DN!: Jailed in New Orleans Four Months Without Charge//Danziger Bridge Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:46:37 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST August 31, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! needs volunteers to staff our booth at the Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair, in Fort Collins. Volunteers will be responsible for outreach, merchandise sales and promotion of Amyıs appearance at the festival. Volunteers should be energetic, friendly, environmentally conscientious fans of the show, willing to talk to people about DN! and media issues. Volunteers will get a free t-shirt and a pass to the festival for the day they volunteer. Please contact emily@democracynow.org if you are available for a half-day shift on either Sat or Sun. What: The Rocky Mountain Sustainable Living Fair is a solution based, hands-on, family oriented event designed to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about Sustainable Living Practices, Renewable Energy, Environmental & Social Responsibility, Natural Health, Green Building, Alternative Vehicles, Organic Agriculture, Local Economies and more. Where: New Belgium Brewing, 500 Linden Street, Fort Collins, Colorado When: Saturday, September 15 and Sunday, September 16 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Jailed in New Orleans Two Weeks Before Katrina, Fmr. Corrections Officer Held for Four Months Without Charge * Roderick Dean, a former corrections officer, recounts his harrowing ordeal two years ago when he was arrested and jailed without charge on August 11, 2005 - two weeks before Hurricane Katrina. When the storm hit, Dean was in New Orleans Parish Prison where he narrowly escaped drowning after the jail flooded. He was never charged and released four months later. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1435259 * The Danziger Bridge Killings: How New Orleans Police Gunned Down Civilians Fleeing the Flood * On the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we take a look back the Danziger Bridge killings. Seven police officers been indicted for opening fire on two African American families on the Danziger Bridge days after the storm, killing two people and wounding four others. At the time, the official story was that they gunned down snipers. Now the question is why they shot at two families fleeing the flood. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1436209 * "The Resilience of the People Is What Carries This City Forward": Poet Sunni Patterson & Hip-Hop Artist Truth Universal Reflect on New Orleans Two Years After Katrina * We end today's show from with a pair of spoken word acts from New Orleans: poet and performer Sunni Patterson and hip hop artist Truth Universal. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1436217 * Headlines for August 31, 2007 * - Texas Spares Life of Kenneth Foster - Justice Department to Investigate Gonzales - New FBI Network Allows Instant Wiretaps on Any Communication Device - IAEA: Iran is Cooperating With Nuclear Inspectors - School Bans "Free The Jena 6" Shirts - Haitian Human Rights Activist Presumed Kidnapped - FBI Spied On Coretta Scott King For Years After MLK's Death Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1435243 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Friday, August 31, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/31/1926207 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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