taishan. well we've been subjected to a lot of bad this week from the presidential sanctioned violence committed to peaceful protesters were basically amounted to a trump campaign photo op to the brutal uses of tear gas riot shields and rubber bullets on peaceful protesters and journalists in new york city of los angeles and almost every major u.s. city in between there has also my friends been some bright shining moments of beauty and good amidst all of that i mean you could you could practically hear a sigh of relief echo across the country with news that iowa congressional republican and universally agreed upon terrible human being steve king lost his primary race on tuesday night. good feeling to know one less racist in congress but these early winds of change my friends are not just blowing across the united states of america as n.p.r. reports u.s. protesters rallying against the killing of george floyd and kahless other black americans are being heard around the world as demonstrators launch their own

protests in the countries in countries such as the united kingdom germany canada iran and new zealand and many more but it's not only showing support for the racially and financially oppressed underclass here in the united states that has brought many of these global activists to the streets it's also the violence that law enforcement agencies have perpetrated in their own countries yahoo news reports that protesters are also calling for domestic chart changes in france there are demonstrations in response to the killing of black frenchmen the dhamma tarrar in 2016 in an australia protesters are calling for the government to re-examine the treatment of aboriginal peoples. and this includes our neighbors to the north and canada where toronto is currently reeling from the death of 29 year old black woman regis core chimpsky pocket who mysteriously fell to her death from her 24th floor apartment balcony after police were called to her apartment so today my friends

let's examine the black lives matter movement outside of us borders as we look at canada's reaction the police violence against minorities as we start watching all this. what's going on in a city street you want to. see the rises you always stay see. great city displays systemic deceptions leaks show which. brings up the show as. well we're going to watch for the hard. to imagine the 6 joining us now to discuss the latest on the mysterious death of 29 year old black woman regis kurtz inskeep after trying to police were called to her home is our correspondent in toronto alex male a bitch thank you for joining us alex. thanks for having me so alex please explain to our viewers what we know so far about the events leading up to this woman's

death why were police called to her home and what were the and what are they saying took place the that led to her to her death her fall. well what we're still waiting to hear from the toronto police services special investigations unit they usually look into cases like this where there's some discrepancy of what exactly went down but let me tell you something there's been a media leak from the toronto sun and this is basically the story that they are saying what they're saying happened here so ms pac has had some mental issues in the past her mother called the police to come because of a domestic dispute when the police arrived what they did at that point is actually separate the mother and brother from this pack kept herself asked to go inside the bathroom a couple police officers went inside the apartment with her was that somebody stayed outside with the mother and brother and then at one point she bolted for the balcony according to toronto sun reports she put some appliance to block that door

of the balcony when the police officer saw that they basically ran to get to another apartment it looked like she was trying to get from one apartment balcony to another and before they could make it she fell to her death now from that account it looks like police were actually trying to help her. but the situation merits some some interest in it this is a situation where you have somebody with a history of mental health issues it does not look like it's necessarily tied to racism per se that said we have had protests in the city because of the issues that were tied directly to george boyd and what has happened in the united states and when you take it to that level again when we talk about merit this is not without merit being that we do have our issues here in this country we do know that race some is systematic in canada our own premier here in ontario doug ford has also said that loud after denying it in the beginning we do know we have an issue when

you look at our prime minister justin trudeau in blackface just a few years ago and of course they have been the media picked up on that we do know we have an issue. went up former opposition leader stockwell day is just basically dismissing this in just the whole way the conservative element in this country is looking in to what has happened here in the past it's like i'm saying systematic racism and we're talking about anti black racism this is the issue of the day we know we have the same issues with aboriginal communities and other communities but let's talk about what's on the table here all you need to do is go to social media see my fellow canadians on there and you recognize you can recognize right from the 1st point that there is race of the racism in this country as much as we hate to hear it. alex there's a lot to unpack here to help us with the current status of the investigation into the toronto police actions on that day. so what the police are doing right now they

were supposed to talk to the family of miss pac at this week basically wrap all this up but with the toronto sun leak what police are saying is that they are pushing this further back and it looks like we will have some information by next week from the f.b.i. you itself as it stands and there seems to be some sort of you know there is looking at this report and there's something definitely there are people protesting we're going to see where that goes i mean if this does turn into something other than what this story is saying well then you know it's going to be just like in the states the people will have a reason to protest something that says that does actually directly tie to racism but i sense as i said as it stands right now it seems to have nothing to do with racism and more to do with a mental health issue of an individual something that also police forces need to be very sensitive to and that's when they're approaching people that have these type of problems in their life. thank you very much alex for joining us today and giving

