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well that's true no 1st. point your thirst for action. unbelievable. shocking. this is not a video game the average us citizen is over 10 times more likely to be killed by a police officer than by a terrorist. after witnessing a wave of police brutality that he has which appear on my news feed every day i decided to investigate the problem of police brutality in america. in united states
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the police kill stupid people every day which add up one day and i thought. these are the official numbers according to unofficial numbers the police chose for people the day. the killing of people in this country has become a routine something normal it seems that human life is seizing to be the most valued human right one tune. and just like that the person is dead. eliot we're in minneapolis minnesota this is a quiet on a fairly small city in northern united states as of recent several police brutality cases have happened here we're on our way to betty smith's house 7 years ago officer timothy devon took her son's life the officer is still free in service sometimes their patrol car drives by this very road right next to buddy's house and
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the officers wave it betty i can just not imagine what that he must the went through. thanks betty kathleen hi thank you so much i mean. this is quincy graduates in a high school there that if you see my son wasn't even this tall as i am and i have healed i'm sure you know. he played with. everything happened right before christmas but he explains her son left his girlfriend's house breaking up his girlfriend got angry and called the police adding one fatal detail that quincy had a rifle allies cost quincey his life 5 police officers without any interest in finding out the true fear tackled quincy and started being him shortly after quincy was pronounced dead. only 3 of those who know you night. think police get on you one key can you well.
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know which won't be the new he's not resisting arrest he's on the ground you have been hangups why is there a recent need to tell him why is there a reason a need to hit him in the back with a rifle. she doesn't have the video of the actual killing just a homicide report there's a video officer devon apprehending another suspect in a similar way. he put his hands up and boom it's a bunch of face a kid by the number on his room for force just kicks some unbelievable. hands. with says i surrender. but i could just as them say if that means he was dead by. if you really like that maybe he'd feel that he was trying to. play
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a good. one quincy sr died his son quincy de sean smith jr was just 2 months old. i worry i mean he's growing up all right. he knows his father was. his father died. and knows that other good other good things about him. he 7. all look at the agony yet relating to what you could see pick them up from school be. everything. you try to be introduced my that. is me. i use feeling. in my house my dad was part of. that. as long as god gives me breath i'm going to be fighting. oh the injustice and the
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opposite they're making the other 4 of our lives you cannot just murder someone. i. wonder. last of the riots in ferguson where michael brown was skill at the hands of the police 24 states have ratified a lot of mixed much harder for police to get away with excessive force perhaps this was the reason why choice shuffler is still alive today so we're approaching the house of choice. one of the victims off police brutality here in minneapolis minnesota. friendly. you know what just track you and
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film you as you drive as you ride the bike. together the choice we're headed to the crime scene where everything happened choi tells us about that night how he was riding his bike around midnight suddenly flashed by the search lights of 2 police cars and then in the rude manner asked by officer mark mcdonough to show him his id . and called i know one was still riding up when the 1st 2 squads what was your question to them what's going on are they interested in me and if they're not interested in me and you know i'd appreciate if they you know didn't act like they were receiving part. of the navy ideas. my breaking the law for you few months me did you see. why you're here and following me. every time i'd ask him a question you'd respond with the same question what's your name what's your name
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criteria. she wonder if you have a favorite literally maybe a 2nd or 2 after that is it actually so it's going to go i want to put handcuffs on you and you're going to go in the back of my squad car so at that point i'm like i'm getting arrested like what am i being arrested for and they respond for me enough. serious are you better why am i generally rested. this year then. i might excuse me. point. he just pushes me down and i yeah yeah i fell on the side and then he just jumped on me so i get drug rates of the side 4 of the rear right wheel well the squad car he starts taking away my head and hitting it against the wheel well the tire you know the metal i tell. you haven't i didn't know. what you did. earlier and then have.
