On today’s Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. A judge recently said the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy is unconstitutional. We’ll discuss media coverage of the ruling. We’ll also talk about Attorney General Eric Holder's call for easing minor drug sentences and get the latest on the bloody crackdown in Egypt. We’ll be joined by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Bob Egelko, Alternet’s Kristen Gwynne and McClatchy’s Nancy Youssef. Join the conversation and call in with your questions on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar, and you.
Guests:
Nancy Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers Middle East correspondent based in Cairo
Kristen Gwynne, associate editor and drug policy reporter at AlterNet
Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle staff writer
Web Resources:
San Francisco Chronicle: Holder urges easing mandatory drug sentences
Rolling Stone: Eric Holder's Drug War Speech: Don't Get Too Excited Yet
McClatchy: Scene at overtaxed Cairo morgue is solemn in aftermath of crackdown
Wall Street Journal: Vicious Backlash Shakes One Egyptian Town
The Daily Beast: Egypt’s Government Thugs Beat Me Up at the Rabaa Sit-In
AlterNet: An End to NYPD's Racist Stop-and-Frisk? What You Need to Know About the Landmark Ruling