Away mall burning shops looting and violence protests have spread across the United States in denver demonstrators echoed the demands for justice already heard in los angeles and new york anger over the treatment of africanamericans by the police is new but it is very wrong right now. In louisville kentucky the death of george who it has reopened old wounds with protesters demanding justice for an africanamerican woman who was shot dead by police 2 months ago. It is this video of the last moments of George Floyds life a Police Officer kneeling on his neck thats driving the outrage floyds family the citys mayor and National Politicians are calling for the officer to be charged with murder we did see a murder on t. V. And it wasnt selfdefense the f. B. I. Is promising a thorough investigation but it could take weeks for a prosecutor to decide on criminal charges and people here are impatient francis i am pleading i am pleading with individuals. To remain calm and to let us conduct this i
Shaaban with murder in the 2nd degree through the death of george floyd for officer derek show ven who was seen with his knee on George Floyds neck the charge was increased from 3rd degree murder to 2nd degree alleging floyds death was intentional is seeing that forces make a difference they are listening to us is evil were asking for any any good will we ask for the rest goes to be officers and they were minnesotas attorney general announced charges for the involvement of the other 3 officers in floyds fatal arrest filed a complaint that charges Police Officer king lay in town with aiding and abetting murder in the 2nd degree for floyds family it was the justice theyve been demanding. Im happy did all of us have been arrested. My boss had not been killed like this we deserve justice. But for many it is just the beginning. George floyds family and the protesters have achieved their short term objectives but their long term goals are systematic change theyre here today for george floyd
What a curfew is supposed to look like youve got quiet streets not a lot of people out although youre seeing a few cars here. But it was a far cry from this just an hour or 2 ago that was when thousands of protesters gathered just about 2 blocks down there and police came in huge force and they were firing tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd they quickly and rather easily took over that area in knowledge numbers we got a whiff of that tear gas as we were running away during our live shot 2 hours ago. By the police who take in that area over there are still protesters out over the town but they are no longer in this same region so theyre finding other places but theyre still upset over the fact that only one of those 4 officers who kneeled on the back of george floyd have been arrested and charged that officer was charged with murder and manslaughter but people here want to charge against the other officers and theyre also just simply upset that these events continue to ha
A large crowd of protesters has been gathering President Donald Trump says hes spoken to George Floyds family and has offered his condolences he also described the incident as a horrible thing to witness and he said it looked like there was no excuse for it. Donald trump is cutting u. S. Ties with the World Health Organization claiming its being influenced by beijing at a press conference the president stepped up his anti chinese rhetoric announcing plans to strip hong kong of its special status with the u. S. In response to a new security law alan fischer reports. Unusually for a News Conference at the white house president only trump opted to use a teleprompter and stuck to the script but in the week where the number of 1000 deaths in the u. S. Went through the 100000 mark the president used the occasion to cut ties with the World Health Organization and returned to calling it the ruhani virus china has total control over the World Health Organization we have detailed the reforms tha
That commitment to take decisive wreck action and that takes place and we continue to demand that the Islamic Republic of iran act in a way that is consistent with what i laid back out back in may of 2018 for what it is that we expect iran to do so that it can rejoin the community of nations i was here as some out of 14 is in baghdad and says the strikes marcus shift in u. S. Strategy. Well there are quite significant because this is actually the 1st time that the u. S. Actually strikes a target on iraq his soil lets remember not until too long ago the u. S. And the p. M. S. Were fighting against isis on the same side but of course since then the tensions between the u. S. And iranian backed groups have played a quite a bit in this particular ad attack were hearing from a source inside the p. M. S. Has claimed as many as 10 lives with dozens of people injured and of course this particular strike comes at the back of a series of rocket attacks that were aimed at military bases where bot