Admits the league was wrong to ban players from kneeling in protest at football games. A video by a black Football Players prompted Roger Goodells u. Turn now there are calls for him to apologize directly to collin kapur next who kicked off the empty races protests protest back in 2016. Im all use of welcome to the program as outrageous spreads over the killing of george floyd in the u. S. Protesters have taken to the streets around the world thousands of demonstrators gathered in london to protest against racism and discrimination despite calls from politicians not to defy the lockdown there because of the covert 1000. And one of those major. European protests this year in berlin thats where Political Correspondent emmanuel shahs is and thanks for joining us can you tell us whats going on there. Well as you can see im youre here at part of people are gathered at times on and 500 people were expected maybe its much more right now here in delhi not excited up lads you know here in germany more to 1000000 people are black German Center theres been a lot of anger a lot of 1st trace shows following George Floyds death into us not only because of what was happening there but also because of the ongoing and systemic racism here in germany and here with me to talk about you to have our esther and our 2 daughters tiffany and tara talia who are talking about their experiences dealing with everyday racism here in germany our 1st off perhaps you can see how the number of people who have just joined is processed by the silent part as esther you came to germany 17 years ago what has been your experience as a black woman coming from kenya as a black woman living in this country which as not been easy we go through so many things to which we cannot express our serve our clear but im happy for this demonstration which is up and in know that you are we can express our 7 they express our feeling all were feeling here. And tatty family you were born here in germany i can you tell us about your experience as a black german where. Good everything is ok my friends cheney very well but in some places i feel different because i got its treated very differently in canada when i was born here stoics a girl asked me why my skin is black if its my prude and i was very sad about it and told my mom and them we moved back to belize and yes terrible experience. If you had a need a sax and you were saying you know our sax i mean and tak tell you how when you see all those people gathered here today how does he thank you for you and i am really happy that many people support black people. And as to how does that make you feel all those people here today im really happy that everybody came out for these and. Im hoping that theyre going to be changes in future and everybody is going to be treated equally it doesnt matter where you come from or which color you are we all hoary human beings ok sir as you see how the progress has just i kicked off in germany were here in berlin well try join your lights out for the latest. That was Political Correspondent many was shots with protestors Esther Tiffany and tell you have been told thanks to all of you. As weve heard for some people in germany it doesnt seem to matter how long theyve lived here or even if they were born here their appearance makes them a target for racial abuse now we spoke to some victims of racism about their experiences in germany. And as it took to the top of a mine called one time i was shopping and an old lady pushed past me and then said uncle would not have allowed you to be here. Its the he and he gave me his evil you want to kill me you down foreigner go back to your own country what are you doing here every day racism is right sure profiling is a clear part of my life just like going to the toilet it is part of my life. For people who for experiences theyve either lived here in germany for years well born here parents do mohamadi a Sales Assistant in spain he since she was 6 years old a woman in a supermarket car park accused her of trying to run her over. And ive never experienced anything like it in my life that someone comes up to me and say you want to kill me and then calls me a damned foreigner. Salaam do you came to germany 5 years ago was a syrian refugee a he works as a camera man for German Television he was out with his wife and son when a man made racist remarks about his family. Salaam recorded the incident on his phone and then fought back. Of us what do you want what are you trying to say that. The attackers friends tried to stop him and pull him away but a short time later he returned and beat salaam up too so badly that he had to go to hospital the video was used in the investigation into the attack. The police recognized him immediately they said he was in prison a few months ago because of another problem we pressed charges and now justice has been done. This is. A man who young and is a filmmaker any musician he says racial profiling which means the police stop him because of his appearance is a daily problem. That makes you see how deep rooted racism is a black man somehow looks threatening a chaos stop him you see. These are not exceptional cases. Works for a group called h. One take on the victims of racism they examine black peoples experiences and offer anti discrimination counseling. I see mention of the white people in germany may say racism is no problem but for black people it is part of our daily lives because we encounter Structural Racism or because we discriminated against on the Straight North of color song is no longer willing to accept the situation hes organized an anti racism demonstration in cologne. Being off this was not that if you dont do anything about racism if you just ignore it then you are tolerating it and at the same time promoting it or begging for it. And