06/23/20 06/23/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from neneyork, this is democrcracy now! pres. trump: the violence and vandalism is been led by antifa and other radical left-wing groups whoho are terrorizing the innocent, destroying jobs, hurting businesses, and burning down buildings. amy: president trump has repeatedly blamed anti-fascists for inciting riots in the streets despite no evidence to back up his claims.

but he has ignored the boogaloo movement and other far right groups who have used the protests as cover to c carry o t violence, even murder. >> there is no evidence these men have any intention to join the demonstration in oakland ass some of the media have asked. they came to oakland to kill cops. amy: we will look at the r risef the boogaloo movovemenand d th spspeato a p ptester in dallas who lost hisyeye aft pololic shot him iththe fa witith so-cald "less thal" buet. >> all of the sudden, all heard was boom. i put my hands up in my hand on my eye and took off running. amy: and it's primary day in new york, kentucky, and virginia. the state reduced the number of polling places from 3700 to a 95% reduduction. all that and more, coming up.

welcome to democraracy now, democracynowow.org, the quarante report. i'm m amy goodmaman. states arere reportingng surgesn 29 coronavirus cases as the country continues to reopen. on monday, president trump once again blamed increased testing for elevated case numbers, even as the white house dismissed a remark by trump at his tulsa rally saturday about slowing down testing as a joke. the u.s. now has over 2.3 million confirmed cases and over 120,000 reported deaths -- more than twice the number of cases and fatalities than the second hardest-hit country, brazil. the world health organization warned monday against politicizizing the p pandemic. >> the greatest threat we face now is not the virirus is deala, ands the lack of solidarity global leadership. pandemic beat this

with a a divided world. amy: a new study out of f harvad confirms the virus continues to disproportionately hit black and latinx communities, highlighting the risk to younger people. latinx people aged 35 to 44 have a mortality rate nearly eight times higher than white people, while african-americans in the same age group have a mortality rate ninine times higher than whites. this comes as another study on the economic impacts of the coronavirus reveals around half of new york city''s immigrants are now unemployed due to the pandemic. in the southth, new ououtbreakse been observeved in states including georgia, florida, and texas. florida hit the 100,000 ininfection milestone monday. texas republican governor greg abbott said monday covid-19 is spreading at an unacceptable rate, yet he has no plans to shut down texas. meanwhile, two more trump campaign staffers tested positive for the coronavirus following trump's tulsa rally saturday. 100 economists are calling on lawmakers to invest at least $50 billion into the child care

industry, which has been left reeling amid the pandemic. the economists write -- "child care is a critical piece of our economic infrastructure. a major federal investment will ensure greater parental employment, save roughly one -- 100,000 small businesses, and contribute to a more efficient economic recovery." worldwdwide, there are now over 9.1 million confirmed cases of the disease, with over 470,000 deaths. latin america remains a major hot spot for covid-19. chile says it is in a critical situation and the country could see as many as 70,000 deaths if it doesn't quickly y start reducing transmission of the virus. cases also continue to surge in mexico, brazil, and other countries in the region. indigenous groups remain particularly vulnerable. in south korea, health authorities said monday they are in the second wave of the coronanavirus outbreak andnd tht is expected to continue for months. this is the mayor of seoul, park won-soon.

>> if soul is infiltrated by the virus come the entire public career will be infiltrated. all of the efforts made so far will have gone to waste. amy: presisident trump issued a proclamation today suspending any new foreign work visas through the end of 2020, including the h-1b program for high-skilled workers. it also extends a ban on green cards issued outside the u.s., which has been in place since april. the trump administration cited the coronavirus pandemic, saying the move will safeguard jobs for u.s. citizens. the order is expected to affect over half a million workers. three states are holding primary elections today -- new york, kentucky, and virginia. in kentucky, voters are expected to face long lines as the state slashed the number of polling places by 95%. in louisville, kentucky's largest city, only one polling place has opened. the most closely watched race is

the democratic primary to pick a candidate to challenge senate majority leader mitch mcconnell in november. progressive candidate kentucky state representative charles booker, backed by senators warren and sanders, as well as alexandria ocasio-cortez, has recently seen a surge in polling and is hoping to win out against former marine fighter pilot amy mcgrath. mcgrath has outspent booker on to $1 million. meanwhile, in new york city, progressive congressional candidate, former middle school principal, jamaal bowman is challenging 16-term democratic congressmember eliot engel in his bronx district. this comes as trump again attacked mail-in voting, falsely claiming it leads to fraud and that "because of mail-in ballots, 2020 will be the most rigged election in our nation's history," he tweeted. despite the fact that he kneels in his vote. -- m males in his boat. we'll have e more on today's primaries later in the broadcast. chaotic scenes broke out in washington, d.c., monday night after park police in riot gear

