of course the black panther party was. targeted in particular and was said to be the most dangerous threat to the nation by j. edgar hoover who at that time was that head of the yeah i actually also quite out of a soft tissue cooler. who is still alive. lives in cuba now was a few years ago designated as one of the 10 most dangerous terrorists and the world and so the f.b.i. continues to use its force to single out and to. challenge those who are trying to bring about radical change in this country i think that could have been during the obama administration he was designated as yes it was during the obama administration absolutely well we'll get to his vice president joe biden in a 2nd but you talk there about communism you have used the phrase racial capitalism has the role of a revolutionary change since back in 72 when you said that it means wanting to change society to promote a world where needs and interests are responded to call i use the term racial capitalism which show comes from. political scientists and. black

and we always will. >>> the black panthers. >> the black panthers. >> the black panthers were unique. didn't walk down the street with the same sense of safety and a sense of privilege as a white person. attack dogs, fire hoses. >> police jump on you, put a gun at your head. this is what we were going through on a daily basis. >> on the evening of a black revolution. >> we have voices within a community that were not going to continue to turn the other cheek. >> this emmy and peabody award nominated film "the black panthers, vanguard of the revolution" documents an era of unrest that feels relevant today. how does the filmmaker, who seems to have passed on his interests in activism to his children, feel about what's currently going on? joining me now is the filmmaker stanley nelson, who is celebrating a birthday today. happy birthday, sir. thank you for being here. >> thank you so much. >> sure thing. let's talk about the symmetry, it feels like, between 1968 and today. except nixon is being played by the incumbent president. you had civil rest was about police brutality. it was about

california was considering the adoption of new control laws, laws that were designed to disarm the black panthers who were roaming around oakland with their guns openly displayed. and that law to disarm the panthers was supported not just by democrats but by conservatives in california as well. and in fact the governor at the time strongly supported the law and said he didn't see any reason why someone should be carrying guns on the streets in america today. that governor would go on to become president of the united states ronald reagan. and reagan was a big endorser of this gun control law. and it was the laws that were this law and laws like the gun control act that many people at the time thought was not really designed to control guns but to control urban blacks who were rioting in 1967, the worst riots in american history in detroit and newark, committing crime. there was increase in crime rates especially in urban areas in the 1960s. these laws that were designed to restrict access to black radicals in urban areas, like the black panthers, ended up sparking a backlash among white rural con

born quite literally out of the black panther party in the 1970 s. and later becoming one of the legendary hip hop voices representing the struggle of black america in the 1980 s. and ninety's sure once quoted as saying i'm not saying i'm going to rule the world or i'm going to change the world but i guarantee you that i will spark the brain that will change the world and that's our job is to spark somebody else watching us . as we celebrate the birthday of these 2 great revolutionary voices whose time was cut short by assassination i think we can safely say the manifestation of their spirits live on in the fight for equality that we are witnessing today and that my friends is where we will start watching the hawks. in a city in the streets. that are so you'd like to see the prices you always just state and see all these drone strikes me as crazy suggests least systemic deception is the late show which would be so when the guild is. welcome or when watching the hawks i am i rolled into it and joining us today to talk about the latest news on the prote

for like black panthers and different groups it is our job to ensure that protestors are using their free speech and not be unconstitutionally but police forces or in this case even the national guard. and what happened to you in the seraphs how did this all come about. well. i i was with another legal observer who was also arrested and we were simply documenting people who have been arrested or people who may have been arrested we ask for their names and number they so we can just support later. we knew where target is one of. the girls in green had no they took us away and the people we were monitoring were not even arrested they specifically targeted a stew and then they arrested him only for poor people who were with us and then that night they arrested its holdall more than 50 people in the grandest of the prison bus in the middle of cold in 1000 pandemic it's. wow. but yes it's frightening to even think about in asia we know that there's been a lot of being during this protest the van that we haven't necessarily seen before specifically the treatment of people like yourself pol

one of the most controversial black panthers started by monitoring cops and challenging police brutality we discussed the current rise of the black lives matter movement along with current civil rights in america with renowned political activist and former black panther angela davis you can watch the full interview on monday and here's a preview. i think the world is able to see. this nation is far from hell c. o a police department so that was dramatic expression of structural racism our prisons are full of black people. like to know. that. we have to have an abolitionist imagination if we want to guarantee a future for our city i was standing nation and for the world's. police and the us off facing creasing hostility amid the ongoing black lives matter protest a major in the tolson police department has been criticised for insisting that officers aren't targeting african-americans. that he has the figures to back it up i had a chance to discuss the issue with him. you have those isolated incidents rifles and go incidents that occur and especially on body camera video they're shown over

