Lead prosecutor of mr. Floyd i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence of the case and we looked at cases and the evidence available in the investigation is ongoing at this time. I also said that i know its asking a lot of people to give us time, particular people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice to be patient and yet we to get the time in together a very strong experienced team of which included county attorney Mike Freedman, his team and my team, we reviewed the evidence with the b. C. A. And we have something to announce today. Before i announce it, i want to say thank you for the patience of the people they have shown me and our entire team in pursuit of justice and i am here to make these announcements right now. First, today i filed an amended complaint in the chargers former Minneapolis Police officer tran1 with murder in the Second Degree for the death of george floyd, i believe the evidence available to us supports a stronger charge of seco
We need justice. We need systemic change. First, we need to save our city. President trump weighs in. We have our military willing and ready and able. My guest is keith ellison. Atlanta mayor, washington, d. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and florida congresswoman val demming. Its put more than 40 million out of work as much of the country is trying to return to some form of normalcy often ignoring social distancing. You see no fear. We are embracing it. Prompting fears of a second wave. Every community is one wild weekend from falling off the cliff. Joining me is msnbc anchor joshua johnson. Maria teresa kumar and pat mccrory of north. Welcome to sunday. A special edition of meet the press. Good sunday morning. America is waking up to two crisis. One is so new its called the novel coronavirus. The second institutional racism is with us for some 400 years. Overnight protests in dozens of cities across this country. Anger erupting over Police Brutality over africanamericans. Most demonstrations
Arrested for mr. Floyds death. First of all, thank you, ladies and gentlemen of the press. Myself and my friend mike freeman want to share information with you. I want to begin with a reminder. That is, we are here today because george floyd is not here. He should be here. He should be alive, but he is not. About nine days ago, the world watched floyd utter his very last words, i cant breathe. He pled for his life. The world heard him call out for mama and cried out, dont kill me. Two days ago, when i became the lead prosecutor in this murder, i asked for time to thoroughly review all the evidence in the case. We looked at the evidence that is available and the investigation is ongoing at this time. I also said that i know what is i know it is asking a lot of people to give us time, particularly people who have suffered for decades and centuries of injustice, to be patient. We did get that time. Together, a very strong , experienced team which included the county attorney mike freeman,
National guard was being deployed to handle some of the violence. A series of tweets saying it is time to rebuild the city, the justice system, and the relationship between Law Enforcement and those they are charged to protect. George floyds death should lead to justice and systemic change, not more death and destruction. The governor goes on to say, as George Floyds family said, he would not want people to get hurt. Come together to rebuild, remember, and seek justice for george floyd. As governor, i will defend the right to protest, but it is how we express pain, process tragedy, and create change. Answering theam request to protect Peaceful Demonstrations answering our local leaders request for Minnesota National guard assistance. This was late last night before 1 00 a. M. Eastern that the president weighed in on the situation amid some of the pictures on cable news throughout the night last night about the violence in the streets of minneapolis. The president says on twitter, i can
7488000. If you live in the mountain or pacific time zones, it is 202 7488001. A special line this morning for minneapolis and st. Paul residents. That number is 202 7488002. You can also send us a text. That number is 202 7488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling and now as we show this headline from the Minneapolis Tribune overnight. Many as Police Station set on fire, protesters marched downtown. Thousands gathered downtown yesterday to express anger with restraint at a peaceful gathering but later, the third precinct station became a target. You can see many of those pictures this morning of the violence in minnesota and protest overnight. We want to show you tweets from Governor Tim Walz of minnesota when he announced the National Guard was being deployed to handle some of the violence. A series of tweets saying it is time t