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and spotify, as well as apple itunes and other places or your amazon device. we're back here next sunday, 11:00 eastern, we'll see you then with the latest buzz. ♪ leland: we start with a fox news alert. there are new protests planned this afternoon in atlanta, the site of the latest fatal shooting of a black man by police in america. it happened outside of a wendy's restaurant friday night. that's when 27-year-old rayshard brooks was shot and killed after taking an officer's taser and running off with it. surveillance and body cam video catching much but not all of what happened and the interactions between brooks and the officers before the deadly incident. hello, everyone, this is a brand-new hour of america's news headquarters. thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. arthel. arthel: hi, eric, thank you. i'm arthel neville. the officer who shopped brooks had been fired.
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the city's police chief abruptly resigning as surveillance and body cam footage of the incident came out yesterday. protests overnight shutting down a highway with dozens of people arrested. jonathan serrie is outside of the win de's, now burned in protest of the killing. jonathan, break down what we know happened here? yeah, arthel. it unfolded in this wendy's here. you can see protesters are gathering again today. it started out as a routine nuisance complaint, reports of a man who had fallen asleep in a car that was blogging the drive-through of this wendy's that you see behind me. authorities say he failed a field sobriety test and when police tried to arrest him, he resisted, grabbing an officer's taser. take a listen. >> he runs a relatively short distance, looks like it's probably fine, six, seven parking spaces distance and at that point turns around and appears to to the eye that he
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points a taser at the atlanta officer. at that point, the atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his weapon from his holster, discharges it, strikes mr. brooks there on the parking lot and he goes down. >> reporter: the georgia bureau of investigation is in the process of enhancing video obtained from body cameras, a security camera outside the wendy's and cell phone video obtained by bystanders. they're using videos and witness statements to reconstruct the details of exactly what unfolded here outside the wendy's in atlanta on friday night, arthel. arthel: jonathan, what did the chief say when she resigned and what's the mayor's take on all of this? >> reporter: yeah, well, the city of usuals, both the mayor and the police chief took swift action against the officers that were involved with what unfolded here friday night. officer garrett rolf who reportedly fired the fatal shot
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was terminated immediately and another officer, devin bronson, who also responded to the scene, has been placed on desk duty while the investigation continues. listen. >> while there may be debate as to whether this was an appropriate use of deadly force, i firmly believe that there is a clear distinction between what you can do and what you should do. >> reporter: and mayor bottoms also announced she accepted the resignation of atlanta police chief erica shields who explained in a written statement, quote, out of a deep and abiding love for the city and the department i offered to step aside as police chief, apd has my full support and mayor bottoms has my support on the future direction of this department. the chief went on to say, arthel, that it's time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities that they serve.
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arthel. arthel: jonathan, one more thing. about that wendy's restaurant that was burned down, any sign of the franchise owner, any info on that part of the story? >> reporter: no one as far as ownership, no franchise owner. we did see one employee who apparently was unaware of the news, maybe went to bed early, showed up, dressed up in her uniform and was shocked at what she saw and turned around and went back home. no one was inside this wendy's when it caught fire, thankfully. however, authorities believe that make no mistake, the fire was deliberately set. firefighters were unable to reach the restaurant until it was engulfed in flames because there were so many people in the roads. at one point, protesters blocked traffic in both directions on the nearby downtown connector, that's a combination of interstate 75 and 85 which merge into one large north, south
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highway that goes right through the heart of the city. so arthel, as you can imagine, any time the downtown connector of atlanta gets blocked, it is anything but business as usual in this major city in the southeast. arthel: absolutely. jonathan serrie, thank you very much for that report. eric. eric: arthel, to break it all down, let's bring in law enforcement analyst, joe estes, a former police officer from richmond, virginia and author of the book, police brutality matters. when you watch the body cam footage, it's sad, it's come compelling. when the officers talked to him, he complied. he's courteous, he's respectful. he calls the police sir. in turn, the officers are professional with him. he does the walk, he does the eye thing, the breast -- breathalyzer. when they put the cuffs on him,
