Died during a police arrest. This is the area to deal with police and criminal justice. 3 of the Police Officers involved in floyds arrest in minneapolis make their 1st Court Appearance charged with aiding and abetting 2nd degree murder. A u. S. Navy veteran held by iran for almost 2 years is released as part of a deal that saw Washington Free an american iranian scientists. So then the 1st Memorial Service honoring a black man in the United States who died in Police Custody has been held in minneapolis poignant memories was shared of george floyd whose murder spots those nationwide protests the event was also used as a rallying cry to overhaul the Justice System mourners including celebrities musicians and politicians stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds that select the time floyd is said to have been pinned and a Police Officer. Its crazy all these people came to see my brother. Thats amazing to me that he touched so many people hearts you know that he had such an i was you know. You come to 3rd war where were from people right now neshamah state a lot of them you know im just stand strong as i can because i need to get it out i need to get it out everybody wont just as we want justice the joints hes going to get it hes going to get it just fraud story has been the story of black folks because ever since 401 years ago. The reason we could never be who we wanted and dream debian is you kept your knees on our thanks what happened to for oh it happens every day in this country and actually occasion in Health Services and in every area of American Life is for us to stand up in charges made and say get showed me off i met. When i separate Memorial Service was held in new york and that was followed by a march across the Brooklyn Bridge and this came as the citys mayor bill de blasio trying to deflect criticism of the way police have treated protesters in recent days meanwhile the 3 minneapolis Police Officers accused of aiding and abetting floyds murder they had their 1st Court Appearance we have several correspondents covering the story she every times and hes in washington d. C. Where many more security bars have been set up near the white house amid protests christians who we as shes in new york where another memorial was held for george floyd the 1st lets go to natasha you can name whos in minneapolis in atocha it was an emotional powerful service and really showing the world george freud was. Exactly at 1 point one of George Floyds brothers asked please will you all say his name and the world learned about george floyd the father the grandfather the uncle the brother the friend we learned he was an avid Le Bron James fan he was described as a powerful alpha male athletic up had a powerful way with words was lovable said his brother and they also talked about how challenging it was growing up in houston raised by a single mom the brothers said we didnt have much we didnt even have a washer and dryer we had to wash our clothes in the sink and dry them in the oven we ate mannys and banana sandwiches but we had each other there was also a sense of the historical importance of this moment the floyd family Attorney Benjamin Crump said that there can no longer be 2 Justice Systems in the United States one for white people and one for black people and he feels that now is one of the best opportunities yet to alter that reverend al sharpton the iconic civil rights leader who gave the eulogy said that these last this last week and i have seen people from all over the world and here in the United States protesting seeing whites outnumber blacks showed him that quote this is a different time and a different season and a moment of uplift North Central university this is where the memorial was held here on this campus in minneapolis has established a Memorial Fund in George Floyds name more than 50000. 00 has already been donated right meanwhile the initial stages of justice a beginning to happen with the 3 other offices in cool. Yeah initial is key word here nick the Minnesota Attorney general has asked the public to be saying the charges came rather quickly but this will be a lengthy investigation hes made very clear that it will be difficult to get a conviction because historically we know in the United States juries tend not to convict Police Officers but the floyd family had wanted a 1st degree murder charge they did get at least part of their wishes. For Minneapolis Police officer who was. On floyds neck his charges have been upgraded to 2nd degree murder if convicted that carries a 40 year maximum penalty and all the other officers the 3 other offices as you mentioned have been charged with aiding and abetting and this was something that the family was hoping would happen before they laid floyd to rest its worth noting that children had civet 17 prior Police Misconduct complaints one of the other officers had 6 and according to some data that the New York Times looked at its clear that this is a moment for the Minneapolis Police department to look at reform apparently in the last 5 years many apples Police Department with 7 times more likely to use force against blacks than they were whites or of the story for now in minneapolis natasha good name thanks very much lets switch over to new york sumi is standing by the kristen we saw crows governing for the Memorial Service the. Yeah demonstrations continue to go strong here in new york theyve