Residents of Charlotte, North Carolina are calling for the mayor, police chief and lawmakers to resign in the wake of the officer-involved killing of Keith Scott a week ago. These calls have echoed through communities turned upside down by police killings of black men. While many consider these killings to be rooted in racism, Jeremy Kuzmarov, professor of American history at the University of Tulsa, tells RT America’s Simone Del Rosario the role of militarization should not be downplayed.
Finding it hard to keep up with all of Donald Trump’s outrageously un-presidential behavior? Don’t worry, Keith Olbermann is keeping count. This may take a while.
Reporter Jonathan Pie lays into the media’s treatment of Jeremy Corbyn.
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Former Green Party presidential candidate and current campaign manager for the party’s 2016 nominee Dr. Jill Stein joins RT America’s Lindsay France in the FishTank and says, “These debates are a farce” and that they were “stolen” from the League of Women Voters by a private corporation run by the Democratic and Republican parties.
Henry Giroux joins us to talk about his new book, “America at War With Itself,” and the meaning of neoliberalism.
Why are black people getting shot at an alarming rate by police officers in the United States, and why is this a uniquely American problem? America’s Lawyer, Mike Papantonio, answers this question with Thom Hartmann on RT’s The Big Picture.
Being a cop isn’t anywhere near as risky as many believe. In fact, there are numerous other professions that rank above law enforcement in terms of death per 100,000.
Angela Morabito, Red Alert Politics & Danielle Blevins, Freelance Reporter & Matt Keelen, The Keelen Group all join Thom. Police in North Carolina say that Keith Lamont Scott was carrying a gun when they shot and killed him. But why – after everything we’ve seen in the past few years – should we believe a word they’re saying?
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