Flashpoints Daily Newsmag 08-22-12. Chavis Carter case. Syria update. Haiti

Today on Flashpoints, We look at the case of Chavis Carter who is alleged by police in Jonesboro, Arkansas to have committed suicide while handcuffed in the back of a police cruiser. Then we return to the situation in Syria with another report direct from Damascus. Next we get an update on how president Michel Martelly of Haiti is stacking the deck in his favor for upcoming US sponsored elections. Then we talk with a member of the San Francisco Mime Troupe about their Winter 2012 production of A Christmas Carol.

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