YouTube Justice
The hit TV show America’s Most Wanted has long been a mainstay of participatory justice. Viewers offer authorities tips and have a hand in bringing a criminal case to a close. Now video-sharing Web sites are blowing prospects for interactive crime fighting wide open. Tony Ganzer reports.
Continue reading “YouTube Justice”ER Link Ambulance System
Paramedics in Tucson, Arizona have a new tool in their toolbox. Fire department ambulances now have wireless, high definition video feeds connecting trauma doctors to paramedics in the field. Already in its first month creators of “ER Link” say it’s the first successful city-wide system of its kind. From member station KJZZ in Phoenix, Tony Ganzer reports.
Continue reading “ER Link Ambulance System”Phoenix Immigration Protests
(Aired on NPR Newscasts, 09Feb2007)
Nats at protest: “Si se puede, si se puede”
Officials estimate more than 10-thousand people waved Mexican and US flags protesting a Congressional proposal that would make illegal immigration a felony.
The demonstrators marched to Senator Jon Kyl’s Phoenix office–Kyl has been at the forefront of federal immigration reform and has pushed for tougher immigration legislation. Demonstrators from the Border Action Network are demanding more humane immigration legislation. Southern Arizona is the nation’s number one entry point for illegal immigrants.
President Bush has proposed a guest worker program which would allow migrants to work seasonal jobs in the US and then return to their home countries.
For NPR News, I’m Tony Ganzer in Phoenix.