And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, flames that are pulling this country apart. This crisis was precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point, most if not all of us have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitateed, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd begs with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. He is an he is in obvious and serious physical distress. Other officers are standing there, watching a defenseless handcuffed man pinned to the ground for eight long minutes with a knee pressing down on his neck. As we all know, those actions took the life of mr. Floyd. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Departmen
Americans, over 300,000 people. Across the globe. And anno economic crisis that hs cost over 40 million americans their jobs. And in the midst of these two crises, we are now faced with yet another crisis, a crisis of anger, a crisis of racial division, claims thatme a pollig this country apart. This crisis is precipitated by the wrongful death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota. At this point most, if not all of us can have seen that horrifying video. Mr. Floyd, in handcuffs, face down on the pavement, incapacitated, not posing a threat to anyone, and a Police Officer with his knee on the neck of mr. Floyd, pressing down hard on the neck of mr. Floyd, and keeping that knee there for eight long minutes. Mr. Floyd bags with the officer, pleads with the officer, says he cant breathe. And rightly, following what happened, the u. S. Department of justice opened a civil rights investigation into the Police Officers conduct and also, rightly, i believe, the local prosecutor opened, be
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Curfews which have largely been ignored. In d. C. , protesters disperse near the white house and Herald Square macys store was looted in new york city. And we begin in manhattan where protesters have gathered today. Laura ingle has more. Weve been told by city leaders here, the guard wont come in. I want to give you a live look at what just happened. We saw well over 1,000 people march through these streets. Looked like they were heading to the brooklyn bridge. They made their march and turned around and now theyre going back into the city. I also just spoke with the nypds chief of department, Harris Monahan who said he doesnt want the National Guard here because he doesnt feel like they know the city like the nypd does and doesnt want to see members of the military on city streets which he feels could exacerbate the situation. So we take a look at the crowd that just marched through the downtown area. Organizers tell me that their message today is a call to action to change Police Pol