Cnns omar jimenez. He is live in minneapolis. Whats the latest, omar . Reporter allison, its now been a week since George Floyds death. The passion and pain that has come with it has united the country in a way we havent seen in a long time. We have seen our largely peaceful protests. Again, cities across the United States. Thats not all weve seen. In some cases there was rioting, fires, even looting in cities across the United States. A sixth straight night of protests as anger and frustration continue to boil over all over the country. In minneapolis a community demanding justice for george floyd. Only one of the four Police Officers involved was charged with third degree murder and manslaughter. The floyd family communicating for the first time. Cnn relayed the question. I want to know if hes going to get justice for my brother and arrest all of the officers. This is the floyd family . Reporter this is the floyd family. To the floyd family. Being silent or not intervening, youre bei
Minneapolis and obviously the 2020 election as well. Pete jedediah, dont worry the future of Community Safety working group that minneapolis citcity council will deliver recommendations. A month from now recommendations delivered. A year deliberation with the community to determine the solutions they have that are somehow better than the Minneapolis Police department. So are all over it. They passed it unanimously. Dont worry the mayor, jacob frey, no word from him yet on what he will do on this. Griff listen, whats happening in minneapolis is clearly trying to get the voters to make their own decisions in november about what sort of entity is replacing the police force and it looks like its going to be social services based. But as minneapolis has led this National Overarching call for Police Reform, it will be interesting to see if they lose their way meanwhile you saw the Deputy Assistant to the president ron smith talking about the president s executive order coming to try and buil
Well, the pandemic is not over. In fact, there is sobering, new coronavirus projections this morning. A key model used by the white house says that a second wave of the virus is coming earlier than anticipated. And now, more than 200,000 americans could be dead just by october. That is 30,000 more deaths than last weeks projection. It is being attributed to premature relaxation of social distancing. Right now, cases are on the rise in 18 states around the country. Eight of those states experiencing increases of more than 50 . And this includes oklahoma, that where President Trump is planning to hold his rally on saturday, in a crowded, indoor arena, just the kind of place that Health Experts warn is easy for the virus to spread. Joining us now, cnn Political Correspondent abby phillip and cedric alexander, former president of the National Organization of black Law Enforcement executives. Thanks to both of you for being on. Cedric, if i could begin with you. If you look at what we under
Businesses . I have not as of this point this morning. These businesses are staples in the community. Many of them are longstanding institutions. More importantly, in the time of a pandemic, they are essential for Community Needs, ranging from food to financial services. These are pieces of our community that we are going to need over the coming weeks and months. When you have one crisis that is sandwiched on top of another, its all the more important that we are able to, yes, keep communities safe, and also keep very critical pieces safe. I have spoken with the chief, and that is most certainly part of the plan as we move toward tonight in the coming days. Reporter some people have said the original Police Statement varied greatly from what we saw in the video. Why do we see a discrepancy there . I have heard the same thing. I do know that, at the time the incident occurred, there was a lot of information that was developing and changing. So, i have heard that. It is never certainly m
Up in georges name and say get your knee off my neck martha as a result of what happened to george floyd, congresswoman Rashida Tlaib and a growing number of other people and some of the protesters when you see the signs are calling to defund the police in the United States completely. Something that the anarchist groups have also championed, but the mother of another young man who was killed by police two years ago says that when she watches what has happened in the process of minneapolis, she is heartened by the quicker justice that she believes is coming in the case. Saying this. I have never heard of officers being fired immediate immediately. It is justice. It is saying that the lives of us and our children matter. We matter. And i thank god for that. I think god for change. It is coming. Martha while the case of george floyd lit a spark across the nation to fight injustice, it has also provided a fuel for destruction like this. [crowd chanting] martha in some cases we are learnin