that is what i wish people to understand. The demonstration in cologne will be one of many taking place in germany this way can and. U. S. President donald trump has reportedly ordered the pentagon to cut the number of u. S. Troops stationed in germany by nearly a 3rd according to government sources cited by the wall street journal around 25000 troops would remain American Forces have been stationed in germany since the end of world war 2. Earlier we spoke to german lawmaker and member of the committee on Foreign Affairs and they asked nick he told us about the implications of cutting u. S. Troops in germany. Overwhelming part of the American Military presence in germany is not related to territorial ringback defense with germany but is exercising the functions for broader presence in europe and africa it is a major help in the global. Operations off the us military with particular d the roads trying to have base in the landstuhl medical facility though this is potentially weakening u. S. Capabilities not only in the region but globally. I can only say American Military men and their families more that will come in germany and we have cooperated very well a lot of those aspects but where we are i think its hard to assess the specific. d consequences as well as we dont know which sites which units will be affected by this is now to some of the other stories making news around the world. Veterans of the allied forces have returned to normandy to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the d. Day landings this years ceremony was far smaller than normal due to coronavirus restrictions the event marks the beginning of the offensive to recapture france from the nazis at the end of world war 2 frances defense minister says his countrys forces have killed his north african chief during an operation into salat in northern mali abdel malik del was a key islam as fighter sought by French Security forces for more than 7 years france says he was killed alongside several of his closest collaborators on june 3rd. Alexis ohanian has resigned from the board at reddit in an online post he asked to fill his seat at the Media Company with a black candidate to use any future gains on his stock in the enterprise to serve the black community in is married to tennis star serena williams. Head of Americas NationalFootball League the n. F. L. Has admitted the league was wrong for not allowing on field protests against Racial Injustice the n. F. L. Previously banned players from kneeling during the countrys nanjing National Anthem that practice was started by calling katharine take in 2016 in protest against Police Brutality toward black americans but cabinets move sparked a bash flak from some fans and owners. Now for more on this story im joined by jonathan train from d. W. Sports so jonathan what led to this apology well it was this video posted on social media a video statement by Roger Goodell he is the n. F. L. Commissioner essentially hes in charge of the entirely a very contrite statement expressing a lot of regret but he did follow another video that was said very widely on social media we can see it here featuring many n. F. L. Stars mentioning George George floyd who died in cleats custody of course and the other black men and women have also been killed lets just listen in to this video for a bit. For this. Issue. This is what we the players would like to. Ask. Him or and systematic oppression of. So it seems goodell has clearly heard that message hes read the mood and now hes encouraging other players to speak out we the National Football league did racism in the systematic oppression black people. We the National Football league image we were wrong for not listening to n. F. L. Players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protests we have the National Football league believe lacked lives matt. To be honest i couldnt imagine last year. Really a significant reversal in policy really because as you mentioned protests were previously banned the n. F. L. Had said look if you dont want to stand during the anthem you need to stay in the locker room otherwise you could face disciplinary action and we all know about the case of call in captain nick and while he was supported by some other players he will say within it was criticized by fans and. The basic disrespecting the u. S. Flag the the anthem the army things like that now and some people obviously recognize that that happened it hasnt played since he made that process and 2016 he in fact says that the clue did against him to stop him being signed by any other club he was not mentioned by name in that goodell video a lot of people on social media saying him and apology. In september will cap and play will get signed by a team and will stay true to his word that something will have to keep an eye on some people want to direct apology to caprona what other kind of reactions of well interestingly a white bri he apologized the other day off to criticizing the protests but that ended in a rebuke from u. S. President donald trump who said basically that he shouldnt have taken back what he said also had a message for the protests basically saying that we should be standing up straight and tool ideally with a salute or a hand on her there are other things you can protest but not a Great American flag kneeling now obviously this protest movement has gone far beyond the United States now so its been taken up by other sports weve seen footballers for example in the league last weekend. And the signs of solidarity from the pursuit dortmunds the German Football Association the death said players wont be punished if they want to protest on the field they will keep an eye what they do in todays games just about to kick off. Things for the. 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