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i went to school to be a cop ironically many many moons ago while many trips around the sun. that's a sort that's a twist in the story ok and virtually all police officers will only be friend other police officers they really don't have many just usual civilian friends it's just their little world that they establish and as i said before it's they developed this us against them routine she's got sixteen's is that they recently obtained them from the u.s. military for what. was your question when we investigated everything the rapids exactly a small minnesota suburb they think that they need to be armed like they're in vietnam or something. police service is still a constant risk for the officer. the
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man in the white shirt with his back towards the camera is an experienced officer he's the only one from the other side who has agreed to speak to us on the condition that his identity remains hidden how long have you served 25 years 25 years as a police officer or have to shoot someone. no. we draw our guns frequently. people usually do the right thing and surrender and. you never hear about it at all. the standard issue that most departments are using a glock varies in caliber size of the bullet they are 15 so there's this fire automatically or you know. different standards some have just the single action some have 3 round burst and some have full auto why does the police in this case the coon rapids a small town police precinct needs
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a ar 15 rifles better to have a tool not needed the needed tool not have it. what the rifle phenomena was caused by is the l.a. robbery probably 20 years ago where the bad guys weren't wearing kevlar suits basically and they had rifles. we rule is to fall and in order for you to use deadly force you have to meet. the requirements to use that force if you use excessive force that's when you get in trouble you get sued you go to jail do you feel the officers like that ruin it for you in the image of the police in the united states in general we have 50 states you can probably find at least one bad thing that happens in every state but then when you start running those stories day after day people think there is
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a huge amount yes it happens yes there are bad cops but we have to remember that 99 percent of the cops are good and doing the right thing and helping people. so let's please officers. and let me tell yourself that they are. the reason. that we're. 5 6 not. we can be here through time.
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getting. out as a group like from every hour. street there were no cars you know that our prosperity was going to go up a convenience for the government in which you're right speak for the concord work very well it's really hard really. there are out. for. her around her family. her arm and her. car. that we are at the post board of minneapolis. we are about to meet with the communities united against police brutality. no other mother should have to be told any time death may not be for the holiday that her son has been murdered that he
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was not armed and what every was it does not take 5 officers time simultaneously tasing a young man and wonder if he's going to die. on that english domania and there's a taser here there's a taser here is a taser here i had to look at those burns on my baby's body now the protocol was followed chrissy was murdered and it was not his fault i am 66 years ago. maybe all of them most of you like you try to imagine raising a baby back to the daycare the diapers and trying to do a job and maintain your household and the city where my taxes go is not up to me and help tell me that my son is the criminal. you have a complaint for if you let people think that something will happen but it never does my understanding was an accident you may finish yes i'm finished as i've been very gracious i've given you more than the time that was on the agenda because because you have folks that are out here to speak i want them to speak that's more
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with the other open forum at the beginning of the b.b. we did respond to your request for data we provided considerable amount of data i know they didn't investigate because in our $300.00 page complaint there's witnesses listed it's not a single one was ever called so how do you invest a gauge and you'll follow investigation if you don't talk to everyone it's listed so like i said i i am appealing to you because this is dramatically impacted my family in a negative way for minimum of 10 years actually this is shameful the fact that people are here and i'm sitting here listening to a white man who 15 year has not gotten just as well but i expect to see you turn your back on your own. people that's a. good thing for you.
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you cannot be both with me yet you like. the one else chose seemed wrong all right old roles just don't call. me the old yet to shape out just to become educated and engaged with
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equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when you choose to look for common ground. i. know. what happened to me is. not. cool here i am in new york and i'm not alone this time i'm a choice came out here with us all the way from minnesota. to participate
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in the stop october. nationwide actually protest but suburbs over specifically new york protesting against police brutality. her time. this. happened here where our. mass media is implicit in the propaganda of demonizing black male you and black people across this country among the protesters i spotted quentin tarantino a world famous filmmaker of film such skill build reservoir dogs pulp fiction i guess he decided that reality is a times more gruesome than his films were in your idea is this issue that is being dealt with in the north country we miss alice what is this something that is not that is not being dealt with the right way now as i'm being dealt with in any way at all as far as i can see that's why we're out here you know it was being dealt
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with and then these murdering cops would be in jail or believe space and try and write here but that's not that's not what's going on so my whole thing is i actually think that there is a corruption inside of the police well that it wasn't sure if. it's if. you are born of this protest against b.p. . then why do you make such. a public take got nothing that you wouldn't have got nothing to do and nothing. this thing involves people all kinds of people. from someone as great. as this example to. simplify absolutely simplify are also fighting because because they want to succeed i want to. play a little. differently.
