Their way across they were pinned on the bridge, trapped up quickly and the donations interview with nbc news. Inside for a couple of hours, in minneapolis, charges for three other officers involved kept rolling in. Expected as early as today. A sweeping civil rights investigation of the Police Department is launched. Being black should not be a were told. 18 semitrucks worth of goods. Its a controversial practice. Is amazing. This is minneapolis strong for nonetheless, Law Enforcement said it worked, it helped. The spot. The inside story behind this not just in new york city but sure and people coming together coasttocoast the demonstrations were largely to help our community. Were so grateful. The principal asked the remarkable display of generosity for kids impacted by floyds organization, the sheridan story to help distribute the federal killing in their community. To families who need it most. Its amazing. Today wednesday june 3rd, we call in a panic and said can you help us. We do food, you do middle school hes here with his crew, his 2020. Announcer from nbc news, peaceful. Overnight in new york city thousands marching in times square. This man taking a knee and raising their fist in the face trucks. This is what minnesota, this is today with savannah of nypd. Minneapolis is about, taking care of each other, serving each another group finding themselves pinned in for hours on the other, making sure the kids Manhattan Bridge. Police using barricades to especially have the food they guthrie and hoda kotb live from prevent them from leaving either side of the bridge. Ouly 200 studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. And morning, everybody. Welcome to today. It is nice to have you with us arrests, the earlier curfew and on a wednesday morning. Its nice to be able to say it a bigger show of police force was a quieter night or at least largely helped keep the peace a slightly more peaceful night, hoda, in cities around the country. Although it looks different and prevent widespread looting. Need. Amy nelson, the principal of that curfew extended until Sanford Middle School is with us right now. Way to go, amy, that was awesome. Sunday. Wow. First tell us about the need how desperate was the need for you to put out that initial email. Well use the curfew as an it really came from we knew available tool, bring police there was a need for staff where you are right now. It sure does. We were happy to hear the news most of the protests were calm and peaceful but we did take a it came from parents and few extra precautions at studio 1a. Neighbors who said can we we decided overnight to put up boards around the outside, kind partner on this and how can we department in. Lapd reporting 100 arrested of a just in case. Well be happy, ill say, when those boards come down and for curfew violence. In atlanta releasing tear gas on make this work with kids they reached out and it snowballed from there. Theres so many families that protesters seconds after their live close that dont have a Grocery Store anymore. Its basic primal needs you were hoping for 80 kids. You got 30,000 plus. 9 00 p. M. Curfew. Hopefully very soon and we can can you tell me what it felt like to be standing in the get back to business here, savannah. Yeah, we want to see our window on the world open very this after officers body cam shooting stun guns on two soon. Lets get right to the latest on africanamerican College Parking lot of that school these protests over the death of looking at cars lined up for miles. What did that feel like for you . George floyd. They show no signs of fading. Students sitting in a car. Two of the officers have been just an overwhelming sense of an eighth straight night of demonstration from coasttocoast. Fired. Gratitude. This is what minneapolis does. Some of them were massive. We did not see widespread people from the longfellow looting and destruction that has nbc news cannot confirm what Community Came together at such been going on over the past few a deep level nights in many cities. As of this morning that week long unrest has led to 9,000 we had folks from local grassroots from all corners of arrests, savannah. The city to help support some of those arrests came happened before the video. It was incredible. Ill begin today saying im you use the word minneapolis sorry. Just steps from the white house where overnight a chainlink while richmonds mayor apologized while they used tear fence was installed to block strong that struck me. What does that mean . Protesters from lafayette park, tell me what that means. It means we want to do the right thing. The scene of the largest demonstrations in the nations we have a lot of work to do. Were here because of the gas. Capital. Meantime president george w. Every protester should be implicit bias we carry around bush released a statement on allowed to peacefully protest. Race every day and how we need George Floyds death a the thats the bottom line. In the wake of George Floyds to do better so that all of our colleagues have the kind of opportunities they should have death last week, tuesday was a this is an example of folks coming together. I hope we continue to do this to improve the Race Relations we day of overwhelmingly Peaceful Demonstrations nationwide. Have in our community and our country. What did a lot of people on the receiving end really needed in washington, d. C. , calls for peace at the lincoln memorial, all under the watchful eye of this food. And the National Guard. In houston a massive gathering, more than 50,000 people, what was it like for the parents including members of george and kids from your school when floyds family calling for they were receiving these bags change, thousands there taking a just tears of joy and gratitude and so grateful to have the opportunity to get much