descscended on anti-racism protesters in lafayette park, deploying pepper spray and rubber bullets. protesteters attempted to toppla statue of andrew jacackson in lafayette parkrk, which is steps from the white house. trump has previoiously cited jackson as his favorite president. jackson was a slaveholder who in 1830 signed the indian removal act, forcing 16,000 native americans from their lands in what became known as the trail of tears. president trump this morning tweeted he has "authorized the federal government to arrest anyone who vandalizes or destroys any monument, statue or other such federal property in the u.s. with up to 10 years in prison." meanwhile, in jackson, florida -- named for andrew jackson -- a statue of jackson was vandalized, with the words "slave owner" spray painted at its base and red paint poured on its head. seattle mayor jenny durkan said monday the city would start dismantling the capitol hill organized protest. "it's time for people to go

home," durkan told protesters. the autonomous zone, formed around a city police precinct, was the site of three shootings in recent days, resulting in one death. durkan said seattle police will soon return to the precinct after abandoning it on june 8. protesters occupying the area are calling durkan out for using the shootings to justify shutting them dodown, and contie to call for her resignation. in bdgeport, connectutut, a protest enmpmpmentutsisidehe city'popoliceeadqdquaers enend over theeeeekendfterer t cityy council coitted toacack a series of otester mands including shting funngng fro the poli d deparent.t. in addition, the bridgept t city coununcihas babaed the removal of officers fromhehe ci's schohools and to call for e demilitarizaonon of e departmement. e e weekong g enmpmentntas led by the gup justice for jayson formrmedfter t t fatal police shooting o of 15-year-r-old jayn negron in 2017. the new york city popolice commissioner on mondnday defendd the e police officerers who rana

-- who drove two suvs into a owd d of ptetesterduringng may demonstration in brooklyn. nypd commissioner dermothehea s ququesoneded by w york attorney gener letetit jamames during a public hearg onon whether the officersad u used excesse force,o o which eaea answerer "no" and sd the office were complying th the depapartnt'standadas. thfuneral r raysha brooks is bei held intlanta tay. the -year-olafrican-erican man was ot by poce in the rking loof wendy's on je 12, ompting jor protts and murder crges forhe offic who ot him. a publ viewingor brookwas heheld mday.y. in azona, a deral l wsuit filed moay by thnaacp and ve prisors accus the arizona partmentf correctis of practicing slaverand crueand unusl nishmenthrough pvate priss. thlawsuit leges proners are tread like pperty to create pfit for rporate owne and shaholders. althou the fivplaintif are whe, the lsuit alspoints tohe disprortionateffect mass incarcetion hasn black and own peop, who ma up

ov half ofrizona's pris polation. in othth news fr arizona president trp p is pnnining tourur othe u.s.-mexico border wawall ithe cici of yumaoday eaead ofhe campan rlyly in phoenix. thunited nations hum rights counl has aged to se a fact-fding mison to lia to probtorture,ass killgs and other man righ abuses commitd by allides in e ongoing nflict this comes as the international criminal court has opened a probe into the discovery of 11 mass graves in thehe oil-richh country.y. in newews from yemen, southehern separatist forces have reportedly reached a ceasefire with yemen's saudi-i-backed gogovernment. this comes two months after the separatists, who are backed by the united a arab emirateses, declared self-rule in n the port city of aden and nearby provinces. the two factions had been on the same side in the devastating u.s.-backed war against the houthi rebebels. the e royal canadian mounted police have warned a p prominent saudi dissssident living in exie to takake precautions bebecausee may become a "potential target" of the saudidi kingdom.

omar abdulaz i is a 29-yeaear-d video bloggeanand acvistst living in ntntrealho h has publiclyririticid crcrowprincece hammed bin salma abdulaziz idid -- "they want tdodo somhingng, t i don'knknow wtherer iss assassatation kididnaing."" he wasn n regur cocontt withth sasaudjournanast jamalal khashoi at theimime ofis a asssination byby theaudis inururkey arss -- t tury two yes ago. in canada, animal rights activists are mourning the death of regan russell, who was struck and killed by a truck transporting pigs to a slaughterhouse in burlington, ontario friday. she was holding vigil in front of the fearmans pork slaughterhouse at the time, according to witnesses, and giving pigs water. russell was a member of the group toronto pig save. her death comes as ontario passed a so-called "ag-gag" bill, making it illegal to interact with farmed animals as they are being transported. the police say they are investigating her death.h.

