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Protest across the nation and the measured needed to Reform Police departments. Good afternoon. Im sarah cayhill. Im the executive editor at axios. And welcome to our live zoom event. Many of us are joining us live. We are Live Streaming on facebook. Were on youtube on twitter. And you can catch us on axios. Com. And if you are on twitter, you can join the conversation by using the hashtag ax yos events. And be sure to include our handle at axios. So lets get started. Im coming to you live from my home in washington, d. C. And today, we have a very big conversation. Our event is the epidemic of inequality. And today, we want to have an important conversation about systemic racism in our country. The reason were here is because of the death of of george floyd in minneapolis. But as everyone has seen in cities and states across our country over the past 11 days, theres an underlying problem that has yet to be fully addressed and with adequate reform and justice. So today, we are bringing
California mostly peaceful protests taking place but in some areas more looting or lockdown and now a new lawsuit details straight ahead all right its time to boost your news to. A massive Memorial Service is being held today in minneapolis minnesota for george floyd this as america and the entire world remember the man whose death sparked a Global Movement for change and Race Relations and Police Tactics actually bankss a minute in minneapolis with a closer look at todays services. I am in front of North Central university located in Downtown Minneapolis where Memorial Service for george floyd is under way and now reverend al sharpton will soon be delivering the eulogy for the civil rights leader he spoke to the president earlier today and he said as a community we need to stop jumping from funeral to funeral for those who are not aware reverend al sharpton he deliberately eulogies for both michael michael. Around to draw and eric garner is for the funeral and for those who are famili
Held her Weekly Briefing with reporters. She talked about the use of military and federal Law Enforcement agencies in response to protest and feature a just race and future legislation. This is half an hour. Good afternoon. Theres so much going on. Thank you for accommodating our change in schedule today. As you probably are aware, this afternoon i sent a letter to the president expressing concern about the increased militarization and lack of clarity that may increase chaos. I plan to request a full list of the agencies involved and clarifications of the roles and responsibilities of the troops and federal Law Enforcement sources operating in the city. Well, i preface it by saying as you probably saw, the military on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The what is it . Ill read it to you. Soldiers on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. Bureau of prison officers in Lafayette Square. The National Park service doing that violent act, hassling Peaceful Protesters the other night. States hav