Is the Minneapolis Police chief takes on the powerful police union saying hes breaking off talks a leading British Health expert says bringing in the lock down a week earlier would have caused the u. K. s number of covert 19 deaths and swedish prosecutors name a Graphic Designer who died 2 decades ago as the man who killed the Prime Minister all of palm me in 1906. And. One of the biggest boxing fights in history. And to be joshua fury have now agreed in principle to we to fight deal to decide who is the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world. We begin the news hour in the u. S. Where George Floyds brother has urged politicians to quote stop the pain and pass reforms to End Police Brutality philonous floyd was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on capitol hill he told members of congress to make sure his brothers that was not invading the 46 year old died in Police Custody and may sparking weeks of protests across the u. S. And around the world castro reports from washington. Villainess cloyd travel directly from his brothers funeral in houston to the u. S. Capitol joy has called for him and he was ignored please listen to the car out all make it to you now so the cause of our family and the cars ringing out the streets across the world people of all backgrounds genders the races have come together to demand change House Democrats have proposed sweeping legislation to Reform Police departments in the wake of George Floyds death that includes increasing Police Accountability for officer misconduct and Banning Police chokeholds im tired im tired of. Paying you feel when you watch Something Like that when you watch a big brother or you looked up to for your whole life da da big of was my what we saw in minnesota the slow torture is murder of george floyd by a uniform officer was an outrage and a tragedy what we have seen since then millions of americans marching in the street to demand justice and call for reforms it has been an inspiration now it was a 7 in 10 americans now say floyds death is part of a systemic problem of police brutalizing and killing black americans defund the police has become a rallying cry for those demanding reform but the meaning of the phrase is nuance to most defunded the police means shifting some money from Police Departments to social services but to the far left and means abolishing police altogether republicans have seized on that extremist interpretation warning of an arcade they know it is pure insanity to defund the police and the fact that my democrat colleagues wont speak out against this crazy policy. Its just out frightening the. Senate republicans are drafting their own proposal for Police Reform likely to include requirements for more bias training but the immunity officers enjoyed from civil lawsuits will likely remain intact the 2 parties competing ideas may reach a stalemate potentially resulting in nothing. But protesters have already made clear they wont accept that outcome they say of Congress Takes no action then voters will at the polls in november. Castro aljazeera washington lets go straight to the white house now speak to our correspondent there Kimberly Halkett kimberly the trumpet ministration continues to defend police in the wake of the continuing protests what are we hearing today in response to that testimony on capitol hill. Yeah the White House Press secretary kelly mcenaney was addressing reporters questions at the briefing earlier and she really pushed back on the notion that the president s tweet in some way had been in accurate offensive the president tweeted about 24 hours ago a little longer that he suggested that a protester up in buffalo new york last week that fell down when a Police Officer pushed him hes in recovering from hospital as the president suggested that that may have been a stage fall that the protesters even could be a member of n t well reporters asked the press secretary about this and she said that sensually what she was doing was defending the Police Officers saying that they have the right to tell their side of the story and that the president does not want to see their lives destroyed in the court of public an opinion Public Opinion she feels that the response so far has been as she called it reflexive lee antipolice and while the president she says doesnt condone any violence and she says he wants to make sure that appropriate force is used in other words feel that there are more questions than answers to the videotape and that is simply what she says the president was doing when he sent out that tweet and kimberly part of the debate seems to have gone beyond the Police Brutality the president now seems particularly upset about proposals to rename some military bases explain to us a little bit more about whats going on there yeah the u. S. President for his part has weighed in on that but before i get to that i want to also bring up another announcement was was just made in the last few moments even though we have has sort of widespread protests across the United States doesnt seem that a lot of people concerned about social distancing and now weve in fact seen some of those states where there has started to be spikes again in corona virus the u. S. President has Just Announced in spite of those concerns that hes going to restart his make America Great again rally. Were going to be starting our rallies the 1st one we believe will be probably we just starting to call up will be in oklahoma in tulsa oklahoma beautiful new