05/24/21 05/24/21 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from new york, this is democracy now! >> the demands of new eviction, no demolishing of houses in jerusalem. asking them to demolish their homes. they should stop demolishing homes. amy: as the ceasefire between israel and hamas holds for a fourth day, tension remains high across the region. on sunday, dozens of jewish settlers, backed by israeli

security forces, stormed the al-aqsa mosque compound. we will go to the neighborhood of sheikh jarrah, where palestinians are facing eviction from their homes so jewish settlers can move in. in the by the administration extends tempora protected status for haitis livingn the united states. >> while we are very glad there is a temporary reprieve for 150,000 haitians who may be eligible for tps, we understan we need more from this administration, more from this congress. need permanent protection for all migrants, regardless of country condition or personal history. amy: and this week marks one year since the police murder of george floyd. we will speak to one of the lawyers for the floyd family, lee merritt, who also represents ahmaud arbery. now he is taking on the case of ronald, who died in louisiana

two years ago. police initially told the family he died in a car crash, but new video shows he died after being electrocuted, beaten, and dragged by police officers following a traffic stop. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. a ceasefire between israel and hamas continues to hold as egyptian mediators try to continue the relative calm which comes after a brutal 11-day assault by israel on the gaza strip, which killed at least 248 palestinians, including 66 children. tensions in the region remain high over the weekend as israeli forces and settlers entered the al-aqsa mosque compound in occupied east jerusalem multiple times since friday, with local

alice reporting attacks on palestinian worshipers. gazans have begun to clean up the wreckage as they surveyed the devastating aftermath of the israeli bombardment. >> we are looking at our memories, the houses, apartments -- we lost everything we owned from furniture to all of our memories. everything is destroyed. amy: the u.n. said it is launching an aid appeal for the gaza strip, where fears are mounting covid-19 could further spike after residents were forced to flee their homes and shelter together from the bombing. the u.s. has said it would contribute to helping rebuild gaza while refusing to condemn the death and destruction wrought by israel. meanwhile, massive protests in solidarity with the palestinian people took place around the globe again this weekend, including here in the united states. an estimated 180,000 people took part in a london march. this is a demonstrator speaking

from a protest in paris. >> france has, for example, advantageous agreements with the israeli state at the import level and what is important is all countries who do not respect human rights should be sanctioned as any country would be when they don't respect human rights. today what is incomprehensible is israel benefits from total impunity. amy: we'll have more on the situation in gaza and the region after headlines with palestinian writer and poet mohammed el-kurd. india recorded over 4400 new covid fatalities today, bringing itofficialeath over 300,000 -- just the third country to pass the tragic milestone after the united states and brazil. its daily cases have dropped significantly from early this month with around 220,000 reported today. experts say both numbers are vast undcounts. latin america has now recorded

over 1 million covid-19 deaths -- around 30% of the world's death toll -- despite accounting for just 8% of the global population. brazil represents around 45% of the region's fatalities. on friday, the state of maranhao issued a fine to far-right brazilian president jair bolsonaro for refusing to respect local health rules by holding a mass gathering and not wearing a face mask. this all comes as the world health organization said friday the true global death toll for covid-19 is likely two to three times higher than official reports. here in the united states come the seven day rolling average of daily coronavirus cases has fallen below 30,000 for the first time since last june with daily deaths also at a similar level to last summer. hospitalizations are also way down. at least eight states -- rhode island, connecticut, maine, massachusetts, new hampshire,

new jersey, vermont, and hawaii -- have now given at least one covid-19 vaccine dose to 70%f theiadult population. here in new york city, mayor bill de blasio just announced schools will open in full in september with no remote option. the biden administration is granting more than 100,000 haitians in the u.s. the chance to gain temporary protected status, or tps, which includes work permits and protection from deportation while haiti suffers a political crisis. haitian president jovenel moïse continues to refuse calls to step down, even as human rights groups report he has sanctioned attacks against civilians in impoverished neighborhoods in port-au-prince, with targeted assassinations and threats against government critics carried out with impunity. president biden deported more haitians during his first two months than donald trump did in the last year of his presidency. we will have more on the biden's