backck in the united states, federal prososecutors in newew k said monday a u.s. soldier confessed to sharing information with a satanic neo-nazi-group as part of a plot to kill members of his unit. private ethan melzer was charged with c collaborating with the order of the nine angles, or o9a, a far-right group linked to white nationalist neo-nazi group atomwaffen division, as well as the islamic c state. acting u.s. attorney audrey strauss called him "the enemy within." we'llll have more after headlin. in chicago, an 18-year-old is facicing firirst degree e murder charges for allegedly fatally shooting a 37-year-old transgender woman after she told the teen she was t trans. orlando perez reportedly had gone home with selena reyes-hernandez where he then interrogated her about her gender identity. reyes-hernandez is at least the 17th transgender person killed in the u.s. so far this year. in climate news, temperatures in siberia and the arctic circle

have topped 100 degrees fahrenheit for t the first timen recorded history. the average temperature in the arctic in june is 68 degrees. scientistsayay the arctic c is warming twice as fast as the global average. and sports news, nascar drivers and crew members on monday escorted bubba wallace at the talladega superspeedway after a found in wallace's garage sunday. wallace is the only african american driver in nascar's elite cup series. fellow drivers walked wallace onto the track as they helped push his car. wallace later tweeted a selfie with the crowd with the word "together." wallace recently led a successful campaign to get nascar to ban displays of confederate flags fromom its events. and in new york, tenants and housing rights a advocateses too the streets around the state monday as the pandemic-related moratorium on evictions expired. in new york city, protesters gathered in front of housing courts in all five boroughs and

called on governor andrew cuomo to extend the moratorium for all new yorkers and cancel rent and mortgage payments for the duration of the crisis. this is housing rights actctivit marcela mitaynes, who is running in today's election for new york state assembly in brooklyn. >> this capitalist society prioritizes property owner rights over r tenants rights, workers rights, and d human rights. time to standnd and dismantle the system that is not working. amy: housing rights groups say 50,000 to 60,000 eviction cases could be filed in new york city in the coming days. thousands of cases that had been on hold due to the pandemic can now also proceed. evictions disproportionately hit black and brown commumunities. and those are some of f the headlinenes. this is s democracy now!w!, democracynowow.org, the quaranae report. i am amy goodman in new york joined by juan gonzalez who i is

in new jersey. juan: welcome to all of her listeners and viewers across the country and around the world. today w witheginning fefederal prosecutors charging a 22 year old army private with plotting to attack his own militatary unit by sending sensitive detailils to a neo-o-nazi-group. ethan melzer allegedly collaborated with the order of the nine angles, or o9a, a satanic far-right group linked to white nationalist neo-nazi group atomwaffen division, as well as the islamic state. the justice department says meltzer sent details about his unit's location, planned movements, and security to the group. the fbi arrested him on june 10. acting u.s. attorney audrey strauss for the southern district of new york announced the charges monday and described melzer as "the enemy within." this comes after another actctie member of the military was arrested last week for killing two law enforcement officials in california, this one with ties

to the far-right "boogaloo" movement. staff sgt. steven carrillo is accused of shooting dead a federal security officer in oakland, california, during the protests over the police killing of george floyd in may. later, carillo killed a deputy sergeant in the santa cruz county sheriff's office. carillo's lawyer says he had served in iriraq, afghanistan, d syria. federal prosecutors in las vegas have also charged three men -- other men with military threree experienence who are connected to boogaloo movement with inciting violenence durinig recent anti-police brutality protests there. members of the boogaloo have been spotted at many other protests, as well as during reopen rallies. and as s msnbc noted saturday, they were outside president trump's campaign rally in tulsa. >> i also want to show you over here we have some heavily armed

individuals wearing a soy insurance, which is usually the boogaloo trademark. yoyou have of the elements for troublble out herere. amy: meanwhile, president trump has condemned antifa for what he called " "ts of domemestic terr" at black lives matter protests and has threatened to designate the anti-fascist movement as a terrorist organization. pres. trump: the violence and vandalism is being led by antifa and other radical left-wing groups who are terrorizing the innocent, destroying jobs, hurting businesses, and burning down buildings. amy: but the federal government has offered no evidence linking antifascists to violence. npr recently reviewed court documents of 51 individuals facing federal charges in connection with the protests. none were alleged to have ties to antifa. for more, we're joined by two guests who follow this closely. cassssie mililler is a a senior research analylyst at the southn poverty w w center whoho has alo writitten about how w "white

supremacists see the cororonavis as an opportunity" and is featured in a new bbc documentary about how the neo-nana group "ththe base" is groomiming and recruiting teenagers.s. she is joining us from atlanta, georgia. and in new york, ali winston is an independent journalist covering criminal justice, surveillance, and the extreme right. he also worked on this new story for the bbc. wewelcome both of you to dememoy now! let's start with ali winston on this latest arrest, charges that have been brought. can you talk about who the isson is and what this group that he is a part of, the order nine agents? who is melzer? as i, the order of the nine angles. p privateelzer is a