needed supplies they havent been able to pick up recently with no stores being available. I feel like were looking at knee in a moment of silence. Healing. In hollywood, there were a few do you think thats what healing looks like. Daytime arrests but also moments it is it really is of understanding, protesters our Neighborhood Organization longfellowstrong really has embracing members of the come together. National guard and taking a knee i cant tell you the number of people in small areas and possibilities of the neighborhood who came together together. To get this out alone with while milwaukee residents came sheridan story, an Amazing Organization as well, to help support moving this food along. Like we said, you got a lot together to march in unity. Of extra a powerful moment, residents laying down on birds eye bridge, hands behind their backs. Weve got to fight, do our best, to make sure this cant going . Happen, be better for our lots of Community Organizations came to help us move it out right away future. Sheridan story is an Outstanding Organization that partners with meanwhile nationwide there are more protests being planned minneapolis Public Schools for today. That 8 00 p. M. Curfew, which, our Culinary Services help take perishable items so we can continue to get this need fulfilled for next weeks and again, Law Enforcement officials months. Are crediting with a quieter, more peaceful night, that curfew hats off to your school, principal nelson by the way, before we wrap up has been extended in new york city enthusiastic sunday. And wrap up the school year, we have a little surprise for you savannah. And hope it helps your students all right, craig, thank you. We are joined now by the highest when they return five star, they say they are ranking uniformed officer in the going to outfit the entire new york city Police Department, school with supplies for chief terrence monahan. Students, backpacks, binders, chief, good morning to you. Notebooks, you name it your moment with demonstrators that will be coming your way. Thank you monday went viral. You knelt with them in the park, thank you. Hugging people in the crowd and its the least that can be calling for an end to the done after what youve done for your school. Violence. Principal amy nelson, thank you, chief, with that picture in mind, i have to ask you about last night. It seemed to be a much quieter keep up the good work, okay . Thanks so much. Savannah, over to you. I love it a plus for that principal. Night. Great work, great work coming up next, harry smith will be along to add perspective to what were seeing across this you had an earlier curfew. Country including parallel for is that what made the the racial conflicts of the 60s and where we go from here but first this is today on nbc welcome back. Difference . The earlier curfew helped cops take out of the neighborhood people that didnt belong there. 8 00 helped a lot. A lot of people protesting past 8 00 peacefully we allowed to continue. But when a group of people who were looking to cause mayhem broke off, we were able to take care of them very quickly. The governor of new york, andrew cuomo, lashed out at the Police Response saying police did not do their job monday night when there was widespread looting. He talked about displacing the mayor and bringing in the National Guard. Is that necessary, in your mind . Absolutely not. I stated this yesterday. Hed have to come out and see what men and women are doing. Dont ever call them ineffective. As a matter of fact, last night his office called and apologized to me. He called the commissioner directly to apologize that thats not what he meant. He did not mean to put down the Police Officers. I hope he will come out publicly and say that again today during his press conferences, because the men and women of this agency have done a remarkable job in unprecedented times. I couldnt be prouder of the work the men and women of this agency have done. Weve seen massive protests. Many, probably most, are peaceful protests. There is that dangerous element, those who want to break into stores, commit violence, attacks toward the police and vice versa. Have you been able to figure out what that element consists of, some said outside agitators coming in. Whats your best estimate on that . What ive seen there are groups within these large protests looking for nothing but trouble. Weve made a lot of arrests for people outside the new york area. Weve gotten intel from people, various different groups of anarchists trying to push their agenda out there, hijack the movement, to cause nothing but chaos and mayhem and destruction in the city and just to attack Police Officers. Thats not what this is about. This is about people protesting something they found unjustified, that was unjustified in minnesota to get their voice out. This is not and should never have been an attack on Police Officers. Theres not a Police Officer in this country that doesnt condemn what happened in welcome back. Protests remind people of earlier eras in our history, savannah no question, society similar ly challenged by anger, unrest, challenge, progress waited on minnesota. We dont need to be targeted the other side and seemed very far away at times. Throughout this country because harry joins us to put it all in of the actions of someone in minnesota. Perspective with a look back and to that larger issue, you just denounced what happened in hi, harry, good morning. Minnesota, knelt with good morning. Protesters. For a lot of people what were seeing feels unique in many, many ways. If you were around in the 1960s, you have said nypd is not a racist organization. This has been a time when a lot of eyes are opened, a lot of people are reflecting. What the protesters seem to be youd see some real saying there are incidents