The wake of George Floyds death. And tonight, protest across the country are in large part focusing on defunding and suspending Police Departments. A time ago, a group with the dash bill de blasio, chanting for his resignation unless he defines the nypd. Democrat mayors like de blasio and d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser under pressure from the left accusing them of being traders if they do not back defunding their citys Police Department. Alone welcome to fox news night, im Shannon Bream in washington. We begin tonight with chief congressional correspond mike emanuel on democratic lawmakers facing calls to Defund Police or risk losing their seats. Good evening, mike. Good evening, some on the political left want to go much deeper than Police Reform. There are those who want to strip funding or even get rid of the force. In minneapolis, there are those who want to dismantle the Police Department and replacemen replaa communitybased public model. Minneapolis mayor jacob frey has refused to sup
Pandemic, a an economic crisis and a deep uncertainty. This is ab nbc news special report. America in crisis. Good evening, everyone. Im lester holt in minneapolis. Ten days ago joshlg floyd was known only to his family and friends. Today he was mourn ed and celebrated here in a nationally televised Memorial Service and the remembrance continues tonight at the intersection not far from here where he died. His name is now known around the world. The littest in a long list of africanamerican men who have is fallen victim to Police Brutality. But also now a rallying cry for change and for justice. His death triggered a national outpouring of grief and anger and a growing resolve as trajs like this ever happen again. Tonight, peaceful protests continue across the country. Even around the world as many call for change. It all comes a the a pair louse moment for this country. We have seen Racial Injustice before. Just as we have seen mass unemployment, civil unrest and divisive politics befo
Center of the latest controversy, derek chauvin, will have his first appearance by video link to a judge. Not only will officer chauvins conduct be on display, what the others did during the course of his conduct will be on display. Did they hear george floyd when he said, i want my mom, i cant breathe. Announcer this is new day with Alisyn Camerota and john berman. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world. It is new day. Breaking overnight, the Minneapolis City Council vowing to dismantle the citys Police Department, two weeks after the killing of george floyd. The council determined that the Current Police operation there could not be reformed as is. Now, this does not mean there would be no Law Enforcement or no policing, per se. Lawmakers are promising to create a new system of Public Safety in a city where Law Enforcement has long been accused of racism. This follows a growing push to Defund Police departments across the country. Today, democrats in con
You needed money. Get a job. Like i do. Martha that is lucy. And in all of these places tonight, the leaders are pushing plans to Defund Police departments, so radical it was only seen in antifa manifesto. But tonight the idea is on the look of these leaders as well. This is minneapolis, the Council President lisa bender. She says yes, we are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police department and replace it with a transformative new model of public safety. In los angeles, the mayor said he would like to cut his budget for police by 150 million, but some researchers say that after these widely seen awful videos of the Police Brutality surface, the pullback in policing that tends to follows as kirby involvement is met with a spike in Violent Crime so the pullback in the police as we saw in ferguson after the death of Michael Brown in baltimore come after freddy gray died in police custody, the lack of the pullback connectivity leads to an increase in crime and homicide. Still, as tensi
Down the statue of a slave trader. Meanwhile, mr. Floyds family continues to grieve their loss. Yesterday, they celebrated his life in a Worship Service in his hometown in north carolina, and there will be another viewing tomorrow in houston. Where george floyd grew up. The funeral is on tuesday. We expect joe biden will head to houston tomorrow. The Presumptive Democratic nominee will meet with the family. We begin with bill de blasio lifting the cure few a night early. And he is going to redirect some funds away from the nypd, we are joined live from brooklyn, how are folks reacting to the decisions from the mayor . There were thousands of folks below 42nd street, the police cordened off times square. We saw thousands of folks there and we made our way to grand army plaza, which is where we are now. The crowd has dispersed over the last couple of nights, you see very little arrests from the nypd, that is why the mayor is saying, no more curfew, when the curfew came at 8 00 p. M. , th