06/30/20 06/30/20 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amamy: from new york, this is democracy y now! >> we knknow there is fifiting p the roaoato do to make sure that abortition stays p put in louis, and we are willingng to do it.t. but today y we are excitited, we happy, and we are feeling a deep sigh of relief. amy: the supreme court has struck down a restrictive abortion law in louisiana that would have left the state with just one abortion clinic.

chief justice john roberts joined the liberal justice in -- justices in the 5-4 ruling. we will go to louisiana for the latest. enter jackson, mississippipi, to had derrickhe naacp johnson on president trump's white power retweet, mississippi's vote to retire its confederate state flag, and the growing boycott of facebook. it is called stop hate for profit. then we go to occupy city hall here in new york. >> we see the harm being done to our community be the instrument about police and we want to in the harm in ways that will increase healing in our community. so one of the ways we seek to do that is defund the police. we're starting with one billion. that is our minimum ask. amy: protesters have entered their eighth day camped outside new york city hall demanding a billion-dollar cut from the police department's $6 billion budget. mayor bill de blasio agreed to

that monday, but activist call it a betrayal. all that and m more, c coming u. welcome to demococracy now!,!, democrcracyn.o.org, the ququarae report. i'm amy goodman. in a major r ruling, the supreme cocourt struck down a ststrictie aborortion law in louisiana thtt wowould have left the state with jujust one abobortion clinic. in a 5-4 vote, chief justice john roberts joined liberal justices giving a major victory to the reproductive rights movement. the 2014 louisiana law required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at a hospital within 30 miles of their clinic. such privileges are often impossible for abortion providers to obtain due to anti-choice sentiment or because they don't admit enough patients to meet hospital minimums. in his decision, roberts indicated he sided with liberal justices solely out of respect to court precedent. in 2016, the supreme court struck down a near identical law in texas. in that case, roberts dissented.

wewe will l have more on thehe g after headlines. in other supreme court news, the juststices cleared the way for e justice department to carry out the first federal executions since 2003. the supreme court also backed president trump's power to unilaterally fire the head of the consumer financial protection bureau. and the supreme court upheld a law requiring foreign affiliates of u.s. organizations to explicitly oppose prostitution in order to qualify for u.s. foreign aid to fight hiv and aids. public health advocates criticized the ruling saying it will make it harder for sex workers to get crucial support to prevent the spread of hiv. more states around the country are imposing new measures and rolling back their reopening as coronavirus cases continue to surge. the governors of oregon and kansas are mandating face masks for residents. jacksonville, florida, which will host august's republican national convention, also said it will make face coverings mandatory.

trump moved the rnc from north carolina over governor roy cooper's refusal to allow for a packed arena during the pandemic. seven cities in texas say they will impose orders mandating face masks. meanwhile, hospitals in texas report a dire situation as cases surge. this is dr. petehohotez, who says hstston iin a a re to t t bottom alongside phoenix and a few other cities.. >> we are seeing this massive relalapse, this resurgence, andt is happening in the major metro areas in t texas and it is very alarming. the rate of acceleration is extreme. amy: a a major hosospital systen housn rereportedly s stopped disclosing covid-19 tata aft its u capacity hit 1% % and followinconversations with texas governor greg abbott in whh expresd concern over negative headlines. in other news from texas, three congressmembers s -- joaquin

caststro, henry cuellar,r, and sylvia garcia -- weree potentially exposed to the coronavirus afteter coming into contact withth an ice employee last w week at an immigrant prin in dilley, texas, who later tested posititive. in california, whereovovid-1 cases rgrged b45% % ov the past week ana a reco 800000 w ily casewere repted monday, governor gavin newm saidver 1000risoners at sa quentin have now tested positive -- nearly a third of all prisoners. you can go to our website democracynow.org to hear our a san quentinith advocate. beeveral floridada counties wil closed foror fourth of jululy weekekend. the world healthth organizations warning g "the worst is yet t to come" asasountries a across the globare experiencing new spspikes, with s some putting ge brakes on reopenining. over.all l want this to be

we all want to get on with our lives. is, this isrd reality not even close to being over. although many countries have globally,progress, the pandemic is actually speeding up. amy: scientists in china are reporting a strain of flu virus found in pigs has become more infectious to humans. in a new study, the scientists warn the virus has the potential to b become a pandemic virus but other scientists have downplayed the risk posed by the virus which has been circulating for five years.. in minneapolis, three of the four police officers who are charged in the killing of george floyd appeared in court monday, where a judge scheduled a tentative march date for their trial. derek chauvin, who kneeled on

