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KCSM Democracy Now August 14, 2014

The rabaa massacre was one of the worst massacres in the demonstration in recent times, very much on a par with the massacres in tournaments where in china in 1989 Tiananmen Square in china in 1989. This is a crime against humanity. We will speak with Human Rights Watch executive director kenneth roth who has refused was refused entry to egypt to present his report on the massacre. We will also talk to Muslim Brotherhood member dr. Abdul mawgoud dardery, former member of the Egyptian Parliament. And we go to cairo to speak with democracy now correspondent Sharif Abdel Kouddous. Then to new mexico where the Obama Administration has opened a new Detention Center to hold hundreds of immigrant women and children who fled violence in central amera. So i went back to the detention facility the day after the to her and was interesting because in that moment, the show was over. Children were not eating. Children were getting very sick. Every child i saw looked incredibly emaciated, had kind of a hollow look in their eyes. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Israel and hamas have extended their ceasefire for another five days. This marks the longest pause them with a monthlong assault on gaza, following two 72 hour ceasefires over the past week. Talks of extending the truth initially appeared to be at an impasse before lastminute agreement was reached. This ceasefire appears to be holding, despite initial flareup of violence from both sides. Mission says a rescue for trapped civilians in Northern Iraq is less likely afternoon Assessment Team found better conditions than previously thought. The pentagon made the announcement after a small group am including marines and special forces, visited mount sinjar, were thousands of yazidis have fled. The u. S. Team apparently found thousands of yazidis instead of the estimated tens of thousands, and better conditions than previously feared. They said u. S. Airstrikes in advances by Kurdish Forces helped break the siege and allow using these to escape. The news came hours after Deputy National security advisor ben rhodes said president obama is considering a number of options for mount sinjar including the deployment of u. S. Forces. What is ruled out is richard using u. S. Forces in the comment on the ground in iraq. There are a variety of ways in which we can support safe removal of those people from the mountain. The u. S. Now has close to 1000 military personnel in iraq and continues to launch airstrikes on Islamic State militants in the north. The United Nations has elevated iraqs humanitarian crisis to level three comments most dire warning, with over 1. 5 Million People displaced. Police in ferguson, missouri appeared to be escalating a crackdown on protests over an officers Fatal Shooting of unarmed africanamerican teenager Michael Brown. On wednesday, Ferguson Police fired tear gas, stun grenades, and smoke bombs to break up a fifth night of demonstrations. At least 10 people were arrested, including st. Louis Alderman Antonio french, who is posted video online of the protest over the past days and appeared on democracy now earlier this week. An earlier protest faced and the police response, with police in riot gear stationed by a massive armed vehicle in the street. Im very discouraged. This was supposed to be a peaceful rally. We wanted peace and unity. We dont want an adversarial relationship with the police. We want to partner with them to find out what happened and bring justice for mike brown. The fact it has to come to this comments very disheartening. Journalists from the Washington Post and Huffington Post were also arrested last night and then released without charge. They were detained while filing reports from a Mcdonalds Restaurant near the protests. The Ferguson Police department continues to withhold the name of the officer who shot brown, citing threats on his life. The ferguson chief of Police Tom Jackson said the unidentified officer was injured during his confrontation with Michael Brown. Jackson also called on protesters to end nighttime demonstrations. He was injured. The side of his face is swollen. He was taken to the hospital and treated for that. We would like to protesting to and at dark come just because, as you probably know, it has been unsafe after dark. Shottnesses say brown was with his arms up as he tried to flee the officers fire. On wednesday, officials confirmed the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting. Usa today reports the Justice Department will also conduct a National Review of Police Tactics in response to the ferguson shooting and similar incidents nationwide. As protests continue missouri, police in los angeles are facing public anger over shooting of another young africanamerican. Details remain unclear, but family members say 25yearold unarmedrd, junior was and laying on the ground lease shot him dead monday night. Ford suffered from mental disabilities. Announced aas federal civil rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police department. A protest on lapd headquarters has been called for this sunday. In egypt, state forces have killed at least two people in protests marking the First Anniversary of the massacre of demonstrators opposed to the countrys military coup. A year ago, tens of thousands of people camped out to protest the ouster of democratically elected president mohammed morsi. Over the course of a single day what became known as the rabaa massacre, Egyptian Forces killed at least 800 people. Hundreds of supporters have blocked roads and highways in cairo and egypt. Well have more later in the broadcast. Your show the death toll from violence in Eastern Ukraine has doubled in the past two weeks. The noted nations has around 1000 people have died since late july as the u. S. Backed ukraine government steps up fighting separatist rebels. Around 5000 people had been wounded. Russia has sent what it calls a massive convoy of humanitarian aid for residents of Eastern Ukraine, but the delivery has been held up amidst Ukrainian Government accusations russia is trying to smuggling ammunition to the rebels or stage a pretext for an invasion. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with juan gonzalez. Welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We go now to ferguson, missouri. That was the scene in ferguson, missouri just outside of st. Louis last night as police fired tear gas, stun grenades, and smoke bombs to break up a fifth night of protests following the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown, the unarmed africanamerican teenager who was shot dead on saturday. The police say brown assaulted an officer and try to reach for his weapon. I witnesses say brown was shot with his arms up as he tried to flee in officers fire. Local police have still not released the name of the officer who shot him. Police said an autopsy confirmed brown died of old will gunshot wounds refused to say how many times he died or releasing more details pending toxicology results, which could take eggs. An attorney for browns family said the teens body has been turned over to them and they plan to seek a second autopsy. On wednesday, officials confirmed the Justice Department had opened a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting. Last night, Police Arrested at least 10 people including st. Louis Alderman Antonio french who has been posting video online of the protest and appeared on democracy now earlier this week. Journalists from the Washington Post and Huffington Post were also arrested last night and then released without charges. They were arrested while working on stories at a Mcdonalds Restaurant. At times the streets of ferguson looked like a war zone this week as Police Patrol the streets in armored vehicles. News photographers captured a striking image earlier this week of a team of Police Officers dressed in military gear, pointing their highpowered guns at a young africanamerican man who has his hands in the air. The defensereports Logistics Agency has confirmed the Ferguson Police department is part of a federal program in which the pentagon distributes hundreds of millions of dollars of surplus military equipment from the wars in iraq and afghanistan to civilian Police Forces across the country. For the latest on ferguson, we go to st. Louis where were joined by patricia bynes, democratic committeewoman of ferguson township. She has been in the streets every night documenting the protest on twitter. Take you so much for joining us. Can you describe what took place last night . Good morning. First,ght started tensions are continuing to rise. It has been a very volatile situation going on in the community. There have been tear gas prior to the two nights before. Even tuesday night, there was another officer involved shooting that happened. So things continue to escalate. There were peaceful protests during the day. I know there was a call to ask people not to demonstrate at night. I just dont see how that is not going to happen. The protesters and residents who support this cause are not going to be forced to stay in their houses when they want to show just how unjust this really, really is. Last night it got very chaotic quickly. This was the most, i guess, visceral response ive seen by the police so far. Aey had the armored cars out lot sooner than i had expected. They had police in military uniform sitting on top of the trucks snapper looking rifles pointed at people in the daylight. People were protesting in the day will stop even a church group had come down on a flatbed musicand playing gospel and they still had his artillerylooking equipment on the street. It was scary even in the daylight. As it started to get dark, things are more out of control. Patricia bynes, what about this whole issue of the police chief refusing to release the name of the officer or even any details about how many times Michael Brown was shot . What has been the impact of that resistance to provide the basic information . This as to the level of mistrust. People in the Community Know who the officer is because he shot mike brown in broad daylight in the morning. For the people in the community, they know the police officer. They think it is right to release his name can you tell us his name . Im not going to do that. In the there are People Community who may have been harassed by this officer. If we make his name known, they might have a chance to come forward and tell other things that he may offend other people. At this is the type of people that is aggravating the community and really making things worse. I want to turn to the atorters who were arrested mcdonalds. Washington post reporter Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post reporter ryan reilly were both arrested wednesday after police in swat gear entered a mcdonalds