venue brand new looking forward to it theyve done a great job with the code as you know now to pick up on the answer to your question with regard to this renaming of military bases this is a it seems to be a real sore point with the president was brought up in the press briefing the president also tweeting about it weve seen in the wake of the social unrest weve seen people toppling statues defacing statues that have anything to do with colonialism or here in the United States it has to do with confederacy well there has been this effort to rename some military bases in the United States named after confederate commanders the u. S. President weighing in on this saying that these are heroes that were deployed from these bases my administration will not even consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military installations now i should point out the defense secretary has weighed in on this is well as the chair of the joint chiefs saying this should be part of a bipartisan discussion but the commander in chief says this is not open for discussion and really how could have the white house can really as always thank you meanwhile the Minneapolis Police department is breaking off talks with the powerful state police union its police chief says its part of planned reforms in the wake of George Floyds this daria are a dont go says the Union Contract needs to be restructured to provide more transparency. This is further examining those 6 significant matters that touch on such things as Critical Incident protocol our use of force the significant role that supervisors play in this department and also the discipline process to include both grievances and arbitration. And i believe i speak for my chief peers here in the state of minnesota as well as across our country that there is nothing more debilitating to a chief from an Employment Matter perspective that when you have grounds to terminate an officer for misconduct when youre dealing with a 3rd Party Mechanism that allows for that employee to not only be back on your department. But to be patrolling in your communities. The front of the police as being a coast to coast cry of protesters in the United States one estimate suggests 1252 black people have been shot and killed by u. S. Police since 2050 so why is it so difficult to introduce reform with nearly 800000 local state and federal Police Agencies its one of the most the centralized Police Organizations in the world there are also more than 600 training academies of varying content and quality the power of the Police Unions is also a major factor critics argue that unions set the tone for the Police Culture and they have been able to block reform in the name of labor rights and theres also a general reluctance for investigators prosecutors and juries to 2nd guess what they believe to be an officer is split 2nd decision. Lets go to new york now we can talk to foreign hadari hes executive director of the policing project at the n. Y. U. School of law sir thank you so much for joining us here on aljazeera to discuss this thread started with the ritual point we made to defund the police it means Different Things to different people what do you think it should mean if we are going to have reform of the police in the states. Thanks for having me youre right define the police means Different Things to different people i think there is a core theres no a lot of people are starting to agree with that we put too much on police we train them in force and law and yet we send them into almost every situation we can imagine if theres a homeless person some the Police Violent crimes and the Police Traffic stops and the police send the police and if thats your motto thats your solution to every societal problem what youre going to get in response to all those problems is force and law so i think the solution is thinking really critically really creatively about whether or not police are the right answer to every problem we have as a society so i guess you mean a little less money to the police and that money to be pumped into social services which would help lots of situations and put less strain on the police but one of the main accusations of the police is often just simply not really accountable how do you think the u. S. Could go about reforming that and what do you make of the Minneapolis Police department breaking off talks with the powerful state police a union would you think the relationship should be with the unions if freeform is to happen. You know its a simple question and i think i think accountability has 2 sides to it so one is making sure that when things go wrong someone is held to account so thats what a lot of what we heard the police you talk about ensuring that he can actually instill discipline he can fire officers that have the things wrong but theres another side to accountability and its what we call fun and accountability and it comes from governments comes from legislators its setting rules and passing laws to me its to guy what police do and how they can act in my view the federal government and state governments have fallen down on their obligation gooseberry few laws that tell police how this should go about wielding the immense power we give them and thats just Good Government its time to step up and pass laws on the federal and state level to tell to give Police Guidance well i mean we heard George Floyds brother it speaking to politicians urging them to stop the pain earlier today do you see whats in the death of George