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please r.t. they are trained to be aggressive ask and he is black person around person but you know person for it is like our love myself none of them don't have a family member don't fret he's either in jail you know or has been brutalized by the. what is this picture about this is my life michael sarver you still love california about this man it's not for you. that loving you know. you look. 2 good out of it. how to go through you coming out of a small community like rapids in your city you know being a part of the. fire yesterday to. being our marginal. people that. it seems that there is
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a theory here to my. belief. that. magnitude of this process should shock me came clear the killing of people in the streets of american cities isn't a trash can accept it is nice for the system to desist the new system of law enforcement in america museums. remembering the past is not something the victims' families light do and it's difficult to believe those horrible moments exceptions were made for our crew many mothers hope to bring to light these atrocities will help them finally see justice. really 7. looking after she says the self. tension for 7 hours. with people door wow
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i need a war you pay so much for finding time to meet us and i'm sorry to bring you back to that day. tell you. everything but there you go to. go to work. yeah i need to gently touches the urn with cremated remains of her daughter and remembers how her khiam came home from a public place however and he just shows us the papers where the trucks states that her daughter was completely alcohol free while being held sensual booking the police wouldn't give crime the medical attention for her health condition which evidently letter unfortunate death inside the brooklyn cell to all of this came to
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my door and told me. this is my brother with these you know right. conditions here with as well. but she was why should i take a pill every day for the rest of life. and she never had that went down to put the hospital they will let me see my daughter usually when a person dies or drug that you both be able to see your relatives think of no well i now have the opportunity to finally told me you do it in the more they concluded to. call you through it. so. they waited about 20 more minutes back and forth corwin call and call it fear of ok for me to see my daughter because we're going to investigate. so basically cover no covering up their negligence yes providing help yes. my dear little bella might.
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they may have no way like i said before bill once they kill mind to the they not gonna rest until justice is served and they'll do it again this is michael michael all the money all of that to go to this i mean you know not it's feels. nobody knows how it feels. he writes in bronx one of the more turbulent neighborhoods in new york city inside a local barber shop which also happens to be sponsored locals the people of their local police brutality complaints and for the cameras. to stand along with nasties like this and i'm like take a picture brother to last longer and then when i got past pay the man i noticed i had to stop him and when i'm home now i notice around him his own gun oh wait this . i'm like this i don't have no weapon sorry you wonder if i have
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a gun no i don't have guns are all this to stop me from going on i have go about your business and it's a doing your job but not your fish i'm actually afraid the core. of the political will. be back. so you don't feel safe in your community or protected by the police well you don't feel protected by. just a place they respond. because we don't know because. because they feel like we are not educated enough to know that they feel that wait wait wait you're not going to tell me actually which that's my fright. do it say so now if you're going to rest me for my right not to fight.
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i mean. scott is one of the most well known lawyers finance police brutality in new york. mr i mean how many cases in general have you. solved and had a positive outcome for your clients the thousands of police brutality has to be in the high hundreds or thousands i think police brutality is a real issue in this country i have a number of cases where people were injured very badly in police chase cases and when you speak to a police officer and question them about the training they receive in the cademy they will tell you then never in a real situation that's a very good point but this case the question is did the officer have the right to do what he did let's watch when it's about a couple more minutes here. and
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i got no problem with. this who kicks the phone out of him. there were shots. actually more but i think a lot of this issue escalated because obviously officers don't like when people talk back to them or don't like when people don't comply with their the man's i think in a situation no is different in somebody's others because this officer obviously wasn't threatened by any imminent. we can stop the son announced civil war between communities and the police the lawyer goes on to say simple u.s. citizen so he powerful weapon and it's not a gun korey rifle smartphone. there's no question in my 26 years of practicing i've seen the number of police brutality cases rise i've seen the
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number of charges rise and i think the only reason it's really coming to the forefront is the invention of the cell phone if it wasn't a cell phone camera people wouldn't believe half of the things that go on and we have these videos to prove it. this is a. person is a class issue or is this even just in the 4th area so all of these things racism authoritarianism inequality class inequality class issues right psychological issues all of that is thrown into this pot it's called police brutality that's why you do your best for you with regard to your own ability and transparency did you never you. never have. ever.
