philando castile, brianna taylor.you can debate whether michael brown or terrence kutcher lived perfect lives before they were killed. but what black americans and others have been saying for years is that the reason they're dead today is because of the way so many in this country see black people. >> we live in a society that still sees black people as violent, as dangerous, as immoral, as untrustworthy. so, when they have interactions with law enforcement, we don't get a presumption of innocence. >> reporter: asiehsa young is a mother of five who lives in suburban philadelphia. she says seeing men killed this way, ahmaud arbery in georgia, is deeply disturbing. >> when i saw the ahmaud video, actually seeing him get shot and running off and seeing him fall, the first thing that came to my mind was, what if that was my son? >> i can't just go out and enjoy myself without thinking that there's going to be repercussions to my actions bad repercussions to my actions that could get me killed. >> reporter: we first met th

i'm right here with you. >> before the world ever heard of philando castile or any of the other young black men whose public killings awaken the consciousness of the nation, there was 14-year-old emmet till. and his grieving mother, mamie. >> live streaming your loved one's death is a 21st century version of what emmet till's mother did. she live streamed her son's death. >> mamie till's stunning decision to publish a photograph of her murdered son emmet forced the country to confront the horror of racism and set in motion the modern civil rights movement. >> americans can tell you when john f. kennedy was assassinated, when neil armstrong walked on the moon. many african-americans, they remember that moment when they saw emmet till's photograph. >> i don't know a black person who doesn't know the name emmet till. i don't know a single black person who hasn't seen that image. >> we were the same age. same age. it was horrifying. >> it was my 9/11. it was basically, you know, an act of terror. >> in 1955, mississippi was ground zero for racial terror in the american south, when 14-year

at a traffic stop and in fact, castile -- the officer who shot him was auit acquitted buried why shouldeople in the community believe you anymore than the people who are making those same assurances four years ago? >> mr. ellison: fair question. i will tell you that we did have a year-long task force on preventing deadly force in cars with police. we issued a report in february. we had law enforcement, community, civil rights, we had people all over the state of minnesota. this is a really serious, deeply-rooted problem and i'm committed in the long term. i believe the commissioner of public safety, john harrington, and the governor is -- i will tell you, you know who called for change? martin luther king called for. he was talking about police brutality back in the '60s. this problem is not a simple problem nor is it a localized problem. we all have to embrace change and move forward and maybe this can help us do it. >> chris: attorney general ellison, thank you, thanks for your time, sir, and it's good to speak with you. >> mr. ellison: thank you, si sir. >> chris: up next, we will ta

castile, thank you so much for being with us.e really appreciate it. >>> and guys, i covered his nephew's case back in 2016. i remember the protests and the outrage, and that is just one of the cases that is part of this exhaustion that we've talked so much about in the last few days that we're now seeing spilling over, guys. >> yes, it's not just the george floyd case as horrifying as that was, it is decades and centuries of history before it that's as we're seeing now, and as we're saying now, is bubbling over. eva, thank you for your excellent coverage this morning. we'll be back with you throughout the show. >>> time to switch gears and get to the weather forecast. rob marciano is in -- correction. he's in connecticut. robert, good morning again to you. >> westport. so you got half of that right. it starts with west, and ends with the port. we got the beautiful american flags behind us. gorgeous day here across parts of the northeast. let's talk about what's happening in the tropics. we have a tropical storm right on the coas

not and we have impact in the us in thank you for your time thank you for joining us dr deborah castille from the world health organization. i listen to the latest developments in the pandemic as the global death toll approaches 300000 european union medicines agency says a vaccine could be ready inside a good year in an optimistic scenario russia now has more than 250000 confirmed cases and has seen a dramatic spike in infections over the last month russia now has a 2nd highest number of cases behind the u.s. japan's lifting its state of emergency ahead of sched jewel in most of the country a decision about the other areas is to you next week countries around the world are entering a new phase of responses to the pandemic loosening lockdowns and reopening their economies but achieving the balance between returning to normality in containing the virus could prove difficult or thors in lebanon have reimposed a lockdown after a spike in infections so is this the new reality facing us all. after weeks of closures people in lebanon had finally begun to savor a gradual return to normal restau

