think. that was. demonstrators in paris held a large and he raises in protest in honor of george florey it with almost 9 minutes of silent condemnation of police brutality. also this hour london's mayor announced his review of all statues and street names in the city made concerns about links to slavery and he races protesters top of the morning meant to a slave trader in the city of bristol i went to war with of the tribute also to come. everybody's trying to shame us being a barrister about our profession us police say all officers shouldn't be blamed for one man's crime that's his anger law enforcement is into it's own movement with the

unions and even during. that welcome you're watching r.t. international this wednesday morning it's just gone 9 o'clock am in moscow now a large anti racism demonstration has been held in paris almost 3000 people gathered in the french capital to pay tribute to george floyd for 8 minutes and 46 seconds the central square in the city remained silent the time during which an american policeman held his knee on floyd's neck shoulder to minsky was at the protest. and almost to georgia floyd here in paris across france other rallies are also being held now the pressure from demonstrations like this over the last week or so has forced the french government to take action the country's interior minister found 0 tolerance. when you wear the uniform the blue uniform of the law

you would never above it on the contrary we owe it to ourselves even more than others to be exemplary so i want 0 tolerance for racism in law enforcement. that statement came in the wake of a new racism scandal a facebook group used by police members was outed for repeatedly using racist and sexist terms was also mocking victims of police brutality in another closed group on whatsapp but police are accused of insulting a fellow officer who is black with racist language kristoff casts in a seize the moment calling for an inquiry he also in the end of the controversial choke hold technique used to detain suspects but is it enough that much more skewed to stop him i think those people should be fired we need to identify those behind those racist messages and fire them i think it is unacceptable that the police

should be protecting us don't follow the laws themselves they should face the consequences and i've witnessed police brutality for my son was coming but math is a mixed blood was coming from my. he was. he was you know about richard because the boss is is solid black people who don't necessarily have confidence in the government because this problem has been around for years who get the feeling that castner's actions are a bit opportunistic because it is only what happened in the u.s. that finally made them do something to increase their credibility but we don't know if in the end things will change that the policeman will be better trained or of the situation with discrimination and racism will finally be taken seriously because i'm not so tin that something will change i think that the measures taken

by the government a more aimed at calming down the people than by the solving the problem of racism and put real publicists in place and police unions have criticised the changes there are political announcements from that there is the reality on the grounds of the impression do is that everyone is not. the police who are. we use the strangle who were faced with an individual who is resisting arrest so what will we do instead while the tribute here is to george floyd france is also remembering its own who died 2 more families claim of questionable circumstances and there is anger over accusations of police brutality figures just released by france's police watchdog show almost 1500 complaints were made in 2019 against officers an increase of almost 25 percent more than half of those complaints were for alleged violence up by 41 percent compared to 2018 been teary ministers says 30 judicial

investigations have been launched of those 22 report to justice the fight against racism in issues over police brutality is not new we must go on ran his presidential campaign in 2017 he promised to be uncompromising i want to change the culture the management and the recruitment of french police when there is manifestly a problem the police hierarchy must be challenged which 3 years on the same questions are still being asked afresh promises are still being made people hear this and other protest want is action and not all words show it even ski r.t. paris a former police commissioner maurice no way feels that the problem of racism goes far beyond police brutality. today's police officers face a great challenge they have to assert their authority and the need to demonstrate is no longer enough so all of this violence that we can condemn is

a consequence of social bonnets not police violence i think that's where we are wrong the police system in america has nothing to do with the national police which depends on the state the police in the united states is a myriad of different police structures mostly municipal they have different recruitment standards different levels of trading everything and you can compare from the united states here after all the purpose for france is not to live in unity but to find a common destiny. meanwhile in the u.k. protesters there have gone to war with statues of slave traders and those that you believe who have racists and to make sure his city is diverse the mayor of london has ordered a review of all statues and their links to slavery even the world famous tape gallery is now in the spotlight since it's named after a sugar and shoddy edwards as. the backlash not just protests have erupted worldwide in the united kingdom is no difference particularly now what we're seeing

is activists and protesters are somewhat targeting other things other symbols of racism here in the united kingdom so i'm now stood next to the winston churchill statue for many protestors a symbol of colonize ation and a symbol of racism of course over the we can this that you this very start you off with churchill was somewhat to face with the words churchill was a racist written all over it of course right now there's quite a large police presence prying to protect this very structured from the protesters as of course the black marxist protesters have reinvigorated campaign for the united kingdom 7 trying to refer to all of that actually is that represent the legacies of colonize they should oppression and racism starting in bristol. over the weekend we saw absolutely iconic scenes where by protested tough pull down a statue a 17th century slave trade under the name edward colson was pulled down to the

ground and toppled into a nearby river london though in this very square that i'm stood in also has various controversial statues many of which protesters want to see which has prompted the london mess con to announce that he wants a review of london statues and landmarks in an effort to make london's public spaces more diversity friendly however it is said that this review could include places like the take gallery found has links to slavery it is an uncomfortable truth the nation and city owes a large part of its wealth to its role in the slave trade and while this is reflected in our public realm the contribution of many of our communities to life in our capital has been willfully ignored this cannot continue but in general the statue's defacing or indeed destruction has completely split opinion across the united kingdom many of which agree for the removal but not necessarily the tactic