that similarities the pictures of conflict between Law Enforcement and angry protesters last week have reminded some of the racial conflicts of the 1960s are awful that happen in broad daylight, what happened in in his book why we capital minneapolis. Can wait Martin Luther king said, then quiet racism, the way the black community is policed and watched. For blacks freedom had a dull ring, a mocking emptiness. What do you say about that . He campaigned for equality, what have you learned through racial and economic, ideas so radical the fbi put him under surveillance this experience. Through this, listen, we have when he showed up in support of to look at one another as striking sanitation workers in. Humans. Weve all grown up differently. I cant look through the eyes and lens of africanamerican male that grew up, he cant look through my lens, how ive grown the reaction was an eruption in memphis in the spring of 1968, he was assassinated. The reaction was an eruption in up in my life. Together were all human. Cities big and small thousands were arrested, dozens were killed. The National Guard and even the im much more than just a blue uniform. Hes much more than just a marines were brought in. Member of the community. Those striking garbage men in we have to be able to get along on a onetoone basis. I see that every day in this memphis carried signs that said, i am a man, a reference to the agency. I see how our cops interact with declaration of independence which claimed equality as an the people in their communities, how they get along, how we Work Together. Neighborhood policing we started here in 2014. Evident truth. We spoke with Pulitzer Prize that was the whole concept of winner Eugene Robinson of the it, the idea that the cops in Washington Post about the image of the policeman with a knee on George Floyds neck. The community were one. He was not thinking of him as were all human. A human being, deserving of together we move forward against those who want to cause crime being treated like a human being. Not a man deserving of being and mess up our society. Those are important words. I hope everyone takes it to heart. Treated like a man. As we have watched whats chief monahan, i know its a unfolded in city after city long night for you, sir, across america over the last several days, whats gone appreciate it. Thank you, savannah. All right. Through your mind . Again. Hoda, well send it to you. All right. 7 12. Thank you, savannah. The word again. Minnesotas department of human rights has launched an how many times do we go through investigation into the minneapolis police. It will not only look at George Floyds death but also the this cycle. Departments procedures and practices over the past 10 reporter that cycle that has continued for decades. Black men killed over and over again years. The word again how many times do we go through this cycle. Reporter that cycle that has continued for decades. Black men killed over and over by vigilantes or police. Trayvon martin, michael brown, were also hearing from the orlando castile, Ahmaud Arbery mother of floyds young daughter and more for the first time. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez spoke with robinson wrote this in a column her. Last week, please dont try to tell me that somehow these hey, gabe, good morning. Hoda, overnight, there was a killing are about anything other small peaceful demonstration here and it comes as one of the floyd family attorneys now says than race. I dont think im going to, you know, get wrestled to the he expects the other three officers in this case to be charged before floyds funeral ground and have the life choked next tuesday. This morning the minneapolis out of me, but there is that Police Department is under tiny possibility and its in the growing scrutiny. You can expect our administration to use every tool at our disposal to try to destruct racism. Deconstruct systemic racism. Back of my mind. I think its a universal black male experience in this country. A sweeping civil rights i really do. Reporter these events and investigation into the subsequent reaction are moments, says robinson, when progress can be made. It seems to be the way we department for the first time in its history, the move stemming from the death of george floyd move forward on race we argue about it, and we struggle, but make how we rachet nine days ago. Forward and we do make a bit of for his family, i think its a great start but definitely not the end. Former officer Derek Chauvin charged with third degree murder and Second Degree manslaughter progress. After kneeling on floyds neck and hes encouraged by leadership of local sheriff Chris Swanson in michigan. The only reason were here is to make sure you have a voice. Reporter especially members of Law Enforcement taking a knee with protesters. For close to nine minutes. That night still haunts donald good policing is something william. That has to be done with a community and not something he said floyd was already on the ground when he happened to walk up on the scene. Hes not moving. His anguished voice captured on that now viral video. At the time could you believe thats done to a community what you were seeing . No. It was like in the twilight there are such gigantic differences between the 1960s zone. It was like something that was unreal. It was like it was a movie, you and now. Eugene robinson said if you remember what happened to washington, d. C. , in 1968, know. Should those other officers entire neighborhoods burned to the ground sections of d. C. That didnt face charges . They had no remorse. They had no feelings. Recover for decades and decades. Hell, yeah, they should be in one particular town in america, wilmington, delaware, charged. The National Guard stayed for a floyd grew up in houston. He leaves beh