Chemical ircant tackedic in th spotlight well beyond minneapolis. And later no justice, no peace. Voices from the protest front lines. Broad day light. Good evening. Im Major Garrett. Demonstrations sparked by the death of george floyd while in Minneapolis Police custody 13 days ago have coalesced into what appears to be a nationwide todapl returned to the street falling for Police Reforms and Racial Justice. The crowds diverse and overwhelmingly peaceful. Jamie youkilis tonight where it all began. Rtearks a week since george floyd died at the hands of fighting against Police Brutality and racism. Crowds returned to american streets again today following yesterdays mass demonstrations, protesting the death of george floyd. Overnight it got ugly in portland, oregon and seattle. Washington, d. C. Congressman john lewis joined the citys mayor to visit the site. Going to black lives matter plaza. Its been powerful. An francisco, ppedraffic al iconic gden gate bridge. A rally with nearly 30
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Starr hopkins. Followed by commentator Armstrong Williams. And john dicken talked about infections in Nursing Homes. Washington journal is next. Join the discussion. Host one week ago today, africanamerican george floyd died at the hands of the Minneapolis Police. Protests, civil unrest, and violence and reaction to that expanded to some 75 u. S. Cities, building to a crescendo over the weekend. Good morning, and welcome to washington journal for this monday, june 1, 2020. Well start the hour asking you this hour about the president s leadership in response to the unrest, the president largely communicating, commenting on the issue saturday, some at nasa, and largely leaving his response to twitter. What are your thoughts . Republicans, use 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. And independents, all others, 2027488002. You can also send us a text, that line is 2027488003. And make sure that you leave us your name, tell us where youre texting from. cspanwj. , were, your comments welcome on
Peaceful way. And the majority of the protesters are very peaceful. They had the moral high ground no different than what happened when you had the terrorist attacks on the church in charleston. And members of that Community Even though they thought there would be looting and burning and vandalism and my cousin was one of those killed for no reason at all, the community kept the moral high ground and it galvanized the world. And so what youre seeing in places across the country are people who have the moral high ground but it has been hijacked. Theyre no different than the Law Enforcement officers that i consider to be their behavior to be no more than thugry the way george floyd was killed for no reason at all and others just stood around and did nothing as if it was something that they were accustomed to even though the cameras were rolling. You have to asked yourself what happens to these few bad apples that were causing the reaction in such a way to not show any humanity. Its also
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