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facebook. pages it considers to be state controlled media. which. live from moscow to the world this is r.t. international from the team myself you know and welcome to the program. major demonstrations over the death of george floyd are expected this weekend in the american capital police are warning that saturday's protest could prove to be the largest ever seen in washington d.c. the country's biggest race in huff a century sure little sign of abating but the riots and rage largely turned into more peaceful calls for justice and reform. right.

let's get into some specific incidents around 50 people were arrested after riot police surrounded marchers returning home during the curfew hours in brooklyn new york on friday night police on apparently 1st told the protesters out if they stayed on the sidewalk they would be allowed to pass through the officers were then seen containing the group that's a method known as kettling before arresting them one by one among those detained health care worker courtney taylor. i love abby why do we what's out that if we

walk out of that well we won't be able. we want the bad well what do they build a leg up and they locking everybody up why why why. about. that that that we're not able to. walk you know how much fighting we've got lots new york city new york state and the entire crowd control team house reportedly resigned from police tactical judi's after 2 officers were suspended without pay now they were filmed shoving now an elderly protester causing him to fall and sustain a serious head wound some may find the footage upsetting. officers . were enforcing a curfew when the police department's personal offense from sort of locally sees the man tripped and fell on his own local media units word. the treatment

officers who they say were following instructions. minnesota state representative meanwhile omar has joined growing calls to dispel the minneapolis police force she argues that it's beyond reform is back in calls from certain local politicians proposing that the police department be dissolved meanwhile the city's council has now agreed to the use of chokeholds by officers new rules also require officers to report and intervene when they see colleagues using although his wife's voice r.t. america host rick sanchez explains why the reforms might be a no. in a case like this i don't want my police department to be privatized i don't like what's happening with the prisons since they have been privatized so i think it's essential to keep the police as a form of our government i also think it's important for us to realize that police

officers can't do everything i've been watching videos on you tube yesterday i saw where they called the cops because the guy was fouled during a basketball game there are videos of schools teachers they can't handle the student he's unruly they call the police these are not police functions we're over policing the solution is to look for ok let's let's start with the core of the problem is crime right we have too much crime in america we really don't the numbers are way down as a matter of fact so the numbers of crime way down but the number of hiring of police officers is way up ok so if we say we want to be able to attack whatever nefariousness in our society we want people to be better we want to create better citizens we want to create non-criminals you start at the beginning you don't start out on the back again but if you were to turn on c.n.n. or of us embassy or fox news right now they would tell you everything to the george floyd incident without looking outside of that the danger with that is that we will then think oh they just passed

a new policy. that you're no longer allowed to use that joe cole ok everything is solved no everything is not solved because the underlying problems are that's still an underlying problem and until we attack that root we're essentially going to continue to have these situations. just all not story we showed you a few moments ago those 2 officers in new york state being suspended with pay for those pictures of the elderly man who fell over and hurt his hand he was pushed over as we could see in the pictures well those 2 police officers we believe are now facing criminal charges just coming in to us on the program something the course be closely following the story develop. well across the corporate world major firms on brands have rushed to show they're on the protesters side in the call for justice reform flooding their social media really

with images and solidarity messages but the sincerity of one of the biggest retailers is in question it's accused of playing both sides. he in a quick simple and brutal treatment of black people in our country must stop together we stand in solidarity with the black community our employees customers and partners in the fights again systemic racism and injustice. this is amazon that's currently selling this kind of technology for law enforcement right now currently selling this technology to the f.b.i.

. the polls that she's about this proportionately of people of color including 6 members of the congressional black caucus among them civil rights legend representative john lewis. and i was amazed at how many cameras were just in our neighborhood. as police officers we cannot be everywhere so our citizens neighbors. are raising. their voice individually more than 100 hues estimated that they have between 6 and temporary and good majority of people reported as suspicious were people of color stop the racism on

the ring social network. neighbors is complicit. when the system of racism and injustice didn't you were ringing doorbells past the intro to the police the main organization being wild against for their races deeds right now. as most companies in this country operate amazon lets short term profits over justice you know they would rather sell the. racists tax policies in these races tactic knology. to police departments which overwhelmingly have mis identified even members of the congressional black caucus since those who've been arrested before we've never really seen any true sure it's signs of solidarity and we've never seen you know them putting their money where their mouth

is you know we see in the face of large public pressure we see a lot of company it's sending out statements in order to kind of keep the flames that keep customers happy meanwhile they don't really show any actual solidarity and truthfully i don't think any of the messages actually that sear. let's get a look at the picture on the world to the fresh protests on marches happening this weekend in what is arguably proving to be the biggest flare up i think we can say of global support for the black lives matter movement since it all kicked off about 7 years ago driven now of course by the killing of george floods at starwood brisbane australia which has long struggle with its own deep rooted racial division with aboriginal community still grappling with inequality here is the show of feeling this sunday thousands turning out similar rallies as well in key cities nationwide and on their most passing without incident but there were 3 arrests in

