so floyd brown who's doing the counterpunching? so the counterpunching is the unlikely alliance and you know my wife daughter is getting married in in october and she's marrying a guy by the name of chris escovedo. okay. he is of mexican origin, but he grew up in california. so he he made he made the transit. and a few years ago, based on losing some family members in the in the opioid crisis, he made the transition to trump. my daughter met him working in the trump campaign to me he is an example of what's happening in the history. anex all over the country include shooting in california and hispanics are not going to be a reliable demographic for the democratic party if they continue to push these hard core progressive anti-family policies. so that's one group, i think black are another and there are these i think asians are a third. okay, asians, they love their families. their families are very close in family oriented. people educate is really important to them. and so these are all constituencies that have traditionally been

the author is floyd brown the book is called counterpunch, and unlike the alliance of americans back for faith and freedom, thanks for your time on book tour. i'm pleased to be speaking with judge amul thapar, who sits the u.s. court of appeals for the sixth circuit. his new book, his first book, is titled the people's justice clarence thomas and the constant fictional stories that define him. judge departure, thanks for joining us. john thank you for having me. so let's start out with why you decided to write about justice in particular. there are several members of the court that espouse originalism and they're jurists, prudence. why justice thomas? john, i originally trying to just in originalism. so my goal was to write in excess possible interesting originalism book is in is you know as an author is someone who writes a lot you often throw out your first draft and what i discover in that in drafting i kept coming back to justice. i thought his brand of originalism called the original public, meaning originalism, was one where he consistently his entire career laid out what i was

brown was killed, we have most reflect on. in my view, the uprising of 2020, after the killing of george floyd, was in many respects something that, so the organising, the creation of hashtags, the use of twitter to spread the message across the country and across the world, activists on the grounds leading protests and, ultimately, pushing for policy change — all of that really began in earnest in 2014 on august 9. so i think that legacy is something we can reflect on as a meaningful, enduring legacy of this day nine years ago. well, nine years on, you are now representing the families of both michael brown and also rekia boyd who have turned to international law in a bid for accountability. why did they do that? well, we began this process actually even back in 2014 with the understanding that oftentimes when you are appealing for justice from the same people who created the injustice in the first place, you are likely to run into a dead end. so we said that we are going transcend what's happening locally, even nationally, and take our case to the global forum as part of our acknowledge of our ancestors, people like malcolm x a

brown was killed we have most reflect on. in my view, the uprising of 2020, after the killing of george floyd, was in many respects something thatrown in 201a, so the organising, the creation of hashtags, the use of twitter to spread the message across the country and across the world, activists on the grounds leading protests and ultimately pushing for policy change, all of that really began in earnest in 201a on august night. and so i think that legacy is something we can reflect on as a meaningful, enduring legacy of that day nine years ago. well, nine years on you are now representing the families of both michael brown and rekia boyd who have turned to international law in a bid for accountability. why did they do that? ~ , ., , that? well, we began this process. _ that? well, we began this process, actually, - that? well, we began this process, actually, even i that? well, we began this i process, actually, even back that? well, we began this - process, actually, even back in 201a with the understanding that oftentimes when you are appealing forjustice that oftentimes when you are appealing for justice from that oftentimes

brown's whereabouts, you're encouraged to contact fairfield police. >> the vallejo police officer who shot and killed a man during a george floyd protest could be getting his job back. detective jarrett tonn was fired after shot. 22 year-old sean monterrosa outside a walgreens store in the early morning hours of june. second, 2020 and 2 other officers were responding to reports of looting at the store. police have claims mistook a hammer in monterrosa's pocket for a gun when he opened fire after being placed on administrative leave. then police chief shawny williams fired tom in 2021. after he says he determine monterrosa was on his knees with his hands raised when he was shot attorney for police union says tons firing has since been overturned in arbitration. the police department is not commenting on the matter but monterrosa's family members say they will protest the move to have him reinstated. a news conference is set for this thursday. some scary moments at the university of north carolina chapel hill today. a faculty member was killed in a shooting that prompted a a campus wide lockdown. >> kron four's justine waltman reports. the suspect is now

brown. and in 2020, woke crossed over from black culture to the mainstream, following the murder of george floydin speak in the black community. there is a lot of terror in seeing what was happening in 2020, seeing the multiracial, multiethnic coalitions of people who really rallied around, understanding more about antiblackness, understanding more about systemic racism. >> reporter: today woke has become an ideological lightning rod and dividing line, a warhead in the latest culture wars. >> once it became political football, particularly as we see with the gop, it seemed like a mass message went out. wokeness is what we're targeting. >> they mean it as a slur, but the people who are for these policies, for these specific goals, who think that i want my children to learn about the history of this country and not just the white history of this country, that's not a slur to me. and if you call it woke or whatever you call it, i am proud of representing those things and i want them in policy. >> reporter: jose, there is concern that even though the term has become everything and nothing at once th

floyd. our reporter explains how family and friends are planning now to take action. >> this city has allowed for un-harmed civilians, black and brown men but to be killed inhumanely. >> the loved ones that the man said the community needs to do something. >> it is not just about him, but everyone and justice. >> the vallejo police officer killed in june 2, 2020 by shooting to the windchill of an unmarked police vehicle from the backseat. his attorney tells us that his termination was overturned in arbitration along with all obligations to his use of force. he was reinstated with a reprimand for failing to timely activate his camera and received back pay and benefits. >> the news was devastating and frustrating. >> now the monetarism family, attorneys and advocates are calling on the community to stand together. >> we overruled that decision. we decided as a community the decision cannot stand. >> they plan to speak out the city council meeting on september 12. >> were calling on the community to pack the room to demand heat not get his job back, do not be reinstated, and also demanding the release of the report. >> one attorney say

floyd style, holding a gun to the family, preventing them from coming to her assistance. another was killed within seconds of police arriving on a mental health disorder. this was days after michael browne ways in which black people lose their lives they have to encounter police. police coming, not trained to deal with the situation, having stereotypes about black people -- not just lack men. the person who killed michelle said that his life was in danger from this 5'2" woman because of the look in her eyes. we are looking at stereotypes about black women, where they are never seen as damsels in distress, just as likely to be seen as threats as their male counterparts. which is why although black women are less than 10% of the population, account for more than 1/5 of the people killed by the police. these are the stories that we need to have in order to have the whole expanse of vulnerability. only when you have the full story can you actually demand the transformation that are necessary to protect people against this particular risk. amy: professor crenshaw, you are now in martha's vineyard, where you have just completed a session on critical race theory. you coined this term. of cour