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Today's headlines:
White Supremicists Nearly Beat to Death
an Arab-American in Orange County California;
The Top Cops of San Francisco Indicted in a Wide-Ranging Cover-Up;
Media Activists Arrested Protesting Public Television’s
Sponsership by Major US Military Contractors;
Students Walk Out of Their Schools in a National Day of Protest
Against the Proposed War on Iraq;
The Knight Report;
8:00:00 PM PST
Dennis Bernstein: introduction: White supremists try to beat
to death a Muslim teenager in Orange County.. Top cops of
SF indicted in coverup probe.. media activists arrested protesting
SF public television’s sponsorship by a major US military
contractor.. students march out of school to protest war..
8:01:00 PM PST
Robert Knight and the Knight Report.. Robert: preparations
for and resistance to war in Iraq.. students walk out in the
US.. Russia and France meet.. will not allow US resolution
to go forward.. Russia's foreign minister deplores US idea
to force democracy.. Turkey contemplates new resolution..
but Pentagon has written off Turkey.. third Arab summit in
four days.. TV coverage censored when it got critical of US..
bombers dispatched to Guam.. Israel fires five missiles into
Gaza.. a car bomb in Colombia.. in Nigeria, an assassination
of an oil critic.. torture at US interrogation centers in
Afghanistan.. two prisoners killed with 'blunt force trauma'.
8:05:35 PM PST
Dennis: hate crimes against Muslims on the rise in the US..
on Feb 22 beating of Rashid Alan in Southern California..
attacked by a gang of teenagers.. now with Rashid's father
Ahmed Alan: I blame myself, Rashid wanted to change his name..
20 young men, wielding bats, golf clubs.. they ripped off
their shirts to show their muscles.. beat him in the head..
knocked him to the ground.. the police arrested two people..
he has all kinds of metal in his head, we have to feed him..
laying on his back, cannot move.. he has always been very
polite, very quiet.. people in school would make fun of his
name.. finally the police declared it a hate crime.. skinheads..
our kids dressed very nice.. the FBI has taken over the case,
because the local police tried to make it out like a gang
war.. the police released the two suspects that they had..
8:19:30 PM PST
Dennis: now with Subhia Khan of the Southern California CAIR..
about Rashid.. bedridden, and will never be the same again..
Dennis: his father says the racial slurs have been going on
for some time.. Subia: witnesses say they have been harrassed
for months and years.. this night was a culmination.. the
witnesses afraid of retaliation.. kids having to live in fear
in their own neighborhoods.. in Yerba Linda, near Anaheim..
20 people jumped out of their cars.. but the police putting
out that our kids started this.. assailants yelling 'White
Power', 'Kill the Arabs'.. we hear bashing of Islam by radio
talk hosts, war talk by the government.. we need to call on
our officials and call on our media.. these attackers just
following up on what they hear in the media..
8:28:44 PM PST
music break
8:29:55 PM PST
Dennis: SF top cops stood in the way of a probe into a brawl
involving three officers.. now w Van Jones of the Ella Baker
Center for Human Rights.. Van: an unprecedented situation..
the entire top brass criminally indicted.. the son of the
assistant police chief, Fagan, jumped on a civilian, drunk,
and beat him.. and the top brass tried to cover it up.. the
DA sent it to a grand jury.. they returned indictments.. against
the three drunk officers, but the whole top brass that tried
to cover it up.. the Fagan family, a notorious cop family
(describes).. about police manipulating 9/11 fears..
8:41:45 PM PST
The Pledge To Resist, NOT IN OUR NAME (read by Saul Williams)
8:43:05 PM PST
Dennis: Today a day of protest against an attack on Iraq..
in SF hundreds of students walked out of high school and converged
in downtown Oakland.. police made arrests.. now w Nick Alexander
in Oakland.. Nick: students met at Martin Luther King Park
in Berkeley, and rode Bart to Frank Ogawa Plaza where they
met up with students from all over the bay area.. took over
Broadway, and marched toward the bay.. police engaged in confrontations
with students.. now w student, Demile: we are all togther
here in unity.. we got carried away a bit.. marched out into
the street, and the police got hectic with us.. we marched
six blocks, and the police tried to barricade us.. the state
in the biggest budget crisis ever.. our school is in temporary
broken down site.. where is the money going? to war, that's
where.. we stand in solidarity with the people of Iraq, the
people of Palestine..
8:50:20 PM PST
Dennis: now w Dr. Mark Saper fed up with the local media..
Mark: anyone who watches KQED news realizes they are whitewashing
the drive to war.. a conflict of interest, they accept money
from Lockheed Martin and put up their ads.. we went to KQED,
with signs and leaflets.. we stayed in the main lobby.. there
were three of us who refused to leave and were arrested..
in support of the Not In Our Name action today.. all of the
airwaves are public.. especially PBS..
8:54:28 PM PST
Marvelous Mary Bishop: wrapup
8:55:04 PM PST
End today's show. today's review by John Lionheart
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