Journalist and author Mychal Denzel Smith joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on the uprising against racist police, the upcoming presidential election and why he says a Biden win won’t cure his Trump-era depression, and his new book, “Stakes Is High: Life after the American Dream.” Denzel Smith questions whether arresting and charging the police officers who killed Breonna Taylor, a core demand of many protests in the wake of her death, represents justice, despite the historic settlement between Louisville and her family. “The only way to prevent another instance of the situation that took Breonna Taylor’s life is to defund, dismantle police departments across the nation,” Smith says. He argues defeating Donald Trump in November will not solve systemic racism, inequality or the climate crisis. “What Joe Biden has offered thus far is not a transformative enough agenda to be able to face those issues.” #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/democracynow iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/democracy-now!-audio/id73802554 Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

The city of Louisville, Kentucky, will pay a historic $12 million settlement to the family of Breonna Taylor, more than six months after police shot and killed the 26-year-old Black emergency room technician in her own apartment and Taylor became a household name as part of the nationwide uprising in defense of Black lives. It is one of the largest payouts ever for a police killing of a Black person in the U.S. The city will also institute major reforms to the police department responsible for Taylor’s death. Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer announced the settlement at a press conference, where he was joined by members of Taylor’s family. We air excerpts from the remarkable press conference. #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/democracynow iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/democracy-now!-audio/id73802554 Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Black women are disproportionately victims of police brutality, but activists say they've been left behind and erased from the mainstream fight against police violence. Subscribe to HuffPost today: http://goo.gl/xW6HG Support our work: https://www.huffpost.com/subscribe Read: https://www.huffpost.com/ Like: https://www.facebook.com/HuffPost Follow: https://twitter.com/huffpost

Sisters of the late Sandra Bland, Sharon Cooper, Shavon Bland, Joy Phillips, Shante Needham, and lawyer Cannon Lambert sat down with Ebro in the Morning to remember the late Sandra Bland who passed away while in jail in 2015 causing tons of controversy due to its cause and coverup, and speak about the entire case overall. Say Her Name: The Life and Death Of Sandra Bland airs on HBO Monday, December 3. #HOT97 SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/HOT97Subscribe More @ http://www.hot97.com or the HOT 97 App: http://bit.ly/HOT97APPWORLDWIDE INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hot97 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/HOT97 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HOT97OFFICIAL

In honor of the nation-wide #SayHerName Week of Action (June 11th-17th), AAPF has joined BYP 100 and numerous racial justice and gender justice organizations in uplifting the stories of Black women, girls and femmes who have been victimized by state violence, and demanding justice for them and their families. This video, the first in a series of three, lifts up the voices of mothers who have lost their daughters to police violence. The #SayHerName Mothers Network was first officially convened by AAPF in November 2016, a year and a half after many of the mothers joined us in New York City to launch the Say Her Name Report and attend the first ever #SayHerName Vigil in Union Square. Since then, the #SayHerName Mothers Network has joined together on a number of occasions, marching at the Women’s March on Washington, lobbying for police reform on Capitol Hill, and joining together for several focus groups and planning sessions to strategize around the initiative and to assess the needs of new family members who’ve lost their daughters to police violence. This video is dedicated to Vicky Coles-McAdory, aunty-mama of India Beaty and one of the original members of the #SayHerName Family Network, who tragically died of a stroke last September. Learn more about the campaign by visiting our website (aapf.org) and social media pages (@aapolicyforum). #SayHerName

Invisible No More: Racial Profiling and Police Brutality Against Women and LGBTQ People of Color, full-length lecture by Andrea Ritchie, author of Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, on racial profiling and police violence against Black women. Recorded at Barnard College in May 2016.

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“I can’t breathe” — that’s what George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, repeatedly told a white Minneapolis police officer who pinned him to the ground Monday with a knee to his neck. Video of the police attack went viral. Now four officers have been fired. This comes as another video went viral of a white woman calling the cops on a Black man in New York City’s Central Park and falsely accusing him of “threatening her life” after he asked her to leash her dog. We discuss these developments and more with Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University and National Book Award–winning author of “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” and “How to Be an Antiracist.”

The 30 days since his death have seen new policies, Confederate statues removed and countless other changes.

Regarder cette vidéo en français ici: https://youtu.be/10IfuOWhhpk Mira este video en español aquí: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W258VJEtNk Watch a conversation with human rights defenders working on police violence and/or systemic racism! Along with discussing the specific country-contexts including how patterns of systemic racism affect women and LGBTI+ persons, they discuss the implementation of the Human Rights Council resolution 43/1 that mandated the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights with preparing a report on systemic racism and police violence against Africans and people of African descent. Panellists: - Salimah Hankins, U.S. Human Rights Network - Mireille Fanon-Mendès France, Fondation Frantz Fanon - Douglas Belchior, Uneafro Brasil and Coalizão Negra por Direitos - Rodje Malcom, Jamaicans for Justice - Esther Mamadou, Implementation Team for the International Decade for People of African Descent Spain - Deji Adeyanju, Concerned Nigerians + Videos by Dayana Blanco Acendra,Founder and Director General of Ilex Acción Jurídica (Colombia), and Mothers against Police Brtuality (USA) More information: https://www.ishr.ch/anti-black-racism-police-brutality-human-rights-defenders-expectations-un-human-rights-council

Colin Kaepernick joins the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home for a press conference where he addresses the need for Mumia's freedom as part of the struggle for justice for all Black lives. Watch the full press conference at https://Linktr.ee/Mumia

