ity in new york and other cities. a group gathered at times square while another group walked across the brooklyn bridge. not reach is in response to a grand jury decision not to indict a white officer for the

choking death of an unarmed black man. >> new york to chicago to washington, protesters were united in their message -- justice for eric gardner. thousands of demonstrators spilled onto the streets of new york. in manhattan activists gathered near the city's headquarters. another group marched across brooklyn bridge as hundreds more demonstrators gathered in foley square. >> systemic racism in our justice system. we are tired of being treated like second-class citizens. >> in washington, demonstrators blocked major roads. at one point, even laying down in the street. scenes of protesters repeated nationwide including chicago and boston. eric garner, the father of six

was arrested for selling this cigarettes in july. he was forced to the ground and placed in a headlight despite his calls for help. this comes days after a grand jury in misery declined to indict a white police officer who killed unarmed black teen michael brown. >> you really cannot fight bullets with bricks. manipulated and perverted grand jury. it revealed an american judicial system in crisis. >> an investigation is underway in possible civil rights violations. they say they will continue protesting until the officer who killed him is indicted. >> in a few minutes -- we will cost to florida, cape canaveral

where the anticipation is high for nasa's latest mission. this is the orion spacecraft which is set to launch now we have a countdown -- i am not sure if you're able to see that. in approximately one minutes time. yesterday, we were in a similar standby mode. it was expected to lunch just should a but high winds scrapped yesterday's lunch. we seem to be six -- 5060 -- we seem to be 50 seconds away. this will launch spacecraft which will be in a few years time intended to carry humans below earth's orbit. we will see orion circle the earth twice charlie nearly 6000 kilometers from the planet.

when it comes back into the atmosphere, it will be traveling 32,000 kilometers lower. we could see the heat shield which reaches temperatures of a blazing 2000 seven degrees. let's listen to the countdown. >> 7, 6- >> five, 4, 3, 2, 1. and the lift off. the dawn of orion and a new era of american space exploration. >> passing 25 seconds. 31 seconds, looking good. good chamber pressure.

40 seconds in. standby to go to the partial thrust. partial thrust command in the four. for chamber pressure beginning to drop as expected. coming up to the one-minute mark. mark one minute into flight. still looking good. good chamber pressure. >> we are watching the orion spacecraft which has just launched from cape canaveral in florida. quite a moment for nasa at is -- as it is being the first few steps to mars. there are no humans on this particular mission, the first mission for the spacecraft. you can listen in once again as it has just taken off from cape canaveral.

>> coming up, one minute 40 seconds. velocity now 1300 41 feet per second. one minute 50 seconds in. still looking good. coming up on two minutes. two minutes into flight. one engine to go in the first stage. starboard boosters still at good chamber pressures in the full power mode. two minutes 22 seconds in. 10 minutes 35 seconds in, still

looking good. coming up on the two-minute 43-second mark. >> that is the orion speech lunch. it is still going as we hear the countdown as it enters the space limit. it is intended to send humans -- possibly reach march by tony 21 -- by 2021. today's test run will be followed by another unmanned flight in about four years time. that of course, if i'll hopefully goes well with this first launch. all right, let's head back to our top story. that is the ongoing unrest in the united states over the grand jury's decision on wednesday not to indict an unarmed -- a white officer, excuse me, for the

choking death of an unarmed black man. we can now get some analysis on the situation we have been seeing for the last few days in the united states. i am joined by douglas herbert. douglas, walk me through what we are seeing. we see anger over what is perceived by many police tactics that are too harsh, at a justice system that appears to be broken. in the case of new york, we have a newly elected progressive mayor. we have a powerfull chief commissioner. can we get stuff done? >> some weighty issues back on earth. just to really back in to the planet earth here, the planets they're dealing with, you are absolutely right. you have a combination in new york city with the erica garner decision -- eric garner decision. you have a culmination of a democratic progressive mayor the first democratic progressive mayor in 25 years.

and the police commissioner who originally worked under rudy giuliani and he was brought back to be commissioner again. he is respected and a tough guy. new york is looking for changes. . the mayor himself, the blah zero, has outlined measures in the way the police are trained in new york. lower the ego, try to make them use less bad language because this is all basic stuff that it is important. but new strategies on how to get suspects to comply with arrests when they are confronted with police officers because this is how most of these incidents happen without resorting to force. he talked about the task at hand and about his commissioner. let's hear what he had to say. >> the commissioner understood that something had to be addressed and mentally.