i have said to myself, is this really my hometown, from what happened with jamaal clark, philando castile and george floyd and saying is this the town that i knew and really it is a microcosm of what is going on all across this country. the reason you see all these protests from arizona, to california, to kentucky, to, of course, minnesota and beyond is because it really is a george floyd so to speak in every one of these places. there is a brewing frustration and you look at what is happening at every instance, the question first begins, did an officer of the minneapolis police department actually kneel on the neck of a person, a human being, simply because there was an allegation of handing over a counterfeit $20 bill? no indication that suspect is armed and no indication the person is even resisting arrest. resisting suffocation is not resisting arrest. the second point of it is, are we really seeing this happening in our hometown this other officers are standing idly by while it happens? and finally, is it really the case that you're having a press conference where there has not been

i marched behind valerie castile as we mourned the unjust loss of her son. and my heart and my guts are being ripped out in this moment as i also want to go to the streets. and what we've experienced in the loss and the murder on camera of our community member george floyd is horrific. and that space on 38th and chicago is sacred ground. and people should be able to come together on that sacred ground and mourn and grieve and demand change and justice in policing and every other racist system that we have that has been part of this state. but in this moment, we cannot because there are detractors. there are white supremacists. there are anarchists. there are people who are burning down the institutions that are core to our identity and who we are. as a member of the urban american indian community, watching the destruction of an institution in our community that has been the foundation for organizing, for education, for opportunity, for building community together is no longer there. we have been coming together to take care of our community. and so this is

faith leaders said today, as the african-american leaders said today and including one of philando castile's relatives who spoke up and said, i will do anything to reduce violence and i will do anything to change police and reform, having lost philando castile who was a lovely person and worked in a school and was killed in another incident. he stood up and he said, this is not what philando stood for and certainly the legacy of george floyd that we want to see is not destruction to our community of color. what we want to see is complete change in the criminal justice system, sentencing reform. we want to see much better policing techniques and training and hiring. i've asked for a pattern and practice investigation from the justice department, and with my colleague, senator tina smith, 25 senators joined us to say, let's make changes to this police department in such a big way, in a major scale way. but we should not be taking it out on those people that have built their hopes and dreams of our immigrant community, our african-american community, and we don't want to let them be used by peo

but i was there several years ago when fernando castile was murdered.emember sitting in the living room with his mother and other folks who were there to talk about steps going forward and how she was discouraged about the history of policing in that community and the lack of accountability behind abuses like what had happened with her son. and i think this community is so deeply wounded, as we are all over the nation, with repeated instances of officers murdering black bodies, unarmed people, with no accountability. and the expectation is initially we may seem going through the motions, we may see charges. but until you see a conviction and some prison time for an animal like derek chauvin, i don't know that the crowds are going to be calmed. i don't know that they're going to be peaceful in the way that they approach react to ing to w they saw. >> and van, we heard activists say this afternoon that they've been trying to warn city leaders for years that there were major issues between police and the black community. the governor acknowledged what he c

or in many of these instances you've just got through, castille, the officer in minnesota, the officert him was acquitted. so you can prove that something ee graej gous happened but actually achieving some sort of legal consequence for it is still far from assured. >> i don't know if you heard my previo previous. >> it's an observation that i thought too. that is something we didn't see six, seven, ten years ago. but, again, it seems to me it's basically the response to an awareness issue. >> i probably saw the same statement that chief acevedo was talking about. i have to admit, i was surprised by it. put out a statement today that referred to mr. floyd's death as a tragedy and said that they had faith in the criminal justice system to handle the situation, which is a far different tone from what you would anticipate or what you would have heard previously in this kind of situation and i think that maybe it marks some of the work that people have been doing over years and years and years. unfortunately, having many chances to make this point again and again and again and if the past i

one of the first people i called after seeing the video was valerie castile, orlando's mother.have become friends since the killing of philando. for those watching today who aren't familiar, philando died in front of his loved one and his child and left them behind and left behind a grieving mother who has become an advocate for justice, an advocate for reform, but more importantly, an advocate for kindness and decency. and when i talked to valerie, she said, first and foremost, seek justice, seek fairness and reach out and show kindness. what the world saw last night was not that. what the world has witnessed since the killing of george floyd on monday has been of visceral pain, a community trying to understand who we are and where we go from here. i'm joined today by attorney general ellison, by major general john jensen, general of the minnesota national guard. colonel langer of the minnesota state patrol and commissioner john harrington. i spoke this morning with reverend jackson, who much like valerie, said a prayer for our state, said a prayer for all of those grieving, s

