Other irritants against demonstrators. Could increase the risk of transmission. And broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is r. T. International im sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us getting right to our big story this hour 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 was formed at the beginning of the week by black lives matter activists and they barricaded themselves inside 6 blocks in the center of seattle and declared it a police free area activist does a reader launch 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 come to leave a pistol ok you can see it over here. Weve got people really get some food and over here we also have free pizza at some drinks 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 floyd rebellion as theyre calling it thats what the the law 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 barricades point 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 just then 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 Community is 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 in what they called a silent protest the rally came on the same day as a federal judge ordering officers to temporarily stop using tear gas or pepper spray against protesters 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 actually being unfairly targeted travis the 8 says that he also has the figures to back that up you know harvey spoke to him earlier. You had those isolated incidents rifles and go and since that her and especially on body camera video theyre shown over and over again so i think the general public thinks well thats happening in the states we make 3 150000000. 00 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 PostPolice 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 have a 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 the 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 Enforcement being 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 60 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. Well i find its fun some programs of the Law Enforcement to try to take some of that burden away from Law Enforcement what you cant do is you cant take funding to Law Enforcement and then asked Law Enforcement do the same exact work just to be very good. You might think that this is all happening in the u. S. But it is not it is happening globally as well thousands of antiracism demonstrators gathered in the center of paris on saturday to protest against Police Brutality and widespread discrimination. The protest called by the black lives that 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 Crowd of virus 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 host 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 there are 2 sides to every story 10000. 00 officers took to the streets of paris on friday against a new government measures to. Chokeholds during arrests Law Enforcement marched along. Carrying banners no police no peace alongside marked cars on king 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. The statement because the focus today on this monday is unacceptable he was talking about ben in choke holes in the rest but this is used to an identification just like i and my colleagues were told we are using this method against those who resist identity checks or arrests you know that to avoid this collation of the situation in the Police Christopher custom issued revised the current stance on this and confirming the matter of ours 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. Farai demonstrators that 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 and a bit of warning you may find some of the following images disturbing. Thank you think oh my i was. I i i i i i. I i i i. 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 protest 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 liberty cost in the slave trade it 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 enlisted 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 a violent attack and that to me is both absurd and and should not have a situation which people who are protesting or for on one group on one basis are. That the attack eat the Police Public property and its not just politicians that have strong views on what city con this is cited to do here we were out on the streets of london finding out exactly whats locals think about cities con decision to board up the structures here in holland where i guess people will hate to defend statues and i support people defended it was to support people trying to take it down so i tried says look at things from bus perspective just as it is good to shoot behind it a lot of nice touches should be taken down at the guy or the ball itself and bought the pot i think you should be thinking that this isnt so good for all the people who are living in it well that should be a cd. Meanwhile in the Northern City of newcastle scuffles broke out on saturday as a black lives matter activists faced off with a counter demonstrators Army Veterans along with football fans and right wing activists encircled the monument to former Prime Minister earl grey saying they would defend it from antiracism groups earlier a contributor to the Guardian Newspaper had suggested taking down that statue claiming 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. To create a delicious bill for the slavery on the. Bill was passed when he was Prime Minister. Pacific what he was famous quote 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. She generally this should be taken down because nobody likes to you know anything a push to not be as it is causing offense in any leadership of this museum she can have this just you know history shown in dumb show that some of them probably do need demolishing but as with so often really situations what starts off as a good thing for tends to go back to. Lets take this monument behind its finest and one that would talk in question if not was taken down it wouldnt be reassessed because you could still put in some heritage site which full full safety if hes in a book any name in a website if he can be safe online days if the people who. Are on these wanted to represented on these monuments. A 10 person in slavery call that their own profit then i think it needs to do seriously looked at whether we have them as points of reference so point power. Has in mind all this is admits a backdrop of a Global Pandemic there is concern the use of tear gas could a 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 now this comes amid a nationwide protest against racism that has been raging for 2 and a half weeks now. Oppose any use of tear gas smoke or other respects irritants which could increase risk for coated 19 by making the Response Tree tractable sceptical to infection exacerbating existing inflammation and in juicing coughing or part from Coronavirus Related Health concerns there are also issues as well other ones prolonged exposure to the gas or a large dose especially in a closed setting can lead to blindness and it can also leave severe chemical burns of 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 tear gas was a means to save to diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation and restore order when it became increasingly clear that all the measures were ineffective in accomplishing that necessary objective mohamed money or just at the ukase Lancaster University believes concerns about the current use of tear gas are justified. Ashley then we look on to the display issue track inspection they are very easy to be cross mentioned and one of the contributing factors for the call of august 2 surprised and take the whole word on nice they didnt for 5 months as being a stress free treatment of transmission so anything that can expose the respiratory tract or create a sugar damage to the spirit interaction is something that will certainly have the vitus to any trade into the body otherwise we could probably be protected so therefore ready to construct a straight exacting section tempered im excited caller said julie did the keeping the address to track how to use not running toward it and having to tear gas is certainly not a good choice in a biscuit condition in particular to someone who is infected with a groan of ideas or has asked for money or d other cuomo to be dickys in terms of this critic tracking sections or other our community diseases if they were to be under the tear gas or similar kind of type or even doc mean that david because the more and heart coughing can elect the hardest to trouble you any longer than to meet it is to us that we are really concerned so this means the widest transmission would be even more had to be explored many people in the vicinity would be able to get exposed. With donald trump attempting to drum up support ahead of novembers election the president is a reiterating his promise to end americas quote endless wars more on that after a short break this is party international. So what weve got to do is identify the threats that we have its crazy. Let it be an arms race. Here in Dramatic Development only. I dont see how. Very critical time to sit down and talk. What were seeing is a utter divorce an utter split from the real economy and the financial funny money fed driven casino that is now taking over the globe this is causing you to think. Overlord class are becoming fabulously wealthy and the peasants are revolting theyve got a good Old Fashioned peasant. But youre. Welcome back this is our international now donald trump has declared that he is going to put an end to enlist wars in a speech at the west Point Military academy on saturday the president also stressed that it is not americas job to act as though worlds policema