Also coming up on the program. Pages. Media. But ignores all the. Government. One minute 10 pm here in the russian capital my names you know neal on this issue of global. We begin in the United States another story developing on the back of the George Floyd Killing protests 2 new York Police Officers have pleaded not guilty to Assault Charges they were filmed aggressively pushing an elderly protester who sustained a head injury both officers have been released without bail. The instant. Officers in full riot gear were enforcing a curfew when it opened there earlier on the entire crowd control Team Reportedly resigned from tactical duty after they. Were suspended without pay the Police Departments version of events initially said the man tripped and fell on his own local media say the unit was disgusted at the treatment of their colleagues who they say were following instructions. Minnesota state representative omar has joined growing calls to despond the Minneapolis Police force she argues not it is beyond reform it is bucking calls from certain other regional politicians proposing that the Police Department be dissolved meanwhile the city councillor has now agreed to the use of chokeholds by officers new rules also require police to report on intervene when they see colleagues using although with a rise wheres r t america host rick sanchez explains why the reforms might not be able. In a case like this i dont want my Police Department to be privatized i dont like whats happening with the prisons since they have been privatized so i think its essential to keep the police as a form of our government i also think its important for us to realize that Police Officers cant do everything ive been watching videos on you tube yesterday i saw where they called the cops because the guy was fouled during a basketball game there are videos of schools teachers they cant handle the student hes unruly they call the police these are not Police Functions were over policing the solution is to look for ok lets lets start with the core of the problem is crime right we have too much crime in america we really dont the numbers are way down as a matter of fact so the numbers of crime away down but the number of hiring of Police Officers is way up ok so if we say we want to be able to attack whatever nefariousness in our society we want people to be better we want to create better citizens we want to create noncriminals you start at the beginning you dont start out on the back him but if you were to turn on c. N. N. Or of us embassy or fox news right now they would tell everything to the george floyd incident without looking outside of that the danger with that is that we will then think that oh they just passed a new policy that says youre no longer allowed to use that chokehold ok everything is solved no everything is not solved because the underlying problems are thats still an underlying problem and until we attack that root were essentially going to continue to have these situations. Major demonstrations over the death of george floyd are being tipped to reach record numbers this weekend in the u. S. In several cities including new york here in washington d. C. At live pictures by the way from the American Capital protesters are well on their way in their protests Traffic Police have reported about 6000 people in attendance for the demonstration there just after 3 oclock you would expect more as the hours the afternoon progresses into evening as well the authorities have warned that the protests this summer it could prove to be the largest ever seen in the capital on the countrys biggest race rallies in half a century show little sign of abating. Riots and rage. Turned into as you can see here more peaceful calls for justice for. Lacrosse the corporate world major firms and brands have rushed to show they are on the protesters side in the call for justice and reform following their social media with images solidarity messages galore but the sincerity of the biggest retailer of all is in question its accused of playing both sides. The in a quick simple and brutal treatment of black people in our country must stop together we stand in solidarity with the black community our employees customers and partners in the fights again systemic racism and injustice. This is amazon thats currently selling this kind of technology to Law Enforcement right now currently selling this technology to the f. B. I. The polls now that shes about this proportionately of people of color including 6 members of the Congressional Black Caucus among them civil rights legend refused to say john lewis. And i was amazed how many cameras were in our neighborhood. Police officers we cannot be everywhere so our citizens neighbors. Are playing. Their boys individually more than 100 pews estimated that they were sat between 6 and temporary and good majority of people reported as suspicious were people of color stop the racism on the ring social network. Amazons ring neighbors is complicit. In this system of racism and injustice you were ringing doorbells palace the intro to the police the Main Organization being wild against for their races deeds right now. As most companies in this country operate amazon lets short term profits over justice you know they would rather sell the. Racists tax policies in these races tactic knology. To Police Departments which overwhelmingly have mis identified even members of the Congressional Black Caucus since those whove been arrested before weve never really seen any true sure its a sign solidarity and weve