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Tonight. hey, trace. >> shannon, good evening this is not the first time nancy pelosi has called for 11 confederate statues to be removed from the halls of congress. it is the second time. back in 2016 after the violent protest involving white nationalist in charlottesville, virginia, pelosi asked then house speaker paul ryan to remove the statutes. but critics wonder why during close his first tenure as house speaker 2007-2011 she never called for the statues to be removed. it is notable that p...

Issue of social justice that theyre talking about, black being used by, by many people on the left who really promote social disassociation and social breakdown and it is really cruel that this genuine social justice concern of our young people are being hijacked of people and using them as pawns. black community needs to ask, all of these inequities theyre talking about systemic racism occurring in cities controlled by black for 15 years. and so as long as we can point to systemic racism, those...

What the confederacy actually was was a nation founded in attempted white supremacy for the preservation of human bondage people are changes their minds about what it means to have military bases named for people whose main role in american history was slaughtering other americans by the tens of thousands. >> professor stevenson, trumps original choice of holding a rally on juneteenth in tulsa? our thoughts? >> my thought is that our president knows very little about history. this is not just af...

Making their way towards a black lives matter protest, just up the road from there. and the police moved in to stop them. clashes ensuing with the police employing tear gas to try to keep the two groups apart. they did that somewhat successfully. however, they didnt catch everyone and there were clashes there. on the black lives matter side it was mostly a peaceful day of protests, hundreds of demonstrators out, it was a asthma sunnsunny day in london,g out, despite calls from of icials that the...

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Peaceful anti—racism protests marred by violence. 99 police officers reported injuries over all the protests so far. todays protest had fewer people but a heavier police presence and tonight, a change in tactics. londons metropolitan police say its imposing conditions on a stricter route and a definite 5 oclock finish for the black lives matter, right—wing and left—wing affiliated protest tomorrow. we will try to prevent any confrontation and any violence and, indeed, damage to buildings, ...

Violence and, indeed, damage to buildings, to memorials and to statues. last weekend, this is how the churchill statue outside parliament was left. this is how it stands now. over fears todays march would result in more damage. the prime minister calling it shameful the monument had to be secured. the statue of winston churchill, who is a national hero, has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack. i think it shameful we have a lot of these statues in the first place. a lot of these statu...

Police are now investigating after this bust to black playwright and poet alfred fagon was attacked with bleach earlier this week, while the thomas guy statue outside the hospital in london he founded has been boarded up because of his links to slavery. but not all the protests have ended like todays, and its organisers are concerned that the discussion about whether statues should remain up or taken down is overshadowing their black lives matter message. chi chi izundu, bbc news. queen elizabet...

Welcome to you, thank you very much for being with us. what do you make of these reforms announced today by the new york state governor? 0ur apologies, we appear to have lost the sound there. we will try and reestablish it and try and go back to him shortly. in the meantime, senate here, the british prime minister says its "absurd and shameful" that a statue of winston churchill has had to be boarded up because of fears it may be vandalised. last weekend, protesters daubed it with graffiti sayin...

We need change. like, whats going on right now, we are just acting as if because its been happening for ages its ok for it to carry on when we need to put a stop to that. but the debate around statues continues. in bristol this statue of black playwright and poet alfred fagon has been attacked with bleach. while the thomas guy statue outside the hospital in london he founded has been boarded up because of his links to slavery. and organisers of todays protest are concerned that the discussions a...