Jurys decision not to indict wilson for shooting dead Michael Brown. Were interrupting like friday commerce specifically to send a very important message, which is that black lives matter. We will speak to youth activists from oakland and new york as well as professor Michael Eric Dyson. He asks, where do we go after ferguson . Then we go to egypt where a court has dropped its case against former president Hosni Mubarak over the killing of protesters in the 2011 uprising that ended his 30year rule. All that and more coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Ferguson Police OfficerDarren Wilson has resigned days after a grand jury elected not to indict him for the killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Ferguson mayor James Knowles said wilson will leave the police force with no severance. The city manager has accepted officer wilsons resignation. As of yesterday, officer wilson is no longer an employee with the city of ferguson. There is no severance agreement with officer wilson and the city of ferguson. The city of ferguson will not be making a severance payment to officer wilson. Wilsons resignation comes amidst continued protests in ferguson and around the country over the grand jury decision. Over the past week there have been demonstrations in more than cities, on public roadways, in 160 shopping malls, and government buildings. On saturday, protesters kicked off a 120 mile, 7day march dubbed the journey for justice from ferguson to jefferson city, the capital of missouri. Black friday was also a day of action as activists staged protests at Shopping Centers across the country. In st. Louis, two shopping malls shut down after protesters staged a mass diein. In Seattle Police arrested five , people after protesters marched in two shopping malls. At the Pacific Place mall activists chained shut two doors. At the westlake centers a mass die was staged. In new york seven people were arrested after a black friday action outside macys flagship store. A day earlier seven others were arrested for trying to disrupt the macys thanksgiving day parade. On sunday, demonstrators temporarily shut down part of the busy interstate 395 highway that runs through washington, d. C. In oakland demonstrators briefly shut down a bart train station by chaining themselves to a train. Members of the National Football leagues st. Louis rams also took part in an act of protest. Ahead of sundays football game, a group of players entered the stadium with their hands raised overhead in the hands up, dont shoot pose in a show of solidarity with Michael Brown. The st. Louis Police Officers association has complained to the nfl, calling for the players to be disciplined. Well have more on the ferguson protests after headlines. The Egyptian Government says it wont pursue further legal action against former president Hosni Mubarak following a Court Decision to drop all remaining charges against him. On saturday, mubarak was cleared of ordering the killing of hundreds of protests during the uprising against his regime almost four years ago. The decision, which came on a technicality, means he will walk free after finishing a prison term on corruption charges, possibly within a few months. In a statement, president Abdel Fattah Elsisi said egypt must now look to the future and cannot ever go back. Several thousand protesters gathered in Cairos Tahrir square on saturday to protest the verdict, leading to a crackdown by state forces. At least two people were killed. Well have more from egypt later in the broadcast. Clashes have broken out in hong kong after prodemocracy protesters escalated their campaign for free elections. Thousands of demonstrators surrounded government buildings on sunday, forcing their temporary closure. Police responded with pepper spray and raids on the massive street encampment where thousands have stayed for weeks to seek an open vote for the city leader. France has set a twoyear deadline to recognize Palestinian Statehood unless a negotiated solution is reached. The French Initiative calls for recognizing the state of palestine unless israel agrees to allow Palestinian Statehood through negotiations. The french member of parliament who drafted the measure, elisabeth guigou, said the aim is to advance the twostate solution that israel claims to support. To the point of thinking resolution would make these in the middle east, but i would hope it will contribute to a movement for peace and that to bee can just continue with the status quo, which is very dangerous. We want to help, also, those [indiscernible] a twostatect for solution. That is what we want to do as well. The French Parliament is set to hold a formal vote on tuesday. Britain, spain, and sweden have advanced similar measures over the past two months. The militant Group Boko Haram is carried out several attacks in nigeria. Earlier today, a 20 blast was reported in the area were dozens were killed in a market bombing last week. This follows an attack that killed at least 120 people friday at a mosque in the northern city. Scores were reportedly killed saturday when boko haram fighters raided the town. The annual United NationsClimate Summit opens today