I mean, when i walk out the house, i have to worry about whats going to happen to me today. Woodruff all that and more on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by life isnt a straight line, and sometimes you can fi yourself heading in a new direction. Fidelity is here to help you work through the unexpected, with Financial Planning and advice for today, and tomorrow. The william and flora hewlett foundation. For more than 50 years, advancing ideas and pporting institutions to promote a better world. At www. Hewlett. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and indiduals. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff dozens of American Cities are bracing for new protests, and potentially, new violence, tonight. Outrage over Police Killings of black victims has fueled unrest from coast to coast. White house correspondent Yamiche Alcindor begins our coverage. rjz tear gas, deploying flash bangs to dispercent peaceful potests near the white house. Additional National Guard troops have been called in. President trump spoke defiantly in the rose garden just moments ago. Today i have strongly recommended to every governor to deploy the National Guard in sufficient numbers that we dominate the streets. Mayors and governors must establish an overwhelming Law Enforcement presence until the have a lens has been quelled. If a city or state refuses to take the actions that are necessary to defend the life and property of their residents than i will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them. I am also taking swift and Decisive Action to protect our great capitol, washington. Woodruff President Trump just moments ago. Our White House Correspondent yamiche all sippedder lays out how the day unfolded. Historic protests, a nation reeling y there was similar trouble in washington, philadelphia and elsewhere. A number of cities imposed curfews. Nationwide, at least 23 states and the District Of Columbia called out more than 17,000 National Guardsmen. His brother spoke to crowds. If im not over here wild enough, if im not over here blowing up stuff, if im not over here messing up my community, then what yall doing . What are yall doing . Yall doing nothing. Because thats not going to bring my blower back at a alcindor in some cities, police expressed solidarity with footage on social media showed the moment demonstrators in washington tackled a white man to the ground as he attempted to provoke police. In new york city, demonstrators came head to head with police. And looting disrupted parts of 5th avenue. There was similar trouble in washington, philadelphia and elsewhere. A number of cities imposed curfews. Nationwide, at least 23 states and the District Of Columbia called out more than 17,000 National Guardsmen. His brother spoke to crowds. If im not over here wild enough, if im not over here blowing up stuff, if im not over here messing up my community, then what yall doing . What are yall doing . Yall doing nothing. Because thats not going to bring my blower back at a alcindor in some cities, police expressed solidarity with the peaceful demonstrators. When protesters in washington struggled to wash tear gas from their eyes. In new york city, some Police Cruisers drove into crowds. And in atlanta, a Police Officer was fired after dragging black College Students out of their car and tasing them. Through a historically tumultuous weekend, President Trump spoke only through twitter. There, he blamed antifascist organizations or antifa for the violence. On a phone call with governors today, the president called for harsher crackdowns. You have to dominate, if you dont dominate youre wasting your time. Theyre gonna run over you youre gonna look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate, and you have to arrest people, and you have to try people and they have to go to jail for long periods of time. Alcindor this afternoon, White House Press secretary Kayleigh Mcenany weighed in. The president has made clear that what we are seeing on americas streets is unacceptable. Violence, looting, anarchy, lawlessness are not to be tolerated. Plain and simple. These criminal acts are not protests. They are not statements. These are crimes that harm innocent american citizens. Outside the white house this weekend the alcindor outside the white housthis weekend, the newshour spoke to demonstrators like jaden olley, who said lives like his are on the line. What do you want them to understand about your life as a black man . I just im im as equal as anybody else. As valuable as anybody else in the world, just cause im a human being and just like anybody else. So i just i just want justice for everybody, not just justice for people that he would feel justice should be for. Alcindor when you see the video of george floyd, do you think that could be me . Lways. I was eight years old and my mind when the Trayvon Martin case happened. And ever since then, i understood that it could be me. Alcindor demonstrator taylor jones says thats a painful reality for her, too. My plans were to actually be a Police Officer, but then i realized that that one good apple in a bad batch really doesnt make a difference because once you sign your life over to that badge, you have to be loyal to who you work for and that just wasnt me. I should not have to fear leaving my house and not being able to breathe or my mom calling me crying because im protesting for my rights and she is scared i wont come back home. Alcindor this weekend, criticism of Police Violence in americechoed around the world. In auckland, new