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sentencing with the families loyal calling it a timing point for america. also coming up on the program. i sure if connie is welcome to white house, as the u. s. says 650 of its troops will remain in afghanistan after the september 11th would drop deadline and tornado leave a trail of destruction in the czech republic, sweeping through several villages and killing 5 people. and in full in picks, organizes admit the tokyo games that could still take place without spectators because of cope with 19, just 4 days ago it was an offer up to $10000.00 fans that would be allowed into venues. ah welcome to the news, our former minneapolis police officer derrick jovan has been sentenced to 22 and

a half years in prison for the murder of george floyd. video of show the kneeling on floyd's neck for 9 and a half minutes. smart, worldwide protests last year against racism and police brutality judge pizza, kyle, i did a decade to the sentence recommended by the state guidelines saying the former officers showed an abuse of power while in a position of trust and authority and said, chauvinist, inflicted particular cruelty to floyd in the minutes before his death, other information sentence for cult one, the court committee to the cause, the commission of corrections for a period of 270 months as to $70.00. that is that 10 year addition to the presumptive sentence of a $150.00 bumps. this is based on your abuse of a position of trust in authority. and also the particular cruelty shown to george floyd. your granted credit for 199 days already served

a shortly before hearing his sent his dark shaven address george roy family. i'm not able to give a full formal statement at this time. but for briefly though, i want to give mike and also the point family. there's going to be some other information in the future that would be of interest . and i hope things will give you some some peace of mind. thank you. out there is john hadron report has been following his story from minneapolis and joins us now. obviously, crowds gathered outside the court. just take us through what happened earlier and the reaction we've seen in the past our in the court room, we heard the expected victim reaction statements for members of george floyd's family spoke that included his young daughter,

joanna. and in that she was asked some questions and she said she, mr. daddy, that he was still with her in spirit. and that when she sees him again, she wants to play with her father in the way that she used to before he died, of course. and we heard from his brothers as well, who said they will be serving a life sentence themselves and they wanted this is a possible sentence for derrick shogun. in the end, he'd drew a 22.5 year sentence. the range of penalties for that particular crime under the guidelines here in minnesota was 1010 years and 8 months to 15 years. the center of that, of course, would have been $12.00. you heard the judge there say he was giving shogun an extra 10 year due to the exacerbated circumstances. he named specifically childrens abuse of power and the particular cruelty shown to george floyd. but there were 2 other

aggregating factors that the judge ruled were in play here. one was that this was an act that took place in front of children, and it was one that took place as a group of police officers conspired together to carry out this act. all of that contributing to the extra 10 years above the guidelines that derek children got. well, the family just spoke outside of the court house behind me. and essentially, what they said was encapsulated in the words of brandon williams, george floyd's nephew who said, we got justice just not enough justice. the reverend al sharpton, the civil rights leader said that this was just a stop on the road to a full justice. and as long as there were black americans who had been mistreated, killed by police unjustly, in his words, full justice would not be achieved. and we had so many is floyd, the brother of george floyd who came out and said there are good and bad police officers. actually this was terrance floyd. you said that there are good and bad

police officers, but we shouldn't have to sort out who is who the number of family members and attorneys spoke. here's a little of what they had to say. when you ask about him, what are you asking about or how that how my day is? okay. do you wish that he was still here with us? reading through his spirit. yes. yes. and when you see your daddy again one day, what do you want to do when you see him on friday? what were you thinking? what was going well, you had me on my brother's neck. wow. well, when you,

when you knew that he pose no threat any more, he was handcuffed white at least get up. why do you stay there? now the maximum sentence in this case was up to 40 years. but legal analysts tell me that anything over 30 years would likely have been overturned, is excessive on appeal, so that the practical maximum was really around 30 years in one consideration. the judge had in mind, was apparently that derek jovan would have to do what he has been doing this past 199 days in jail. and that his staying in isolation for most of that time. and because of that, this would be harder time than another person might have to endure. so that was one

of the considerations the judge had in mind. and it's important to note that under minnesota law, 22 and a half years isn't really 22. and a half years in jail, generally in this kind of situation, he would serve 2 thirds of that are about 15 years. the rest would be on her role. that is supervised probation outs or a supervised parole side of prison. in other words, he'd be released into the public, but still would have to check in the parole officer. he's 45 years old now, so that means he would be 60 years old when he gets out of prison. what about the issue a systemic misconduct there in minneapolis. our investigation is being carried out . it is striking that whilst we were awaiting the verdict in the george floyd trial a couple of months ago. and now the black man was face to face me shot dante. right . so that has been a great deal of tension over all this in minneapolis and recent moms

