Overwhelmed by the news and felt it was a step in the right direction. The family says taylor was 33 and a father who also suffered from Mental Health issues. The d. A. s office says taylor went into a walmart on april 1th, grabbing a bat and a tent before trying to walk out of the store without paying. They say a Security Guard called police and taylor said he would wait for officers to arrive. What happened next was captured on body camera video. Officer Jason Fletcher arrived at the store and encountered taylor. After trying to grab the bat, investigators say the officer used his taser, and that it led taylor to stumble forward. The d. A. s office said taylor proved no threat in that position and that the officer did not attempt to use other deescalation measures, instead shooting at taylor. The entire incident unfolded in less than 40 seconds. Taylors grandmother explained she thinks theres much more ahead. You are surprised, but were praying that this is that its going to go where
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Hello and welcome to dateline london. Im carrie gracie. This week hong kong in tears. Gulf tankers in flames. And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next Prime Minister. My guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . It looks like a a dramatic u turn. Last week the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. It is in some ways a surp
And britains marmite man in pole position to become the next Prime Minister. My guests today are chinese writer diane weiliang, uk political commentator steve richards, Agnes Poirier of french news weekly marianne, and american journalist Michael Goldfarb of the podcast frdh. Hong kong wept last week. Its leader, carrie lam, was in tears because so many of her citizens distrusted her assurances on a new extradition law and took to the streets in protest. The protestors wept because they had been tear gassed by police. But their determination paid off. This weekend, the government suspended its plans for the extradition bill and said it would listen. What next for the unique and fragile ecosystem that is hong kong . Diane, what happened here . This looks like a a dramatic u turn. Last week, the government was defiant, sending out police with rubber bullets. It is in some ways a surprising move. If we look at the 2014 Yellow Umbrella Movement and the stand off, the Hong Kong Government w
Beijing, not hong kong, and we know howthat in a beijing, not hong kong, and we know how that in a way, it was slightly surprising for carrie lam to step down and suspend the vote. 0vernight she was reported to have met with the minister for hong kong from beijing and no one knew what they discussed but my suspicion is this is people power and the demonstrators are winning this round but it was the result of international pressure, for example donald trump indicated he could bring this up at g20 meetings with she ching xijinping. Lots of different active groups. We will come back to the International Dimension at the moment butjust to look at the International Dimension at the moment but just to look at the action on the streets of hong kong, what was really noticeable on this occasion was the support that the protesters had both from elements in the business community, the legal community, it wasnt just young students. That was important for any scholars of chinese history, china has