administration to grant tps to haitian immigrants later in the broadcast. international leaders are accusing belarus of "state terrorism" and "hijacking" after it ordered a commercial flight be diverted to minsk using a fake bomb threat so it could arrest a journalist critical of president alexander lukashenko. the ryanair jet had been flying from athens to lithuania, where 26-year-old journalist roman protasevich has been living. he ran social media for the outlet nexta, which covered the violent crackdown on anti-government protests in belarus last year following the highly contested reelection of lukashenko. belarusian opposition leader, svetlana tsikhanouskya, who also operates in exile from lithuania, spoke out on the arrest. >> today, lukashenko personally

caused an ternationascandal. use military aircraft to reprice single person. no one else is say. anyone can be -- amy: in burma, aung san suu kyi appeared in person at a court hearing for the first time since she and other officials were deposed in a february 1 military coup. she faces a range of charges that the united nations and others have condemned as politically motivated, including illegally possessing walkie-talkies and violating a state secrets law. suu kyi's legal team says she has no access to newspapers and is only partly aware of events that have taken place since her arrest. a local rights group says over 800 people have been killed and 4300 arrested since february 1 as mass protests shook the country. meanwhile, rebel fighters said they killed dozens of security force members over the weekend. in bangladesh, prominent investigative journalist rozina islam, who reported on

corruption in the government's response to the pandemic, has been granted bail after her arrest last week prompted international outrage. under the colonial era official seizure it's -- secrets act, which carries a possible death penalty, press freedom groups are calling for charges to be dropped immediately. a severe cyclone is brewing in the bay of bengal and is forecast to slam into northeast india wednesday with 100 mile-per-hour winds. this comes just one week after another cyclone battered india's western state of gujarat as the most powerful storm to hit the region in two decades, killing at least 140 people. over the weekend, authorities said 61 bodies had been recovered from a barge carrying oil workers that sank in the arabian sea last week. in the eastern democratic republic of congo, at least 15 people were killed and thousands more forced to flee their homes, as lava from a volcano near the city of goma reached their villages and neighborhoods. residents blamed the government for failing to warn them of the

impending eruption. >> i was with my husband, who is too old and he did not want to leave the house because he was sick. he could not walk. i said to myself, i can't go alone. we've been married for the best and worst. i went back to at least try to get him out but could not. i ran away and he got burned inside. i don't know what to do. i cursed this day. amy: lava from the eruption flowed to within a mile of goma's main airport, but the city o1 million ople appears to have been spared. the united states experienced another weekend of death and injury from mass shootings. at least 12 people were killed and 49 injured from gun violence in new jersey, south carolina, georgia, ohio, and minnesota. the nonprofit gun violence archive reported 2021 is the second straight year the u.s. has seen over 60 mass shootings in the month of may, with 229

mass shootings recorded since the start of the year. in minneapolis, community members, civil rights leaders and george floyd's family gathered to mark the one-year anniversary of floyd's murder ahead of the may 25 anniversary this tuesday. this is local community organizer and pastor carmen means. >> so what has changed? the game hasn't changed. the game remains the same. but what has changed is you have been activated on hold another level. there is a warrior on the inside of you that was activated on five/25 on a whole another level. amy: george floyd's murder at the hands of the minneapolis police set off a nationwide uprising and global movement calling for an end to racism and the defense of black lives. president biden will host floyd's family at the white house on tuesday.

a warning to our viewers, this next story contains disturbing footage of police violence. in tennessee, a newly published video shows officers at the marshall county jail pressing a hogtied n into the floor with their knees on his back for nearly four minutes and taunting him as hpleaded th officers that he could not brthe. 48-year-old william jennette died during the violent encounter. the marshall county medical examiner's office ruled jennette's death homicide, a combination of drug intoxication and asphyxiation. despite the ruling, a grand jury declined to indict any of the officers. the newly surfaced video shows jennette shouted, "help, they're going to kill me!" as officers cursed at him with one replying, "you shouldn't be able to breathe, you stupid bastard." and in media news, shareholders have approved the purchase of tribune publishing by new york

