In central beirut as the political power struggle and economic crisis worse. Thanks for joining us protesters are pouring into americas capital as the city gears up for its largest demonstration yet against racism and Police Brutality take a look at the live scene in washington d. C. Right now 12 days off to a george floyd a black man was killed while pinned down by a white Police Officer his dress has triggered waves of anger and protest right across the nation with a message block lives matter of gaining renewed support around the world meanwhile floyds family has held a Memorial Service for him in North Carolina thats where he was born. I think for. Everybody been talking about everything in there these family is a can love and they love everybody a man. And im not the one the prince but ive come to tell you today that god. Its gods son. That you out there. What. Is on our south. Carolina. I dont like this c. E. O. And i want to tell you some way to bring about you know back in the universe. Not. God im not going to come over here i dont know about you i dont have them how you. Lets get an update from washington bring in Shihab Rattansi hes joining us hes among the protesters so how big is the demonstrations he has. Tens of thousands its difficult to judge an opposition you might have a bit of a Better Vantage Point with you ariel ariel so its not like i mean where in front of the white house you can maybe see it was just on the most enormous signs appear but you may be able to see just in the distance the crowd stretching several blocks north of the white house. Its a huge crowd and this is just here there are demonstrations all around the city at the Lincoln Memorial doors capitol hill. Throughout the week of what weve seen there always loads of different managers ago and around the city they often use this as a as a Meeting Point as a headquarters in front of the white house the heavily fortified white house very low profile security very different to what we saw earlier on in the week it really does seem that if there was a debate going on of the administration which we know that was about the. Symbolism of this being a lauren older administration and having uniformed troops all over the labor that there were capitol. All right apologies we seem to have lost our connection with. Reporting from the demonstration taking place right now in washington d. C. Hes saying tens of thousands of people are out and its expected to be one of the largest or certainly the largest protests since george floyd was killed 12 days ago by a white Police Officer so that is a live scene over in washington lets not take you over to new york bring in chriss salumi so is it the same thing over in new york she was saying that its a large demonstration take place right now in washington. Same situation here thousands of people its actually starting to break up a little bit now its coming to be and its been going on for a couple hours are calling this the march and rally for stolen lives and dreams it started a 100 blocks north of here and a number of people around me marched all the way from way uptown down here its a continuation really what weve been seeing for the last week people showing up all over the city in different locations really making their presence heard this event was organized by 12 different local just just in civil Rights Groups and they have some very specific demands that weve been hearing from speakers throughout the day one thats getting a lot of attention now is calling on the for the calling for the did funding of Police Departments in new york city the Police Department consists of some 36000 officers its a 6000000000. 00 budget and organizers here are saying lets take some money from that budget lets take a 1000000000. 00 and invest it in local youth groups and Community Organizations and help the communities of color here. Thats one of the demands are also more transparency when it comes to lease misconduct and their records and they seem to be having some impact because were hearing leaders around the state of new york respond to some of these demands one thing weve seen in the last couple days is police. Officers who were caught on videotape suspended from the current made here in new york city also buffalo new york 2 officers have been charged there with assault after a video caught them pushing a 75 year old protester to the ground cracking his head open and. They. Again were charged in criminal court as it was excuse me as a result of that situation. Pardon me. So demonstrators really feeling the power of feeling like theyre making a difference continue to come out. Another way that theyre having an impact is the governor of new york himself has now called for Police Reforms and put forward a proposal that reflects some of their concerns not the defund the Police Department but others like putting investigations into the hand of an independent investigator that doesnt normally work with the Police Department to investigate these killings so the protesters here are feeling energized clearly they plan to continue this into the evening even beyond the curve here in new york also one of the few cities in the country i believe that still has its curfew in place and many have. Taken theres a way. To effect here protesters saying thats a matter theyre going to keep on the streets pass a curfew into the day into the coming week until they get the demands of her looking for all right christine thank you for bringing us that update from new york will now cross over to minneapolis