Family members argue thats not the case and since most of the country reopened just a couple of weeks ago more than 20 states are now reporting an increase in corona virus and. Today marks the 21st consecutive day of nationwide protests following the death of george floyd over in minneapolis minnesota but now a Deadly Police shooting involving a black man in atlanta is triggering more demonstrations and moments ago the mayor of atlanta addressed this latest shooting all of this as new congressional legislation is being introduced to address Police Tactics across this country are to project is just ahead of the white house with more on these latest developments fair. Woman as you know ive been covering these protests since the beginning we are on day 211 of the biggest changes that were seeing here is remember those big 10 foot barricades up those fences well those fences are. An hour down and you can see behind me open to the public is Lafayette Park where 2 weeks ago President Donald
They are joyful they never thought they would see this day, and so they looking for a brighter future. Reporter long frustrated by the disaster on the street, tenderloin housing director randy shaw is bullish on the settlement. It requires 70 percent of the 10th in the city to be removed by july 20. The 30 percent remaining must eventually be removed as well. It shouldnt take a lawsuit for the city to do its job. And if this means we get more urgency and people get off the streets, then we address the unconscionable situation in the tenderloin right now. I think it can be a good thing. Rertdirict supervisor matt haney has mixed feelings. He is worried that only 30 percent of those on the streets are eligible for hotel rooms now held by the city. Right now they are still relying on the same criteria for who gets to come inside. You have to be over 60 years old, or have an underlying medical condition. That leaves out thousands of people. Our primary frustration is that the plan was deve
Weeks after the death of george floyd lawmakers across the country at all levels of government have announced legislation to address the issue of police reform. Today californias attorney general revealed his plans to tackle Police Brutality across the state. Our Capitol Bureau reporter Ashley Zavala shows us his proposals. Shes ever before. Got to be in California Attorney general have ems said on monday announced his proposals for Police Departments across the state among them a proposal to decertify Police Officers for serious misconduct. System the state does not have says what that looks like is to be determined it could take any number of you can think of other professions that require certification or license e. Certainly there would be a due process requirements any easter patient. There would be a collection of the facts and evidence the attorney general also calling on agencies to require officers to intervene if another is using Excessive Force along with a ban on the use of
Rights. The u. S. Supreme court ruled today that a landmark civil rights law protects and transgender people from discrimination in employment. The court decided by a 63 vote that a key provision of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 known as title 7 that bars job discrimination because of one also applies to orientation or gender identity with more we go now to kron fours justine waltman shes live in our newsroom with details just team. Well this outcome is expected to have a big impact for the over 8 million lgbtq workers across the country and i want you to think about this way until todays ruling it was legal and more than half of the states to fire workers for being bisexual or transgender most states do not protect lgbtq people from workplace, discrimination this ruling is considered a defeat for the Trump Administration. The white house would argue that the Civil Rights Act did not extend to claims of gender identity and orientation, but the conservative court disagreed. Governor gavi
States Supreme Court ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protecting americans from workplace, discrimination also extends to those who are part of the Lgbtq Community this ruling is expected to have a major impact for an estimated 8. 1 million workers in the u. S. Thats because most states do not have protections for lgbtq people from the workplace discrimination. The ruling is considered a defeat for the Trump Administration for more on the ruling we talked with Shannon Minter legal director with the National Center for rights. Unfortunately, i the current president has done a lot to try to restate new ties tbt to people in kind of with first cody unbiased with their community and it really means a lot that the Supreme Court of the United States, including justices appointed by this very president. We are being sent a very clear powerful message to the president and to our whole country that the court is not going to go along with that kind of scapegoating her attempts to foment divi