i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk. about. america rages for another night with more looting arson and police protest of violence in the wake of the death of george floyd we speak to someone who used to work both with him and with the office accused of his murder. showrooms relationship shows i do not believe that there was any previous marriage between these 2 but i would like to clear that up but i do not believe. curfews have been imposed in almost 30 u.s. cities though that didn't stop rioters wreaking destruction with more businesses and shops vandalized. and calls for new york city's mayor to resign after he

defends police officers who drove their s.u.v.s into a crowd of demonstrators. thanks thanks. to. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron and our top story this hour another night of violence on cities set ablaze amid protests sparked by the death of george floyd at the hands of police 1700 people have been arrested across the u.s. in minneapolis where 4 die and police have been struggling to maintain the curfew there with officers resorting to ever more heavy handed methods.

a makeshift memorial has been set up at the place where george floyd died mourners come here to pay their respects leaving flowers and messages the scientists also become a place of peaceful protest against police brutality contrast thing with the anger that has boiled over in other parts of the city so obvious williams who says he worked in a nightclub in minneapolis where both george cloyd and the police officer charged for his death worked as well showed his reaction with us to what's happened. to both of them pretty well i work with floyd is where we all knew him by. i was there

working the close the day his 1st day coming in back in 2000 roughly 15 something like that when he 1st came in he was there i was there security i wasn't aware was employment was hiring but the moment i saw him i mean like i needed that guy from the rose genuine. what i mean this guy would give you the shirt off his back it was such a cause. for being such a big guy he was truly in touch i suppose so derek so even also you also worked with him in a nightclub tell us more about handle. ok let's be clear about. what people together it's clear because it's not like you're working shoulder to shoulder 6 because you see. in this park was our site the building at the time we don't even know who's in their squad cars they show up they stay outside they don't come in they don't assist ok. just want to.

come out so we don't really do that but we are employed by the same people ok so their children's relationship with floyd was very short because there was a click of the road that was. shot in. the world they also have it clear that i deem do you think they should even recognize floyd's during their arrest. it's possible that maybe. they did die in that moment because you know if they can my sister recognizes you in my business here that usually gives you some type of insight but with that officer some type of common level with that officer that usually helps you out in situations so you got called over. and you respect meeting you newly off secret you work with the measures that can help you get out of that ticket so knowing officer will usually help you now are you i was going to say i don't i do not believe that there was any

previous messages between these 2 and i would like to clear that up but i do not believe that so knowing both of these men how did you feel what was your reaction when you 1st saw the video. i was hoping. i would go more. on every level. is. this silly billy i just did. that he was doing this i never knew he was to people close up like that so i was actually shocked and. then i was relieved and say. you know. a concrete wall has been built around the minneapolis police department's 1st

precinct station as a defense against protesters with metal barriers also blocking off the street. we heard from days baking in minneapolis he's a member of communities united against police brutality and says warnings about a lack of discipline among officers have been falling on deaf ears. there is only hope that protests like this continue and the people demand that change because we've had a history in minneapolis and where of one after another of these police murders and each time you hold that there's going to be change that we're going to listen to the community that we're going to make that's or other policy change and each time it's been absolutely empty promises as soon as the t.v. cameras go away the. right back to where where they were or organization is recommended many many changes over the years it's virtually impossible to get the city council or the mayor or the police to pay any attention to those and do what

is necessary to stop this kind of violence pointed out over the years how virtually no officers are disciplined in minneapolis and no one in the city council wants to hear that no one wants to do that we have statistics we have all ducked in the research and they just continue that same practice out on the street . because he is have been imposed in a 28 cities across the us meaning people are prohibited from being outside off their 8 pm but that didn't stop the riot says for possibly 75 cities so protests spill into streets national gonta been called in at least 10 states meanwhile in new york city alone 30 officers have been enjoyed in clashes with 350 people arrested. that was.

cut cut. cut cut he thanks so much thank you. thank you. peter live live live live he could keep living. for those journalist will the white man's reports from new york about what's been

happening that other u.s. cities overnights. protests began around 3 pm the beginning where we saw a series of speeches given by the local activists regarding the situation with the police violence and racism in the united states as the day progressed things started to get increasingly more and more violent we saw various crime issues between police and demonstrators and at the end of all of that go to class has made a statement jean new york has 2 and violent protests if you went out peacefully to make a point about the need for change you have been heard and change is coming in the city i have no doubt about that it's time to go home so we can all move forward but those who are out there simply to create violence those who are out there to

express hatred towards our police officers we won't tolerate that if you commit an act of violence you're going to get arrested the bless you know when to defend the police officers who maliciously rammed the s.u.v. reoccur into lines of protesters and he said you know that these protesters should have just got out of the way but the thing about motor cars i mean they're really quite a remarkable invention they can actually move backwards as well as forwards so i mean that's a fact that's perhaps maybe lost on the man and this outrage and outrage response from representative alexandra kushner cortez who wins on to criticize the mass saying that defending and making excuses for the n.y.p.d. running s.u.v.s into crowds was wrong violent protests also then went on all around the country as they have now for days in a row despite curfews resource civil unrest breaking out yet again in countries in cities with coffee such as los angeles philadelphia. cincinnati portland oregon and