been happening throughout the day the biggest was earlier in the day a Memorial Service here for george floyd that was attended by his brother Terence Floyd and a number of civil rights leaders and thousands of people showed up for that it was a really diverse crowd of people young people black white families. Very subdued they cheered and. Said you are not alone when Terence Floyd took the stand and from there are many of the people who have gathered march from that location which is in Brooklyn New York over the east river over the iconic Brooklyn Bridge into Lower Manhattan and now theyre due to arrive behind me here im in upper manhattan outside if you look in the green area of the park over there up on the hill thats Gracie Mansion where the mayor lives thats their final destination we got blocked off here because police have shut the road protesters are coming up on the other side just in the last few minutes i would bet here weve seen the officers put on their helmets and their riot gear they were more casual we 1st arrived. But you know this is really just a continuation of what weve been seeing all week in terms of these different points around the city where the protesters will plan to gather at a certain time but in between they are marching i mean this demonstration is being felt all over the city from the Upper West Side to the Upper East Side to the boroughs to Lower Manhattan and the protesters are on the move constantly and have shown no signs of backing down now 7 days into this 2000 erastus. And its still going strong. And you mentioned the mayor just then hes been trying to deflect criticism isnt he. Yeah hes a big getting it from all sides when he showed up at the Memorial Service. Earlier he took the stage and people they didnt boom but they turned their backs to him when he spoke and he didnt stay very long he turned around and clearly now theyre coming here to make their voices heard right outside of his home. The issue for the mayor is that well hes getting it from the protesters hes getting it from his own administration some 400 City Employees current and former members of his administration have criticized him for the way hes handled the protests for failing to rein in the police. And hes also getting it from the Business Community because there was looting a few nights back that did a lot of damage now were seeing boarded up stores all through central manhattan and the last couple nights the mayor implemented an earlier curfew of 8 pm and that since thats happened the looting and the violence has been cut back. But it hasnt stopped the demonstrators from going out and going past their curfew so lots of factors here and then you throw the coronavirus into all of that and the fact that new york city is still technically under lockdown were not supposed to be reopening for business here until monday of next week so large gatherings are not even supposed to be allowed here but police and the mare have been going from one crisis to another nobody seems happy at this point one things clear though these demonstrators are not stopping just yet or a prison even if the man thanks very much indeed for that christmas and to that new york lets go to she overtimes ease in washington d. C. She had we were talking yesterday of course and then you had some wail from the white house a few streets back but now seem pretty close. Look at this Security Posture look how different it is from i was speaking speaking yesterday well 1st if you take a look at the protests over there just a few 100 people outside here at the white house theres now the familiar of the church of syndrome where donald trump made his now infamous photo opportunity how does an infamous photo opportunity but we were yes we were at least a block away yesterday now that look at this view of the white house we have behind the security fence that was built initially on cheese and has now been added to with concrete blocks but we have another view like this for some for some time because even after the fence was built on monday night into tuesday then there would always be a. Line of. Security forces that are behind the fence now we have a smattering of the secret service in the dark uniforms u. S. Park police and the lights and the lighting uniforms we know of course is completely deceptive there are 4500 National Guard troops stationed around around the city under federal control most of them are from out of state and the mayor wants them to leave but she has no control we have d. C. We dont have control we dont have a governor we dont have meaningful congressional representation so the so thats becoming a big issue now is well 1st of all how long is this fence going to last for which the mass as you know is restricting access to what she calls the peoples house but another question is how long forces from around the country National Guard under federal control going to stay on the streets of the u. S. Supplemented by all these mysterious Paramilitary Forces weve been seeing from various federal agencies we know that the chief of police has said that its understandable that the d. C. Residents feel that theyre under some sort of Foreign Military occupation right now effectively the most significant issue that really in some ways at least the most terrifying is has been this deployment of troops from around the country to duty military special soldiers trained simply to key. People