in any event this is a brief overview of the story of frederick thomas. i tried to tell you how much fun i had been doing this research, and i also find myself liking to repeat a russian saying on occasions like this, which is you don't have to feed me. just let me talk. [applause] >> after -- when rhetoric bought the land for $24 you said not many people do that. why do you think they do not? >> first of all, what freed black people did after the civil war to make a living as mostly sharecropping, which meant they were working of the land for a share of the crops that they could grow on. they exist for the sharecroppers show that their wages with them. the records indicated they were frequently cheated so it would have been difficult to accumulate the kind of money necessary to be able to bid even say $20 on a point of land. it remains the dominant occupation of black people in the south for decades after the civil war ended and when the reconstruction ended, the power structure did everything it could to dissuade black people from reaching the kind of i

the police say listen the white her boyfriend frederick thomas were resisting or. rastan actively fighting officers white told the local t.v. station in st louis she never touched the officer awareness to the scenes that white requested not to lie on the ground face down because of her pregnancy now the police were initially called to the parking lot for a minor car accident and and a dispute between drivers i guess we'll have to wait for that surveillance video to determine just who is telling the truth and here's the bigger question should an officer ever use a taser on a pregnant woman police and the company who makes tasers says that using the device is safer than the alternatives but is it safe enough the pregnant woman and her unborn baby are fine so far but white says she felt her baby shaking for several hours after being tasered well that's going to do it for now for more on these stories we've covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america for the latest and greatest information coming out from around the world check out our website at r.t. dot com slas

the police say listen the wife and her boyfriend frederick thomas were resisting arrest and actively fighting officers white told a local t.v. station in st louis that she never touched the officer a witness to the scene said that white requested not to lie on the ground face down because of her pregnancy now the police were initially calling this they were called the parking lot for a minor car accident and a dispute between drivers i guess we'll have to wait and see for the some failings video to determine before who's telling the truth in this case but here's a bigger question should an officer even use a taser on a pregnant woman police in the community that manufactures tasers say using the device is safer than other alternatives but is it safe enough now this pregnant woman and her unborn baby are fine so far but one says she felt her baby shaking for several hours after being tasered well that's going to do it for now for more stories we've covered go to youtube dot com slash r t america we'll see you here five pm. crew. does is trash to get rid of. but it's also a treasure. w