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superstition, and that can get you killed. and that's why carry the gun? millions of unused covid that's why, yeah. vaccines with the rest of the world. they'll distribute 25—million doses immediately, with a goal of handing out 80—million by the end ofjune. of that initial batch, 19—million will be allocated to covax. it's the violence of parts of this area, born out of years of neglect and deprivation, that, for the police, requires a tough response. police have told us very openly that when they go into the black community, portugal will be removed they are going to over—police because there's a fear. from the uk's green travel list they're going to come from tuesday, amid rising and heavy, they're going coronavirus cases and concern over variants. to come in fast and they're it willjoin the amber list, going to get out fast. meaning holidaymakers should but you understand that? not visit and returnees must isolate for 10 days. seven new countries and territories will be added to the red list. four countries have started legal action against iran over the accidental shooting down ofa ukrainian of course i do. airliner last year. that makes sense? ukraine, britain, sweden and canada all had it makes a lot of sense, citizens aboard the plane. they want iran to officially but police about to take take responsibility some responsibility for what happened. for a lack of trust. trust — a precious commodity between the police and policed, slowly being rebuilt in the years after michael brown's death. commanderjason armstrong has led the ferguson police department for the mother of a 14—year—old
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boy who was stabbed the last two years. to death in birmingham — broke down in tears this afternoon as she paid tribute to him at the scene where he died. dea—john reid was killed i cannot guarantee or promise you that there is not going to be a police shooting. in the kingstanding what i can promise and guarantee is that we're area on monday evening. going to handle that problem, a man aged 35 has appeared in court charged with his murder. that mistake the right way. we have a duty this evening police have to report policy. charged a second man and a if another department sees 14—year—old boy also with murder. this report from phil mackie an officer committing contains flashing images. a mother's grief. three days after her son dea—john reid lay dying here, joan morris had come to lay flowers. on monday evening she said she sent her son out to play football, violations or even breaking and he never came home. the law, that officer they took away my son's life! becomes a witness and has my son won't grow up a duty to report it. to give me a grandchild! and if they don't report what more must i do? it the penalties, the repercussions for them i love my son so much! are almost as significant as the individual that's committing the violence or the infraction. it is, however, a long journey to redemption, easily derailed. and when i went home i don't and the death of george floyd see my son in the house. it's grieved me a lot. what more — what more can i do? has damaged attempts for police what more can i do?
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forces everywhere to repair links with the people they serve. i think it set law enforcement it was another back across this country. teenage life lost. described by his family as an incredibly talented sometimes things look bad on video. footballer, gymnast and runner, this one was bad. dea—john reid died from a and for all the progress single stab wound to his chest. that we had made sense ferguson, it wiped it detectives are focusing out like that. on an incident involving the teenager and some he was the first person i worked with that was shot and killed. of his friends immediately before the stabbing — they want to hear from anyone who saw what happened. he came back to his the police tapes and forensic neighbourhood to make tent were gone today, a difference and was murdered. and that gave locals a chance to come to express their grief. there are messages here from lots of friends — people who were at school with him — and even one from a teacher who described there is a frustration that public confidence in the police him as a superstar. can be smashed in an instant and it's clear today, despite some officers making from what we've seen, the ultimate sacrifice. this is a really raw moment and the most recent death? for his family. this man. he has so much potential. yes, sir. so much... what happened ? he was responding to a call last year and was ambushed and killed. but studies show far more civilians are killed by the police than the other way around. as america marks the
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one—year anniversary every day i tell him i'm proud of him. i don't want to talk any more, i'm sorry. the family has praised the police investigation and said it would return here for a vigil of george floyd's death, on sunday night. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. now on bbc news: clive myrie and adina campbell report can there be reconciliation? on the global impact of george floyd's death. a warning there are some images in this programme some viewers may find distressing. for reverend darryl gray, what's his name? that would mean acknowledging george floyd! we are all human beings whether or not we wear a badge. when i saw the verdict nojustice, no peace! no racist police! and i watched it and i saw the look on chauvin�*s face, i saw a human being. if we despise hatred, let us not become it. if we despise bigotry, let us not become bigots. we cannot become most of us can remember where we were when we first what we despise. watched that video — the killing of george floyd by derek chauvin, the police officer who knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. one year on, we are going to take a look at the impact american notions of freedom of what happened worldwide and a state apparatus that's after global protests supposed to act in the interest over the killing. of all citizens comes, of course, from france. we begin here in america,
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in missouri, st louis county, where the main city has the highest level of civilian deaths at the hands of the police. what can be done to improve relations between officers and the public they serve? liberte, egalite, fraternite what happens when communities are ideas that underpin the us constitution, but the death of george floyd was a teachable moment the other way around — are under siege? what could france learn from the tragedy? spring sunshine bathes a land ill at ease. beneath the tranquility swirls a tempest on race. all these people should be wearing masks due to covid, even outdoors. the fine, 135 euros. but the police turn a blind eye. yet not too far away, different tactics. for me to feel that even two men who happen to be black with my collar on that i have to be armed, are stopped and questioned is pretty depressing. under siege from violence, for not wearing masks. the bitter harvest of decades of neglect and poverty. but under siege, too, from those meant to defeat the violence, bad cops two men who happen to be black poisoning public opinion. are stopped and questioned for not wearing masks. one bystander reassures and complies.
