Special status as china imposes a new security law on that the region designed to quell the protests there. Broadcast live direct from our studios in Moscow International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us it is a busy news night lets get right to it civil unrest is spreading across the United States as anger over the death of george floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police boils over demonstrations have erupted in cities across the country since the fatal incident last monday and the situation is tense right now in los angeles. Police have been firing rubber bullets added the crowds of their with authorities using photons on demonstrators as well during clashes several patrol cars were vandalized the city has seen large scale protests with over 500 people arrested on friday night back in 1902 similar scenes unfolded in l. A. When the city was at the center of infamous riots following the Brutal Police beating of rodney king and now the death of george floyd has sparked outrage again. I from one of this where are now joined by selwyn jones who is an uncle of george floyd who is currently at a demonstration in south dakota. Thank you very much for being with us here on our team International Im really sorry for your loss and sorry that you and out of these circumstances if you dont mind talk us through how did you hear about what happened with george what were your immediate feelings and how did you process all this someone there was your absence it was absolutely crazy. I am. Were a lot carolina in the middle of the country and we sort of can i have seen her dealt with certain situations like this before racism is in and you know its up to the color. I dont ever used a black college but it was just the situation. Im what i wake up at 7 oclock in the morning my mother in law calls my wife and says hey somebody in minneapolis. Somebody in minneapolis got harmed by ops leaks and. I you know. I wake up ive got to get television and im looking at the television and im getting out im give me outrage this. And i and my wife looks at maine and my sister calls me on the phone the same time when im just seeing this that shes like fiji and you seen any didnt know what. Was going on air and i was like what are you talking about and then i seen my. Cousin. Big a big this man for 5 minutes and 27 said. I cant breathe i need some order please. Let me yes and. This young man stand job or you know what hes what is me on his neck. And. The whole process was 9 minutes and 27 2nd and its he had never seen anybody executed. By 100000000 people in the world. When its you had security because he called for his mother asked her years ago tomorrow and. He went blank and. Hes never said another word and this young man that stood over him with his knee on his neck he had a. A monster look in his eye like you know what. This is my job to gaze at literally thats what it is same like. A didnt have no emotion he didnt have any did not get any remorse in that like he was housed in after a big animal keel a big gang was telling what it looked like you were just standing there. Just absolutely blank. They said that my nephew died at the hospital well. There was troubling 30 people standing around theres an angel and her name is Darnell Frazier that took the video and ill talk to her and shes told me shes like maci dont like. Either lights what do you know what weve got some in common what you just young lady because i seen their ways and you know you cant come in your nephews eyes you. Know on the streets of minneapolis minnesota at 5 oclock in the military afternoon his young men literally executed my nephew and he didnt look like he. Cared whatsoever. And they came as a risk to be him the particular one the head is the on his neck yesterday. And the other 4 there was 4 and the other 3. Has not been. Has not even been approached show it and. Then you you mentioned youve had a lot of support from the family and youve mentioned that youve all communicated with each other and it has to be hard you also talked about the video that has gone around the world. The autopsy found that george died because of preexisting medical conditions aggravated by the actions of the Police Officer what are your thoughts on that. Sheriff. If have you seen pictures of my nephew yes of course my nephew was a little tot he was should split 5 to not get a 45 pounds he worked up properly. The week and. I never now am dad he used to be a dad down near close to a professional athlete. And that wasnt one thing in the world. That i can say what physically wrong with my. Nephew. And you know in certain situations excuses have to be made because decisions people made and. It how were going to hear the thing about him having drugs in his system were going to hear the thing about treat conditions treat existing condition what we know sure is we literally watched youve seen it and i think mccown is like a 100000000 now and saying this video. Is disband. And its officers taken my nephew out of back of a s. U. V. Walk him to the sidewalk straighten me sitting him bits on the wall take him to the police car and literally killing him. Because about that officer. Who has been charged with 3rd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter do you think that these are appropriate charges or sure let me ask you question. If your cousin. Was laid out in the middle of the street. A memorial day. And one particular individual was the one that you seen my cousin go from begging to suffering and dying. If we were detected consensus it seems like that would be. A murder and with that with the information that we had gathered about him and this op lace officer working at the same nightclub which ive been to numerous times with george. Thats a heck of a coincidence. You know. I i watched it and you saw it and 80900000000 people have seen this video of my nephew literally getting murdered and the middle of the street and minneapolis minnesota populous up by 4 Police Officers. And if you have any if you watch the video youll see the place officer to head over to whatever same his head is me on this throw you see him positioning himself get roland my. Nephew are you saying and put his hand in his pockets we could get more push. He had control of my nephew lies delivered. And he chose to literally murder him in the middle of the street to me afterwards. They say that apparently my nephew was. It was. Forgery you know it was right a 20. 