Explore pluto about how high the stakes are when it comes to space all this more coming up in this lockdown edition of going underground but 1st lets go to portland to Gregory Mackell hes the vice chair of the Oregon Democrats black caucus gregory what on earth is going on in portland were seeing images all over the internet of tear gas of warfare not seen even in even in countries where the u. N. Is impose sanctions on. Yeah its really appalling to see in the streets of berlin its right downtown in the heart of our city and every night appears to look like a war zone we have troops in camouflage police deploying tear gas and flash bangs and its absolute chaos down town portland and its hard to see in a city that i love so much now you know the child was the boss of a department of Homeland Security says youre all violent and i casts on the streets of poland apparently they using george w. Bushs 2002 Homeland Security act 20. 00 to not change under president obama that allows the feder
Then eventually your eyes you can completely not see cant breathe and it completely immobilizes you so its not even a affective way for crowds to be dispersed but rather it makes you have to stop you cant see you cant run away with it which then exposes you to hits from baton send a rest in excedrin and i also think that there are long term effects as well as the short term effects of the tear gas that we dont yet know all of the details about you know for people around the world watching they probably dont know or call and is i suppose there have been never reports that its one of their happiest most sought after places to live in the world to tell me just a little bit about poland because i understand even that story isnt true because it mosques or race that race has passed yeah absolutely portland is a beautiful pristine city and there are a lot about it that i like and i think that we can see that many of our Community Members deeply care about our city and thats why weve been out
Valid advocates yeah i mean im not a violent man i care if they have never committed violence at a protest much of what they say is violent anarky is actually graffiti. I know that many people are appalled to see that graffiti but i think that image is such as george floyd getting the life choked out of him or even the flash bangs and rylan that weve seen at these protests as much more appalling than any graffiti that my occur at a protest and i also think it is a very small amount of individuals who may do that graffiti and it does not make sense in a country those opposed to be a free country that they would be deploying indiscriminate weapons against entire nonviolent crowds just because of the actions of some small amount of individuals while the nato nations are supposed to i dont know media in countries that washington may see as enemies the pictures of have to be on the internet mainly theyre not headlining the news what have you witnessed and what have you heard from the street
That many people are appalled to see that graffiti but i think that images such as george floyd getting the life choked out of him or even the flash bangs and rylan that weve seen at these protests as much more appalling than any graffiti that my occur at a protest and i also think it is a very small amount of individuals who may do that graffiti and it does not make sense in a country those opposed to be a free country that they would be deploying indiscriminate weapons against entire nonviolent crowds just because of the actions of some small amount of individuals while the nato nations are supposed to i dont know media in countries that washington may see as enemies the pictures of had to be on the internet mainly theyre not headlining the news what have you witnessed and what have you heard from the street level actions of Police Involved in because weve been seeing what seem to be u. S. Federal forces attacking protesters on the ground amidst clouds of tear gas. I think what youre
For Racial Justice in the United States renews pressure to change the name of washingtons Football Team. Not just in american football Lewis Hamilton says formula one isnt doing enough to fight racism and ive not seen. Any change and that upsets me Will Champion urges are forced to confront his lack of. Starting in ethiopia this says they were tension remains high days after a popular singer and activist was killed by an unknown gunman. He was laid to rest on thursday in his hometown of west the capital was an icon for ethiopias biggest ethnic group the oromo his murder sparked days of protest with an 80 People Killed in that violence the government says armed gangs have been roaming the streets and so the military is now patrolling the streets in the capital addis ababa. On the line for us now bill in salem who is the spokesperson for the ethiopian Prime Ministers Office of International Media thank you for your time today 1st of all what is the situation after the funeral is the mili