us the breakdown on that case i think it's definitely one the watch given the given as you said the nature of racism that we see in canada and around the globe. spacing a lot of different police departments thank you so much sir. thank you. america remains in chaos more than a week up to the death of george would protest from coast to coast and here in the nation's capital hoping to put an end to police brutality and to push forward the black lives matter movement here now are some of the most powerful moments we've witnessed in the past few days and i will put a disclaimer on them they are wrong they are real and they are why would. i i. know you can't walk in fear because if you want to come here you're not going to be here. hot. water so. it's like we can't talk we can't breathe we can't walk can't we can't sleep we

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joining us now also from trying to try to bring us a deeper look into the case that we were discussing earlier with alex relevance and how it has affected the community and try to as well as the world as writer activists andre don't miss it andre thank you so much for joining us i want to start and ask you what bothers you and others in toronto so deeply about the police's actions surrounding this pockets of death and what questions desperately need to be need to be answered at this moment. well unfortunately this is all too common. we have a gentleman by the name of angelo q who is experiencing a mental health episode and police were called to the building where he was more and experienced the episode shortly afterwards he was shot to death not for longer gentlemen but the name of the other 3 campbell wouldn't be a brampton area which is just outside of toronto suburban area it was also apparently experiencing a mental health that the so were some sort of servants and when the police showed

up and he was shot to death and now we see it again where the circumstances behind behind the packet steps are still up to the special investigations unit sit still and question right now the fact of the matter is police were called to the home of somebody who was experiencing mental hope it was so happens so. it's unfortunate that when people of the family member or friends or partners of some years' experience about the hope that for so it is going or going through them to have questions as to whether to even call emergency services what can happen what could be the end result of that. and under-rate we know here in america that americans have a very long sordid in pretty troubled history with u.s. law enforcement not only for people of color but also indigenous peoples and we've heard time and time again that there is such a push to have these people often go to a place like canada that seen as so much better in terms of its handling of race

how prevalent is racism in canada law enforcement community. i don't even really know what to tell you when people say things like oh you know it's different to canada they don't have the same kind of racism that exists in the united states unfortunately it doesn't help when our elected officials of people like our premier doug ford of ontario which is the most populous province of canada france where they go the other premier. deny that stomach reaches them it's even a thing that exists but we know what that is because the. it's experience that we're terrible it collecting data get it we're awful like collecting statistics but what we do shows step there are disproportionate about the police violence that are used especially on the on black people in the one in which in this people these aren't conjectures these are plain facts we've had marches in canada not only for black wise but also for indigenous lives we have had proof that there is a genocide that's been acted on indigenous people in canada the young men

especially from the genus communities do you think this report events of police violence so when people in the united states and elsewhere talk about racism being different in canada i have to ask what are you talking about that's a great question to ask you know i want to finish up we've got a little bit of minute left we see an incredible response across the globe to the black lives matter movement here in the u.s. in light of joy george lloyd's death why do you think that countries like canada other countries around the world are so embrace in this movement we're seeing protests all over the world right now. well this is this is putting a spark to the few black racism not only in the united states but literally around the world you know even can you can find replicate so that sort of racism that is the united states you can find it you know it can be done you can find it in the mainland europe you can find in countries like south africa still it's still a problem we like to believe that we've made strides of progress in that racism is the thing in the past and unfortunately if you have if you talk to people from

black near news just about anywhere in the world they will tell you that no blackness didn't just go away because there were some social science made i think what you're seeing right now is the order to scold and the way to the idea that racism is a little longer a problem when you look at the fact that there are protests happening in every part of the 50 states. people are coming up for a reason it is that that is so true i want to thank you very much for coming on and really highlighting this for us and hope to have you back on again soon thank you so much for all the good work that you do in covering these issues as well right. thank you. art as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the locks on the man through the brand new portable t.v. up available on all platforms coming up the n.f.l. is being accused of preposterously for their official stance on the protests taking brock in the united states taking place and then. brings us the latest on the fallout for president trump's threats of martial law straight to watch.

i don't have faith in this government official of president i don't have faith in the system. i've got it so i'm just a broken system that does not decide for people like me. as long as there's. different people who are here for different reasons but also john we also have. most people in philadelphia are only about 2 paychecks away from homelessness. join me every thursday on the alex simon show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics small business i'm show business i'll see you then.