00 check shirt do you honestly think that the ever seen anybody. Executed over 20. 00 in the middle of the street in front of the world and this dude had eat eat. Who would ever think that somebody would literally murder somebody in the middle of the street in a broad daylight and he had no remorse it didnt look like he wanted to stop when he was dead i mean when he died so he had no intentions in written down which really. What about the National Reaction from citizens all across the country in different cities there have been protests and there have been riots not necessarily the same thing we dont want to confuse protests and riots as being the same thing what do you think about the interNational Reaction. I knew d as a american and. A man of color of the way of just being a human being. That a lot of people in this world are sick and tired of. People of color getting to it in bad situations by unfortunately. Caucasian talks. We had a beautiful protest today and i and rapid city south dakota we had about 2000 people you figure and. There was not one thing dad say id be able to show of unity. There are people people are taking advantage of a bad situation its main people doing many things and were not going to let the bad apples hold the show because weve got a. Weve got a message to law extend to the world and that message is lets have a nice lets figure out a way so we can stop. People of color getting brutalized ah in the middle of the street at night while theyre running. And being mistaken as often. As something that theyre not. Because my nephew was obviously mistaken as somebody that was a bad person and. Didnt do anything. Was an aggressive only thing he did was do what they tell you he could do and you know what the outcome was he died a gun was. Thank you for taking the time to talk to us and uncle of george floyd sorry about your loss and please stay safe sir thank you sir all right the western coast in oakland protests saw a Police Officer shot and killed while stationed outside the citys courthouse authorities are currently investigating the incident at least 7500. 00 protesters were out in force there to demonstrate over the death of george floyd. Last night in Oakland California an assassin cowardly shot to federal protective Service Contractors as they stood watch over a protest. One officer was killed and the other is in Critical Condition the f. B. I. The Oakland Police supported by the department of Homeland Security are investigating that attack when someone targets a Police Officer or a Police Station with an intention to do harm and intimidate that is an act of domestic terrorism. Amid looting torched buildings and violent clashes with police and the mayor of minneapolis where floyd died has announced the full mobilization of the National Guard it is the 1st time that has happened since world war 2. If they dont want to get this stuff theyre not going to be any peace so lets go we are tired his name is george clooney. I want i want change we all want change. We got white people thank you Storm National building in the state in the countrys capital a yours but if they see us with a rock they can susan if they see the rubber bullet if they see us with anything that looks like a good they can kill it on a daily basis. This is what you get when you dont hold other cops accountable when you let them kill other people when you let them kill us when you dont hold your partner accountable this is it this is. Over 30 cities in the us have seen protests curfews have been imposed across minnesota but also in denver louvel and portland the National Guard has been drafted in. For a number of states as well over in Brooklyn New York thousands took to the streets and clashed with police freelancer journalist William Whiteman was following it for us im now standing in front of a line of police as you see. Just moments ago with a tank just completely unprovoked these are Different Police than what weve been seeing the rest of the march like the beginning of it there was no middle east offices no weapons or nothing like that and we now have police with billy clubs and they attacked demonstrators completely unprovoked i would be people who are completely you know. It was a very very aggressive show of force the police said differently a lot more militarized now im going to take you through down to the from we got a line of protesters with their hands are. Very proud. Right still covering all of those developments for us in new york is freelance journalist William White men again live for us youve been there covering the situation for us for quite a while wasnt the situation like right now in brooklyn and how has it changed over the time that youve been there. So in a moment. Everyone is still on the move. Basically doing your sort of moving around the city very very quickly around brooklyn very quickly and shutting down into sections and if i turn the camera around perhaps you can see just up ahead of me they carry in bits of fence theyve got bits of metal fence theyre using to shut down intersections but the police has really stepped up its game they are mobile theyre everywhere theres a line of police with just the right here now. A