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he fights back. the officer apparently fired three shots. >> any time there's a loss of life it's not a good incident whether the officer is justified or not. the problem that we're going to have here is whether the officer was following the use of deadly force. now, you've got to understand something. a subject fleeing from you without a firearm is going to be very hard -- the officer makes the argument that i was in fear of my life. the only time an officer's allowed to use deadly force, unless at that current time when he pulls the trigger either he was saving his own life or the life of someone else. you're going to see this big argument made about he had a taser and he turned around and if you slow the video down you'll see that the taser was activated and he turns back around and starts running. now, if anybody knows the taser,
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you have two positions. you have the prongs that extend out and go into your body. the cartridge was already dispensed. so the officer, the danger level of the officer being tased at that distance is not existing at that current time. the second position -- eric: it appears he's -- sorry to interrupt. >> go ahead. eric: i was just going to say the taser apparently, according to the video, does have the prongs that go out of about 20, 30 feet but a taser is not considered a deadly weapon in the case of using deadly force. >> that's exactly what i was going with. how do you under policy make the thement that -- argument that i was in fear of my life when a taser is not considered a deadly weapon. that's going to be a hard argument for the officer to make and me with my experience and knowing the policy and procedures on deadly force, it's going to be considered an unjust
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killing. i just don't see how the officer fell within policy. that's going to be hard for him. eric: that's what the mayor said and certainly he could potentially now face charges. let's take a look at some of the video, when he is -- when they put the cuffs on him. up until this point, about 20 minutes or so, they're very calm, kind of interactions and he is complying. let's take a look at that video. >> get a burger or something, just a take me home, i'm ready to go. >> you had about one and-a-half drinks. you don't remember what kind? >> no, sir. >> i think you had too much to drink to be driving. >> put your hands behind your back. >> put your hands behind your back. >> hey, stop fighting. stop fighting. stop fighting. eric: you know, joe, in the atmosphere that we have today, joe, there are those who would
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say that he should have complied, that if you're being put under arrest, you can deal with the legal ramifications later, you know, call a dui lawyer that you see on the billboards or something, especially when it's a tense situation. not to excuse at all what happened to him. but because of what's happening with police and citizens, do citizens have a responsibility to try to deescalate situations also? >> in this day and age, you would want a citizen to help the situation. but as we're trained in law enforcement, that's the burden -- the burden is not on the citizen, it's on the trained professional. the officer is the trained professional. he should always in his mindset want to deescalate the situation, he should want to follow policy. as we see here, this officer is going to have a hard time trying to justify his actions because his actions is not consistent with policy. eric: here's a bit of a video afterwards, after it's all over of, listen to what he says about adrenaline. i want to ask you about that.
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>> probable cause to arrest the suspect for dui, resisted arrest, regained control of the officer's taser and started running as i pursued him. he turned and started firing the taser at me. >> okay. >> are you all right? >> yeah. still got the adrenaline pumping. >> are you all right? >> i'm okay. >> all right good, good, good, good. all right. you take care. i'm glad you're all right. that's my biggest concern. >> yeah, we're good. eric: that's apparently officer rolf, he says, quote, i still had the adrenaline pumping. police officers are trained, it's professional training not to let emotions overreact. does that concern you that apparently the training that professionals have was not followed in this case. >> yes, it's very concerning. the training is there for a reason and you must follow it because if you don't, you're going to have inches dents like this. now -- incidents like this. don't get me wrong. i was part of a special task
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force, guns and drugs, so i'm familiar with incidents like this. when you start getting any type of physical confrontation with anybody, it always concerns you, adrenaline is pumping, you have a safety fact r tore, whether a person has a gun or not. there's a million things going on. that's why you follow the training. that's why the training is repetitive. that's why day in and day out you constantly are mentally training on incidents like this. so to use adrenaline as i guess an excuse, that's not going to cut it because that's why we do training as much as we do. eric: that is what professional training is about. it looks likely that the officer will face charges at some point. joe, thank you so much for your insight and thank you for your service in law enforcement. >> thank you for having me. eric: arthel. arthel: all right, eric. well, no response from president trump so far today on that deadly incident in atlanta. but we did hear from the most prominent african-american member of his administration.
