demonstrators in paris hold a large and he races and protest and owner george floor it almost 9 minutes of silent condemnation of police brutality. london's mayor meanwhile announces a review of all statues and street names in the city and concerns about their links to slavery so after the races protesters toppled a monument to a slave trader in the u.k. city of bristol also to come. everybody is trying to. get the feeling of paris about our profession us police say all officers shouldn't be blamed for one man's crime that is anger and forstmann turns into its own movement with unions and even cafes joining in.

their good morning you're watching r.t. international it is wednesday the 10th of june the. 11 o'clock here in the russian capital 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 charlotte when ski was at the protest. and almost to georgia for it 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 vowed 0 tolerance but 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 the victims of police brutality in another close group on whatsapp the police are accused of insulting a fellow officer who is black with racist slime which christophe 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 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 meth is the next blood was coming from my bread he was. in a bucket because the plus is is salva black you know this is the one who don't necessarily have confidence in the government because this problem has been around for years who get the feeling that customers actions are a bit opportunistic because it is only what happened in the us that finally made them do something to increase their credibility. but we don't know even the end things will change 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 into

calming down the people then when the solving the problem of racism and portrayal in place and police unions have criticised the changes the right political announcements and then there is the reality on the ground the impression given is that everyone is nice except the police who are mean we use the stranglehold when we're faced with an individual who is resisting arrest so what will we didn't step by the tribute to george floyd france is also remembering its own who died 2 more families claim of questionable circumstances and there is anger though the 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 by 41 percent compared to 2018 been teary ministers says 30 judicial investigations

have been launched of those 22 were brought to justice the fight against racism in issues of police brutality is not new. ran his presidential campaign in 2017 he promised to be compromising 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 but 3 years on the same questions are still being a fresh promise is 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 told us that the problem of racism goes far beyond police brutality. only 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 violence 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't compare france and the united states year 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 the flow of slave traders and those they believe were 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 in the world famous take gallery is now in the spotlight since it's named after a sugar merchant shadi and his dash is more on the story. the backlog spector's 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 weekend this statue this very structure of winston churchill was somewhat to face with the words churchill was a racist written all over it of course right now there's quite a launch police presence prying to protect this very start you from the protest. the black gloves marxist protesters have reinvigorated campaigns in the united kingdom trying to rid britain of statues that represent the legacies of colonize ation oppression and racism starting in bristol then over the weekend we saw absolutely iconic scenes where by protested tough pulled 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 message to announce that he wants a review of london statues and landmarks in an effort to make 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 city owes a large part of its wealth to its role in the slave trade and while this is reflected in our public room 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 are great for the removal but not necessarily the

tactic we shouldn't destroy the statues i guess we should probably move feature like museums where we can appreciate because we can if the person has. disgracefully to parts of the society why do we need to start your description of it is our history. i find it's a very dangerous things to start it's a bit like to tell you terry and richie wanting to you know that i don't need you for trying to clear your past and pretend they were 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 rise history. we called the attorney attention then to oxford where protesters seem to be some more inspired by the recent events in bristol have gathered outside and next to this statute now so rose was a 19th century imperialist in south africa he laid the foundations of the exploited

labor system and he indeed laid the nor of the seizure of lands across the south african region now campaigners want the removal of that statue saying that it represents subjugation but putting this all into 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 protest to downing street where they had messages for the prime minister saying that the u.k. is no innocent in this fight against racism. now the b.b.c. should be stripped of its funding that is the demand of a new online campaign against the british state funded broadcaster the corporation is being accused of failing to be impartial and almost $60000.00 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 people have taken to social media to slam the b.b.c.'s coverage of the black lives matter protests in the u.k. coming in for particular criticism was it reported that the demonstrations were largely peaceful despite $27.00 police being injured it isn't the 1st time the broadcasters faced large scale claims of bias its coverage of the brics it referendum sparked much complaint to recording to a poll carried out in december 64 percent of those questioned in the u.k. did say that the b.b.c. is biased to some degree leave voters tend to assess the amount of bias is great and less than a quarter believe in the broadcasters impartiality where britons also disagree whether they should completely trust the information that is coming from the corporation or the country seems to be divided on this it's about 5050 with the

percentage also declining among leavers and rising to among remain as we discuss the prospects of the state funded broadcaster with the radio host and b.b.c. contributor john gaunt and also the journalist new yorker. i think the problem with the de from the b.b.c. campaign is it's too broad brush there are issues with parts of the b.b.c. programming of particular the news and current affairs but i think what will limit that campaign is the fact that people go to the b.b.c. not just for using try to 1st they go there for sport 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. 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 but in fact it's it's kind of blairite blairite camera night kind of politics seems to dominate the b.b.c. many people myself included on the breakfast so i do believe that the b.b.c.

