We will also show you a side of khizr and ghazala khan few have seen. Years before they became the target of Donald Trumps attack, after addressing the Democratic National convention, the couple were filmed for a documentary about Arlington National cemetery, visiting the grave of theieir son who was killed in iq in 2004 him a lotot. S especially every day in the morning, every day in the evening. Sorry. Amy we will speak with in the awardwinning director jon alpert, codirector of the filim sectionon 60. We will also look at t t shshocking picice shooting i in north miami whwhere an oicerer shot an africanamericican behavior therapist who was tryiying to protecect his autisc patient. Plus, just d days after the republicicans and democrats formalized their own platforms, the movement for black lives has issued a platform of its own , demanding reparations to an end to the wars a against black people. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. The u. S. Military carried out two airstrikes in libya against isis fighters in what it says will be an ongoing campaign. The e strikes took place mondayn the city of sirte. Pentagon officials said the campaign would continue until isis has been driven from the city, which it took over last year. The pentagon said libyas westernbacked unity government , known as the gna, requested the airstrikes. The socalled unity government is one of three competing governments that claim legitimacy in the country. This is pentagon spokesman peter cook. The goal for the gna is to eliminate isil from sirte and from the country and we will be working closely with them and they will be determining the pace in the succesess of this campaign, arguably, they have their forces on the ground conducting their efforts. This will be in support of their efforts. Isils number seven reduced. They have made sisignificant progress alrlready on their own. We believe this can make a difference. Hopefully, and a short amount of time, and we will see. Amy the strikes come almost five years after the u. S. Helped depose Moammar Ghadafi in a revolution that has devolved into civil war. Between 2011 and now, u. S. Special l forces have carried ot raids in the country and there have been airstrikes targeting specific individuals. Well have more on libya with Phyllis Bennis later in a broadcast. In breaking news, syrian activists say gas has been used near the northern syrian city of saraqeb. Activists told reuters they suspected the gas was chlorine and that it had affected more than 30 people. The alleged attack took place close to where rebels shot down a russian helicopter earlier monday. Syrian Government Forces have repeatedly been accused of using chemical munitions in the 5year war against rebels seeking to overthrow syrian president bashar alassad, including during an attack in damascus in 2013 that killed hundreds. In news from the campaign trail, Top Republicans and veterans groups are criticizing donald trump after he refused to back down from his comments attacking khizr and ghazala khan, the parents of a muslim u. S. Soldier who died in iraq. On monday, arizona senator john mccain, who spent time as a prisoner of war in vietnam, wrote i cannot emphasize enough how deeply i disagree with mr. Trumps statement. I hope americans understand that the remarks do not represent the views of our republican party, its officers, or candidates. House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell also publicly criticized trump. None of the three, however, pulled their endorsement of trump. Khan plus son was killed by a car bomb while serving in iraq in 2004 and posthumously awarded a bronze star and purple heart. Trumps battle with khizr khan began thursday night, when khan addressed the Democratic National convention. Donald trump, you are asking americans to trust you with their future. Let me ask you, have you even read the United States constitution . [cheers] lend youou will gladly my copy. Amy on sunday, trump responded to khan while on abc, implying that khans wife, ghazala khan, had not spoken at the convenentn because she was not allowed to as a muslim woman. Mr. Trump i saw him. He was, you know, very emotiol and probably looked like a nice guy to me. At t his if y you look wife, she was ststanding there. She a nothing to say. Maybe she wasnt allowed to have anything to o say. You tell me. Amy on monony, khizr khan replied on cnn. We wa to mainin our digngnitand mymyamilys digny, my sondignitand sacrice. He should listeno amamera, wh ariricand the w wld i is a abog about the r remar, the ck of emphy. Anthat is ali wh h toonvey to him traitood leade hasne. Earlier i said empathy. Amy later in a broadcast, we will bring you the comments of s, a rare visit as they visit their sons grave in Arlington National cemetery. This all comes as gold star families published a letter to manning trump apologize for his statement to the khans. Goldstar families are those who have lost center dot or sewer serving g in the u. S. Mimilitar. The rudder led this comes as a bunk with the New York Times is reporting that donald trump received five deferments during vietnam. Republican Vice President ial candidate mike pence had to defend the mother of a soldier from the crowds boos at one of his rallies monday. The crowd booed catherine byrne, whose son serves in the u. S. Air force, after byrne asked pence about trumps treatment of muslslim parents khizr and ghaza khan. Again, trump isme disrespected o our natations ad forcrces and veteranans and disrespect for mr. Khan and his family [boos] when youre able to look at trump in the eye and tell him, enough is enough. You have a son in the military. How do you tolerate this disrespect . Well, i thank you for the question. Its all right. It is all right. Folks, that is what freedom looks like and that is what freedom sounds like. Amy donald trump has said if someone harassed his daughter the same way women have alleged former fox news chairman roger ailes did to them, he would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case. His comments were published monday in usa today. Trump has also defended roger ailes, who he describes as a very, very good person. Trump has said that if ivanka werent his dadaughter, he might date her. