Support of Trayvon Martin whose killer has been cleared of criminal charges in florida. Good evening. Im cheryl jengs. Im dan ashley. The trial captivated the nation, enraged some protestors in oakland who used the verdict as an excuse to vandalize the 9 the city this weekend. Mark math jews wlift story and the clean up. Mark . Looks like a crowd of 70100 behind me getting ready for what we hope will be a peaceful march. You know a lot of frustration and anger over that not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case. Near oakland a group of about 100 turned that into violence and vandalism. As he cut plywood covers, victor said theyd never put up with this in his hometown. No. I dont think so. No. This is why destroy a place . I dont know. It wasnt just banks that got hit. Down the street they sell civic pride tee shirts. Its many, many small businesses, these are all small familyowned businesses these arent the big guys. If breaking windows to protest a verdict 2900 miles away people
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The Prime Minister has condemned the attacks and praised the work of the polio vaccination team. Pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio is still endemic. It is considered the key battleground in the global fight against the disease, which attacks the nervous system and could cause permanent paralysis within hours of infection. Polio paralyzed almost 200 children here in 2011, the worst figures in 15 years. Health experts not only fear more violence against the workers but also a sharp increase in the number of young people who contract a preventable disease. Al jazeera, islam about. Pakistan is one of three countries were poked polio is still widespread, along with afghanistan and nigeria. Who launched its anti plebeian drive and pakistan in by 2005, only 28 cases were recorded across the country. After that year, a Concerted Campaign by extremist groups led to a decrease in the number of polio vaccinations. There were 190 polio cases in 2011, most of them in the c
Wasnt anyone present. Today, the acting chief of Police Walked through the neighborhood and told reporters the problem is that no one anticipated the verdict. Then, the verdict came quickly. And by that point was too late to bring in extra cop autos they formed up at the Police Department protecting headquarters from the mob. Today mayor jean kwan blamed the news media for attracting vandal autos think about it. You know . They get off on your coverage of them. Soy think we have to think bit whether we doing that makes them feel like its okay to come back. It hasnt been that long since oakland had to pay out to a group of occupy protest qlorz sued the city over excessive force. The owner of awaken coffee shop told us the city has to be care bfl how it responds. Violence just begets more violence, force begets more force, control is what is going to make a difference here. Oakland acting chief tell meez there is enough staffing to handle the march which is due to get underway any moment
Data shows the economy is taking a major hit. Reopening the country in haste equals more deaths. That is the stark message from the u. S. s top Infectious Diseases expert. Dr. Anthony fauci warned u. S. Lawmakers at a Senate Hearing tuesday that rushing to get back to normal would turn the clock back, rather than forward. And hes not alone in that thinking. A new coronavirus model now projects 147,000 u. S. Deaths by august, 10,000 more than previous estimate. And the researcher behind that model tells cnn its tied to the reopening of states too early. Take a listen. Were starting to see the effects of two things driving up the numbers. One is the consequence of the relaxing of social distancing, people getting out and about, having more contact. Were seeing, you know, upward trends in case numbers in a number of states and big swings up in mobility. And then some further states have relaxed social distancing, like North Carolina in the last few days as well. All of that, unfortunately