was very biased in its coverage and this is now playing out in the black lives matter a protester 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. who have netflix now as the prime if you want and you know you can get in there by what you want likewise with news people don't really now tune into the 10 o'clock or 9 o'clock just to see what's happening in the world and all the loads 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.

and the bias is much too great they've had a good run of it now it needs to be cut down. you want. stories to come this hour including. everybody's trying to shame us being a barrister about our profession schools to defund the police intensify across america the unfortunate unions blame politicians and the press for shaming them we'll hear from a former police officer and also a former minnesota governor. join me every thursday on the alex salmond chill and i'll be speaking to a guest of the world of politics sport i'm sure i'll see you then.

welcome back now that the threat of defunding is looming over certain police forces in the u.s. following the violent protests triggered by george floyd's death in minneapolis several attorney generals have pushed back though against the move stating without police there is no guarantee of security and it is a stance fully backed by president trump police unions meanwhile according on the public not to hate all offices for the crimes of one policeman. i am not derek shipboard they are not here he killed someone we did. we all restrain. and you know what i'm saying there's all the cops here because you know what everybody's trying to shame us the legislators the troops everybody's trying to shame us it being a barrister about our profession but you know what. this is it staged by so go to

minneapolis it's still got to shine on it so that this show do there is. well there are reports that the white house has planned to reveal its own police reforms soon but for now some cities have already expressed their intent to cutting funding for their forces. now explains how they were enforced mint seems to have become something of a scapegoat for u.s. 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 youthen 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 are 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 something we should have caught up to a bong long 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 weed out the bad ones so many times take action like a family trying to stand up for as you know no need for like black people but as i said if everybody is now why would they do it 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. 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 all screw detailed 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 its mobile processing units last evening we also asked for an immediate cessation of the use of this facility or any other u.c.l.a. 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 is 2nd in the 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 and is the onus will chase to stand with the people of our great state we will no longer offer a military or police askance 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 retired seattle police officer the pompa tell us that living in a society without police 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 there 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 will it 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 your businesses all the time who need 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 what insurance companies are 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. is rick sanchez off the coast team can fund the thing 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 to 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 in all of africa and 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 minnesota 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 is down like 43 percent from what it used to be there and now you've got truly community policing though and i think another thing that needs to happen here cops need to live in the towns where they police. could not agree more. but it is clear at the moment it's the u.s. police from the gang 3 tough times but twitter is only adding to that troubles because. and he with the knights of support the austin police department his client

is been receiving. 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. things we brit's down. and smell the power and that all of these unaddressed thank you cards were written by the same person. wow you guys really have been working around the clock writing yourselves letters such a pretty handwriting has

a big strong resolve to say you are this right you who have a plan this p.r. stunt probably shouldn't plan future stunts i call it the joke if it wasn't such a disgrace. and that is the nice and i hear a nazi we're back again with more on the headlines at the top of the. law. probably the greatest success of the civil rights movement with respect for human dignity all lives matter under the rule of law that was then but today the same concept has been turned on its head we are told to change to meet or face consequences social shany is being turned into a ruling ideology. ah no

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i. and this is the one that's the show you can't afford to miss more in washington coming up in the ongoing global unrest and coronavirus has been the oil price war between opec members we catch up on the moves in the oil sector and where demand stands amid the drop in travel i g.m. has announced that the company is stepping out of the facial recognition game after growing outrage surrounding the practice we take a dive into the controversial technology and how the firm's stock is reacting we have a packed show today so let's dive right in. and the united states has officially entered a recession in february of this year ending 128 months of economic expansion which was the longest run in more than 150 years according to the national bureau of economic research now the announcement from this organization comes much earlier in a recession than they generally like the any b

r wrote about the situation saying the unprecedented magnitude of the decline in employment and production and its broad reach across the entire economy warrants the designation of this episode as a recession even if it turns out to be briefer than earlier contractions now economists generally define a recession as 2 consecutive quarter months of 2 consecutive quarters of economic contraction g.d.p. in the us has already fell by 5 percent in the 1st quarter of this year and the economy is expected to climb by a steeper margin in q 2 of 2020 let's get some expert analysis on this and and the state of the economy with todd morris chief strategist at the trading and co-host christiane who joins us from los angeles thank you both for being here to. but i want to start with you now the n b e r declared that the u.s. recession began officially in february now this marks the fastest and b. has actually declared any recession is this a good thing as the faster the drop you.