never seen you know them putting their money where their mouth is you know we see in the face of large public pressure we see a lot of company its sending out statements in order to kind of keep the flames that. Keep customers happy meanwhile they dont really show any actual solidarity and truthfully i dont think any of the messages actually does see here. Lets move to a fresh protests and marches around the world this weekend in whats arguably proving to be the biggest flare up of Global Support for the black lives Matter Movement since its inception almost 7 years ago driven now of course by the killing of george floyd massive rallies are taking place and big cities including london where thousands have joined the 2 races and demonstrations with some clashes being seen as well lets cross to the british couple arties correspondent in london shabby address dusty is there shadi how it is that looking that day begins to draw in the evenings coming at much activity expected. Bad batch activity expected this just happened in the last few minutes actually started up very tense but its just really kicked off what by have this it be that we have now been cancelled. With the last remains of trade justice behind me are riot police on the side of the right hes over there my base there is a past few 100 people inside this and everyone out there faces court cancelling each of the police have entirely else writes justice so therefore they cannot think said the cia the idea is a containment crisis but actually it seems it will only self and seek to really while the masses are of course it was completely at peace for up until this very moment of the peace really seem to be antagonizing protesters here today of course the ironic thing in all of this is that death is a case of a gangs these 3 times and it seems to be that we could arguably say weve been mad with Police Brutality i think the court gave right now as i speak we can see that theres a bit of a scuffle going in all directions it feels like the police are trying to sell me and i can use a taser to try to end up the protesters started up as a very Peaceful Place to start the day tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Central London as you can see the smoke was just being a fired off in that direction and very very tense scene and very different to what weve done with this earlier in the day when we recruited exactly and they had an argument that if you want to thank those arms and you know i dont is not playing have the exalted hour of daybreak. I say as i made a lighting the fire her day it was indeed a 3 day long i think every day very. Very well you. Know. Thousands of the tea. Psyche best is here today no justice no 6 peace of course many childs i call braving the fairy dust words of George Strait it comes at a Time Assistant 6 across the u. K. To sit in london showed up at the back community all 4 times more likely to experience Excessive Police force than their white counterparts understandably many would point in time actions of institutional racism they point towards places stereotyping and thats another reason why people are out here in the numbers are you i think to some of the protests is that explain that very sensible. Thing for like a number of reasons for george floyd because the injustice that happened to him but also because of the injustice thats been happening you know i said before i can even remember its not just that life or life for anyone who sat under the cosh this is a chance basically whats the point of saving a whole lot of people from coronavirus if theyre just going to be shot if it should minorities could be should go by police anyway. So of course was started off as a Solidarity Movement for george growing has been somewhat descended into chaos and today as i say we definitely have at this point i can confound being cattle then i mean saw a catholic process in the week it happened and lost it for about 3 hours not phrases to try and contain as i say but ultimately what i witness think is only antagonizing protests this now if we look wider in the community and weve seen various back but not as across the continent and we can cross a girl and she was happening after that. Thousands of people have gathered here and alexandre plots in the center of the german capital fold the black lives massive demonstration here in germany now this isnt the 1st time that weve seen demonstrations in germany certainly not the 1st time even this week on friday big demonstrations of large scale gatherings took place in frankfurt and in hamburg what has been. Worth noting is how peaceful all of these of being the demonstration in hamburg on friday evening was dispersed by police but that was said to be due to the numbers that had gathered in breach of social distancing rules that are in place because of the coronavirus the signs that weve seen around saying white silence equal violence a lot of the faces here at this demonstration in berlin around germany have been white faces coming out to say that they stand with black people here in germany in europe and around the world against what they see as systematic racism against them in fact i spoke to some of those whove come out here to explain why they thought they needed to add their voice to the crowd it doesnt matter if its in america or somewhere else in the world we need to go out and we need to show that we are all the same white people and white culture have been have dominated to slavery and colonization and imperialist this is why its very important that white