there has indeed, and benjamin crump and the other attorneys here. reiterated that really this is just a step along the road to full just treatment for every one of the us. they brought up the names of people including dante right, the man who was killed in the incident. not far from here in brooklyn center, min, minnesota, during the trial of derek showman. so there are other cases on going to the state of minnesota is investigating the minneapolis police department for possible racial bias in their treatment of people during arrest. and of course, the us justice department is constantly being asked to look into these kinds of events on a federal level. and they are indeed also prosecuting derek jovan for violating the civil rights of george floyd. so there is a kind of reckoning going on here. some people here including members of the floyd family say it's not enough,

but it's certainly more than we have seen in the past. is the reverend al sharpton said we got more than we thought, but less than we deserved. all right, thank you very much, john. 100 in minneapolis. we'll also following a story professor ronald sullivan again. you the 1st of laura and director of the criminal justice and harvard. those cool joins us now from newton, massachusetts does this case set an important precedent in the country now? it can. it can serve as a model of what courts should do in cases where police exceed their authority and harm unarmed african american men. it doesn't necessarily set a precedent. that is, there can be a case tomorrow where police officers not even charge, but the hope and the expectation is that this will serve as a model so that other jurisdictions will behave in a similar manner. because the prosecution grounded their strategy in the video of

derrick shove and with his need to george roy snack qu, cause george floyd was unarmed, and that for the 9 minutes that was a key component. in the prosecution's case, do you think would like you to see some sort of progress or movement on the use of 40 cams as a result of this? well, this shows you how important body cams are. a police initially works jordan airily resistant to body camps being a mandatory part of their uniform. if nothing else, the george floyd case should show why these are important. body camps can protect good police officers because you have the video and body camps can be used to convict bad police officer. because you have the video. the point is, the video doesn't cry or, or rely on recollections. the video doesn't have bias as it is. you see what

happens and people can act accordingly. so let us hope that every jurisdiction in the united states has body cams, in the federal government can incentivize that through. among other things, the george floyd bill that's passing, that is to say they can fund or give incentives to jurisdictions that by body camps . but these body warren cameras are an important law enforcement to the data, george floyd, and other unarmed blank people at the hands of white police. officers has certainly been a capitalist for police reform in the country, but it has divided congress across party lines just briefly. why is legislation taking so long? was you said there's a division across party lines. the republicans are resistant by any effort that cabin to the authority of police. i don't fully understand the reason,

but it is so the republican party tend not to want to let any legislation go through that could result in either fines or punishment to police officers. and i think it's some misguided sense of fealty to police as an institution. but the point here should be that they support and everyone supports good policing, but there has to be mechanisms to punish bad policing. and that's what these bills do. these bills are out there and they're designed to provide mechanisms and avenues so that people have meaningful readdress if a police officer misbehave. so it's really shameful that that's not gone through congress yet. thank you very much, professor ron all sullivan for joining us on the news. our view your company

throughout the evening. thank you. thank you. now or so civil right to tony and floyd family lawyer band crumply hearing from him earlier. and he was saying that a sentence like this should be the norm when a black man is killed, as a result of police brutality. today represents an opportunity to be a turning point in america. this is the longest set of tents that a police officer has ever been sensitive to in the history of the state of minnesota. but this should not be the exception. when a bag person is kill barbara talley by police, it should be the norm or judith brown. deanus is an executive director at the advancement project, a non profit organization focusing on racial justice issue. she joined us via skype

from washington. and of course for many people, the sentencing doesn't go far enough, but ben crump, who, hearing from you is described as historic sentencing. do you think they sort of massive tectonic shifts in the debate? at least of race policing and criminal justice is, is something that's going to continue. can this, this a wave of civil rights protest be sustained? yes. why? i think we're continuing this. i mean this conviction of $22.00 and a half year is not enough for the family is not enough for our country, but what would be a 100 years. i mean it. ringback is not really about the years, but it is about how are we going to transform public safety in this country for black people? the question is, the statement for us is stop killing. that when we will have justice and black