we shouldn't destroy the statues i guess we should probably like museums where we can appreciate it if you can find it if the person has. disgracefully to parts of the society why do we need to start this person it is our history. i find it's a very dangerous things to start it's a bit like a to tell you terry and richie wanting to you know that i don't need you for trying to clear your past and pretend that we're a different change society i think that this election is for black people and for other people in this country to build it problem is we are going to be right history. we called the attorney attention to oxford where protesters seem to be some more inspired by the recent events in bristol have gathered outside. next to this statute now sessile rose was a 19th century imperialist in south africa he laid the foundations of the exploited

labor system and he made the north of the seizure of land across the south african region now campaigners want the removal of that statue saying that it represents subjugation but putting this all into a wider context we've seen these protesters taking a knee at the nelson mandela statue campaigning in protesting by the words of churchill statue and also taking their protests to downing street where they had messages for the prime minister saying that the u.k. is no innocent in this fight against racism. the b.b.c. should be stripped of its funding the demand of a new online campaign against the british state funded broadcaster the corporation is being accused of failing to be impartial and biased and almost 60000 people have joined the campaign on twitter. defunding the b.b.c. is a vital step in restoring the people's trust in our media and it is one that we must work together to achieve ultimately the b.b.c. is not impartial it refuses to tell its audience the political background of its

guests allowing many labor activists to present themselves as a balanced view despite holding a deep seated hatred for the government where people have taken to social media to slam the b.b.c.'s coverage of the black lives matter protests in the u.k. for particular criticism was its report the demonstrations were largely peaceful despite $27.00 police being injured is not the 1st time the broadcasters face large scale claims of bias is coverage of the breaks that referendum sparked much complaint to now according to a poll carried out in december 64 percent of those questioned in the u.k. said the b.b.c. in their belief is actually bias believe voters tend to assess the amount of bias is great and less than a quarter believe in the broadcasters in impartiality or britons are also disagreeing whether they should completely trust the information coming from the corporation the country is divided on this issue it's about 5050 with the

percentage also declining among leave is a rising among remain as we discuss the prospects of the state funded broadcaster with radio host and b.b.c. contributor john gaunt and also the journalist neil clark. i think the problem with the di from the b.b.c. campaign is it's too broad brush there are issues with parts of the b.b.c. programming at particular the news of current affairs but i think what will limit that campaign is the fact that people go to the b.b.c. not just for you to try to 1st they go there 1st for they watch football they watch weather reports and people are saying look if we don't have the b.b.c. where are we going to go for this stuff what i want to seize the b.b.c. to change i think we need change in the b.b.c. people accuse the b.b.c. a political bias i think the vice is basically what one could call the dominant orthodoxy is extreme sectors of the left accuse it of being right wing of the rockies it being left wing but in fact it's it's kind of blairite blairite camera night kind of politics seems to dominate the b.b.c.

to many people myself included on the bracks it so i do believe that the b.b.c. was very biased in its coverage this is now playing out in the black lives matter protest as well i think clearly there's a problem with the b.b.c. and the reason why there's a problem is that the b.b.c. uniquely is funded through a t.v. license fee as statutary fee if you don't pay that fee in the end you could get sent to prison in the last year also in something like 800000 people have said they no longer want to pay the license really because they're no longer watching live t.v. we have netflix that was a prime if you want entertainment you know you can get it there by what you want likewise with news people are really now children into the 10 o'clock to one on a clock broadcast to see what's happening in the world and already load to about it on their mobile phones are social media platforms or other channels that are enough to pay for yes i think the time has come to defund the b.b.c.

the bias is much too great they've had a good run of it now it needs to be cut down. now off to the break as coast to defund the police intensify across america we look at how law enforcement unions blame politicians and the press for a shining them story more to come just after this. odd note no crowd. no shots. actually felt it. was true no 1st. point should your thirst for action.

show seemed wrong why don't we all just all. get to shape out these days become educated and engaged because betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. watching r.t. now the threat of defunding is looming over certain police forces in the us

following the violent protests triggered by george floyd's death in minneapolis several attorney generals have pushed back there again says the move stating without police there is no guarantee of security stance fully backed by president trump police unions meanwhile are calling on the public not to hate all officers for the crimes of one policeman. i am not derek shipboard they are not him he killed someone we didn't. we all restrain. and you know what i'm saying there's all the cops yeah because you know what everybody's right the shame of the legislate is the price everybody's trying to shame us with that being a barrister about our profession but you know what. this is it stained by somebody minneapolis it's still got a shine on it and so today so do there is. meanwhile there are reports that the