louisville. kentucky protests also flared up in dallas chicago seattle salt lake city where a an individual actually hold up on demonstrators and attempted to fire on them with a long bow of all things before he was tackled to the ground by demonstrators as well as cleveland's we've also seen violent scenes in las vegas where police and protesters clashed along the main strip there were several very sort of violent scenes there along what is one of one of america's most iconic capitalist telescopes there has been much made about. by the establishment in this country of the i suppose it's outside elements being what is to blame here is not the fact that the police have a large number of races murders amongst them is the fact that people are upset and it's outside elements which of course it is apparently there's

a lot of hype being made about. the sort of radical supposed radical left brain behind this i saw members of their socialist groups intervene to actually protect police officers when they became isolated from. members of the police force so this directly contradicts what is being said regardless of this donald trump the president here has just recently tweeted saying that the united states is going to designate and chief as a terrorist organization and trump is very much in favor of the national guard deployed and an increase in the militarization of the response to these protests the national guard has been released in minneapolis to do the job that the democrats could do should have been used 2 days ago and they would not have been damaged in place had cooties would not have been taken over and ruined great job by the national government new games as we've seen pretty desperate state of affairs

over here in the states and it looks as if this violence is going to continue to have to take an exit. aeration that obviously the officer in question here with the killing of of floyd was has been arrested and charged with 3rd degree murder and manslaughter however certainly one thing the protesters protesters are saying where i was yesterday was that it was a manslaughter this was clearly a murder if you need on someone's next and 9 minutes that that's direct that's direct murder so i doubt that we'll be seeing any subsiding of violence certainly seems that curfews if anything or actually encouraging violence to spread more so it remains to be seen what happens next and the u.s. president's residence in washington d.c. hasn't escaped the unrest either the protesters have been gathering outside for 2 days and clashed with secret service agents. the way.

the police have been around for 2 months all they do is corruption is corruption on top of corrections of oppression they cause more problems and they help. us about taxpayers' dollars we are paying them how we're money to protect us this is what this is about at the end of the day thanks for protection. 7 following several mice of protests in minneapolis that at times descended into vandalism and often on sunday volunteers and with brooms and been banks arrive to help clear up

the mess they helped remove the charred remains of buildings that as early as the night sky orange some of the shed some of them said that that was about what's been happening in their city. i think it's really important right now as we look at this area completely decimated. by so many different emotions it's so important to come together as a community and to start putting it together in some way shape or form but we're out here there's a lot of positivity there's people cleaning the streets the church is untouched everybody's coming together we're all just here for each other in the end of the day you know we're not fighting each other killing each other or anything like that i we're out here just cleaning up as much as we can we're right out in front of the post office just trying to do anything we can so yeah just some support aculeata. nothing i've ever seen we'll be the city be united around something like this even when it feels like there's no you to be at all cross also took to the streets in

los angeles on sunday as protests turned violent people explain why they were. was the. comment. on the prawn i was taking pictures is trying to get journalism what's happening here and they're shooting off for our border need to be back and it's also 4 times and it's appalling the way. the dutch the. i'm so tired i'm tired of the tired one of ours and it was brought to the heart of

a lot of us. we spoke to clive pick a tax of us from minneapolis he says people are risking their lives to get that message across there are a great number of people here is here to protest peacefully change who are here she didn't and if you are guilty and want to be a part of who solution here in the streets demanding justice because you want to long they will have not had it not what i want is your list of the great number of people where they 'd are for the right reason who are demanding accountability and who stand together in unity. in the danged old the under arrest that's happened there is a tremendous spirit of connectedness a tremendous spirit of unity people are risking their lives to be a part of the protest

a lot of the cleanup because they see the need for greater action a lot of the reason folks are there is because they want to make it changed. in the face of fighting for her our humanity as it relates to this pandemic we are in for the humanity of other people so people are there for a reason in the world to go to demand change protests have spread beyond the u.s. border with thousands gathering in trafalgar square in central london the crowd marched past the houses of parliament and finished up outside the u.s. embassy traffic was halted in several places on route and in manchester hundreds also marched through the city center chanting black lives matter. but also on saturday there was another protest in berlin several 100 protesters staged a rally outside the u.s. embassy in the german capital they held up placards saying justice for george floyd and thought killing us a mere old depicting george floyd appeared on a part of the 4 month berlijn war in mauer park. in atlanta hundreds of

people gathered outside cnn's office to condemn the channel's coverage of the current events the logo of the company has been vandalized. cnn's headquarters has already been attacked earlier in this week as the protests over the killing of george floyd turned violent demonstrators smashed the windows and chanted slogans the channel has also been facing criticism for apparently suggesting that foreign actors had a hand in stirring up the riots. you now c.n.n. that russia might be behind some of the rioting and. the acts of violence and destruction and i. don't know that our goals of our sailors russia's fault are the

