Status as china imposed a new security law on the region designed to quell the protests there. And the pandemic triggers the biggest sporting blue button on the recession the u. S. Is likely to face. A warm welcome from our team here in moscow this is r. T. International with me the key erin. Now civil unrest is spreading across the u. S. As anger over the death in Police Custody of george floyd to escalate amid looting torched buildings and protesters clashing violently with police the governor of the city of minneapolis where floyd died has announced the full mobilization of the National Guards something this not happen since world war 2. If they dont want to give us justice then theyre not going to be any peace so lets go we are tired his name was george floyd. I want i want change oh we all want change. We got white people there can still Work National buildings in the state in the countrys capital with a yours but if they see us with a rock they can shoot us in the face with rubber bullets if they see us any being that looks like a good theyre going to 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 we dont hold your partner accountable this is it this is. On thursday night to protest as set a Police Station in minneapolis on fire they demanded the arrest of the officer who nailed on floyds neck before he died something this now happened on a charge of 3rd degree murder the fatal arrest happened on monday 3 other officers did and a friend of George Floyds family says people want justice. People dont know but this is like our baby for Police Killing in our community you know even peaceful you know and right now were just were fed up this anger thats been boiled over multiple deaths in our community so i was surprised by the reaction from this debt they tried to you know implement a curfew for us didnt work at all were still angry most angry behind that you know up 1 there were more buildings that burned down after we found out about. The 3rd degree charge its is is it was it was definitely intentional theres actually 4 officers that that thats involved in this crime and this act of murder we want to all to be charged with murder at least 2nd degree murder intentional because when you sit there and you have down on a mans neck for 10 minutes you know and theyre screaming and tell you that they cant breathe you know what i mean. You know youre intentionally killing this mean you know people dont know they both were you know big floor it was a bouncer at a same place where this guy was doing security at and they know each other well you know this guy this is like his 3rd 2nd or 3rd homicide as a Police Officer as a peace officer you know we want the right charges to be you know present. Were not going to stop. Its not going to stop you know you can you can implement all these curfew rules this martial all were fed up this is and it has been well over 6 years and years and years of anger behind the senseless deaths you know weve been getting murdered in cold blood by the people that are supposed to protect us. You know what i mean. Its not its not going to. Have a 30 cities in the u. S. Have seen protests on last trace curfews have been imposed in various cities across minnesota but also in louisville and portland and the National Guard have been called in in a number of states now lets go live to win when he wasnt afraid of stimulus tears at a protest in Brooklyn New York well and good to see you whats the situation like where you. Are the moment. There is a traditional African American working class neighborhoods although i did see recently has been having a lesson. In spain for staff judgeable cation and that being said. And this knowledge of the my membership is meantime there are. Members of the left. Who have said socialist organizations. Have to say hand me. Just give me a little. Turn of the march and then. You can see it stretches and. Presents expansive. You can see theres a line of clubs and then a celebration a sense that there hasnt been any. Sensation sincerest. And the police have banned. Any conversations there hasnt been weekly and other similar demonstrations that. There have been a number of acts of. The same. Last night should. Definitely lead. Well you. Know that isnt standard strategy with these bands of roads and this and that made the moment a 1000000000. And weve managed to get even sans clearly the police to be. Demanding justice. And so say. When those as i said. Well thank you for those details us William White men a freelance journalist are reporting from Brooklyn New York that d these protests are happening across the u. S. We can go back to minneapolis now and cross live to look again activists from minneapolis thank you for joining us on the program looks out what was it like being a part of the protests understand that you have been taking pause. Every day on. Oh my gosh so many different emotions i mean weve got a lot of people that came out you cant see it right now but being a part of it has been powering at the same time devastating this city that i mean if you see my arm it says minneapolis this is this is where i grew up. Oh give me starr got nowhere on a lot. And this one message did you want to get across by protesting i mean it this some people my state that violence has been met with more violence so you know what do you hope to achieve here. I hope that we can get some justice i hope that we can talk to congress and im so glad that the mellon numbers of people have come out to join us in this fight because i want to talk to a i want to go forward with people that are higher up what im hoping for is for something