beethoven 2020. 150th anniversary on. this is g w news live from berlin tonight in the united states a city in pain and protest the rest sparked by the killing of an unarmed black man in police custody on monday the city of minneapolis has seen a 2nd day of demonstrations and looting after the death of george florey he died shortly after police arrested him also coming up a condemnation of china after it approves a new low security law in hong kong

a decision likely to further inflame tensions in the territory for protesters escalated this week. i'm burnt off it's good to have you with us in the united states the city of minneapolis has been shaken by a 2nd day of angry demonstrations and looting following the death of a black man in police custody the mayor of the city in the state of minnesota has asked the governor to send in the national guard he's also called for criminal charges to be filed against the officer who arrested george for the u.s. department of justice says it has launched an investigation. minneapolis is a city on fire and outpouring of rage over the death of

a black man at the hands of police this auto parts store is one of several businesses in the city that was sit ablaze by angry protesters. elsewhere there was vandalism looting and clashes between demonstrators and riot police. in the minneapolis police department has praised its offices for showing restraint in their response. you know our officers. did not do not intake and i have people you know our officers were there they were present and reactionary and i will tell you that. it's amazing the amount of restraint. by. all of law enforcement out there america that it's the police's response in this incident that sparked the protests

in this video taken by a bystander 46 year old george floyd is heard gasping for breath and pleading with a policeman who has his knee on his neck you. know. the officer derek children kept his knee on floyd's nick full several minutes even after he stopped speaking and moving floyd was pronounced dead at a hospital 90 minutes off to this encounter the lawyer representing his family says he was a victim of racism freud had been arrested on suspicion that he'd used a counterfeit $20.00 note at a nearby store. that was the allegation that he were. trying to. commit some kind of forgery which is worse a. crime. yet the police. use. excessive force when they encounter a power hero that just doesn't make sense and i'm all for it he's have said and

what tops he will be performed to determine if the neck compression led to his death the mayor of minneapolis has called for criminal charges against the officer who pinned floyd down and the other police offices will with him at the scene have all been fired but that's not quelled the anger instead george floyd staff has sparked a fresh fear already in the u.s. of a police treatment of black americans. who are joined now from minneapolis by angela meyers she is the 2nd vice president with the civil rights organization the in the belief that the national association for the advancement of colored people ms miers we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us this evening what have you been hearing from the african community african-american community there in minneapolis today. sergei were joined by many leaders national leaders like reverend al sharpton and jesse jackson and other very well

known national years as well as local leaders as we call or the arrests the officers that murdered george clooney i made 20 cent she doesn't. talk to me you have a lot. of. the protests talk to me a little bit about the. i'm sorry about that that's ok there's a delay here in the line let me ask you about the protests to do you know will there be more protests and is the end up calling for those protests to remain peaceful. yes so the n.w. c.p. has always supported nonviolent protests these are protests on our i definitely believe happening protests are scheduled for later today. or later this week as long as you know the officers are not charged with murder are not

arrested then people will be in the streets we. civil rights organizations how always call for peaceful protests but uprising here is definitely led by a lot of anger pressure a show and. you know in the minnesota and in the u.s. right now we have massive unemployment rate one in 5 are in. and that is predominately also in the latin like you know community ready the black and white you been unemployed have been facing desperation but in this. exact occurrence not only are unemployed those who are employed have multiple jobs or they are employed in service jobs that are direct facing with community and opening themselves up to probably possibly getting the cold

a 19 i rest well are choosing between their or their choosing their lives and jobs and they're in this to say well if kobe doesn't count me racism. because the police. they are protesting because a police officer killed a black man by being asked when you're looking at these uprisings why is it so bad why are there so many people in the street you cannot 100 percent believe that the current economic issues are in the united states right now are eating into that fear and. we have not heard from the police officer who we see in that video who was holding down mr ford with his knee so we don't know what he is going to say are you convinced though that if the person on the ground had not been

