Here. We begin in sanford, florida, 505 days ago. New tonight, a deadly shooting in sanford. Police have the gun. Theyve got the shooter. But they have not arrested him. Fox w5s landry tells us the dead mans grieving family wants to know why not. Is that a friend of yours . My son. This afternoon we met tracy martin at the crime scene. He says his 17yearold son, Trayvon Martin was shot to death. He walked out of the house to go to the store. He was going to the store. The guy on the bottom who i believed had a red sweater on was yelling to me, help, help. I told him to stop and i was calling 911. The family of 17yearold Trayvon Martin is asking the state attorneys office, attorney general and Sanford Police to prosecute the miami teenagers killer. In this case, mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of selfdefense. Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we dont have the grounds to arrest him. Outraged residents asked the Sanford Police department to show accountability. I
Calls, saying americans want law order. I strongly oppose the radical and dangerous efforts to defend, dismantle, and dissolve our Police Departments bay with the police, there is chaos. Without law there is anarchy and without safety there is catastrophe. Dana coming up, we will speak with democratic congressman al lawson, a surrogate for the Biden Campaign. We begin our coverage with chief White House Correspondent john roberts live on the north pond. The president at noon today signing an executive order to encourage Law Enforcement agencies to adopt the highest professional standards to serve their communities. The president is making available federal assistance for the department of justice, the Police Agencies to adopt new credentialing and certification standards to make sure they have the most uptodate policies on the use of force. As you mentioned at the top, among the things the president wants to change, the use of choke hold. Listen here. As part of this new credentialing
Censor the whole thing, what im saying is people should be aware that some of this stuff is not good. Hello to you. The brother of george floyd, whose death in the custody of Minneapolis Police has triggered protests around the world, has urged congress to ensure he did not die in vain. Philonise floyd called on lawmakers in washington to Work Together to make meaningful reforms to how Law Enforcement operates in the us, with the hope that changes worldwide might follow. This report from our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool. Less than 2a hours ago philonise floyd, in the white suit, buried his brother in texas. Reporter mr floyd, what do you hope to tell the committee today . Justice for george. Today he came to washington to plead with politicians to ensure that george wasnt killed in vain. His kids had to watch that video, itjust hurts. Its a lot of people with. A lot of pain. My family, they just cry and cry every day and just ask, why . Why . He pleaded for his life, he s
Eddie glaude from Princeton University and an msnbc contributor. Tom perez joining us as well. Tom, you know, is chairman of the Democratic National committee, but a former assistant attorney general of civil rights and labor secretary of the United States, but i got him here largely because of this question of civil rights thatyo. Its been a remarkable several weeks in america. Right . These things most of us realize that as far as we think we are, just talking about the space, the rocket launch yesterday, as far as we move, for some africanamericans in this country, whether it comes to socioeconomics, family wealth, meedsi i Median Income our police violence, things dont look like theyve changed at the same rate as theyve changed for the ref of america . Thats absolutely right, ali. Im just glad your safe. I watch your amazing reporting last night and glad to see youre okay. Back to the commissioner report of 1968. Names line. America is moving towards two nationss one white, one bla
We begin in sanford, florida, 505 days ago. New tonight, a deadly shooting in sanford. Police have the gun. Theyve got the shooter. But they have not arrested him. Fox w5s keith landry tells us the dead mans grieving family wants to know why not. Is that a friend of yours . My son. This afternoon we met tracy martin at the crime scene. He says his 17yearold son, Trayvon Martin was shot to death. He walked out of the house to go to the store. He was going to the store. The guy on the bottom who i believed had a red sweater on was yelling to me, help, help. I told him to stop and i was calling 911. The family of 17yearold Trayvon Martin is asking the state attorneys office, attorney general and Sanford Police to prosecute the miami teenagers killer. In this case, mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of selfdefense. Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we dont have the grounds to arrest him. Outraged residents asked the Sanford Police department to show accountability. I