Unprecedented reaction to the Police Shooting of jacob blake. Athletes from the national baseball, basketball and soccer leagues are refusing to play. They took a moment and made the world stop and see for a second how they felt and hopefully that will reverberate through any sports fans through everyone of different colors. Overnight protests continued in kenosha. We have these two justice systems in america. One for black america. One for white america. On the one hand the Police Shooting of blake after a tus and he will a white teenager with a massive rifle walks right by police after a shooting and is not arrested. Officers high stress may have created tunnel vision. Why is a black man walking away from them get shot seven times in the back. A young white man who killed and shot people is not shot and is taken alive. Reporter police say the 17yearold is accused in one of the deadly shootings that took place in the protests. I saw his eyes rolled back in his head and he had no pulse
Undeterred by the deployment of federal troops to kenosha, wisconsin, where protests have remained peaceful after days of unrest. Undeterred by Donald Trumps misrepresentation of nationwide demonstrations. Today the families of jacob blake, george floyd and others addressed the crowd with emotional pleas for yesterday and change. Here are the fiery words of jacob blake sr. Whose son still lies in a hospital bed after being shot in the back seven times by police in kenosha. There are two systems of justice in the United States. Theres a white system and theres a black system. The black system aint doing so well. But were going to stand up. Every black person in the United States is going to stand up. Were tired im tired of looking at cameras and seeing these young black and brown people suffer. Were going to hold court today. Were going to hold court on systematic racism. Were going to have court right now. Guilty guilty guilty last night, donald trump didnt mention the names jacob blak
You cant stop it with a tweet. You cant create a distraction and hope it will go away. It doesnt go away. By its nature, a pandemic is unforgiving. If you get it wrong at the beginning the consequences are catastrophic and its very hard to catch up. You dont get a Second Chance at getting it right. Well, President Trump, you got it wrong from the beginning and then he got it wrong again and again. Senator Kamala Harris reality check to a nation reeling under multiple crises is where we start today. Washington post columnist Eugene Robinson and Associated Press White House Reporter jonathan hemere, democratic strategist ayesha mills will join us in a few moments. If you had intel about all the places where you could hurt donald trump the most politically, and then wrote a speech about those places, that was the speech senator harris delivered today. Well, we just saw right there, nicolle, one of the reasons why senator harris is on the ticket. They saw her time in the senate in a number
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