this is the same area where philando castile was shot and killed by police officer and yet when it wasrosecuted and convicted and the family received a higher pay—out than the family of philando castile. you still have an issue of race here. this is the deal. people do not wa nt this is the deal. people do not want reactions to police murders, do not murder people! -if murders, do not murder people! — if you do not want reactions to police murders, do not murder people! people are sick and tired of having to deal with it. if i have to say all these names, chameera rice, and ican go these names, chameera rice, and i can go on and on, naming you 20,30, i can go on and on, naming you 20, 30, 40 people and black folks are saying enough with these police departments being lawless! roland martin, thank you for sharing your views here on bbc news. i appreciate it. thank you very much. our main headline this hour: the death toll in the united states due to the coronavirus pandemic has now passed 100,000. focus on china and hong kong now. members of the chinese parliament, the national people's

one of the first people i called after seeing the video was do'srie castile, philan mother. we have become friends. for those watching today who are not familiar, he died in front of his left one and his child and left them behind and the grieving mother who has become an advocate for justice, for reform, but more importantly for kindness and decency. valerie said first and foremost seek justice, fairness and reach out and show kindness. what the world saw last night was not that very what the world has witnessed since the killing of george floyd on monday has been a visceral pain, a community trying to understand who we are and where we go from here. i'm joined today by attorney ellison, colonel langer and john harrington. i spoke this morning with much likeackson who valerie said a prayer for our state and for those grieving, for peace. then also said something very important. this is the moment where we start but every time we get to this place, we never start the process to make sure it doesn't happen again. that commitment amongst leaders in our community, watching this

describing is a really tense scene a lot of emotion i was in minneapolis in 2016 after that slender castille shooting it sounds like there are a lot of similarities and that is a question that is unknown right w now n riwhen ght is this going how is it going and what's going to look like. >>and that was con for sanaz tahernia you can watch the entire interview on our website kron 4 dot com. we have new video showing an explosion followed by a sonic boom this was during a failed test of a space x rocket happened today in texas space x was testing a private >>the testing a rocket at its private launch site when this happened. no injuries were reported that fire burned for about 40 minutes of tomorrow space x is planning at least the last we heard a manned launch from cape canaveral florida. >>it would be the first such launch from us soil in more than a decade. time to check in again on the forecast with mabrisa rodriguez and any details on the rain headed our way way member isa. >>hi there catherine yeah, let's take a look at our current satellite and radar because it is going to be an overni

previous cases have not resulted in a conviction we had $11.00 case the philander castille case where the police officer was charge he was acquitted so this time around people are wondering if this is going to be the case where a black family receives justice so it is it's highly highly important critical critical that the police officer or offer service plural are charged in this case i think it's been feeling in police training i think the police officers and also the larger law enforcement community and the city as well as politicians are paying lip service or giving lip service to this whole question of changing the institutional culture of law enforcement and we have but we have not seen the difference if they are being trained they said this after tomorrow clark which is another case in north minneapolis where young man was killed by the police and certainly they said that they would change their practices at the fernando castiel a few years ago and i think that they probably will say the same thing but the fail failure is and leadership. and local leadership state leadership bu

what we've seen in the past, we've had philando castille, jamar clark and we have seen how these can be misstated or clarified later. when you're in that moment you are the lead prosecutor, you are the da, it is your responsibility to speak correctly. you have to have your words correctly. you cannot instill doubt into a community that is already hurting. that is already grieving in the ways that they see fit by saying something as irresponsible as we may have evidence to the contrary. the evidence lies in that video and we all watched 8 minutes of it and it is murder. >> i understand prosecutors jump into charging. that's their job. but you raise an interesting question. there are many members of your community that get arrested before they get charged. they don't get to wait at home until -- even if they get fired for doing something at their place of work they don't get to wait at home usually waiting to be charged. how is that playing in the a community there has not beenaan arrest meaning a find of probable cause or a standard than anything else? >> this really speaks to ther e

