Today and always. The freeman foundati. By judy and Peter Blum Kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for americas neglected needs. And by contributions to this pbstation from viewers like you. Thank you. Our top stories, all four Police Involved in the death of george floyd will be charged as protests across the u. S. Stretch to their ninth day. His family visited the spot where he died more than a week ago. America needed to be listening when george floyd said i cant breathe, because when he could not breathe, none of us could breathe. Protests have been taking place in solidarity. We show you pictures across the world from australia to kenya to canada. A warm welcome. We start with breaking news out of the United States in relation to the death of the unarmed black man george floyd. The Minnesota Attorney has increased charges against der chauvin,he officer involved in his death, while ling charges against the other three officers who were present. This is according to Amy Klobuchar. She calls it an important step for justice. George floyd [indiscernible] George Floyds sun visited a memorial. Here is quincy mason visiting the spot where his father was arrested and died. Trying to get justice for my father. No man or woman should be withoutheir father. We want justice for what is going on now. I appreciate everyone showing us support and love. I thank you for that. Standing next to him was the family lawyer. We come here to this spot to remember george floyd, who was tortured, who was tortured to death. We thank the minnesota governor for bringing human rights charges against the Minneapolis Police department because we believe he was tortured in the last eight minutes and 46 seconds of his life. Benjamin crump is represting his family. The press conference was given before we heard about these increases in these charges. This is something the protesters have wanted and have been asking about what is happening with the other Police Officers present en george floyd lost his life. We have seen protesters take to the streets to demand justice. We heard about charges levied against derek chauvin. Are hearing reports from Amy Klobuchar who has said not only will the charges against that officer be increased from thirddegree murder to seconddegree murder, but there are charges levied against the other three officers. We have not heard this directly from the attorneys general. We are still waiting to hear from him in a press conference. This tweet does come from the senator from minnesota to protesters demanding more justice. Do you think it will come, the protesters, or are we expecting a 10th night of protests . If you look at the way the protests unfolded, there was a lot less violence and looting. Protesters were allowed to take center stage. Whether or not that will change in the coming days, that is unclear. If these charges are levied against the Police Officers, that will go a long way and trying to acquiesce the anger we are seeing. The larger images of systemic racism that is highlighted by the spread of the coronavirus and how it is impacted, those wounds have been ripped open and it will take a long time for that to heal. Thank you. We are going to keep the focus on this. The u. S. Defense secretary has disagreed publicly with donald trump over deploying the army to dispel protesters. Mr. Esper opposes a law that would allow trump to send soldiers onto the streets. The National Guard is best suited to serving Domestic Support ands i sayhis not only as secretary of defense, but as a former soldier and a former member of the National Guard. The option to use active duty forc should only be used as a matter of last resort in the most urgent situations. We are not in on of those situations now. I do not support invoking the insurrection act. We are joined by dr. Cedric alexander, a former police chief ana member of Barack Obamas task force on 20thcentury policing. Can i get your reaction to thi story . There are plans to elevate the charges against the Police Officer who knelt on George Floyds net and adding the charges of aiding and abetting murder to the three officers who were there. Pensacola, florida, back here now. I wanted to make sure that we knew that so it does not confuse anyone. To your questio what we have seen and what is forthcoming, these charges being levied against these officers is the right thing to do. It begins a healing process with this nation and gives us an opportunity to go look at reform in this nation as it relates to public safety, to our criminal justice system. In the u. S. , we have had a number of these types of events that have occurred to young men of color, more specifically and frequently than we care to counts. Manyimes, they have been unarmed. Someone who has been a twotime police chief as i have, i know the challenges that are out there. Something is inherently wrong. Sothing went wrong on may 25 with the lossoflife in such a tragic, hoific, heinous way. You were on the task force on 21st century policing, it was organized by president obama in reaction to the shooting of Michael Brown by a Police Officer in ferguson, missouri. It was created in 2014. You suggested recommendations, 59 recommendations back in 2015. Have any of those been brought forward . That