zealand, streets filled with protesters chanting in support of black lives matter. And inondon, demonstrations there became violent as clashes erupted with police. Back in minneapolis today, civil curfew was imposed and if other cities. And in minneapolis civil rights Attorney Ben Crump announced a back in minneapolis today, civil rights attorney ben crumb announced the sults of a private family autopsy on floyd. They said sustained pressure on floyds neck and back by all four responding officers are what killed him. The scar tissue of George Floyds death will be permanent scar tissue on the sub conscience of america. And the Minneapolis Police chief said the three officers alcindor and the Minneapolis Police chief said the three officers who watched floyds killing were complicit. But, they have not been arrested or charged in hs death. For the pbs newshour, im Yamiche Alcindor. They officially ruled George Floyds death a homicide. Also today the police woodruff also today, the police chief of louisville, kentucky was fired, a month before he retires, when officers killed a black man early today, and failed to record bodycam footage. A black woman was killed by louisville police, in march. As you saw in yamiches report, outrage and protest erupted in cities across the country. Amna nawaz takes a closer look. Nawaz thats right, judy. What started in minneapolis last week spread to dozens of cities this weekend. And thousands of protesters were arrested. Weve got reporters across the country pbs newshour special corespondent fred de sam lazaro is in minneapolis. Rickey bevington of georgia public broadcasting is in atlanta. And cerise castle of public Radio Station kcrw is in los welcome to you all, and fred, lets go to you in minneapolis first, this is ground zero in many ways. This is where george floyd was killed, or where the protests lcome to you all, and fred,two mere in minnesota allowing themselves for the first time to be optimistic. The governor has loosened the curfew hours. So theyre a little shorter. A little more optimistic, can that for this afternoon a fundraising drive to which more people contributed 2 million to help Small Businesses that have been devastated these last few days. So for the first time were getting a sense from minneapolis that can look post george floyd into its future. Certainly good news for so many people, but fred, juut to follow up, i wonder if you can tell us about what that official response has been . We heard President Trump on that reported call with governors earlier hail the response from governor walz saying he had done a good job. What have you seen and what does that mean about what you think people there can expect tonight . Governor waltz walz pushed back a little bit while agreeing that the beefed up polic presence which was no nonsense yesterday did help deescalate the situation. He said this was militarily unsustainable. That was on one of two pois that the governor seemed to make in his News Conference today. The other point is he said the compliance with the stay at home pleas, essentially from officials, were escalated to be stay at home commands. And there was a great deal more compliance and tranquility in the city, relative to the days before that. So, so there was a little bit of pushback from the governor on what caused this. He said this is just not militarily or socially sustainable, it is the antithesis of how we live. All eyes are on tonight to see how it evolves in minneapolis. And well be watching as well, cerise castle, i want to go to you over in los angeles. You were out covering the protests in the Fairfax District of los angeles. An area with a lot of shops and restaunts, tourist attraction. Describe for us what you saw over the course of the hours that you were there. Sure. So i came out to cover a protest that was happening at panpacific park around noon on saturday. I was there for about six hours and in that time i was walking with protestors as they made their way throughout the district. Lots of them for the most part with peaceably gathered. I saw lots of signs, lots of group chanting and even some aztec people that came out and performed a ceremonial dance which you can see in the photos you are seeing now. Now things did start to get a little harry as the afternoon wore on. At one point about 500 people had gathered at the intefer section of beverly and fairfax and a saw a number of Police Cruisers that had been put on fire. That was the only real violence i saw when i was out there, for the most part, like i said, people were gathered peacefully. At one point, however, around 4 00 is when things started to turn up a little bit. That was when police in full riot gear made their way to the intersection and began firing rubber bullets without warning at protestors and at journalists such as myself. I was actually hit with a rubber bullet in the arm and by los angeles police. And i havent really heard any word from the Police Department as to why they were shooting at journalists. Very briefly, you mentioned to my producer you saw kind of two groups of people out there. What did you mean by that . Sure, well, for the most part, most of the protestors that i am seeing out here came with the intent to peacefully demonstrate and exercise their First Amendment rights. On the other hand, there are people that are sort of taking advantage of the police being preoccupied with these demonstrators and sending all their resources over there. These people that are coming in and choosing to break into stores and steal from them are, you