floyd's neck until he stopped breathing and died, appeared remotely from prison. outside the courthouse, george floyd's aunt, angela harrelson, spoke to reporters. >> going through the process is frustrating. and hopingng for justice. because we don't know. so i think my nephew's case is going to be a fight. it is going to be a heavy five. amy: last week, eight correctional officers of color at the ramsey county jail, where chauvin was first held, filed discrimination charges with the minnesota department of human rights after all guards of colore were barred from the e fr where chauvin was initially booked. they also allege chauvin was given special treatment during his brief stay at the jail. inin wisconsin, the madison schl board voted unanimously to end its cocontract witith the madisn police department monday. in l louisville, kentucky, poloe arrested peaceful protesters demanding justice for breonna taylor. demonstrators hung a banner on a bridge with a drawing of breonna

taylor and the words "the revolution is now." breonna taylor was k killed by popolice in in seattttle, a shsg march. atat the capititol hill occupatn protest, or chop, killed a 16-year-old and critical injured a 14-year-old boy monday. it was the fifth shooting in the area and the second fatal shooting. seattle mayor jenny durkan and the seattle police chief have said protesters should leave the area and the pololice would move back into the precinct, though a timeline has y yet to be annonounced. more online platfoforms aree clamping down on trump-related, and d other cocontent ththey say viviolates company hate speech policies. twitch, a video streaming service owned by amazon, suspended trump's channel for hateful conduct monday. the videos that triggered the suspension were a 2016 rally in which trump referred to mexicans as rapists, as well as video of his june 20 tulsa rally in which he evoked the same racist image,

using the term "tough hombre." youtube banned several popular white supremacist channels, including ones belonging to klan leader david duke and alt-right leader richard spencer. meanwhile, reddit banned its largest community of trump supporters for breaking rules on harassment and targeting of users. the subreddit, called "the donald," has around 800,000 users and posts memes, videos, and other content about the president. reddit also banned around 2000 other, mostly inactive, communities.s. on mondaday, president trump retweeted a vivideo from st. los showing a a middle-aged white couple pointing guns at black lives matter protesters who marched in front of their million-dollar mansion. the couple, who have been identified as mark and patricia mccloskey, both lawyers. he was armed with an ar-15-style rifle. she had a semiautomatic pistol. the st. louis circuit attorney

is now investigating whether the couple broke any laws. the protesters were marching to the home of st. louis mayor lyda krewson who is under fire for publicly reading out loud the names and addresses of protesters who are calling for the police to be defunded during a live video briefing. the mayoyor has since apologogid for the move and deleted the facebook video.. the nation's oldest latino cicil rights organization, l lulac, is cacalling for a congressionanal invevestigation into thehe disappearance of a 20-year-old female soldier stationed at fort hood in texas. vanessa guillen was last seen at the base on april 22. her family claims guillen had told them of being sexually harassed by one of her sergeants at the base prior to her disappearance. earlier this week, the army announced it now believes foul play was involved in her disappearance. lulac is now urging latina women not to enlist in the army until the case is closed. chininese president xi jininpins

signed a controversial new security law which gives kind of sweeping powers over hong kong. the text of the bill has yet t o be made accessible to the public but reports a a criminalizes secession, servers and against the central government, and collusion with foreign forces. critics say the legislation effectively criminalizes free speech and protests, and erases any autonomy hong kong once held. the bills signing comes nearly one year after pro-democracy protesters stormed and occupied the hong kong legislature as part of a mass uprising to preserve hong kong's autonomy, which brought millions out onto the streets. a new report b by the associated press says chihina is guilty of demographic genocide in xinjiang by forcing uighur muslims and other minority populations to undergo forced sterilizations, abortions, and various types of birth control. the report alleges chinese officials force imprisoned uighurs to submit to iud's and shots which prevent pregnancy, raid homes and imprison people with three or more children, and threaten imprisonment to coerce people into submitting to population control measures.

birth rates fell by one quarter last year in xinjiang. iran has i issue an arrest warrt for presidenent trump for the asassassination n of general qam soleleimani inananuary. moran asked interpol to help detain trump but they rejected the request. on monday, the u.s. dismissed the news of arrest warrants as propaganda stunt. along the january attack, was lawmakers passed a resolution limiting trump's authority to attack iran without congressional approval. four progressiveve democratic cocongressmemembers are e repory spearhrheading an effort to condition us military assistance to israel overer its plalanned illegal annexaxation of the occupied west bank. in a letter addressed toto secretary of state mike pompeo, congressmemberers alexandria ocasio-cortez, pramila jayapal, betty y mccollum, and rashshida to leap "the special rapporteur ,"r human rights in palestine