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has endorsed Hillary Clinton and challenged trump to release his tax returns. Buffett also ridiculed trumps business acumen, saying trump had let dodown investors in his businesses. If a monkey had thrown a dart at the stock page, the much on average would have made 150 . But the people who believes in him, that listened to his siren song, came away losing well over . 90 on the dollar. Amy Warren Buffett is not the first billionaire to endorse clinton. Former new york mayor Michael Bloomberg and Dallas Mavericks owner mark cuban have also endorsed clinton. Presumptive green Party President ial nominee jill stein has chosen her Vice President ial running mate human rights , scholar and activist ajamu baraka. Baraka is presently a fellow at the institute for policy studies. He is the founding executive director of the u. S. Human rights network. Party Convention Begins thursday in houston, texas. Attorneys for accused killer dylan storm roof have filed a motion arguing the Death Penalty would d be an unconstitutional punishment for their client. In june of last year roof opened fire at Emanuel Ame Church in charleston, south carolina, killing nine black worshipers. Including the pastor, limited feeling. Clemente pinckney. Roof embraced white supremacist views and was shown in photographs posing with the confederate flag. In a 30page motion, roofs lawyers said the Death Penalty would constitute cruel and unusual punishment because federal prosecutors have refused to accept offers for roof to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence without parole. A coalition of groups in the movement for black lives has called for reparations for slavery and criminal justice reforms in a sweeping policy platform released monday. The platforms six demands are broken down into about 40 policy recommendations touching on topics ranging from abololishing the death h penalty to ensurinig safe drinking water. Its release comes as nearly daily black lives matter protests continue nationwide, following the Police Killings of African Americans alton sterling in baton rouge, louisiana, and Philando Castile in falcon heights, minnesota. On monday, hundreds of activists gathered at New York City Hall. Were here to demand that bill bratton be fired, that reparations are paid to all victims and survivors of racist Police Brutality, and that the nypd be defunded. Amy we will have more on the movement for black lives policy platform and hear voices from the New York City Hall protest later in the broadcast. Activists have collected more than one million signatures on a petition calling for the impeachment of the judge in the stanford rape case. In june, california judge aaron persky gave Brock Allen Turner a sixmonth jill sentence for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman behind a dumpster. The judge said he was concerned a longer prison sentence would have a severe impact on turner. Turner is white, and judge persky has since given a harsher sentence to a latino man who committed a similar crime. This is one of the demonstrators who delivered the petition to dge perskys coururthouse on momonday. B basically whahat were focg on iss hisisias. He is given leninient standardrs to specific c classes of people and then when faced with other classes of people, he has given harsher sentences. Massachusetts has passed a law intended to equalize pay between men and women. The law prohibits employers from asking prospective hires about their salary histories. It is the first of its kind in the u. S. Many employers require applicants to give a Salary History at the during the during the initial steps of the hiring process. This disadvantages women, who make less than men on average. And bells in the tower at the university of texasaustin rang at precisely 11 40 a. M. Monday to mark the 50th anniversary of a mass shooting there. On august 1, 1966, ut engineering student and marine veteran Charles Whitman opened fire from atop the University Clock tower. His rampage on campus killed 14 people. Hours earlier, he had also killed his wife and mother, leaving behind a note that read both dead. A 17th victim of his shooting rampage died decades later as a result of injuries sustained in the attack. At the time, the ut austin massacre was the worst mass shooting in u. S. History. This year is the first time the university has officially marked the date. This comes as also on monday, a new concealed carry law went into effect in t texas, allowing license holders toto legally cay guns on campus and i inside University Buildings for the first time. And those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Juan and i am juan gonzalez. Welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. We begin today in miami, where calls continue to flood a the officers shshotnd african amamerican behavioral therapist t who was attetemptino help a an autiic man. Atat the time of the shooting, behavioral therapist Charles Kinsey was helping to calm arnaldo riossoto, a 26yearold autistic man, who had