Just moments ago we just learned that u. S. Attorney general bill barr was the person who ordered the Law Enforcement to push back on those protesters monday night for more on this lets turn to our fronsac whos standing by just outside of the white house where all this went down there and whats happening. All right so no you mentioned there that attorney general bill barr he is the one that gave the order and because of that order as we said now we were actually there mill yesterday had we left 5 minutes later we would have let my self or my photographer j. T. We would have been in those tear gas canisters with the smoke flying if we would have waited just another 5 minutes but what happened was is you had a good attorney general bill barr making that order and unfortunately now you have the early county Police Department removing their Police Presence here mariel browser saying that she actually didnt even remember calling them on but Arlington County saying that they dont want their
Eugene odonnell is a lecture at the John Jay College of criminal justice, hes a former new York City Police officer and trainer and instructor at the Police Academy in new york city. Eugene odonnell, welcome to washington journal. Good morning, good to be with you. Let me ask you about how this all started. What do you think went wrong in the e encounter between the fou officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . Its a complex conversation and its going to consume a lot of time at the terrible outcome my condolences to the deceased and the family of the deceased. In my view abpolitical breakdown at the top i dont know why Police Officers wnin t middle of a pandemic are involved in a 20 counterfeit bill custodial arrest and same thing in the eric garner case they were in search of blue cigarettes. The mayors have to give more clarity and they are in a lot of cities and Police Officers profoundly what matters police shouldnt be involved. Any Police Interaction can end
Host Eugene Odonnell is a lecturer at the John Jay College of criminal justice. He is a former new York City Police officer, and instructor at the police academy. Eugene odonnell, welcome to washington journal. Guest good to be with you. Host let me ask you about how this all started. Int do you think went wrong the encounter between the four officers and george floyd on that memorial day arrest attempt . It is a would say complex conversation. It is going to consume a lot of time. It is a terrible outcome. My condolences to the family. Pointview, the starting is political breakdown at the top. I dont know why Police Officers in the middle of a pandemic are involved in a 20 counterfeit bill custodial arrest. The same thing happen in the eric garner case. The mayors have to give more clarity. Any Police Interaction can end badly. This is obviously a horrible one. Nobody can promise that you cant have some version of this going forward. You will have issues going forward. It is the natur
9295 for san jose. A good 20 plus for some and strong lows down in Southern California and not impacting us. This will be the warmest day. The heat advisory starts until 9 00 p. M. Tonight and highs have soared well above the seasonal averages but by the weekend they will be below. Thats the way its been here. Today is going to be hot. Overton South Holland we get an update here. Is there anything going on . There is nothing going on right now, steve. Traffic is doing very well. As you drive around the bay area no problems here at the bay bridge toll plaza and it looks very good and there have been no major issues here if you drive inadnes. Thank you, cell. The mother of George Floyds daughters spoke publicly for the first time. Im here for george because i want justice for him i want justice for him because he was good. Roxy washington is the mother of 46yearold daughter who was right there with her at the podium. Roxy washington spoke along with former Golden State Warrior Steven Jac
County prepared for more protests and its second night of curfew that curfew just went into effect an hour ago at 8 oclock as you can see here. Many local businesses are boarded up to prevent looting in damage. Thanks for joining us. Everybody, im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus last night more than 120 people were arrested. In Alameda County that was the first night of the county wide curfew today we learned that many of the people arrested are now from Alameda County. Theyre not in from california to our kron fours Jonathan Mccall is live for us in the newsroom with details on this jonathan explain yeah, vicki grant, you know what 4 days Law Enforcement officials have been stressing in emphasizing that they didnt believe that many of this. Destruction and damage was being caused by people in their own communities. Well now at least in Alameda County they now have the numbers to back it up of the more than 122 people arrested for crimes yesterday, 70 of them were from outside of Ala