writing the annexation would "crystalize a 21st century apartheid,d, leaving in its wake ththe demise of the palestinia'' right to self-determinatioion." in a afghanistan, at leastst 23 civilians were killed, and scores injured after four rockets s ripped through a a mat in helmand prorovince monday. the afghanan government and taliban officials both blamed each other for the a attacks, as the warrining parties are reportedly set to start peace talks soon.. back in the united statates in sasacramento, , california, then known as the golden state killer has pleaded guilty to nearly 50 sexual assaults and over a dozen known murders going back to the 1970's. joseph james deangelo jr., who worked as a police officer during that time, dodged arrest for four decades befefore being apprehended in 2 2018. the 74-year-old admitted to the crcrimes monday in c court as pt of a p plea dedeal. this is santa barbara a district attorney joyce dudley, speaking about the significance of the admission of guilt to deangelo's victims. >> i hope that that is a catalyst to spark the beginning

of their healing process. i know manany of them rightfully believed that ththis day would never come. but today did comome. amy: and in sports news, the negro national league isis celebrating its 100th anniversary. it was formed in 1920 in response to the exclusion of black players in major league baseball. some of baseball's greatest stars and pioneers including jackie robinson, willie mays, ernie banks, and roy campanella, played for the negro leagues before the mlb would allow any black players to join. this is baseball hall of fame member hank aaron. aaron was signed with the negro leagues' indianapolis clowns in 1951 when he was just 17 years old. he then played in the major leagues for over 20 years, famously breaking babe ruth's home run record. >> i got my start in the negro leak and i w will be forever grateful.

thank you. congratulations. amy: that was s baseball hall of famer hank aaron tipping his cap capart of the tipip of the campaign honoring pioneer black baseball l players. and those are some of ththe headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i am amy goodman in new york with juan gonzalez joining us from his home in new brunswick,, new jersey. juan: welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the countnt and arounund the world. start withe going too the first big abortion case of the trump era, the reproductive rights movement saw a major victory monday when the supreme court struck down a restrictive abortion law in louisiana. it would have left the state with just one abortion clinic. the 2014 law required doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at aa hospital within 30 m miles off their clininic. these privileges are often impossible for abortion providers to obtain due to

anti-choice sentiment or because they don't admit enough patients to meet hospital minimums. chief justice john roberts sided with liberal justices in the 5-4 decision. he indicated this was solely to respect court precedent. in 2016, the s supreme c court struck down a near identical law in texas. in that case, roberts dissented. this is plananned parenthohood president and ceo alexis mcgill johnson respondingng to the ruling. sigh ofnk it is just a relief. i had the pleasure of beieing in the courtroom to hear the arargument being heard. g give creditit for the center f for reproductive rightsts and their work with jue medical anand how brilliantly ad beauautifully argued it was. itit means that wowon in louisia have access to abortition. i do think the couourt was takig a stanand and i think particulay being in the room and listening

to the questions b by justices sosoda mayor and ginsburg and kagan, how they were actually make plain the burden would be cured by people seeking abortion. amy: she is the new permanent head of the planned parenthooood federation of america. for more, we're going to louisiana where we are joined dy lakekeesha harris, director r of reproductive health and justice at women with a vision. she joins us from new orleans. welcome to democracy now! first, can you describe e your reaction when you heard the news that chief justice john roberts had joined with liberal justices in an ultimately pro-choice ruling? >> for me, for all of us, it was deep sigh.. collective thank you, amy and juan, for

having me. it was a moment of elation. many of us have been working years, so this was justice in the making. we cried together and we celebrated. juan: in termsms of this -- this ruling is similar to a 2016 caseg by the court in the of whole woman's health versusus hellller stat in texexas. could you talk about thihis whoe issue of undue burden n that was involved in both the texas case as well as this one? >> yes, so undue burdeden means that lawmakers in the state cannot presentnt a anything that poses an undue or unjust burden to people seeking abortion care. up in texas and the supreme court justices held

the same precedent here in louisiana. what that means for people on the ground who disproportionately don't have the resources, they are black and brown people, most marginalized in louisiana, it means that they don't have any blockage in that road. they don't have this blockage -- this law, admitting privileges, to get to abortion services. juan: on the law t that was strk downwn, you estite as muchch as 70% of the peopople who were seeking aborortions in l louisia would haveve had to travel more ththan 150 miles to get t an abortion? >> that is correct. when you think about that,t, you're talalking aboutut poor pe who don't have the resources pandemic,d then a we're thinking about the people who are most affected by covid19

that is already disproportionately k killing blk and brown people in our state. amy: lakeesha harris, can you talk about what these admitting privileges do? it sounds like a technical point, but can you talk about how this plays out? first, i want to go to louisiana's solicitor general liz murrill w who defended ththe state's antiti-choice law. she was speaking t to the cathoc station "eternal word television network." >> think about a seatbelt law. we would not let ford motor company challenge a seaeatbelt w or an airbag law in the name of the peoeople who are protected y that a airbag. thinkis just a conflict i in the regulatory structure. these are health and safety regulations. in being an intereste deregulated or have less oversight. amy: she is talking about this is just a matter of deregulation and having more oversight.

