we start in the american city of minneapolis and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. our north america correspondent david willis told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd sparked protests in major cities here and across the world, it gave rise of course to the black lives matter movement, one of
mosques in christchurch. at two mosques. hello and welcome. we start in the american city of minneapolis, and what s thought to be one of the largest pre trial settlements in us history. lawyers for george floyd, the african american man who died while being restrained by police officers in may last year, say the city has agreed a settlement of $27 million in their civil case for damages. the money will be paid to mr floyd s family. separately, a former minneapolis police officer, derek chauvin, is standing trial on criminal charges, including third degree murder, following the incident. here s the floyd family lawyer, ben crump. the financial compensation most directly impacts george floyd and his family, the future of their family, but it is the policy reforms that affects all of us. well, our north america correspondent, david willis, told me more about why this settlement is so significant. the death of george floyd last may gave rise to the black lives matter movement
sued the city for the lack of police presence but council members argue funding various social programs would stop the violence. this november voters will get their say and decide if the police department should be replaced with a new public safety division. today here in minneapolis and across the country groups are marking the anniversary of george floyd s death with rallies and events to call for greater accountability in policing. this afternoon the family of george flied will meet with president biden to discuss those efforts namely the george floyd justice and policing act which, of course, is under negotiation in the senate now. harris: thank you very much. i want to bring in texas governor greg abbott saying he will sign a bill passed by his state making it harder for cities to defund the police and that could put him at odds with democrat-run cities like austin, texas. police there took 16 minutes to respond to a 911 call of a