know, taking advantage of the police being preoccupied. Those are the two groups of people that were seeing covered by most of the media and these protests. But there isnt really a lot of differ rent yaition between the two groups. Howeveon the ground, it is clear that these really are two different groups of people with two completely different agendas. Rickey bevington over in atlanta, tell us about what you were seeing covering the the protests, did did you see something similar to what cerise was kriebing. The Police Presence was robust, professional, organized and calm. The group however last night that i saw was less unified. There were definitely people there to peacefully protest against police brutality. Parents with small children, couples holding signs. There were other groups of people who appeared ready for conflict with police, in fact those conflicts within the group were clear when one group of protestors began to tear apart a construction site stealing the fencing to create a barricade in the road. Other protestors were screaming at them to stop saying that the Property Damage does not represent the message that they were there to send. Rickey, do you have any sense based on the community and people you have been talking to and the official response of what is ahead for atlanta tonight . Atlanta is under a 9 p. M. Rfew for the third evening in a row. Authorities do believe that there will be more activity today. Earlier this afternoon about 55 people were arrested for blocking the road in front of city hall. There were about 157 arrests on saturday night, about half that many last night. Authorities are hoping for a downward trend. Cerise, very briefly in just a couple of seconds, do you know what officials are aicipating in los angeles . Well, tonight we have a curfew in place as well. The curfews in l. A. County range from as early as 1 30 this afternoon to as late as 8 00. We have brought in the National Guard to help dispercent people and make sure people adhere to that curfew. But i myself have already seen that a number of protests plans are outside the curfew hours, so we can expect Law Enforcement to be out on the streets enforcing that tonight. Well all be watching. And we hope all of you stay safe. Thank you for joining us tonight, rickey bevington, cerise castle and of course fred de sam lazaro in mneapolis, stay safe. Thank you. Woodruff there will be more peaceful protests around the country throughout this night. But there will likely be charged confrontations as well. We talk with two people whose experience matters. Michael nutter is the former mayor of philadelphia. And Christopher Swanson is the sheriff of genessee county, michigan. He got National Attention for hiapproach to demonstrators in flint this weekend. Heres how some of that went. We want to be with yall for real. So i took the helmet off, laid the batons down. I want to make this a parade, not a protest. You tell us what you need. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us. Walk with us cheers and applause so sheriff swanson watching that video, why did you decide to do that . You were expressing solidarity with these protestors. You are right. And thanks for having me. And i can tell you that that night on may 30th was a history on how to handle protests in a way that was our goal. Our city is already under enough oppression. We are already dealing with economic issues, water crisis and a pandemic. And it was just the right thing to do. As a veteran Police Officer who knows the community, i saw acts of kindness with fist bumps, a small hug and i went to my right, and i saw that. And i said im taking the helmet off, were putting our batons down and im walking in the crowd. And when i did that, that act of vulnerability, probably wasnt best tactical rules by any means, it sent a message. And that message was that i need to say, we dont agree, thats not who we are, what happened to mr. Floyd. And when i said that to the crowd, the second question, what do we need to do now . Is to walk with us, that changed everything. Because now they had a point. And they wanted somebody to listen to, and thats wh was the game changer. Woodruff mayor nutter, former mayor nutter, how often does Something Like that happen, in your experience . Unfortunately, judy, its pretty rare. And the sheriff swanson, thank you for your leadership. I also understand that something similar happened in campton, new jersey, just across the river from us here in philadelphia. I think increasingly, judy, these issues, these challenges can only be solved by partnership and cooperation. By police and Community Working together. But also because of the racial aspect of this, black americans need to hear that white people really do understand and are not only listening but theyre hearing what we say. The issues and challenges, you know, if you think about the last three, four months, what has happened. Suddenly worldwide pandemic, everyones forced into their home. Virtually no one can work. Thousands, millions of people have lost their jobs. 40 some million americans have filed for unemployment. And then we see the video from ahmaud ar berrys assassination, chased down by two or three white people, kill him. We see mr. Floyd killed in the streets, a new autopsy report, homicide at the hands of police. We see or hear about mr. Cooper in central park where unfortunately a white female uses race as a weapon to against mr. Cooper who was doing nothing. And that could have turned out very badly. And incident after disinlt after incident, people