explain specifically what it means for a doctor to get privileges in lolocal hospital d why this shuts down clinics.. >> so i it is not just a matterf deregulation's. this is part of the numerous trap laws that theyy e entangled our providerers in. doctotors have to be connected d to a hospital within 30 miles of the clinic. and that has b beenuch a daunting task for our providers. we only have three in the state. ththey have tried to o be conned to hospitals and have been denied or the process has been prolonged. and that leaves us with little to no resources within our communities. these physicians and clinics are systematicallyly under attack. m meant to what is it

women in the state in genereraln terms of this lack of access s o reproductive care? can yoyou talk about lououisia's high maternal mortalality r rate compared to the rest of the country? >> we have a high maternal mortality r rate. i belilieve it is the sesecondot rtality r rate with that t being black women dying in childldbir. fofour times more than white w n in our state. what that doeses is force p pple into pregnanancy whewe don't have abortion access and somebody once to have an abortion, and leaves a black woman staring down the injustice system that is our maternal health system down here. it leaveves them staring in the face of death. amy: lakeesha harris, you only have three abortion clinics in

louisiana anyway. this would have posted to one. can you talk about what this means in a time of covid and h w covid has had a disproportionate impact on black and brown women and whatat that means for the reproductive heaealth? >> yes. so we only have three clinics here. this bill would have dwiwindleds down to one. that would mean black and brown wowomen, as i have stated, w wod have to travel, you knowow, beyd this state. and we know -- during a pandemic and covid, in the crisis of covid, that leaveses us to try d figure out howow we're going to stayay, where we are going too stay. it leaves us scrambling for funds and money. especially when we have a state that i is a hotspot -- we you travel abrbroad or beyondd the state, of a 14 day weight -- you

have a 14 day weight that you might have to o endure. that is a time limit on abortion access. needy of them are coming in and they need that care almost immediately because t ty are under time constraints in different t states. so it has a a financial impact. it is a stress on people who are pregnant. and itit is an undue burden t tt they h have to endure. amy:y: we justst have 10 second, but can you talk about the state constitutional amendment that wiwill be voted on in n novembe, election day?? >> yes. tos was a proposed amendndment state that louisiana does not thatrt abortion access and we don't fund abortion accessss. and thisis is coming up o on novemberer 3 in our presididentl elelection.

and like a lotot of precedent said, it has notust in louisiana impact, but a national impact. so get out and vote, people, please. amy: lakakeesha harris, thank yu for being with us. we will continue t to follow tht as well as the supreme what is expected any day now to hand down its ruling on contraraceptivives and we will report on that and you canan goo our wewebsite to see the latest. lakeesha harriris, director of reproductive heaeah and juststie at women w with a vision, basedn new orleans, louisiana. when we come back, we hadd to jackson, missisissippi, , to spk withth the head of the naacpcp. mississippi has just struck down its confederate flag come the last in the nation. we w will get the latest on tha. president trump's white power read tweet, and more. stay with us. ♪ [music break]

amy: "mississippi goddam" by nina simone. this is democracy now!, democracynynowrgrg, the quaranae report. i'm amy goodman. in a historic vote sunday, the mississii state legislature

passed a bill to remove the confederate battle emblem from its state flag, making it the last state in the country to do so. the move came amid a a nationwie uprising against racism that inspired protesters nationwide to topple statues of white supremacists and colonizers, and a mounting pressure campaign in mississippi, the state with the highest percentage of african-americans in the country. the national collegiate athletic association, the ncaa, said it would not hold championship events in the state because of the flag, and mississippi state star running back kylin hill said he would no longer represent his state unless the racist symbol was removed. an nbc affiliate in jackson, mississippi, captured the moment the state flag was removed from the capitol where it has flown for 126 years. >> the flag is coming down. >> you can hear protesters in

the bacackground who have been t the state capital all day. right now, ladies and ottoman, are witnessing in historyry in e ststate of mississippipi. amy: a week before state officials in mississippi voteded to remove e the flag, the african-americican mayor of laururel, mississippi, johnny magee,e, ordered its removal by exececutive order. he bececame emototional as the measure was sisigned. flown at any of the public facilities. i don't apologize for being emotional. some things through with this flag. king tohey told dr. , the time for waiting i is over.