while ago. Just before we crossed but book im walking along beside. My left. This is. Africanamerican working class neighborhoods. I have seen the organizers here reading so im cool. From direct confrontation with the polling so but actually seeing them. You know a couple of moments so an individual so i had to. Get some good news as you can see now they know setting down. The line of. People trying to cause as much to start soon as possible. Illegal. So done as many of simpsons as possible causes much of the city so. In order to make. Everyone not stand who can save the Company Place will. Go nowhere. Look im a little bit well. Im. Quoting things ok so you want my. Im. Going to go to hell when i get down we want. We want to. Lose. Were going to bring it. When we were down we were going to. Go to look were. Going through the crews that are actually responding for the protesters but approaching serious crimes so hes in a place now. Where the one saying with a line of protest. Well. I am. Thats amazing well police i actually would. I know i did get groups but this is the i want. Us at the moment. Almost i guess were not good at it you know but. I know in your level. All right William White men there were having some trouble with the connection there hes a freelance journalist in brooklyn seeing across situations for us there in new york we will come back to him through the night as the situation there develops obviously some incredibly harrowing images we hope you stay safe as well. After protests overnight on friday the new York Police Department claimed agitators were at play in the city. We not just the Police Department but all of new york city suffered last night after professional and organized agitators cause havoc on the city resulting in violence injured Police Offices and the destruction of Property Police violence against americas black community has long fueled calls for reform and yet the country still sees a significant number of deadly incidents we spoke with educator and activist toby wright was and died after an incident involving the police. Usually there is no outcome that includes justice were dealing with the fact that our skin is a certain tone that people treat you differently and it doesnt matter if you are walking your dog in central park and youre a harvard graduate or if you live in boise idaho and you are you know whatever your background is as long as you are in the skin you know some people call it that the skin that youre in is the sin and so youre treated as less equal youre treated as equal and so imagine being a large black man being the strong physically strong looking black man you automatically being approached with. With with violets as a 1st resort and its just a ongoing pattern of abuse the amount of pressure that black people go through every day you you know people would be a jumping off a bridge every day if they had to live in the skin that we live in. But what has to happen is that Police Officers need to be held accountable for their actions they need to be and other Police Officers when they see wrongdoing need to actually speak up and Say Something is wrong or something caught them to want to have you know this code of silence that happens where Police Officers are not speaking up and in this case we see a lot of Police Officers in other cities speaking up but we really need to see minneapolis and st paul Police Officers speak up and say that this is wrong because anybody with any kind of sense can look at that video and see that that is a murderer. The governor of minnesota has urged the public to stay home amid the unrest saying its the only option to avoid the chaos. I just i am bringing out everyone whos voice in community is so much stronger than mine im bringing out lived experiences to tell people it is going to be incredibly dangerous we have trained professionals out there but the people that are there dont wear uniforms dont play by rules and dont share a values they will intentionally create chaos we will do our very best to preserve ignaty rule of law but we have got to clear our streets we cannot show up patience for people who care nothing about anything. Now the mayor of minneapolis is urging the public to stay home explaining that large crowds give cover to people intent on committing crime they also called in the violent riots of domestic terrorism many of the areas that have seen protests over George Floyds death have also seen significant looting here you can see scenes in portland where people are emptying out an apple store. And anybody comes by for the water you know so they can feel welcome and hopefully you know this will help put it it will come and destroy our property here. The right way to listen to it right you know. Pretty clear is in your gut this is actually going to go back down there are certain people businesses are going to like this. But you got to sit together together do. In his latest speech u. S. President donald trump slammed the riots and protesters while hinting that the unrest will end very soon. The mobs are devastating the lifes work of good people and destroying their dreams right now America Needs creation not destruction. Cooperation not contempt security not anarchy and there will be no anarchy. My administration will stop mob violence and well stop it cold. Or we can cross to live it to market kimberly who is a columnist for the website the black agenda report thank you very much for being with us here on our to international and. So over the last 2 decades the u. S. Has seen many cases of Police Brutality involving the black community do you still hold hope that the situation in the u. S. Can improve. It can only improve with fundamental change you cannot have a society that is unjust in so many different ways have a just Law Enforcement system we have Police Brutality we