the evening out of the servants in sydney which saw police used pepper spray on the other side of the world rallies are taking place in several big cities across europe be at risk dusty. updating us on what is happening in the british open. when i am here in the heart of central london where thousands of protesters are gathering here today in solidarity with george croyde of course an unarmed black man who died at the hands of police in police custody nearly 2 weeks ago in the united states since that incident there's been a whole wave of black life back to protest that ever up to world wide and here in central london is absolutely no different we're seeing some huge huge numbers coming out today starting in parliament square but now they're headed towards the united states and to see in central london it's been very much a peaceful scene throughout the day today no doubt of course we've seen some various different charts there of the day from black sites munches to no justice no

peace and of course i can read the very last words of 2.01 of this comes as the united kingdom is in the height of a lockdown scenario where the position of government line is only trouble for essential papa says protesters here today would argue that it is an absolutely essential matter why they should come out onto the streets of central london it come so to see the metropolitan police officer has warned that large mass gatherings like one of this size is indeed are no full and the house secretary is urging protesters to stay at home like so many i'm appalled by the death of george floyd but we're still facing a health crisis so please for the safety of your loved ones do not attend large gatherings including demonstrations of more than 6 people now london is here argue the police brutality is not just an issue in america but it's also an issue here in britain the statistics show that black people are 4 times more likely to experience

excessive force by the metropolitan police than their white counterparts many would argue that this is the age old pattern of institutional racism. from discrimination all the way to racial stereotyping out of course george floyd being a communist today but in recent years across the u.k. we've seen various different cases mock talk and should read several readers just a few names just to name a few and that's why i protest as i had today. for like a number of reasons for george floyd and justice that happened to him but also because of the injustice that's been happening you know you see before i can even remember it's not just that lies battle lies but anyone who says under the cosh this is a chance basically what's the point of saving a whole lot of people from coronavirus if they're just going to be shot if it should minorities could be shot killed by police anyway this week we've seen a huge amount of action from the british public earlier in the week we saw the

scenes at parliament square which is where we all got the today to hyde park and david marches towards the u.s. embassy but some quite powerful scenes as well where by protesters have taken in me at times even for 8 minutes at length and not some are called solidarity because of course that time is the amount of time that george ford had the police officer kneeling on his neck now just a few days ago in central london the demonstrators descended into low level chaos but they were met by a quite heavy police presence i myself witnessed numerous scuffles throughout the evening as the protests went on from hour to hour to hour and now yes you can see directly behind me they again are taking any. as you can break it. down images like this to be replicated across the. west buck across the atlantic not to the u.s.

to mexico where there's been police brutality arrests there an officer set on fire in fact by protesters on thursday be aware were. to show you graphic video of the incident in which the officers approached from behind during efforts to contain an increasingly agitated police. 9 # during protests in one of mexico's largest cities. some demonstrators tried to break into the historic government. far right officers used. tear gas to transport the crowd centers on the death of a man in police custody there last month video of his violent arrest was spread widely online.

giovanni lopez was detained by mexican police in early may he was stopped for allegedly not wearing a mask in public the authorities say his arrest was done to aggressive behavior the 30 year old later died due to a head injury the authorities have pledged a thorough investigation on 3 police officers have been arrested. will be disturbances coincided with solidarity rallies over the death of george floyd the u.s. embassy in mexico city seen protesters damage the fortified fence some even trying to climb over it mexican journalists much earlier the company. so you can see the u.s. embassy east just there in d.c. is the lot there mexican authorities seized up last night to protect the embassy

before the soros tongs and to police the mexican police who was deployed there and they you know so it's always gas he's. shooting shooting the protestors wiese police good shabbos you know that both ways spent i had been shot at least that. still ahead this saturday on our team you'd think everyone would know about the holocaust by coronavirus but i'm originally finding out about it we meet a man on the journey of the skull break after emerging from a coma only to find i whirled in dr.

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19 minutes past the hour welcome back facebook is starting to tie certain users pages to clearly highlight who it considers to be state controlled media including r.t. it also plans to bomb them from buying in the united states ahead of november's presidential election but there's a touch of selective let's see who gets flagged up and who doesn't as our senior correspondent explains. a new day a new facebook scandal they start it isn't about them sending out their users or allowing opposition activists to be tracked to establishing another censorship well it kind of actually is these it's about facebook deciding for you who you should trust. several months ago we announced our plans to label media outlets that are wholly or partially under the editorial control of the government and today we're

starting to apply labels to those state controlled media outlets were providing greater transparency into these publishers because they combined the influence of a media organization with the strategic backing of the state and we believe people should know if the news they read is coming from a publication that may be under the influence of the government so we'll skip over the irony here of someone who is under the influence of a government which is facebook which regularly censors what the us government tells it to censor telling everyone else that you shouldn't trust those who are under the influence of the government you following and facebook takes great pride in making sure that what you read is approved by censors in the u.s. only 53 percent of americans trust the news sources that use so we're making it easier to learn more about an article right in your facebook news feed what it has done the start is remarkable even by its standards so they go to label any news