hedge fund alden global capital for $633 million. tribune publishing's many newspapers include "the chicago tribune," "the baltimore sun" and "new york daily news." alden, which already owns around 100 newspapers and 200 publications, is known for making major cuts to local papers in pursuit of profit. the outlet "more perfect union" reports alden slashed the staff of "the denver post" by 75% and closed six newsrooms in 2020. about half of the daily local news circulation is now controlled by hedge funds. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. the united nations is appealing to the world to address the dire humanitarian situation in gaza as a ceasefire between israel and hamas is holding for a fourth day. the 11-day israeli assault on gaza killed 248 palestinians,

including 66 children. more than 1700 people were injured. the u.n. is estimating at least 6000 residents of gaza were left homeless after their homes were bombed by israel, which has maintained a blockade on gaza for the past 14 years. meanwhile, tension remains high across the region. on sunday, dozens of jewish settlers, backed by israeli security forces, stormed the al-aqsa mosque compound, the third holiest site in islam. on friday, israel security forces fired stun guns and rubber bullets at palestinians outside the mosque. it's really prosecutors have also filed terrorism charges against three jewish men who pulled a palestinian man out of his car in the city to ask ago and viciously beat him. a police official said -- "the three defendants engaged in inciting the mob before the victim arrived.

they stole, looted from, and destroyed stores owned by arab. when they saw in arab, they carried out extremely merciless beating." some reports mistakenly said the victim was jewish. meanwhile, in the east jerusalem neighborhood of sheikh jarrah, israeli authorities are continuing their campaign to forcibly evict palestinians from their home so jewish settlers can move in. we go now to sheikh jarrah where we are joined by mohammed el-kurd. he is a palestinian activist and poet who is organizing to save his family's home. his debut book, "rifqa," will be released by haymarket books later this year. welcome back to democracy now! can you talk about the cease-fire, now in the fourth day, what it means and the wreckage in its wake? and then we will talking about what is happening to you, your family, and the other residents of sheikh jarrah. >> thank you, am

it is good to be back. i think the cease-fire means a lot of things. first, it mea the palestinian resistance, be it grassroots or otherwise, has been able to accomplish its own contion has been able to withstand a brutal nuclear superpower that is since asleep carpet bombing were too many people are besieged. not respected cease-fire decisions. al-aqsa mosque has been invaded more than once. there have been a mass arrest campaign and sheikh jarrah is still under an illegal blockade and colonial violence is still business as usual in occupied palestine at large. amy: explain in more detail what happened on the al-aqsa mosque starting on friday and explain the significance of this mosqu

in islam. >> al-aqsa mosque my for palestinians who are muslim, it is t holiest site in palestine and the third holiest site in islam. it continuously is rated and stormed by the israeli police and army. the occupation forces working with israeli seters that are usually armed. what usually happens is oftentimes worshiperare met wi brute force inside the mosque. stun grenades, rubber coat bullets, sometimes live munition. ople are detained, harassed, brutalized. the images we have been saying at this violence are not unique. what has been unique is palestinians are making noise about what is happening. we are finally recording and the world is finally listening stop yesterday, i believe 100 something stormed the mosque to

incite violence come provoke palestinians, and of course occupation authorities ransacked the mosque, the worshipers, and wounded many. amy: explained sheikh jarrah. it seems now the world has heard about your neighborhood in east jerusalem. your own situation, you and your twin sister mona. i want to play that clip that went viral for people to understand what is taking place. at first, if you can put it into context. how is that possible a jewish settler has been living in your house for years? go back in time. >> of course. i think there are two things to be said about sheikh jarrah. the then, it is a microcosm of the israeli settler colonialism

at large and absurd for people to hear there is settler from long island that is squatting in my house but he would not be able to do that without being emboldened by the israeli occupation forces, by an system that is inherently biased and by american tax dollars. the person in my house has been there much like many israelis have been inhabiting homes that belong to palestinis that were thrown out, that were massacred, that were forced to leave. this is a situation the entire neighborhood. you have several organitions registered in the united states that are working and collaborating with israeli authorities to fabricate documents to throw out palestinians. i think it is important to put in context that we are community of refugees. working in different countries. what is happening in sheikh jarrah is not just in sheikh

jarrah. it is happening elsewhere were about 800 palestinians will be homeless and 100 homes will be demolished. it is happening where they building "national park." to prevent natural community growth. there are many -- a million ways in which palestinians in jerusalem are dispossessed and sometimes it is a judicial system and sometimes it is artillery and weapons as sometimes it is national parks. but all behaves the same way. i want to make a quick note that sheikh jarrah has been under any illegal blockade for the past three weeks. no palestinian, not even medics cannot even journalist, are allowed into the neighborhood except the people that live there. even though those of us live there are harassed and shoved around -- i have been shoved run