amy: well, for more, we go now to jackson, mississippi, to speak with derrick johnson, president and ceo of the naacp. he is the former state president of the naacp. welcome to democracy now! let's begin right there. you have a long history with that flag as a native of mississippi. can you talk about the moment the legislature voted and then that moment did not start there, it went way back to decades s ao when y you were trtrying to o tt down continuum.rt of a

there have been efforts in the state of mississippi for decades to have the flag removed. i inherited that fight. i inherited the advocacy along the lines of ensuring african-americans in this state were respected. more importantly, to denounce a confederacy that took up arms against this nation. it is a conflict to say you're patriotic, that you support the united states, and yet you want to display confederate memorabilia. it is a coconflict to o say thal and wom are c created e equal under our coconstitution andnd t you wawant to utilizize this raf terror to display a heheritage that i is based on hate. so from 1993, picking up the ,antle and working with others including the former naacp president, they filed a lawsuit while i was in undergrad. when the supreme court ruled in neverer adopted, ththey went b back and put it on a balt referendum. i managed to campaign in 2001. here we are 27 years laterer, it was finally taken down, that piece of rag that we call the former state flag of mississippi. juan: couldld you talk about t e

signgnificance of this, n not jt fofor mississippi i but the ente country? mimississippi, always s being ge heartltland ofof the confederard the state with the most notorious legacy in terms of jim crow and racist and violent attacks againstt african-amamericans, what it mes for ththe entire country? >> first of all, that symbol was never the official flag of the confederacy.y. it was the symbol used by generally's northern virginia army. it was resurrected as a symbol of segregation, racial opoppression in defiance of civl rights legislation and the federal government picking up - -- comply with the creed that all men are created e equa. it was the symbol displayed along with the bururning of the cross in thehe 1930's, 1 1940's could 1950's, 1960's as a reign of terror to prevent african-americanans in the state

fromom fully participapating as citizens. this has been a lolong journey d we've had to fight both against ,he symbol of racial oppressioin the revisionist history of racial oppression, and now the next step is to fight against the structural racism embedded in the public policy as not t oy in mississssippi, but across the country. amy: derrick johnson, i want to ask about the sports teams and the power of that. you have coaches that did not fight for this for years who are walking the halls of the legislatures demanding the flight come down because, of course, the action of the ncaa, the sec, and the incredible bravery of kylin hill who said he would no longer play under that missisissippi confederarate flag. >> it is not newew for the ncaao take steps. we filed in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

with us.d they refused to hold in caa -- is a doubly tournaments. there is been a history of individuals usingng their platform, paparticularly african-americans use the platform who were at least to speak out around d social j juse issueses. so i encouourage and s support others to c continue to use thoe platforms. but inin the state of mississip, sports is big business. sports is the opportunitity for univerersities to recruit. in college football in particular, it generates a tremendous amount of revenue for the state. andce it was stated the ncaa sec was going t to file an even stronger stance, it really reresonated with individuals who are concerned about the revenue it wouldld cause harm to.

amy: i want to turn to the issue of whitete power, that unbelievable tweet that trump retweeted. the videdeo of a man in the villages retirement community in florida shouting "white power" at anti-racist protesters. >> white power! white powerer amy: he was in a golf cart. trump shared the video sunday morning with the caption -- "thank you to the great people of the villages. after enormous outcry, he was tweet.to delete that his people claimed he did not see the video, but he did not condemn at even when it was pointed out to him. derrick johnhnson, the signgnificance of this? the narrativeart of of this administration. it has not only catered to white

supremacist groroups and individuals who would scream that type of noise, ththey still have steve miller in the whihite house ---- a known white supremacist. the atmosphere that we are seeieing todayay leading up p te george floyd mururder in thehe middle of thee streett has realy been accelelerated because this ofte h house, , witnessed a lot hatred, germinated from the white hohouse. we have not seen t this level of disregard for human life, this level of just blatant racism from a sitting president perhaps since woodrow wilson. this is something that we should all be aghast by. but we don't expect this president to apologize. this is the person you created a false equivalency in charlottesville. this is a person who is completely tone deaf to children along the border. this is the president that rebels in this notion of