where they were working and ordered everyone to leave. Ryan reilly said the police asked him for an id after he started taking photos. He spoke to msnbc. The worst part was he slammed my head against the glass on the way out of the mcdonalds and sarcastically apologized for it. He essentially acted as a military force. It was incredible. That is ryan reilly who was arrested along with Wesley Lowery. Lowery said the police slammed him into a soda machine, one point setting off the coke dispenser. Later on, l. A. Times reporter matt pearce tweeted i heard a debate this morning, patricia bynes, on cnn where the person defending the Police Officers was saying, you dont know. Dont rush to judgment. They might have arrested the reporters to protect them. Patricia bynes . Oh, wow. That is the type of protection needs these days . It is adding filter the fire of a community that doesnt re trust them. It is adding fuel to the fire to community that already doesnt trust them. Anre was tear gas thrown at al jazeera crew last night and police came and took down their cameras. If theyre concerned about looking thorough, it is just not looking fair. In the community is calling for a fair and thorough investigation and st. Louis county thinks they can do that, this type of karzai military activity and trying to come down hard on the media doesnt help that. Aboutld you talk somewhat the town of ferguson and the history of development of racial tensions with the police force, and now overwhelmingly Majority Black Community yet the Police Forces almost totally white . Right. We have a history of certain municipalities and the st. Louis county that the majority of the population that live there are black budget a social economic reasons, they dont participate in the political process. It tends to be a little more complicated and st. Louis county because you level of municipal government and the level of county government, you have different political body for school board and answer narrative a different political body for the fire board. So people who are worried about, can i get a job, can i get to work, cannot put food on the table . When election day rolls around, they dont really think about that. The people in the community who tend to be in a much better socioeconomic status who also might tend to be quite in those committees, they vote. Unfortunately, the school board and the municipal or Council Boards or mayor board sometimes look nothing like the community that is actually there, but look like the people who continue to vote. Its frustrating because they pass laws that are actually working against the majority of the population there and only help protect small few. It is sad and frustrating. It is been going on for quite some time. It just seems like it has been bubbling up for a long time. Patricia bynes, this issue of the Ferguson Police department been part of this federal program in which the pentagon distributes hundreds of millions of dollars worth of surplus military equipment from the wars in iraq and afghanistan, i mean, it is interesting because it certainly looks like that. Were there military vehicles in the street . Them with st. Louis county swat on them. I have not necessarily seen tanks, but they have been in military garb. What usually has been happening, as the protest level, first police during the daytime are out in the regular police. As things escalate, they might start putting on the right terrific for your shields and the masks, holding the billy clubs. As the night proceeds, there seems to be a shift in change. Youll see the more military trucks come out as the sun starts going down. What is been the impact of some of the national africanamerican leaders like the reverend al sharpton who has been out there this week trying to urge calm and make ties between what has happened there in ferguson and the death of eric garner here in staten island, also another unarmed africanamerican man . As this helped the situation there were made it worse . I think for certain part of the community, it has made it better. I actually went to the very brief portion of the meeting that reverend al sharpton was supposed to be out. It was a very nice gathering. People were Singing Church songs and feeling good. Many people in the Community Need to feel good sense that this is going to be ok and we will pray our way through this. As i looked at my twitter feed, things were escalating on the streets. I left the church and went down to the quiktrip, which has become the symbol of this movement. That is where i decided to stay. Eventthat large peaceful that reverend al sharpton posted, they were bringing people from the quiktrip to this rally in the had a peaceful walk. In certain aspects, it is making things better. I think there are things going on, like they wont really show the autopsy results for the young man and the other officer involved shooting the night before. Those are things that are adding to a very volatile situation here. Willtricia bynes, we continue to cover this. The Group Anonymous has released a name of a police officer, but we cannot confirm this. Patricia bynes is democratic committeewoman of ferguson township joining us from st. Louis. Break, i want to share a remarkable photo taken on wednesday by students at howard university, the historically black college in washington, d. C. It shows hundreds of students with their hands in

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