very clearly from many of our historic advocates, the folks who are on the front lines aft philando castileas killed, not only do they not know the folks who are right there inciting violence, but they're seeing people jump out of those crowds to break a window, and then run back in behind those crowds, and it is very concerning for me. >> brennan: do you have any idea who those instigators are? >> we're working to get to the bottom of that right now. our law enforcement and police departments and state enforcement officers are working hard to get to the bottom of exactly who that is, and what agenda is behind that. the focus for us has been on our curfew, to make sure we're able to separate the folks who are here specifically to start trouble from those who need to be heard. and the most disturbing, disgusting piece about all of this is the fact that, one, these folks are drowning out the voices that we need to be hearing. we need to be having a conversation right now about how we stop this from happening. we need to be having a conversation right now about how traumatic it is to our commu

that case comes to mind down in north charleston, south carolina, ahmaud arbery in georgia, philando castile also in minnesota as well. eric garner, you mentioned the eric garner case. all of them had this heartbreaking cell phone video that propelled these cases into the spotlight. ben, do you think this all demonstrates that police brutality is more common or that it's just being filmed now? >> craig, i have been on record over and over again saying that this police brutality and excessive force on minorities in america has been pervasive. it's just now that we have ocular proof through videos. before nobody would ever believe black people when they said the police brutalized me or committed excessive force. think about this, craig, what the narrative was before we saw the video by the minneapolis police department. they never said one word about a knee on george floyd's neck. it was only that we saw the cell phone video, and we are demanding that they release the body cam video. let's be transparent here. don't this family deserve it? doesn't america deserve it? because none of us can bre

as castille's uncle who was there, he said pray for peace, people need to go home, respect the curfew and we need to work for the necessary changes, including to the minneapolis police department. >> senator klobuchar, thank you. >> that wraps it up for this hour. reverend al sharpton picks it up next. that's next on "politics nation." t on "politics nation." [horns honking] birthdays aren't cancelled. hope isn't quarantined. first words aren't delayed. caring isn't postponed. courage isn't on hold. and love hasn't stopped. u.s. bank thanks you for keeping all of our spirits strong. we've donated millions to those in need and are always here for our customers and employees. wthat liberty mutualns customizes your insurance, i just love hitting the open road and telling people so you only pay for what you need! [squawks] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ because i trust their quality they were the first to have a vitamin verified by usp... ...an independent organization that sets strict quality and purity standards nature made, the #1 pharmacist recomme

the philando castile case. and then we had a young white woman killed by a black officer.ou have this case. which is one of the most -- one of the clearest cases i've seen and frankly i think one of the easiest for a prosecutor to step out and say that we will bring charges. and if they want to pull that city together that's exactly what needs to happen. i was there recently. an app called citizen to the city which brings transparency to public safety and has been shown to even discourage acts of police abuse. and you walk through that city, it is vibrant, it is diverse. it is also clear that there is deep inequality. and one of the first times i went to the twin cities was during the depth of the great recession. and the interesting thing about that state was that minnesota and mississippi were the only two states in the country at the bottom of the recession where black unemployment was three times white unemployment. no matter what degree you had, a ph.d. or no high school degree. so it is truly, when it comes to issues of racial injustice, mississippi was -- while it's

of so many people across this country and in places like minnesota and my hometown from philando castile to jamar clark to jemel blevins and the list goes on from seeing and knowing that if a firing is an only step, people are not satisfied that justice is served, no matter how long the arc of justice is supposed to bend. and it's just so disheartened to see this at play because you will have people now who are looking at what's happening and their attention is immediately diverted from the fact that there was a man, a human being, who had his neck knelt upon by an officer while he pled, while there were -- for his life -- while onlookers looked at it and begged for his life, while other officers stood by and did nothing and were come poliplace some form. and now the reaction of people in the form of this way. and that is one of the most frustrating and disheartening and counterproductive aspects of protests that turn into rioting or looting in another form or fashion because it really does take the focus away from what should be our mr. george floyd and what was done to him by police of

