Things giving Law Enforcement more money. He then randomly started talking about the economy. And what does that mean the stock market went through the roof these good numbers they drove it up to a level that were almost at the same level hard to believe were getting very close to the level we were before the pandemic and before all of the things that youve seen happen yeah you know because nothing nothing says Police Reform like master pretoria wall street bootlicking i mean when i think of reforming police a wall street meanwhile democratic candidate joe biden well. Actually isnt even heard from joe at this point. You know. Because even remember hes running for president seriously but despite the failures of our corporate approved leadership on all levels its the protesters and the activists on the ground who are actually changing the world and helping us all into a better and Brighter Future since the tragic murder of george boyd on may 25th by the Minneapolis Police department the
3. Dollars or more coming up in todays going underground 1st in the next 48 hours derek cho vinay Police Officer charged with the murder of george floyd who sparked a global protest will make his 1st Court Appearance in minneapolis but what can charging a handful of Police Officers really do when u. S. Authorities have responded to protest with the factor martial law by tear gas rubber bullets and Armored Vehicles joining me now by skype from nashville in the United States is david a professor of africanamerican and the asper studies at Vanderbilt University david thanks so much for coming on im going to ask you actually the other day the New York Times published a call for military intervention it was written by a senator from arkansas tom cotton a call for overwhelming force and the use of the insurrection act which of course would mandate federal military troops across the United States i saw that piece and like most americans you know and i think this cuts across racial lines was.
In the head. It was not even frontpage news. There was nobody demonstrating like this. Children in black six months killed on our streets. No one is demonstrating about that. No one is having discussions about what we can do to combat it. Officerwhite police shoots one black person and we know the name of that person, memorials are developed for them, and they become the cause of a movement to solve the problem. I am just asking for some proportionality. Lets put our time and energy focused on the largest problem we have, and that is those deaths internally. There is nothing white people can do externally to help us. It is a problem internal to us. We must address it. But in order to address that, we have to acknowledge the importance of it. Right now, it does not seem to be important. The only time we get upset is when a white person takes a black persons life. Host we will hear from doreen. Shes in massachusetts. Caller when i watched the video of george floyd, i was totally disguste
Be done here to tackle racism and discrimination. As hong kong marks one year of prodemocracy protests activists warn the world to watch out for. The 1st assault the next taiwan and later all this the rest of the world. Now so rests and a new security law from beijing could spell the end to hong kongs special status. Plus the coronavirus deals a massive hit to german exports volume was down a record 31 percent germany recover well hear from an economist. Im sumi so much going to glad you could join us a last goodbye to george floyd the black man whose death ignited global protests against racism and Police Brutality will be buried today in houston his hometown. Meanwhile in Washington Democratic lawmakers have unveiled a package of reforms against Police Misconduct largely unknown in life floyds killing 2 weeks ago after a Police Officer knelt on his neck now appears to be a turning point in american history. Under a scorching texas sky thousands hour was to enter the church where Geor
Her and yelled im right and they start shooting you know. I have. I might i dont know this is a clear targeting of journalists. Emergency in the Russian Arctic. Turns a river red the Authorities Say they were not alerted. With their stories not shape the past 7 days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on R T International hello and welcome i mean i know you. From washington to l. A. From philadelphia to chicago will suffer they saw americas big cities filled with protesters against. Police brutality nearly 2 weeks after the death of george floyd mostly peaceful scenes throughout the unlike earlier this week when crowds felt the full force of riot police and military vehicles patrolled u. S. Streets at least 11 have died during the protests and all 4 former officers present when george floyd was killed will face murder charges. I. I. Coast to coast on from small groups to streets filled with fury there have been protests throughout the week in all 50 states