We are joined by Armstrong Williams longtime radio, tv talk show host, author, thank you for being with us here on washington journal this morning. Good morning and thank you so much for having me. Host we started our segment last hour with Michael Hopkins saying we asked both of you on today to talk about the reaction last week to the death of george floyd at the hands of the minneapolis police. But as the protests have grown and the civil rest has grown and writing, we want to get your reaction overall to what weve seen particularly in the last three days over the weekend across the country. Guest you know, the beauty of america is our right to protest in a very peaceful way. The majority of the protesters are very peaceful and they had the moral high ground no different than the one when you had the terrorist attack on Emanuel Church in charlestown. Members of that community, even though they thought there would be looting and burning, [inaudible] was one of those killed for no reas
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Stunning scenes in more than 100 cities with soprotests peaceful with heavy Police Presence and the National Guard called up in some places. By our nbc news count, demonstrators appeared in 111 american cities. We have correspondents on the streets with live reports from many of those scenes. Then in our sunday closer, a conversation about george floyd, minneapolis and a painfully familiar sight to many of our fellow americans. And lets begin this morning right there in minneapolis where there was another citywide curfew, but protesters were out for most of the night. A different scene, though, than what that city saw on friday night. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez has been in minneapolis all week for us. Good morning. What does it look like there today . Reporter good morning. The overnight crackdown appears to have worked. This is the Police Precinct downtown, heavily fortified with concrete barriers right over there. After days of chaos, the governor here in minnesota activated the states enti
Largest refugee camp in bangladesh. And we look at how the coronavirus, following years of drought, is crippling profits from a vital cash crop in zimbabwe. Hello and thank you for joining us. The family of george floyd, who was killed when a Police Officer kneeled on his neck for nearly nine minutes, has just spoken of the grief. Our reporter is in the capital of minnesota. The family was speaking from minneapolis, which of course is where george floyd was killed. A very emotive speech from them. I do not know how much you could hear of it, but how important is it to see the family man side of george floyd, considering everything going on in the u. S. Right now . Reporter i think it has been really important to help humanize him. We have seen this in other cases, in the ronnie king case in l. A. And others, where people had been dehumanized by being accused of a crime, by being known in video only for being the body beneath Police Officers. And this is really an effort to say this is
In central beirut as the political power struggle and economic crisis worsens. Fellow protesters are pouring into americas capital as the city gears up for its largest demonstration yet against racism and Police Brutality take a look at the life scene in washington d. C. Right now 12 days after george for it a black man was killed while and by a white Police Officer his death has triggered waves of anger and protest across the nation with a message black lives matter gaining renewed support around the world floyds family has held a Memorial Service for him in North Carolina where he was born. I think for my floor. Everybodys been talking about everything in there these family is a can love and they love everybody a man. And im not the one to preach but ive come to tell you today that god. Was son in law that you out there. God. Is on our cell. Going to get a witness here and ill tell you some way to bring him back in the universe when not. Good god im not yet going to come over here i