Coverage in San Francisco. A large group of people have gathered outside of city hall for what was called a nail and demonstration to protest the killing of george floyd. The mayor took part in soda jamie fox. The actor spoke about how floyd begged for his life and said there has to be change when it comes to police use of force. If that man can be handcuffed and that man can sit on his neck that long and be comfortable about it, he is not afraid of what is going to happen. We have to change the language. They have to respect this. That man cried out for his mom. That mans cried out for his mom. The protest the nap. Denocing the destruction and rioting that took place over the weekend. And now we go to the east bay. This demonstration is and walnut creek. Protesters started gathering about an Officials Say the department is resources if necessary. There were a number of arrests last night after the demonstration turned violent. More demonstrations in oakland highlighting the issues of
Race matters america inis cr a pbs newshour special. Woodrf good evening, im judy woodruff. Welcome to this pbs newshour special, race matters america in crisis. The death of george floyd at th hands of pol minnesota has ignited outrage across the world and on again exposed the deep wounds ofthacism here in u. S. Protesters have filled the streets in cities large and small, demanding justice and change. The vast majority have been violence and looting, andeen thereve been aggressive tactics from Law Enforcement. How americans see all this is filtered part through the lens of race, according to ourw ll, one we do with n. P. R. And marist. 62 of americans say they believe the demonstrations are legitimate protests. 77 of black americans feel that way, but among White Americans, its 58 . 28 of all americans say they believe the demonstrations are people acting unwfully. We want to examine how we got to this moment and where we go from here. That is a long cversation, and we think its impo
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You are not alone today. Abc7 presents from anger to action, a bay area conversation. And we thank you for joining us for this special edition of abc7 news. Im eric thomas along with kumasi aaron and jobina fortson. And for everyone, it has been a challenging and difficult week. To say the least, eric. Weve all seen the video of george floyd being killed, the marches, the protests and the calls for change. So now the question is whats next. Today, instead of our traditional 4 00 p. M. Newscast, we are talking with a panel of experts in an abc7 listens conversation from anger to action. So over the next hour are having a frank and honest conversation about race, equality and the path forward with a panel of experts and also with questions from you. Yes, exactly, kumasi. This is an important onehour conversation airing on tv, on abc7news. Com, youtube, and facebook. In minneapolis today, mourners paid their respects to george floyd, who was killed after a Minneapolis Police officer plant
Also governors of brazil refused to reopen businesses to find the orders of a president accused of mishandling the Coronavirus Crisis and thousands of people have died in care homes in the United Kingdom and there are fears of further outbreaks. Welcome to the program afghanistans president is blaming the taliban for an increase in violence ashraf ghani has ordered a military offensive against the taliban and other armed groups after 34. 00 people including newborn babies were killed in 2 separate attacks or the back. Part of the will inspire our repeated call and from the International Community to taliban have not reduced violence and instead they have increased their attacks in order to provide security for Public Places and to flee or to tax and french from the taliban and other terrorist groups or doing. Afghan Security Forces to switch from an active defense might to an offensive one and to start their operations against the enemy. But the taliban denies its behind the assault sa