entity 503rd parachute regiment, united states army. the ordernherent to of nine angles, which is an obscure but highly dangegerous left-hand satanist group that emerged from britain, started in britain two decades back, and has -- t their entire goal is to sow chaos under whatever auspice is there able to. they're intererested in wororkig with or in w whatever organinizations there able to ue in order to furtheher their goa sowing chaos and bloodlust. they have this methodology of adopting what they call insight roleles where their membmbers ad bed anand certain organizationsn order to further their missions. for example, t this guy meltzers following the e path of inside role by becoming a memember of e u.s. army and then seeking to

have the members of his own group killed. what happened according to the cocourt papers i is he received information that his unit was deployed to turkey and then througugh an encrypted applicatn online, messssaging app, he communicated was someone he thought was al qaeda, pass on information about his unit's movements. anand other information the feds received, he indicated he wanted to basically bring about a terrorist attack against his unit and causese massive loss-of-life. all of this does fit the bill for this organization's ideology. they have members -- they have been hearing who have prominently displayed prominent roles in the atomwaffen division company american and i was neo-nazi group responsible for murders and bomb plots. they're very heavily targeted by the fbi i and there are onongoig

cases right now as well as national actction, "the base," whicich is athther international group that ascribes to this neo-nazi idedeology. winstston, what is the connection, if any, you hahave been able to tell between this melzerer and -- - o9a and thehee other groups, "the base" and atomwaffen? we areorganizations talking about comedies underground guerrilla organizations, of with the base" and d atomwaffen division, they are mililitant groups aimed at overthrowing society,, trained for armed conflict, spread their propaganda. o9aa is another ideologogy that kind of woworks underneath the susurface there. -- allot overr fascism

the groups i mentioned are overtly fascist. there's s no if's, annnne's, orr bets. they tend to dabble in thee worship of ithitler. this strain ---- it was a veryry seserious strain of -- it ran to -- the order of nine angles feeds off that ideology. it is developed later and merges some of ththe more cult elements ofof the original neo-nazizi practice with some satanic teachingngs. it was r responsnsible for signifificant clash early in the history of atomwaffen division. therere were a of members ofof t group whwho are more aligned wih traditional nationalal socialism and did not want to get into the more occult stuff. at the end of the day, the people who ran that group, caleb

cole and john karen denton, who are both facing federal charges currently, they ended up ceding control of the group and they were pretty -- amy: ali winston, we want to o o more into "the base" which is the focus of the bbc documentary that you w worked on. but i first want to bring in cassie miller, senior research analyst at the southern poverty law center to talk about this other arrest that recently took place. trump has not tweeted about any of these.. another activee member of the e military, arresd last week for killing two law enforcrcement officials in california witith ties to the fr right boogaloo movement. can you talk about who you understand staff sergeant steven carrillo is, what happened in santa cruz and oakland, and what is boogaloo? >> we know he is a staff sergeant in the militarary and

that this was one of sosort of e violent plight that we have sesn from the boogagaloo movement. carrillo went to a federal courthououse and opened fire on two secucurity offfficers, killg one of t them. then when n law enforcement trat the van used in that attack to his residence, he ambushehed the law enforcement officers and killlled another. what we know is he is connected to the boogaloo movement fromom his online foototprint and fromm things down at the crime scene like a boogaloo patch found in his van. boogaloo is a term used to describe an n upcoming civil wa. more and e extreme cirircles, is used expxplicitly y to a race w. the boogaloooo movement does s t have a singular ideology. it kind of runs the gamut of the far riright. so the people who associate

with it are liberertarianss to those extremely racist. we know all unitedd thahat the united states is to radical and it needs to be overthrown in a second civil war. that is something they're actively preparing for and that many believe are inevitable. we havave seenen peoplee l like carrillo who are going out and trying to commit acts of tryence alongsiside these6 to and increase civil unrest with the e goal of pushing toward the second civil war. juan: c cassie, couould you talk about the fafact that prpresidet trump spends -- has repeatedldly pololiceed protesters -- rallies -- a as terrorists and troublemakerwhwhile at the e sae time ignoring thesese boogaloo folks s who appear a armed at hs

own rallies and r repeatedly lok like they are seeking trouble at some of the black lives matter protests? >> right. we have seen president trump completely ignore e the violelee on the far right -- that is something we have seen for a long time, starting with the charlottesville rally in 2017. what we're seeing is not terribly surprisining. the far-right has been attempting to demonize antifa and paint them as inherently violent for years now. antifa is a community-based movement that is fighting for more just and equitable society, fighting against fascism. we know in this country come the far-right holds the monopoly on political violencnce and that since september 11, far-right extremists have k killed far moe people than members of any other ideology.