are just tired, judy, they are really pissed off. Woodruff well, thats the way a lot of people feel, sheriff swanson, how do you know, how, how does someone in Law Enforcement, in your position know when the moment is right to do this . Because as we said, there are a lot of people who want these protests to be peaceful, but there are sometimes, you know, things get out of control. People get involved who take things to a different place. How is Law Enforcement to handle that . Whats the best approach. First of all, you have to ow your community. Mayors spot on. Im sure he knows phillie better than anybody. But if you separate yourself, especially as a Police Executive from the streets and how you go and you lose touch, and you become te deaf to what the language is, that separation creates a divide. And now it just so happens that divide is police against africanamericans. That it sets a tone, but that tone request can be reversed. Saw that in flint michigan. In eight minutes and 46 seconds, one individual who wore the same uniform, but isnt who we are, he raced years of inroads that communities have built with their people, that Law Enforcement has tried to hard, that mayors and townships and cities across the nation have tried to build. But those relationships were key. And i let me tell you, the 127 years on the job, it wasnt just something that i thought of. I would like to say that i strategized, it wasnt it. I love my people. I love the people in the community. I serve them for my entire adult life. I felt comfortable, although not the best tactical decision as i mentioned. But i knew that if i laid down my weapon and i walked in a position of vulnerability, they would see me as an action, not just words. Just like mayor said, people are tired of words. And when they saw that, it changed their hearts. And we havent stopped there. There are demonstrations right on the front of our lawn, took care of people, served them, no issues. Today we had more demonstrations, served them, protected them, three days, no arrests, no fires, no injuries. Woodruff let me just finally, we have less than a minute, mayor nutter. President trump today is calling on governors to get tougher, saying if you dont dominate you are seen as weak, they will see you as jerks. Is this a message Law Enforcement should be heeding, governors should be heeding. That is just accelerating the feeling of oppression that black people, latino people, other people of color have already been feeling. Donald trump has no idea how to manage any crisis. He has no, as the chief talked about, he has no feeling of the street. This is not about domination. This is about working with people. But judy, you eluded to something and i want to take it head on. There are some people at these protests whose interests are not about mr. Floyd. Whose interests are not about black people, whose interests are not about equity and justice. There are people who want destruction. They want chaos, they want confusion. And they mesh into, they meld into some of the crowd. And the next thing you know you have chaos. Now donald trump likes chaos. And he likes this environment because he can now play to his political base, that he has to keep these people in control. It say political game that he is playing. And were talking about lifeanddeath. The lifeanddeath of people and the lifeanddeath of communities. Woodruff mayor michael nutter, sheriff swanson, thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, judy. Woodruff lets focus more on some of the deeper systemic issues that are underlying the demonstrations and civic unrest shaking the country. We have three voices to join us for that. Roxane gay is a noted essayist and author whose work frequently focuses on race, feminism, identity and privilege. Anna Deavere Smith, an Award Winning playwright and actor whose works have explored questions about race, class and the criminal Justice System. That includes notes from the field, which was adapted into a film by hbo and will be re broadcast tomorrow. And tay anderson is an activist in denver who has been leading protests there. He is also a Denver Public schools board member. Welcome to all three of you. And tay anderson, let me start with you first. You are elected to the school board. You were part of the power structure but you are also a young africanamerican man. What do you take away from the death of george floyd . First off, thank you for having me. As a black man every day i wake up and wonder, will i be able to go home. I have had my own fair share of interaction with being pulled over and not knowing what do you reach for first, or do you put your hands up or put them out of the window. And so to see that george floyd was killed is heartbreaking. But it is not the first time that we have had to gather like this. I hope that it will be the last. Roxane gay as you listen to the voices of those who are protesting, what do you hear and is it what youre feeling inside you . Absolutely. Im hearing and i think what all of us are hearing that are listening is rage. And people saying its enough. Every single day, almost, a new atrocity comes to light. And people can only tolerate so much injustice and oppression. And were now seeing the consequences of not dealing with police brutality. And unfortunately, the response in most places has been to respond with more policing. Which is actually not the answer. So i am frustrated. The protest as the protestors are and just wondering when is it going to change but i dont know that it will. Anna Deavere Smith you have