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the me ah, [000:00:00;00] excuse me. this is data, but he needs live from berlin, former us police officer derick chosen sentence to 22 and a half years for the murder of george floyd. 22 and a half years is not enough. we will serve the life sentence, we can give george back. it's one of the longest jail terms handed down to a former officer for using on a full deadly force. also coming up 3 dead and others injured in the germans, that he was following
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a knife attack. police say they're not ruling out islamist. tara motivation. ah, i'm rebecca richards. welcome to the program. we begin in the united states where former police officer direct shows and has been sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison. for the murder of george floyd in april, last year floyd died when shogun kneeled on his neck for almost 9 minutes. delivering the sentence in minneapolis, the judge said he based his decision on shogun abuse of his position and the cruelty he showed to his victim. wow, wow. the goods guys on the plane brown court house, the emotion on sentencing die outside it. these cases trigger traumatic memories
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of too many other cases of police violence in the us. so we'll show been sent thing how victims to begin their healing every day. i have be the justice to be served really and the execution of george mason that you please find it's suitable to give up to show them the maximum soon as possible. but the victims and the perpetrator side pleaded the case before the judge. was it mike and also the port 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. there was a silence on the straight outside as the judge read out his ruling, and i want to acknowledge the deep and tremendous pain that all the families are feeling, especially the floyd family, the court committee to the cause of the commission of corrections for a period of 270 months,
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as to $70.00. the judge added that he was basing his sentence on the law, not on public opinion. met the question everyone is asking with 22 years enough, the sharp and crime for some, the sentence represent accountability. now they will focus on the other offices accused over floyd's murder. but his family that raged 22 and a half years is not enough. we reserve the life since we can't get george back. the murder of george floyd created anger and gave rise to one of the u. s. as largest ever civil rights movements. one man is being condemned for that crime. but many of the cases remain unresolved. these activists believe that in the u. s. justice has not yet been done. w correspondent on the same as
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it is in minneapolis and told us about the mixed feelings around the sentence in the community there. how do people of color we talk to here? how does the flight family, how do the flight from the legal team? how do they react to the sentence? 22 and a half years for derrick showing for the murder of george flight? are they satisfied that is maybe the wrong term for this? because can they be satisfied for a life? if somebody goes to prison for $22.00 and a half years? and in reality, after behaving nice in prison and going out of parole earlier for 15 years, came dest replaced the loot, the loss of a life, probably enough, but do they recognize that this victory is a historic victory in criminal justice? yes, they do. satisfied, not so much. there's many, many voices. he said like anything below license for dirt. sherman is unacceptable . one way or another, they're all saying the same thing, this even george floyd, even this case is just a stepping stone in the right direction. we did our wrecks and that's what they're
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say in their fight in their pursuit of real police reform. meaningful police are for this country for racial justice and racial equality. here in germany, a suspect is in custody. after a mass stabbing 3 people died from their wounds and at least 5 others were seriously injured. police side, they're investigating a possible islam of terra motive. witnesses said the man shouted, the atlantic phrase i asked the attack took place in the southern state of bavaria in a plaza. in the center of the city of votes, bore pedestrians tried to stop the attacker and may have prevented more bloodshed. the knife men struck in the historic center of boots book, which was crowded with sharp as on a sunny afternoon. authorities say the attacker was a 24 year old somali man with a history of mental illness. witnesses said he started stabbing people for no apparent reason,
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but was confronted by passes by somebody has to be there. we saw him. he had a really big knife and was attacking people's. and then people tried to throw umbrellas or cell phones on him to stop him. but none of that was okay. yeah. but his head on the club as the police high as then the police approached him and his shot was fired. you could hear that clearly. in any case, they caught him like a police shot man in the leg before arresting him soon as kind of i didn't. there's no indication that any other perpetrator is involved. we have arrested one suspect, who is now being held in custody on some device, suffered a firearm wound, official se the attacker was known to have violent tendencies and was undergoing compulsory. psychiatric treatment. police at the scene were quick to reassure the public that there was no further danger. the various premier says the state is
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grieving for the victims and their families. and a ably report with young inverts talk, elizabeth has any new information emerged about the victims? well, so far we have very little information about the victims. all we can say at the moment is that it seems that they were the wrong place at the wrong time. we. we know that among those who are still wound it, there is a little boy, but with how many people still remain in critical condition. we don't know at this point. and what about the suspect we have any more information on him? well again, we know that he was a is a 24 year old man of somalian citizenship who had been living here inverts book for a couple of years. but recently showed a symptoms of mental illness. he had been treated in
