there was angela meyers there was the minneapolis. china is facing more criticism for its plan to impose a low restricting public protests in hong kong for democracy advocates say the law by leaves the freedoms of hong kong's special one country 2 systems status in a joint statement the united kingdom the united states australia and canada said the legislation would curtail people's liberties and dramatically erode the territory's all tanami diplomats say the u.n. security council will debate the issue on friday. disorder in hong kong's legislative council a democratic lawmaker has struggled to get past security guards with a bag he said it contained a rotten plant symbolizing what he said was the decay of hong kong's rule of law and way of life. the national people's congress approved plans to proceed with laws against anything china sees as a threat to its authority over the semi autonomous region the law would allow mainland security agencies to operate openly in hong kong pro-democracy activists now feared for their civil libertie

who are joined now from minneapolis by angela meyers she is the 2nd vice president with the civil rights organization the in the belief that the national association for the advancement of colored people ms miers we appreciate you taking the time to talk with us this evening what have you been hearing from the african community african-american community there in minneapolis today. sergei were joined by many leaders national leaders like reverend al sharpton and jesse jackson and other very well known national years as well as local leaders as we call or the arrests the officers that murdered george clooney i made 20 cent she doesn't. talk to me you have a lot. of. the protests talk to me a little bit about the. i'm sorry about that that's ok there's a delay here in the line let me ask you about the protests to do you know will there be more protests and is the end up calling for those protests to remain peaceful. yes so the n.w. c.p. has always supported nonviolent protests these are protests on our i definitely believe happening protests are scheduled for later today. or later this wee

brent: earlier, i spoke with angela meyer, the second vice president of the minneapolis chapter of theaacp, a civil rights organization. i asked her if she thought george floyd would still be alivee today if he were e a whie man. guest: i'm convinced i if it wee a white maman he would not be on the ground. we have seen with dylanan reed d other whitete supremacist group, when even in minnesota and massachusetts and michigan, across the country, there have been white supremacists w who ae armed with ak-47s, with assault rifles, and thehey have mararchn the governor's mansion here in minnesota. ththey have marched onon c capin kakansas andnd michigan a and ty have not been trted the e same way. they havave not beenn abubused y type of way. lice have nenever put theirir hands on white supremacist that are e armed, which if i came across a p person who had an assault rifle, i would be in fefear of my life.e. yet a man w who was, in a lot of ways, allegedly --- they are sasaying his alleged crime w was forgery, which is a low misdemeanor, nonvnviolent crime. yeyet he was on the ground. hehe

doctor meyer angela says, we have been fighting. underground railroad week leaders. harriet tubman.ou know, is to put this in context. so, tomorrow i'm introducing a bill calling for racial healing and transformation to begin the set up a commission so that the public comes to grips with and learned about the historical facts of the genocide of the native american people of the slave trade and of the chinese exclusion act. and, all the underlying issues that haven't quite been addressed nor this country. and, there's no way that i would get tired and give up and say that there's no hope because, i've seen a lot. and i'm very hopeful in our young people because, they get it. they see the system. they understand the injustices. they want true structural systemic change. >> we have to conclude there. but thank you so much for your insights. thank you for your personal's spots as well as we hope that the violence stops and hopefully our country and our society can take a leap forward. thank you. >>> let's go ahead and check in with claudine and we are in for rosemary today. talk a littl