Cities around the world have come out to protest the death of george floyd. How did the american angle go global . And before the protests there was the pandemic, and covid is killing African Americans disproportionately. Harvards David Williams explains why. But first, heres my take. Ive not been one to argue that the United States under President Trump is on the verge of turning into a tyranny. But left to his own devices, President Trump would act little to the law or constitution. At present hes shown a willingness to shutdown investigations into his conduct, offer pardons to those the whose law breaking he approves of, punish media organizations and social media platforms that, in his mind, are biased against him. Even many of his supporters would privately say, we need not worry about trump because his excesses are always checked. But the american system of checks and balances does not work through magic. It needs its other leaders. Judges generals, above all politicians to speak
That now infamous incident eric case bolt a decadelong veteran of the Mckinney Texas Police force is on paid administrative leave after cell phone video emerged of a confrontation between police and the teenagers. The video has now been viewed over six million times on youtube. According to the Mckinney Police department, the officers in question were responding to a call about a disturbance at the Craig Ranch North Community pool near dallas involving juveniles who didnt live in the area or have permission to be there and were refusing to leave. They reported the juveniles were actively fighting. Mckinney Police Say Officers encountered a large crowd that refused to comply with their commands and while one officer handled the situation this way dont take off running. Whats up man . Okay guys i appreciate it. None of them were involved. There was that guy. The officer now to paid leave took a more aggressive approach tackling a 15yearold girl to the ground and pulling his gun on a grou
Happened in the memt of the police encount er. They said that officers encount erred a loud crowd. While one handled this way. Do not take off running when the cops get in here. Okay. I appreciate it. Okay. It was that guy. The officer on paid leave took a more aggressive approach and tackling a 15yearold girl to the ground and pulling the gun on a group of teens in bathing suits. Call my momma. Call my momma. Oh my god. She is taked. On your face. The person that shot that video 15yearold Brandon Brooks sent in an email and said that the fight was already over before they arrived. Brooks wife said that everyone it was getting on the ground was black, mexican or arabic. The cop did not look at me. Our initial reaction was to place the officer on administrative leave so that they could conduct a complete investigation. Were talking to everybody that was in contact out there or involved in the incident. The officer has five days to respond to the complaints against him before the Police
York have been on the run for more than 80 hours and could be anywhere from canada to mexico. The police may have caught a break. Two separate Law Enforcement sources tell an affiliate that david sweat and richard matt never hooked up with their get getaway car, and therefore are believed to be on foot. An exclusive interview with two people who say they saw the men late friday night. The one guy who had a buzz cut, he had a guitar on his back, a guitar case. A guitar case . A black guitar case. And they were wearing darker jeans. I look at them and ask them what are you doing in my yard . Get the hell out of here and he was like sorry. I didnt know where i was. Im on the wrong street. Of course none of this makes the folks who live around the tiny town of dannemora feel any better. We double check every night before we go to bed, but now its triple check, triple check the windows and the doors. Its just scary because you never know. And that leads me to the other big question. How did
Pool near dallas involving juveniles that did not live in the area or have permission to be there and revised the leave. The juveniles were actively fighting and we dont know what lead to that fight or what happened in the memt of the police encount er. They said that officers encount erred a loud crowd. While one handled this way. Do not take off running when the cops get in here. Okay. I appreciate it. Okay. It was that guy. The officer on paid leave took a more aggressive approach and tackling a 15yearold girl to the ground and pulling the gun on a group of teens in bathing suits. Call my momma. Call my momma. Oh my god. She is taked. On your face. The person that shot that video 15yearold Brandon Brooks sent in an email and said that the fight was already over before they arrived. Brooks wife said that everyone it was getting on the ground was black, mekxican or arabic. The cop did not look at me. Our initial reaction was to place the officer on administrative leave so that they co