Listen. An attorney for Rayshard Brooks who was shot and killed friday after a 27minute encounter at an Atlanta Wendys the attorney saying what happened to his young client could happen to every black man in america. Its very much personal. Im Rayshard Brooks. Im george floyd. Its happened to me. Its happened to my friends. Its happened to my father. And every other black person i know. So we are all the same. So when we fight these battles, we are fighting them from a place of knowledge and really from the heart. Lets get straight to cnns at the white house. We have gotten a good overview of what is going to be in here. Reporter these are the first concrete steps youre seeing the president take in the wake of George Floyds address to take it in a successful manner. This is a modern order. Its talking about establishing a National Database and strengthening it on tracking the excessive use of force among officers. It really incentivizes replies to use a better set of practices when it
For the same medications as the vet, but up to 30 percent less with fast free shipping. Visit petmeds. Com today. Wed like to welcome our viewers here in the United States joining us now. A 12th day of bloat protests is expected saturday in response to the violent death of george floyd. In michnneapolis, protestors chanted his name. Floyd was killed after a Police Officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes. The City Government has decided to ban chokeholds. And in los angeles, there is a growing sense that protestors are on the forefront of a movement. And to that end, a Voter Registration drive was folded into the demonstration. And this area near the white house has been designated as black lives matter plaza after protestors were pushed out of an adjacent public park. For more on what is happening in the nations capital, here is alex marquardt. Reporter protestors are finishing the week in the same place as they began, right here at La Fayette Park, as close to the white hous
This as well. What are you seeing, miguel . Reporter well were seeing the acts of defiance in the neighborhoods around the areas where people were earlier. We actually flew down to south baltimore, because we understood there was some rioting down there. There is not. I want you to look up the street here. This is pennsylvania avenue. This is the street that we marched down on saturday all the way down to downtown. That is where the phalanx of officers are starting to move down along with heavy equipment. And if you come around this way, this is pennsylvania avenue. You can see, its been trashed, to some degree. All the trash cans loun in the streets, to try to block the streets. And in the streets themselves there are individuals who are defying police orders. The police cars are roaming through the area. They are announcing to the individuals that they see in this area that it is time to get off the streets. Here we have yet another Armored Vehicle coming up. Weve seen them from Mont
The nations top Law Enforcement official is on the ground in ferguson, missouri, attorney general eric holder meeting with the parents of Michael Brown. The unarmed black teen shot by white police. Protesters beginning to gather just again preparing for another possible brutal encounter with police. And tonight we have new video of a faceoff between a Police Officer and protesters. And i want to play it for you. My hands are up. My hands are up. [ bleep ]. Youre going to kill him. Get back. Whats your name, sir . Go [ bleep ] yourself. Your names go [ bleep ] yourself . Hello officer go [ bleep ] yourself. A grand jury began hearing evidence in the case today. Jurors who, of course, have seen walltowall Media Coverage of the protests possibly. Stephanie elam is here tonight. We want to start with the officer who is threatening to exmettive kill protesters. This was just around midnight. It was a very tense situation out on the street. We were out here at the time when that happened. We
Ferguson market, breaking in there, targeting different locations here. And it is mayhem. Theres a car backing down the street right in the middle of the street. Its mayhem. From where im standing i dont see one police officer. Its completely just mayhem. People running around and trying to break into these Different Stores and going in and out. Its unbelievable how it looks out here right now. And the fact that you have young people going up to other people telling them to start, to respect their own community, it is an unbelievable scene out here tonight. Stephanie elam, where are you exactly right now . Right now im actually right now im standing outside the mcdonalds and people are throwing stuff at me right now. People are throwing stuff at me right now. Its that kind of scene out here right now. Stephanie, get to safety, please. I feel safe, actually. Believe it or not. Right now. Shes just having fun. Its just a young girl smiling and kicking stuff at us right now. Okay. But the