The use of rubber bullets and tear gas to quell civil unrest. Were talking about crowd control really, what we should be hearing is damage control. Reporter multiple witnesses report being shot, stabbed, beaten, and brutalized. Many of the 300 who joined online excoriated the Department Pick i was shot by a projectile and did not throw anything. The police cause most of the violence. They intimidated and bullied people. Reporter chief eddie garcia concedes that mistakes were made but the department has enjoyed the Community Support and this can be a learning tool we have moved the needle in this Police Department. If you dont have the thick skinned a here frustrations of the community you should not be a police chief. Reporter the department is investigating as a city grapples over what changes will come to the sjpd. We have to see the work that weve done here. Its there underneath the arguments the pain and frustration. That stuff is still there. We pull up right back out and everyone
Police reform. We begin with chief White House Correspondent john roberts live tonight on the north lawn. Good evening. We just finished a briefing on the president s new executive order that will be coming out tomorrow. We were told the president is working with Law Enforcement, faith leaders and the families of People Killed by police. The strategy uses incentives to certify Police Agencies in the appropriate use and best practices in the use of force, information sharing and creates new coal responder programs. Thank you very much. President trump will offer his contribution t to the natiol debate over policing with an executive order that addresses the use of force and how to improve opportunity in communities across america. The overall goal is law and order. We want it done fairly, justly, we wanted done safely. We want line order. Its about law and order but its about justice also. The president also weighing in today on the weekend shooting of Rayshard Brooks in atlanta, saying
We start with news that Minneapolis City Council has voted to dismantle its Police Department. Minneapolis is the city where two weeks ago the unarmed black man george floyd died after a Police Officer officers knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes triggering protests that have gone global. Nine of the minneapolis councils thirteen members said they would instead create a new system of public safety. They told demonstrators, that decades over the weekend, the mayor was forced away from a rally after he would not commit to abolishing the police. Police department could not be fundamentally changed. Miguel otarola is the minneapolis reporter for startribune and was at Powderhorn Park in minneapolis where the pledge was taken. Thanks very much forjoining us. Thanks very much forjoining us. That ledge we understand was greeted with cheers and approvalfrom the was greeted with cheers and approval from the crowd and thats quite a significant change in the mood from what weve seen over the l
This is bbc news. Welcome if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. Im aaron safir. Our Top Stories Council members in minneapolis pledge to dismantle the citys police force following the death in custody there of george floyd. Thousands of people continue to take part in peaceful protests against Police Brutality and racism in the us. Huge crowds gather in cities and towns across the country. Thousands of people across britain take part in more anti racism protests. In bristol a statue of a 17th century slave trader is torn down and rolled into the river. And in brazil hundreds of people have demonstrated there against president bolsonaros
response to the coronavirus. We start with news that Minneapolis City Council has voted to dismantle its Police Department. Minneapolis is the city where two weeks ago the unarmed black man george floyd died after a Police Officer officers knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes triggering protest against racism and Police Brutality th
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