that of course is where george floyd was killed by that white Police Officer 12 days ago and its also the name is joining us from there natasha tell us where you are and what youre seeing happening in minneapolis. Well its quiet here at the moment because the big crowd who was here earlier is now on the move we believe heading on a march downtown but the street here remains very much engaged as ever d that anger passion and commitment to implement sufism change is prompting protesters to continue to pour into the streets to protest and march and even the areas youngest residents are participating ensuring their voices are being heard we began the day in st paul at a childrens march and there we were told that the march was not only in memory of george floyd but to stand in solidarity with George Floyds 6 year old daughter giana i saw a very young girl carrying a sign that said giana said daddy changed the world the protesters here pretty Diverse Group and we saw a lot of signs saying fund the police this idea of defunding the Minneapolis Police is certainly one that is gaining a lot of traction ive heard it mentioned repeatedly by protesters though you dont often get any kind of follow up regarding what exactly would be substituted if there were no Police Departments and of course there is a lot of debate ending that there be some rapid change there is some progress on that friday the Minnesota Department of human rights has filed a discrimination charge against the minneapolis Police Department and the city commissioner says that she believes that George Floyds death highlights a possible pattern of race based policing and that shes concerned that if immediate action isnt taken it will cause irreparable harm particularly to people of color so the city the minneapolis Police Department and it appears the minnesota Human Department of human rights have come to a preliminary agreement namely that chokeholds and neck restraint. It will be banned if a Police Officer witnesses another Police Officer using one of those tactics or any type of an authorized force they have a duty to report and to do so immediately Police Officers are also being told that they will have a duty to intervene if they see unauthorized use of force and they dont stop it they will be punished in the same way as though they have committed an act of Excessive Force the Minnesota Human Rights Department is conducting its own investigation and will just have to wait and see how that pans out but its expected to be a lengthy process which is why its cam you judge to implement these measures as soon as possible to help save lives on the legal front on monday 44 year old dear children the former minneapolis Police Officer charged with 2nd degree murder in the death of george lloyd will make his 1st Court Appearance will be the 1st time weve seen him in court since he was arrested he has already been moved were told to a correctional facility outside the metro area due to concerns over his safety all right this house thank you for that update from minneapolis lets not speak to douglas load he was the 1st Vice President of the d. C. Branch of the National Association for the advancement of colored people hes also the head of the National CapitalStrategy Group hes joining us from washington where hes been providing Logistical Support to the protesters there thanks for your time with us on the news hour in fact lets just start on the point of the protesters i mean way in on the protest movement what do you think its achieved so far and where does it had to next. Well i think the protest movement is moving along quite nicely and i just want to clarify i am the 1st Vice President of d. C. In the lazy p. But im here speaking in my capacity as a social justice activists the president of the n. W. C. P. Does all the talking at all and all the networks are i got it. In that regard. I think the protests are moving along quite well because the most important thing we want to see as a result of these protests is change we need to see a fundamental change in how Police Officers are interacting with the public and in particular interacting with people of color and black males we need to see a reform and some of the. Reforms that are being put in place in minnesota are some of the reforms that we need to see nationwide when you see a nationwide ban on shows we need to see. A stipulation is put in to ensure that police other officers are required to intervene meaning if they see another officer break the law and that they are required to report here we also would like to see in independent investigator investigate some of these crimes that are done by the police is often the local prosecutors then arresting in these crimes those of local prosecutors work hand in hand with these Police Department so we often see that there are no charges in the police get off so we need to see an independent commission or board perhaps a national one i know that joe biden you saw him of putting in a National Board in the 1st 100 days to investigate any elicit behavior by the police and the protests quite frankly are doing a very good job of pushing the envelope and pushing this matter or to the forefront for people to further a rather for people to further consider that from 2 now to govern. Mental sort of a policy standpoint and when it comes to in particular to the trumpet ministration have you seen so far a genuine effort by the trumpet ministration to reach out to africanamerican communities what practical changes does the administration