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mark meredith is following the president in bridgewater, new jersey and he joins us now. mark. >> reporter: arthel, good afternoon. president trump is spending part of his 74th birthday in new jersey. he'll head back to d.c. this afternoon. it's possible as he makes his way back to d.c. he could address the officer involved shooting in atlanta. it was a couple days ago that the president said he wanted to see an executive order on what could be done for police reform. we have not seen the exact language of the executive order yet. congress of course is considering its own course of action, that is expected in the next several days. and now we're hearing from the president's hud secretary, dr. ben carson, about how the administration wants to address the police reform movement that's gripping so many american cities. >> i expect that the president and the administration to engage appropriate stakeholders and to look at everything and obviously
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we do not want to create a situation where the police are under the microscope and that they don't want to do their job, because they're afraid. that is not going to be useful. >> reporter: the debate over police reforms and racial injustice is really already engulfing the 2020 presidential campaign. president trump though is expected to resume his campaign rallies next week. that one's going to be happening in tulsa, oklahoma. it was originally scheduled for friday. he pushed it back after being criticized that it was an inappropriate day to hold it on friday, a day that many mark as the end of slavery in the united states. we heard from the president's campaign manager who said that demand is the highest they've ever seen for a rally with some 800,000 tickets requested. of course, the screen yo venue e holding this won't be able to seat anywhere near that amount. it's an indication many are eager to hear from the president. we'll find out next saturday night. arthel. arthel: mark meredith, thank
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you very much. eric. eric: well, arthel, police reform legislation expected to be introduced on capitol hill this coming week. democrats are offering sweeping legislation to address police brutality and racial profiling. republicans from both sides of congress, they're starting to lay out what they want. garrett tenney is live in arlington, virginia with a look at what we can expect in congress. hi, garrett. >> reporter: hey, eric. the big question here is what kind of compromises are the two sides willing to make in order to get something done. senator tim scott is leading the gop's efforts on criminal justice reform. he laid out three major items the legislation would include. increasing police training. drastically expand information sharing on cases of officer involved violence by having every agency share data with the fbi and then making it easier to remove officers who have a pattern of misbehavior.
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>> if we do it right, i think we can reduce the number of times that we're dealing with misconduct on the police departments. if we don't do it right, then we'll have the same situation where there is no law. we can do better than that as a nation. and we will. >> reporter: there is some consensus on the items senator scott outlined. democrats want to go much further by implementing a nationwide ban on the use of choke holds by officers, eliminating the use of no-knock warrants in drug cases like the one that resulted in the death of breonna taylor and ending qualified immunity which makes it more difficult for officers to be sued for using excessive force. congresswoman karen bass, the chair of the congressional black caucus says she's optimistic they will be able to find common ground and make historic changes. >> we found a lot of support from police officers. i had an hour long meeting with the order of police and they are supportive of the idea of
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national standards and significant training. you should be acreditted to be a police officer, any profession that allows you to be lethal force, there should be very significant training. >> reporter: while congress is working on its proposals, as you heard mark meredith mention, president trump is expected this week to unveil an executive order of his own to address police reform. eric. eric: all right, garrett. thanks so much. arthel. arthel: well, eric, as covid-19 cases spike in close to two dozen states recently, dr. anthony fauci telling a british newspaper today waves of infections will likely ebb and flow for months and it could be a year before we return to to normal. christina coleman is live in our west coast newsroom with more. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel. well, the telegraph is reporting that a vast majority of british citizens are banned from travel to the u.s. because of the coronavirus and in an interview with dr. anthony fauci he said that that ban could be in place
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until a vaccine is developed, although he also said it could be lifted before that. we'll have to wait and see. this comes as there's mounting concern over the flair-up of covid-19 in different countries including china and south korea. as of today there's been more than 2 million confirmed cases of coronavirus in the u.s. according to johns hopkins university. and although there's been a dramatic decline in coronavirus fatalities and hospitalizations in the hard-hit state of new york, nearly half of the states in the u.s. are currently seeing a rise in cases. including right here in california and texas and arizona. now, the increase in reported cases could come from more testing for the disease. others say it has to do with the lift on restrictions. but there is still so much to learn in terms of tracking the spread of this virus. some health experts say hospitalizations for the disease is a key indicator. >> previous influenza pandemics, we saw waves. these were two to three months