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we did it with the murder of lando castile in minnesota also.king about the death of breonna taylor. she was shot by police while she was asleep. you think about the case out of georgia and people chased a man down and shot him. i think it's important for people to recognize this isn't the first time that we've done this. we've been doing this for decades. we've been saying that the actions that the police are taking, actions that are supported by both democrats and republicans are wrong. actions that are taken against white people and black people. let's not forget about the murder of daniel shaver a couple of years ago. these actions are wrong no matter your political perspective, no matter whether you're watching this on fox news later. it is wrong and i think that that's what i really want people to focus on right now. >> jane, i'm so glad to hear you say it. i want david to stand by. we'll take a break and come back with all of you and have much more in just a moment. apps are used everywhere... except work. why is that? is it because peopl

now we're 100 years later, orlando castile, jamar clark. hundreds outside of minnesota find themselves victim turning a blind eye. this is a community where we usually tuesday term my cup burneth over to exsued some joy. here is the cup burning over of the trial and "trib" lakes of waiting for justice to not only be a sentiment but actually achieved. >> and, van, the minneapolis police department has been the subject of excessive force. you heard laura mention some of the more notorious incidents. the officer who put his knee on floyd had 18 complaints and two merited disciplinary action. he has been fired, but how do we prevent this from happening again? you talk about how people are exhausted with the concept of okay this law will do it or this law will do it? how do we make sure there are no more incidents like this? >> well, i tell you what, i don't have a great answer. i'll tell you this, we thought we got an answer. it's called body cams that we just put body cams on all these cops. you can see what they were doing. they were either s

this harkens back to castile where the -- he says he's been hit. he's -- he says he's been hit. you can see, here, now that -- that is -- that is usually from these. >> bro, i done got shot so many times today. and the police -- listen, man. my name is la roy williams. >> talk to me. la roy, tell me why you're out here. why are you out here? >> first of all, they killed my cousin jamar. so we did this on the north side. second of all, when i came out here, i didn't even know my home boy got killed. he's from texas. third of all, they been shooting me all -- look, i'm talking about all day. >> that is these shots. thank you for speaking with me. these shots. these are some of the things that are being blown off here. and there is a lot of frustration. that are people -- he is talking about the way people feel about the police officers that they don't care about the black and brown community. the police officers, obviously, there are four of them who have been fired, don. and that is, and you know because you've covered these stories alongside me, that is a very fast reaction from

they can't say the name philando castile because they don't know the history. they're not here to make that difference. this group is. so as minnesotans, don't listen to me, listen to these voices, i listen to them. as a white man who walks through life with that privilege, walk in these shoes, walk in these communities, they took me in. they sat me down. they challenged me when i'm wrong. they teach me what it looks like and they advocate for change and try to hold me accountable. when i fail them, they tell me. when we succeed we succeed together as truly one minnesota. and so with that as a group of mentors here, none more important to me someone who stands for the first time in eight weeks in the same room, my friend a leader in this community lieutenant governor peggy flanagan. [ applause ] >> good afternoon, everyone. bonjour, peggy flanagan. [ speaking foreign language ] my name is peggy flanagan. i'm lieutenant governor of the state of minnesota and i'm a member of the white earth nation of ojibe and the role of our clan to ensure we're not leaving anyo

paul after jamar clark and philando castile were killed. i've been in cities across the country in the wake of police brutality. it's not unheard of for people to come from outside the community and yell the loudest and call for the most vigorously while looting and destroying the communities of others. if the russians can attempt to weaponize our elections, subvert our elections, why would it be a surprise that there aren't a few people who look to endanger many people and take the focus away from the victims of police brutality? that's what we have to focus on here because if we thought about george floyd and breonna taylor and if we thought about their families, think about the communities in which they live, the pain that we're all suffering, with our children watching as we speak. and we responded to that with a sense of urgency and did what we need to do, we would not be having this conversation. and so rather than respond to only a few outside agitators as it were, let's deal with the inside problem that we have. and that means deali

this harkens back to philando castile where the officer was -- all right, sir.he says he's been hit. >> look. they don't give a fuck about us, man. >> reporter: he says he's been hit. you can see here. that is usually from these. >> how did i get shot so many times today? and listen, man, my name is laroy williams. >> reporter: here, talk to me. laroy, tell me why you're out here. this cnn. why are you out here? >> first of all, they killed my cousin shamar. we did this on the north side. when i came out here i didn't know my home boy got killed. used to work at the south carolina from texas. third of all, they've been shooting me, i'm talking about all day. >> reporter: so that is these shots. thank you for speaking with me. some of the things that are being blown off here. there is a lot of frustration. he is talking about the way people feel about the police officers, that they don't care about the black and brown community. the police officers obviously there are four of them who have been fired don, and that is -- and you know because you've covered these s