supremacy because it gives comfort level l to his d driven peononality. juan: i wantnt to ask you in tes of the s spread of hate e and racism,, thehe naacp and other civil rights groups called on advertisers to boycott facebook during thehe mon of july as part of a campaign called stop the hate for prorofit. therere's bebeen a phenomenal responsese a about 160 companie, including ununilever and coca-cola,a, honda, and others that have heeded thehe call and now we are seeing g mark zuckerberg s suddenly as the stk price plummeted for f febook, suddenly a announcing ththat hes going to make e some changeses n his policy. could you talk aboutut this s we issusue of facebook and the socl media platforms that are actuallyly fueling division andd hatete throughout the country? racisme see symbols of takenown the mississippi flag

and statatues, we must also advocate a against platforms tht woululd a allow the h hosting of recruitment of white supremacists in the ad purchases of those groups. particularly when you have the incidedent calleled boogaloo whe individuals, white supremacists met up on facebook and murdered a federal officer. for the n naacp, we absolutely agree and frereedom of speech bt you cannot scream "fire" and a theater. when you have a platform as large as facebook, essentially a public utility, and they refuse to protect t the citizens and protect our democracy, there is no government regulations. you cannot havava consumerer boycott of such america company. the only next step was to ask those corporations who have now stood up in the midst of the current environment to take

another step. let's right size how this platform is used to protect individuals and to protect our democracy. amy: let me go to mark zuckerberg on friday a as the stoxx for facebooook were tanki. -- amame haplotypes here we mamake a dececion to lee ouout content that otherwise w d violate our policy becauause wee consider the publilic interest value outweighs the risk of that content. often n aring speeeech fromm polilicians is in ththe public inteterest in and the same way w eleligible often report what a politician says, w we think it s impoportant that people shshould neralllly be ablble to see for themselves on our platatforms, too. so we will start ensuingng labebeling some of the contentnt that we leave out because it is deemeded newsworthy. whennow people will k know

that designation has been made. amy: that is facebook ceo mark zuckerberg who previously refused to take action against posts by president trump, putting one violence against protesters. -- including one with violence agaiainst protesters. cacan you talk abobout t this? but much morep could be done. p pushing racial hate content. there needs to be a separatation church and s state. there isiso much more that could be done. 2016, four nation paid with foreign c currency andd promotig black lilives matter and black lives matter had n no concept ty were doing it. ththey did nothing to prevevent. there's so much more ththat this

platform can do to safeguard the public interest while at the zack same time allow free speech -- exact same time allow free speech. this platform is able to get away with stuff that this network and broadcast media cannot do. we're simply saying, put thehe safeguards in place. you have the technology. you know what to do. just do it. protect the citizens of thiss country. otect our democrac i am an that v vein, olold-fashioned journalist, compmpanies s i've wororked for whether it was the daily news or democracacy now!,, if f we publd something that was libelous or defamed people, we would be held legally reresponsible. insist t they are plplatforms and not publishers. do you think that has to bee changed in the law to hold them responsible for the dissssemination of what is essentially hate, lies, and

libel? >> absolutely. they are trying to be bothh platformrm to a lot of conontend theyey also want to be - -- to r news. you can't be both. there needs toto be guardrails.. you could not scream "fire" in a ththeater, therefore you shouldd nonot allowow for your plplatfoo be used as a gathering point for white susupremacisist groups tot up and then go cause harm to individuduals come to murdrder federal laww enfororcement agen. it is unconscionablble that this is sucuch a hard thing t to comprehend. you cannot allow your platform to be your manipulators for foreign governments to misinform the amamerican public around elections and electction processes. think about whwhat happened with jack dorsey and twititter whenen they took thehe bold step to ben to identify misinformation related to the e electionsns and

they flagged it. it wasas facebook who criticize them for that. and now he is doioing an about-face. wewe have to have real clear rus of engagememt for this plaorm prote american tizens, partrticully african-ariricans and d inviduals the jewh community. antiemitisnd racisis mpant inhe form. you get the murder in mother manual church in south c caroli, ththe shootinggn the synagogue n pipittsburgh. we must do momore to protect the cititizens of this countntry. this plalatform is posing a true danger to far too many individuduals across the countr. amy: derrick johnson, quickly, the georgia hate crimes law that was just past, governor kemp signed into law friday. it is going into effect immediately. it means there is just a handful of states and in country left that don't have a hate crimes law.