in lima, peru. Diplomats from around the world are hoping to reach a Draft Agreement on a measure that would limit the Greenhouse Gas emissions that cause global warming. It would then be finalized at talks in paris, france next year. On the eve of the summit, activists from the Group Greenpeace projected a message onto the historic machu picchu site calling for solar energy. Renewable energy. Calling on World Leaders to transfer the Energy System away from coal and oil towards 100 Renewable Energy future by midcentury. Tune in to democracy now when we broadcast from the u. N. Climate summit in lima, peru all next week. The United Nations committee against torture has issued a report criticizing a wide range of u. S. Practices. The panels concluding observations follow a series of hearings in geneva last month. On criminal justice, the report calls for several reforms including accountability for Police Brutality and for the targeting of people of color. On torture and imprisonment, the report criticizes the white houses refusal to prosecute Bush Administration officials for torture and to provide redress to their victims. It also faults the u. S. For the indefinite imprisonment of foreign nationals at Guantanamo Bay and calls for an end to forcefeedings. The u. N. Panel also calls on the Obama Administration to release the Senate Report on cia torture in the most complete and comprehensible form possible. This comes as Senate Democrats have accused the white house of trying to censor key portions. The Senate Intelligence committee and Administration Officials have been in talks for months on releasing a summary of the 6,000page report, which details the torture of foreign prisoners under the administration of george w. Bush. According to the New York Times, Senate Democrats say the white house has sided with the cia in trying to thwart negotiations over the reports release. In deference to cia wishes, the white house has blocked democrats from informing the public as to how much torture went on in the previous administration, and how poorly it worked. The administration also wants to hide the pseudonyms of the cia officers involved in torture, including some who received promotions. Police in austin, texas have killed a man who opened fire on major downtown buildings. The gunman, 49yearold man, fired over 100 rounds at the Mexican Consulate, the federal courthouse, and the Austin PoliceDepartment Headquarters before he was killed. Police say the main also tried to set the Mexican Consulate on fire. Former Baltimore Ravens player ray rice has won an appeal of his indefinite suspension from the National Football league. Rice was barred in september following the emergence of a video showing him punching his thenfiancee, now wife, in a casino elevator. The nfl has repeatedly said it did not see the video until it was released publicly and that rice had been misleading about the attack when it initially suspended him for just two games. But u. S. District judge Barbara Jones ruled that rice did not lie or mislead the league. The decision has raised new questions about nfl commissioner Roger Goodells handling of the case. Rice is now free to sign with any team. A missing Football Player at Ohio State University has been founded dead of a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Kosta karageorge had been missing since wednesday. He had a history of concussions as a Football Player and wrestler and sent his mother a text message shortly before his disappearance, apologizing for being an embarrassment as a result of the head injuries. And walmart workers have held black friday protests against the retail giant for Third Straight year. Monstrators with the group walmart staged protests outside walmarts thursday and friday in a call for a 15 or wait and stable fulltime work hours. Hundreds of people took part in a protest in washington, d. C. Were here to let people know it is not treating its workforce right, does not pay us enough to live on, does not give us the respect and dignity deserved or enough hours to live on to get decent paycheck. Your here to demand that walmart, walmart, greedy walmart share its resources with workers , respect workers like they should be respected. And those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Protests are continuing in ferguson missouri and across the , country over a grand jurys decision not to indict Police OfficerDarren Wilson for killing unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. Wilson resigned from the ferguson Police Department on saturday. Over the past week there have , been demonstrations in more than cities, on public roadways, 150 in shopping malls, and government buildings. On saturday, protesters kicked off a 120 mile, 7day march entitled journey for justice from ferguson to jefferson city, the capital of missouri. This is naacp president Cornell William brooks. It is a matter of turning anger into action. Bringing about justice. That is what were seeking to do. So we are marching from ferguson to jefferson city, mike browns hometown, to the hometown of the governor. This is a nonviolent march, a peaceful march, and were looking to enlist and engage