Also, memorial day weekend, a lot of people people are going to honor Military Members who gave their lives in service, going to see how group of volunteers is going to honor the sacrifice of black veterans who service was nearly forgotten im looking forward to have a great show. Thank you very much. Lets do it right now. Lets start the show well first of all, it is may 25th, four years ago today george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. He was 46 years old. And if i now youve seen the video, then Minneapolis Police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his back and neck for more than nine minutes is fluid repeated . I cant breathe well, that video touched off something in this country. And the big cities across the us and Around The World Tens Of Thousands of people at a time demanded an end to Police Violence against black people even in small towns where there really arent many black people, people marched with signs that a firm black lives matter before i go any further, this narrative th
It happened following a traffic stop in grand rapids, michigan, and shows patrick lyoya, who was 26, running from a white police officer, the two men were then involved in a brief struggle over a taser deployed by the officer. two of the tapes show the officer kneeling on mr lyoya s back before shooting him. the authorities are investigating the incident. when i saw the video, it was painful to watch and i immediately asked what caused this to happen and what more could have been done to prevent this from occurring? i continue to ask those questions and will be looking for those answers as a result from the investigative process as well as future improvements to policy in practice. the incident has sparked protests in grand rapids. justice for patrick! justice for patrick!
They were also working with allies to get ukraine other weapons the us does not have in stock. videos have emerged in the united states of a police officer fatally shooting a black man in the back of the head as he lay face down on the ground. this is bodycam footage from the 4th of april. we are not going to show you the moment of the shooting. it happened following a traffic stop in grand rapids, michigan, and shows patrick lyoya, who was 26, running from a white police officer, the two men were then involved in a brief struggle over a taser deployed by the officer. two of the tapes show the officer kneeling on mr lyoya s back before shooting him. the incident has led to protests in grand rapids. the authorities are investigating the incident. when i saw the video, it was painful to watch and i immediately asked what caused this to happen and what more could have
We are not going to show you the moment of the shooting. it happened following a traffic stop in grand rapids, michigan, and shows patrick lyoya, who was 26, running from a white police officer. the two men were then involved in a brief struggle over a taser deployed by the officer. two of the tapes show the officer kneeling on mr lyoya s back before shooting him. the incident has led to protests. state police are investigating the incident. when i saw the video, it was painful to watch and i immediately asked what caused this to happen and what more could have been done to prevent this from occurring. i continued to ask those questions and will be looking from those for those answers is a result of the investigations as well as future improvement as.
One year ago, george floyd s death shocked the world. 9 minutes, 29 seconds. the video of an officer kneeling on floyd s neck, sparking a global reckoning on racial justice. former officer derek chauvin is behind bars, convicted of murder in floyd s death. what else has changed? joining me now is criminal defense attorney joey jackson. thank you so much. what a year, huh? what a year. wow. and one year ago today. that s when george floyd s death shocked the world. we both know so many other black people who have died at the hands of police, but talk to me about the impact of his death and what it s had on racial justice or injustice in this country. yeah, don. good to see you. i think certainly it s been a reckoning. let me explain why. there s a lot of talk about legislation. i think legislation is important, don, as it relates to the george floyd bill banning choke holds of course, banning no-knock warrants, absolutely.