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of cases that then would suddenly literally almost disappear, go into a trough which had nothing to do with the man mai made activity only to ce back with a vengeance in a second wave several months later. we're at an inflection point right now. >> reporter: what is clear and sounding alarm for federal of icials are flair-ups of the virus in other countries. as of today, china reported its highest daily total of new covid-19 cases in two months with 57 new confirmed cases since midnight saturday and that includes 36 from the capital, beijing's cases are linked to the biggest wholesale food market which is now shut down as health officials work to prevent a second deadly wave of this virus. cases also rising in south korea and just showing how swiftly this disease can return. and despite the urge for social distancing, mass protests after george floyd's death continue across the country and others prompting health officials to reiterate to people to be vigilant about their health and wear masks and self quarantine
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if they think they might be showing symptoms. arthel. arthel: okay, christina coleman, thank you very much. eric. eric: well, arthel, coming up on the fox news channel we'll take you to chaz, the self proclaimed independent sovereign territory in the capitol hill neighborhood in seattle. what the protesters want and why city leaders are just letting things be, at least for now. [♪] when you have diabetes, managing your blood sugar is crucial. try boost glucose control. the patented blend is clinically shown to help manage blood sugar levels. it provides 60% more protein than the leading diabetes nutrition shake. try boost glucose control. you've been avoiding. like people... and pants.ings but don't avoid taking care of your eyes, because we're here to safely serve you with new procedures that exceed cdc guidelines and value your time. visionworks. see the difference.
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arthel: it has been six days since protesters in seattle opposing police brutality and racial injustice turned a six block area of a neighborhood into a police-free zone called chaz for capitol hill autonomous zone. washington's governor and seattle's mayor not taking any reaction to retake the area and some local businesss in the zone don't seem to mind. jonathan hunt joins us live from chaz in seattle with more. jonathan. >> reporter: we're in the very center of what protesters now arthel have renamed the capitol hill occupation protest area, rather than chaz.
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this is the center of the protest. this is the seattle police or what was the seattle police east precinct, now aban do you knowed of course by -- abandoned of course by police. the big question is if and when the police will come back. to do that, they obviously need the backing of political leaders in the city of seattle and the state of washington. governor jay insley and perhaps most importantly mayor jenny durkin, she is not putting any timeline on it whatsoever. the police chief, carmen best, has been talking as we walk down the streets of the occupation protest area, the police chief was on cbs' face the nation today and she said that she has no idea in her words when and if police will come back to this precinct. she believes they should but she simply doesn't know when. what she said is that she wants to reach an accommodation with
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these protesters, she wants to negotiate although she would not confirm that any direct discussions are going on right now. part of the issue with that as you look down the streets here, there is no real organized leadership here. so there's not one figure or even a group of figures that the political of icials and the police could -- political officials and the police could get together with and discuss how the police might move back in. so basically, no timeline on this. i should also add, arthel, before we let you go, this has been an almost entirely peaceful protest. a couple small skirmishes in here, you may have seen them on twitter, they're being pushed by people with a particular narrative, 99.9% peaceful in this protest zone. arthel. arthel: before i let you go, really quickly, how are the business owners in that zone reacting? >> well, some of the businesses are open but as you can see, a lot of them are also boarded up. the issue is, given a lot of the
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business owners aren't here, you can't ask them whether they were boarded up prior to this and closed down because of the pandemic or whether they simply closed when the protests started getting violent about a week ago. you've got a mixture. at the bottom there, our crew were having lunch yesterday at a taco place. that place is open, doing pretty good business. so no problems in that sense. but a lot of businesses are closed down but again, could be for a variety of reasons, we simply don't know, arthel. arthel: thank you very much. eric, over to you. eric: thanks, arthel and jonathan. for a closer look at chaz and what's being called the capitol hill protest center, brandy hill joins us, a reporter for our affiliate, cat he'l seattle q-1. first of all, it seems pretty peaceful this morning. what is the mood like when you are sitting at home watching on television, what is it like to be there? >> sure. well, i think there have been