itis not surprising to see ignored by the president or to see these violent attacks have taken -- we been raising the alarm about the far-right and the boogaloo movement for months , as have several of our partner organizations. but we have not seen a lot of movement from places like facecebook where they are congregate in. amy: i would ask aboutut how thy organized on facebook. first, this is not the first boogaloo arrest in the midst of the black lives matter protest. earlier this m month, federal prosecutorors in las vegas chard three men connecected to the boogaloo movement and have military experience with inciting violence during the prprotests over the e killing of george floyd. and also with conspiracy to commit terrorism. andrew lynynam is facing to currently federal charges, conspiracy to

damage and destroy by fire and explosives, and possession of unregistered firearms. in state court, they've been accused of terrorism and explosives possession. .hat was in nevada again, trump has not tweeted about any y of this s or talked about the people who have been charged with not only conspiracy, but in the case of carrillo, mururderingtwo law enfoforcement folks.s. clclubs yeah. we have not t seen any movovemet from that. trump has repeatedly ignored the monopopoly on n violence on n te far-right and d instead used antifa aa distractction. amy: and facebook organizing? how do they do it? onon facebook, we have seen the boogogaloo movement conongregatg for several months. we know they have been rereally since the outbreak k oe coronavirus. because e this is a moment of

uncertainty y and unrest bebecae of members of this movement think this c could be the moment to sparkrk civil unrnrest and ts civivil warar. we know therere are more thahan0 different facebobook groups that are actually dedicated to the boboogaloo with thousands s of members. a lolot of the rhetoric on their violateses f facook's s own terf servrvice. so people activelely advovocatig for killing law enforcement, talking about weapons, building bombs. facebook has notot done really anything about it. we have repeatedly warned them. other researchers andd journalists have repeatedly warned them. there's been no movement, which is frankly sort of shocking at this point now that we know this has been linked to real-world violence a and murders. amy: -- juan: ali winstonon, some of the groups notot o only espouse b bs

tof far-right groups, but also a cecertain deee emulate or praise groups like isis and al qaeda. can you talk about this aspect of these groups? .> i want to make a distinction what you're referring to is the siege-related groups -- atomwaffen, the basase. those arare disistinct from thee boogogaloo. very distinct. ththey are s smaller. they v vet restrictitively. ththey tend to not orgrganize 'm platforms like facebook. they t take better care e to moe themselveses ontnto encryptedd messaging appsps. boogaloo is more right libertarian, neo-nazi elementss in there.. but what you''re referring t tos the extreme riright. the neo-nazi groroups. ththey look at groupups like iss and al qaeda with admiration in

some respects, don't necessarily work with them all the time -- if at all. honeststly ,melzer's c case is extraordinary for his touches contact -- establishes contact with member of al qaeda. they admire these groups because they have a high body count. thatat is the biggest thing that draws their attention to these groups. it also expressed admiration for the unabomber ted kaczynski because he set off bombs. he k killed people. --was able to push innate that is what they admire. ththey are a nihilists. amy: i want to go to this new bbc document or that looks a a how these neo-nazi hate groups, including the one called "the base" are targeting teenagers and in thisorld country. the bbc and southern poverty law center obtained recordings of the senior members interbreeding perspective -- inintervieiewing prospectivee recruits. this is a clip that features the

voice not an is aro, founder of american 47-year-old trucucking the organization from his apartnt in st petersburg, russia. w all belieieve there is s no saving the s system now. the best optption for us is to e it fall, s s it collapse. eveven if it is s a localized l. whatever power vacuum that we can take advantage of. amy: we just have less than a minute. talk about the founder of the basese and what you unund aboutt how they're targetiting teenages in the united states and around the world. >> a bit of an interesting man. he is a former fbi analyst and a contractor for homeless security and the pentagon. onlineged about 2018 going to another neo-nazi group

and then over the next few montnths, established an online presence and started to basically kicked off "the base" which sought to move g gups like adam offerering undeder -- atomwaffenen under its u umbrel. the venting calalls you heard right now, those are calls the group would basically host with younung men, , some of them very young, from arouound the wororl, who they would talk to and determine their fitness ideologically based on what books they had read, their ethnicitity, worldview whether they believe society would collapse and so on and so forth. then they would detetermine if that individual was worthwhihile of acceptatance to the group. due to the totality material we reviewed, it became apparent they were grooming these children. sosome were children, some were young adults. for membership in this group and into a very violent street

missed ideology. amy: ali winston, we will continue to cover this. thank you for being with us, independent journalist covering criminal justice, surveillance and the extreme right. his recent co-authored piece for the bbc is headlined, "neo-nazi militant group groomoms teenenagers." and thank you so much to cassie miller, seninior research analyt at the southern poverty law center who hasas written about w "white supremacists see the coronavirus as an opportunity" and is featured in a new bbc documentary. when we combat back, we're going to look at the primaries today, specifically in kentucky. theree were 37 hundred polling places in kentucky before. now there are only 170. we will speaeak with one of the founders of blacack votersrs ma. ststay with us. ♪ [music break]