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a psychiatric care facility and the police are now still investigating, investigating his possible motive. they are not ruling out an islamist motivation. there is when i witness who said that he was shouting before he attacked people. but again, all of this is not confirmed yet. we have to see all speaking of witnesses and what have people been saying that we know that passes by tried to stop the attacker. yeah, this seems to be a very emotional part of the story that before the police were able to arrive here at the scene. and before the tech us started to step people in a department store right behind me, which you can see where the police are now standing. apparently, people who buy it passes by
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a try to stop the men by us. we said in the report throwing things at him and very likely some of the boondocks and maybe even the casualties might be people who actually try to stop them and attacking people here on the ground and vote spoke for a little bit down thinking terms from a very and town of a book. thank you. on time now for a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. colombian president even do k says his helicopter was attacked as he was travelling near the border with venezuela. his defense and interior ministers were also on board at the time. now group has so far claimed responsibility. both left us rebels and drug smugglers are active in the region. thousands of support of the south africa, the left wing economic freedom fighters party have protested slow vaccine roll out . less than 4 percent of south africans have so far been vaccinated. the opposition
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party is calling to be approval of russia's putting the v and china as soon as the vaccines to try to combat the 3rd wave of the virus around supreme later. and tell us how many has received his 1st dose of a state developed vaccine. barrack hot, it's the 1st to be approved in the republic with several more in development around is one of the regions worth hit by the pandemic. for many has band imports of american and british vac thing. 12 german soldiers who were injured in a car bomb blast in mali on friday will be flying back to germany. today. the german troops plus another you and soldier from belgium were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated a bomb north of the camp. cast a base if the worst attack on the bundle there since germany, we became involved in the peacekeeping mission. in 2013 international troops have
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been trying to contain an islamist insurgency that has inflamed ethnic tensions. with more, i'm joined by garrett kurtz from the german council on foreign relations. he's an expert for crisis prevention and diplomacy in africa. thanks for joining us. so this is the 1st time german paste capers have suffered casualties in an attack in molly, what does that mean for the un mission? yeah, good morning. well, also un mission as well as the german ministry off defense will not conduct a review of the incident. i presume and see how it took place and what they need to draw for the printing at post molly and particularly and iran cow. and they may conclude that they need to reduce trolls and be very up all the time being law. they may also conclude that they need to ramp up precautions, products that are possible and we will be, i mean, that already discussion in germany developing, of course,
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about the poster and vulnerability german contingent elements and certainly funded the mandates of contingent to my few weeks ago. but the german ministry of defense may constrain the radio comes in rhythm. we will have to wait for that for the assessment. this pays keeping mission in molly is the most dangerous that it has been involved in since 2013. why is this un mission so dangerous? indeed, $245.00 peacekeepers have died in the service of the mission. so far that is quite extraordinary. the challenges are considerable. i mean it's not, it's not only protecting civilians and facilitating mentioned access, but also with helping to implement the piece agreements in the north of the country
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and supporting the extension of the space. and so that it frequently works together . we spend our maryan, secuity and maryan and bosses. this was also the yesterday, by the way. so the german piece paper about the carbon unit from the molly and i'm forces that we don't know exactly was who was it's entirely possible that the armed forces where the malia and forces were the primary target. well, that be facing off the post this wish beyond this was part of the company and you know, made them more targets. but also the young working with me know, smart, interfere, and the objective of criminal groups right in, in listening to billions and they write on exploiting as they leave. it says, why don't they know small works on local conflict management and now they targeted soldiers were pace,
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capers prompt combat forces deployed across the region earlier this year and said it would wind down that operation. what impact is that going to have on the stability in the somehow it will depend, certainly on the transition time plan and the fact that we configuration off the french process. and that's my problem, a promise to announce by the end of this month. but he also has said that he wants to attract more prince abuse by european partner and the united states to him on narrowly focused small, much smaller mission, just focused on constance harrison. but it also wants to increase the un security council to increase my mission. and so what i can imagine is that the french now we want to increase also the pressure on the government in the region to take more responsibility for their own security. more
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quickly. i mean, i guess my is that more politics, my family to the garret codes from the german council on foreign relations. we'll have to leave it there. thank you very much for your time. you're watching data would be nice. live from barely. we'll have more headlines for you at the top of the, our stay to now for rent. ah, the the fund against the corona virus pandemic is the rate of infection in developing what measures are being taken? the, what does the latest research say? information and context use data
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