to change in the police force for something to change in this city and in this world because we say that oh oh. You know melanin dominant people are not strategically. Systematically held under we were lying so im hoping that we can go to the people higher in power and make something happen thats what i will do you guys think in moscow. Well look this is a difficult time isnt it because you know the us is struggling with the pandemic at the minute people shouldnt be coming together in a mass conflict this so what would you say to people who might accuse protesters like you stuff of endangering people by going out in crowds. I would say that protesting is very necessary at this time but as you see i have my i cant breathe mask when i think it now i mean its not even that im here but what i would say that yes you have protective measures and i dont go into these crowds that seem that they are very agitated or very. Where were going to miss the entire purpose of what is happening like us basco if you were here you this is this is bananas yeah weve seen from our side never weve seen weve hundreds of the terrible situations like this in the past that have ended in an protest but what different about this time was different about this particular case and hows it going to pan out. With with the riots in l. A. When when they just beat rodney king up there was a different generation back in just a matter of racism has continually gotten a little bit better because of the Younger Generation weve got a lot of young melanin that the people who are willing to stand up to fix the magic racism and thats what we need we need him we need you and we need. The melanin process of people to speak to their people about this and so like i said that the riots in l. A. That was 65 and that thats not a time now for when you look at any athlete very diverse. Russia weve got asian people are your people from all the people weve got i mean every single walk of life came together so what im hoping is that that is what we will have Going Forward but until we. Attack the system at hand which is going to take the people higher up in the melanin. Excessive heat or to stand up to their their judges and their congressmen and everyone else thats what we are going to have a problem and still they. Say they also who are now telling george floyd has been charged with the degree murder is that possible you want to to a change. I definitely did not want 3rd degree i want 1st degree. But again this is not in my hands and we you know. We have a system in place that is not really designed to help us what i want to 1st degree. We had officer north who was charged with murder and hes going to 12 and a half years right now somalia. So you know i want 1st degree i mean honestly minnesota doesnt even have the Death Penalty i dont know in russia have you guys seen the video of george. A yeah yes weve seen the video. So i mean that was that was i think the end of the minnesota we peacefully protest protests are planned ok spiel we just shut down the highways we peacefully protest it for germar we just shut down the well we just protested in front of the Police Stations and now its like 3 strikes youre out. Here im out the discount and as sad as it is it has 4 levels at an International Break im on an interview right now with moscow can you talk about that for a 2nd like i said what do you think about this in russia when youre watching. I look some of those so we have time for but thank you for joining us on the program looks fun but activist from minneapolis. Now the mayor of minneapolis is edging the public to stay home explaining that launch crowns give covets people intent on committing crimes he also called the vine of riots domestic terrorism many of the areas that have seen protests over George Floyds death awful so seeing significant looting he can see scenes in portland where people are emptying out and pull still. And anybody comes by over the water you know they can feel welcome and hopefully you know this will hold it will come and destroy our property here. Well. The way we listen to it right in the. Predictors of its just this one actually going to go back down the river start Small Businesses and run away like that. But you got to see if youre going to do what youre going to do. The merits of a civil rights attorney representing George Floyds family describe to us a longstanding pattern of Police Brutality against ethnic minorities in the u. S. Americas Deadliest Police culture in the modern world there is no nation on the planet that kills in the car so its more of us people we are in a crisis position Tony Ben Crump and i announced this morning that we are taking these families the family of george floyd a model be on a taylor to washington d. C. And we want to discuss comprehensive police reform. Bringing this case before the United NationsHuman Rights Council so that we can receive sanctions against the United States for its probation is in continual denial of basic human rights to the Africanamerican Community. Right now are met our primary goal is to show to ensure that the appropriate charges move forward and so we are not satisfied yet 3rd degree murder is an appropriate charge that means it was an accidental killing it like manslaughter the the the partner charge they they levy if i get in my car again i get drunk im only intend to kill anybody but its reckless behavior that could result in somebodys death thats manslaughter this 3rd degree murder but when i apply pressure for sustained period of time to a critical area of someones throat. Thats and its all about foreseeability its foreseeable