white house plans to introduce his own police reform proposals soon some cities have already expressed their intent of cutting funding for their forces. in explained or in force and has become something of a scapegoat for us society. public attitudes toward policing in the united states are dramatically changing in light of protesters calling to disband the police the entire institution is being rethought and not just in the way that it relates to racism and brutality funding for police departments is being cut and redirected we will be moving funding from the n.y.p.d. to use the mission tubes and social services plans are now in the works to disband entire departments in local areas we are going to dismantle the minneapolis police department and when we are done we're not simply going to glue it back together we're going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety in emergency

response it's really busty and i think this is a reaper a decade happened i think we all finally caught up to the mission to caught up to a bombed out time ago i don't agree with dismantling the police because things will get out of control you need to police i mean you just got to leave out the bad ones so many times take action like a family trying to stand up for as you know not only for like like people but a child. and if everybody is not right with they doing so i think they should have been started doing data for years americans have enjoyed watching reality t.v. programs where camera crews follow officers around as they bust feet but not anymore a any has cancelled live p.d. here and paramount has pulled the plug on season 33 of the once widely popular program cops businesses are now trying to protect their image voices or even blaming the police for global warming. it's impossible to disentangle the various threads of environmental racism and his ties with policing the history of redlining

and policing for segregation has led to massive hotter neighborhoods and more people with chronic health problems tied to air pollution university students are now demanding that their campus stop collaborating with local law enforcement we asked for details public statements on the chain of events decisions and command lines that led to the use of this facility by l.a.p.d. and these mobile processing units last evening or also for immediate cessation of the use of this facility or any of the university of california facility by l.a.p.d. and other police forces teachers are now questioning the role of police in schools take money out of the school bullies department and put it directly into mental health support council of economic council is in light of the stereotype about cops eating donuts one pastry shop has taken a stand as well we are fed up until local police takes action to solve problems

with racism and injustice at least the onus will choose to stand with the people of our great state we will no longer offer a military or police discounts thank you for your service and shame on you for your silence the u.s. government still has plenty of laws on the books and it's going to need somebody to enforce them now a lot of big dramatic proposals are being put forward and a lot of loud words are being exchanged but how much will u.s. society actually change we will just have to see it with martin r.t. new york a retired seattle police officer the pumper believes that living in a society without to play sounds more like a utopian myth. you know the police protect society and they're supposed to be the 1st business of government is to protect society and if you have. no police and you take that money and put it into wherever it doesn't matter i don't see how reducing community services can improve the safety of any community if you want to believe

in some sort of utopian myth where all of a sudden everybody's going to get along i mean i heard one of the solutions was to send rapid deployment social workers out i mean you're not going to send somebody like that out against violent criminals and i think people they're just forgetting about it they have some sort of but myth versus reality they want it to be peaceful so much that they think they can really into existence and there are some people that are just not going to cooperate you think about any town is any business going to stay in a town that doesn't have police protection can tell you throughout my career i was going to give businesses all the time who needed police protection without the police they would be overrun with problems and then the other part would be just insurance you know what a business once you get insurance with insurance companies going to want to sponsor the business or insure the business if there's no police protection the same thing as if there was any fire protection they wouldn't do it if you don't have security

you can't basically operate or function a society. to america's rick sanchez also discussed the codes to defund police with the former minnesota governor jesse ventura. got our. what do you make of the argument that maybe we need to start funding other things besides police officers that doesn't mean that all police officers are bad it just means that maybe we ought to mix it up a little bit more. well it also means we need to start looking into the root of the problem and the root of the problem just isn't police brutality the root of the problem is economic brutality too and in all of that when you talk about the funding you know i'd like to add to rick i was a governor or mayor also i was the mayor of brooklyn park member sort of the 6th largest city and when they talk about defunding the police i'd like to get this clear that doesn't mean they're throwing the cops out and you won't have police

protection anymore what they mean is by allocating and pushing farms i think that were scammed new jersey did it and they literally destroyed their whole police force rebuilt it up from the base up and today i heard some figure that crime are stone like 43 percent from what it used to be there and now you've got truly community policing though i know and i think another thing that needs to happen here cops need to live in the towns where they probably. could not agree more. but it is clear that place then in the u.s. or indeed going through tough times and twitter is any adding to that troubles at the moment because he does have night. with the support the austin police department is saying it has been missing.

can't express how grateful we are serve you austin. our officers have been working around the clock these unprecedented times and thank everyone who took the time to write and make our daily little brighter. they must think we've breached. the spell of power and all of these on the dress thank you cards were written by the same person. wow you guys really have been working around the clock right yourselves letters such a pretty handwriting is a big strong weasel to say you are this right you who have a plan this p.r. stunt probably shouldn't plan future stunts i call it a joke if it wasn't such

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for example that someone lives right there. next to somewhere where a dead body could be in this house right now. you can drive and i don't know any weekend. and if you drive around enough i think they're all right because you will see yellow tape at some point. and we all know what the yellow tape means when it became obvious when the yellow cape come out that means that if somebody is day. 20 . 1 you know. we need to be able to have people come out and celebrate. positive. good m.p.s. out and act prosperous like i said. baltimore has a problem with killing murder it has a problem with drug abuse it has a problem with gangs some of the poverty areas in the city have not changed for

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