George floyd and whats happened since as potentially a turning point when it comes to this issue i think i hope it i hope it is you know we the u. S. Has gone through a lot of this in the last several years the last several decades but actually since ferguson you know i think people of more people are waking up to the problems day there were calls for reform 5 years ago and now youre seeing the pain on the streets and i think youre starting to see people on both sides realize that the system we have now is not working for everybody and its not working for everybody then something fundamentally has to change and i think the best way to do that is to address if police are the right solution to every problem veteran hadari executive director of the policing project at the n. Y. U. School of law thank you so much for sharing your views with us thank you appreciate. Statue of Christopher Columbus in the u. S. City of richmond has become the latest to be torn down by protesters that a stranger is used ropes to drag the effigy off its pedestal before setting it on fire and throwing it into a lake the monument was toppled less than 2 hours after demonstrators had gathered chanting for it to go activists then vandalized the foundation that once held the stuff here. In the u. K. The mayor of london has called for an investigation after a british musician shared a video of his father being tasered by police. The rapper who is known as wretch 32. 00 posted this clip on twitter it shows a 62 year old father tumbling downstairs at his north london home where after an officer warns that he has a taser the rapper whose real name is Jermaine Scott says theres been no progress in the fight against Police Brutality of watched him fight against Police Brutality. Of 35 no one was through here again today and i now have to have the same conversations that my dad who im a grandparent some appearance had with me when i was a child i mean theres no progression. Coming up on this news hour from london says more than 5000. 00 people died from corona virus in the city last month far more than previously reported the long wait is over after weeks of colonel virus restrictions parents are finally able to meet their surrogate children. And in sports why the olympics looks likely to be slimmed down for tokyo next year. The world is facing its worst peacetime recession in a century thats according to the organization for Economic Cooperation and development it predicts that the Global Economy will shrink by at least 6 percent in 2020 because of the coronavirus lockdowns and britain france italy and spain will be worst hit with g. D. P. Decreases of at least 11 percent the o. E. C. D. Also says the fallout will be even worse if there is a 2nd wave of the pandemic it is. The governments foerster more resilient inclusive and Sustainable Growth the aim should be to go back to quote unquote normal actually normal was what got us where we are now. A senior British Health expert says the u. K. s coronavirus test toll could have been hoft if the lockdown had been brought in a week earlier more than 41000 people have now died in the u. K. Former government adviser Neil Ferguson was giving evidence to m. P. s. Those. Who. Had. The. Violence the haw. Almost i think given what we know d about this but you about this dance then. The other 3. Were probably the. Second guest on this court. Have we introduced the. Prime minister far as johnson says the decision is made were based on scientific advice the u. K. Is continuing to ease its restrictions we must stick to our rate and. I urge everyone to continue to show restraint and respect the rules which are designed to keep us safe and its only because of the restraint that everyone youve shown so far that were able to move gradually out of this look down dr john ashton is a former regional director of Public Health for the northwest of england he joins me now via skype from yorkshire and dr ashton thank you so much for joining us 1st of all what did you make of those comments today by Neil Ferguson. I wish these experts had said these things 2 months ago you know. The problem was in march we had such polar data because we werent doing extensive enough testing that the models were totally useless and you know theres an old expression in the computing world go garbage in garbage out whatever date it went into the bubble and produced whatever came out and not meant the a lot of those were predicting a much flatter epidemic of it actually happened and then in that week of the 9th of march they realized this actually the curve in the u. K. Was much steeper than the us and was following the italian curve and realized that if things went on that way we were going to have huge numbers of deaths. So weve had that going on weve also had politically led science not science led politics weve had pay our people running their communications and the data that the public have been given has been very confusing and incomplete so its remarkable that we have the cooperation with the lockdown that we did what weve seen over the last 2 or 3 weeks is its completely crumbled and were going to be very lucky if we get away without a 2nd wave now because theres still a lot of the virus circulating there are still thousands of new cases every day and the conditions of very are even worse than where we instigated lock down there are more when this book virus in the community now than there was when we locked down because i mean you say when the u. K. Locked down even