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it's protests continue in the wake of the george boyd word we've seen officers national guardsmen people of all races and backgrounds are joining in solidarity some are taking in meat others are marching alongside protestors and giving voice to the voices. but the solidarity doesn't stop there the race issues in america are also receiving support from professional sports coaches and players too even international in v.a. icon michael jordan known for his effort to get into action in social justice movements is taking a stand and an interesting show of protest support also came from n.f.l. commissioner roger goodell the same goodell that made sure colin kaepernick would never play again after taking a knee just a few years ago here to tell us more is our team america sports producer regina him i'd like to bring good news monday i would just one day and we're waiting for it we're waiting for the day what we're doing that the n.f.l. is currently under fire for its response to the protests over the death of george lloyd especially since it essentially blacklisted collin capper nick who's still is

not able to be employed by the n.f.l. for taking me or that the national anthem what are some of the comments teams have made and how is the league's response being received overall oh the lee oh the league you know you're playing devil's advocate you're got your at least you said something like if they hadn't said anything the i or they would have drawn would be immense the you know the n.f.l. said they're saddened by the tragic events across our country the protesters reactions reflect the pain anger and frustration that many of them feel many of them interesting considering there's only 4 non white coat head coaches in the league one nonwhite owner and 2 not my g.m. and then the broncos coach vick then gio he decided to chime in and got himself in some hot water he said that the n.f.l. is only a meritocracy i don't see racism in the n.f.l. at all i don't see discrimination in the n.f.l. at all and of course as you can imagine many of his fellow coaches and other

players only kind of when you need to check yourself if you think there's no races in the n.f.l. this is the same lee that blackballed calling cabinet as a as much as you said where are you saying this is a totally fair you know league that we're going in where the orders that you cited were. it was all white white and one non white owner of the day our city isn't there yet no you're pretty much like a crumb in an oreo cookie there's a lot of frosting and one pro the broncos coach is trying to keep his job and he tried to apologize he did he try to do that i realize what i said was wrong but didn't say he that the problem didn't exist so if the n.f.l. is under hot water and your breeze decided to add fuel to the flames saying that he doesn't agree with anybody disrespects the flag including somehow aaron rodgers aside in a cabinet so it's been a weird stance in the n.f.l. and you see them kind of sticking their status quo nothing's changed if we switch over there's a there's another major sports league in the united states that actually has been making some pretty good strides in terms of what since all this started the n.b.a.

has been praised for that only supporting players who protest but they're also making strides towards legitimate changes within their league in terms of how they treat black athletes how this is out of their comparative the n.f.l. with what their players and coaches are doing you see a lot more support from the top down in the n.b.a. you see adam silver the league's commissioner talking about how you know they do require players to stand for the anthem but they push your players go out and talk on social issues go out be active in your community and that's the big difference is the fact they want their place speak out actually it's stuff curry was just out protesting in oakland with the protesters there so they're encouraging their players they actually have a the national basketball association established a committee on in justice reform with gold star or as head coach steve kerr and gregg popovich of san diego spurs both very outspoken on social media about this cause and getting out and let me assure their players are vocal about it and that is what we need to see in our professionally you need to see more of coaches and players and league officials be like talk about this please get involved kareem

a ball of jobar good lord i'm so angry about this you can hear it in my voice and he even came out and spoke about it so you need to see the other leagues the n. the n.h.l. the m l b the n.f.l. pushing their players that this is good to talk about this for the betterment of everybody absolutely and i think that in all of the leagues we need. coaches like steve kerr live popovich to have the entirety of their careers being race forward being the people who are just extremely understanding of what's going on this isn't new to them they've been true to this more decade no they they stand by what they say they stick by their morals so much for bringing us this news from the sporting world always a pleasure from. ordering tear gas attacks on peaceful protesters in the nation's capital backfired for us president. it looks like his last minute photo op in front of one of the oldest church is holding a bible wasn't the right move not only is trump facing criticism from the bishop of the local diocese of washington religious leaders throughout the country elected

officials and concerned citizens troops top brass have spoken out to u.s. military advisor james miller jr resigned from his post in a strongly worded letter directly calling out secretary of defense mark answered in the letter esper is accused of by leading his oath to defend the constitution through his support of troops use of the military on peacefully protesting civilians joining us to shed more light on this developing story it's hard to correspondent. good to have you once more i'm so you were there moments before the now infamous picture was taken on monday and then the next day you were also there with protestors what was that energy like to up tighten the protests you know it's funny to me so my photographer and i we were just minutes in front of where those canisters were fired so had we waited 5 more minutes we would have been in the thick of it all and the next day as you mentioned you know when i was with those protesters we also saw tons of religious leaders from all faiths coming out they were praying outside of st john's church where our