task force came after the death of Michael Brown. During that time, president obama put together a panel and i was on that panel. We were charged with comingp with a recommendation that would enhance relationships between police in the community and advanced policing in this country. We had three months to put that document together. On march 2, 2015, weiver the document to president obama at the white house. We had an opportunity to share our findings and he had studied that document a day or two before. He implemented many of those recommendations in there. One of the biggest recommendations the bodyworn cameras that we see. Progress was made. We had a roadmap, a gps system. Police departments solve a benefit of it and a new administration came into play. Once that administration came into play under then u. S. Attorney jeff sessions, they took that document, deepsixed it and here we are in 2020 with no gps, no guidance, nothing, and we are in deep trouble in terms of maintaining our relationships with people in this country because what we had worked. The politics played itself out and it was not to the advantage of the american people. To build those relationships over is not impossible, but it is going to be met with challenge. When we look at the recent incident that occurred in this country just prior to the loss of george floyd, aubrey and south georgia, chased down in a truck by two white men and killed, and we had Breonna Taylor in louisville, kentucky, shot on a no knock warrant that should hav never occurred, then we have the case of the white woman in central park who was undoing because a black man asked her to put her leash on her dog and she grabbed her phone and called in that a black man was assaulting me. That led to and the Tipping Point was a black man who was choked to ath in the middle of the street in this country. America has had enough. Not just communities of color. You can see from the diversity of the crowds, people are sick and tired of it. Our brothers and sisters, from europe, to asia, all around the globe, are voicing the horrible death of george floyd. His spirit lives on and we are going to use that to change and reform policing in this untry. Thank you for speaking with us. We have seen antiracism protests spread from americao new zealand, to rome, and now here in london. This was the scene earlier, where organizers asked people to bring face masks and maintain distance from each other. The crow chanting the u. K. Is not innocent. My colleague was there. Police urge people that if they want to make their voices heard that the coronavirus restrictions are still in place. They walked out with their arms spread wide to maintain two meters distance socially. Those who organize this protest say as much as they understand what is going on in america, it is not different than what is going on in the u. K. U. K. Black communities are undergoing and they are arch to victoria station, where they feel the Railway Worker who died with covid19 after being spat at at work is not justice and they want to have protest to acknowledge the disproportionate amount of black people in the United Kingdom face racism. Boris johnson had a message for protesters in america and in the u. K. We mourn george floyd. I was appalled to see what happened to him. My message to trump and the United States from the u. K. Is racism it is an opinion i am sure is shared by the overwhelming majority of people around the world racism has no place in our society. Protests have resonated across europe. This was amsterdam this week. Thousands gathering to rally against Police Brutality in the u. S. And europe. This is paris on tuesday. 20,000 gatheri in protest of excessive use of force of a black man in custody in 2016. In berlin, dozens holding a rally outside the u. S. Embassy. The u. S. Protests are featured heavily in european papers. One spanish left paper says it is a black spring with unpredictable consequences. Another says america faces two crises. A similar theme in the german coervative paper, which doubted trumps chance of reelection, the corona crisis with over 104,000 deaths, 40 million unemployed and a racism debate. Institutions have been speaking out. The chairperson of t african European Commission reiterated the african unions rejection of the discriminatory practices against black citizens of the u. S. Ghanas president tweeted the incident should inspire change in how america tackles racism. There have been protests across the continent. This was cape town. People placing placards in support of the protest movement. South africas government has urged protesters to use maximum restraint. Charting down with they were chanting down with brutality, this was outside the u. S. Embassy. We are here to express solidarity and to say White Supremacists affecting us. Protests across the world. Still to come, Significant Developments in the investigation into the disappearance of the young english girl, madeleine mcgacan, who went missing 13 years ago. Nissan has warned its plants in sunderland will be unsustainable if the u. K. Fails to agree to a trade deal. The company says the jobs of 6000 will not be safe without tarifffree access to the eu. Our business has been talking to nissan. Without tarifffree access to the