a mamajor victory for the naacp and peoplple throughout georgia. cacan you talk aboutut it? >> i think it is a tremendous victory. there is more to be done. we have a 26-yeaear-old leader, doing a great job. we also have the issue of the issue of district attorney's to do with. ahmaud arbery is the example. that district attorney refused to bring charges forward. as we celebrate the legislative victory, we have an election in november to elect accountable district attorney's told law enforcement agencies accountable who may cause hararm illegally againsnst the communities s thee sworn to protect and serve. amy: but you criticize the sized -- criticized hb838.. >> givive me more because there are 50 states with hb38. i talk about g georgia or ththe hohouse bilill? >> know, in georgia a come that

provides police protection. many said it was more dangerous than hb 426, the hate crime spill was good. to see the legislature prioritize hb 838 instead of repealing citizens arrest is heartbreaking and does not do justice to my son, s said ahmed arbery's mother. >> this notion of citizens arrest. we have to be careful because you have so many people who decide they're g going to take a law in t their ownwn hands unjustifiably. when you have any individual who simply as walking on the streets martin,kittles, trayayvon or an n individual jogging in their neighborhood, ahmaud arbebery, o or any individuauals bibirdwatching in centrall park, amy cooper comdecide t to commit racial h hate crime, t the whole denng sumumns the existencnce to enjoy p peacefuly the surroundndings and inintercommunity and allow

citizens to step up and y y to enrce e a law that t hasn't t en beenroken. we have to be careful with that. i'm always wororried about this concept of citizens arrest when yoyou have u uustifiable scenarios, as we've sn over several yearars -- not j just in ahmaududrbery, butut over sevell years. you maintain a cultuture where u continue to put people's lilives in danger. amy: i want to thank you for being g with us, derrick johnso, presidenent of the naacp speakig to us from jackson, mississippi. missisissippi just voted to take down and remove the state flag come the last in ththe country o include the confnfederate emble. this is democracy now! when w we come back, we gogo ton encampmpment outside newew yorky hall were peoplele are demanding one e blade dodollar cut from te police department $6 billion budget.

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gonzalez where he has any update on the community site does have a largely immigrant lincoln annex public school from demolitionon. juan: there is a big rally planned for tomorrow,w, july 1, and d four clock p.m. in front f ththe lincoln annenex school in downtown new brunsnswick rightht across thehe street from robert wood johnson h hospital. the city is trying to move forward to selll and demolish te school but the s summer -- it would for 760 children, most of them latino, to be bused for at least years to converted warehouse on the outskirts of the city just for this expansion. the protesters will march to city hall where there is a scheduled city council meeting. the parents in the community have been fighting now for months and in the courts to stop this. there is actually a pivotal that will have its

first hearing next week, july 7, and the parents have managed to be able to get fouour pro bono w firms, incdiding t natational cil righgh group latino justice, major chica law firm, and otrsrs to rk p pro bono for them. ththey want keep the e pressure on tndustry d to call on alliesrom acro n new jersey who support public education, who are against gentrification and the abuse of immigrants, to all join -- to join the rally. larry hamm from the people's organization for progress of new work and others will be speaking at the rally. i will be there myself because as you know, i've been involved white a while now with this efeffort by allies to support te parents of the lincoln annex school. amamy: we will continue to cover this. but we're going to end today here in new york city, where this morning police officers closed in on peaceful protesters who have been camped outside new york city hall demanding a

billion dollar cut from the police department's $6 billion budget. footage shared by vocal-ny and others shows police in riot gear violently clearing demonstrators from chambers street and arresting at least one person. we're going to go right now to this occupation, the occupation remains as the city approaches its july 1 budget deadline, organizers with the growing grassroots movement say they're not satisfied with mayor bill de blasio, who on monday announced a budget deal that would move $1 billion in nypd funding in an apparent nod to protesters' demands. hall,r this weekend, city my office presented to the city council a plan that would achieve $1 billion in savings for the nypd and shift resources to young people, to communities

in a way that would help address a lot of the underlying issues that we know are the cause of 70 problems in our society. i'm excited to say that we have a plan that can achieve real reform, achieve real redistribution, and at the same time ensure that we keep our city safe. we make sure that our officers are on patrol where we need them around the city. amy: the proposed budget would move so call safety agency where -- who wear police uniforms and are unarmed -- from nypd to the city's department of education. some call it a betrtrayal. for more we're joined by bianca cunningham, one of the ganizers o of the movement. shwas co-chair of the nynyc chapter of the d democratic socialists of america. it is great to have you with us. what does your mask say? thank you for wearing. talk about the response to what many have passed as de blasio

