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RT News July 12, 2024

Police to stop using tear gas and other demonstrators such tactics could increase the risk of transmission. Broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our Teacher National thomas certainly. The mayor of seattle has responded furiously to a threat by donald trump to deploy the military to her city to break up an autonomous zone set up by black lives matter protesters. Said any such action by the u. S. President would be against the law. Our president wants to tell a story about domestic terrorists who have a radical agenda and are promoting a conspiracy and fitzs law and order initiatives its simply not true the threat to invade seattle to divide and incite violence in our city is not only unwelcome it would be illegal the capitol hill autonomous zone a was formed at the beginning of the week by black lives matter activists they barricaded themselves inside 6 blocks in the center of seattle and declared a police free area activist deseret de loach explains what life is like inside the commune. I am down here in the capitol hill autonomous zone also known as chaz and the mood here is completely peaceful you can see it over here. Weve got people really get some food and over here we also have free pizza shrinks water all types of snacks weve got people handing out bags with masks and Hand Sanitizer literally everything you can think of and over here is the memorial that is set up to all of the people that weve lost or during the george lloyd for the 1000000000 as theyre calling it thats what the the wall says of in there theres a good constant 24 hour vigil people can light candles and you know say their prayers see you know just just hang out this is the West Entrance to the capitol hill autonomous zone back there we have the the precincts which is where this is where most of the violence was inactive by the police for the last 2 nights the last week or so this is where most of the stuff happened and there are still 4 main barricade points and inside is the autonomous zone people are anticipating on staying as long as possible there have been several tents that have already been set up people are preparing to stay overnight main goal i would say that i could say right now is that people are they calling for the defunding of police you know nationwide weve seen this minneapolis city council. Already you know completely dishpan vote to disband the Minneapolis Police were calling for the same thing here in seattle were calling for a complete defunding of the police a completely allocation and to black and brown communities where its needed the most and so that is definitely a goal of people. I would say the number one. Right now and b. L. M. Protests are continuing in other parts of the city as well on friday thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets and what they called a silent protest the rally came on the same day as a federal judge ordered officers to temporarily stop using tear gas or pepper spray against of the protests in seattle. With officers in the u. S. Facing growing hostility a major in the Police Department in tulsa oklahoma has come under fire for claiming that africanamericans are not being unfairly targeted travis says that he also has the figures to back it up or hes no harvey spoke to. You had those isolated incidents rifles and go incidents that occur and especially on body camera video theyre shown over and over again so i think the general public thinks thats happening in the states we make 350000000 context a year and obviously the fast majority of those are not in the instance that occur we use force less than one percent of all arrestees but when that mistake happens you know were all healed that skinner all went back i would encourage your audience you go to the Washington Post Police Shooting database and they come pahl the state of source you can go back and look and since 2015 if you want to look talk about the unarmed individual shot by Law Enforcement if you break it down between africanamerican and white its 3 percent unarmed white shot unarmed and 2 percent of one or more unarmed black so theyre very even numbers and you know its race isnt a factor generally those numbers should be even theres a real sphere here in the states to actually talk about that and what ive been trying to say is weve got to be able to weve got to be able to we can at least talk about those facts its really hard to move forward a problem solve a piece of power and use of Excessive Force by police in the us who goes right back to the Civil Rights Movement has been going on for a you know 50 is. Can you understand why there are coals even like a Public Movement to defund the police force do you think that that is the right direction to go in given that the problems have been around for so long isnt it time to try Something Different or is this the case of just making a bad situation worse if you if you start to defund thats a huge huge decision and youve got to really think about Law Enforcement in america is it well funded now i think were we have gone astray in america is Law Enforcements been tasked with doing things that we never had to do from the mentally ill that that system is broken so Law Enforcement on a straw that we end up you know about city percent of the people unfortunately at this countrys are are mentally ill and forcing off which doesnt always know that on a sunny and so i actually. Just on some programs other than Law Enforcement to try to take some of that burden away from Law Enforcement what you cant do is you cant take funding some Law Enforcement and then asked Law Enforcement do the same exact work just to be very good. And unrest isnt just in the United States it is spreading globally as well thousands of antiracism demonstrators that gathered in the center of paris on saturday to protest against Police Brutality and widespread discrimination. The protest called by the black lives Matter Movement protesters climb a building to tear down a huge banner denouncing antiwhite racism the banner had been placed there by a group of far right activists from the Generation Identity Group antiracism demonstrators also jumped on statues held flares and marched with signs the largely peaceful rallies took place despite a National Coronavirus related ban on gatherings of more than 10 People Police tried to disperse demonstrators with tear gas. It is essential to improve the system because we are talking about systematic violence here its not just Police Violence there is up here is discrimination overall inequality goes way too deep we need to reform the system in order to create equal conditions for all. Those with no support we need to support this battle against racism this is extremely important its our duty as french people now after everything this happened. To join their people you know this is a special day for us because were showing our support for the families of those who post the way too early those who were commemorating today besides we are protesting against the violence weve been facing in the pol districts for a long time now this demonstration is a possibility to speak up to deliver a point and express our anger with the situation. I think something historic is happening now in france i came here today to support those faced discrimination that was experienced as well i can see that people with different skin colors and ours are treated differently this is happening in poor districts as well as demonstrations i came here to support those people being treated differently. Meanwhile theres always another side of the coin 10000. 