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i see comments on facebook and things of that nature, but our presence you know, this is all police angers the police. one of our team is told by a female officer to go bleep herself. this officer tells us want to do is kill us. we are not allowed to film, but that's not true. but can things be turned around and public trust regained in the st louis region, the worst area in america angry, they disappear. for civilian deaths it was hoped winds at the hands of the police? of change would blow before george floyd, when george floyd died. there was michael brown in the st louis suburb of ferguson. in 2014 the 18—year—old 12 months ago, so much was shot six times seemed possible. after an altercation tens of thousands marched here, with a police officer. joining millions in global he was unarmed. protests over a death that hurtand angry, resonated, especially in black and arab communities of france, where other men have died in police custody. a community raged... yet a year later, more, not fewer, laws are being introduced that could insulate violent officers from prosecution. you must disperse immediately, this is no longer shahin hazamy chronicles a peaceful protest! the french police brutality.
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..supercharging he's punching him the face. a depressingly familiar debate about us policing. two police officers. meet patrol officer britney richardson. a 12—year veteran who helped battle the rioters. so this is the neighbourhood yes, yes. his footage of the violence he posts on instagram, where michael brown died? but it's a risky business. in this video, his friend has been stopped by police and yeah. he has a memorial right there. pensive in the memory an officer sees him filming. of danger. one habit brings comfort. you pray every day? yeah. every day. i pray over my kids�* room before i leave, make sure that they are safe and they know they're loved. you worry that you just won't get home to them? i might not. all right, greater fairfax. a terrible indictment of modern france. there is no video of the last moments, he died in police custody in 2016.
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elsewhere in st louis county, the reverend darryl gray organises volunteers to distribute masks to protect in reconstructions, media organisations have tried against coronavirus to piece together what happened in the local neighborhood. it's a poor community, when the 24—year—old ran sometimes dangerous, too. for police in a suburb north i'll take the bad part on the side. of paris after failing the man of god has a plan. to show his identity card. i tell people i wear a collar, but i'm not stupid. 00:07:20,942 --> 2147483051:40:25,186 the beleif that god will do 2147483051:40:25,186 --> 4294966103:13:29,429 everything for us and we have but his sister, assa, says the evidence is clear the police beat and killed him. despite a court ruling that her brother died of natural causes, she retraces his final steps. that's where he was beaten, just in there? and down the street, the police station where adama was declared dead. if anyone can build a prosecution case against the police for police
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brutality, it's this arie alimi. a human rights lawyer, he represents several people attacked by officers. should i be worried walking down parisian streets at night because i'm black? i should be worried? the fact that this man music producer is black say his lawyers wasn't lost on the officers who beat him in his own recording studio. a security camera captured every punch and kick after he was stopped by police for not wearing a mask outside his front door. the video stunned france
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with president macron tweeting his disgust. and yet, say critics, faith placed in him on his election as president to tackle racism in france is ebbing away as he attempts to curry favour with voters on the right before elections next year. they see new security laws, including the arrest of anyone filming the police and maliciously making the images public, as an attempt to cling onto power. it's often those who are black or arab in france who have no power and are 20 times more likely to be stopped by police than anyone who's white. the ministry of interior didn't
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want to comment on the issues raised in our report. but the police told us they are not races and point to increases in violent crime and drugs offences and was proof of the difficultjob they do. however, there is an acknowledgement about the deficit of trust between young people and the police. the generation for us actually is lost. we think we lost a generation. but we want to fight for the next generation of people. france simply cannot turn its back on any of its citizens and president macron needs to fulfil his promise before taking office of creating a new compact between the police and the public. failure to do so dooms notjust perhaps this generation, but also the next. what lessons were learned after the death of george floyd? notjust here in france,
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but perhaps in america's closest ally, britain? the black lives matter movement seemed to find common cause. adina campbell reports from warwickshire in central england. everyone here today can make a difference, whether you have privilege or you don't. leamington spa, worlds apart from where george floyd was murdered in minneapolis. i thought about 20 people were going to show up, never 700 so... this community, like many others, took to the street last summer. united, calling for change. it's ourjob to make sure this doesn't happen again. shianne williams organised the protest. she was 17 at the time. i hadn't seen that many people in leamington come together for one cause. when you grown up in a place where you thought people didn't really like you, it can be quite isolating, especially being a young black woman. you don't see a lot
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of people who look like you. it's a lot of stares, sometimes negative comments. you find yourself feeling like an outsider. i have been a victim of racism all my life. i've been spat on, i've been racially abused in the streets, bullied in school, i had an incident where someone threw dirt on me. those things things made me stronger and gave me the power to speak up about black lives matten — no peace, nojustice! hundreds of thousands of people in the uk took part in antiracism marches in the aftermath of george floyd murder, raising questions about policing. less than 2% of officers in the uk are black — a disproportionate representation of britain today. as a young black man, i was stopped and searched. i know the struggles and difficulties. it's helpful for the community to see police officers that obviously look and sound like them. and to acknowledge what