cavings your demand, remove $1 billion from the $6 billion new york police budget. >> yes, first of all, thank you for having me. my mask says "ststop killing blk people." that is why y we are out here. we are very upset with the fact mayor de blasio and the speaker the city council are attempting to read this as a victory when realally all thehey have done is shifted money from the nypd budget over to school safety officers. itit shows they're completely te deaf about what this momenent is about. we know that school safety officers contribute in the school to prison pipeline. students all over arare saying metadetectors s don't keep them safe. officers make them feel like criminals. so the fact they're parading this as a victory by increasing police psence in schools is really upsettingng in this mome. juanan bnka, this whole issue of how t the pololice department

grew with such an n octopus. in thehe giuliani days, , the ft birth thehe transit police and housing police and then they merged the school safety officers. this is like beginningng to go back to where it was years agogo bubut without dealing g with the actual issssue of the number of police that have remained largely inincreased even as crie dedecreased throughout t the la0 years. this w whole issue o of how they council anand the mayoyor stil refused to deal, that therere ae too many uniformed police in new york city? >> there too many uniformed police in new york city. furthermore, when we talk about defining the nypd, the othther part is to fully fund social services. ofis obvious we have some the most vulnerable members of our community coming out to have their voices heard and participate in this ncaa -- enencampment and they need services, adequate housing,

portrtable health care, quality education. these are the things that community is crying out for. it is not good enough to move money around in fancy accounting tricks. we have to meet it with services that are fully funded as well. juan: could you talk about the occupation around city h hall ad the impact it ss had on the council and on the public discussion around this issue? >> sure. this an attempt to put pressure on the city council t to meet our demand of1 billion. frankly, embarrassing, in my opinion. they called us out on twitter for saying they should be exempt from the accountability the people are looking to hold these electeds to.

conferencesng press outside activists' house to play games about who is allowed to protest, who is a letter protest and call for the defunding of the nypd and who is not. they have been completely sive toive -- irrespon all of our calls. it is a real shame what is going on, real shame that they lack the accountability to their constituents and a shame that when it is so clear to so many of us about what the right things to do, they don't hahave the moral courage to stand up to do it. amy: bianca cunningham, as you said there is city hall talking to us, masked to protect the community, what is happening today? can you talk about the vote and what you're demanding further? are you able to go in and out of city hall? are you able to speak with city council members?

who is supporting y you within e government and the greater community? you started with just 100 people there. >> encampment encampment we started the first end of the, we were hoping for the best. 200 people stayed the night the first night. we're now in our eighth day of the encampment. we have had thousands of people in this space at one time with him as 1000 people staying the night every night. -- with almost 1000 people staying the neck every night. nobody is there because of covid. evererybody's at their house. normally what protocol would be, meeting at 11:00, they would need to come to city hall to cast a vote. instead, they changed the procedure is say they can vote virtually through zuma. so they're making it super hard to hold them accountable. they don't want to face the public. they're hiding inside their houses. there on twitter threatening us

to say we should not be talking against the establishment. -- withike we're having a people's library in the encampment where peoplple can gt educated onn racism. we have a bodega. we have ppe and sanitary items and things you need. we have a fully stocked food table where we have donations point from new yorkers and even people from the u.k., california, from all over the country trying to find out how they can send us food. we have blankets and clothes and shoes. we're really taking care of the homeless. came upy, a young woman to me. it was her first night in the encampment. she describebed to me this i ist she felt community should be like. she said, i've never felt or cared for, more taking care of, more state. we're trying to model in real

life what it looks like to keep each other safe. navigating a number of issues with the homeless folks, people with into health issues, but --ll not 30nan: we only have about seconds but i want to ask you where d.c.c. are the next steps? the city council must vote to approvove a budget by june 30, which is today, so hopefefully r the new fiscscal year r that sts july 1. whatat you expectoto happepen ar their vote with the movemement u have started? >> it is hard to say. right now all of our focus on trying to rgrget the councilmembers to say please withhold your vote on thisis budget. we know it does not include the demand we w want. -- it isave the right within their right to create their own budget. it would be messy but it is

possible. further than that, i would say to's beaker cory johnson -- to speaker cory johnson, who is going to run for mayor, don't bother. if you can't stand up and be our leader in this moment, then don't try y to be mayor lalayer becaususe we will reremember whe you stood day.y. amy could you plan on continuing the encampmpment tonight be on e vote? >> we are having a sleepover tonight. we're calling on everyone to come out. we will be talking strategy and targets and where we go from here. we know this is just one ststepn the fight. many of us are abolitionist so we knonow this is just one step toward that. we will continue this as a community. amy: bianca cunningham, thank you for joining us, organizer of occupy city hall. former cochair of the democratic socialist of america speaking to us from city hall. that does that does it for our broadcasast. very happy birthday to isis phillips! remember to wear that mask. you should wear it because you

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