who have been stationed outside of d. C. And were always told theyre an hour away they can be on buses and be here with. Us and that has been really a point of controversy within the administration as well with the defense secretary and members of the pentagon to stablish been saying we do not want them to be deployed and. Donald trump doesnt have to invoke the insurrection act which he said he has to do around the country to have an active duty military doing policing on the streets of america but that few a battery is to him doing it here in d. C. Because we dont have a governor and we dont have meaningful congressional congressional representation so its more likely and probably a swift a process if he does choose to do that there seems to be a compromise number 700 or serve those troops will be going home were told 900 will be staying there but this seems to be the main discussion within the administration about about even stationing active duty military and threatening civilians with the use of active soldiers on the streets of the Nations Capital thats still playing out but we still dont really know how long we will be under effective as as the chief of police suggested military occupation from outside forces who. Showed us some of the protests is a little bit earlier peacefully protesting doing their thing in a very diverse crowd whats your sense about the momentum thats building here how long are they going to hang around for how long are they going to stick at this do you think. Its so difficult to tell isnt i mean its noticeable i mean its a much thinner crowd than we had yesterday yet but yesterday was opposed by far the largest crowd weve seen since the protests began in d. C. At least on friday and it was thousands upon thousands here at least 30 just a few hundreds but we also know that there are hundreds who periodically appear here and were watching twitter carefully and all the social media who are around the city i mean when you talk to people they always say look were going to stay here until theres meaningful change. How can i judge that. You know i mean there are now proposals i think concrete proposals will start helping so even on a local level now were seeing proposals at the d. C. Level for example prohibiting codes and the restraints. That would be a start the other cause were seeing in places like new york and elsewhere defunding the police starting to take away the billions of dollars that the police are given each year which is always increasing the budget for military equipment and Everything Else and starting to redirect that into social programs housing and Everything Else the mayor here it has to be said about. Current budget increases the Police Budget by billions of dollars millions of dollars rather here and its taking away money from social housing so shes under pressure here despite the spike the solidarity thats expressed by some local leaders theyre the ones who are funding the police ever more giving them more and more money giving them more and more military equipment was taking money away from social programs so i suppose thats what people are looking for as do they mean it when they say this is the Inflection Point now will have changed and those are very concrete ways that we can maybe judge that great all right chad thanks for that update fantastic thanks very much indeed giving us the scene there in washington d. C. Just outside the white house lets move on to our guest tim wise who joins us live on skype from nashville in tennessee hes and racism educator and all for tim the Memorial Service the reverend al sharpton said that he was more hopeful today then hed ever be in terms of the possibility for change is he right to see this is a seminal moment in the United States do you think. Well its hard to imagine hopefulness in a moment where the president is imposing essentially or threatening to impose military rule over the nation despite the fact that constitutionally he cant really do that but i do agree with reverend sharpton in the sense that what we are seeing is the kind of uprising around the country millions of people now who have been involved in these protests millions of unique individuals some of course going to multiple protests we havent seen anything like this numerically possibly ever in the country and certainly not in a half century and in this particular instance it is a considerably more multiracial and Diverse Group of protesters going into the streets and the reason thats going to matter is because we know that this country because it is founded in White Supremacy frankly and sadly is more likely to listen to the voices of those white folks who are in the street or white folks like myself for that matter in interviews like this if i say and if they say that we have a White Supremacy problem and a Police Problem then the reality is more white folks and up listening to that it shouldnt be that way but it is and i think whats happening is that because all of this misconduct on the part of officers whether were talking about george floyd or Briana Taylor in lieu of all over talking about the vigilante killing of a model robbery in georgia all of that takes place against the backdrop of a Public Health emergency a pandemic that is disproportionately also killing black folks here in the United States and it and an administration that is soon as the data was released showing that black and br