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welcoming our viewers from around the world live from central london this is r.t. u.k. . protesters gather in london in support of demonstrations in the united states against police brutality with many highlighting several problems in the u.k. . the leader of the opposition highlights fading public trust in the government as a poll shows people are less likely to follow the long time off to dominate comings drove to a 2nd class as the prime minister defends the 2 week parties for international conflicts i'll be joined by an economics expert to discuss the impact on business. campaigners call for a review into all locked down finds a problem in the police decision not to find somebody coming to the breaking
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government advice. and a group of nurses also protesting outside the headquarters of public health england london angry at the government's response to the coronavirus. the leader of the u.k. opposition kids sabah has highlighted a drop in public trust in the government which many argue could have compromised the public's willingness to follow government instructions while chorusing measures a new arrivals into the u.k. which have been opposed by many defended by the prime minister. when i was more known for this so that you say it looks like these quarantine measures they're going to be taking effect very soon absolutely we've seen these quarantine measures being discussed by those in government which would see visitors to the united kingdom told to self isolate for 14 days upon arrival at the airport that will give
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the name of their address sport church will be carried out. keep to the rules could be fined up to a 1000 pounds have been some different differences within government as to whether that was the best way forward whether that would impact those who are in the travel industry but today the prime minister boris johnson was dressing the daily press conference and he mentioned that actually when it comes to whether or not this could have been implemented earlier would have made very little difference in stemming the tide of covert 90 once community transmission was widespread within the u.k. cases from abroad made up a tiny proportion of the total at the same time you remember international travel plummeting discounters around the world went into lockdown so as a result measures at the border were halted because they made little difference at
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the time in our fight against the virus. now that we're getting the virus under control in the u.k. there is a risk that cases from abroad begin once again to make up a greater proportion of overall cases so the prime minister there saying that had the government applied the current in measures earlier it wouldn't have made a difference however of course there are those who say that that's simply not the case and that had the government put these kind of measures in place limit who was coming in and out of the country and to limit their movements and perhaps infection rate could have been lower. well in the meantime he says well public trust it seems has taken a bit of a hit hasn't it absolutely since the news that dominic cummings the government's special adviser took a trip to daryn 260 miles away from london there's been a sense of outrage not just in the media or much the public but also a sense of people power ups not sticking to the rules saying that while one of the
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most senior advisers the government isn't keeping to the rules why should we and this was an issue which was raised by the labor leader kiss starmer to the prime minister in parliament today where he said that at this crucial time public trust is important for. easing restrictions involves very difficult judgment calls so this is the week of all weeks where public trust and confidence in the government needed to be at its highest. but as the director of the religious institution which commission to you gov poll this weekend said i have never in 10 years of research seen a drop in trust like we've seen from the u.k. government how worried is the prime minister and i think the. better ground in firmer ground when we stand with the overwhelming majority of the british people who who understand the very very difficult circumstances that we are in to want
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clarity across the political spectrum but to believe that we can move forward provided we continue to observe the basic rules. now it would appear that mr cummings is breach of the lockdown and the government subsequent failure to punish him in any way has had an impact on the public 21 percent of respondents are you gov poll said that they have been following the rules less strictly than before and of those 21 percent 32 percent have mentioned mr cummings as breach of the rule to directly be a reason as to why they themselves feel they haven't been following the rules is strictly again an indication that while those at the top of government aren't following it why should we have an impact on the government's approval rating the approval rating was around 2 thirds 66 percent last month that's dropped to under 50 percent in just a short period of time again indicating the public crisis of confidence in