media that they believe is funded or influenced by a state has stayed controlled media except they're not there only labeling media that the u.s. government doesn't like r.t. for example chinese state media in what is mathematically highly improbable coincidence facebook and the u.s. government seem to have identical least of media that they don't like or perhaps the more rational explanation is that facebook just got a call from washington telling them again what to do but how do you sit there and say that russian and chinese media should be labeled but then claim that voice of america is independent voice of america we are journalists and we believe that we promulgated american. values by promulgating to basic things are important to america she just said they spread american values in

a way that benefits america to largely foreigners and in the same sentence that they are independent yet voice of america doesn't get the label the b.b.c. funded by taxpayers and the u.k. government accused by saddam time and time again of being essentially a mouthpiece for the government doesn't get the label agis iraq run by cattle which is essentially a family run dictatorship doesn't get the label saudi arabia its media don't get the label i think you know archie's official statement sums it up facebook is doing as it's told by its government but pretending otherwise a us company long and bad with the us establishment telling the entire rest of the world what it can and cannot say is the definition of technological dictatorship and censorship labeling for an editorial independent news outlets is anything but

isn't top of fostering prejudice and xenophobia a prime example of the very fake news that facebook is supposedly trying to combat just some reaction from the head of artes website he says he will appeal facebook's move we have also contacted the tech giant for an explanation and response if we hear a buck we'll let you know what they say in the meantime independent journalist children oriya told us he thinks facebook is coming under pressure from washington. i don't think facebook or twitter want to get involved in any of this they were reluctant to do so they were heavily pressured by congress to take measures like this because the congress can't directly do this because government congress is not allowed to censor the press the private companies can so that's why they're getting them as proxies of the u.s. government to do the censoring for them so this is absolutely a double standard it's totally political and there's an election coming up this is clearly related to that as well they need to push narrative that far and outside it just like there are outside agitators in these protests in the u.s.

right now they're outside agitators influencing the party they don't want to take responsibility for the mess they've made of their own country the leaders of the any leader that says that they blames outsiders that could be a middle east dictator or us governor or president of the u.s. . and finally this hour to news hour they cove aids pandemic is plot sewing here in russia but imagine only just finding out there's been a health crisis at all a brain surgery patient in moscow is woken from a lengthy koehler is only now discovering that the world around him has changed so drastically. after i'd been released from intensive care i learned from t.v.

about coronavirus the restrictions and lockdown that everyone wears mosque and clubs of course it looks strange to me. after the persian woke up he had many questions and we didn't know how to answer or he was aware about coronavirus when he came to hospital but by that time it hadn't russia that much. no one could expect that this would happen throughout the whole country. so how do you know that since the patient had no money and when his body temperature rose and the other classic symptoms evolved with suspected cold it more than once were conducted tests which likely excluded the possibility of corona virus infection i knew they saved me and when i told them about the problems of my everyday life they said it doesn't matter much here life and bless god for this.

when our friends or people online seeds hard just stayed home we can understand them but there was someone lying there without any idea if he would survive the doctors told us they saved his life in this regard the restrictions don't look too tough for us of course he was shocked and surprised at 1st but we have to adapt to this new life and get on with it up to the what's what choice do we have we have to move on. good luck to them well just coming up to half past the hour that is or news runner up for another plenty more coming your way all throughout the day here on r.t. international i'll be back with the latest updates and 30 more great programs for right ahead after this short of the break so do stay close.

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a viable option if it is at the rules for. no matter if they were going on the run exactly 76 years. since d.-day when u.s. troops landed on the beaches of normandy to fight fascism they are now deployed to fight self-proclaimed anti fascist anti fire on the streets of their own country coming out of the show as u.s. president all jump threatens an occupation of his own country by the us military arguably the around the world for destroying the eastern african states we ask if the only route to law and order is an end to the police and white nobel prize winning by a few moments of michael leavitt things that boris johnson the government in the

u.k. stuck to its initial goal in a virus policy herd immunity so is the most recent. polls are more coming up in today's going underground 1st in the next 48 hours they're chosen a police officer charged with the murder of george floyd who sparked a global protest will make his 1st court appearance in minneapolis but what can charging a handful of police officers really do when u.s. authorities have responded to protest with the factor martial law by tear gas rubber bullets and armored vehicles joining me now via skype from nashville in the united states davidic a professor of african-american and the asper studies at vanderbilt university david thanks so much for coming on i'm going to ask you actually the other day the new york times published a call for military intervention it was written by a senator from arkansas tom cotton a call for overwhelming force and the use of the insurrection act which of course would mandate federal military troops across the united states i saw that piece and like most americans.