And landmarks well take a look at his life and why. Im sumi so much going to thank you for joining us theres been another night of unrest in the u. S. With protests in dozens of cities after the death of a black man in Police Custody the National Guard has been deployed in a number of states curfews were extended in major cities as Police Struggle to contain the situation and theres been a memorial for george floyd in minneapolis where he died a week ago. All right well lets talk about the ongoing protests and the political implications in the u. S. Natasha lynch that is a political scientist and professor of International Relations and comparative politics at the university of essex in england natasha thank you for joining us 1st of all i understand that you were in l. A. Joining the Brutal Police attack on rodney king and the ensuing unrest there how do you compare what you saw then to the protests were seeing now. Well thats true them originally from california and i remember there
Worst affected cities a lockdown remains to place the number of cases in a high risk urban area still searching. Im serious almost got to thank you for joining us another night of on rest in the u. S. With protests and dozens of cities after the brutal death of a black man in Police Custody the National Guard has been deployed in a number of states curfews were extended in major cities as Police Struggle to contain the situation a memorial gathering took place for george floyd in his home city of minneapolis. America is burning for 6 night in a row anger flooded streets across the deeply divided country. On this scale of civil unrest has not been seen here in decades. In. George floyds home state protesters marched against systemic racism and Police Brutality. All these voices are here because the same thing keeps happening over and over again its the new lynching you know and its new coded language in a way that our president represents himself in and has a following of k. K. K. Membe