These situations, to look at, was it justified for the officer. I dont want to look at something just totally unfair. Theres no excuse in this one. If they had shot while the tussle was going on, and they said, he reached for my gun. Thats normally how thighs happen. Theyre rolling around on the ground and theres a fight for the gun. They shoot right then. Thats not what happened. If this would have happened while they were all rolling on the ground. And you hear someone say gun, hes reaching for my gun, okay, maybe. That didnt happen. They didnt feel like their life was in danger while they were tussling on the ground and rolling around and grabbing things. They waited until he ran off. So their justification went out the door after they let him run. We also have to check on the emotional state of these officers. Because it gets personal. This is a thing, when youre in the field and we understand this, that it is a personal thing. It gets personal to them. They have to divorce themsel
Jones but others call for a deeper understanding of whats behind the frustration. There is a pandemic of police brutality. Liftoff. Jones also tonight, historic lift off from american soil. The Supreme Court allows californias virus restrictions on church, and later, School Bus Drivers in a st. Louis suburb hit the road for a proper sendoff. This is the cbs weekend news. Jones good evening. Im Samantha Jones reporting from kmov in st. Louis. Tonight cities across the country are bracing for a fifth night of protests following the deadly arrests of george floyd in minneapolis. Today President Trump urged authorities to get tougher. In tallahassee, florida, today, a pickup drove enter a crowd protesting police brutality. Witnesses say the driver revved his engine before moving forward. No serious injuries are reported. It was one of several demonstrations across the country. Cbss jeff pegues begins our coverage in minneapolis. Reporter over the last few night, minnesota has seen its shar
Peaceful. Youre likely seeing in your own Cities Police and protesters, though, getting caught up in some violence. Some have been deadly, weve learned this morning. One person died last night in indianapolis, and a young man died in detroit friday. We are now seeing Law Enforcement with some new, strict measures theyre enacting. The National Guard is being deployed in more than a dozen states. Millions of people were put under curfews in more than two dozen cities. And a big concern for authorities is looting and vandalism as well, after scenes look at this. This is a target store, and it says its temporarily closed 175 Stores Across the country, including 71 in minnesota. Thats where this all began, of course, after the death of george floyd in minneapolis. And speaking of george floyd, theres this new video taken when floyd was taken into custody, right before he was pinned to the ground. Yeah, its a 20second clip from a Convenience Store security camera. We want to be very clear he
For his part President Trump tweeting in the dead of night yesterday he will back off his plan to hold his first rally in over three months on june 19th, also known as juneteenth, a date marking the end of slavery in the United States. The president claims hes moving the event to the 20th at the suggestion of his, quote, africanamerican friends. Of course the raucous political event will still be taking place in tulsa, oklahoma, the site of one of the worst massacres of black americans in u. S. History 99 years ago. The president today delivering a commencement address to more than 1,100 west point cadets, who had to travel back to campus from all over the country in the middle of a pandemic to hear his speech. The spectacle coming the same week trumps own joint chiefs chairman, general mark milley, apologized for appearing with the president wearing battle fatigues after Lafayette Square outside the white house was cleared of protesters for a photoop. The secret Service Hours ago conf
Ban Police Chokeholds and other controversial tactics. This is a series of police reforms. Then you can go over to the white house where the mayor sent a message to the president and really the entire country, black lives matter painted in those gigantic yellow letters you see there in our nations capitol. This was at the exact site where donald trump had ordered Law Enforcement to disperse those Peaceful Protesters. That was a maneuver that as you can see from the archival footage turned basically clearly violent and also had others caught much the crossfire, including journalists. Its now called black lives matter plaza. Another sign of direct policy actions are taking shape, donald trump talked about how he wants to ease racial strife. Whats happened to our country and what you now see has been happening is the greatest thing that can happen for Race Relations for, interest African American community. Whats your plan . Because our country is so strong. And thats what my plan. Were g