people and that people around the world come out i think. Whats changing now is leg as you can see that a lot of people standing up and i think the more people stand up the more people of color get a voice and they get a stronger voice and we should all join in that. Well at a political level has also been a response here in germany chancellor Angela Merkel described the killing of george floyd as horrible while admitting that there is racism in germany as well the foreign minister journey heiko must went a step further if he criticized u. S. President donald trump and his decision or his wants to try and unleash the u. S. Military upon his own people. Democrats must never escalate matters not even through words threats and violence only triggers further violence instead of dividing ourselves we should be shoulder to shoulder against radical extremists well as you can hear chants of black lives mattering out here in berlin things incredibly peaceful as people come out to express their anger their dissatisfaction at what theyre seeing with gods to racism here in germany in the United States and around the world is there are a few thousands of people here in years the eiffel tower to protest against arrest season and police retaliate see and also to demand justice not only for george floyd but also for all the french victims of the Police Brutality that matter how he is yeah and now for example even still very simple you see past months bend the most ration people wanted to come here and to protest at peacefully to ask it to the french government or to do some seeing as we see in the police and they said that if justice is done done there will be no peace after it was made people turning their sheer intransitive is no such problem as in the usa but i think thats not true but if there was no problem you see then why so many people would protest and you see also the money should be pushed on this is not just a problem of violence and particularly violence against us as people today we are talking about plans murders the killers because we are black according to the declarations for human rights in 789 people who are born free and recall and this is where weve ended alex black people are still being killed. So ahead this hour an hour to International Violence rips through all of mexicos largest cities with a Police Officer set on fire in the protests there are more after the short as the price. Join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and ill be speaking to guests of the world of politics for. Im showbusiness ill see you then. Just approaching 19 minutes past the hour welcome back theres been a Police Brutality and rest in mexico and some extraordinary pictures an officer in fact set on fire by protesters on thursday be aware were about to show you graphic video of the incident in which the officers approached from behind during efforts to contain an increasingly agitated police crowd. One of mexicos largest cities during protests kuala some demonstrators tried to break into the historic government policy while others set fire broke windscreens as youre seeing right officers used tear gas to try the 1st the crowd centers on the death of a man in Police Custody last month their video all of his Violent Arrest was spread widely. Giovanni lopez was detained by Mexican Police in early may he was stopped for allegedly not wearing a mask in public the authorities though say his arrest was done to aggressive behavior the 30 year old later died due to a head injury the authorities have pledged a thorough investigation 3 Police Officers have been arrested so far. Has coincided with solidarity rallies north of the border over the death all of george floyd the u. S. Embassy in mexico city has seen protesters damage the fortified fence so me and tried to climb over it mexican journalists of the year the company. So as you can see the u. S. Embassy is just there. This is the wall there are mexican authorities last night to protect the embassy people strong storms and to police the Mexican Police who were deployed there they searched gas. Shooting shooting the protesters we. Got shot both you know theyre both grease paint had been. Released that. Ok moving on another headline story and something were following pretty closely here at r. T. Facebook is starting to talk certain users pages to clearly highlight who it considers to be state controlled media including r. T. And also plans to ban them from buying our bonds in the United States head of novembers president ial election but there is a ton of select committee as to who or who does not get flagged top us our Senior Correspondent out goes the it has been looking into a new day a new facebook scandal this time it isnt about them sending out their users or allowing opposition activists to be tracked establishing another Censorship Panel well well it kind of actually is the star its about facebook deciding for you who you should trust. Several months ago we announced our plans to label Media Outlets that are wholly or partially under the editorial control of the government and today were starting to apply labels to those state controlled Media Outlets were providing Greater Transparency into these publishers because they combined the influence of a Media Organization with the strategic backing of the state and we believe people should know if the news they read is coming from a publication that may be under the influence of the government so well skip over the irony here of someone who is under the influence of a government which is facebook