amy: "i i won't back d down" bym petty. the family of late singer tom petty issueded a cease-and-deset letterer after his hit song g "i won't back down" p played at the trump campaign rally in tulslsa. they wrorote -- "tom petty wouldld never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. he likeded to bring peoplele together." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'i'm amy goodman. holdingstates are primaries today -- new york, kentucky, and virginia. in kentucky, voters could face long lines as the state slashed the number of polling places by 95%. in louisville, kentucky's largest city, only one polling place is opened. the most closely watched race is the democratic primary to pick a candidate to challenge senate majority leader mitch mcconnell

in november. ogressivcandidat kentucky state reprenentati chaharl book, has se a majoroost pollingnd receid hi-profilendorsemes from senatorslizabetharren, bern s sande, and congngremembererlexandri ocas-c-corte boer hopeso beat o forme mane fight pilot a mcath. amy grgrath s ououtspe booooke on at $14 million to $1 million. she spent the $14 million. this comes as trump again attacked mail-in voting, falsely claiming it leads to fraud. he tweeted -- "because of mail-in ballots, 2020 will be the most rigged election in our nation's history." for more, we're joined by cliff albright, co-founder and executive director of f black voters matter. hehe's normally based in atlant, georgia, b but is joining us frm the road in tennessee, en route to louisville, kentucky, where voters are going to the e polls today. he recently co-authored a a piee book with the new york

times." cliff albright, thank you for pulling over to be safe. talk about what is happening in kentucky today. 3700 pollingsible, places before coming today only 170? it is possssible and it isis hahappening right nonow. what we know is in several counties, the largest county, the county that has have to states popopulation, the numberf polling locations was brought down to one e polling place serving the entirere county estimateted over 600,000 registered voters. juan: in terms of the projected a vote totals from previous elections to now, our people exexpecting a signgnificant dron

the e total votes as a result of the reduction in polling places? because many people will not end up doing mail-in ballots. >> exactly. that is part of the problem. for the first part of your question in termsms of the projecteted drop, the pontntial for record turnout. what t they are saying is over 200,000 ballots that were sent out to fololks that requested te mail-in ballot. that combinenes the number of fofolks who have r really voted, puts thehem at a number that basically exceeds 2008 -- which is what we saw happen in georgia. in spite of all of the mess that took place in the voter suppression that tooook place fm east also record turnout in georgia. there's potential to have something similar take ways in global particular but throughout the state of kenentucky.

you mentioned georgia. clearly, if he could talk a little bit about the meltdown that occurs there and also thee fact that a lot of people don't understand yes, many states have gone to mail-i-i voting, esessentially mail-in voting, bt the process is a a lot more complicated than it iss going to the polling place and just oosing y your candidatete for sticking your pallet through machine, i isn't it? >> exactlyly. we have been big supporteters of mail-in voting. we know it is safefer for our immunities foror this been didisproportionally hit by coronavirus, but it is not something that solves all the problems. says,n have a stake that ok, we will do vote by mail but there are many pitfalls on how it gets done that can still create voter suppression. suppressionoter then a normal election. there are still issues over --

over what excuse even qualifies for you to use a mail-in ballots or you still have states that are fighting against like -- like tennessee where i am right now, states fighting against coronavirus even being an allowable excuse to do vote by mail. you still have issues in terms of windows that ballot have to be received? is it the received by date or a postage date? yep questions over signatures. one of the problems we're hearing right now is there are some voters that did not know you have to sign in two places, and because of that, those ballots are not getting counted. then you have the signature match issues, which they also say your signature is going -- her sisignature on the mail in ballot will be compared to the one they have on filile, which could be 10 years old or 20 years old. so you have all ofof these difffferent areas where voter theression can happen n with

vote by mail system. when done prproperly, it c can a great alternative to keep our community sake but it is not exempt from voter suppression. that is what we s saw in georgia where the reality is i jumpmp te line t that we saw inn georgia s a combination of many issues but one of those issues is that you had many people who wanted to vote by mail who were not able to. either because of postage issues, the state did not provide postage, or some other aspects. the state had incorrect direction in the envelopes with the ballot. some of those lines -- we're talking about foror our, 5, 6-hr lines, some of that was caused by the fact some of the people who wanted to vote by mail simply were not able to. amy: yeah five states ththat fuy vote by mail -- colorado, hawaii, oregon, washington, utah. your president trump after his catastrophic rally in tulsa in the midst of covid, immediately tweeting the electioions inn november arere going to be a frd because i'm mail-in voting.