been writing about race and about social justice, about the criminal Justice System for years. What is different this time . Well, there is one thing that to me is notably different. And that is the exotion of the people in the street doing the protests. And more than one newscaster has commentedded that its not just black people. And you know, this word, ally i heard from younger people takes on a new meaning for me. And i think actually if there is any good news here, it is the evidence about how education, particularly in colleges over the last two decades have increased sort of Peoples Awareness of one another. And Peoples Awareness of black culture and that many of the white people there and the black people out there, peacefully protesting, have been influenced by people like Toni Morrison and even to experience very powerful cultural makers like the work of shonda reims or jayz and they have experienced it together. And they expect a lot more from the system. And tay anderson, are those some of the messages you feel are coming across . You are expressing your own rage and frustration. Do you feel some of this coming across . Yeah, we have an, in denver we have explicitly asked what we call allies that are showing up to please not escalate on our behalf. But those asks have been ignored. And right now we are seeing our city being destroyed. And st not in the name of black organizers or black lives matter as a movement. People are taking it on their own vow lis and st heartbreaking to see that those who come out to support the cause are using the cause for their own agenda. Woodruff is that, roxane gay, is that something that disturbs you . You said a moment ago its hard, words to the effect, its hard to have hope. Why is it hard to have hope right now . Its hard to have hope because theres no change. There is no productive response. Theres no leadership at the federal level because the president is the racist in cheaf. So when you see that even in liberal states like california and a liberal city like los angeles where today we have curfews at 1, 4 and 6 p. M. , how do you have hope when even the most liberal of government is not responding with anything but reinforcing the police state. And yesterday, last night in protests in louisville, kentucky, a 53 year old black man david mack ady was murdered by police. So how do you have hope when during a protest against Police Violence, another black man is murdered. It is incredibly frustrating. Woodruff and i want to come back to you, tay anderson, on that because you look at what is going on and to some extent clearly the violence that is happening is causing people to say, this has gone too far. On the other hand, there is still a great sense of injustice yeah. We understand that there is a great sense of injustice. And it is heartbreaking to see us continuing to gather like. This but we heard this morning that the family of george floyd, theyre asking us to please be peaceful. And so thats one of the things were asking here in denver, is please be peaceful and respect our ask. Woodruff and is that, is that being heard . By some it is. Unfortunately, not by all. An were hoping that if you claim to be an ally, that you will start listening to the asks of the black community atly here in denver, colorado. Now organizers in different cities and different states may be doing different things, but here in denver we are asking people to please keep the peace. Woodruff and that brings me back to what you said a moment ago anna Deavere Smith, because you said, there is a sense of progress you see in the makeup of who is protesting and the message that is coming out. And yet we just heard roxane gay say it is hard because it just keeps happening over and over again. Well, no, i mean i see a direct line from lynching to this, right . Lynching is, i think de fined as extra legal, execution. Anddthats really what happened, right, chauvin was working outside the bounds of what was acceptable. And i was in the court room in los angeles for that second trial after the riots there. And i saw how hard it is to bring Police Officers to justice. How hard it is to put them in jail. We thought that second treatment was also going to have them all walk and as you may recall two did, and two did not. And of course i was in baltimore right after the being and killing of freddie gray. And agn, you know, so i understand the frustration. In my citings, the peaceful, the peaceful crowd and the makeup of that crowd giving me some hope, it is also a call out to education, quite frankly. Right, is the power of education and the power of art to, you know, increase empathy and just teach people more about the world. Woodruff what is it going to take roxane gay, i mean i come back to what you said a moment ago, and i reread what you wrote in the new york sometimes on sunday. You said eventually doctors will find a Coronavirus Vaccine but black people continue to wait despite the if you ility of hope for a cure for racism. Its bleak z. If is pretty bleak. And i dont even mow what to do with that. Because we cant say there is hope because otherwise what are we telling our children and what are we telling ourselves about how were going to live out the rest of our lives. But we need systemic reform. And i dont know that we can expects the police to reform themselves. Like the institution is corrupt. And so i think reform is going to have to come externally and were going to have to really expand our imaginations to reimagine what Law Enforcement might look like if racism didnt underpin it. I