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KCSM Democracy Now June 28, 2017

Police officers, two were acquitted and one had a mistrial. Our first guest writes, its not just Police Officers who are on trial, america is on trial. Either these deaths are justified and therefore america is just or these deaths are unjustified and america is unjust. Well speak with historian ibram x. Kendi. A shocking lawsuit accuses washington, d. C. Police of using sexual abuse as a form of punishment targeting people arrested while protesting Donald Trumps inauguration. Today were filing suit on ehalf of courageous people who stand up and say enough. Temer has been charged with corruption a year after he backed the souther of rousseff from office. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report, im amy goodman. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell postponed a vote on the Health Care Plan after facing a revolt from members of his own party. Good afternoon, everyone. As you may have heard, were going to continue discussions within our conference on differences that we have that well continue to try and litigate. Consequently, we will not be on the bill this week but were still working towards getting at least 50 people in a comfortable place. Amy the Congressional Budget Office says 22 million americans would lose their Health Insurance under the Senate Republicans Health Care Bill over the next decade. The legislation now faces opposition from nine Senate Republicans, all Senate Democrats and a slew of governors from both parties, the majority of the health care industry, the american medical association, hospitals, doctors, nurses, Patient Advocacy groups, the u. S. Conference of catholic bishops and even members of the far right brothers network. Mcconnells announcement of the delay came as activists staged multiple protests against the Health Care Bill. In washington, d. C. , planned parenthood staged a peoples filibuster against the legislation. The protest included dozens of women dressing in red cloaks and white bonnets inspired by the novel and tv series handmaids tale about a totalitarian theocracy that overthrows the u. S. Government and imposes power by subject debating women and taking over their rights. The Disability Rights Group adapt held a sitin in the office of colorado republican Senator Cory Gardner demanding he oppose the legislation. As senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell was forced to delay a vote on the g. O. P. Bill because of infighting within the republican party, America First policies, a protrump group sanctioned by the white house launched a 1 million tv and radio ad campaign attacking republican senator dean heller of nevada over his opposition to the Health Care Bill. Strong leadership and a real chance to repeal and replace obamacare with patientcentered care that protects american families, senator dean heller is saying no. Call senator heller and tell him America Needs him to keep his promise. Amy reportedly senator heller raised the issue with President Trump himself and as well, Mitch Mcconnell raised it with the white house. The attack ad offers further evidence of infighting with the republican party. Meanwhile on the Democratic Party side massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren has become the latest politician to back a single high Payer Health Care system. In an interview with the wall street journal tuesday said, quote, president obama tried to move us forward with Health Care Coverage by using a conservative model that came from one of the conservative think tanks that had been advanced by a republican governor in massachusetts. Now its time for the next step and the next step is single payer. Senator warren told the wall street journal. The white house has issued Additional Information about its claim that the Syrian Government was preparing for a possible chemical weapons attack. On tuesday pentagon spokesperson captain jeff davis said the u. S. Had recently observed activity at shayrat airfield, the same wear base from which the u. S. And human rights say the Syrian Government allegedly carried out a chemical weapons atack in april that killed 86 people in the town of khan sheikoun. It involves specific aircraft in a specific hangar both we d with chemical weapons, end quote. However, the white house faced continued skepticism from the Intelligence Community tuesday about the claims as well as about the release of the white house statement monday warning syrian president assad of retaliation in the event of a chemical weapons attack. Five unnamed military officials told buzzfeed they did not know about the intelligence before the statements release or that the white house was even preparing to release a statement. The statement appears to be aimed at drumming up American Public support for an upcoming u. S. Military strike against the Syrian Government. Both the syrian and russian governments have rejected the white house claims. Meanwhile in syria, a u. S. Led Coalition Air strike has reportedly killed at least 40 civilians who were being imprisoned by isis in the of rn syrian town almayadeen on monday. It was reported by the local news outlet deirezzor24. The u. S. Led coalition did strike isis controlled buildings and infrastructure. The Coalition Says its investigating the reports of civilian casualties. In yemen more than 2,000 people died from a massive cholera outbreak as the ongoing u. S. Backed saudi Led Bombing Campaign has devastated yemens health, water and sanitation systems. On tuesday the World Health Organization said, quote, weve never seen something so explosive as yemen, unquote. This is doctor ismail al mansoury. The influx of patients to the hospital is huge. The amount of suspected cases has reached 200,000. With more than 2,000 deathss. Amy mansoury was speaking from a hospital in yemen. In venezuela, members of the Police Attacked multiple government buildings using a stolen Police Helicopter tuesday throwing grenades at the Venezuelan Supreme Court building and firing shots at the interior Ministry Headquarters in the latest escalation of venezuela political crisis. This is the police pilot oscar pedez standing in front of armed men in a video Statement Released tuesday. Venezuelans, dear brothers, we do not speak for the state and are a group of military officials, police and civilians in the search for balance and against the transitory criminal government. We do not belong to nor do we have a part in the political leaning. We are nationalists, patriots, institutionalists. This combat is not with the rest of the Security Forces of the state and is agnst the imposed impunity of this government. Amy venezuelan president medoro called tuesdays attack terrorism and attempted coup and activated forces. It came out after the attack of Venezuelan National guardsmen and the Supreme Court has been the argument of fierce criticism from the right wing opposition after recent rulings ended parliamentary immunity and granted the judiciary temporary legislative powers though the court later