live shot was set up to announce that we're trying to even have catholic priests going to the protesters and sprinkling holy water on them now these were some of the photos that i happened to take while we were there but it's monday's photo obviously that's the big issue that james miller has with the defense secretary marc esper who actually published. his resignation in the washington post writing to asper president trump's actions monday night violated his oath to take care that the laws be faithfully executed you may not have been able to stop the president but you could have chosen to oppose it instead you visibly supported it. you know it's interesting because now you have a whole lot of backpedaling going on since this supposed war at a bottle started it seems like james miller's seeing what everyone else saw what is the trumpet ministration you know our other excusing what of it what leg are they leaning on today reisa tyrrell so when when you think about when you were a little kid right and you got in trouble what's the 1st thing that little kids say i didn't know was going to happen right that's exactly what mark esper is now

saying in fact trump is actually mad that he's backpedaling now but as for says that he was told that he was going to be doing just 2 things the 1st was looking at the damage of st john's church from the night before because they got spray painted it was part of the basement caught on fire and talking with the troops in lafayette park which is directly across the street from the white house he also did push back on the media though saying that what was reported was actually an accurate listen to this. national guard forces did not fire rubber bullets or tear gas in the crowd as reported 2nd guardsmen were instructed to wear helmets and personal protective equipment for their own protection not to serve as some form of intimidation. and we also have another person who was on that walk the nation's highest ranking military officer echoing what asper just said and you also have attorney general bill barr he's coming out saying that it wasn't trump who ordered the gas canisters it was him trying to take all the blame off of trouble so again it's rewriting history or is it protesters reporters getting the facts wrong who's to say. that's

a good question to ask very good question. there and i got to say thank you so much and thank you for bringing that report to us live and thankfully you were caught in the middle of a very dangerous photo op by our president thank you so much always a pleasure thanks. and we should just keep building and building doesn't it never seems to stop no no i do believe a word coming out of the white house when they talk about bill barr saying oh we're just trying to like you know stretch out the block and i don't believe a word out of the white house in general and i definitely think that you know this story keeps on changing and more things keep getting added to it it tells us that you know once you start a law you've got to keep the law going that seems to be the case isn't it it's like they just cannot give up the go it's like no we didn't look at this historic moment that i'm reading a member senior today reading off a p.r. piece talking to reporters today the white house press secretary saying like oh no it was a great moment and really good she had an e-mail like m.l.k. quote because you got to have one of those you're the only people who think that

was a great moment the rest of us are frightened to death by the moment are that is our show for you today remember everyone in this world we're not told you're loved up so i tell you all i love you i robot for us and i'm going to keep on watching those hawks stay safe out there and have a great day and night. variability never founded on the rape and murder. nothing changed so we said in. response to these situations that we're dealing with. people get sad every day she is just sad people kill each other blood to kill each other. so it was just no way that people are going to just sit back

and allow children to be shot down law enforcement. this country doesn't work for us it doesn't function for us. this is can't be happening in america we call from the streets we've got to deal with why this is the reason i have to ride like this is the reason. in 2008 there was the global financial crisis and the solution was not to reform the banking system to stop the crisis from repeating again the solution was here's a bigger credit line to the worst banks in america to do the same thing but much worse and we said we predicted within 10 to 12 years there would be a repeat of the 2008 crisis but much bigger a much bigger scale some thinks actually what's happening now.

seems wrong. to me you know that he's yet to stamp out these things because that's ok and in games from an equal trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. according to several sources felice in the united states kills from 2 to 4 people every day i. clench our heads and. with sad eyes they're going to see one of my being arrested for a response from me in a fashion that is just their little world enough to establish they developed

just us against them and. how long they should for 2525 years as. i read this from someone holding it close but only because there is a corruption inside of the police while the culture is. i know no crowd. no shots. actually felt. well it's true no 1st small. point your thirst for action.

and. this is the one business show you can't afford to mess. i'm terry montevideo friend washington coming up a memorial for george will is held in minnesota after protests across the globe we'll have the latest from minneapolis and a discussion on the many and of qualities the world faces and protests continue in hong kong over continue tensions with mainland china but we may still be a rally for the one thing we have a show today so let's go and diary that. a memorial is under.