On this episode of Breaking the Set, Abby Martin looks over a few recent cases of police brutality, including the case of seven Kern County sheriff's deputies beating an unarmed man to death and confiscating footage of the beating from witnesses, as well as the case of California police breaking into a house while being filmed by the homeowners, and highlighting the importance of documenting police abuse and misconduct. Abby then talks to wife of former US Rep. Dennis Kucinich and director of the Center for Food Safety, Elizabeth Kucinich, about the US Senate's farm bill, the pure food movement, and the need to adopt better agricultural policies that will benefit American citizens. Abby then calls out the corporate press for their coverage of AP hacking scandal, pointing out how the US government routinely conducts this type of surveillance without the same type of media outcry.
BTS wraps up the show with interview with Dominique Diaddigo-Cash, organizer with the School of the Americas Watch, about Guatemala's war crimes conviction of former dictator and School of the Americas Graduate Efraín Ríos Montt, recalling Montt's genocidal actions, and the need to close down the school which has bred some of Latin America's most notorious dictators.
Audio file link: http://www.sendspace.com/file/qiez2k
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