annulled both rulings. Tuesdays attack comes amid monds of massive antigovernment protests. In colombia the farc celebrated the disarmament tuesday in hoot historic step in the end of colombias 52year civil war. His is the farc leader dim leon jimenez. Today doesnt end the existence of the farc. What were putting an end to is our 52year Armed Struggle but will continue to exist as a movement of legal and democratic character which will develop its ideological, political and organizational actions and its propaganda through exclusively legal methods peacefully without weapons. Amy in china, authorities have released three activists with the group china labor watch who are arrested after investigating Labor Conditions at a factory that makes shoes for trumps daughter and Senior Advisor ivanka trump or the ivanka trump brand. Their release comes after the Chinese Government invited ivanka trump and her husband Jerod Kushner to beijing later this year for an official visit. To see our interview go to democracynow. Org. An International Cyberattack struck computers in ukraine, australia and United States tuesday in the latest instance of hackers unleashing an attack using a cyberweapon stolen from the National Security agency. The cyberattack shut down the radiation Monitoring Systems at the Chernobyl Nuclear plant and stopped dozens of ukrainian a. T. M. s from working and affected companys Computer Systems worldwide from u. S. Drug manufacturer to a Danish Shipping Company to a australian chocolate factory. The company i. D. T. Said the n. S. A. Needs to take a leadership role and work closely with security and operating platform vendors such as apple and microsoft to address the plague theyve unleashed, end quote. In the United States in chicago three current Police Officers were indicted tuesday on felony charges for inspiring to cover up the 2014 killinging of Laquan Mcdonald the africanamerican teenager and this is the special prosecutor Patricia Brown holmes. This indictment alleges these defendants lied about what occurred during a Police Involved shooting in order to prevent independent criminal investigators from learning the truth. The indictment makes clear that an s unacceptable to obey unofficial code of silence. Amy the officers face up to five years in prison if convicted. He officer who killed Laquan Mcdonald Jason Van Dyke is awaiting trial on six counts of firstdegree murder. The killing of mcdonald was captured on a Police Dash Cam video released under court order which clearly contradicted Police Claims about the shooting. The video shows the teenager posing no threat and walking away from the officers before van dyke opens fire on him. Washington, d. C. Has begun issuing the nations first gender neutral drivers licenses in a victory for lbgt activists. D. C. Residents can now choose to have their gender marked as x instead of either male or female. The state of oregon will also begin issuing gender neutral drivers licenses and Identification Cards on july 1. In athens, georgia, a candlelight vigil was held monday night to commemorate the life of 17yearold ava leray barrin, a transgender teenager murdered sunday and they say these the 14th transgender woman of color to be murdered so far this year. Local media has misgendered ava in the initial news articles about her death. The alleged shooter has been arrested and charged with her murder. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Three current and former chicago Police Officers were indicted tuesday on felony charges for conpiring to cover up the 2014 Police Shooting death of Laquan Mcdonald, the africanamerican teenager, special prosecutor Patricia Brown holmes announced the charges. Im here to announce the indictment by a special grand jury of three current or former chicago Police Officers officers joseph walsh and Thomas Gaffney and detective david march have been charged with obstruction of justice, official misconduct, and conspiracy to commit both of these offenses. These charges are brought in connection with the Police Involved shooting of Laquan Mcdonald in october of 2014. Investigating and charging Police Officers with crimes relating to their duties is a sobering responsibility. While they are sworn to serve as well as uphold the law, they are not above the law. This indictment alleges that these as well as defendants lie what occurred during a Police Involved shooting in order to prevent independent criminal investigators from learning the truth. The indictment makes clear that it is unacceptable to obey an unofficial code of silence. Amy the officers face up to five years in prison if convicted. The officer who shot Laquan Mcdonald, Jason Van Dyke, is awaiting trial of six counts of firstdegree murder. The killing of Laquan Mcdonald was captured on a Police Dash Cam video released under court order which clearly contradicted Police Claims about the shooting. The video shows the teenager posing no threat and walking away from the officers before van dyke opens fire. The news from chicago comes on the heels of major developments in a series of other Police Shooting cases. In ohio, a second mistreel was recently declared in the murder case of former university of Cincinnati Police officer ray tensing who shot africanamerican Samuel Dubose in the head after pulling him over for a missing front license plate in 2015. The officer, tensing, was wearing a tshirt emblazoned with a confederate battle flag under his uniform when he killed dubose. In minnesota Police Officer Geronimo Yanez was acquitted of manslaughter for killing African American motorist Philando Castile during a traffic stop and in milwaukee officer Dominic Brown was acquitted of charges of reckless homicide for killing 23yearold africanamerican sylvan smith. The recent cases highlight how rare it is for Police Officers to be convicted for onduty shootings. According to Bowling Green State University professor phillip stinson, about 900 to 1,000 people are fatally shot by Police Officers in the United States every year but since 2005, just 29 local Law Enforcement officers have been convicted in onduty shootings. Were joined right now by istorian ibram x. Kendi, a professor of history and international relingtses and founding director of the Antiracist Research and policy center at american university. Hes the author of stamped from the beginning, the definitive history of racist ideas in america wifment which is winner of the 2016 naonal bookward. He recently wrote a piece for the New York Times headlined sacrificing black lives for the american lie. Welcome to democracy now , professor kennedyy. Can you start off by responding to the latest indictment for the coverup of the death o Laquan Mcdonald, three chicago Police Officers and then well talk about the acquittals and the mistrial. Ibram first of all, i think its a Good Development for chicago, its a Good Development for people seeking justice for mcdonalds death. But i think its indicative of a larger coverup. And i think of a coverup of the racism thats persi

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