more times than i can count and that is the same for other people. this is all happening. the neighborhood is blockaded, barricaded with cement barriers. meanwhile, israeli settlers can just walk in the questions asked and oftentimes, if not most of the time, they are armed with rifles or pistols. amy: i went to go to the viral video shong her twin sister confronting the israeli settler who has been living in part of your home for 12 years. >> you know this is not your house. >> yes, but if i go, you don't go back. so what is the problem? why are you yelling at me? i did not do this. >> you are stealing my house. >> and if i don't steal it, someone else is going to steal it. >> no, no one is allowed to steal it. amy: so he says, if i don't

steal it, someone else will. where does he live in your house? >> it is housing pject built in 1966 and we have built an extensn to our house in the year 2000. the extension was closed immediately upon building because 94% of billing permits presented get rejted. councilman who reject and accept these permits the same person that would viral for another video saying they're going to makena -- if it happens at the expense of paleinians, no big deal so jacob lived in that extension of my house and has lived there for i think a decade now. amy: so let's go to what happened in gaza.

the hamas-israel cease-fire. you have over 200 palestinians killed, over 240 palestinians killed. about one quarter of them are children. more than 60 of those dead in gaza are children as a result of the israeli bombardment. now president biden says that the u.s. will contribute to rebuilng gaza. i want to play that clip for you. president biden saying it will contribute money and of course the united nations is also calling for a gaza rebuilding fun. your response? >> i think -- i believe there was a condition that the resistance must be disarmed and

i think it is ridiculous that the united states, of all countries, would talk about disarming what they call terrorism when they have at least more terror on the world than any other nation. i thinkf you're going to talk about armed terrorism, think israel is a great place to start. the world saying gaza get carpet bombed was a great presentation. of course, a heartrenching and terrible presentation, but nonetheless, a good presentaon that the israeli method of self-defense is more and more penetrab, that they are not really defending against anything in this relations of language, those red hearings and throw in the way of policy need advocacy, are not strong enough to contrt the images of them targeting dizzy populated civilian areas, are not strong enough to contrast the intense -- the confessions made by

israeli officials about flattening the strip or venting their frustrations by leveling residential power. i think israel losing the battle in the public eye. and hope no more palestinians have to be killed before the world takes aion against israelis and against the ocpation on 30's have been getting away with impunity for cades. amy: is there an israeli peace movement that is expressing solidarity with the palestinians? >> i don't think there is a peaceful movement that directly addresses the israeli patient all 30's as a form of colonial violence, i think that is where the issues stem. i think any israeli peace movement, intentions are welcome, but they must reflect the wishes the self-determination this of the palestinians, the voices of the

palestinian youth. and i d't think -- i don't believe that is present nowadays. amy: the significance of the overall solidarity around the world, what that is meant for you? we just laid a clip of someone in london, something like 180,000 people protested. that was, rather -- yes, that was in paris. >> yes, amy, the videos all over the world have been heart warming to me as a palestinian and to many, many palestinians to see this huge, unprecedented shift in public opinion. and we know it will have accumulations in the coming future. we know these protests are going to continue and be developed into actions and sanctions and bootts and initiatives. i ask the people are protesting to continue doing so because we must the stubborn in the face of israeli colonialism.

we are already seeing punishment for these advocacy campaigns, for these protests. 1400 palestinians have been arrested in the past two weeks. yesterday the israeli 30's announced a campaign of what they call law and order where they will be arresting 500 more palestinians to "even the score." note is that took part in the lynch mob were arrested or will be arrested and that campaign. to look at this mathematically, if you are resting 500 palestinians, you are terrorizing 500 families, street three will be reading people's homes, terrorizing them. this it a clear message to palestinians who have been feeling national unity, if you protest colonial violence, you will be met with more colonial violence. but also this campaign of "law

and order" is also an indication the israeli occupation authorities are losing control. amy: mohammed el-kurd, thank you for being with us, writer and poet from jerusalem in occupied palestine who is organizing to save his family's home in the sheikh jarrah neighborhood of jerusalem. when we come back, it is the first anniversary of the police murder of george floyd. we will speak with one of the family's lawyers who is now taking on the case of ronald greene who died in louisiana two years ago but people around the country are just learning about what actually happened now after a video was released because police originally told the family he died in car crash. in fact, he died after police electrocuted, beat, and dragged him for an eye specified traffic stop. stay with us. -- and specified traffic stop. stay with us.

