On the heels of police killings of unarmed Black men from Ferguson Missouri, to Cleveland Ohio, to New York City and now Phoenix Arizona, protests have broken out nationwide. Last night mainstream media is reporting that NYC was brought to a standstill. And it seems much of the world is watching.
In the Eric Garner chokehold death case even conservative pundits disapprove. US Attorney General Eric Holder has said the Department of Justice will launch an investigation.
President Obama has set up a Task Force on 21st Century Policing charged with working to restore community confidence in law enforcement.
NYC mayor De Blasio has called for a retraining of the entire NYC police force and the Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association shot back that the mayor threw them under the bus.
And now the conversation about race that President Obama said was needed in a speech he gave in March 2008 prior to his election, is now taking place among large swaths of the US. In the Eric Garner chokehold death case even conservative pundits disapprove.
Are we witnessing a national uprising?
Panelists are Jackie Goldberg, Tom Hayden and Dr. Gerald Horne.