philando castile, jamal clark and the president of the national fraternal order of police said i do not believe this incident should be allowed to define our profession or the minneapolis police department but he acknowledged trust has been diminished. so with so many, senator -- >> [ inaudible ]. >> i hear you saying it has. how? your city is on fire. how do you establish trust between police and the community now? >> it is final for mr. crow to go. it is time for us to legislatively get inside, change the procedures, have the state take over. it is now that time. the trust has been broken. and it is time for us to change. no eating around the edges, no soft pedaling this issue. i'm 53 years old and i grew up and i leaned across the street my mother told me to watch out for the minneapolis police. >> did she? back then? years ago? >> 53 years old, i am. and i grew up two blocks from where i live. >> and listen, you know this, as a 53-year-old and you've got 13 years on me, but i have met and inviewed phenomenal, phenomenal members of law enforcement. but there is an issue in minneapoli

represented by the same attorney who represented officer yanez, the officer who shot and killed filando castile. but this is very frustrating to the family. it's almost further exacerbating situations because it gives the inference that maybe they're not doing anything. maybe they don't care. much like they didn't do anything about this officer in the three other prior shootings he had been involved in. and who knows how many uses of force that just were never reported or never made national news. >> yeah. yeah. i -- i really appreciate you coming on. cheryl dorsey, retired police sergeant. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> all right. we got to take a short break. when we come back, just ahead, more than 500 national guard soldiers, as we said, are on their way to minneapolis st. paul as those protests spin out of control. we'll be right back. - my family and i did a fundraiser walk in honor of my dad, who was alzheimer's. i decided to make shirts for the walk with custom ink, and they just came out perfect. - [announcer] check out our huge selection of custom apparel for every occasion. you'll

you have philando castile. you have the young white woman who was killed by a black officer. now you have this black man with his, you know, being choked to death by an officer's knee despite the fact that he's handcuffed. there's nobody in this city who should feel safe. there's nobody. and the only way to make them feel safe is to be clear that justice will be sought and justice will prevail. >> ben jealous, first of all, this is not an endorsement. i do have the citizen app on my phone, and i use it, so thank you for that. secondly, thank you for reminding our evidence that our mutual friend maya has the dna of the struggle in her veins and in her family history. so we'll go down as being mutual admiration society for that. a quick recap here. during some of our segments, i've been trying to listen with one ear to minneapolis fire frequency and have heard nothing that would indicate a push, the impossible push to listen to ali velshi's coverage, which has been spot-on, to get in here to save any of these structures or, dare i say, a city block or two because the fear is th

that this is the type of thing that they have been waiting for because when i think about philando castile and all these other cases, brianna dollar, amadou diallo and they see they don't have convictions in many of these cases, many of them tell me that george floyd was the straw, in one words of one woman, that broke the camel's back. back to you. >> really quickly before i let you go, shomari stone, what are the protesters saying they want or expect donald trump to do differently? because donald trump is very consistent in what he does, who he is. is there something they want from the white house or is this just an expression of anger at the white house? >> reporter: well, it's a combination of both. you have an expression of anger, but also you have folks out here who want the white house to show leadership. to show sympathy. to understand the issue of race relations. to understand the killing of unarmed black people by law enforcement in america. they feel that president trump is not showing enough leadership. that he's not sympathetic. that he uses words such as thug -- many of the p

similar unrest unfolded but it didn't reach the scale of what we're seeing now, and obviously, philando castile was a high profile case. lee was a young man who lived in north minneapolis, was killed by police, as well and so there is this feeling that if you're not white in minnesota or minneapolis that your life doesn't have value and there won't be any criminal consequences for the police if they kill you. >> councilman jeremiah alison, thank you for your time, sir. >> thank you. >>> let's turn now to mark. mark of course, president and ceo of the national urban league. he is the former mayor of new orleans, louisiana. mark, just first of all, just your reaction to what we have seen play out in the streets of minneapolis over the last few nights. >> craig, thank you for having me. one point i want to make so that people are clear is that there can be an arrest and there should be an arrest of the officers before formal charges are brought. that is a common process in the criminal justice system. so the two should not be conflicted or confused. this is why it is crucial to show good faith, to

