Protection of those who are protecting our community. Chief manheimer said oakland officers have been repeatedly hit with objects thrown by protesters since the demonstrations began. And heres a live look at downtown oakland. You can see there that the crowd is much smaller, with many protesters leaving 14th and broadway. The chiefs defense of the departments crowd control tactics was in response to a letter that she received earlier in the day. Civil rights attorneys wrote the use of tear gas and flash bang grenades during peaceful protest is a violation of city law and opds own crowd control policy. In their letter the attorney said the use of tear gas at 18th and broadway on monday, june 1 prior to the apm curfew was precipitous, excessive and endangered innocent people. Now to San Francisco where more than 10,000 people marched this evening and another peaceful protest. This protest also went later than the curfew but most of the crowd dispersed by 930. Amber lee joins us now with
Like macys what sells pretzels kiosk has 2 broken windows in someone stole the entire cash register. Whether no money was inside we dont know, but the whole door was stolen and gone. We also know that old navy was hit several glass windows can be seen their shattered and one of them has been boarded up now the tory secret is also a store that was looted the front doors broken into inside clothing racks empty mannequins toppled over the entire mall is covered in shattered glass. Its going to be a big cleanup. And that is what a along the creek Police Officer told me is that here on out moving forward theyre going to be cleaning up. This mall is going to remain closed. Down the street, i drove to the target on north main street where i also saw a broken door, and it looks like they were looted as well so looks like walnut creek hit pretty hard in the police here are monitoring situation construction. Crews are actually going to be here soon ford up any other stores that may needed and th
Award. Also with u. S. Today is detective brian downy, the president of the Gay Officers Action League goal of new york which is addressing the needs and issues and concerns of the Lgbt Community. Also on hand with us today is lieutenant brett parson, district native. How many years on the force . Almost 26. 26 years. And he manages, you should know, the departments lesbian gay, bisexual transgender liaison unit here in d. C. And mr. Prescott, a journalist, novelist, screen writer as well and columnist for salon. So thank you all for taking part in this today. Im looking forward to learning a lot and looking back with you through your eyes and perspectives on where we were 50 years ago. Its kind of hard to believe. David, i would like to start with you, if we can. What was new york like . What was america like, for gay, lesbians, transgender citizens before the stonewall riots . What was it like for the Lgbt Community . Well, its really counterintuitive because theres a common tendency
The country listening to demonstrates. We dont have to retaliate with anger we retaliate with love. Signs of hope. Take the helmet off, laid the batons down. I want to make this a parade, no the a protest. The efforts to find peace and the worries about what mass protests means in the fight against the pandemic today june against the pandemic today june 1st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, 1st, 2020. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today, america in crisis, with Savannah Guthrie from new york city and hoda kotb, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everybody welcome to today. Its nice to have you with us on a monday morning were glad youre with us. Hoda back in the studio. Im here in new york city just a few miles south of where you are in union square, hoda. Normally at this time of the morning, this would be a busy, crowded place. Its quiet now because of the pandemic and a lot more quiet than it was even as recently as a few hours ago. This ha
City gay bar and ensuing riot, the u. S. Commission on civil rights hosted a discussion titled stonewall at 50, the movement for lgbt civil rights. This is an hour. Well now turn to our next iteration of the commission speaker series. This is titled stonewall at 50, the movement for lgbt civil rights. I thank the commissioner for suggesting this months speaker topic. June, as we know, has come to be known as pride month, and the reason for that stretches back now 50 years. On june 28th, 1969, street demonstrations for lesbian and gay civil rights began at the Stonewall Inn, in greenwich village, in new york city. Many view these demonstrations as a critical moment in the movement for lgbt civil rights. In june 2016, in recognition of that history, president barack obama proclaimed a site near the former Stonewall Inn a national monument. Today, well hear more about the momentous events at stonewall and how they served as a catalyst for the lgbt Civil Rights Movement. As evidenced by th