Democracy Now! 2021-10-12 Tuesday

President of the Dayton chapter of the NAACP denounces the violent arrest of paraplegic man, Clifford Owensby; Nabil Salih on the implications of populist Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sweeping the vote in Iraq's parliamentary election and conditions in country; Ethan Paul warns against the U.S. instigating a "new Cold War" as tensions mount between China and Taiwan. Get Democracy Now! delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Digest: democracynow.org/subscribe