dont know where to begin but i do know that we need to start having conversations with our elected officials and they need to start doing more than just simply reinforcing a police state in response to these kinds of uprisings. Because the protesting is not going to stop until someone acknowledges why the protests happened in the first place and it has to be more than just a speech about we support peacul protests. Peaceful protest is important and necessary and i agree with what tay said. Its really frustrating to see people ignoring the black organizers who are saying please, stop t is not helping our cause t say bunch of kids from the suburb, anarchists and probably White Supremacists coming in and probably, creating these problems. And it further shows that were not going to be taken seriously because even when we try to advocate for ourselves white people come in and try to ruin it with their own nonsense. So it is frustrating. Woodruff and tay anderson, back to you, do you have a sense that your generation is going to have answers that our generation, the older generation clearly has not had . I think our generation needs to one, understand the pornses of voting. Because a lot the importance of voting because a lot of the clang we want to see is held at the ballot box. We have to be able to go out there and seek the change that we want to seek. I think our generation is waking up. But i also think there are people in this generation that are using this moment and this movement for a trend on twitter, for a tiktok video or to go viral on social media. Which is disgusting. We shouldnt have white kids come frk the suburbs throwing stuff at Police Officers on our behalf to be cool for a nice trend. That is not what we have asked for. And st hurting us more than it is going to help us. So hopefully what i plan to see in the future is that we are able to start coming together and actually start understanding that black lives matter is not about asking for special privilege. Its just saying black people just want to be seen as humans. Woodruff well, we have to leave there. But for now, tay anderson, roxane gay, anna Deavere Smith, this is just one part of a conversation that continues. And we thank you all for being part of it tonight. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Woodruff in the days other news, u. S. Health officials voiced fears that the ongoing mass protests could fuel new covid19 infections. That came as deaths nationwide neared 105,000, including some 26,000 nursing home patients. Meanwhile, the florida keys welcomed visitors for the first time in two months, while the World Health Organization again urged caution in reopening we need to be careful this is still a killer virus and theres still thousands of people everyday dying from this virus, so we need to be exceptionally careful not to create a sense where virus by its own volition decided to become less pathogenic that is not the case at all. Woodruff parts of the vatican also opened for the First Time Since march, and shoppers returned to londons camden market. On wall street today, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 91 points to close at 25,475. The nasdaq rose 62 points, and, the s p 500 added 11. And, the artist christo, known for massive, temporary public arts displays, has died. He passed away sunday in new york. There was no word on the cause. Christo and his late wife, jeanneclaude, gained fame for swaddling large structures in fabric. Over the years, they wrapped the reichstag in berlin, a famous bridge in paris, and floating barrels in london, among many others. Christo was 84 years old. Woodruff lets go back to where this began, minnesota. The problems in the twin cities with criminal justice there go much deeper than the george floyd case. Of the 100 largest metro areas in the country, minneapoliss income gap between whites and africanamericans is the second worst nearly 50,000 a family. Again, to special correspondent fred de sam lazaro. Reporter the Police Killing of george floyd, captured on bystanders cell phones. Peaceful protests that quickly turned into violent and chaotic riots, reding entire city blockso ashes. In the middle of a deadly pandemic, the city fell into a vicious daily cycle cleanups under sunshine, and, by nightfall, violence, looting, and standoffs with armed Law Enforcement authorities. Say his name george floyd reporter on sunday, though, at the site of floyds killing, protesters gathered for a peaceful rally. Ive been harassed for the color of my skin. As far as i can remember. I mean, when i walk out the house, i have to worry about whats going to happen to me today. When i saw the video. I literally wept. And it just broke my heart. And i thought about that could be my brothers, that could be my dad. That could be anybody. My uncle, my cousins and i couldnt not come out herend protest this injustice that was done. Reporter in some ways, minneapolis may seem like an unlikely flashpoint for americas worst urban race riots in decades. 