wandered away from a grououp home. Police r responding toto a calll about a man who was possibly holding a a gun. Popolice surrounded the two men. A bigger shows kinsey lying on the ground d with his han in the air. He told polilice no one wawas a. In a cell phe e video of thehe shooting, kikinsey can be hearad tetelling police, all hehe hasa toy y truc a toy trucuck. I am aehavioral therapist atat a grgroup home. Listen carefully. I am a behavioioral therapist aa ououp home. Amy charles kininsey cacan alse heard d on the video trying calm down the auautistic man, ad said he was more worried about his patients safety than his own. The video doeses not show the moment the shots are fired, and kinsey said officers offered no explanation. The police later said the officecemeant to s shoot riossoto. The young autistic man. Riossotos family says he has been traumatized by the incident and is not sleeping or eating. His mother says riossoto still wears the bloodsoaked jacket he had on the day his friend, his caregiver, his father figure was shot by police. Kinsey now walks with a cane and cannot stand on his leg for long. He also suffers psychologically from the s shooting. Well, for more, we are joined by hilton napoleon, attttorney for Charles Kinsey, and Matthew Dietz, attorney for arnaldo riossoto, as well as his mother gladys soto. Welcome you both to democracy we welcome you all to democracy now i want to begin with the l lyer for charles, Charles Kinsey, hilton napoleon. Describe what happened. What took place on that day that led the police to shoot your clients, the behavior therapist, Charles Kinsey, that we see on the video and here pleading with the police. His arms outstretched, laying on his back on the ground. Arnaldo hadow, severe autism. He was sitting in the middle of the street playing with his toy truck. A passerby who was in a car, i believe, saw him sitting in the roadway and called the police initially arrived, they got out of their vehicles with assault rifles and pointed them at my client. They approached in a military format. They yelled at my client, get on the ground, get on the ground. My client laid flat on his back and put his hands in the air. Even though as you heard on the video she repeatedly told the officers that he is holding a toy truck, that it is not necessary to have your guns drawn, the officers still shot him in the leg even though he was unarmed and it was clear from the video a and clear from ththe officers vantage e pointt mrmr. Soto o had a toy truck i s ha. At the troublesome parart in a part that were tryining to wrp our heads araround is what happened aftfterwards. Ifif they reallyly made a mess e and shot my clieient, there waso reason to handcuff him and definitely no reason to fail to render aid. They basically left him bleeding in the street and did n notender aid. They did not put any preressurer babandage on hisis wound. That is problematic, especially as theyre claiming this was a mistake. That is not how you treat an individual who you shot by mistake. Juan Matthew Dietz, can you tell us something about your client, arnaldo riossoto, and he had he is been institutionalized at some point during his life. Can you talk about his history . Sure. Arnaldo riossoto is a man that has autism. He also has an intellectual disability. Behavioralecialized treatment. That is why he was in a group home. This, theyre supposed to watch him and provide him the treatment that he needs. He is supposed to have a safe environment. At this time, he eloped. He went out. When mr. Kinsey sought to get them back, this incident happened. It since this incident, the day after this incident, he a load back to the street. He went to the street and started hitting the street were mr. Kinsey was shot, where the blood was on the street, yelling and screaming about police, about shooting, about blood. After that, he was institutionalized at a hospital in a psych unit. Ever since then he has been there. We want to ensure that he has the specialized treatment that he needs in order to get out. Were trying to find him a specialized behavioral home so he can go in and receive the treatment that he needs. As part of his autism, he copies a lot of what he years. So when i visited him with his mother last week actually, a couple of days ago he kept on , dontthings like, blood shoot, dont shoot. According to his mom whenever he sees a Security Officer in the officer, he thinks that is going to harm somebody. So he has a lot of harm that he is to work out himself in order to maintain a minimal level of trust. Juan the Immediate Reaction was he thought mr. Kinsey had been killed . Yes. He did not understand that mr. Kinsey had not been killed until mr. Kinsey saw him in the hospital this week. Amy i want to turn to mr. Kinsey, to social worker Charles Kinsey speaking with local tv , station wvsn from his hospital bed after the shooting. I am going to the ground, just like this, my hands are up. Just like this. Im telling them, sir, there is no need for firearms. I am unarmed. He is autistic. He had a toy truck in his hand. When he shot me, it was so surprising. It was like a mosquito bite. When he hit me i am like, i say, i just got shot. Im sayingng, sir, why did you shoot me . He said,d, i dont knowow. I i am face dodown in the ground with cuffs on. I say about 20 minutes until a rescue squad gets there. I am bleeding. Amy that is Charles Kinsey from his hospital bed. This is so astounding. Hilton napoleon, your his attorney. He asked the police officer, why did you shoot me . I dont know. And the police union came out the next day and said that it was a mistake, that the officer did not mean to shoot