need to do. Ill be very honest im not seeing much of anything for the trumpet ministration and i dont really expect much of anything from the trumpet ministration were guarding these issues you know but frankly the Trump Administration has dropped the ball regarding the coronavirus the dimmick pandemic theyve dropped the ball regarding social justice issues and criminal justice issues you saw the trumpet initiation along with Jeff Sessions when he was a. G. Attorney general rollback all of the civil rights protections they were put in by the Obama Administration he did that within his 1st year with in office so i dont really expect much from the Drug Administration in this regard what i do expect i expect to see congress to move forward on these issues and i know that the i believe it is the air guard bill is now in the house if im not mistaken in that is a bill that would ban police use show cold nationwide when apprehending potential suspects or people that they are. Working to arrest or apprehend so that would definitely be a scout in the right direction but coming full circle i really dont expect much from the tropic ministration on this what about americans over in the u. S. Because theres a new poll out and it seems to suggest that nearly 3 fourths of americans view the death of george floyd as a sign of underlying Racial Injustice problem in the u. S. And this seems to be a significant shift from 6 years ago when the same question was asked so to what extent do you think the last 10 days have really sape the way americans view race in america not only americans in fact but the world as well we see demonstrations going on at many capitals around the world. Thats right were seen demonstrations all over the world and this is unprecedented even when dr Martin Luther king was assassinated we did not see demonstrations worldwide we saw demonstrations in protests and riots nationwide but not worldwide so this is really unprecedented in i do believe that this being caught on tape seeing officers shaaban kill murder. George floyd on National Television what i say on National Television obviously was caught on viral video and it spread with everybody else where everyone was able to log in and see that that really changed a lot of hearts and minds were guarding police use of force how police are unfairly targeting africanamericans and that there needs to be a fundamental change and quite frankly it couldnt have happened at a better time because were right in the middle of a pandemic so a lot of places so on lockdown there are a lot of people that have been stuck in their alices were several weeks at a time theyre not working their kids are not in school so this is a prime opportunity people are getting out and protesting in overly were protesting using all the proper social distancing and wearing a mask but i rules at all so i really do think in this this tape this clip where you saw it show an officer show in a murder george floyd it matches anything the terrorist group isis has ever put out i mean this was horrific and it really struck a chord with people not just United States but worldwide friends so we really want to see a change in how police are excusing thats my cat but how bullies are using force and we really want to see some fundamental reforms in policing in this country all right i guess sunny thank you thanks very much for joining us on aljazeera thank you. Now lets take you back to see whos among the protesters also in washington and shihab you were saying that large numbers of people are out. There that the demanding very similar measures that we were just hearing from minneapolis and from from real gas but we have to be very clear when were talking about defunding the police this isnt a federal issue necessarily the fight out of d. C. For example isnt with President Trump primarily its with the local mayor. Because she for example in her latest budget has proposed an extra 8000000. 00 for the police so they can continue militarizing and occupying africanamerican household neighborhoods like lies about it he says beginning to terrorize africanamerican neighborhoods and dominate them shes the one the black eyes matter is trying to get through to meanwhile other way about what is a brilliant bit of Public Relations is reinvented herself now as some great champion of black lives about even though shes fighting with black lives matter over these precise issues painting black lives massa on the street in front of the white house now if you look at social media. That. D. C. Is saying this is a performance of destruction its bad bowels or who has the power of the puss when it comes to the local police force and shes the one whos preventing investigations and transparency into Police Officers who kill black people so theres a we always have to remember theres a federal system and then theres that state system in this municipal system im a bouncer rather brilliantly i think people professionals will study this and decades to come and somehow managed to tell that debate around to make a great champion when it comes to fighting with the president but what she did with the president about is who has control of the d. C. Streets because federal troops have been on the under control by president shes. Not as issues if anything if you want to be. Completely honest about it shes fighting for which Security Forces can spray pepper spray into protesters eyes she does what the federal Police Federal troops to be doing that she was that sort of state to be done by local police. Have a t