he votes by mail and his son-in-law and his daughter ivanka trump vote e mail-in. the military has voted mail-inin since the civil war. cliff albright, if you can talk about what needs to be put intoo placace in order for more people to have that access by novemembr and then also these incredible dangers during the time of the confederate -- coronavirus, like a good georgia set up a polling what inin a nursingng homee," could be more of a super spreading event? of alall, whenever r you hear trurump talk abobout food y mail b beingraudulent,t, we alws -- he isemember would just projecting on himself. what we know is trump said himself how he feels about this issue. itoting was expanded, if we do

this widescale bovine milk, republicanans would never be abe to land. he set i it. mitch mcconnell said the same when democratic lelegislation ws trying to put in provisions to expand vote by mail or even before coronavirus when just trying to restore -- strengthen the votingng rights act. mitch mcconnell says, oh, we will never be ae to win another election. in georgia, the republican speaker thousand the same thing. they're not even trying to hide the real motivatation. whenever they talk about voter fraud, we know all they see is there power to bebe able toto hd onto their power. this notion of democracy is just a cute little idea that they have. but when it comes down to their power, they need to weakaken democracy or attacked democracy, ththey have shown they are willg to do that. gorge is a perfect example with the current secretary of state who really had three extra months to prepare for that election in georgia. the election was delayed twice

from march until june and he still could not get it right. but t it is not just incompeten. it is incompetence combined with intentional suppppression. juan: cliff albright, i'm wondering if you u could commmmt briefly on the a aual race inin , twocky that t is occurring democrcrats seeking to get the nomination to challenge senate majority leader mimitch mcconnel in november,r, amy mcgrath witih the dedemocratic establishment candidatate, expected to krkrisa victory but suddenly charles booker has had a huge surge, representing in essence the left-wing of the democratic party. your sense of what has happened there in kentucky? is --k what you've seen booker had to raise momentum. talking about these issues at the center of his campaign and that everything that is happened over the past three or four weeks in terms of police violence, ththe protest from jut

graded this energy which hasas t now gettingge is more attention. mcgrath who literally has been invisible throroughout these three or four weeks of protests. there is an incredible wave. a lot of folks are just finding out about booker anand his campaigngn. we really think when you look at the numbers in the number r of folks that either early voted or requesteted the ballot, there is potential for kentucucky to reay shock the country in terms of the democratic primaries. amy: we will follow the results tomorrow and see what happens. cliff albright, ththank you for pulling over to the side of f te road to speak with us, cofounder and executive director of black voters matter. speaking to us from tennessee on his way toto kentucky. up next, we will speak with the

black lives matter protester who was s in dallas when police shot him with the so-cacalled "leless lethal" bubullet. he lost his eye. stay with us. ♪ [music break]

amamy: "lockdown" by anderson paak. this i is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. we're looking now a at the violt police crackdown on ss demonstrations against racism and policerurutali thahat contntue nationwide. a new nenesty ternrnatnal port d duments at least 125 stanceceof police violence against ototeste in n 40tatess anin the dtrtrict cololuma between may 26 and june 5 where fificersespopond to pepeeful protests with unwfwful btingngs, tear gas, and rubr bullet one cas police dallas, texas,hot 26-yr-old blk mabrandon enz witho-called "non-lhal" ammition at peacef protestshatteri his left eye, knocking out several teeth, fracturing his face.

a warning to our audience, we are about to show images of graphic police violence. the shooting happened may 30, but police have not disclosed which officer shot him. calls are growing for the dallas police chief to resign. for more, we're joined by brandon saenz for joinining us from shreveport, louisiana, where he has been recovering. his lawyer daryl washington is joining us from dallas where he helped win a 90-day preliminary injunction against the police use of chemical agents and rubber bullets in dallas. we welcome you both to democracy now! brandon, i am so sorry this has happened to you. thank you so much for joining us. i know this is not easy for r y. if you couould start off -- if u wouldn't mimind, if you don't wt to go through it again, don't. can you tell us what happenenedn that day in dallas? i was at a dog park.k.

i was s walking on the street ad i seen a bunchch of crowd. they were prprotesting, , so i joinined the protestst because i have beeeen hearing about l like george f foreman and all the stf going on. so i joined. the happen n to walk up on thehey hadllas pd, and theieir shields and everyththin. so i walked up. i stopped for a minute. i just paused. then i i heard a loud noise go it hit me.got hit -- i did n not know it hit m me at startedtil something feeling weird to me. that is when i seen on the blood

gushing out. andt my hand over my eye totook off down the sididewalk d that is when all the peoplple ce and they asked me if i needed water. ii said ---- well, i did not say nothing. i kept going and that is when they surrounded me and started doctoring on me. that is when the guy put the wrap around my head. i was losing a lot of blood. when i was laying on the grounu, with all the people surrounding -- i gueuesss pd they were trying to force us to move while we were right there on the ground while i was bleeding out.. ththey did don''t to let the ambulance through for a minute.. i was just sitting there bleeding out. i told one of -- one of t the peopople around me, can someone just take me to the hospital? can somebody p please take memeo ththe hospital?? so we sat there for a little bit. then all of a sudden, that is when the law started coming over

