Rayford, North Carolina today. As his coffin arrived, long lines of mourners shouted the chant no justice, no peace. We saw that replicated throughout the country, even as more videos capture Police Violence against protesters, the nations fury for an end to racism and Police Brutality as a whole has strong stronger. Two Buffalo Police officers were charged with Second Degree assault after disturbing video showed them shoving a 75yearold man to the ground and leaving him there as the blood pooled from his head. Simply put, the country is fed up. In louisville, kentucky, crowds were out to mourn the death of breonna day lotaylor who would turned 27 years old today. Similar pictures were seen in chicago, los angeles, new york city, buffalo and other american cities, including capital. Tens of thousands flooded washington, d. C. In united condemnation of Police Tactics and this administrations militant response. In the backdrop of their call for justice, a white house fortified by fences
Thankfully, and not surprisingly, they have been mostly peaceful. Curfews started here in new york an hour ago. That has not stopped the demonstrations, as you can see. Practically no big citys curfew has. In washington, many thousands of people spent the day marching down the newly renamed black lives matter plaza, one of the streets that leads to the white house. At times the protest was very lively. Parts of the crowd were even dancing. Meanwhile, in north carolina, they danced with the holy ghost at a Church Service for mr. Floyd. The memorial was in his hometown of raeford, north carolina. That was preceded by a public viewing. More Police Officers are coming under scrutiny for their actions during protests. In buffalo, new york, an elderly man remains in the hospital tonight after this happened. When he was pushed to the ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. Today President Trump repeated what has become a common refrain this week tweeting simply, quote
Ground. Two officers are suspended as they face assault charges. Today President Trump repeated what has become a common refrain this week tweeting simply, quote, law and order, unquote. We begin in washington. And thats where we find nbcs Garrett Haake joining us live. How is the protest going tonight . Joshua, this is a different story. Could be a different planet from a week ago. The protests here today could only barely be described as protests. Its lively. It is jubilant. Its essentially a block Party Atmosphere out here. And i have to tell you, to the degree this remains a protest focused thing, weve really seen a shift from anger and frustration and exhaustion and frankly sadness the first couple of days to, what we are going to do about this . Todays protest has had a distinctly antitrump tone. A distinct focus on voting and on voting him out of his residence behind me, and building on symbol ic successes like the painting of black lives matter on this street and the renaming o
Were watching as protests continue to grip the nation around the killing of george floyd. In washington right now, what could be the Largest Police brutality protest in this city thus far according to d. C. Police. Thousands occupying what as of this week is black lives matter plaza. As the floyd family just finished holding a private memorial in North Carolina after public viewing earlier today. As protests stretch into the 12th day, millions of americans are asking the question, how did we get here . George floyds death was uniquely tragic but didnt occur in a vacuum, we covered just recently the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, in addition to other misconduct we couldnt cover because of lack of time. Often its the civil rights lawyers of the families that bring things to light. Ill be joined by attorney for arbery and taylor and the floyd families, ben crump, will tell you what we have to do by acknowledging and illuminating the problems that we face. We will continue to
The tru trump isnt in d. C. , s getting ready to hold a rally at a boeing plant. Students left their classrooms for 17 minutes at exactly 10 00 a. M. Local time. A wave of walkouts one hour apart in each time zone. They were 17 minutes long. To honor the 17 People Killed in the School Shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in florida. Here is just a bit of what we heard. Were stepping up to protect our kids and our students. Im in 11th grade and i stand here today and tell you that you could do this. The from gun violence i just saw him not too long ago and after i just cant all i have to say is gun violence needs to stop. What is going on in schools is not okay. There needs to be change. I shouldnt be afraid to walk into school. My piers shouldn my peers shouldnt be afraid to walk into school and little kids shouldnt be either. School should be a safe place rather than a war zone. And next week on march 24th survivors from Marjory Stoneman douglas, some barely teenagers will