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Democracy Now! 2023-05-08 Monday

Democracy Now! Audio

Democracy Now!

Daily News, News

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Headlines for May 08, 2023; Amid Growing Anti-Immigrant Hate, 8 Killed as Driver Plows Into Group Near Migrant Shelter in Texas; The Coronation Not Seen on TV: Anti-Monarchists Arrested; Slavery & Colonization Reparations Demanded; Can Anyone Hold Justice Clarence Thomas to Account for Secret Dealings with Billionaire GOP Megadonor?; Should Sen. Feinstein Resign? Why Aren’t Media, Colleagues Talking Openly About Mental Competence?; Sister Helen Prejean on Richard Glossip’s Stay of Execution: I Believe He Will Walk Out a Free Man

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From New York, this is DemocracyNow.

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No by King!

1:02.0

At least 52 protesters were arrested and London during the coronation of King Charles III.

1:08.0

We'll look at the protests and calls from groups and former British colonies for the king to pay reparations and apologize for Britain's legacy of genocide and colonization.

1:18.0

Then the US Supreme Court temporarily stays the execution of Richard Glossop and Oklahoma.

1:26.0

We'll speak to his spiritual advisor, Sister Helen Paryon.

1:30.0

You saw such a quick decision by the Supreme Court to stay in execution and grant this man's cert. I'd never seen anything like it.

1:40.0

Plus, we look at growing calls for new ethics rules for Supreme Court justices as more information emerges about Clarence Thomas' secret financial dealings with her public and billionaire GOP activist, Harlan Crow.

1:52.0

But we'll begin the show in Brownsville, Texas, where eight people have died after an SUV plowed into a group of people near a migrant shelter.

2:01.0

Most of the dead are reportedly men from Venezuela. At least one witness reported the driver gestured at and insulted migrants as his car plowed into them. All that and more coming out.

2:14.0

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the war in peace report. I may be goodman. In Texas, a man armed with a semi-automatic rifle killed eight people and injured seven others Saturday at a suburban shopping mall outside Dallas before he was shot dead by a police officer.

2:35.0

The hospital's treated victims as young as five is older 61. Among the dead were Christian Lacourt, a 20-year-old security guard at the mall and a Shwaria Tatyikaanda, a 27-year-old engineer from India whose fiance was injured and had two bullets removed from his body.

2:51.0

One young boy was found alive beneath the body of his mother who died protecting him. Over a hundred spent shell casings were recovered from the scene.

2:59.0

Authorities haven't yet cited a motive but are investigating whether the 33-year-old gunman had ties to white supremacist groups. He wore tactical gear and a patch on his chest reading, R-W-D-S, for right-wing death squad, a slogan popular among neo-nazis.

3:16.0

As Texas Governor Greg Abbott spoke Sunday at a prayer vigil in Allen, protesters outside demanded reforms to gun laws.

3:24.0

Meanwhile in Brownsville, Texas, eight people were killed at least ten others injured Sunday after an SUV plowed into a group of pedestrians near a shelter for migrants and unhoused people not far from the US-Mexico border.

3:38.0

The driver was treated for injuries and rested for reckless driving though is likely to face additional charges. Investigators say the drivers are feising to identify himself as not cooperating with their probe and to whether the killings were intentional.

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