we are joined now by manuel oliver, co-founder of change the ref.oaquin was one of 17 people killed in the 2018 mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida. thank you so much for being with us. what you have portrayed in this -- i don't even want to call it a stunt, this incredible action, this demonstration of what nonviolence means in this country, unique under the world. talk about what you did. >> thank you, amy, for having me. well, this is the latest. you know what we have been doing for the last three years. we did something different this time. we actually confronted the leaders, the members of the nra representing the gun industry for decades. we are very pleased with the results. you have no idea how many emails and text messages of support come by computer per minute. it is incredible. i think we need to do this more often because it shows the nra, the gun industry and the gun lobby, are not as powerful as they say. on the other hand, it also represents the amount of power that parents of victims can show th

joining us now is manuel oliver. mr. oliver, thank you so much for being here.preciate it. >> thank you. you did a great job presenting what we did. i love it. thank you. >> well, tell me about change the rough and tell me about how you came up with this idea. >> well, change the rough is a consequence of losing our beautiful son joaquin. joaquin loved to play basketball. he was a great writer, like you said. and he mentioned that sometimes when he played basketball, he was feeling bad calls from the referees. he was always looking for a fair game. then when i saw what happened in parkland and i got more involved with the news and the reality behind that episode and everyday gun violence, without the referees, the referees in d.c., the ones who are supposed to give us a fair game, the ones who are supposed to make the right calls are ignoring us. so, that's how we started with change the ref. my wife, patricia, myself, my daughter, we love the fact that the name came from joaquin and not from us. so, it's an extension of joaquin's activism. >> i know that you an

. >> joining us now manuel and patricia oliver who are the cofounders of change the ref, a pro gun control organized this fake graduation. their son joaquin oliver, was killed in the parkland shooting in 2018. i want to thank you both so much for being with us. manuel, first to you. this is the first time that your organization has confronted someone directly involved with the nra. i wonder why you decided this was so important. >> well, thank you for having us here. i think that we have tried different things and different levels of disruption. at some point we needed to get here. and i'm not saying this is the last level of disruption. it's just something that is working really good. the whole answer from everyone has been great, the reaction. so, you keep trying things. and one of them will work better than others. i love these projects and i think we're going to do it more often. >> patricia, it is disruptive. the images, they work to convey the message. this is very powerful. can you tell us about the logistics, about carrying this out? how did this happen where you have a former nra

amy: the stunt was organized by change the ref, a group founded by manuel and patricia oliver, whoseon joaquin "guac" was shot dead in the parkland , florida, massacre in 2018. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the quarantine report. i'm amy goodman in new york, joined by my co-host nermeen shaikh. hi, nermeen. nermeen: hi, amy. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. amy: president biden vowed wednesday to crack down on illegal gun dealers and to boost funding for police departments as part of an effort to combat a spike in gun violence across the country. rejecting calls by activists to defund the police, biden said cities could expand their police forces by diverting federal money allocated for the pandemic. he also pledged to strengthen enforcement of existing guns laws. pres. biden: today the department is announcing a major crackdown on stem the flow of guns used to commit violent crimes. zero-tolerance for gun dealers who willfully violate key existing laws and regulations. i repeat,

oliver, thank you. across miami tonight, a manhunt for three masked gunmen who opened fire and killing people and wounding 20 others. here's cbs' manuelonight, newly released surveillance video shows three men wearing ski masks and hoodies jumping ought of a white nissan pathfinder. in the roughly 11 seconds before they leaped back into the s.u.v. they unleashed a hail of gunfire using assault-style rifles and handguns leaving two people dead and 21 injured. >> we're going to need as many rescues as you've got. >> these are acts of domestic terrorism. >> reporter: the shooting happened outside a banquet hall in northwest miami-dade county as a rap concert ended sunday. police say some in the crowd fired back. evidence markers littered the pavement. >> we have intelligence information this resulted in an ongoing rivalry from two different groups. >> reporter: clayton dillard, whose son was killed, could not contain his grief in a news conference. >> you all killed my kid! you must burn! >> that is the pain that affects our community right before you. >> reporter: late this afternoon, police found the s.u.v., which was stolen, submerged

oliver, thank you. and we have some disturbing video showing a florida state trooper tasing a 16-year-old boy who was standing outside his girlfriend's home. cbs' manuel bojorquez is following the case. >> i didn't do nothing. >> reporter: this surveillance video shows 16-year-old jack rodeman outside his girlfriend's back door last week as a florida state trooper approaches him with his taser drawn. >> put your hands behind your back. >> i didn't do nothing. >> reporter: moments later, the trooper tases him and he falls hard. kristina rodeman is jack's mother. >> i don't feel like my son deservd that. >> put your hands behind your back. i'm going to do it again. >> reporter: some people would ask, if he complied, it wouldn't have escalated. >> probably, and i agree, he should have cropped his phone. he's a good kid but he's refiant with law enforcement a little bit. >> reporter: rodeman says she's outragedly the trooper repeatedly tased her son while he was on the ground writhing in pain. >> i think he should have called for somebody else for backup. his life wasn't at risk. my son wasn't fighting him. jack was totally calm. >> reporter: you don't fe