the killing that started the movement he jots a war that began with the killing of father of six eric garner in new york the movement that now campaigns from toronto london england to melbourne from new jersey that thanks so much for coming back on the show so why is eric gone as story arguably so emblematic of what's wrong in the usa right now i think it's a perfect example of everything that's wrong with modern american policing because it was. particularly pointed example of what goes wrong when you use the statistics based approach that most american police departments use and they target my are criminals more. major criminals. terrorists are a perfect example of that also this case was incredibly important because it was really the first in the twitter rates to really capture the imagination of the entire country because it was all captured on video. and it helped ignite a movement around the country that was fueled by subsequent cases that were also captured captured on video later that year like michael brown you're right. about you know others in the past twenty four hours there's be

well so eric garner was his job was he did it he sold untaxed cigarettes illegally on the street and that was a job that he couldn't have had had not mayor bloomberg raised taxes on cigarettes to help pay for the clean up of new york city after nine eleven and basically what they did is instead of raising taxes on the rich for people who could pay the taxes what they did is they created the most onerous consumption tax that america and made it so that essentially a tip him about thirteen or fourteen dollars a pack to buy a. pack smokes in new york city so aircar was doing was sending you will doubtlessly virginia buying cigarettes for about five dollars of bringing them back up to new york and basically splitting the difference and selling among the street market it was an arbitrage just like any other trends you're we do and that's why this industry said this was just a little you know less biscuit and this one actually made money on like say the arbitrage used by lehman's about this great exactly exactly. does he tell the story of the new york police department whistleblower pet dr

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killing that started the movement he charts a war that began with the killing of father of six eric garner in new york city had led to a worldwide movement that campaigns from toronto canada to ferguson usa to london england to melbourne australia matt taibbi joins me now from new jersey thanks so much for coming back on the show so why gone is story arguably so emblematic of what's wrong in the usa right now i think it's a perfect example of everything that's wrong with modern american policing because it was. particularly pointed example of what goes wrong when you use the statistics based approach that most americans are.

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are you familiar with the names eric garner, walter scott, jameer rice. my question is as i hold up the poster dealing with the report under your jurisdiction, black identity extremists, it is interesting to me that you are opposing individuals who are opposing lethal force, similar to the attack on reverend dr. martin luther king, but there seems to be no report dealing with the tiki torch parade in charlottesville. why is there an attack on black activists versus any reports dealing with the ahl-right and the white nationalists? >> i'm not aware -- >> anyone investigating that. >> when was the report completed. >> august of 2017. >> i have not studied that report. >> i ask you to because it's an attack on individuals who are simply trying to petition the government in the redress of grievances. criminal justice reform, we have found that mandatory minimums and over incarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we are moving toward criminal justice reform as you owes pose as a united states senator and now you intend to return to discredit nixo

thank you very much fred are you familiar with the names eric garner, walter scott, tamir rice? that question is that i hold up the poster dealing with the reports under your jurisdiction, black identity extremists, it is interesting to me that you are opposing individuals who are opposing lethal force similar to the attack on reverend dr. martin luther king but there seems to be no report dealing with a tiki torch parade in charlottesville chanting will not a place is. why is there an attack on black activists versus any reports dealing with the alt-right and the white nationalist? can you answer that question quickly? are you investigating that? >> one was that report completed? >> in august of 2017. >> i have not studied that report. >> i asked you because it's an attack on individuals who are simply to petition the government and address grievances. let me move to criminal justice reform. we have found that mandatory minimums and over incarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we are moving to a criminal justice reform which you oppose that the united states sen

are you familiar with the names eric garner, walter scott, tamir rice? my question is as i hold up the poster dealing with the report under your jurisdiction, black identity extremists, it is interesting to me that you are opposing individual who is are posing lethal force similar to the attack on reverend dr. martin luther king but there seems to be no report for the tiki torch march. why is there an attack on black -- can you answer that question quickly? >> when was that report completed? >> in august of 2017. >> i'm not aware of -- i have not studied that report. >> i ask you, too, because it's an attack on individuals who are simply trying to petition the government in the redress of grievances. let me move to criminal justice reform. we have found that mandatory minimums and over-incarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we were moving toward criminal justice reform which you opposed as a united states senator. now you intend to return to nixon-era law and order criminal justice policies going to make america great or waste precious t

are you familiar with the names eric garner, walter scott, tamir rice? my question is as i hold up the poster dealing with the report under your jurisdiction, black identity extremists, it is interesting to me that you are opposing individuals who are posing lethal force, similar to the attack on reverend dr. martin luther king, but there seems to be no record with the tiki torch parade in charlottesville. why is there an attack on black activists versus any reports dealing with the alt right and white nationalists? answer that question quickly. is anyone investigating that? mr. sessions: when was that report completed? ms. jackson lee: august of 2017. mr. sessions: i have not studied that report. ms. jackson lee: i ask you to because it's an attack on individual who are simply trying to get grievances. we have found mandatory minimums and overincarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we were moving toward criminal justice reform which you oppose as a united states senator. ow you intend to return toward discredit law and order policies goi

are you familiar with the names eric garner, walter scott, tamir rice? is as i hold of the poster, black identity extremists. yous interesting to me that are opposing individuals who are proposing lethal force similar to the attack on reverend dr. martin luther king on: tell pro but there seems to be nothing with the ticket torch parade in charlottesville. why is there an attack on black activists versus any reports dealing with the all right and white nationalists? can you answer that question quickly? is anyone investigating that? >> when was that report completed? >>i in august 2017. not studied that report. >> it is an attack on individuals who are trying to petition the government in the redress of grievances. we have found mandatory minimums and over incarceration has been the history of criminal justice. going to make america great for waste taxpayer dollars. do you have any interest in recognizing that mandatory minimums correct the opportunities for over incarceration rather than telling prosecutors to prosecute on every single crime? is there a

are you familiar with the names eric garner, walter scott, tamir rice? my question is as i hold up the poster dealing with the report under your jurisdiction, black identity extremists, it is interesting to me that you are opposing individuals who are posing lethal force, similar to the attack on reverend dr. martin luther king, but there seems to be no record with the tiki torch parade in charlottesville. "jews will not replace us. " why is there an attack on black activists versus any reports dealing with the alt right and white nationalists? answer that question quickly. is anyone investigating that? mr. sessions: when was that report completed? ms. jackson lee: august of 2017. mr. sessions: i have not studied that report. ms. jackson lee: i ask you to because it's an attack on individual who are simply trying to get grievances. we have found mandatory minimums and over incarceration has been the history of criminal justice. we were moving toward criminal justice reform which you oppose as a united states senator. now you intend to return toward discr