that that kind of action will result in death or Bodily Injury so thats murder were looking for speaking with the governor on behalf of the the family and encouraging him to activate the attorney general keith ellis to come in take over this in this case bring the appropriate charges and make the requisite arrest. When the family is very concerned about the safety of the public these people are standing up not only for george theyre standing up for themselves is standing up for the community but theyre doing so by standing up against begin one of the most Brutal Police forces on the planet and i dont mean minnesota i mean the American Police force in general they only know 2 things incarceration and brutality. And so. They are concerned that we. Are scum and break things a bird things that invites harm to other peoples children they dont want to see that happen we spoke to a protester in minnesota who was injured by rubber bullets but she told us she doesnt care about that so long as her message is heard i ended up getting to the frontline of protests in a we were peacefully protesting it was kind of scary because the police were doing flash grenades off of the roof so that 3 seeing they were you know shooting people with rubber bullets people it was like a war zone out there i ended up getting to get very badly i got hit with a flash the maid in my arm in the minneapolis the Police Department ended up giving me a 2nd degree burns so peacefully protesting i think the reason why everything escalated the way. Is because. As an Africanamerican Community we are. Fighting the same side weve been fighting the same fight for a 100 plus years weve chatted to process peacefully we kneel everything we shared everything and people are at their wits end about it as africanamericans every day we step out of our house and we are risking our life we dont know whats coming next. Just a recap of whats going on right now multiple cities in different u. S. States are seeing violent protests over the death of george floyd in Police Custody over the last few days buildings have been set on fire and businesses lucid with protesters denouncing racism and Police Brutality amid clashes with lord for spent. I. Love that you got. Your board with you know on the ground all those other officers watched. The governor of minnesota claim some of the violence is no longer about it in this video you can see a man trying to burn the American Flag in los angeles while in atlanta news outlets cnns office was a time expire royer says. You are not in the newsroom this is you know project a course or job some people are laughing some people are videotaping or something on fire chris a firecracker anything got fired. You are right ok a big crowd gathered outside the building to condemn the channels coverage of the Current Events there was a high Police Presence in the area that is kind of opening up that how that have which can pass but the protests in bolton will sonias by. Shocking footage has emerged of protesters breaking windows torching buildings and clashing with Police Thousands of taking to the streets to protest against the recent killing of george boyd by Police Protests have spread far beyond minnesota all across the country clashes are taking place across american streets that. I i minnesotas governor tim waltz has declared a state of emergency i am answering our local leaders request for minnesota National Guard assistance to protect peaceful demonstrators neighbors and Small Businesses in minnesota. President trump has promised to seize control of needy appel us and says that there will be shooting if there is more looting the tweet was flagged and suppressed because twitter said it was more a fine violence these thugs are dishonoring the memory of george floyd and i wont let that happen just spoke to governor 2 mules and told him that the militarys with. Any difficulty and will assume control rods when the looting stones the shooting starts thank you the u. S. Attorney general has been deployed to investigate the actions of the officers who took boyds life i feel very very. Badly its a very shocking sight bill and i were talking about it before its one of the reasons bills here right. Because as you know were very much involved and ive asked attorney general f. B. I. And the attorney general to take a very strong look and to see what went on liberal leaning American Media as declare the killing of george florida and the protests that erupted in its aftermath it into a long pattern of Police Brutality racism and the government nor in the concerns of africanamericans we do begin with breaking news we want to welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world fires are still burning on the southside of minneapolis after protesters took to the streets to demand justice for george cloyd how do you raise your children in this america i am not sure there is an answer necessarily although you point to angela davis who says its not enough to be non racist you have to be anti racist however the same media and far less sympathetic in 2015 after baltimore lit up in response to the police dealing with freddie gray was. In 20 scene the concerns of the Africanamerican Community seem to be the last thing the american. Media was concerned about while artsy was covering the protests c. N. N. Was covering a fancy dinner at the white house this streets of baltimore are filled with protesters everyones wining and dining and this is happening 5060 miles away so you cant ignore that now. You cant ignore that. And yet now its important i do want to get to the red carpet da when u. S. Media finally