sandra bland or junia mclellan. >> sandra bland. damaris: sandra bland. ok. i must warn you after i read this poem i usually have a hard time, but i'm going to read it. i mean the whole book is a hard time, a hard time writing it, editing it. i was like give me page numbers, i can't go all the way back. yeah, but i'm grateful, the ancestors are pleased. again, thank you to everyone who bought the book. the book went through three printings before the book was released, so the ancestors are pleased. so thank you so much for purchasing the book. it's in its fourth printing, over 8500 copies are in circulation right now, and it's a poetry book. you know? [laughter] we usually get about 500 in circulation, so thank you. refrain.aks, a choral it could have been me. three degrees creased into the bits of the constitution in my veins like braille. the declarations tattooed inside my eyelids. how many times did sally hemmens have to hear about them? and affirm the tiny ego of time. before he bears himself to his brothers collecting their postings, forgiving his debt.

and i describe what here on - - about sandra bland you hear the tape you just saw. when brian does his deposition when i come back to the case and walk through his deposition and you can hear it in his voice. all of that means the experience is more powerful. and people who have listened to the audiobook and have read the book tell me it almost feels like two different books because you're drawn to different things and it's different. >>cspan: do you have more fun with a podcast? >> yes. you can do goofy things. i do goofy things that i have a podcast episode and there is a place that comes in the podcast format and there are 30 million episodes they can avail themselves. how do you see this market shaking out over time? >> the vast majority of those podcast don't earn any income for the creator and don't have that many listeners and to have the long tail but only because the cost of producing a podcast is smaller than the cost of producing a book if you have an industry where the cost of entry is zero you will have a very long failure that doesn't have to shake out

sandra bland.onna taylor. >> when you see something that is not right, you must say something. you must do something. >> democracy is not a state. it is an act. and each generation must help build what we called the beloved community, a nation and world society at peace with itself. >> ordinary people with the soul of america by getting in what i call good trouble. >> necessary trouble. >> voting and participating in a democratic process are key. >> when historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last. >> so i say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters. let the spirit of peace and power of everlasting love be your guide. rest in peace, john lewis. fight on. ♪ we shall overcome someday >> rest in peace. that's "nightline." we'll see you right back here tomorrow at the same time. thanks for staying up with us. good night, america. >>> from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live," with

emmett till was my george floyd, rayshard brooks, sandra bland and breonna taylor, ordinary people withraordinary vision can redeem the soul of america by getting in what i call good trouble, necessary trouble. though i may not be here with you, i urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart, and stand up for what you truly believe. >> it is so fitting on the day of his service he leaves us our marching orders. >> reporter: the tributes today intensely personal. >> when he could have been angry and determined to cancel his adversaries, he tried to get converts instead. he thought the open hand was better than the clinched fists i just love that i always will. and i'm so grateful that he stayed true to form he's gone up yonder, and left us with marching orders. i suggest, since he's close enough to god to keep his eye on the sparrow and us we salute, suit up, and march on >> reporter: emotional. >> the night that john passed, when this flag flew there, it said good-bye it waved good-bye to john, our friend, our mentor, our colleague. >> reporter: and candid. >> john and i had our

woman is a dangerous thing: the incarceration of african-american women from harriet tubman to sandra bland." through poetry, she explores the lives of women in political and social movements throughout american history. arianna: good evening, everyone. welcome to politics and prose. i am an event staffer and for those of you that are not familiar we host events every

being published today and he wrote that, emmett till was my george floyd, my rayshard brooks, sandra blandmy breonna taylor. though i may not be here with you, i urge you to answer the highest call of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. in my life i have done all i can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. now it is your turn to let freedom ring. john lewis was 80 years old, robin. >> all right, steve, we'll see you later this morning because abc news will cover the celebration, the celebration of the life of john lewis live this morning beginning about 11:00 a.m. eastern time. george? >> so much to celebrate, robin. >>> we are following a lot of other headlines this morning including the countdown to the nba season. it restarts tonight. the big question is will the bubble hold up once the competition heats up? >>> then the covid in the classroom. how the placement of a ventilation system might make a big difference to controlling the spread. first let's go back to rob. >>> all right, amy. let's get right to the sto

he was my rayshard brooks, sandra bland, and breonna taylor.s 14 when he was killed, and i was only 15 years old at the time. i will never, ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. in those days, fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars. though i was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of brothers, sisters, and cousins, their love could not protect me from the unholy oppression waiting just outside that family circle. unchecked, unrestrained violence and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for some skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare. if we are to survive as one unified nation, we must discover what's so readily taken root in our hearts that could rob mother emanuel church in south carolina of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concert-goers in las vegas, and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gift

