So much for joining us watching the weekly here on r. T. Another black man has died at the hands of police sparking violent unrest in the u. S. City of atlanta the citys police chief resigned after an officer fatally shot the africanamerican while he was being arrested on saturday night coming up next we have body camera footage of the incident i must warn you you may find these pictures disturbing. Well blah blah blah blah blah blah blah for most up for you. Or not there are a few threads i see what kind of drinks did yeah. Im not sure some c. Order is on i think youve had too much the trying to be dry as much as when youre going. To put hands on about. I dont know how much im not bothered. By some friday Police Received a call that a black man was sleeping in his car which was waiting in the queue at a burger drive 3 rashad brooks was breath tested and failed he then resisted arrest during the struggle to the ensued he appears to grab in offices and later point sit and fires it while
Very good evening to you thanks for joining us for the weekly here on r. T. International. Another black man has died at the hands of police sparking violent unrest in the u. S. City of atlanta the citys police chief resigned after an officer fatally shot the africanamerican while he was being arrested on saturday night coming up for you now is body camera footage of that incident i must warn you you may find these images disturbing. Yeah. Im not sure. I think you know too much the trying to be drivers point 4. Late on friday Police Received a call that a black man was sleeping in his car which was waiting in the queue at a burger drive through brooks was breath tested and failed and then resisted arrest during the struggle that ensued he appears to grab an officer is taser and later points it while fleeing he was at this moment that he was shot and died later in hospital. Protestors later set on fire the restaurant where the killing took place following the incident atlantas mayor sai
At some of them as have i but you were pepper sprayed and saw some harsh Police Action can you talk about that and how journalists have been treated so far in these protests. Yeah i think its an interesting thing that the folks kind of erupted in shock folks that arent already familiar with alternative journalists and and all of the things that we have to deal with but when c. N. N. Reporters were arrested during the minneapolis protest everyone lost their minds like this is so unamerican and when i went to the protest here in washington d. C. Roughly a week ago i remember connecting with a fellow journalist friend of mine and we both kind of chuckled at that like really thoughts on american because im pretty sure thats very american you know this is something that weve had to deal with both as activists but also journalists who try to report on these things from the frontlines places that often times reporters from Corporate Media dont even go you know im thinking about like pipeline
How should u. S. Police forces be reformed as protests against Police Brutality go on so to calls to cut funding even abolishing Law Enforcement agencies but is that the political will for genuine change this isnt such strong. Hello and welcome to the program on the killing of george floyd last month the triggered protests across the u. S. And elsewhere against Police Brutality the 4 minneapolis officers who arrested the 46 year old black american a back in court charged with manslaughter demands for justice and drastic changing to policing of being made. Activists say offices routinely discriminate against minorities and use Excessive Force when making the arrests the protest ammans include cutting funding for Law Enforcement agencies stripping police of military games such as armored trucks and grenade launchers and some even want to abolish police altogether. I want to make sure that people were here to up with the demands of the community which is to defund the police ever maybe bu
To war with the American People for just over a shed. Were more than you thought you could us and then. Theres the loser right now to go through 16 facts about american policing that will change everything you think you know and 80 percent of the stuff you never thought you knew that other shows number one the American Police system originated from slave patrols in the early days of this country the slave patrols turned the streets of towns into surveillance routes for what was a Quad Military force so from its earliest days the american model was not some wonderful holier than thou system it was a racist tactic to protect the higher class from the downtrodden and oppressed. The hiring process for those patrols went like this question one are you white good question 2 are you not very bright and therefore dont have an important job like scientist or doctor that might get in the way of your beating black people time good 3rd and final question do you have a gun good youre now an officer