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Democracy Now! 2023-03-09 Thursday

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Democracy Now!

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4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 March 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for March 09, 2023; “Corrupt”: DOJ Report Slams Louisville Police for Abuse, Discrimination After Breonna Taylor Killing; “Plantation Politics”: How White Mississippi Lawmakers Want to Seize Power in Majority-Black Jackson; Opposition Grows to Atlanta “Cop City” as More Forest Defenders Charged with Domestic Terrorism

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0:00.0

From New York, this is Democracy Now.

0:18.4

We are encouraged by the Department of Justice findings today.

0:22.5

However, it is unfortunate that it took the murder of Brianna Taylor and protest after

0:29.9

protests, after protests through 2020 to come to this point.

0:36.4

The US Justice Department accuses the Louisville police of unlawfully discriminating against

0:42.2

the city's black population and using excess of force.

0:46.4

The DOJ probe began after Louisville police fatally shot Brianna Taylor in her own home during

0:51.9

a no-knock raid three years ago.

0:55.4

Then a partake American style.

0:58.4

We go to Jackson, Mississippi, where white Republican state lawmakers want to set up an

1:03.4

unelected super structure to oversee the black majority city.

1:08.6

We'll speak to Jackson Mayor Shokue Lemumba, who has accused state lawmakers of colonizing

1:15.6

Jackson.

1:16.6

Then to Atlanta and the fight to stop cop city.

1:20.5

Twenty-three more protesters have been charged with domestic terrorism.

1:24.4

The reality is that the ones who are engaging in violence are the police and they're from

1:28.9

right here in Atlanta, Georgia.

1:31.5

You got APD, you got Georgia State Police, you got GBI, you got Georgia State Troopers,

1:37.2

you got everybody except the Marta police who are engaging in violence and terrorism against

1:44.0

the people who are standing against this illegal land swap.

1:47.9

Oh, God and more.

1:50.4

Coming up.

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