Karen bass, and several other members of the black caucus who you will be hearing from momentarily. Thank you for joining us on this emergency town hall meeting, living while black in america, 401 years later after our ancestors were first brought to the shores of america in shackles, we now that while we have come a long way in this country, we still have a long way to go. We are living with the legacy of slavery and jim crow and racial oppression that continued to permeate every aspect of american life. And we have seen that over the last several months in such a stark and striking fashion. The covid19 pandemic, a twin crisis, both a Public Health crisis and an economic crisis, has impacted everyone, but disproportionately impacted in an adverse fashion the africanamerican community. In terms of pain, in terms of suffering, in terms of economic dislocation and in terms of death. And then, of course, youre dealing with the continued epidemic at the same time of Police Violence, Police
Its terror state and beat that stand the people that are there to protect us. Its been like an endless like cascaded like pass tag that black people dying and we still have to deal with racism discrimination from people are just getting tired of it im tired of just the way its being treated. My grandmother and her hometown and my grandfather were both civil rights activists and both my parents are so honest and what you know needs to be done and you know growing up with them and seeing the changes at that but the experience. Also coming up tonight when the injustices far away serve as a mirror to that which is close to home the echoes of racism in america here in germany. Jokes floyd the seth of george floyd an African American has shaken many people here in germany and the around the world it is also shaken the German Government this was a horrific and avoidable death and it is deeply disturbing. To our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin
Tired of it im tired of just the way its being treated. My grandmother and her hometown and my grandfather were both civil rights activists and both my parents are so i understand what you know needs to be done and you know growing up with them and seeing the changes that they but its crazy. Also coming up tonight when the injustices far away serve as a mirror to that which is close to home the echoes of racism in america here in germany. Towards george floyd to seth of george floyd an African American has shaken many people here in germany and the around the world it is also shaken the German Government this was a horrific and avoidable death and it is defeatist. But to our viewers on p. B. S. In the United States and all around the world welcome we begin the day with the police the best and the worst the United States in just the past week has shown the world 2 very different faces of war enforcement in minneapolis we saw the cruel and inhumane come alive as a black band met his deat
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
Very humanity. Cant breath echoing again in our ears. I spent some time with the family. It is all most hard to believe again. Weight of our history, how black lives have been devalued. People are angry. Im sure you are too. Im angry. The fact is that we need that anger. We need that to tell us to move forward. It helps us push through the pain and reach inside to hopefully get progress, the quality, and inclusion. We are seeing a justifiable public outrage and acts of needless destruction across the country. We all agreed that the act of protesting should not be overshadowed by the reason we are protesting. It shouldnt drive people away. N there is no way forward. As mayors you are responsible for shaping how we respond. It has to be difficult finding the balance between keeping people safe, protecting public spaces, while acknowledging the incredible pain and legitimate anger. Yesterday, i spent time Walking Around my city, much smaller than any of yours. Today, i spent time at the r