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and phillip agnew, executive director of them still sitting in the capitol down there. have you experienced firsthand stop and frisk? >> all over the world. new york city, japan, last month. i had police stop me. it's hard for people who don't go through it and don't live in neighborhoods where it's happening to understand how degrading it feels. i mean, if we're talking on a constitutional level, you know, we have certain rights and what they're telling people by accepting stop and frisk as a policy, you're telling people because you live in a poor neighborhood, it's your fault and you deserve to be criminalized. that's not constitutional, it's not fair. >> phil, it's interesting to me, the judge cited the trayvon martin case numerous times in the opinion, in the 200-page opinion issued today. racial profiling and legal redress for racial profiling is one of the issues you're occupying the capitol over. do you think there's a connection between what we saw in the trayvon martin's death and the trial afterwards and the decision out of new york today? >> i think what bro

joining me now is phillip agnew and "usa today" reporter you d meshall. thank you for being here. lip, let me get your reaction to not charge pierson with murder. >> a lot of this case is very new to me. you know? i think that the stand your ground law continues to be an area of contention and while we have been here for 25 days at the capital, we have been pushing for the much needed debate about the law so that cases like this and other cases that come up are able to reach some sort of resolution without this law confusing the issues and from the little that i've heard about this case, looking forward to hearing more, it does seem like there's some clear questions about whether stand your ground or whether self-defense was at hand. >> this is where the confusion is, that he talks about, isn't it? george zimmerman didn't use, kraev contrary to many people's believe it wasn't a stand your ground defense but two of the six jurors said that is part of the reason they came to the conclusion that they did. >> it's really hard for people to understand the case at the beginning the reaso

the speaker was phillip agnew, head of the dream defenders.n this show as recently as wednesday night, in fact. we've covered this group's occupation of the florida governor's office in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict. they're still calling for a trayvon's law to address racial profiling and school-to-prison pipeline. after he was cut from the program, phillip decided to deliver his speech anyway from a balcony in d.c. he gave his speech on camera and put the video on youtube. i've watched it a few times now. i watched it today actually in the middle of this syria craziness. i think it does a better job of anything i saw all week of connecting me back to that spirit of hope. take a look. >> by the time we finish our conversation this morning, another black boy will lay bleeding in the streets of chicago. and as we rest our heads tonight, 300,000 of our veterans will lay their heads homeless. and i would love to explain to you how the hate we spread abroad is the real reason that hatred washes upon our shores, but i only have two minut

the speaker was phillip agnew, head of the dream defenders.ntly as wednesday night, in fact. we've covered this group's occupation of the florida governor's office in the wake of the george zimmerman verdict. they're still calling for a trayvon's law to address racial profiling and school-to-prison pipeline. after he was cut from the program, phillip decided to deliver his speech anyway from a balcony in d.c. he gave his speech on camera and put the video on youtube. i've watched it a few times now. i watched it today actually in the middle of this syria craziness. i think it does a better job of anything i saw all week of connecting me back to that spirit of hope. take a look. >> by the time we finish our conversation this morning, another black boy will lay bleeding in the streets of chicago. and as we rest our heads tonight, 300,000 of our veterans will lay their heads homeless. and i would love to explain to you how the hate we spread abroad is the real reason that hatred washes upon our shores, but i only have two minutes, and i could tel

we spoke with phillip agnew, executive director of the dream defenders, a group he founded as reaction to the trayvon martin killing in florida. >> today, what we've learned before in powerful movements of the people, combining it with the technology that we have today and being really on the ground and working with young people. so we're in the state of florida right now working with college age students and youth teaching them about organizing, teaching them about successful movements of the past and then giving them some on the ground training because we've got some real issues that we've got to confront today. >> this summer, the trayvon martin martin case, the george zimmerman why verdict, that was a big moment for the organization. >> it was. a big moment for the country. what it showed is we do live in the day where the death of a young child whether he be black, white, brown, can be condoned, covered up. what we see is that our laws don't really protect anybody anymore, i think the death of trayvon martin was an alarm clock for a lot of young people because he was just like us.

. >> that was phillip agnew of the dream defenders, who just ended a 31 day occupation.over the weekend in washington, d.c., nearly 50 years after the march on washington. joining me now is the widow of slain civil rights leader, founder of the medgar and myrlie evers foundation. congresswoman karen bass, democrat from california and a member of the congressional black caucus. i'd like to 125start with you a ask what it's been like, when that time came so fresh off the worst day in your life? >> quite honestly, it's been difficult, but it's been very encouraging, and exciting. all in the same. let's go back. medgar had been assassinated about a month before the march on washington. one of the most tragic and unnerving experiences in my life and for my children, he came home from a meeting, holding t-shirts that read jim crow must go. as he got out of the car, he was shot in the back. we heard the rifle shot, the children ran to the bathroom and tried to get into the tub. it had been described as the safest place in the house. medgar had taught them that. i went to the fr

republican state commerce member matt gets, who on friday said -- dream defenders executive director phillip agnew called the hearings a critical first step but said the group will continue sitting in again stand your ground and other wider issues occluding racial profiling and the school to prison pipe line. a sculptor has removed a controversial quotation from the martin luther king jr. memorial in washington, d.c. was ascription read "i drum major for justice, peace, and righteousness," a partial quotation from one of king sermons. here is what king actually said in 1968. >> yes, if you want to say i was a drum major, say that i was a drum major for justice. say that i was a drum major for peace. i was a drum major for righteousness. and all of the other shallow things will not matter. >> critics including put my angelou said the shortened version of kings quotation him appear arrogant. the completed memorial will have group marks in place of the disputed words. it is due to be finished in time for the 50th anniversary of the march on washington, august 28. juliusil rights attorney traber's has

, maya berry, jonathan mason, the international president of phi theta sigma incorporated, and phillip agnewor of dream defenders. >> good afternoon. you look great. on behalf of arab american institute, and 6.3 million arab americans, i am honored to stand here with you today. my conscience bothered me, and it broke my heart to see this in dignity on a human being. i decided to do something about this. i decided to do something about this. those are the words of civil rights activist ralph john as he spoke about what moved him as he conceived the idea of the sit-in greensboro, north carolina. john was an arab american, vice president of his local naacp chapter. he pitched the sit in idea for 11 years until joe mcneil agreed and came up with back with three other university students. let's hear it. with john's help, a movement was launched that would spread to 54 cities in nine states to make history. john and many other americans like him were part of the civil rights movement. they moved to action for simple reasons. they decided to do something about something that was wrong. we stood the

institute, maya berry, jonathan mason, the international president of phi beta sigma incorporated, and phillip agnewreat. on behalf of arab american institute, and 3.6 million arab americans, i am honored to stand here with you today. my conscience bothered me, and it broke my heart to see this in dignity on a human being. i decided to do something about this. i decided to do something about this. those are the words of civil rights activist ralph john as he spoke about what moved him as he conceived the idea of the sit-in in greensboro, north carolina. john was an arab american, vice president of his local naacp chapter. he pitched the sit in idea for 11 years until joe mcneil agreed and came up with back with three other university students. let's hear it. with john's help, a movement was launched that would spread to 54 cities in nine states to make history. john and many other americans like him were part of the civil rights movement. they moved to action for simple reasons. they decided to do something about something that was wrong. we stood then as we do today because we must. 50 years later,