and the training that is on to happen here in this building will change the future of this city. it will have not just an impact on thousands of people. it will have an impact on millions of people because every interaction that every officer has with their fellow new yorkers after they are trained again will be different. >> it's interesting because he is reserved -- he is referring to broaden the pace -- he is referring to brad and the police commissioner. he said that he would rid the new york police department, the famous nypd, of the brutal and corrupt, the racist and the incompetent. people say they will have their work cut out on the streets of new york, new york being the biggest police force in the country. everyone looks to it as an example. but i would like to tell you also about the cleveland case because we have been talking a lot about that.

the justice department, the federal government, has just issued a report after almost a two-year civil rights investigation into practices in that department. we put up a little chart on your screen. what is that? these are some of the more eyebrow-raising findings that were cited in this federal probe of cleveland's police about their practices. you can see it was considering themselves an occupying force really underlying this us against them mentality with them being the minorities in the community they are supposed to be serving. more than a hundred patrol officers, 62 vehicles chased a single car with two people in it for two he five minutes. this was an incident that raise all eyebrows. it ended with a desk it ended with 137 shots fired at that vehicle and the two people in it were dead. what were they doing? they were chasing the car because it backfired and they thought someone was firing at them. an officer pinching a handcuffed 13 euro twice in the face.

an officer shooting a man with his hands in the air, which reminds us to tragically of what allegedly happened according to witnesses in the michael brown case in ferguson where hands up don't shoot has become sort of the rallying cry for protesters because he had, according to some witnesses, his hands up saying don't shoot and yet he was fatally shot as well. cleveland police are being forced now by the federal government to undertake its second in a decade federally mandated reform, overhauling its practices to get away from what the justice department says is the unnecessary and excessive use of force. we will see a lot of police departments -- barack obama pledging to look in to police do their jobs and interacting with communities across the united states. >> this is a debate that will be going forward as many people demand changes in police enforcement. in another world news, hit mexico, the president has made his first visit to the embattled

state of guerrero. that is where 43 students were lasting alive. prosecutors say the students were killed by drug members. investigations have exposed connections between cartels and police members. soldiers will take over policing duties in 35 areas in guerrero and three neighboring states. >> what happened was a terrible event that has caused indignation and lead us to question why certain things happen because they should never happen again. we are here because, after what has happened, we recognize that euros most important activity that has roots here in the resort of a couple quote has decelerated -- in acapulco has

decelerated. >> one year ago today, south africa and the world lost a nikon. -- lost on icon. nelson mandela inspired generations of people to seek to racial equality. the attribute serving across south africa for the first black president. south africans remembering the former political and inspirational leader nelson mandela today. >> yes, we are. a number of events have been planned around the country including silent tributes, six minutes and seven seconds, which represents the amount of years then nelson mandela devoted to this country in public service including his time served in prison. also, there are a number of political rallies by the

opposition in the ruling party. we have had the 20th anniversary since the first of a chronic elections, the first elections that have seen the born free vote, the and people who voted for the first time. they were significant elections in the sense that it was the first time really that the nc realized they no longer have the hold they once did over the majority black population in south africa. the born free generation, they did not live during apartheid. their parents stories of life under apartheid are becoming fewer and far between and they are not as attached to the old apartheid icons in the anc party that delivered them freedom as older generations are. this is a significant time in the life of the anc government that mr. mandela led to the

first lack democratic government . i think they can realize they can no longer take the support of the majority black population part two julie the average and are, for granted anymore. -- particularly the younger generation, for granted anymore. >> you can log onto our website and you will find all of the day's top stories. it's time now for a look at our review depress which will be coming up in a few minutes time. until then, i would like to remind you of our top story out of new york. there is a on the streets in new york and another major u.s. cities. there is disbelief over a grand jury's decision not to indict a

white officer over the choking death of an unarmed black man. of course, you can always find out more on that on our website, france 24.com. all right, it's time now for a look at the day's press. we will start with this ongoing anger that is on display in the united states over a grand jury's decision not to indict a white officer in the choking death of a black new yorker. >> absolutely. "the new york times" has been reporting on the protests that drew crowds in new york, boston, chicago, pittsburgh, washington -- as you can see, across the country demonstrators filled the streets over the garner decision.