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amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman. we are going to turn now to what is taking place -- a warning to our audience, this story contains disturbing footage of police violence. new bodycam footage is raising more questions about the deadly arrest of a black man in louisiana two years ago on may 10, 2019. the associated press first obtained video of louisiana state troopers electrocuting, beating, and dragging ronald greene during a traffic stop in -- after a high-speed chase in the city of monroe. family members said police originally told them greene died in a car accident. they made no mention of the officers using force. last week, the associated press

released portions of a 46 minute video that showed two troopers shock greene with a stun gun through his car window, then dragging him out of his car on the side of a dark road as greene tells them, "officer, i'm scared. i'm your brother. i'm scared." one of the officers puts greene in a chokehold and punches him in the face while another can be heard calling him a "stupid mf-er." using the full word. greene was shocked again, tased again, while lying on the ground in handcuffs and ordered to stay on his stomach as he desperately tried to roll over. again, a warning to our viewers, this clip from the video is disturbing. amy: after the offict

ronald greene, the ap reports they left him unattended and face down for more than nine minutes as officers refused to render aid -- instead, washing blood off their own hands and faces. greene arrived dead at an area hospital with two taser prongs in his back. again, police initially told greene's family he died of a car crash. a recently released coroner's report says his head injuries and the way he was restrained were factors in his death. ronald greene was 49 years old and worked as a barber. he had recently gone into remission after battling cancer for two years and was reportedly on his way to meet his wife in florida when he was stopped by the louisiana state police troopers. greene's family has filed a federal wrongful-death lawsuit. his death is now being investigated by the justice department's civil rights

division, along with the u.s. attorney's office for the western district of louisiana and the fbi. on friday, louisiana state police released more body-camera videos from the arrest of ronald greene. the louisiana state troopers in the deadly arrest were all part of troop f and all of them were white. trooper kory york, who is seen on video dragging greene by the shackles on his ankles, even though greene is not resisting, got a 50-hour suspension and has returned to active duty. trooper chris hollingsworth, who is heard in the video saying he "he beat the ever-living f-- out of" greene later died in a car crash hours after he learned he would be fired for his actions. trooper dakota demoss has since been arrested in connection with a separate allegation of excessive force while handcuffing a motorist. lawyers for greene's family have also called for the arrest of officer floyd mcelroy. this is the mother of ronald

greene, mona hardin, speaking to cnn. >> the state of louisiana has no credibility. they are an organized crime ring that has gone on for hundreds and hundreds of years. you can see this time and time again. the murder of my son, you can just see it from the very beginning to end. it implicates those who are -- and then some. they have to credibility. they continue to try to shy away from and shine the light on other issues that have nothing to do with my son's murder. i am disgusted. i have not grieved. i have not screamed, cri. there is no empathy.

they let the families continue to suffer. amy: these latest revelations about the case of ronald greene come just days before the first anniversary of the killing of george floyd on may 25, 2020, when police officer rek chaun murderedloyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds during an arrest in minneapolis. george floyd's family and activists are calling for toy to ba day ofction co a day to urgfederal laakers to pass theeorge floyd justice in policing at, part of a weeklong events to honor the life and legacy of george floyd. for more we are joined by lee merritt, a civil rights attorney representing the family of ronald greene. also part of the legal team for the family of george floyd, as well as for the families of ahmaud arbery and breonna taylor. welcome back to democracy now! i want to start with the latest revelations in the ronald greene case. again, he was killed two years ago but it was just this week ap

released video footage and then the louisiana state police released footage. but talk about this case, what the family understood at the time -- this cancer survivor, and what they know now. >> the family was told initially that ron died in a car accident. it to a mild bit of investigation to discover that was true. the family demanded to see his body in the body was covered in not only dirt and blood, but bruce's from his head and the injuries he sustained during the beating. no real narrative to explain it was of the medical examiner was not given the proper narrative about what happened on the side of the road and the video is obscured. it took about a year and a half before the family was allowed to see the video this past september. then we realized the full extent of just how brutal and

