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Partnership with the owners. so for them to go after the players after they made that deal says that this is far from over. in fact its just ratcheting up. >> when you look at, jamil, that we saw the tape released this last couple of days of the nba player in milwaukee, sterling brown, who was tasered by police for no reason and is now contemplating a lawsuit, i mean athletes themselves are going through what they are protesting with the knee, so its not like theyre sympathizing with somebody so...

Handcuffs and were going to create an ordeal and dehumanize these people. i think that starbucks is going to have to decide who its going to be in a public specter, in a public policy realm as we think about the structural conditions impacting black people in this country and poor people in general. so for example right now in seattle theres a city council bill thats moving -- or that has moved and theres a repeal attempt to it to make companies like starbucks pay a little more tax per employee ...

With chikesia, you dont get free utensils we ash trashly give utensils who we want to give them to. all of this, they are assaulting this young ladys character and we have to look at this waitresss questionable past. waffle house has justified this based on her presentation and we want you to look deeper at that. the last thing ill say, reverend al, we have young white men who have been confirmed as mass murderers get more consideration and more respect from police officers than this unarmed bla...

Whether thats the case or not, what are we talking about, that you human life, human bodies are -- can be treated in that way over a 50 cent you want to try to rightfully or wrongfully charge over a fork or knife? and this again, i think jamil is right, is an evolution from the day we were considered property. so now were less than utensils at a waffle house in terms of our bodies being respected? >> exactly, reverend al, this harkens back to the civil rights act of 1964 with title 2 prohibiting...

Restaurant that said what the waitress did and the police did was just unacceptable. they threatened her. they assaulted her and they body slammed this unarmed black woman. they choked her. they told her they were going to break her arm. it was a gross violation of her civil and human rights and this we must defend. we have to stand with her. >> no doubt. if that video hadnt been there, they probably would have been saying none of this happened. lets bring in jamil smith, senior writer for "roll...

>> these specific cases and these specific instances, those would be left up to local authorities to make that determination and not something for the federal government. >> eric garner cried out 11 times saying i cant believe. his mother still looking for indictments of the police officers. does the president ask whats the status, if something is going to happen? >> once again, these would be local matters that should be left up to the local authority. >> very quickly, eugene scott, any thought...

In the back. police were in the area responding to a report of vandalism. in baton rouge, louisiana, police just released body footage showing officer blane salamoni threatening to kill alton sterling before fatally shooting him in 2016. the state announced it will not press charges against the officers involved in the shooting. joining me from john j. college, maya wiley senior vice president for social justice. jamil smith of rolling stone and eugene scott of "the washington post." thank you a...

Rice and is not prosecuted. also in cleveland, the michael brelo case. this is a police officer acquitted of manslaughter in the 2012 deaths of melissa williams and timothy russell after a police chase. officer mistook the car back firing for gunshots. officer brelo fired, jumped onto the hood, in total police officers fired over 137 rounds into that car killing two people. neither of them were convicted of a crime. all of whom were able to return to work. your thoughts, jamil? >> neither convic...

Years of racist theology. jamil smith writes that the black panther comic advanced that agenda with a hero whose, woet, genius intellect was his best attribute. is that a plot and a fantasy? is it a memory of recent presidential history? the feminist writer writes that this film is now powerful because it actually presents an alternative to trump era racism and also a positive nostalgia for black achievement that can range from the obama coalition to the accomplishments of african nations whose ...

Superhero that was ever created, and certainly the most popular ever. so all those things combined, in addition -- you know we think about who the director, ryan coogler, fruitvale station, creed are works that reflect african american realities with a frankness and starkness that i think is uncommon for hollywood. >> and i want to read from another piece who says this is a vivid reimagination of something black americans have cherished for centuries, africa as a dream of our wholeness, greatnes...