"independent" has photos of protesters in time square another dark day in america, because the staten island grand jury decision comes nine days after another grand jury in ferguson-missouri decided not to indict a white police officer over the death of another black man. for a lot of protesters, this is an all-too-familiar story says "the independent." "the guardian is quite also has these protests on its front page and has this woman in atlanta, georgia, crying over that decision. you can see they are focusing on one rallying cry, this "i can't breathe," reportedly eric garners last words. this has become a powerful new cry for justice in the united states. >> the papers are really examining and being very critical of the u.s. justice system. >> absolutely. "the washington post" is very critical of this grand jury

decision in its editorial today. it said that justice is stifled today. it points out that things are very different between the ferguson case and this case in new york. in ferguson case, at least there were conflicting witness accounts that could explain why the court decided not to indict the police officer. but in this eric garner case things are very different because the incident was caught on tape. so we can all they witness, if you will, to what happened. "the washington post" points out that if you watch this disturbing video you can see that eric garner was not actively gently. he was unarmed overweight, -- was not actively gently. he was unarmed, overweight, and the illegal chokehold the police officer used against him was clearly visible. and you can hear him say 11 times "i can't breathe." the editorial wonders what exactly was this rancheria

thinking and really hopes the court proceedings will be made public one day soon. speaking with up with the washington post," i pulled that a cartoon that is critical of the justice system -- speaking with "the washington post," i pulled out a cartoon that is critical of the justice system. this statue is saying "i can't breathe," annexed what is the statue of liberty that has the quote underneath it that is very famous by emma lazarus that talks about the united states, " give me your tired your poor, your huddled masses, yearning to breathe pepcoe." >> many are focusing on the underlying race issues at heart here. >> yes. in florida, there is a cartoon by andy marlette paid him

another slogan that protesters have been talking about is " black lives matter code use -- "black lives matter." you see a black man tried to explain to his young son. you see in the first case talking about the trayvon martin killing. he says, i'm sorry, son, that is just temporary. eric garner, i'm sorry, son that is just new york. and then the bright -- the michael brown case, i'm sorry, son, that's just america. "time magazine" is reporting about a #on twitter that has been used to highlight the racial double standard that a lot of people claim there is in policing in the united states. the campaign is called # climbingwhilewhite.

quite twitter users posted crimes that they basically -- white twitter users protested crimes that they basically got away with. >> "i punched a cop in the face" but he drove me and my friends home. u.s. papers are focusing on the race issue. so our papers abroad. "the independent" is focusing on this very issue. it says, at first glance with the election of barack obama, it seemed like the united states was entering a post-racial arrow. but recent events in ferguson and new york have wrecked such illusions. you might wonder why they are talking about space versus race in their editorial. they point out the irony of the orion space craft launch yesterday. they say one day humans may make it to mark but it seems like --

make it to mars, but when they do, it seems that race will still the devil america. >> time now for updates. we are going to start with a warning for the international labor organization. >> that's right. it has sounded the alarm over flatlining wages in developed countries. the human body is urging governments to boost the minimum wage. salaries in developed countries grew a dismal 2% in 2013. greece, britain, ireland, and japan shrank below levels last seen in 2007. >> as the global economy remains sluggish, workers are being hit hardest. the international label organization's global wage report talks about stalled salaries that barely keep up with inflation. >> the growth of wages has

slowed at a global level. there was an average increase of global wages of about 3% a year in the years before the financial and economic crisis. since then, it is an average of about 2% a year. >> when china is subtracted from those accounts, the growth is below 1%. changes in the labor market has eroded workers rights and driven wages down >> it is not a coincidence that the weakening of collective bargaining systems in many countries, the weakening of the bargaining power of workers and trade unions we think is definitely implicated in the erosion of wages in many countries. >> unemployment remains high in many european countries but the united states has seen more people returning to work. figures to be released friday are expected to see a rise in job creation for the 10th successive month but wages continue to anger many.

fast food workers went on strike wednesday calling for a minimum of $15. this follows strikes in supermarkets walmart protesting against wages and conditions. >> let's take a look at how the european markets are trading the session. all indices are in the green this friday. markets in europe eyeing the u.s. jobs report due out later on friday. bloomberg news reported the ecb is considering a large bond buying program. mario draghi has, in staunch opposition the head of the bundesbank saying you cannot apply the same formula in europe that has succeeded in the u.s. and japan. next some passengers on

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