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At night and i should know because i saw him being aggressive with other people at the gas station to my left ear. that is a key, important fact to have established, because of that initial attack that then led to the chain of events for the second half of the shooting, which i was present for. >> will: so julio, the rittenhouse team has asserted the affirmative defense of self-defense. they say the killings were done in the act of self-defense. that is why all the details about what rosenbaum m...

Traffic came to a standstill in Pretoria Road in Silverton, Pretoria, on Friday morning when Mamelodi Local and Long Distance Taxi Association (Malldta) and Mamelodi Amalgamated Taxi Association (Mata) members protested at Silverton police station over the spike of killings, hijackings and robberies of taxi operators in the township east of Pretoria in recent months.

There is a certain meaning a feeling in the word attica. the name of the maximum-security prison in new york state where in 1971 1200 inmates took more than three dozen guard and civilian employees hostage demanding more humane treatment and better conditions. what resulted was a massacre by state police that left 29 inmates and ten hostages dead. we may not really know that part, it was the police fully responsible for those deaths. no charges were ever brought against authorities for those kil...

The most and made you want to tell the story? >> well, i think it says so much about america. you know, its about not only prison and prison reform and not only about race, its a story about power, you know, we bring in nelson rockefeller, the governor of new york and one of the richest men in the world and richard nixon were on the phone talking about it so its about government. its about so many things and its a roller coaster ride from the first day the exuberance of the prisoners when they t...

>> people were detained. there were killings. there were terrible amounts of sexual violence and rapes. there were people who had to find refugees. they were having problems as well as interinally displaced people. there were many violations of hu human rights abuses by all parties. >> reporter: there is impending famine in tigray, the far northern province, which has been the site of much of the conflict, isa. but this is potentially going to expand into a nationwide civil war. thats what every...

New york to seattle. voters in large democrat-run cities picked candidates who vowed to bring back law and order. bryan llenas is in new york city. >> homicide the cities nationwide increased by 30% in 2020. the largest one year spike in killings ever. public safety became a number one issues who responded this week by electing pro-cop candidates. democrat eric adams, retired police captain easily won the new york city mayor race. he campaigned on crime-fighting. bringing back plain clothes poli...

Indeed, the history of american policing, which is different in some ways i would acknowledge, history shows how lack of any punishment correlates with more killings, contrast to data from other countries. rise in racism fomented by too many influential people brings back sadly the relevance of insights from martin luther king who was murdered by this kind of political and racist violence. dr. king did warn that some of the most brutal regimes on earth did everything they did under the law. they...

Clear as possible. there are two main ways something is legal. it is either authorized under the law like some of the state efforts to pass laws that support a type of vigilante justice, or two, it is deemed legal, like actions that a jury validates. so im telling you, america, the stakes are very high as these horrific killings constitutionality on tape get their day in court. in court r ine from liberty mutual so they only pay for what they need. woooooooooooooo... we are not getting you a hel...

>> reporter: during cross examination, rittenhouses attorney also zeroing in on the moment of the shooting. >> it appeared he was lunging for the front portion of the weapon? >> ehe was going for the barrel of the gun. >> correct. >> i thi i think it was clear to me he was reaching for the weapon because thats where he went. his bicep was effectively gone. there was just a lot of blood. >> reporter: rittenhouse charged with felony homicide in the killings of joseph rosenbaum and anthony stewart ...

Experts are concerned how conservative leaders are main lining, encouraging a kind of street violence and vigilanteism. you can sigh see it. asking americans to monitor each other as well as outright encouragement of violence. they dig into a few strands of this from republican passed laws like vigilante system in texas. that hit the supreme court on one issue. she called out the tactic in a separate dissent as dangerous to dep u ties citizens as bounty hunters. then the most horrific vigilantei...