Spike lee he tells t w his reaction to George Floyds death he says donald trump will go down in history as americas worst ever president. Coronavirus outbreaks in indias overcrowded prisons lawyers are trying to get releases for people held on pretrial detention before its too late. Hello im terry martin good to have you with us a final goodbye and a call for action george floyd a black man who died after a white Police Officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes has been laid to rest at his funeral in Houston Texas friends and members of the family spoke about the man they knew and loved floyds death ignited global protests against racism and Police Brutality. The. Morning a man his crime in the whats of his supporters was being born black more than 500. 00 guests attended the funeral and he sed in texas for george floyd whose death under the knee of a white policeman spots global protests calling for a short justice. Officer to. Speak is that the ceremony made impassio
Considering their next move having seize control of the area after it was abandoned by police president. If local authorities fail to resolve the matter. Were not going to let this happen in seattle if we have to go and were going to go and to go there is you going to do it but to go to do it hes got Great National guard troops to it you can do it but one way or the other its going to get done and these people are not going to occupy a major portion of a great city our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitzs law and order initiatives its simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal the capitol hill autonomous zone was formed at the beginning of the week by black lives matter activists they barricaded themselves inside 6 blocks in the center of seattle declaring it a Police Free Zone activists desecrate the loads explain
Youre not the dominant race you are excluded from the courts and education and access we as a country try to you are wrong. We are not done with the journey almost every delegation under every flag everyone marching looks like. Until the United States marches in and you see this great diversity of athletes and it reminds us again in the past ten days should remind us we are not done so to do the hard work with their own families and do that legislative work that needs to be done to make progress but lets keep going. And tell it is done my friend said to me last weekend founding documents are great we just never live them out for everybody. I cannot wait for us to continue the work in this body toward becoming a more perfect union. I yield the floor. Las americanser gettembe for us to gather together but last monday gave us an opportunity that we should take every day to pause and remember the brave americans who gave their lives in defense of our country and we honor the sacrifices the
Been more successful than many people could have imagined. 53 of American Voters now say that they support black lives matter with only two when only two years ago it was around 40 . Multiple major corporations in america have now said they are actively going to diversify their workplace and hire black people who theyve previously discriminated against for so long, and millions of white americans are now desperately trying to find a second black friend. One to have the biggest shifts in america is something the country has been resisting for 155 years. Over at the capitol, House Speaker nancy pelosi is calling for nearly a dozen confederate statutes to be removed saying they play homage to hate. In richmond a con fefort statue of Jefferson Davis pulled down, the face smashed before towed away in pieces. Bubba wallace racing with black lives matter painted on his car, the race starting hours after nascar banned the Confederate Flag. That was a huge Pivotal Moment for the sport. A lot of
Senator duckworth im senator Tammy Duckworth of illinois. I spent 23 years in the military, serving with some of the bravest men and women our nation has to offer. Men and women who placed the alleys of our country, the liberties and ideals of which we stand before their very own wellbeing who understood we are stronger when we achieve a common good and refuse to leave anyone behind. I am going to spend this memorial day thinking of all of those warriors who sacrificed everything for the nation they left. Im going to be thinking about my friends who never made it home from war. Im going to be thinking about the stories they told about their families and the hopes they shared about their futures. That doesnt mean just spending a 24 hours once every day with their memories, it means every day trying to meet the lives that honor sacrifices they made in the way they deserve. Right now, those of us in congress can begin to do that by ensuring our veterans along with all other americans have