people of goodwill all across missouri, all across this country. Black friday was also a day of action as activists staged protests in shopping malls across the country. In st. Louis, two shopping malls shut down after protesters staged a mass diein. In seattle, Police Arrested five people after protesters marched in two shopping malls. Activist chained shut to doors at one moment staged a diane at another. In new york city seven people , were arrested after a black friday action outside macys flagship store. A day earlier seven others were arrested for trying to disrupt the macys thanksgiving day parade. Sergio uzurin took part in the macys black friday protest. Voicing your opinion is not enough. You have to disrupt business as usual for this to happen. That is the only thing that has ever made change. It is the real weight democracy functions. So we are here on the busiest shopping day of the year to let people or remind people that lives matter before profits. In oakland demonstrators briefly shut down a bart train station by chaining themselves to a train. 14 people were arrested. Mollie costello is director of the Alan Blueford center for justice. Were interrupting commerce to say black lives matter. We want to send this message in the wake of the in the decision not to indict with the ferguson verdict, not and i Darren Wilson, the cop who killed mike brown. Were sending the message that his life matters come on black lives matter, and is not up to the cops to decidedly. On sunday, demonstrators temporarily shut down part of the busy interstate 395 highway that runs through washington, d. C. Members of the st. Louis rams also took part in an act of protest. Ahead of sundays football game, a group of players entered the stadium with their hands raised overhead in the hands up, dont shoot pose in a show of solidarity with Michael Brown. Protests are expected to continue today. The group ferguson action has called a nationwide protest walkout at schools and places of business at noon central time. We are joined now by two guests were out in the streets this weekend. Alicia garza is cocreator of black lives matter and one of the 14 people arrested for shutting down the bart Transportation System on black friday. She is also the special projects director at the National Domestic workers alliance. Dante barry is an organizer at center for media justice million hoodies. He participated in last weeks actions in nyc to shutdown the fdr and lincoln tunnel as well as black friday protests in herald square. We welcome you both to democracy now talk about what happened on black friday. , a group of organizations some students from Columbia University and a fraternity, put together a protest in response to black friday called blackout black friday. Were targeting macys, the Largest Shopping Center in new york city and also has a history of racial profiling around black people. We were targeting and shut down square, times square, had about 1500 folks that turned out for this one action at 1 00 a. M. About seven arrests. It was amazing to see so many people come out and really turned things up. Alicia garza, what were you doing in oakland . Oaklandut down the west bart station. Our intention was to shut it down for 4. 5 hours, which is both the amount of time that mike browns body lay on the street after he was killed by officer Darren Wilson and also it represented for hours, 20 minutes, and 28 minutes represents how every 28 hours, a black person in this country is murdered for security officers, Police Officers, or vigilantes. How do you go forward from here . What are the plans of protest organizers like you, alicia garza . Our plan is to continue to elevate the message that black lives matter and that all black lives matter. It is really important to us that folks understand this is a national movement, that is what is what is happening in ferguson is happening in communities all over the country, and the Sleeping Giant has been awoken. So folks who have been in during Police Violence and Police Terror in state sanctioned violence for decades now standing up to say, enough is enough, not one more Darren Wilson, not one more mike brown. I think what we can expect to see if continued, and escalated protests around the country until justice is served. You shut down the bart system for four hours. It is well known to people around the country because of the killing a few years ago, the killing of oscar grant. It was at fruitvale, the bart station. How did you shutdown the station in which one did you shut down . We shut down the west oakland bart station in a few ways. One way was we had about 200 people outside of the bart station who held a healing ceremony. Inside, with a group of folks, including myself, who chained ourselves to the trying to make sure that it could not move. We know that black friday is one of the largest days of commerce. We also know that black folks spend a lot of money. We wanted to disrupt the system, and we wanted to make sure there was no more business as usual until mike browns family and families like John Crawford and jordan davises and nation mcbrides no longer have to look at empty seat at the table. What