which regularly censors what the u. S. Government tells it the censor telling everyone else that you shouldnt trust those who are under the influence of the government you following and facebook takes great pride in making sure that what you read is approved by censors in the u. S. Only 53 percent of Americans Trust the news sources that use so were making it easier to learn more about an article right in your Facebook News feed what it has done the start is remarkable even by its standards so they go to label any news media that they believe is funded or influenced by a state has stayed controlled media except theyre not there only labeling media that the u. S. Government doesnt like r. T. For example Chinese State media in what is mathematically highly improbable coincidence facebook and the u. S. Government seem to have identical least of media that they dont like or perhaps the more rational explanation is that facebook just got a call from washington telling them again what to do but how do you sit there and say that russian and Chinese Media should be labeled but then claim that voice of america is independent voice of america we are journalists and we believe that we promulgated american. By promulgating to basic things are important to america she just said they spread American Values in a way that benefits america to largely foreigners and in the same sentence that they are independent yet voice of america doesnt get the label the b. B. C. Funded by taxpayers and the u. K. Government accused by saddam time and time again of being essentially a mouthpiece for the government doesnt get the label agis iraq run by katha which is essentially a family run dictatorship doesnt get the label saudi arabia its media dont get the label i think you know archies official statement sums it up facebook is doing as its told by its government but pretending otherwise a us company long and bad with the us establishment telling the entire rest of the world what it can and cannot say is the definition of technological dictatorship and censorship labeling for an editorial independent news outlets is anything but isnt top of fostering prejudice and xenophobia a prime example of the very fake news that facebook is supposedly trying to combat. Led authorities website says he will appeal facebooks move we have contacted the tech giant ourselves for an explanation response as well if we hear about you know what they say in the meantime weve been getting a lot of reaction including from independent journalist julian oriya who say Influential Companies are coming under pressure increasingly from washington. I dont think facebook or twitter want to get involved in any of this they were reluctant to do so they were heavily pressured by congress to take measures like this because the congress cant directly do this because Government Congress is not allowed to censor the press the private companies can so thats why theyre getting them as proxies of the u. S. Government to do the censoring for them so this is absolutely a double standard its totally political and theres a new election coming up this is clearly related to that as well they need to push narrative that far and outside it just like there are outside agitators in these protests in the u. S. Right now theyre outside agitators influencing the policy they dont want to take responsibility for the mess theyve made of their own country the leaders of the any leader that says that they blames outsiders that could be a middle east dictator or us governor or president of the us a lot is the way some of the worlds big headlines are looking so far this saturday the 6th of june reporting from moscow i mean oneil from all of us here on juicy thanks for watching or to international have a great weekend. No more secure but she will be more use to you. But its always at the k. Was a cool moment on the late. Not so much you know. 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Troops landed on the beaches of normandy to fight fascism there are now deployed to fight selfproclaimed anti fascist anti fought on the streets of their own country coming over the show as us president all jump threatens an occupation of his own. Country by the u. S. Military arguably known around the world for destroying the Eastern African states we ask if the only route to law and order is an end to the police and white Nobel Prize Winning biofuel the answer Michael Leavitt thinks that Boris Johnson the government in the u. K. Is stuck to its initial goal in the virus policy herd immunity so is the law down 3. Dollars or more coming up in todays going underground 1st in the next 48 hours their chosen a Police Officer charged with the murder of george floyd who sparked a global protest will make his 1st Court Appearance in minneapolis but what can charging a handful of Police Officers really do when u. S. Authorities have responded to protest with the factor martial law by tear gas rubber bullets and Armored Vehicles joining me now by skype from nashville in the United States is david a professor of africanamerican and the asper studies at Vanderbilt University david thanks so much for coming on im going to ask you actually the other day the New York Times published a call for military intervention it was written by a senator from arkansas tom cotton a call for overwhelming force and the use of the insurrection act which of course would mandate federal military troops across the United States i saw that piece and like most americans are not and i think this cuts across racial lines