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government is worrying thing as is thank you very much indeed well for more on the impacts of the new quarantine rules and i'm joined by economics expert associate professor steve mccabe so thank you very much for joining us i mean is a kid using these restrictions now better late than never. yes a new book the garbage going to go slow in the shows of the horses bolt is also true if we don't this much earlier on who knows we're not going to hunt the death toll that we've. lost in the world of america of course and the simpson men this economic damage that. lessens much but we're still sort of musing that's what we should lock down. well if the government doesn't implement measures now it could lead to a 2nd wave couldn't it which would actually be worse overall for the economy wouldn't it sure quite clearly so we see the likes of south korea it's had sort of
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respond cannot infections and cost us business so close yet that this is that and actually a good policy with this really effective is not a massive because you come in you fill a form in and there's the risk of the fire and imprisonment deportation our analogy can go you like so. whether it's going to success was the government claim is this no matter the course this is the big thing is that britain which of course is a country that prides itself in international business it's going to have a impact in that sense and of course in some sort of indeed the roles that they are subject to review that's every 3 weeks i mean how detrimental are they to the economy. well i mean we can already see this that's occurred already you have many travel companies as a funding extremely difficult they were hoping that we might get up and running for the summer season. but the airlines we can still say that there are massive massive cutbacks that you know the airports the sort of the very viability of those is in
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question what's interesting if you will says that just as last. sickler lost lost support all this well actually since there's a you've got reports. which shows that the overwhelming majority 63 percent are in favor of the current state so on this one he's on safe ground but as a say economically it's going to cause difficulties for of those involved in trouble when he did i mean in the wider picture as well i mean other countries they can open their borders now as they fairing better than the u.k. britain's infection rate is actually still one of the worst in the world isn't it what quite clearly so you know if you're a country that those militias to get through this is going to all the playing the last thing you want is lots of infected britons going because of course you know going to look at the soup that's right for us we're still and so the other $300.00 in fact is there or thereabouts which was a part of problem but we're not over the so they say the worst of it seems to make so sort of something lots of brits abroad is his going to be decided and welcomed so yeah i think there's a lot to give as well as also sources. say this is the big thing is getting the
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economy to. s. as possible or one of those ideas is the average idea and solution which could help the aviation industry financially what do you think of that well i mean it has obviously sort of virtues as well as limitations us the mention of some other countries which also got there so there are infection and who'll say yes and that's why it's well down a safe support to lots of hands a higher sort of toll person 1000000 if that's any sort of going to go by and also make noises not direction. yet maybe maybe that. this is the way to do it. and quite clearly a lot of so if you are in countries all asses this and it's like they did in the homes of a british tourist so they might be sort of more aware that you know i think they're also very conscious of the fact that's what the last thing they want and indeed people from also possible because when you go home life is mixing with the last
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infected brits we do have a very poor reputation abroad it seems they and finally i am following what dominic rob said though at a crucial time on what you think the government should do in terms of trying to base the economy now. well and that starts a difficult one i mean quite clearly we're still in the sort of day stages recovery won't really know how dreadful things are insoles of the surplus kamens which who's not from a look at months now maybe the unemployment rate so it shows up. most of us myself included some of the christmas we could still be sort of well we could be things attempt something implosion not had since. the ninety's and that was pretty dreadful i mean quite clearly though it's going to need for a lot of intervention. is going to have not a budget i should add that sums up most of the measures in july before also the parliamentary recess yes they will have a lot of also a bill to go on holiday summer up so you have quite quickly you've got to put
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a lot more money into sort of support the economy and making sure those with the job losses as limited as possible and helping companies to sort of to get back on the faith as best they possibly can to get is an associate professor named mccabe thank you for joining us you're welcome. or following the dominic cummings incident campaigners of course on the u.k. government to launch an urgent review into all the lockdown related fines issued by police there and police have said the political advisors actions constituted a minor breach of human rights lawyers have expressed anger that many people were issued fixed penalty notice is possible or offenses in england the wales around 15000 fines we initiated by police since the law came into force. where i spoke to human rights barrister coastie burble oh she thinks it's easy to understand people's frustrations people have been extremely angry at this not only because this is a british sense of said play that people have suffered