again, like sandra bland and pamela turner and others.at's what they are against. >> appreciate your time tonight. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >>> former white house ethics for president obama, a case for the american people, the united states versus donald j. trump out today. knowing everything you know as the former impeachment counsel democrats on the committee, i wonder your impressions watching general barr's per form mans -- performance today. >> thank you for having me back. the attorney general's performance was shameful. he doubled down on lies large and small continuing misrepresentations which a federal court, not me, a federal court said his representations about the mueller report were dishonest. the small lies, too, that no tear gas was fired on protesters in lafayette park. i thought the committee did a good job considering the five-minute segments and the disruptions of the republicans that the majority on the committee did a good job of pinning him down and exposing him to the american people and anderson, one

emmett till was my george floyd, he was my rayshard brooks, sandra bland and breonna taylor.was 14 when he was killed and i was only 15 at the time. i will never, ever forget the moment it became so clear he could have easily been me. in those days fear constrained us like an imaginary prison and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars. ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of america by getting in what i call good trouble, necessary trouble, voting and participating in the democratic process are key. the vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you can in a democratic society. you must use it because it is not guaranteed. you can lose it. in my life, i have done all i can to demonstrate the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. now it is your turn to let freedom ring. when historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say it was your generation who lay down the heavy burdens of hate at least and peace triumphed over viole

eric garner wouldn't be on that list, sandra bland wouldn't be on that list, george floyd wouldn't beese are just guns. the vast majority of people who are shot and killed by the police are armed white guys, right. now, when we start looking at population numbers, that's not too surprising because there are in fact millions more white guys than there are anyone else so statistically that starts to bear itself out. you've got to remember, black americans make up a very small subsection of the american population, 12% to 13%, black men 6%, right. but they're making up 24% of the police shooting victims and 40% of the unarmed police shooting victims. and so it was clear, was that this small population that had taken to the streets to say, it seems like you're killing us all the time, statistically, they had a point. >> stephen: you published an article in "the atlantic" yesterday called "the breaking point." based on all the study, all the reporting you've done on this over the past five years, why is this the breaking point? >> so i think two concurrent things have been happening over t

he was my rayshard brooks, sandra bland and breonna taylor.en he was killed and i was only 15 years old at the time. i will never ever forgot the moment that it became so clear that he could easily have been me. in those days fear constrained us like an imaginary prison, and troubling thoughts of potential brutality committed for no understandable reason were the bars. >> though i was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of brothers, sisters and cousins, their love could not protect me from the unholy oppression oppression waiting outside that family circle, unchecked and government-sanctioned terror had the power to turn a simple stroll to the store for skittles or an innocent morning jog down a lonesome country road into a nightmare. if we're to survive as one unified nation we must discover so what readily takes root in our hearts that could rob mother emanuel church in south carolina of her brightest and best, shoot unwitting concert-goers in las vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like elijah mcclain. >

so we think about things like george floyd, when we think about ahmaud arbery or sandra bland, those things wouldn't happen in a racially integrated society, right? because you can't pick and choose in the very specific neighborhoods, the very specific geography who you're going to racially terrorize. we are zip codes that are demarcated as ghettos, and we can occupy those zip codes. so malcolm knew that, but king over time absolutely begins to understand it. .. the think it's a really underappreciated part of the african-american philosophical tradition, political thought tradition, that to insist on dignity and insist on the value, the equal standing, equal moral worth of every individual, even when they come wrapped in skin with a lot of melanin, is the commitment to radical political projects, and one of them is a radical transformation of how we think but policing. and so there's a striking scene in your book where you talk about the johnson -- in 1957, in which -- the public scene and black consciousness and i was hoping you could talk about that moment and what malcolm's legac

