Your Presidential Daily Brief: 'We Want the Tapes!' | Aleppo's Getting Pummeled

[The Presidential Daily Brief] [The Presidential Daily Brief] IMPORTANT September 23, 2016 [Riot police block a road during protests over a police shooting this week in Charlotte, North Carolina. Source: Getty] [Charlotte Won't Release Shooting Video, Tulsa Officer Charged] They don't want the world to see. Charlotte authorities, who have insisted Keith Scott was brandishing a gun when he was shot by police, allowed his family to view dashboard and body camera videos of his death. Now the family wants the footage to be public, and hundreds [gathered] in Charlotte last night chanting "We want the tapes!" - but police say that won't happen. Meanwhile, Betty Shelby, the Tulsa police officer caught on tape shooting Terence Crutcher, an unarmed Black man, has been charged with first-degree manslaughter. Sources: [NYT], [Reuters], [WSJ (sub)] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Syrian Government Doubles Down on Retaking Aleppo] It's going to get worse before it gets better. After a cease-fire collapsed Monday, Aleppo was pounded with airstrikes this week. Now Bashar Assad's government has announced a new focus on capturing rebel-held districts of the battered city, still home to a quarter of a million people. The government's instructed civilians to stay away from rebels for their own safety, while truce talks between the U.S. and Russia adjourned yesterday with no agreement - despite officials admitting that the next few days are crucial for [Syria's] peace process. Sources: [Al Jazeera], [BBC] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Donald Trump Blames Drugs for Urban 'Rioting'] The race is about race. After discussing the unrest in Charlotte, the billionaire, who's been attempting to balance his tough-on-crime stance with outreach to minorities, said, "Drugs are a very, very big factor in what you're watching." His advisers later claimed he was referring to the opioid epidemic, not protests against police shootings. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, was off the trail prepping for Monday's debate, but she made a splash with a straight-faced appearance on Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, who quipped about [Trump] wearing a "white power tie." Sources: [AP], [NYT], [Esquire] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Yahoo Reveals 500 Million Accounts Stolen in 2014 Hack] When they said "security," they meant "lol no." The company is investigating a "state-sponsored actor" behind what's believed to be the largest breach of user data in history. Authorities became suspicious earlier this summer when a hacker named "Peace" offered Yahoo users' data - including names, email addresses, and passwords - on the dark web. The company encourages users who haven't changed their passwords since 2014 to do so. But with Yahoo's recent sale to Verizon, the news comes at a particularly bad time for the [internet] giant. Sources: [USA Today], [CNN], [WSJ (sub)], [FT (sub)] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Briefly Know This: Ahmad Khan Rahami's father says he [warned the FBI] about his son. A toddler who wandered into the [Siberian wilderness] has been rescued after three days. And a BBC quiz show star [has been arrested] after he admitted to possibly murdering a stranger in his autobiography. Read This: Black dolls matter, too - so here's [your longread] on the fraught political history of the first Black American Girl doll. Try This: Feeling presidential after a week of briefings? [Prove it] with the PDB quiz. [Presented by: Intel] [A Different Kind of Movie About the Congo] Director Paul Freedman does not shy away from heavy topics. His latest film, Merci Congo, explores the stories of activists working to end the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. For two decades, armed groups have used profits from the sale of "conflict minerals" - tin, tungsten, tantalum and gold, which are used in nearly all electronic devices - to fund a deadly conflict in the region. In a Q&A with OZY, Freedman discusses his approach for the film, how some tech companies are making a difference by working toward conflict-free products and why the story of Congo might just be changing. Sources: [OZY] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] INTRIGUING [Brian Grazer Will Curate Sunday's PDB] Now's your chance to peek behind the scenes. Check in with us Sunday as the Oscar- and Emmy-winning producer serves up the Presidential Daily Brief. The man behind Apollo 13, Arrested Development and Empire recently debuted the well-received documentary Eight Days a Week, featuring rare archival footage of the Beatles. He's also working on a basketball fantasy camp comedy called Ballers starring LeBron James and Mark Wahlberg. Grazer, 65, will curate the most important and intriguing stories of the day for OZY readers with his own distinctive spin. Sources: [OZY], [LA Times], [Variety] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Google Glass Becomes Learning Tool for Kids With Autism] It's another way of seeing. Despite having flopped on the consumer market, Google Glass' facial recognition software is helping to teach social cues. This kind of therapy's not new: Psychologists use flash cards to help children with [autism] get a handle on the complexities of neurotypical emotion. But Stanford University's Autism Glass Project is helping develop a new type of therapy that takes these techniques much further - and could make a huge difference for kids and families who otherwise often wait years for a therapist. Sources: [Time] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [The World's Growing Rural-Urban Political Divide] Are you a country mouse or a city mouse? Increasingly, that might shape your politics. Recent years have seen the gap widen between [rural] and urban areas' political leanings - and America's presidential election is polarizing things even more. In Europe and the U.S., nationalist messages like those of Donald Trump and Marine Le Pen are catching on faster in rural areas. Recent immigration trends - and the ongoing refugee crisis - have diversified cities and encouraged social integration, but not yet affected the status quo in the countryside. Sources: [The Atlantic] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [As Sony Teams With Chinese, Lawmakers Fear 'Propaganda'] Maybe movie influencers should be screened. Wanda Group's pending acquisition of AMC would make it the biggest global exhibitor, and [Hollywood] is eager for a piece of China's moviegoing market, the world's second largest. In response, 16 members of Congress appealed to the Government Accountability Office suggesting that deals involving "soft power" businesses, like media and telecommunications, should be probed on national security grounds. Wanda and Sony also announced a marketing alliance this week, and with billions of dollars at stake the scrutiny on Chinese deals is expected to grow. Sources: [Variety], [THR] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] [Behind Third-String QB, Patriots Win Big - Again] Welcome to the NFL, Jacoby Brissett. Thrust into the starting slot by Tom Brady's suspension and Jimmy Garoppolo's injury, the [rookie] ran for a touchdown as New England's defense squashed Houston in a 27-0 victory. The 3-0 Patriots are in a familiar position atop the league even with "Deflategate" depriving them of their superstar, who must sit out one more game. Brissett, the first Black QB starter in Patriots history, could get another shot next week against Buffalo, depending on the status of Garoppolo's banged-up shoulder. Sources: [AP], [Boston Globe], [ESPN] Share: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Facebook] [Twitter] Your 8 must reads to get you ahead of the curve RISING STARS [Lyft's Secret Weapon Against Uber] [Read In Full] 2016 [Could Donald J. Trump Make Campaign Finance Great Again?] [Read In Full] IMMODEST PROPOSAL [Please, Airlines, Give Me More Fees (Really)] [Read In Full] 20M people love reading OZY every month. Be part of the revolution. [Facebook] [Twitter] [Instagram] [Vimeo] [Youtube] Add us to your Address Book | Having trouble viewing this email? [Read Online] This email was sent to {EMAIL} This email was sent by: OZY Media 800 West El Camino Mountain View, CA 94040 [Manage Subscriptions] | [Unsubscribe from this email] | [Privacy Policy]