00 officers took to the streets of paris on friday against new government measures to ban chokeholds during arrests. Law enforcement marched along the seans l. S. A. Carrying banners no police no peace alongside marked cars honking their horns in a similar demonstration the day before officers threw handcuffs on the ground this comes after the French Interior minister banned police from using chokeholds in arrests describing it as a dangerous method but the general secretary of the French Police union is refusing to budge. On this while the statement by christopher customary this monday is unacceptable he was talking about ben in choke holes in the rest but this is used or an identification just like i and my colleagues were taught we are using this method against those who resist identity checks or arrests in order to avoid this collation of the situation in the Police Christopher custom issued revise the current stance on this and confirm in the matter of hours that this ban will not be introduced moreover a list of new methods should be introduced that would be as effective and provide safety for my colleagues otherwise the Police Protests going on right now across france will continue. Far right demonstrators gathered in Central London on saturday claiming that they were rallying to defend a statue of Winston Churchill which was recently defaced by antiracism activists some of the protesters clashed with police and black lives matter supporters but a warning you might find in some of the following images disturbing. Thank you very much was. Was was. James brown reports now on the unrest in Central London. This is the designated Meeting Place for right wing groups who say that they have come here to defend britains Cultural Heritage to defend its monuments however there have been a number of clashes with police that have taken place throughout the day here where police were charged police had bottles thrown at them and in other parts of london in the black lives matter demonstrations theyve been making their way from hyde park down towards to follow the square and much of the controversy that surrounded the black lives matter protests has been around the vandalism in attacks on statues which are connected with britains colonial past last week for instance in bristol the statue of edward cost in the slave trade was taken down thrown into the river and Winston Churchill who normally can be seen behind me here had his pedestal dog with the slogan was a racist now in response to that the mayor of london city can decided that he would board up this statue in a number of others but only to protect it from any further damage now that decision has proved controversial and elicited an angry response from the Prime Minister youve got a situation in which the statue of Winston Churchill who is a National Hero has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack and that to me is both a and and is should not have a situation which people who are protesting on one basis are violently it tacky the police or public property and its not just politicians who have strong views on what city can this is sided to do here we were out on the streets of london finding out exactly whats locals think about civics can decision to board up the statue here in harms way i guess people are here to defend certain statues and i support people defended you know you support people trying to take you down so i try to look at things from both perspectives theres a lot of good to. The heart of a lot of these issues should be taken down at the guy or the ball itself and by that process i think you should be thinking that this isnt so good for the people who are living in that world where they have to be the cd. Meanwhile in the Northern City of newcastle scuffles broke out on saturday as black lives matter activists faced off with counter demonstrators Army Veterans along with football fans and right wing activists encircled the monument to former Prime Minister earl grey saying that they would defended from antiracism groups earlier a contributor to the Guardian Newspaper ad suggested taking down the statue claiming that it is linked to slavery though he was mocked online and slavery was actually abolished in britain under that premier we gauged peoples opinion in the city on that monument. That to create a delicious bill. The slavery on the. Bill was passed when he was Prime Minister. Pacific what he was famous both he was famous for taking. Totally disagree with that he was to. Get rid of slavery feel like i dont know enough about his interest in slavery as to whether its a good or bad thing so i couldnt say until i knew that more about it. Over she generally this should be taken down because nobody likes to see you know anything a push to not be as it is causing offense in any leadership before this museum she can have this just you know history show named im sure that some of them probably do need demolishing but as with so often a situations what starts off as a good thing for tends to go back to. Lets take this monument by its finest and one that would talk in question found was taken down it wouldnt be reassessed because it could still put in some heritage site which thoughtful safety if hes in a book you need a name in website if he can be safe online days if the people who. Are on these wanted to represented on these condiments. Attacking the person in slavery call that their own profit and i think it needs to do seriously looked at whether we have them and as as points of reference of point power. There is concern the use of tear gas could hugely increase in the spread of covert 19 among protesters the issue has been highlighted in an open letter signed by almost 1300 u. S. Public health and medical professionals this comes amid of the nationwide protests against racism that has been raging on for 2 and a half weeks now. Oppose any use of tear gas smoke or other respect irritants which could increase risk for coated 19 by making the Response Tree tractable sceptical to infection exacerbating existing inflammation and in juicing coughing apart from Coronavirus Related Health concerns and there are other issues as well prolonged exposure to the gas or a large dose especially in a closed setting can lead to blindness it can also leave severe chemical burns on the throat and lungs and even deadly respiratory failure but philadelphias Police Commissioner still argues riot control agents remain the safest way to disperse crowds the deployment of tea gas was a means to save to diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation and restore order when it became increasingly clear that while the measure has been effective in accomplishing that necessary objective. Mohamad. The u. K. s Lancaster University believes concerns about the current use of tear gas are justified. 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With donald trump attempting to drum up support ahead of novembers election the president is in reiterating his promise to end americas quote endless wars more on that after a short break this party tonight. There was a period lets call it the uni polar you know period after the end of the cold war where the u. S. And nato countries and other people sort of wanted russia to become what they described as a normal country what they meant by normal was a country that was democratic by western standards now it was capitalists now it was a member of u. S. Led International Rules based order established by the u. S. I think a lot of people saw that as sort of permanent 2nd class status in the u. S. System and i think its pretty clear that russia in particular has been pushing back on that. And welcome back this is our Team International donald trump has declared that he is going to put an end to quote and less wars in a speech at the west Point Military academy on saturday the president also stressed of that it is not americas job to act as the worlds policeman the anti interventionist message was

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