. >> maria and the mothers of eric garner, trayvon martin, jordan davis, michael brown, sandra bland,a rice have pulled together. maria has also started her own group. mothers for justice united, for all the families who have been devastated by police violence. >> i wish you didn't have to do that work. and i wish you didn't feel compelled to do that work. but i thank you for doing that work. >> thank you. whoever voice i have to be, i will be that voice. and to their parent or their loved ones are strong enough to fight for them. >> thank you. (vo) audi e-tron. the next frontier of electric. get an exceptional offer at your local audi dealer. maria had to do everything for me. [maria] she had these awful blisters on her back. i don't want shingles when i'm your age. [camera man] actually, if you're 50 or older, you're at increased risk. [maria] that's life, nothing you can do... [camera man] uh, shingles can be prevented. [maria & theresa] shingles can be whaaaat? [camera man] prevented. you can get vaccinated. [maria] where? [camera man] at your pharmacy, at your doctor's. [maria] h

first, you know who is on my mind this week is sandra bland for whom there was never justice. this was the week she was profiled and days later found hanging in her cell. this is why i introduced the people's justice guarantee to radically reimagine our criminal legal system, one that centers on the humanity and dignity of people. it is also why in recent weeks i introduced in partnership with representative talib an act to dismantle mass incarceration for the public health. please bear in mind that 95% of those in our county jails, and will be released within 3 to 5 months, 95% of that population will be returning to community. so it behooves us in the interest of the public health but also from a place of benevolence and decency. our prisons are not meant to be hospitals. they are in fact incubators for a virus like this to thrive. but the larger issue is that we need to decriminalize poverty. decriminalize homelessness, mental health, and substance use and that is why i introduced the people's justice guarantee. >> right. we don't really do any of those things, we don't kno

emmett till was my george floyd, he was my rayshard brooks, sandra bland, and breonna taylor.was 14 when he was killed and i was only 15 years at the time. i will never, ever forget the moment when it became so clear that he could easily have been me. in those days, fear constrained us like an imagery prison and thoughts of brutality committed for no thinkable reason were the bars. though i was surrounded by two loving parents, plenty of sisters, brothers, and cousins their love could not protect me from the oppression waiting just outside of that circle. unchecked government oppression and terror had the possibility to change a morning stroll to the store for some skittles into a nightmare. >> if we are to survive as one unified nation, we must discover what so readily takes root in our hearts, that could rob mother emanuel church in south carolina of her brightest and best, shooting unwitting concertgoers in las vegas and choke to death the hopes and dreams of a gifted violinist like elijah mclane. like so many today, i was searching for a way out or some might way is a way

so far dougan has drawn oscar grant brianna taylor ahmaud arbery sandra bland and more. >>i was worried about doing air but going to protest those words, you know. colvin safe. fighting for all of the people died because of police brutality. really get these people days. >>dougan has an instagram page where she shares photos of her work. if you want to check it out that is dougan the arts on i g. and in the uk, a sculpture of a black lives matter protester now stands in place of a toppled statue of a slave trader, this is in bristol england. made of black resident, a woman is seen standing with her fist raised in a black power salute the statue is entitled a surge of power 2020 and it's based on an image artist marc quinn saw of black lives matter protester. jen rate. edward colston ce statue was pulled down and thrown into the river during the height of the protests in early june. >>still ahead beachgoers caught in the act, how police use drones to catch people behaving illegally baring it all. >>and coming up in sports a couple big name nfl stars. got paid today sports

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i don't want her to be another sandra bland. she is 13 years old, brilliant.ust want her to have the same opportunity as everyone else. as king said, be true towards you say when it comes to this country. i got one more thing to say. i know you are stressed for time. i thinkards to florida, she needs to understand whose history she is talking about. is she talking about history that has been traditionally discussed in the classroom, or is she looking through the lens --african-americans, latin latinx. that's all i have to say. host: thanks for the call from chicago this morning. on thest after 8:00 a.m. east coast, taking your phone calls route our program today, asking this program, are you proud to be an american? our phones are up regionally, there on your screen for you to call in. we want to step away for a minute this morning. president trump returning to the white house early this morning after participating in the celebration of independence day at mount rushmore. we will take time to talk about july 4 at the white house with lina man, in a historian w

and the death of sandra blands shows the possibility of biased prompted by race and gender is real. so the sort of largely unregulated discretion that initiates encounters with police facilitated by a fourth amendment enhances the risk of other kinds of abuse like sexual abuse. the cato institute found it was the second most common complaint against police. aapf support is george floyd justice in policing act as an important first step. we call further for the fully intersection approach to activities under the act including disaggregating race, gender and other factors and assessing institutional and individual bias and developing training programs and officer civilian protocols and in creating alternatives to law enforcement activities. i want to end with two quotes that shape the polar possibilities of this moment. in 1857, from our founding, black men were so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect. and speaking in 1896, anna julia cooper wrote, only the black woman can say when and where i enter without violence. then and there, the whole r