16 fortune 500 companies have their headquarters here in minnesota. The state has a reputation of ing both prosperous and progressive. Theres a commonly heard expression around here that goe minnesota nice. But in minority communities, youll have many people say that ths not entirely true. Youre doing well if youre white. Minnesota nice, if youre white. Reporter mike griffin is a Community Organizer in minneapolis. We need the leadership of this city, the leadership of the state to really lean in on what are the structural problems that are making this community so angry. Reporter among those problems an Educational Achievement gap that is one of the worst in the country, a dark history of discriminatory housing practices, and sharp income inequality. What youre seeing on the streets as folks show up in protest is their kind of outward illustration of what trauma and rage look like. Reporter Brittany Lewis is a professor at the university of minnesotas center for urban and regional affairs. We met her in north minneapolis, the majorityblack neighborhood where she grew up. Over the weekend, it was the site of a massive food and supply drive for residents already suffering through the coronavirus pandemic, and now after the rioting the loss of so many grocery and retail stores. You already had a community suffering from a lack of resources, food, community and access. A lot of folks who lost their jobs were in the service industry, black and brown people. And then george floyd happened. Reporter she says long before george floyd, minorities in minnesota have faced a different kind of discrimination. Theres an overt form of racism, right . That you might be used to. But then theres a subtle a form of racism that gives you the impression that youre welcome, youre invited, we want you to engage. But then you learn really quickly thats not exactly what they want at all. Reporter however, lewis says the George Floyd Killing highlights the most glaring and certainly the most raw example of inequality for many African Americans the difference in how their counities are policed. Philando castile, a 32year old black man was fatally shot ring a traffic stop. The year before, a minneapolis Police Officer fatally shot 24 yearold jamar clark. Both cases sparked outrage, protests and talks of change. And four years ago, the Minneapolis Police department put in place new policies aimed at reducing the use of force and requiring officers to intervene if they observe a colleague being abusive. This is a cycle that we personally here have seen play out five or six times just in the last five years in minneapolis. Reporter Tony Williams is a member of a group which wants to radically change the citys approach to public safety. I think for those of us who have been following this history and the culture of policing here in minneapolis, its a watershed moment in terms of the community thats protesting right now is no longer saying that we think reforms are going to fix the underlying problems here. Reporter even Police Chiefs around the nation are expressing outrage and frustration over George Floyds killing. I dont know of one police chief in minnesota who has looked at that video and said that is the right technique. Reporter Andy Skoogman is the executive director of the minnesota chiefs of police. For me personally, there is a sad irony in all of this. I do believe that minnesota has worked very hard over the last 10, 15 years to improve community relations. We need to double down on that and figure out ways that we can recruit more diverse candidates, but more better quality candidates just in general. Reporter but for young black men in minneapolis, the fixes will have to go far beyond Police Departments. Im going to call 911. Reporter one day after George Floyds killing, a white man threatened to call the police on a group of young black men while they were all working out in using their Office Buildings gym. The threat of, you know, im gonna call 911. You know for a black person, if you said to a black person in america now is essentially, to a certain extent a death threat. Reporter 24 yearold ai hassan says the situation quickly eslated when the man began taking their pictures. I think if it wasnt for him taking pictures, we would have never thought to pull out our phone and Start Recording, you know . So as soon as he started taking pictures is when our phones came out. Reporter hassans colleague, 22 yearold zak ahmed, recorded and posted the interaction online. Te video soon went viral and the white man who had confronted them was kicked out of the building. Racism that you face on a day to day, we just as a black person, you just learn to deal with those things and not, you know, make a big deal out of them. But i think people should Start Recording these things so that, you know one by one, we can stop you know one by one, we can stop thin like this from happening in the future. Reporter but after a volatile and chaotic week, university of minnesota professor Brittany Lewis is uncertain about that future. I fear this is not taken seriously. Reporter even now . Reporter even now, im not going to lie to you. Im worried because right now people are were still in the feelings of protest and rage. But theres still a trial. Theres still were this is a long road. Reporter for the pbs newshour im fred de sam lazaro in minneapolis. Thank you, fred. And stay with us as President Trump walks from the white house to st. Johns church for an unusual photo opportunity. But first take a moment to hear from your local pbs station this community and the killing has to stop. Reporter well mayor freeman wilson, thank you for joining us. Thank you. Woodruff and this update, the National Guard has been called to dispercent Peaceful Protesters from around the white house. A short time ago President Trump walked across Lafayette Park to visit st. Johns church after it was damaged last night. Security forces surrounding the area cleared the protesters with tear gas. The president stood for a photo while holding a bible. 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