since $96061.00 of the most controversial the black panthers started by monitoring culp's and challenging police brutality we discussed the current rise of the black live matter movement along with current civil rights in america with the renowned political activist and also former black panther angela davies you can watch the interview in full here not a on monday but has a taste of what was said. i think the world is able to see that this certain nation is far from healthy that. police departments are the most dramatic expression of structural racism that our prisons are full of black people and latinos that. we have to have an abolitionist imagination if we want to get into a future for our city i was standing nation and for the world's. well police in the u.s. are becoming increasingly stigmatized amid the ongoing black lives matter protests a major in the toss a police department has been criticized for arguing that offices on specifically targeting african americans and he says he has the thinking is to back up what he's saying he spoke with artie's neil harvey. you had those isolat

the police murder of george floyd we ask one of the most important activists of all time former black panther angela davis about organizing in the face of armored vehicles and tear gas hand if anything is changed since she was one of the f.b.i.'s most wanted plus when the options of the 2020 presidential ballot box are you man using military style force against protesters or a man who was instrumental in policies that resulted in the u.s. having the highest prison population in the world is it time for a new political party all the small coming up in today's going on the ground but 1st as protests continue today around the world in the wake of the murder of george floyd many are now asking how the political movement it catalyzed conformant true change and perhaps even revolution one woman who knows exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppression and racial capitalism is the legendary black panther activist professor angela davis who's fight for equality in the sixty's and seventy's led then president richard nixon to refer to her as a dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from

gl again systematic oppression and racial capitalism is the legendary black panther activist professor angela davis whose fight for equality in the sixty's and seventy's led then president richard nixon to refer to her as a dangerous terrorist she joins me by skype from oakland in california thank you so much professor azure davis for coming on going underground can i just ask you right at the beginning there's a lot of quoting of the great writer james baldwin at the moment he actually wrote an open letter to you what did he mean when he said our bodies must render impossible the corridor to the gas chamber well of course james baldwin was. not only percent greater but also he was involved in a whole range of social justice issues and he took up my case wrote an open letter to me and. argue that if they did not protect my life the same would be next if they come for you and the morning he said every do not prevent them from taking you we will be next so that is actually. that is actually very seem of the mass movements have developed against racism against the signage and any against

one of the most controversial the black panthers started by monitoring cops and challenging police brutality we discussed the cover rise of black lives matter movement civil rights in america and civil rights in america more today with the renowned political activist and former black panther angela day. i think the world is able to see. this certain nation is far from hell c. o a police department so that was so dramatic expression of structural racism our prisons are full of black people. like to know. that. we have to have an evolution as imagination if we want to go to a future for our city i'm standing ovation and for the world. and you can actually watch that interview in full in the latest episode of going underground which airs this monday now police in the us are becoming increasingly stigmatized amid the ongoing black lives matter protest a major in tulsa police department has been criticized for arguing officers aren't specifically targeting african-americans he says he yet he has got think is that back up what he's saying and he spoke with artie's neil harvey. you had those isolat

one of the most controversial the black panthers started by monitoring cops and challenging police brutality we discussed think the rise of the black lives matter movement along with current civil rights in america with renowned political activist and former black panther self angela davis because the interviewed full on monday here's a preview i think the world is able to see. this certain nation is far from healthy. oh police departments are the most dramatic expression of structural racism our prisons are full of black people. like to know. that we have to have an abolitionist imagination if we want to guarantee a future for our city and i was standing nation and for the world's. still ahead 1300 medics war the thousands of protesters might be in danger of contracting code 19 because tear gas is helping its transmission from person to person take a closer look after the break. there was a period let's call it the uni polar you know period after the end of the cold war where the u.s. and nato countries and other people sort of wanted russia to become what they described as a normal country

it involves the illinois congressman bobby rush, he's a former leader of the black panthers.been burglarized. when he went to look at the surveillance tape, this is what we found, a group of up to 13 police officers helping themselves to coffee, making popcorn, while outside stores were being robbed in the aftermath of the murder of george floyd. mayor lori light foot criticized the officers promising they would be held accountable. >> these individuals were lounging in a congressman's office having a little hangout for themselves while small businesses on the south side for looted and burned. their conduct will confirm the perception that too many people on the south and the west side were left to fend for themselves. these individuals did indeed abandon their responsibilities and their obligation and their oath to serve and protect. we should all be disgusted. >> congressman bobby rush, democrat of illinois joins me now. i know you just came from the wake for your sister and i want to offer my deepest condolences on her passing. >> thank you, chris. it's always good to be w

this is not illegal for somebody out of the country to have an opinion about the black panthers, even if they are lying about themselves. it is a violation of facebook's terms of service. they do not have a force of law. is this fake news? raise your hand if you call this fake news. >> that is interesting, the thing here is they are not making any falsify ball claims. this kind of argument of what was the reason why the u.s. government prosecuted the black panthers is the kind of thing that you might find in a freshman studies. this is an argument in political discourse that they are trying to amplify. >> remind us, the over ten window. >> do one of the real professors want to talk about that. i'm not a political scientists. >> we are all fake professors. >> the overtaken window is the idea is what is the range of acceptable discourse, these are the things that are allowed in any society, in this case americans aside the. that window can shift back and forth based on people being on the extremes. this is a real email, want to guess who received it? . john podesta. the real tough for t