DC residents actively working for police reform in the District of Columbia have been trying to get the DC City Council to hold a hearing that would allow their fellow residents to testify about their experience with the police. The good news is the DC Council’s Judiciary Committee is holding an Oversight Roundtable on policing for next Thursday, July 12th. The bad news is that event was announced less than a week ago, giving activists very little time to get the word out to those who might like to testify. Fortunately, Grassroots DC managed to capture some testimony on our own. Footage was shot by Just Jones, Josh the Girl and Liane Scott. It was edited by Miheema Goodine and Liane Scott. Information about the roundtable and how to participate follows:: Councilmember Charles Allen, Chairperson Committee on the Judiciary & Public Safety Announces a Public Oversight Roundtable on Policing and Public Safety In Wards 7 and 8 Thursday, July 12, 2018 9:30 a.m. Room 412, John A. Wilson Building 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Reconvening at 5:00 p.m. Deanwood Recreation Center 1350 49th Street, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20019 The Committee seeks testimony from residents on topics related to policing and public safety, to include community policing; stops and frisks; the use of force; de-escalation strategies; gun recovery tactics; policing public space; and police presence in the community. Government witnesses will be heard in the morning session, and public witnesses are welcome at both the morning and evening sessions. Anyone wishing to testify at the roundtable should contact the Committee via email at judiciary@dccouncil.us or at (202) 724-7808, and provide their name, telephone number, organizational affiliation, and title (if any), by close of business Tuesday, July 10. Public witnesses who do not wish to be featured on camera can have their names and likenesses obscured, and they should so indicate when registering.

The lawyer for George Floyd's family has called for all of the police officers who were present at his killing to be charged, and for the former officer who has already been charged to face an upgraded count of first degree murder. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) Tens of thousands of people joined peaceful protests again today across the United States, many defying curfews to stay on the streets. ----------------------- Follow us on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/Channel4News

When innocent unarmed black men and women are continuously being murdered in cold blood on camera by the hands of our own law enforcement, there will be consequences and uprisings. Episode 5 we have brought on Las Vegas Activist, Minister Stretch Sanders, to discuss what the root of the problem really is and how we can stick together as a black community no matter what adversity we are faced with. "A riot is the language of the unheard." - Dr. Martin Luther King I do not own rights to any of the music in this video! Kendrick Lamar - You Ain't Gotta Lie Kendrick Lamar - Alright Kendrick Lamar - Sing About Me J Cole - Be Free Please comment for responses, suggestions, and any critiques you may have. All constructive criticism is greatly appreciated! IG: @marcusthedoctor Twitter: @Marcusthedoc Enjoy!

In a video produced by Offensive Tackle Alex Leatherwood, well-known players on the University of Alabama's football team and Coach Nick Saban speak out against racial injustice and inequalities. Subscribe to WVTM on YouTube now for more: https://bit.ly/2jvAaUD Get more Birmingham news: http://www.wvtm13.com Like us: https://www.facebook.com/WVTM13/ Follow us: https://twitter.com/WVTM13 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wvtm13/

Please join Equality California, Silver State Equality and NCLR Thursday evening for an important discussion on combating racism and anti-Black violence moderated by Jarrett Hill. Panelists will include Nevada Senator Dallas Harris (D-Las Vegas), California Assemblymember Sydney Kamlager (D-Los Angeles), NCLR Executive Director Imani Rupert-Gordon and Silver State Equality State Director André C. Wade. #BlackLivesMatter

Trevor shares his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, the protests in Minneapolis, the dominos of racial injustice and police brutality, and how the contract between society and black Americans has been broken time and time again. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #GeorgeFloyd Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Watch full episodes of The Daily Show for free: http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah/full-episodes Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Trevor Noah and The Daily Show correspondents tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Protesters in Chicago took to the streets to condemn the police killing of Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old Latinx boy, after bodycam video released by the Chicago police showed Toledo had his hands up in the air when a police officer shot him dead on March 29. Police initially described the incident as an "armed confrontation," but the video shows Toledo raised his hands after being ordered to do so. He was killed within 20 seconds of the officer leaving his car to chase him down a dark alley following a report of gunshots in the area. "A Chicago police officer murdered Adam Toledo, a 13-year-old. There is no other way to describe what we saw in the video," says Rey Wences, a community organizer based in Chicago's Little Village. We also speak with Rossana Rodríguez-Sanchez, a Chicago alderperson, who says city officials spent weeks disparaging Adam Toledo before releasing the bodycam footage. "Lori Lightfoot ran as a reformer. She ran on transparency," Rodríguez-Sanchez says of Chicago's mayor. "She's doing exactly the opposite of that." #DemocracyNow Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on nearly 1,400 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9AM ET: https://democracynow.org Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: https://democracynow.org/donate FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: YouTube: http://youtube.com/democracynow Facebook: http://facebook.com/democracynow Twitter: https://twitter.com/democracynow Instagram: http://instagram.com/democracynow SoundCloud: http://soundcloud.com/democracynow iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/democracy-now!-audio/id73802554 Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

A daily independent global news hour with Amy Goodman & Juan González. Guilty on All Counts: Derek Chauvin Verdict Triggers Relief & Determination to Keep Fighting; Black Visions Collective: We Need to Abolish the Police & End Militarized Occupations of Our Cities; Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Policing in U.S. Was Built on Racism & Should Be Put on Trial

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) told The Root during an Instagram live interview on Juneteenth that he agrees with the spirit of the “defund the police” movement but is not for an all-out abolishment of law enforcement. He also delved into what exactly defunding the police looks like from his perspective and how…

On June 1, federal police used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protesters from Lafayette Square in front of the White House. News outlets documented the police's use of force, now the subject of a lawsuit filed by Black Lives Matter D.C. and several protesters who returned to the scene a week later to tell their stories.