Now faces an upgraded charge of seconddegree murder. The news comes as the floyd family visited the site where he died. Nadia romero is in minneapolis with the latest. The family of george floyd celebrating his life where he took his last breath. It just le foll them. And no, no man wants us to. And without their father. Last week Minneapolis Police officers hand the 46 yearold father to the ground one officer derek shot and pressed his knee into floyds neck for police say was nearly 9 minutes. Shaaban is in custody charged with floyds death today arrest warrants were issued. Former Minneapolis Police officers. Shaking thomas lane and to town we. Absolutely billy that he was tortured. In their last 8 minutes and 46 seconds of his life. The killing prompted protests across the country and around the world as people demanded racial equality and an end to Police Brutality like the demonstrators minnesotas governor says injustice needs to being at the heart of this him. And seeing the comm
So that it recognizes the humanity and the dignity of every person. This town hall that we are having today as part of an ongoing my brothers Keeper Alliance town whole series in my brothers keepers will was launched by president obama in 2014 after trayvon martin. The president launched it in the east room of the white house calling on america and everybody to do whatever they could in their power to make sure young men of color knew that they mattered into reduce the systemic barriers that stand in their way and make sure every young person has every opportunity to reach their dreams. Today the work of my brothers keeper continues at the my brothers Keeper Alliance at the Obama Foundation. Where we lead a network of 250 communities and a massive call to action to mayors and other folks in communities across the country, this is to build and have clear pathways of opportunity. We are excited to have president obama sharing his viewpoints today but also gathered a panel of local and Na
Participated in a town hall on Racial Justice and Police Reform hosted by my brothers Keeper Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation. Foundation. Good afternoon my name is Michael Smith that executive director of my brothers keeper. Thank you all for joining us for this critical and important conversation today. The killing of george floyd, breanna taylor, ahmad aubrey into many black lives in the list have left until after nation outreach. More than a thousand people are killed by Police Every Year in america and black people are three times more likely to be killed than white people. We can take steps and make reforms to combat Police Violence and systemic racism within Law Enforcement, we can work to redefine Public Safety so that it recognizes the humanity and the dignity of every person. This town hall that we are having today as part of an ongoing my brothers Keeper Alliance town whole series in my brothers keepers will was launched by president obama in 2014 after trayvon ma
Across the nation. Good evening. Thanks for joining us tonight for kron 4 news at a time can why im pam moore more than a week of demonstrations across the world all in the call for justice for george floyd tonight all 4 officers involved in his death have been charged in addition to derrick todd and the other 3 former officers who either helped hold floyd down or stood by watching have been charged with aiding and abetting seconddegree murder all 4 officers face the same maximum time behind bars for a murder charge and the aiding abetting charge both carry 40 year maximum sentences there are active demonstrations taking place across the country right now in new york city and washington dc and this picture live from los angeles shows a large crowd marching through the streets of l a were continuing to monitor these kinds of acted activities here in the bay area and across the country as the night goes on and there are more county wide curfews in effect tonight across the bay area Alame
From all of the damage as fire crews are working to put this out. Lets check in again with meteorologist lawrence chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow who can tell us a little bit more about the conditions not only fire crews are dealing with but obviously because of the conditions outside thats really just kind of fueling this fire. That really is in fact remember these last couple of weeks we have had 2 significant record breaking heat waves in today. Again the peak of the heat in the bay area, drying things out just walk outside and see the grass is all turning brown out there. And you know were getting right person fire conditions. Theres the very latest we are seeing more of the delta breeze kicking in thats that when it goes to the delta as that goes into them outrages tends to strengthen quite a bit and that starts to pick up right now not the strongest one whos ever seen, but still you get a fire started in these and the dry conditions and it can spread rapidly see those winds b