the 2016 police shooting of philando castile. you cannot hear george floyd say the words "i can't breathe" enough. think back to eric garner after new york city police officer put him in a chokehold. each time there are protests, there's calls for justice, months sometimes years go by. wh do you make of the reaction you have seen so far next door in minneapolis to what happed? >> i think juror exactly right. you can't pretend this is one time stand alone thing. i can tell you in garner "vox" so many of the videos we've en, certainly in the one we've one of the most disturbing thing to me is the other officers. thother officers who stand around. if it' jt one officer, aing by himlf then somebody might be able to make the argent that he's a bad apple or that he's a rogue officer or something like that. everyone knows the basic job of a police officer is to help when someone is being hurt. so for three officers to stand there not deem it in their job to intervene and stop this from happening right now, to george floyd, speaks to an

but it is not enough time to change the life for someone like george floyd or someone like filando castille the many cases we have seen, whether there are officers involved or not, like mr. arbery, the innocent jogger in georgia and gets gunned down. and those people were finally prosecuted after the video emerged. so i think technology is changing things. and i think training is changing things. but there has to be so much more that happens. and mostly, the public has to crowd for justice. not just the african-american community. >> right. now, obviously, the arbery case, which we're going to take on after this because we'll see. one of the people charged there, his lawyer wants to come on. we will see what he wants to talk about, what he doesn't. but the problem is those aren't cops. those are private citizens, who allegedly thought they were cops in that situation. we'll take that on separately, though, senator. i appreciate you context calling that. now, you know this. you were a prosecutor there. you have been criticized for not going after cops during your tenure. you would go to a gr

this is the type of thing that they have been waiting for because when they think about philando castile all these other cases, breonna taylor, am a deux diallo, and when they say they don't have convictions, many of them say george floyd was the straw, in the words of one woman, that broke the camel's back. back to you. >> really quickly, before i let you go, shomari stone, what are the protesters saying they want or expect donald trump to do differently because donald trump is very consistent in what he does. he's consistent in who he is. is there something they want from the white house, or is this just an expression of anger at the white house? >> reporter: well, it's a combination of both. you have an expression of anger but also you have folks out here who want the white house to show leadership, to show sympathy, to understand the issue of race relations, to understand the killing of unarmed black people by law enforcement in america. they feel that president trump is not showing enough leadership, that he's not sympathetic, that he uses words such as that many of the people are b

it was a minneapolis police officer who shot and killed philando castile back in 2016. the incident was streamed on facebook live by his girlfriend. the officer was charged but later acquitted and got a $48,000 payout from the department. clearly, though, this is a troubled organization. it was so bad in fact that the current chief of police once sued the department, claiming the leadership tolerated racism. that police chief is now facing questions about whether the department has changed fast enough. >> so it came in on the promise of reforming the department. what impact does this incident have? how does that sort of fit into? >> so that is a great question. so i know as chief that this journey, certainly for me, it's -- you have to look at it as a marathon, not a sprint. >> all right. joining me now is marq claxton, a retired nypd detective and director of public relations and political affairs for the black enforcement alliance. good to have you with us again, marq. are you surprised to hear about the history of complaints against officer -- former officer chauvin?

that's what happened in the philan philando castille case.hink it makes more responsibility if you make the decision yourself. back then it was thought let the community help decide how these cases should be handled. and i think that you can have much more direct justice and responsibility if the prosecutor makes those decisions. body cameras -- >> they say they have them in this case but they haven't released it. i think that's always a mistake. the reason that you have it is for accountability to allow the police to show they were doing their job as well. the faster that gets to the ub approximat public the better. here you have bystander video. what do you say to the people of minnesota if the officers don't have charges and you see them kneeling on the throat of someone begging them to let up. no one is taught to kneel on a throat as a suppressive move. that's not proper training? what message would that send if there are no charges? >> first of all you've got to look at the evidence. to me this evidence is crying out for some kind of cha

and i will note freddie gray, walter scott, even philando castile, the person who killed him was not convicted. we have to come with a strong case. i sympathize with everybody demanding charges, but i hope they just know that we can make that charge now, but if it is not a solid case, we will be sorry later. so i just -- i want to point that out to people. but we're pushing to get those charges filed as soon as we can. >> the mayor of minneapolis was asked what he -- from what he knows if he believes that this was murder an he said, yes. do you think from what you know that that was murder of george floyd? >> well, you know, the mayor is channeling the feelings, the sentiment and the viewing of that tape of his constituents. i am in a position where i -- i have a role to play in the case. my office represents the bureau of criminal apprehension and the commission of public safety. for me to make a legal comment on what the evidence will show would not be in the best interest of the prosecution. so it is fine for the mayor to say that, for me, i have to say we are investigating this c