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some gross mischaracterizations on both sides and often the truth falls somewhere in the middle. i thought jonathan hunt did a great job there of describing what for the most part the vibe is like and what is now being called chop, the capitol hill organized or occupied protests because there are individuals who say we don't want to be autonomous, we want to fix the system we're currently living in. you do have -- i think two things, to square away where we're at. people who refer to it as a block authority or seattle's mayor called it the summer of love, that's a mischaracterization. probably offensive to the people fighting for change to trivialize what they're doing there by calling it a block party and on the opposite end of the spectrum for people who are trying to make it seem like some violent takeover rebellion or, o a gross mischaracterization of what's happening in that zone. eric: they have taken over,
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commanderred a police precinct that is now closed, called a people's precinct. are there leaders who can sit down and negligence other of yates -- negotiate with city leaders, that's what they're discussing, some type of negotiation. how do you think that will play out. >> there have been community meetings that will happen. not everybody who is inside the autonomous zone wants the same thing. some want them to completely defund and dismantle the police department. some want the police department defunded at 50%. i sat down with seattle's mayor on of friday. she said we're not going to do either of those things. she said they're going to try to invest $100 million in some community programs but it wouldn't come at the expense of the budget. and i'm glad you're focusing the conversation on the precinct. this is really where people lose the forest through the trees here. what people have to realize is regardless of what's happening inside the zone, the reality is, it is rendered an entire police
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precinct in a city of roughly 1 million people useless. that police precinct sits in one of the most densely populated areas of the city, it serves 150,000 to 200,000 people, response times to calls in progress, crimes in progress has tripled in the area and they're only going to go higher. the city needs to figure out a way to deal with this and my discussions with the mayor made it seem like she wants it to be a phased in approach to work with protesters to get police back in there slowly. but the problem is this. the reason that police precinct was abandoned is because of the tensions night after night with police ther there and protesters there. the problem with trying to bring police back is it's going to create those tensions again and you don't want to wind up in the exact same spot that led to the precinct being abandoned in the first place. eric: finally, just a minute to go. how do you think this will play out? how will it end? negotiations as you say bringing police slowly back in.
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you know, i mean, they could get bananas thrown at them. how do you think this will play out? >> i think it's impossible to ignore the tensions that are going to play out when police do come back. we've seen even the chief of police try to go in there just to check out the precinct and be harassed verbally. the city is going to have to come to terms with the fact that there is going to be a little bit of that and they're going to have to contend with it in some way and so eventually you've got to get that precinct back up and running. so hopefully there are some cooler heads within the group of protesters who can meet with city officials and try to organize some sort of way to make that happen peacefully that doesn't bring us back to where we were a week ago. eric: brandy cruz, thank you for joining us. thank you for your reporting. we will certainly stay up with this. thank you for joining us. arthel: thanks, brandy. protests for racial justice spanning the globe this weekend in som solidarity with the movet
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arthel: a fox news alert on fallout from the deadly police shotting in atlanta involving an unarmed black man, one of the officers involved has been fired, another placed on of administrative leave. the city's police chief abrupted resigned as surveillance video was released. we want to warn you that some of the images are disturbing. as the suspect allegedly grabbed an officer's taser and fired it as he ran and then was later shot in the back. the shocking video raising new questions about the use of excessive force coming in the midst of nationwide protests demanding police reform. joining us now, mark moriele, president and ceo of the national urban league. mark, my first question to you,
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i mean, why are we here again and also of, what stands out to you in that body cam video? >> well, first of all, thank you for having me, arthel. it's another just an act of outrage, another unarmed black man, killed with what i believe is the unnecessary use of force. to cut right to the point, this man was shot in the back because he ran away and then pointed a taser at the officer. the point was, is that the taser is not a deadly weapon, not a weapon that could severely injure the officer and the officer pulled out his gun and shot the man in the back. so the use of force was neither necessary, nor was it reasonable. if one considers the fact that force can be used only if, one, the officer's life it threatened