same most of the peaceful folks and saying are my community members these are the folks that live here and i were them it where are you demanding change it seems more. i want to see inside job. i would see not necessarily people in the community are destroying things or organizing the rights of all it's kind of. the fear of the people on the outside minnesota the closer states like michigan and stuff like that a lot of the kids who are arrested last night were actually. from wisconsin and other states around here i don't think that's possible because the people i see rioting they're not russians there are full blooded americans you know we're. just people who choose to stand on the wrong side and i believe that they come in to cause confusion and chaos so that they can make the protesters look like like they're bad people and we don't have a cause but we would it really comes down to is when you look at that video of

george floyd saying i can't breathe i mean you're not human if you can't look at that and see that's wrong it doesn't matter for to policeman another man but this keeps happening over and over again and this culture has got to stop c.n.n. likes to make a lot of stuff i really don't think that the russians would be down here doing all this it's mainly the writers and they're completely different groups from the protesters but you know everybody loves a conspiracy is meanwhile c.n.n. has published an apparent response to the criticism saying oh it's everybody's act on social media is personally sent by russian president vladimir putin. uhm. one rule for the people another for the elites that was the charge being thrown at the british government this week as the

prime minister's chief advisor refused to step down after a powerfully violating strict lockdown rules the incident happened in march during the height of the u.k.'s quarantine revelation has infuriated the british public dominic cummings the man at the center of the storm remained apologetic during a grilling from journalists in downing street's rose garden. do you regret what you did no i don't i don't regret. what i did and so as i said i think reasonable people may well disagree your own scientists are worried they said this last night by introducing an element of personal discretion into the interpretation of the rule as it was the trip to hospital and then there was the dr on day 15. but that apart from the. night of his life something. he said in terms of just trips to break the rules of people not going to funerals people not even going to hospital

when their kids have been happy in the treatment why are you so different don't you think you are at the very least open apology. i don't think i'm so i don't think i'm so different and i don't think this will move from the and will be for the people. but rose garden performance wasn't enough to abate the fury of some with cummings a junior minister for scotland has quit to saying he cannot in good conscience face his constituents while the government backs the p.m.'s advisor other officials are not just in the u.k. also seem to think the rules don't apply to them 1st detail of it explains. the hoops looks like no one's it and that my friends is this person of power bars johnson see you're a don't want it coming found himself in the doghouse when his wife was showing coach knight hundreds of times he thought what time for cheap he wrote trip popping

her in that childish was car and driving 260 miles north to visit his out parrots knock down. oh no just ring the bell was up hypocrisy yes a far friend also a phone friend i believe. that in every respect he has acted responsibly and legally and with integrity and with the overwhelming aim of stopping the spread of the virus and saving lives i mean i know the u.k. government itself does not start its recent polls but i think most would see that the prime minister backing cummings on this slightly goes against its message the critical thing we must do is stop the disease spreading between households by staying at home we can protect already h.s. and save lives a message that's been blasted through the airwaves it's trying to don't want to that's kept people imprisoned in that part of them separated from family and i mean

people even to attend funerals of loved ones what was though just think a suit he must have known he was setting himself and his psychic up to be batted from all sides from the quarantined public. week operate like you out thank you very. much to do because they feel that she played a tape of her the way they do usually mild mannered christians and listen very soon we see clear repentance including the sacking of cummings i no longer know how we can trust what ministers say sufficiently for church of england to work together with them on the bend demick. and to those who are working endless shifts on the front line this is me right now heading back into the covert i.c.u. i've worked for the last 2 months this stuff is hard and hard work come see my

parents is january frankly coming spits in the face of all our efforts the whole n.h.s. if he doesn't resign i will so incensed the people by the story to even journalists in their hunt for the very latest comment well they just threw away the mask and and shed their flubs and grabbed those cameras because you don't. know. where you go talking how to go over there are going to save the world but quite frankly why should they were must saw gloves or listen to public guide lights dominic cummings starts it don't it companies has shown us that we can do anything we want but if you do you'll get chased by trends fines by police a loss to this video that unfortunately there are a whole lot of dominic's just in very positions of power that's the face of thought in spite of coronavirus you just have to get away to

a 2nd home twice and the mobster might find the knocked on thought to how the rules i invented i need to see my lover i'm outrageous hubris isn't just a u.k. specialty the austrian president broke locked out holes to pull saying i got lost in conversation. i went up for the 1st on since lot done with 2 friends and my wife then lost track of the time while chatting i am truly sorry it was a mistake and states like virginia governor got a very bad rate on his homework assignment when he was caught beth faced on a beach having said that and so your homework this weekend is to make plans for you and your other family members to have facial protection so apparently no one will suffocating in mosques all sweating in gloves looking mommy through the window all having a family virtually because it seems it's a free for all kids you know you don't have to practice what you preach thanks for

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