and trying to force us to m mov. they picked meme up and putut mn the car. ononce they put meme in the care ambulance arriveved and they cae and got me out of the car and put me in t the ambulance.. juan: brarain income and no time did any police officer, even after you'rere done, come e oveo offer you assistance or even to call an ambulance themselves? when you got to the hospital,l, what happened? >> when i got to the hospital, they took me i in the room. they put iv's in me, gave me some pain medicine. then they took me into surgery. that is when they told me when i woke up out of surgery, they told me i lostst my eye. fractured -- my j jaw was twisted. my nose was broken.

i got metal plates, metal screws in my nose and a plate on my cheek. clearly, have you gotten any sense at the medical expenses?? becaususe you were not a arrestt any time, whwhere you? >> no, sir. jujuan: if you are not a arrtedr charged by t the police e with anythingng, you are basically a bystander being assaulted by the police. what about the medical bills y u have gotten so far? >> there's been a lot of medical bibills. --pital bills, medicine-wise paying for medicine out of my pocket. b been a lot of bilills coming in, thgh.. amy: your mom set up a gofundme page for you? >> yes. want t to bring daryl

washington into this conversation. brandon is recovering at home in louisiana. are in dallasas. talk about the effort you were involved with two stop the police from shooting these "less weapons at the protesters. what was branded it withth? -- brandon hit with?h? > brain dead was hit with whwhat is knknowns -- thehere ae mbmber of individuals who referred to as a rubber bullet. but we know it is a foreign type bullet that the police department uses. brandon was hit within 10 feet. we now know what they considered to be a less lethal weapon was used as a deadly weapon. amy: and -- juan:: daryl washington, thesese

problelems withh these less letl weapons by p policee deparartmes hahave b been problemematic for decacades in the united ststate. i recall back in the 1970's when the famousus los angeles timeses journalist ruben s salazarar was coveringng a prorost in lo angeleles and he was killeled ba tear gas canister ththat was fid by los angngeles sheheriff and t hit t him in the head and killed him inantltly. wewe have had manany, many exams of these kinds of - -- the tear gas canisters and the rubber bullets inflicting major damage and even death on p people. how are you able finalally to get a judge to at least put a a 90 day prpreliminary injunction against this in dallas?s? >> well, in addidition to the injury thahat brandon suffered, there werere number of individus who suffered similar injuries as brandon didid. we were able t to not only get e

court to sign this p per luminay injunction, that we were a ableo reach anan agreement with the cy because they know the dadanger f this litit and the ededence that wewe had showing how these officers were using this -- these weaponons were very compellingng. the thing thatat was most disheartening by this entire situation anand all the other individuals s who were harmed, t one singleleolice o officer attempted d to interervene and admistster any typype of medical assistance. that was in direct violation of ththe general orders. this has been a p problem. we know protesteters who are out peacacefully protesting and not haharming anyone -- brandndon ws nonot doing anything to anyone n thatat day. and ththe very thing thahat prprotesters were letting theier voices be ard about my brain dead n now became e a victctim - brandon now became a v victim o. we w were glad we e were able tt a dayay reprieve e but it is or

pleaseat we have these lethal weapons ban. amy: if you could talk about the nvididia police and the calall r the polilicehihief to resign? >>ne of the great things that has been comoming out of these protesests is everybodody now becomingng familiar with qualifd immunity. basically, acting as an ababsole immumunity for police officers from having any tytype of civil liability in thesese lawsuits tt are filed against them f exceivive foe. we now see tt the courts are looking this a whole lot clos.. ey are loong at t this as aa factua issue, something that a jury should be able to determine and not something that a judge should be able to determine early on in a lawsuit where all an officer pretty much has to say is that "i was in fear of my

life or someone else's life." there's been a lot of good communication and a lot of good dialogue about immunity, and it is our h hope that it is eliminated totally so people can have their dayay in court. amamy: in the cacall foror the e chief to resign? >> there's been a numumber of things that hahave taken place with this s police chief. it started with botham jean, whene e was killeled in n dallay dallas police officecer, it tooa long period of time forr thiss chief of p police to take e any action. nonow here witith brandon, this happenened to b brandon on may . this police chief has not apologized to brandon, has not apologizeded to any other c citn who is been harmrmed by dallasas police officers -- d dylan amy:e have to leave it there but i thank you for being with us, attornrney daryl washington. brandon, thank you so much for joining us. i know how difficult this is. brandon saenz, shot in the face

by dallas police during a recent protest with a "less than lethal" weapon, lost his left eye, several tooth, shattered multiple facial fractures. we will link to brandon's gofundme page

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