Host our guest is heather mcdonald. Manhattan institute for policy institution. Here to talk to us about policing the process following the death of george floyd. Good morning. When we books is called the war. The extensively on this issue on policing Police Brutality and studies on that pretty lets go back a bit. You have described in the past the death of eric varner in the book. Number of years ago as a heartbreaking tragedy. Review the debts year of george floyd. And one just recently, aubrey in georgia. Heather well, george floyd arrests, absolutely appalling that all evidence is agonizing to watch the video. And i think absolutely the whole country condemns this. And its appropriate the charges work cross very quickly. We need to investigate the rest of the officers. The anger that arrested is understandable however it is not rep. Of leasing in this country. We need to work and separately on Tactical Training with officers. With deescalation, tactics, courtesy and respect. But i
Namesure you include your and where you are texting from. Wj. Twitter, it is cspan you can also post on our facebook page. The story is similar in a number of publications across the country with the reporting of latenight news from those cities. Tensions ease in some cities, but others see more chaos. Wall street journals washington is becoming a heavily armed fortress and criticism of President Trumps response is mounting. The star tribune is investigating on the investigation. Minnesota human rights launching an investigation into the Police Department after filing a civil rights charge related to the death of george floyd. The probe announced by the governor on tuesday will look at Minneapolis Police policies and procedures over the past 10 years to determine whether the department has engaged in discriminatory practices toward people of color. That is from the minneapolis star tribune. The online version is more updated, but just a bit more from their lead story. Protests roll on
Death of eric garner in that book. A number of years ago as a heartbreaking tragedy. How do you view the deaths here of george floyd and the one just recently, Ahmaud Arbery in georgia. George floyds arrest and death was absolutely appalling by all evidence. It is agonizing to watch that absolutely thenk whole country condemns this and its appropriate the charges were brought very quickly, we need to investigate the rest of , so the anger at that arrest is absolutely understandable. However it is not representative of policing in this country and incessantly on Tactical Training for officers, on deescalation tactics. Courtesy and respect, but i dont think its fair to condemn a Nations Police force of over 600,000 sworn officers who have three headed 75 million contacts with civilians a year based on this one appalling arrest. Because when that happens, the people who need help the most of the ones ive talked to for , the lawabiding residents of innercity neighborhoods who are desperate
Look at the protests taking place in hong kong. The unrest began as a movement against a law allowing hong kongers to be deported to china. Since june millions of protesters have marched through the streets demanding greater democracy. Set to start in just a moment here. Live coverage on cspan 3. The meeting will come to order. Welcome to todays hearing on hong kongs summer of discontent and u. S. Policy responses. This is the second China Commission hearing this year on the situation in hong kong. During our may hearing, the commission heard compelling testimony from Hong Kong Pro Democracy advocates, including martin lee and nathan law who expressed concerns about the extradition bill that was quickly moving towards becoming law at that time. That legislation would have put anyone in hong kong, including u. S. Citizens, at risk of extradition to Mainland China. A lack of due process and custodial abuse have been welldocumented. Over the last 16 weeks, millions of people from all walk
Atlantic . All that and more with the powerhouse britain former finance minister and tony blairs press wizard. And President Trump is set to arrive here in london in less than two weeks. The mayor of the city has said londoners made it clear trump is not welcome. What do the protesters hope to accomplish . Ill ask one of the organizers. Also, what in the world are 7500 oil barrels doing in the middle of a pristine park in Central London . Ill tell you. But first, heres my take. In recent weeks, you will have heard or read about two seemingly unrelated issues. In new york, mayor bill de blasio has signalled his desire to scrap the highly Competitive Exams for eight new york public schools. In boston there were new revelations from a lawsuit against Harvard University that alleges the university systemically discriminates against Asian Americans in its administrations process. These come from very different directions. But they represent an assault on one of the foundations of modern soc