people in this country. and so even the statement of one of his nephews brandon williams, who said our family is ever broken. so it wouldn't have mattered how many years. and it doesn't matter that it's just show them because again, it's not about a bad apple, but it is about the system of policing. and so that is the work that will continue because for black people in this country for brown, people in this country, we know that one conviction will not. and the killing right. there is a question of impunity here that, that, that abuse of power that was referred to as an aggravating factor in this case that, that is something that is systemic. we were speaking earlier to professor ronald sullivan about the importance of police reform. that has been a bipartisan agreement over this bill in congress. but we don't have any of the details. how important is it to see

a fundamental change in policing in the united states? that is key. we can't keep going down this road having these cases and think that one case is going to change everything. instead we need sleeping reform. first of all, we have to be able to reduce the number of interactions with people. for example, the, those who have mental health incidents sending out the police is a tragedy in waiting, having a traffic or a broken tail light that gives an opportunity for a police processor to abuse their power. and so we have to have transformation that and limits the interaction with police put money into other agencies where we can get resources for people on safety net bill safety nets for communities. and ultimately we need to get rid of qualified. i mean, the,

our problem is that the police unions are a very significant lobby in this country that they do give money to our legislators and to members of congress. and that there's this love affair with police in our country. but for black people, we know that we have to have something that is dramatically different in order to stop the killing. and i was just going to ask you how important is the issue of, of immunity from civil prosecution for the police. as you say, there are many republicans argue that it's necessary for the police to carry out their work that they need to be protected. the has to be a sort of shield around them. others say that it prevents accountability. do you see it likely that that can be changed or just well removed in the near future? i think that is where one of the big hang ups around the george flew justice and

policing act is exists and that is going to be a stalemate. one of the positions of stalemate because police right now get to act above the law. now show them was a little different because other police officers waited and said, that's not what we were trying to do. we rarely see that. we usually see the blue wallet, violence operating where police get cover, they cover for each other. so that was a little different in this case. but typically they line up together. and that means that they get protection from the law and we have to end qualified community so that they know that they who are subject to the laws of this country. all right, thank you very much. i really appreciate it, judith brown, be honest for joining us. thank you. you're watching and use our

life from london march. most glad for you. on the program, us vice president, visit some mexican border but can come to the house, come the rise in immigration, european unions, east, west division, small country and block applying for a putin summit. and in order for me to one driver found himself in an unexpected been, i know we'll be here with that story. ah, now us vice president joe biden. his match after president sheriff ghani at the white house as us troops prepared to leave afghanistan after 20 years. bite and cold, the 2 leaders old friends at washington support for i've got a son, was not coming to an end despite the true withdrawal gone. he said he respected biden's decision and that the partnership between the countries is entering a new phase. afghans are going to have to decide their future what they,

what they want, what they want, but it won't be for lack of us being helped in a sense of violence has to stop, but it's going to be very difficult. but we're going to stick with you and we're going to do our best to see to and you have all the pentagon says the us and job last got his felonies, half complete. truth numbers have been slashed to about 2 and a half 1000. that the lowest number since the 2001 invasion of afghanistan, wine and a promise to have them all out by september the 11th. but now $650000.00 expected to stay to provide security for diplomats. the taliban resurgence is a significant concern. they have seized more than 30 african districts in the past month and say they now control $163.00, totaling about 80 percent of the country they deny wanting to take over. so in an exclusive interview with al jazeera taliban spokesman, it's

a hell shaheen said that if us troops do remain in place, it will be in breach of previous agreements. this us troop station, 650 of their stay behind. are the taliban going to attack us troops now? yes or no. if they stay here, then i think it is a kind kind of continuation off the patient and that they have why lated and we have a fully right or 2 of us. i'm truth. they anthony blinking as acknowledge the attacks on afghan forces have been on the rise in washington to see if plans for pisa. realistic. we're looking very carefully at the situation on the ground in afghanistan. and we're also looking very hard at whether the taliban is at all serious about a peaceful resolution to the conflict. we can you to be engaged on the diplomacy,

but actions that would try to take the, the country by force or of course, totally inconsistent with finding a peaceful resolution. let's go straight. how, how's corresponding? kimberly how good. so how important was this meeting at the white house? kimberly well you probably saw the departure of. 8 8 the afghan president, happening right behind me there, if you see those limousines with the flags that have just passed by that meeting has just wrapped up with us president. the reason is significant is because the african leader is looking for assurances from the united states. you heard there from joe biden as you play that sound by the u. s. support for afghanistan was not ending. but what has been made very clear is the fact that the united states is withdrawing its forces on september 11th. and the presence that will remain certainly in terms of numbers will not be significant enough if the taliban