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the community are saying, they are the ones that actually be measuring our progress and not the other way around. the gravity of george floyd's murder has caused some people to take an unexpected, different career path. watched the entire video from start to finish. i wept, i shook and it kind of changed my life. actor nicholas bailey is now an academic and university lecturer. i began to think, well, "how can i help black people? mixed heritage people? how do i reflect on my own experiences of systemic institutional racism and microaggressions and everything else that i've
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suffered personally? and how do i make that work and become something positive?" so i started to segue into equality, diversity and inclusion and i'm now studying that area to see how leadership can be more equitable. in coventry, campaigners have been reflecting on the last 12 months. the only way we can progress is by generating these conversations. yeah, they've been going on for a long time, but the conversations are changing. before it was just racism is bad because it's "i hate black people", but now we're beginning to understand that racism is a system and there's levels to it. it begins as small as a microaggressions, implicit bias, and now white people are becoming more aware of biases. things, "can i shorten your name? it's too hard to pronounce." the reason we're here in the first place is because people are either uneducated or wrongly educated, so we can progress without education, and that is happening. yeah, i had like to think that when i'm older we won't be
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having the same conversation. are we in a better place a year on? i'm hoping that people have taken a look at the last year and seen what people can do in terms of coming together. different races showing solidarity around something so horrific. when i try to talk about these things to other white - people my age, they say, i "i can't be racist because i'm a good person," and they fail to see that nuance not - being something that made be what you're doing - or that you choose to do. but there are things that - you do because of the society that we live in that -
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discriminate against black people because of an assumption and biases that you have. - i think people are unwilling | to have those conversations because they don't want to look at themselves as bad people. . the kind of naive and sensitive nature, the way we talk about race, is the reason why every ten to 15 years we get a pushback from the natives, white people getting a bit, feeling like, actually, they don't have the space to be able to speak openly. cancel culture means that people are scared. they are scared to have those conversations in case they say something wrong. i've had white people ask me if it's ok to refer to me as black. that's how scared they are of using the wrong word because they genuinely want to be part of the conversation. the majority of people believe that we should be equal. that doesn't mean they don't hold problematic biases and beliefs. we all do. but if we haven't got space to be wrong, if we haven't got space to talk openly,
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then we don't change as a society. we just end up in silos. and that pushes dangerous thoughts and dangerous people further and further underground. say his name! george floyd! the protests have been many, a movement reignited. but what next? this is a marathon, not a sprint. you can't turn cultures around. it's a huge ship, it takes a while to turn. i think we have to commit, i think we have to take individual responsibility. we really need these young people with all these different backgrounds to come in and shape the type of police service our community deserve and need, and bring their perspective, bring their culture to the organisation. i believe that we are on our way to an equal society. - it's just going to take a lot . of work and it takes activists like myself to continue leading the way to equality. _ i always say if you're l uncomfortable hearing about racism, imagine how uncomfortable people - are who are experiencing it. it's an uncomfortable topic, but usually the most -
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uncomfortable conversations are the ones worth having. l of course it wasn'tjust in britain, america and france where the debate over police brutality raged after the death of george floyd. from canada to australia, south africa to germany, there was a very public reckoning about how those who are charged with protecting us all are supposed to behave — a reckoning long overdue. hello there. it was a bit cooler on thursday. we still managed temperatures into the low 20s in northern scotland. highest temperatures were across east anglia and the south—east — 25 degrees in suffolk. you may not find temperatures
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quite as high as that in the next couple of days but for many it will still be dry and there will be warm spells of sunshine, as well. the fly in the ointment is all this cloud we have kept a close eye on moving up from northern parts of spain across france and threatening to bring some showers across east anglia and the south—east. we have seen more cloud coming in across eastern parts of england for a while, hence the higher temperatures early in the morning. some clear skies for many other areas, quite a cool start for wales and the south—west. for many on friday, it will be dry with some sunshine, the threat of these showers coming up as the cloud thickens to east anglia and the south—east and already more cloud coming into northern ireland — that will be spilling its way into western parts of scotland. it could bring one or two showers towards the highlands. not as warm as it was thursday for northern scotland. much of the country dry with sunny spells, top temperature of 19 degrees. a couple of degrees lower in northern ireland and already more cloud. it will be brighter towards the east. a good deal of sunshine for many parts of england
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and wales — strong sunshine and high uv — but more cloud for east anglia and the south—east for a time through the day and a threat of some showers and wetter weather towards kent and east sussex. a chance we could see a little rain in london during the cricket at lord's but it looks dry on saturday and sunday with some sunshine, as well. that threat of showers pulls away overnight and the cloud will break early on saturday morning. then we look into the atlantic and this is where our weather is slowly coming from for the weekend. that weak weather front will bring more cloud to western parts of the uk, it could deliver some heavy showers in the afternoon across northern ireland and western parts of scotland. drier elsewhere with more in the way of sunshine towards the south east, and temperatures climbing up to around 23 celsius or so. heading into the second half of the weekend, probably starting sunny in many areas, temperatures rising and bubbling up a little bit of cloud, could squeeze out a few showers. a very low risk.
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