got around to covering the protests that were trade simply violent ground clashing with the police showing the protesters to be more or less violent with marks a handful of protesters handful of criminals and thugs. Who tore up the place isnt it the right word so calling implodes just call them they just call them at least 15 Police Officers have been hurt 200 arrests 144 of vehicle fires that these are the districts the local police are put out 15 structure fires theres no excuse for that kind of violence right so what changed why is u. S. Media suddenly concerned about africanamericans is it perhaps that u. S. President donald trump is widely used to being a racist those protests back in 20 seen in baltimore did not fit the liberal narrative that rock obama was leading us toward the post racial era i think if you look historically at the Mainstream Media and other things that have happened they havent reacted this way and it makes you wonder just why are they giving this so much coverage in a way that if they are its the angle of the coverage and i think like many i believe that it may have a lot to do with elections and the political narrative right now and thats incredibly wrong kerning the center something where were allowing people especially these extreme leftists to come in and start fires i think were actually feeding into a much darker narrative its not a. Out this mans death and thats unfortunate its a battle actions while many are deeply concerned about killing of an innocent man it seems that powerful forces are not afraid to push their own political agenda martin Party New York early on saturday a former new orleans mayor blamed foreign activists for the riots while a pairing on c. N. N. We need to understand and we need to know because what they suggested i saw because of a report we did our state of black america report with the russians did. If youre leading social media. Go to twitter to comment on those accusations thing that the Fake News Media up to their old tricks again lets cross live now to take a philosophy for fun and film a how welcome to the program its great to have you with us now andre White Supremacists organized crime out of state instigators and possibly even foreign actors what do you make of these insinuations. Well the United States is many in the United States are actually ready to blame somebody else because this is. Events of 3 mendus international proportions this is not just. This happening in the United States but about the position of the United States in a world of let some forget that. The u. S. Is ready to impose sanctions on china over hong kong over the 3 months of the protesters which is much milder than what we see now in minneapolis and you know other of parts of the United States or russia if you look at this if you look at if you open the page of yahoo the u. K. News you will realize there is nothing about the events of the probation nothing about the events in in the United States about that i its a ball the protests that are taking place it is all about china and so forth so you have to go to r. T. You have to go to all media like our t. V. Chase covering these of protests this of tremendously legitimate in the United States in detail so of course the best and particularly the u. S. Trying to bring is very very concerned and very. Aggressive towards the companies that are exposing the situation inside of the u. S. Particularly russia and better job pressure does outlets like r. T. A more powerful. And sinister is the criticism of well these outlets in the in the United States lets not forget that while there is now some coverage. By the u. S. Outlets there is a very little out of the. Direct criticism talking about the blight of the africanamericans or in the oh. Great perspective there is 1252 African Americans who were killed by just shooting by Police Shooting since 2015 this is enormous will do point 3000000 people in the United States are in prisons and a disproportionate number of them are African Americans yeah it is absolute disaster other weve also seen protests next to the c. N. N. s headquarters why do you think the media has been targeted here oh precisely for this season or you have still you cannot trust any more of most of the mass Media Channels in the United States you get better coverage of promo for an outlets like our dealings dollars sort of for example about what is happening really in the United States about injustice than the minorities beat africanamerican or hispanic or even an asian man might hold at this hour of facing in the United States so c. N. N. Is the symbol of for many of the people of you know began as a liberal news outlet about it is a symbol actually of brainwashing and mainstream of of the station of television station in the United States and given the situation in the u. S. Right now not just with the rise but also with the coronavirus why with pup and external threats. Why who because again the external threat is something that can if its manipulated well it can justify so in bronzes justify actually over all sorts of dont mistake kill by law and bonuses of the state including calling to National Guards of the of the protester sing grueling included and you know Police Brutality the use of until now all fight room bullies which is fighting in the brutal day of protest in many parts of the United States so of course the goal of irans total failure of the us domestic policy is the shooting of mean basically killing of of the of d mr floyd in minneapolis again the terrible events which is very symbolic to the situation in the in the United States now all these things