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a lot made huge amounts of sacrifices but on the basis of we're all in it together all looking after each other as when you do have a message at the top level that the laws of this guidance only applies to you and it doesn't apply to those of us who are in power or need our own near power then back back because there is a lack of confidence a loss of trust and policing in the u.k. it's very important policing by consent we we live in a liberal democracy we don't want to be living in in a situation where it's cracked down. force policing and that therefore requires cooperation from the public if we lose our cooperation then the whole position. thousands of people have gathered in london's hyde park and parliament square to support american protests over the death of a black man george forward at the hands of a white policeman it follows
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a similar demonstration in london on sunday but also calls into question how law enforcement in the u.k. treats minorities r t u k should it ever static joins me now from parliament square. there shot here so what's been going on. but i am here in the heart of london in westminster in. holliman square was thousands of protesters were gathered today in solidarity with george freud who of course died in police custody over in the united states whereby a police officer knelt down on his neck for over 8 minutes and just now this protest is wrapping up but it could include it with an 8 minutes silence to mark and commemorate his death of course 8 minutes being completely poignant for those very reasons now throughout the day these protests began all the way in hyde park west thousands gathered for the last few hours since 1 o'clock therefore being a 5 hour protest in total now londoners here of really following the trends
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worldwide of black lives much of movements have a completely iraq to worldwide of course beginning in minneapolis in minnesota in the united to seize states the scene of the crime but over there in the states where we're seeing quite different scenes from what we're seeing today being somewhat peaceful here over that ironically those protesters that were demonstrating against police brutality were all carefully met with previous brutality whereby police were using tear gas riot shields and indeed probabilities on those protesters in the united states his campaign to say in the u.k. it's not just an issue in america but it's also an issue here in britain police brutality has long been an issue for campaign is we only have to look through recent years the cases of mark duggan and short break of just a few very name to also comes at a time where statistics show that piece a disproportionately a using excessive force in the black community there 4 times more likely to be in
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the v.m.e. community as they are to the white counterparts and many would argue that this shows a systematic level of institutionalized racism not to mention discriminate tree prejudice against certain stereotypes based on race but it also comes today as announces shows at the national police chief scout who shows that the emmy people have also. been disproportionately fine for farting looked down during this demick in fact be any community make up 15 percent of the u.k. population and they've received 22 percent of lockdown fines breaking that down that's $26.00 out of 100000 people in comparison to just 17 out of 100000 people for those 2 white counterparts now overall that means that the b m e people all 54 percent more likely to be fine than the rest of the population now according to the police chief counsel they're saying that this data is very complex and needs much further interpretation. there are
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a number of complexities in interpret that day so almost including the number of fixed penalty notice is given when it's nice to see has not been recorded therefore we. so we can publish the most accurate picture without this analysis we are not confident that meaningful conclusions can be drawn on ethnic proportionality. now the national police chief captured or floyd adding that there should be an absolute accountability and justice must now follow now throughout the day i've heard lots of chanting and lots of slogans all the way from boris is a racist to i can't breathe of course i can't breathe being the very last words of george freud and has totally taken to the world by storm being the very slow good at the heart of these black lives matters protests but actually looking closer to home in the united kingdom a woman in lewisham she was pinned down to the ground just 6 weeks ago also complaining that she could not breathe very similar sentiments of course being said
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by george ford himself and she herself was surrounded by 6 these offices at the time so london is today really showing up to solidarity with georgia lloyd but also raising various other messages looking at this age old long historical captain of the. they call police brutality resulting in some extreme cases in the death of black people of course i must mention we are in the beginning we are in the heights of a pandemic we are still in a lockdown scenario where the official government line is to say i hope that's the only trouble for sexual practices of protesters today said that today protesting is absolutely essential. that it ever such a thank you very much. well campaign a patrick vernon told me george foods death has resonated in the u.k. because of the shared cultural history with us. often there is no reason why people protest in the u.k.
