Police Help Record-Shattering, MASSIVE Protests in Egypt

"Millions of Egyptians filled streets across Egypt on Sunday calling for the departure of Mohamed Morsi on Sunday, hours after the president told the Guardian he would not resign.

A year to the day after Morsi's inauguration as Egypt's first democratically elected president, up to 500,000 protesters swelled Cairo's Tahrir Square calling for Morsi's removal."*

As many as 14 million people are protesting across Egypt against President Mohamed Morsi to go as the nation sinks further into disarray amid rampant inflation, low fuel supplies, electricity cuts, and more. Even the police are looking the other way. Why? Cenk Uygur explains the situation in Egypt, and what it means to their democracy.

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