Host Eugene Odonnell is a lecturer at the John Jay College of criminal justice. He is a former new York City Police officer, and instructor at the police academy. Eugene odonnell, welcome to washington journal. Guest good to be with you. Host let me ask you about how this all started. Int do you think went wrong the encounter between the four officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . It is a would say complex conversation. It is going to consume a lot of time. It is a terrible outcome. My condolences to the family. Pointview, the starting is political breakdown at the top. I dont know why Police Officers in the middle of a pandemic are involved in a 20 counterfeit bill custodial arrest. The same thing happen in the eric garner case. The mayors have to give more clarity. Any Police Interaction can end badly. This is obviously a horrible one. Nobody can promise that you cant have some version of this going forward. You will have issues going forward. It is the natur
Peacefully, a number turned it into an opportunity for violence and mayhem, destroying property, looting and attacking police. Hundreds of officers have been hurt and at least one killed. In new york on monday night, terrifying scenes as looters smashed store windows and helping themselves to the content inside. The scenes that weve seen were unlike anything since the riots of the late 1960s. President trump demanded action, calling governors and mayors who didnt use an iron fist to quell the violence weak, dubbing himself the president of law and order and saying hes ready to use thousands of troops to stop the disturbances. But the president s tough message has drawn criticism even from republicans and from some former members of his own cabinet. The president s visible show of force on monday night when, in Lafayette Square throughout the white house, he had the square cleared and walked across to a Famous Church that had been fire bombed. That performance became a flashpoint as did
Peacefully, a number turned it into an opportunity for violence and mayhem, destroying property, looting and attacking police. Hundreds of officers have been hurt and at least one killed. In new york on monday night, terrifying scenes as looters smashed store windows and helping themselves to the content inside. The scenes that weve seen were unlike anything since the riots of the late 1960s. President trump demanded action, calling governors and mayors who didnt use an iron fist to quell the violence weak, dubbing himself the president of law and order and saying hes ready to use thousands of troops to stop the disturbances. But the president s tough message has drawn criticism even from republicans and from some former members of his own cabinet. The president s visible show of force on monday night when, in Lafayette Square throughout the white house, he had the square cleared and walked across to a Famous Church that had been fire bombed. That performance became a flashpoint as did
Turmoil and instead sees his terminating his countrys relationship with the World Health Organization. Also this a locust invasion destroys crops in vast areas of india and pakistan. And in sport we ask if female athletes are being left behind coronavirus. In germany is just crazy but every other women flee in europe has been cancelled. But we are here we go Early Saturday Morning in the u. S. State of minnesota after another night of broken curfew and anger on the streets even the deployment of the National Guard did not stop protesters in minneapolis who are demanding justice for the death of a black or being restrained by the police that offers a direct. Has been charged with the mode of george floyd but has done little to calm down the protest as john hendren starts our coverage from minneapolis. A curfew in a murder charge against a Police Officer failed to bring calm to minneapolis. The citys new curfew beginning 8 pm some protesters responded by setting buildings on fire hundred
Dollars in damage. Also a dying on the front line of the virus pandemic doctors in peru mourning their colleagues and struggling to cope with one of the worlds highest infection rates. Troops are lining the streets of a u. S. City but that hasnt deterred protesters demanding justice for the death of a black man at the hands of a policeman the officer derek jovan has been charged with the murder of george floyd in minneapolis minnesota john hendren is there and begins our coverage. A curfew in a murder charge against a Police Officer 1st to bring calm to minneapolis. The citys new curfew beginning 8. I am some protestors responded by setting buildings on fire hundreds of others continued to peacefully protest the death of a black man george floyd after his arrest by a white policeman. Also severely children who was fired shortly after floyds arrest on monday d has now been charged with his murder but its made little difference on the citys turbulent south sun. Demonstrators defied the c