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or another person's life is threatened. and neither of those standards were met in this instance and the use of the gun in response to a taser was also dispro force portion net da -- disproportionate. that is the point. the man fled interest the police. fleeing from the police doesn't get you a death sentence, doesn't mean that the police officer can serve as judge, jury and executioner and that's the point. and the reason for the continued outrage and to some extent sadness and the real need at this point for there to be transformation when it comes to policing in america. arthel: and mark, i understand from a guest that eric spoke to earlier that once that taser is used, then it's exhausted if you will so it can't be reused in that same form at that same length. so police officers are aware of
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that. we started out by telling our viewers that mayor keisha lance bottoms took immediate action, calling for the immediate firing of the officer who fired his gun. the atlanta police chief stepped down, her new assignment with the city to be determined. i'm not clear on why the chief resigned, maybe you can explain that to me. but listen, you can't overhaul the system overnight but there is clearly internal me val. what -- upheaval. what action can be taken to fix this. >> the mayor's steps were the correct steps, and the swift action that's long been lacking in these types of instances, the termination of the officer who used unreasonable force. i have no doubt that the mayor in all likelihood asked for the police chief's resignation or of indicated that the police chief would be relieved of her duties. to fix this, i want to talk about what has to happen at the federal level. the justice and policing act which is a comprehensive bill which does a range of things is
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what we need. we don't need a watered-down version, we don't need a bill that just bans choke holds and suggests some changes. we need decisive action by the united states congress in order to create a framework and to show the nation, to show the nation that our national government will support a different system of policing in america, one that's accountable and one that is proactive in producing public safety and not simply o oppressing an harassing young african-american men. every mayor, every police chief, every city council should immediately take stock of their own departments, conduct a review, conduct an audit, evaluate where you are and develop if you will a new plan. a new approach. a reimagination of policing is what i think is called for. and a thought process that urban problems, even the problems of
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violence in the communities, cannot be solved by policing alone. and that's a wake-up call for america that we need new investments. we need investments in stronger schooling, in afterschool programs, in mental health, in social services, a range of things and perhaps what comes from this is that some things that police department are asked to do today, respond to homelessness and mental health issues, may not be something that the police departments ought to be responding to. we have to think anew and we have to thircht differently when it -- think differently when it comes to these issues right now. that's what the call is for, to reimagine, to rethink, to restructure. i think the people are behind this and i think people who may be uncomfortable with it have to understand that the current path is simply not sustainable. there's been over 1,000 black people killed by the police in the last five years. arthel: yeah, and mark, i think the calls to defund police
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departments is off the mark. what you're talking about is what makes sense which is to real low of kate some funds to some of -- reallocate some of the funds. i want to play some sounds from mr. chris stewart, the attorney for the family of rayshard brooks. let's listen. >> you want to know how this could have been avoided and all of the protests? talk to him. talk. hey, buddy, you fell asleep in line. are you okay? why don't you pull your car over there and call an uber and then you walk over and he leaves. why is that so hard for police officers? arthel: mark, your final thoughts, your reaction? >> absolutely right. we have to change the notion that every time a police officer responds to a problem, that the
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only result is an arrest of a person and i think chris stewart, i saw him last night pretty much laid this matter out very clearly and unambiguously. i hope you continue to play his words. i think america needs to hear what he said. arthel: president and ceo of national urban league, mark, thank you for coming on. always a pleasure to get your insights. >> always good to see you. thank you. arthel: thank you. eric. eric: well, arthel, some cities and states have already taken action in response to the calls for police reform. coming up, we'll talk to the mayor of cincinnati about what that city has done to its policing and how it could be a model for other ofs across the country. -- for others across the country. right now is a time for action. that's why usaa is giving payment relief options to eligible members so they can pay for things like groceries before they worry about their insurance
