In 1954, the Supreme Court ended racial segregation in our schools. In 1959, a Jacksonville Florida high school was named after Nathan Bedford Forrest a plantation owner and enslaved African trader. During the Civil War, Forrest was accused of war crimes against captured Union troops and after the war would become the first grand dragon of the Klu Klux Klan, which he would deny in order to further his political career. Members of the Jacksonville, Florida community are demanding the name of the school be changed. Will the school board change the name and stop honoring this despicable man? Tune in today for this story and more on Occupy the Microphone!
Special guest Efia Nwangaza joins us in studio today to discuss the National Day of Protest to Stop Police Violence.
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Sharon Osbourne, reality tv star, talk show host and wife to rocker Ozzy Osbourne recently came out attacking the bad behavior of pop star Justin Bieber. The problem for many is that in attacking Beiber's behavior, she attacked Black people by stating, “Oh, we’re the bad boys!” F*ck off! You don’t know what bad is. And I think that he’s lost, I really do. I think he doesn’t realize he’s white and not black, that’s a huge problem."
Lon Snowden, the father of NSA whistle-blower Eric Snowden believes that his son should not come back to the United States because he would never get a fair trial. In backing his son's quest for political asylum, Mr. Snowden said, “The fact is no assurances have been made that he will be given a fair trial, that he deserves, or any citizen of this nation is given by our Constitution,”.
Were Florida deputies standing their ground when they shot a man in his own drive way retrieving a cigarette lighter from his own car? Two Florida deputies responding to a call about a suspected car thief fired a total of fifteen rounds at 60 year old Roy Middleton who was hit two times. The deputies are claiming Middleton did not follow instructions and they were in fear for their safety. Middleton says, he was told to "Get your hands where I can see them." and when he turned around with his hands raised they opened fire.
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Eric Wood will be joining us again in the studio today to help us break down and analyze today's news.
The only other juror to speak out about the Zimmerman murder trial verdict told the world that George Zimmerman "got away with murder" for killing Trayvon Martin and she owes an apology to Trayvon Martin's parents. Juror B29 said she and her fellow jurors, "had to grab our hearts and put it aside and look at the evidence." We will also look at the latest information out about the Michael Dunn murder trial. Michael Dunn, a white male, was charged last year with killing black teenager Jordan Davis in Florida.
A man who is a registered sex offender, and his wife were allegedly murdered because of his status as a sex offender and he may have been tracked down through the state sex offender registry. Jeremy Lee Moody, 30, and his wife, Christine Moody, 36, both of 213 S. 1st St., Lockhart, were arrested early Wednesday and charged by the Union County Sheriff's Office with two counts each of murder in the deaths of Charles Marvin Parker, 59, and Gretchen Dawn Parker, 51. The murders have been described as random.
Despite what the local media is reporting about the SC Office of Regulatory Staff presenting a “settlement” with Duke to the Public Service Commission that would reduce the amount of the rate increase Duke would receive, the work surrounding the resistance to the rate hike is not complete.
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Saturday evening a Sanford Florida jury of six women found George Zimmerman not guilty of second degree murder or man slaughter. Daisy Deadhead called it the day the jury was selected, saying then that George Zimmerman would be acquitted on this show, June 20th.
We are joined today by another woman who predicted Zimmerman would walk, Traci Young Fant. Fant appeared today on national television and was featured in an Associated Press article about reactions to the outcome of Zimmerman's trial.
We're also fortunate to be joined by Efia Nwangaza who will address the verdict, as well as ongoing hunger strikes in California and simultaneously in Guantanamo.
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