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this is a lot of what we saw and in the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's with the weather underground, black panther party, same rhetoric. now the methods have changed. they have funding mechanisms and communication and the ability to create a national riot in 42 different states within a matter of hours. people, what do you feel the greatest threat is against this country as a law enforcement officer? now isest fear right global terrorism. that is what i used to say. i believed that. as somebody that oversaw the aftermath of the attack on new york city on 9/11, what we have gone through since, i strongly believe that. today, that is not my biggest fear for this country. my biggest fear is this socialist communist movement. socialism that they are trying to push into this country to diminish the constitution and diminish people's rights and take over towns like what is happening in seattle. it is frightening because the they areat lose calling for the diminishment or defunding of police. orn you think of chicago baltimore, st. louis, where they rate ofng murder at the a war zone, do you really want

♪ you love black panthers but not fred hampton ♪ ♪ word to the howards and the aggies and the hamptons at 11:00, keeping bars closed. governor newsom suggesting several bay area counties delay opening up bars. what that could mean for businesses already back open. >> high winds prompting the first red flag of the season. what may have caused early fi in sans phyl epyseaking out francisco. how many people were able to keep the celebration going. >>> but we start with new recommendations from governor gavin newsom. don't open bars just yet. good evening. >> the governor is suggesting san mateo and contra costa county delay the reopening of bars amidst a spike in coronavirus cases. joe vasquez reports. >> we're not open yet, and we were slated to open on july 1st. given the governor's announcement. we will reopen bars. en. eporter: will remain cocouna wi covid-19 casesrisiin dits, the governor says it's too much of a chance to interact in a closed environment. >> a workplace, even a hair salon where you know who's coming, who's going, where you can then alert the them if they've been expo

all of this was happening at the same time, the black panther party was ambushing police officers inrica back then. police racism then and police racism now is a phony issue. it has always been a phony iss issue. communist societies use it to literally tear apart americans and be divisive. those categories of people you have on that screen, those are the kind of victimhood that they look for to kind of bring into f people and get them on the team here, and so when you see these demonstrations, they are kind of part of a large of organized parties being brought in together, all of this has been adopted into the 2016, in almost the same language as you have on the screen -- >> laura: we've got to go. so terry, now from the radical groups that became violent, bombings and so forth, morphing into all of these -- resulting in a new democratic party that is embracing all of these radical ideas and making people literally bow down to them, or else you're going to lose your job or all of the other things they are threatening, and all of these corporate ceos come all of these folks -- everybo

go online and google prairie fire and the black panther party ten-point plan, and you can make a change that they read those words directly from the documents. i will leave that for the people to decide. >> laura: that is disturbing. jim, you have seen anarchist groups with certain characteristics but can you outline briefly what your experience has been with those organizations? >> congratulate terry for that insight and he will take it to the next generation which was what we saw with the world trade organization protestant in seattle, and liberation front protests in the late 90s and early 2,000. the occupy wall street, these are all just iterations of the same anarchist and that is what we are seeing with the current violence in our cities right now. we went jim and terry we will have you tomorrow night. we have to keep this conversation going. sorry so short. former defense secretary james madden decided to unload on president trump saying donald trump is the first president in my lifetime who doesn't try to unite the american people. he doesn't even try to pretend but instead he t

. ♪ i think that the black panthers raised a significant issue, that was the brutality of the police black community. >> the police were in the same position as most of government, not being responsive to citizens' needs. we inculcated in our policemen what i would characterize as a gung ho law enforcement orientation. we taught them laws of arrest, search and seizure, and patrol procedure practices which could only result in an officer oriented in a very narrow law enforcement way. as we went about this police department as an operational style in the 1950's and some part of the 1960's, stopping people on various pretexts, a mandate from our police department itself. we incurred very, very bad relationships in our community. >> today, there is a new relationship developing between the people of oakland's ghettos and police. police officials hold regular meetings in the community and they are well received. >> this is one of the greatest things i have seen in oakland in my 30 years here. i never thought i would see the day back in 1947 or 1948 that police would let you sit down and c

exactly how hard the struggle against systematic oppression and racial capitalism is the legendary black panther activist professor angela davis who's fight for equality in the sixty's and seventy's led then president richard nixon to refer to her.