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arthel: several mayors and police chiefs across the country coming together to continue the discussion about changes to policing and racial justice, following the death of mr. george floyd in minneapolis. one of those mayors is cincinnati's john cranley, who joins me now. mayor cranley, thanks for joining me. it appears that lack of trust is a key component of this critical problem at hand. if you would, tell us about your plans to bring police and community together. >> thanks, it's good to be with you. cincinnati went through a similar shooting or killing of an unarmed african-american 20 years ago and with the help of the justice department, we transformed our police department on three systemic big changes. the first was changing use of force. get rid of choke holds, deescalate training to help people deal with folks who are high or dealing with mental health issues. second was transparency and
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accountability. introducing body worn cameras, having a citizens complaint authority to investigate allegations of wrong-doing. and third, really focusing on repeat violent offenders and working with the community and making that an intentional priority of the police department and those are the three main pillars that has really helped cincinnati over the last 20 years make a significant improvement. arthel: you were referring to the 2001 incident where a 19-year-old, timothy thomas, unarmed and wanted for minor misdemeanors, things like not wearing a seat belt, he was fatally shot while running from police in cincinnati. want to move forward to today, sir. a report by the cincinnati enquirer on june 1 # o 10 says d independent agency has been tasked with investigating police, has been under-staffed and un-funded for years. can you address that? >> well, it has been fully
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operational for 17 years now and we just introduced our budget yesterday and very difficult economic times. with the shutdowns from the coronavirus and yet we are adding two more staffers so it will be a full complement of eight employees in that department instead of six. we make tough choices every year with city council and the budget, it's gone up and down. it's fully staffed now and expected to be busy. arthel: understood. hopefully you can get that better funded. i know many departments and many businesses across the country are having trouble with funding. i think that's what folks are really talking about in terms of funding, reallocating, taking away moneys from areas that perhaps are too bloated and putting it to where there's areas that are anemic. i want to go here, back to your -- you know what, mayor. i want to just say that i know that you had a conference of
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leaders, organizations, conference of mayors, and i want to thank you for your time and i think that what you're doing and we wish you well and we appreciate your time, sir. >> thank you very much. arthel: marion cranley. thank you -- mayor john cranley. thank you. continued success, sir. eric: switching gears a bit, first in the pandemic, fans in stands in a pro sporting event, it's happening later on today at a nascar race in florida. we will take you live to show you as we get back to a bit, at least when it comes to sports, to watch them in person. ♪ thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for postmenopausal women
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eric: nascar drivers getting ready for the dixie 400 race in south florida. up to 1,000 fans are expected to be actually in the stands and guess what, they're all members of the military. we are outside the miami speedway where they'll be seeing the race in person, hey, rick. >> reporter: the speedway can hold 55,000 spectators and it's typically packed for the dixie 400 with thousands more tailgating out in the parking lots. that's not happening this year. potentially very disappointing
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for the thousands of fans who would be here for the covid-19 rules. a poe a potentially great day fe service members and their families after being chosen to of be here. strict protocol is in place. everyone at the track is screened for coronavirus and is required to wear masks and social distance which shouldn't be too difficult since the stands are basically empty. the other big change is a ban on the display of any confederate flag. they relaxed rules against kneeling during the national anthem after a suggestion of bubba wallace who said no one should feel uncomfortable coming to races. wallace wrapped his nature a black lives matter design and says he's gotten a lot of positive outreach even as some long-time nascar fans may be having a hard time with this new reality. one race is now underway, eric and the dixie 400 race is
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scheduled for 3:30 this afternoon. there is 5 # of of% -- 50% chance of thunderstorms in south florida. there's a chance there could be a delay but a good day for those 1,000 people getting their first look at a live sporting event. eric: rick, always seems to be 50% chance for thunderstorms in south florida this time of year. folks can catch the dixie 400 live on fox as he said 3:30 this afternoon. arthel. arthel: all right. we're back at 3:00 eastern. hope you can join us. more news from washington now. befor what getting fueled with three energy packed proteins feels like. meat! cheese! and nuts! p3. because 3 is better than 1
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gillian: more unrest in atlanta after 27-year-old rayshard brooks was killed in officer-involved shooting friday. protests erupting overnight last night shutting down a major highway there where the wendy's where brooks was shut in the parking lot went up in flames. you can't the images on your screen there. some powerful images. welcome to america's news headquarters from washington, d.c., this sunday, great to be with you at home, great to be with you, leland, i'm gillian turner. leland: gillian, nice to be with you as well. they let the wendy's burn for hours, i'm leland

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