gratuitous violence that was directed at him was. but by that time, the louisiana state police apparatus had already mended out the punishment, which was the 50 are suspension for one officer, kory york, and one termination for chris hollingsworth who would not to die in a single car accident the same day he was terminated. amy: and so would people saw this ap footage -- i mean, i was the, the parallels are horrific -- talk about troop f, the calling brits dismantling. the group that stopped him, they stopped in for an unspecified traffic violation. he sped away. they went after him. then when they got him, he kept saying "i am afraid." i appreciate you take your time to lay out the names of the officers. when officer you left out, very important clip for us come the video this bodycamideo of john

cleary who came to the scene after these officers dished specifically kory york, dakota demoss, had already sat upon ronald. when the tunic cleary arrived at the scene, these men were selectively engaged -- were still apparently sprang him with pepper spray. locking them in the process. lieutenant cleary approved their actions. it is so important that supervisor came to the scene, observed everything going on and gave everyone an ad avoid because it reveals this was in fact that only the culture, but the de facto policy for louisiana state police. it is an open policy that we all know when we are honest with ourselves. we know when a black man runs from police in places like louisiana, you can expect a gratuitous be down and although

it is not the official policy -- that supervisor's response to what is taking place and then the cover-up that took place the next two years but for the ap leak is evidence this is accepted culture in the state of louisiana. amy: site you are calling for the arrest of kory york, john kerry, dakota demoss? >> we are calling for those arrests and we think there should be state and federal charges. the union parish district attorney who is responsible for reviewing the case said he immediately observed this as a criminal matter that should be referred to the u.s. attorney's office. anhe was right. these were constitutnal and civil rights violations for rona greene, not only by the offirs on the scene, but by the cover-up, the supervisors who facilitated it. but there still remains louisiana state codes, louisna constitution that protects citizens and the accountability at a state level.

it is not either/war. we're looking for criminal charges the state and federal level. amy: talk about your conversation with john belton, the district attorney for the third jicial district in louisiana. >> mr. belton was -- he has the concern that by presenting this case to the union parish grand jury at the time that the trumpet administration was still in office, it would be unlikely that every conservative drupal would return an indictment against these officers. more important, these officers were involved in other cases in his jurisdiction as witnesses, as investigators come as reporters. there is a conflict in union parish for these officers, so it would be appropriate we believe for mr. belton to recuse

himself. that is what we ask you do and that a special prosecutor be allowed to pursue state charges. amy: the history of the louisiana governorcr? >> the louisiana governor, important to know although he is a democratic governor, -- amy: john bel edwas. close yes, he paid lip service to the black lives matter movement, louisiana state university. his grandfather's a share father's issue. he sighed in the blue lives matter legislation that made it a hate crime to target police officers in louisiana and his actions have shown he is willing to go to bat f law-enforcement. take concrete steps to remedy very real issues of violence, mass incarceration and racist -- systemicacism within the louisiana police department. again, is moved with lipseice

escially over the last year but in terms of concrete results, we have seen very little. we are looking for specific actions in this case, including him instructing the attorney general to vigorously prosecute these men the local state charges and paicipate fully with federal review of the state police -- not only this but the culture within that troops office generally. amy: can you talk about how racism has shaped law-enforcement enforcement, particularly in the south? you've talked about the origin of the slave patrols. >> i'm sorry, i missed the question? amy: the issue of how racism has shaped law and influenced law enforcement. >> i don't think i've seen no more graphic example of the continuation of the sle culture and this scene. it invokes the image of slave

catchers hunting slaves. it is from this spring this culture drew from. you had to punish runaway slaves in places like louisiana if they ran and said an example to others like persons they're not allowed to run or they would receive -- that culture, that training is still alive and well today in a way that i think a lot of americans find very offputting but it has not going anywhere and the hundreds of years that this culture has set in. amy: the whole issue -- in fact, ronald greene been hogtied. we see under the video that was released by ap, one of those police officers you can tell us his name, who puts his the on the back and again, the parallels of george floyd in this case, although he was just left to die for nine minutes while they washed his blood off of them. >> it is so important to note

