[gavel] by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial on may 20 five, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin held his need to go to floyds neck and pressed his face to the pavement for eight minutes 46 seconds as mr. Floyd pleaded for relief, repeating the words, i cant breathe. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He s
Mr. Espaillat i rise in support of this bill, one month ago george floyd was murdered. As i said in the days following, his daughter said daddy changed the world. And there is a manifest to, the harlem advocates for a ban on chokeholds and ends qualified immunity. The harlem manifesto includes a provision that Police Officers can be held accountable for excessive force. The standard should not be willful intent but reckness intent. We must pass this bill. The best anticrime policies are antipoverty policies. We must continue this fight. Black lives matter. Thank you, mr. Chair. I yield back. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. The gentleman from north dakota. Mr. Armstrong we reserve. The speaker pro tempore the gentlelady from california is recognized. Ms. Bass i yield one minute to the gentleman from texas, mr. Green. The speaker pro tempore the gentleman is recognized. Mr. Green thank you, mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker. For those who are not sure as
[murmuring] the committee will be in order, we will now proceed with questions. I will begin by recognizing myself or five minutes. On may 25, in the twilight of memorial day, Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Police held a need to george mr. Floydonless neck, pleaded for release, repeating the words i cant breathe. Mr. Floyd, i am sure you have seen the video. Can you think of any reason why officer chauvin would need to hold his knee on your brothers for over eight minutes . I dont know why he did it, but personally i think it was personal. They worked at the same place. For him to do Something Like that, it had to be premeditated and he wanted to do it. Intentional. Yes sir. We have learned since then that he has faced 17 misconduct complaints during his career. He was named in the brutality lawsuit, he shot and critically wounded a man after a brief and nonviolent confrontation. How do you feel about the history what do you know what do you feel about the history of misconduct . He
Pandemic, an economic crisis and a deep uncertainty. This is an nbc news special report america in crisis. Good evening, im lester holt in minneapolis. Ten days ago george floyd was known only to his family and friends. Today he was mourned and celebrated in a nationally televised memorial service. It continues tonight at the intersection not far from here where he died. His name is known around the world. The latest in a lit of africanamerican men who have fallen victim to Police Brutality. His death has triggered a national outpouring of grief and anger and a growing resolve that tragedies like this never happen again. Tonight, peaceful protests continue across the country. Even around the world as many call for change. It all comes at a perilous point in our country. We have seen this before. But now in 2020, we are seeing all of it all at once coming at us. We are in uncharted territory. Tonight, we will look at how we got here and whats at stake. And we will meet some of the peopl
Tonight the county medical examiner is calling his death a homing restrained by police. The georgia family says a private autopsy found he wasn officers kneeled on his neck and body for more than eight minutes. Tonight protesters calling for justice for floyd are already out in force nationwide. Including thousands marching through the streets of baltimore tonight. Hundreds are also gathering outside of the white house, where military vehicles and troops are now surrounding the complex there. As we come on the air, 23 states as well as the mayor of d. C. Have called up the national g new york, washington,s, and los angeles, have curfews. It is all part of an effort to prevent the type of looting, vandalism, and fires that destroyed neighborhoods across the country this week. Well, tonight the president is speaking out about the crisis after blasting the natve corlr t they looked weak and that they needed to dominate the protesters, even as many of them called on him to deescalate the s