Violence in the wake of the death of george boyd was speak to someone who used to work with both him and with the officer accused of his murder. Relationship short i do not believe that there was any previous malice between these 2. Curfews have been imposed in almost 30 u. S. Cities but that didnt stop rioters wreaking destruction with more businesses and shops vandalized. On schools the new york citys matter resigned off that he defends Police Officers who drove that s. U. V. S into a crowd of demonstrators. And one welcome your washing off the international with me thank you erin. Now another night of violence on cities set ablaze amid protests sparked by the death of george floyd at the hands of police 1700 people have been arrested across the u. S. In minneapolis where floyd died police have been struggling to maintain the curfew with offices resorting to ever more heavy handed methods. You know we got to love that we got to. You need to stand up we need to fight for our lives and
Resign after he defended Police Officers who drove their s. U. V. S into a crowd of demonstrators and. A warm welcome youre watching R T International with me. Another night of violence on cities that set ablaze amid protests spocks by the death of george floyd at the hands of police 1700 people have been arrested across the u. S. In minneapolis where floyd died police have been struggling to maintain the curfew there with officers resorting to ever more heavy handed methods. God we got to talk thats it we got to call it. We need to stand up and we need to fight for our life there is no peace entered. I. A makeshift memorial has been set up at the place where george floyd died mourners come here to pay their respects leaving flowers and messages the site has also become a place of peaceful protest against Police Brutality contrasting with the anger that is being boiling over in other parts of the city. Octavius williams who says he works in a nightclub in minneapolis where both george
A controversial new bill. For policemen and the u. S. Fired after the death of a black suspect and a backlash over a fire Standard Video of the arrests you. Well as a latin america becomes the new global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic the World Health Organization has warned of surging infection numbers and brazil peru and chile now brazil is by far the regions west affected country with more than 300000 confirmed cases thats the 2nd highest number in the wild and now a study is warning that the countrys total death toll could climb 5 fold by early or best to reason reports. Away from the sandy beaches of rio theres any we rational fabiano the kind that are are trying to locate patients in the of 1110 favela. We have just recovered from 1000 member cells and are now working on their day off to help those in need which. Hospitals are full most cases were not serious so this way we could help them to going to people where to go with visiting people and also to see their problems i
A silent. Protest. Just take this in for one second. The streets of new york turning quiet for this moment. And they many people told us that they feel as if i holding their hands up like this its really have act of defiance is what weve been hearing from them over and over as they start chanting we want justice. Or go live for us there with protesters in new york city thank you very much lets go to mike hanna who joins us live from washington d. C. Where things also are pretty frantic there too mike protesters of again taken to the streets close to the white house are we likely to see clashes with Security Forces there in the hours ahead. Well the demonstrations been fairly peaceful up until this point there were a number of windows broken at one stage but generally the protesters have been peaceful the police and the secret service behind them have not needed to press up against them as they had to do want to cations during the demonstrations friday but one notable fact is that in th
The Worlds Largest refugee camp in bangladesh and we look at how the coronavirus following on from years of drought is crippling profits from a vital cash crop in zimbabwe. Hello thank you for joining us the family of george florida who was killed when a Police Officer kneeled on his neck for nearly 9 minutes has just spoken of their grief john hendren is in st paul the capital of Minnesota State john youre in simple the family were speaking from minneapolis which of course is where george floyd was killed a very emotive speech from him i dont know how much you could hear of it but how important is it to see the family man the side of george forward considering everything thats going on in the u. S. Right now. I think its been really important to help humanize him see this in other cases in the rodney king case in l. A. And others where these these people have been dehumanized by being accused of a crime by being known in video only for being the body beneath Police Officers and this i