eu, this plant would not be sustainable because you get 10 tariff on the exports. It is setting up on a crucial moment. Trade negotiations are going on as we speak. Nissan loves the sunderland plant. They are saying it is not enough if they put tariffs on to be economically viable. A reminder rather than smothering the covid19 rather than covid19 smothering all issues, it is amplifying it for some companies. Welcome. You are watching outside source. All four policemen involved in the death of george floyd will be charged as protest stretch into their ninth day. There has been a development into the disappearance of Madeleine Mccann, who went missing in portugal 13 years ago. Our correspondent has the story. A 43yearold german man, unnamed by authorities, this is a joint investigation led by German Police and the police in london and perching working and portugal working alongside each other. A man in a camper van was staying alongside mccann and was linked to the area for many years. He is thought to be involved in burling in burglaring hotels and chi abuse against children. Police want any information about the camper van he was using, which is a vw camper van, white with a yellow base. Anyone who saw that in the weeks around the time Madeleine Mccann disappeared. They are looking for information in relation to a dark jag your car. Dark jaguar car. It was registered in his name, but the day after she disappred, he had it registered in someone elses name. Police also want information about a mobile phone number he used that night about an hour before Madeleine Mccann disaeared. The death of george floyd in the on suing in t ensuing protests raise questions about how the u. S. Treats africanamericans. This week, turmoil in the u. S. Began with george floyd struggling to breathe while being knelt on by a white Police Officer. Hundreds of videos and testimony have followed, detailing Police Violence and discrimination across america. A ate senator was tear gas, hit, and handcuffed during a peacul protest. I was met with pepper spray. I was compliant, listening to orders, moving back. I got hit in my back and my leg with bicycles officers weaponiz. Forcibly put my hands behind my back, subsequently pepper sprayed. I have never been arrested in the first time this happened is as a state senator protesting Police Brutality. I wore a bright green shirt with my name and title on the back to deescalate the situation. I informed them who i was and they still proceeded to be aggressive. There are any number of statistics that detail the Racial Disparity that persists in u. S. Policing. The New York Times reports Minneapolis Police use force against black people at seven times the rates of whites. You can see how black people make up 19 , but 58 of times police use force it is directed towards africanamericans. The article quotes david schultz, who calls minneapolis a laborde tory a laboratory on things you should not do when it comes to use of force. There is a probe being launched into the police department. We have the national story. These figures show us how Police Shootings disproportionately kill black people. In 2019, africanamericans made up 13 of the u. S. Population, but 23 of Police Killed in shootings were africanamericans. White people are less likely to be killed by the police. There is the issue of racial injustice, playing out in prisons. Africanamericans are imprisoned at five times the rate of white americans and two times the rate of hispanic americans. 2018, africanamecans made up 13 of the u. S. Population and made up almost 33 of the prison population. White americans were 60 of the population or over and around 30 of the prison population. Force used by u. S. Police officers has been on display over the last week. This was seattles police sought to clear a protest. You can s t protesters under their own umbrellas. This is a crowd in brooklyn. Bill de blasio said he would investigate. He says he never wants to see Something Like that again. Highlighted the protesters, saying somewhere putting lives at risk and some attacked officers. We also saw these quotes one officer says Law Enforcement is a difficult job. You are forced to make split decisions. Another said they last thing an officer wants to do is resort to force. Looking across the u. S. , many cases, the response to protest about the excessive use of force has been to use force. There is no doubt some protesters are violent and we do not have the police side of the story, but there are many examples where police appr to be using force but it is difficult to justify or is out of proportion to what is happening. Many people are calling for change and how policing is conducted. One example is the camdenounty police force in new jersey. It was overhauled with new guidelines on when to use force and touted by president obama. Lets hear it from the man hind those reforms. Some of the clips getting a lot of attention, the Police Officers in atlanta who tased inside a car, some of the squad cars running people over we do not have all of the facts of those situations, but on the surface, it is disturbing. It starts with changing the culture within organizations. What we did in camden, we started with policy. 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