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there has always been a long history of connections with america you know so when has been a price ins in america this boy has been some learn demonstrations always often very peaceful ones so at times will happen and the sixty's joined the civil rights movements or something in the seventy's and eighty's and then move more recently specially a few years ago with laws matter how often you need something like something like for america to remind us of the conditions of society in britain to clip the black experience and not ever that experience and it was quite clear with covert 19 with the dispassionate lack of engagement by the government with black america marta communities it shows a lack of this regard to our lives especially the high numbers of people have died to cope with 19 does that actually patrick i mean are you concerned that this process we've seen the numbers or thousands of people that seems well spread
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coronavirus and therefore is risking people's lives sometimes the very minorities who are disproportionately affected and other innocent people who might come into contact with. the issue and mostly i mean it's best for anyone who wants to protest . and this could be more demonstrations taking place in the u.k. to do practice social distancing often but still very important we should not forget that but at the same time people do have the right to. vent their anger and frustration for a peaceful process regarding the conditions that we are experiencing that irrespective filmmaker george and ponce or his documentary hard stop exposed the aftermath of the death of mark duggan a black man shot by the metropolitan police he thinks little has changed in the decade since that incident. this tragic incident that's happened in the united states again brings to the world's attention that sort of injustice and that
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inequality is it's impossible to imagine that sort treatment being meted out to a white person it's as simple as that and there's been criticism as you highlighted that protesting at a time like this is unwise because it not only affects people who go to the rally who go to the protest but also anybody that they come into contact with so therefore do you think that criticism is valid. that that's what that's what our policy i mean you know unfortunately these things that not. you know separate. it seems you know the pandemic has highlighted inequalities in our societies that am a man's of the cruelty face as has this tragic incident well that your film in the city a hard stop the film that you made yourself that looks at montauk and skip killing and the riots that followed in 2011 do you think a lot has changed almost a decade on and if it hasn't what do you think should change. if we think about
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this problem globally then clearly i think this recent incident shows freud. other examples with the young lady in shocked america a. young man it was shocking. you know you also just mentioned in the news report a young lady out here in london who was a victim of excessive force by the police and you know she again said she she couldn't prove. also now things have not changed. a group of n.h.s. nurses also gathered in the capital to protest against the u.k. government handling of the coronavirus response the health care workers gathered outside the headquarters of public health england they drew attention to a number of issues including the lack of personal protective equipment low wages and racial discrimination the nurses also expressed disappointment in the
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government's recent easing of the loan down on told us the health care workers need better support feel sometimes. i'm crazy testing here because i want every night to feel safe to have the appropriate equipment for them to be able to do their job in the best way possible with protecting patients and themselves the government has reacted very slowly in terms of the needs require it for you know for certain not just even in the main hospital but nursing homes i mean the community i think they could do much more specifically for careful. i think they always have been grossly neglected and the government needs to look into that what's going on there what's in the fire i think i think given to these people i feel that relaxing the measures right now isn't safe it puts many people at risk and i feel that all their intentions rather than public safety is being. nurses and
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the health care workers are grossly underpaid we have had no. real wage increases for a long time the government needs to do much more for protecting brain but that's. maybe our boards that are overcrowded and i think the public needs to know that it's a lot of brain work because we were put into the care boards where they have ratios of 10 patients to one another and so we are overworked the patients and looked cared for sufficiently as they should be. more news off the shelf right.
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regime destruction fear and despair how has the united states found itself in such a state of turmoil growing income inequality systemic racism or at least politics take your pick what is the difference between a protest and a riot and is it accurate to say the us has become
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a. welcome back the u.k. government plans to bring every primary school pupil in england back to the classroom for at least a month before the start of the summer break but experts warn this will be impossible to achieve from monday primary schools across england open their doors to children in reception and he is one and 6 previously the government said all primary aged children will return to school before the summer break for a month if feasible but teaching experts say it will be logistically impossible as more space and teachers will be needed the education secretary gavin williamson has reassured parents and said the welfare of children and staff are considered i recognise there may continue to be some nervousness among families but i want to reassure parents and those working in schools and nurseries that the welfare of
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children staff continues to be at the heart of all our considerations were teachers union leader geoff barton told me the plan to bring all primary pupils back before the summer holiday was never going to be possible. it's worth remembering that actually since schools were closed down they also remained open fit for 2 groups they remained open for children of. key workers and also for those priority people's lawns too since you got social workers who need to be in school the schools have done a pretty good job looking after those children then from yesterday we've seen the courtships reopening for some groups for the youngest children reception year one india 6 now that promise which was made by the prime minister for every child in primary to have a full month before summer holiday in reality that was never going to be possible in the way that he articulated it because the rule was the government has given all the children should be in trust sizes no bigger than 15 and that's so that you don't get most of transmission though if you going to keep children in small
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classes the only way you would be able to have all of those children in the same size is if you doubled the number of teachers and you double the number of classrooms and clearly you know given the time we've got and the lack of money that was never going to be possible and i think this is an example of the government probably over promising to parents and now it's stepping back and being a little bit more realistic about it i think. which is fine as asians have voted to end the actual voting which means all m.p.'s will have to queue in person to cause that ballots well the prime minister has softened the rules to allow shielding m.p.'s to vote by proxy the system isn't to everybody's liking.
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