Hello again, everyone. Thank you for joining me. Im fredricka whitfield. Amid racial tensions and coronavirus fears, President Trump delivers the commencement address to west point graduates. More than 1,000 now graduates gathered today at the u. S. Military college for a ceremony unlike any before due to concerns over the spread of covid19. Each graduate wore a mask and socially distanced. I want to take this opportunity to thank all members of Americas Armed forces in every branch, active duty, National Guard and reserve who step forward to help battle the invisible enemy, the new virus that came to our shores from a distant land called china. We will vanquish the virus. We will extinguish this plague. The ceremony happening as the president makes an aboutface on his upcoming rally in tulsa, oklahoma. He now says he will push back the event by one day. This after criticism the Campaign Rally was to take place on june 19th or juneteeth. Thats the date many africanamericans were finall
Duty and the police chief was stepping down as chief. The chaos was capture on several videos. A warning, they are difficult to watch. The first video was taken by a bystander, it shows the two officers in a tense struggle with 27yearold Rayshard Brooks. The Georgia Bureau of investigations says brooks failed a field sobriety test and was resisting arest. Brooks manages to break free of the officers after grabbing one of their tasers. The next video taken by surveillance camera shows what happened next. Again, it is graphic. Brooks is seen running with the Police Chasing him. At one point he turns and appears to discharge the taser at the officers. Moments later, he is shot. He falls to the pavement and is pronounced dead at the hospital. Atlantas mayor said the officers were wrong to use deadly force. I do not believe that this was a justified use of deadly force, and have called for the immediate termination of the officer. Chief shields has officers to immediately step aside as poli
Grounds and won two world wars so my administration will not consider the renaming of these magnificent and fabled military institutions. Just as an observation, the bases are indeed hallowed as he said but for the troops of all backgrounds, they trained. Not the men that they are named after who took up arms against this country. And the president may not know this but those troops who fought and died in those two world wars, many of them were black. But they were not treated equally by the u. S. Military at the time. It was not de segregated until 1948 and that only happened after a campaign of pressure by black americans. Black americans fought and died in both world wars for a country at the time did not treat them as equal citizens under the law. And made them train at bases named after confederate generals. It is military commanders today who are now talking about replacing those confederate names. Out of respect for the troops they now train. The president has opposed taking dow
Because its a disservice to yourself. You did the same thing to him. Yes, sir, absolutely. I expect nothing less. Reporter this reimagined police force gets a lot of attention here. You heard whats going on in the country right now with cops. Yeah. Reporter do you think the cops here in camden are different . Yes, they are very different. They treat us nice, and theyre cool with us. There is criticism that the police force doesnt have enough minority officers. Isnt transparent enough and may not be responsible for the crime drought. Kevin barfield is the president of the local naacp. The Crime Statistics have been going down throughout the state of new jersey, and has been going down within the nation. I would not credit that with the policing programs that have are supposed to be taking place right now. Reporter the former police chief says the department can improve while keeping its principles. I think most of the Police Officers here get it, every once in a while we get one that do
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