even after this deo has co out, louisiana state police has described the incident as awful but lawful. they don't have any shame in what we're watching. they are shamed we have to watch it, but they don't believe these of course was gratuitous. they believe because of ronald greene -- according to their own statement, because ronald greene's failure to illegally pull his car overcome the subsequent violent acts, the repeated casing, the torture, despite handcuffs and he was compliant, was appropriate. that is the kind of thing that still goes on. as we start to push toward remedy, the first everyone involved attacks in the cover up held criminally accountable. with a review of that entire policing apparatus if the culture and the defective policies and procedures are constitutionally fall into, we must take affirmative -- actual

action to ensure the safety of black and brown louisiana's. amy: this truth f, 66 troop f members, just ask our blood. the area thepatrol is 40% african-american? >> that is correct. this troop is notorious for brutality in the region. the officers involved in this violence went on after the death of ronald greene to participate in their brutalization and even death of other members of the louisiana community. you mentioned in her opening one of the officers, dakota demoss, is facing colonel charges but not as it relates to the murder of ronald greene or even -- it is a separate incident. that is also true for collinsworth before he passed away, discovered he had other incidents of violence. the leadership of louisiana helped cover up a litany of

violence corruption within the louisiana state police department and it is import we do not turn our heads away the same way the community focus unaccountability for george floyd, we need to hone it and focus unaccountability for ronald greene in the restructuring of the law enfoement. amy: you represent so many of these families. in minneapolis last night, community members, civil-rights leaders gone george floyd's family gathered to mark the first anniversary of his murder, the anniversary actually tuesday. this is local community organizer and pastor carmen means. >> so what has changed? the game hasn't changed most of the game remains the same, but what has changed is that you have been activated on a whole another level. there is a way your inside of you that was activated on 5/15.

amy: present bible host the floyd family on the anniversary at the white house and this is the week, the deadline for the george floyd justice and policing act, supposedly the family demanding it be passed by now. you have new jersey senator cory booker said he believed it would. he is negotiating with senator scott of south carolina. what is happening with this and the significance of this meeting at the white house tomorrow? >> on behalf of the families are represented including george floyd, tatyana jefferson, and so many more, we have been in contact with cory booker, invested in the passing of the george floyd justice in policing act community we believe a compromise bill that will take some the very radical and necessary steps, a bill that democrats and republicans should be proud of, as a first step.

however, it is so important we emphasize that it is just one step to move just remove -- move the delis please culture in the modern world is something that reflects a culture that appreciates -- human rights for all. there are so many more steps that need to be taken. i am proud of the work of cory booker and the united states senate and the by leadership in working with families to come up with some solution, some immediate solution. it has been far too long before we tackle this issue of american policing. i think it will be a relief we're moving in the right direction a year after george floyd's death. amy: apparently, the sticking point, republicans demanding that there not be qualified immunity for police. explain this concept.

>> i honestly think [indiscernible] republicans of helping on keeping qualified immunity out. i think the stronger aspect for one of the more important aspects of the george floyd and policing act is a section that allows the federal government to bring charges against officers for reckless behavior. right now it is intentional. i will get back to qualified immunity. but right now it is intentional asked before the federal government authority to intervene is invoked. we want to expand part of the dish it was to expand fellow authority to hold police officers accountable. i don't believe that part of the bill will pass. the compromise is, from my talks with mr. booker and others working on this legislation, all of fight immunity is an unnecessary shield, judicially created shield for police officers to avoid accountability

-- civil accountability. and moving the barrier of qualified immunity away from families so they can hold municipalities accountable for their policies and practices that are violent into terminal to the black community is also a huge part in something that so many people gathered for, mahed for, organized around, passed at the local level and i think we will see it has federally as well. amy: lee merritt is a civil rights attorney representing the family of ronald greene. also the families of ahmaud arbery, who suffered talk when he was killed, as well as george floyd. when we come back, we look at tps, temporary protected status, integer 100,000 haitians. what does this mean? stay with us. ♪♪ [music break]

amy: "racist sexist boy" by the linda lindas. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman. look at the by the administration's move tps, temporary ticket stus come into more than 100,000 haitians in the united states for the