continues. it gave, in fact, when this meeting occurred, it had come on the heels of news from the us intelligence community. the estimates that the african government could fall as early as 6 months after us troops was drawn. now, the after president was asked about this, he met at the pentagon with the defense secretary. he said that these types of predictions have been made before and they are false predictions in his view. and he is determined that afghanistan will overcome the odds. but certainly there is no question that this meeting was about making sure that in order to overcome most odds, that there is a robust support network in place by the united states. and so to that end one, the other important additional aspect of the white house has confirmed today is that those that have supported the united states in over the last 20 years. whether they be translators,

whether they be driver's african nationals whose lives are now in danger. as a result of supporting the united states, what will happen to them? we have been told by the white house press secretary, that those that have qualified for visas to come to the united states are going to be evacuated in order to allow that process to continue. because some cases, it can take years for those african visas to be cleared. and we now have about 80 days until the united states withdraws that they are being moved to another location which is not being revealed. so this is the kind of thing that the united states is doing in order to assure that those that have helped us mission will be protected. but again, a lot of skepticism inside the united states and outside the united states. as the taliban continues to make gains, just how much support the united states can give with these reduce numbers of security forces. all right, thank you very much. kimberly how can bring us to my house. that well has on our

boss is a professor of international relations at the neary south asia center for strategic studies and author of the taliban revival joins is 5 guys from washington. so the us military deployment in afghan stone is coming to an end. that doesn't mean there is any sort of peaceful stability in the country as a hearing. the taliban are in control of 80 percent of afghanistan and continuing their advance. how long before the afghan government falls. i hope and mentally not for all garbled when not sure what we are seeing is not unexpected. we have seen the schedule expansion of the taliban control. taliban have been quite successful in building their own institution that the system, their control of the various districts. but it is 994 thought about to have changed over the years, but couple has also changed the new elite. there's a new young generation full of hope and saw a couple of different problem is not

a place we're talented can just walk in. so i guess in photo some parts of north taliban can control create violence, but capital city, they have to run the government and we are not seeing any find you get that they have the kind of bit, aka see or the river the or support system to to build a nation or, or to go and establish a government. so governance will not be easy. the fear is what if this will lead into a clash for the instability, but dashed the hopes and hopes and dreams of the order your hands, the on many of hands have to be kept in the center of everything which, which tragically seem that's not the case to me i think it's interesting that you say that the taliban is sort of avoided large cities or, or provincial capital. so this very strategic in the way they advance on the many districts that are under that control where perhaps they've managed to avoid

intense fighting. but all they likely to go into the largest cities as a way of putting pressure on the government to in order to achieve their objectives . important question a bit. they are trying to use this as a bargaining chip. however, we will remember also the balaban are not a hierarchical organizations did our valuable leaders. we seen though how pretty smart i think is speak really article it seemed like a team of but on the ground, there are ordinary of hon. insurgents, the criminal elements that organized crime, their drug dealers, been many other factions. there are pre commanders, in honest, on who may not always be doing exactly what to say to them. so they'll be just internal, internal divisions or at least internal rivalries with invaluable. so it's not that

they will be able to go in a very organized fashion in an institution way. some groups will try to grab some area because they would like to negotiated with the taliban. so. so we are now entering into a very dangerous phase. all the in terms of the future of hotspot and in terms of that that vacuum the security vacuum that exists in the country with the u . s. withdrawal and also afghan forces just not absent while not being up to the job. you also have, aside from the taliban, you have militia leaders and warlords in the north of the country who is stepping into that vacuum. so could this plunge the country back into, into complete civil war and division between cities with, with those wall loads wanting greater control over territory in order to protect, insulate it from the taliban?

absolutely. you. i think this is very correct depictions. that's the fear. and we are already seeing these militia, as you're mentioned. unfortunately, the international forces of the international presence that are going on, and also at times empowered some of those militia, local militia, even to the good intentions. but the point is that these militia has often been burned into tugs and turn into criminal organizations and photos. one is found to get back into that stage will lead to utter chaos and confusion. that's why i think some regional re, an engine has to be in place. now. turkey, iran box on other countries. they will be the ones also will be full for a crisis. so costs and one is done. so someone needs to and i think us is making an effort also i but to bring all factions taliban on one side, other fraction as well on the table. and this.