a black man if it had been a white man are you convinced that the story would have been different. i'm convinced that if it were a white man who would not be on the ground we have seen where dylan reed we've seen with all their white supremacist groups and even in minnesota and in massachusetts and in michigan and. the country there have been white supremacists that are armed andrea. evans with you know assault rifles and they have marched on the governor's mansion here in minnesota they have marched on capitals in kansas and in michigan and they have not been treated the same way they have not been a you been any type of way police have never put their hands on any white supremacists that are armed which if i came across a person who had an assault rifle i would be in fear of my life but yet i'm a man who was in a lot of ways allegedly there saying he was

a legit crime. or injury with very low misdemeanor and not nonviolent crime he was on the ground and they really like he was not also it was not resisting arrest they are there is. the nearby track. restaurant showing that he was not resisting officers the officers chose to put him in that position that minneapolis police department has and has not been a chokehold that is not. used in normal practice by police and not only that everyone who is trained and martial arts to. know that it is not only awaits a murderer someone but to torture them while murdering. thank

you thank. china is coming under international criticism for its plan to impose a vault restricting public protest in hong kong for democracy advocates say the wall violates the freedoms of hong kong special one country 2 systems status in a joint statement the united kingdom the united states australia and say that the legislation will curtail people's liberties and dramatically erode the territories all tanami. disorder in the hong kong legislative council a democratic lawmakers struggled to get past security guards with a bag he said it contained a russian plant symbolizing what he said was the decay of hong kong's rule of law and way of life china's latest move against disobedience is imposing national security laws on hong kong the national people's congress approved plans to move

forward with laws against things china sees as a threat to its authority of a hong kong the law would allow mainland security agencies to operate openly in hong kong pro-democracy activists now fear for their civil liberties. as the one who had been arrested for pies by hall called police and they were jailed for for good times in the shadow of hong kong i've never imagined to be arrested by secret police it's appointed by beijing all in a future i need to study shows and as it is shenzhen want to show all beijing which would be really terrible and i just note differences of hong kong and china united she the chinese premier said the new law would work for the long term benefit of hong kong's prosperity and stability the central government has all along fully and faithfully implemented one country 2 systems on the which the people of hong kong govern hong kong with

a high degree of autonomy if. the central government has also acted in strict accordance with the constitution and the basic law all the and supported the chief executive and the hong kong government and lined with the no. protest is absent from the streets recently due to coronavirus fees for turns this wake the police reacted with hundreds of arrests more than 360 on wednesday. disorder on the streets matched by disorder in hong kong's legislature neither alaca to be reduced by china's latest law which could be implemented within a few months. are let's take a closer look at this with join of foreign policy specialist adam needham it's good to have you on the program the national people's congress has passed this law but we understand these specifics of this legislation are not clear why do you think

beijing is being so big. yes sir just to be clear the national people's congress made a decision to implement disloyal hasn't actually possible yet. so we don't actually have the text of the truck legislation which i understand is nearly complete at this point so all the next few months will well hopefully be able to get a copy of that legislation is see exactly what it is proposing well we want to be clear about this the what what has happened in this this this coming from the people's congress has agreed to enforce this legislation that's correct right and shot that's right so although it has it has it has agreed to pass it has agreed to implement such legislation and national security legislation election hold on

that legislation hasn't been passed yet. we understand that britain here to australia and the us. they've issued a statement condemning this move do you think they're likely to follow up with actions. possible i think that's very lucky in the u.s. case the other countries might be less likely to respond with punitive measures with actual actions. in the country how country that. have have have actually relations impacted with china the last few years relations have all taken a hit over the last few years especially the united states as well as a shell and canada on various issues so this is not just an isolated. it comes with being the logic changes in bilateral relations and chill politics that's

true we would different be watching to see what happens between washington and beijing with this new legislation adam ne we appreciate your insights tonight great thanks for your watching the news from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day to see you this. pandemic. where does research stand. what are scientists learning. background information on. our data. 19 special next on deep.