next 18 months. the new order applies to any haitian who is currently living in the u.s. the by new administration had been facing increasing criticism for deporting work haitians during the first two months than donald trump did in the last year of his presidency, even though homeless security officials privately acknowledged that deported haitian immigrants "may face harm upon return to haiti." haitians first received protected status following the 2010 earthquake. haiti is facing a major political crisis. the haitian president has refused calls to step down even as human rights groups report he sanctioned attacks against civilians in poor neighborhoods of port-au-prince with targeted assassinations and threats against government critics carried out with impunity. we're joined now by nana gyamfi, executive director of the black alliance for just immigration, which has been a lead organization in the push for tps for haiti. this came out over the weekend,

the significance of tps for 100,000 haitians. >> thank you, amy, for having me. it really is significant. in terms of a reprieve, it is relief. it is a break for peoe who have been looking over their shoulders, have been worried and concerned about what happs if they are not given this relief in either beme undocumented for detained and deported back to haiti. it is embraced, but that -- it is a break, but that is all it is. we obviously want more. amy: talk about hoyou organize for this. >> there are many organizations involved, including organizations that are led by haitians, focus on haitians, with the haitian community, as well as other black led ganizations another immigrant rights and cil rights organizations. this has been a long push to make sure haitia are able to

at least have the oprtunity to apply for tps. it has been on so many levels. there have been lawsuits filed aftedonald trump ended tempora protected status for certain countries at the end of 2017 in the beginning of 2018, including haiti, as well as efforts that have been made through grassroots organizing, made through pushing policymakers, and particularly when the bite w administration came to power, there have been efforts from every corner and area pushing to make sure that haitians were able to get is opportunity for tempora protected status. this was a no-brainer. it is something that should have been done in the first week of the by the administration coming into power. amy: explain what it means for haitians living here.

>> it esn't automacally mean you have temporary protected stat. i think that is important to say. the way it is been descred in the media often is haitians are getting tempora protected status. it is not quite that. it is an opportunity. there is an application process that you have to go through. the process includes biometrics, etc. there are fees that go with at. then there is a background check that we will talk about later, which prevents -- just those things, so many folks who could get to status who are egible prevent them from getting it. but for those who able to go through those hoops and hurdles come if you are able to get tps, and you're able to work here, you get a work authorization, and you ar protected, most importantly, from detention and deportation. amy: can tps be made permanent?

some people have been living here for over a decade. >> tps can be made permanent, but not through the administration. congress has the power to have folks who are rig now protected by tempora protected status become permanent residents, become citizens, give some kind of pathway to permanent protection. that is what, for example, the human promise asked purports to do. the problem that we have is there are criminal bars, criminal exclusions that prevent certain people with criminal streets ont being able to get that protected status. when you look at who is being detained and deported from haiti -- not expelled but from the interior -- over 80% ofaitians that are deported are deported on criminal grounds. not because haitians commit more

crimes than anyone else, but for the same reasons that we see the disproportionate impact of criminalization on african-americans. we are immigrants, but we are black people. haitians are black people and are going to do with the same criminal sanctions and criminal bars that you find the african-american community. again, even though this is helpful and gives people this opportunity, the opportunity does not mean you have the permanent protection. however, the administration, though it cannot grant permanent protection, it has the option to not enforce. right now it talks about enforcement priorities. what we're saying is, flip the fre and talk about prioritizing protection. just as they do for cannabis -- they're not going after big cannabis, even though that is against the law, allegedly in federal law. they also can decide they're not going to enforce with respect to

immigrants and in the case specifically of haitians that we're talking about now, they can make the decision to prioritize protection for haitians and other black migrants and other migrants under this country. amy: what other nationalities do you think should be getting temporary protected status? >> well, the ones i do not have a right now that we think should be getting tps include cameroons , which you have reported on,n the middle of basically a civil war. mauritania, we enslavement happening right now and in the ways it has happened continuously reay for hundreds of years now. bahamas, sierra leone are also countries we believe should be getting tps. amy: jubilee black immigrants are cracked downarder at the border? >> absolutely. when you look at the eulsion, it is clear. as you pointed out in your

opening, more haitians have been expelled under the vita administration but it is not just haitians. it is people from all over the continent of africa as well as the caribbean. amy: nana gyamfi, thank you for being with us, executive director of the black alliance focccccc

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