you have philando castile. you have the young white woman who was killed by a black officer. now you have this black man with his, you know, being choked to death by an officer's knee despite the fact that he's handcuffed. there's nobody in this city who should feel safe. there's nobody. and the only way to make them feel safe is to be clear that justice will be sought and justice will prevail. >> ben jealous, first of all, this is not an endorsement. i do have the citizen app on my phone, and i use it, so thank you for that. secondly, thank you for reminding our evidence that our mutual friend maya has the dna of the struggle in her veins and in her family history. so we'll go down as being mutual admiration society for that. a quick recap here. during some of our segments, i've been trying to listen with one ear to minneapolis fire frequency and have heard nothing that would indicate a push, the impossible push to listen to ali velshi's coverage, which has been spot-on, to get in here to save any of these structures or, dare i say, a city block or two because the fear is th

fact that previous cases have not resulted in a conviction we had one to one case that the lendl castille case with a police officer who was charge he was acquitted so this time around people wondering if this is going to be the case were of like family receives justice so it is it's highly highly important critical critical that the police officer offer a service plural or charges in this case we have i mean the video is obviously shocking and we have seen in the past years since everyone sort of having cameras on their phones more of these videos emerging now you told one of our producers the families victims in the community have been working together for years trying to solve or at least ease this problem where has it been failing. i think it's been feeling in police training i think the police officers and also the larger law enforcement community in this city as well as politicians are paying lip service all giving lip service to this whole question of changing the institutional culture of law enforcement and we have but we have not seen the difference if they are being trained they

for now reporting live in the south bay bureau, amanda del castil castillo, abc7 news. >> thank you so very much for that update. the situation in san jose. we take you live back there near the freeway on-ramp, which had been closed due to the fact that protesters protesting the death of george floyd in minnesota have taken over 101, shutting it down in both directions near alum rock for about an hour, dan. >> indeed. and they have moved off the freeway, but they're gathered on surface streets. a the height of it, there were about, kristen, 300 protesters. at first about two-thirds of them left. and then the final third within the last 20 minutes or so moved off the freeway, allowing traffic on southbound 101 to start inching along again, although a number had gathered on an overpass on the highway. so it's been -- i wouldn't stri describe it as a tense situation, just an intense situation. everyone seemed to stay relatively calm and peaceful. drivers kept their distance, did not get impatient, and a few cars were let through by protesters. those circumstances we don't know, but presum

, whether you're talking about eric gardner, which this one is eerily reminiscent of, or philando castile or laquan mcdonald or even rodney king or even before that, this is a recurrent, historic, and widespread problem. and we have got to confront it. that's why myself and the commissioner of public safety in minnesota had a task force on preventing deadly force encounters with police. we came up with a list of recommends. and i hope that we can really take this problem seriously and say that everybody is equal in the eyes of the lie and nobody above it and nobody is below it. >> keith ellison, thank you so much for spending some time with us today and having this conversation. i'm grateful. >> thank you. >> when we come back, the rev al sharpton and frank figliuzzi respond to what we're seeing in minneapolis. we'll be right back. - when i noticed my sister moving differently, i didn't know what was happening. she said it was like someone else was controlling her mouth. her doctor said she has tardive dyskinesia, which may be related to important medication she takes for her depression.

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they can't say the name philando castile because they don't know the history. not here to make that difference. this group is. so as minnesotans, don't listen to me. listen to these voices. i listen to them. as a white man who walks through life with that privilege, walk in these shoes. walk in these communities. they took me in. they sat me down. they challenge me when i'm wrong. they teach me what it looks like and they advocate for change and try and hold me accountable. when i fail them, they tell me. when we succeed, we succeed together as truly one minnesota. and so with that, as a group of mentors here, none more important to me, someone who stands for the first time in eight weeks in the same room, my friend, a leader in this community, lieutenant governor peggy flanigan. [ applause ] arthel: so that was the governor, that was the governor of minnesota, mr. tim walz who has been very passionate. he's very concerned about what's happening there in his state, personsly in the -- especially in the town of minneapolis, st. paul, the twin cities. he is sayin