Like race. And of course our unopinioned audience has their feedback. So you the viewer at home. We know you have opinions on this subject. We know it. And out there this show be sure to join the discussion, because you are the third host of the show, by tweeting us. Black power is for black men. Recently that hashtag sparked debate across the country. Black women used it to show how they are left out of the community. We talked with civil rights leader gloeshia richardson about the march on washington. She actually spoke there, and she was added to the program at the march on washington following a lot of criticism that women arent invited. They called the women very late in the march, as least as far as i was concerned. I understand that Ann Arnold Hedgeman has fought to have women represented. So she said she realized the role of women at the march wasnt what it seemed. They had a separate place for women to march from. I was left in the tent. The women told me they would be going t
Study. Stephanie not only do they enjoy casual sex, they like it. Yeah, thats my alma mater. It seems that we predominantly end up in studies. Stephanie here she is, Jacki Schechner. Good morning, everybody. Even as George Zimmermans criminal trial is over, the federal Justice Department is considering the possibility of filing criminal civil rights charges against the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin. The d. O. J. Is well aware that a florida jury found him not guilty over the weekend. Protest broke out nationwide and people took to the streets in new york city, detroit l. A. And oakland among others, as many as ten thousand people packed times square and demonstrateors in los angeles blocked traffic on interstate 10 and other busy intersections. Most protests were peaceful although cities like oakland reported minor violence and some arrests. The call for Community Leaders for constructive dialogue and calm moving forward. President obama echoing that sentiment. He called Trayv
Igor and Clinton Yates, and Huffington Post jen bendery all coming in studio today. So thank you for tuning in. The situation in florida has now spread nationwide, the Trayvon Martin George Zimmerman verdict is in. George zimmerman walks. He gets his gun back and america is not happy. Protests around the nation from washington, d. C. , baltimore, san francisco, and in oakland and in l. A. There was some violence overnight. The mayor of los angeles coming out and commending those who were able to have a peaceful protest and condemning those who made it violent. Anderson cooper scored an interview with one of the jurors. Well show you how bad that jury was in the George Zimmerman trial. Im peter ogburn sitting in for bill press, we have lots coming up here on current tv. 1 thing than viewers like about the young turks is that were honest. They know that im not bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. When the democrats are wrong, they know im going t
We begin in sanford, florida, 505 days ago. New tonight, a deadly shooting in sanford. Police have the gun. Theyve got the shooter. But they have not arrested him. Fox w5s keith landry tells us the dead mans grieving family wants to know why not. Is that a friend of yours . My son. This afternoon we met tracy martin at the crime scene. He says his 17yearold son, Trayvon Martin was shot to death. He walked out of the house to go to the store. He was going to the store. The guy on the bottom who i believed had a red sweater on was yelling to me, help, help. I told him to stop and i was calling 911. The family of 17yearold Trayvon Martin is asking the state attorneys office, attorney general and Sanford Police to prosecute the miami teenagers killer. In this case, mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of selfdefense. Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we dont have the grounds to arrest him. Outraged residents asked the Sanford Police department to show accountability. I
The jury. The deliberation process is now in its second day and six women will decide the fate of George Zimmerman. They are tasked with making the ultimate decision over whether George Zimmerman is guilty of seconddegree murder or manslaughter, or if he is to be acquitted in the shooting death of 17yearold Trayvon Martin, to which he has pled not guilty. So, while most of us anxiously await the verdict, there are others who have already decided what the end result will be. Not what the verdict, so much, but in its wake. First of all, my client will never be safe, because there are a percentage of the population who are angry, theyre upset, and they may well take it out on him. Hell never be safe. Mark furman, how on guard must they be . Well, i suppose that theyre going to prepare, as they would for anything thats gone sideways like this, i just think its kind of pathetic that a court of law cannot be in a vacuum of the legal system without the influence of the public threatening to d