bidens misinform...

This is a rare example of extreme protest that we have seen on the left. >> eric: it happened in oakland, they have been out there like these goon squads attacking people. >> but look, see how protesters on the left were very peaceful, they were protesting a white nationalist convening in boston and a huge, peaceful protest among the left. so what you are seeing, the fringe element of the left, i agree, watching those videos was not pleasant, to say the least. and it does distract from the messa...

Crackdown against anti-government demonstrators but not with troops, tanks or uniformed police. instead it sent in goon squads. it was immediately clear these were not demonstrators. thousands charge into the square. the protesters unarmed were caught off guard by the surprise attack. they rushed the protesters on horse back and with camels. >> as in iran two years before, they were an important part of the way the government was using force against its own people. they try to use the military. ...

Deal in a different country. same deal, different country, same idea. the protesters in egypt, in cairo were chased and beaten in one of the most surreal sites of the revolution. people do not generally ride around on camels in a city of seven million people. one of the ways they attacked opposition forces in cairo was been riding horses and camels into the crowd to terrify, trample and beat people. >> reporter: egypt ordered crackdown against anti-government demonstrators but not with troops, t...

Opposition and council of wisemen and has -- i believe has declared today a variety of very important, very meaningful steps that built confidence and that accepts the road for the future. >> ambassador, it is widely believed that the mubarak regime was responsible for unleashing goon squads this week in the streets to attack protesters and journalists alike. at this point, do you concede that the effort backfired, that it did not stop the movement against mubarak? >> the government has denied i...

Opposition and council of wisemen and has -- i believe has declared today a variety of very important, very meaningful steps that built confidence and that accepts the road for the future. >> ambassador, it is widely believed that the mubarak regime was responsible for unleashing goon squads this week in the streets to attack protesters and journalists alike. at this point, do you concede that the effort backfired, that it did not stop the movement against mubarak? >> the government has denied i...

Government and positive as well for them to step back and not unleash the goon squads like it had been and i think thats a positive development, but its really going to test the staying power of the protesters and thats going to-- the challenge they face is when they continue to mobilize in large numbers and demand change, but i think the president has adopted a strategy of trying to wait out the opposition and pull back some of the violent confrontation. >> i guess out of dodge, but part of wha...

That was where they were primarily attacked yesterday. so they are getting ready for battle. protesters were unprepared when, to use their language, the hugs, the goon squad came in and attacked them the other day. now theyve set up barricades. theyve set up the phalanx of metal shields and theyre ready for battle. they have set up an infirmary. they set up an infirmary. they are using revolutionary justice, having arrested and interrogated more than hundred people and that interrogation center ...