‘Democracy Now!’ Co-Host Asks: How Many Shooting Videos Must We Endure?
As evidence of the police killing of South Carolina man Walter Scott continues to pile up, “Democracy Now!” co-host Juan González asks in a column for the New York Daily News, "How many more heartbreaking videos of cops killing black males must we endure?”As evidence of the police killing of South Carolina man Walter Scott continues to pile up, “Democracy Now!” co-host Juan González asks in a column for the New York Daily News, “How many more heartbreaking videos of cops killing black males must we endure?”
Also, imprisoned journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal has spoken out from a prison infirmary about the killing of Scott. “Democracy Now!” reports:
Abu-Jamal, who is seriously ill at SCI Mahanoy, rose from his infirmary bed to record the commentary after a fellow prisoner wheeled in a TV so he could watch coverage of the shooting. In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we air an excerpt from Abu-Jamal’s Prison Radio commentary about Michael Slager, the now-fired police officer who shot Scott during a traffic stop. “Is he a punk? A predator?” Abu-Jamal asks. “Or what Huey P. Newton called ‘a pig’?” Abu-Jamal’s supporters say he remains severely ill after he was hospitalized recently for diabetic shock. Today his supporters have called a national day of action with protests in 10 cities to demand he be allowed to see a diabetes specialist. Abu-Jamal is in prison for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner, but has always maintained his innocence. Amnesty International has found he was deprived of a fair trial.
— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.
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