his name is john floyd. whose name i just said a moment ago because that's the same john floyd who obtained the conviction, the racketeering conviction against the crooked sheriff sydney dorsey. in that case where dorsey murdered his would be successor after beat him in an election in the year 2000. john floyd is the one who got that conviction, including the racketeering conviction and then defended it to the supreme court. tacked 20 plus years, tacked 20 years on to a sentence that was already life without parole because of that racketeering conviction. years later, fani willis was leading the teacher scandal prosecution in atlanta, she went to him. she brought in the state's racketeering prosecution expert. she brought in john floyd to get the racketeering convictions against the teachers. in case, too, and it worked. however unlikely it might have seemed to have those kinds of charges. in kind of case, he did it and it stuck and it worked. and now not that many years later, fani willis is the elected dis

and this news is really significant because john floyd, as you say, has literally written the book on for racketeering and ms. willis herself has prosecuted folks for cheating on standardized tests. normally it's for violent crimes, but georgia's statute defines it much more broadly to include false statements made to state officials, and when you go back and listen to those calls that are now on audiotape for the world to hear, that sure sounds like he is inducing a falsification of election results. he'll have some defenses but this is significant. >> and conspiracy is one of the elements that the district attorney is reportedly investigating in that case. it wasn't just donald trump picking up the phone and calling the georgia secretary of state, and clearly violating the law in that phone call, it's who else was involved in his attempts, first of all, to -- and decision to make that phone call? who else was involved in his other ways in which he was trying to affect the vote in georgia? >> that's 100% right, lawrence. intrinsically conspiracy is problematic because if you're invol

maybe someone tells you, or maybe they decide they better not till, that fani willis has hired john floydguide on prosecuting state racketeering cases. what does that do to the next time you approach the ball on the golf course? does that maybe break the concentration a little bit? >> absolutely, 100%, lawrence. donald trump has been bouncing around. he was a reality tv star, he was a businessman, he was president, and now he's finally found his calling defendant in a racketeering case. this news is really significant because john floyd, as you say, has literally written the book on prosecuting state entities for racketeering and miss willis herself has prosecuted those for cheating on tests. normally it's for violent crimes, but georgia's statute defines it much more broadly to include false statements made to state officials, and when you go back and listen to those calls that are now on audiotape for the world to hear, that sure sounds like he is inducing a falsification of election results. he'll have some defenses but this is significant. >> and conspiracy is one of the elements that

there is a guy named john floyd, he's coming on in a contract position, he's an expert in racketeerings who investigate complex charges to bring. he also literally wrote the book on racketeering in georgia. this is one of the few folks who's in the public integrity office in the district attorney's office if willis decided to keep on, this is someone young but he had experience as a former atlanta cop and complex investigations. this is kind of a look of some of the folks in his team that she's building with ant anti-corruption cases in atlanta. >> sarah, with your expertise covering this, what does this mean for trump for what he could face in georgia? >> she sent those letters to officials in the state of georgia who don't believe are targets. we are investigating solicitation of election fraud and conspiracy and racketeering. these are not home runs and super easy for her to prove especially when you talk about a racketeering case. she's also looking at the behavior of folks around the president who may have helped him carry out his efforts to overturn the election in georgia. >> th

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reuters has now confirmed that district attorney fani willis has enlisted the help of atlanta lawyer john floydacketeering cases. if she pursues racketeering charges, willis will need to prove a pattern of corruption by trump, alone or with his allies, aimed at overturning the election results to stay out of jail. i should tell you that i racketeering conviction in the state of georgia can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. i will also tell you we're going to have much more on this tomorrow night with a former georgia d.a. who knows both fani willis and the racketeering expert she just hired for her trump case who knows exactly how a case like this will work. looking forward to that. you will not want to miss it. >>> stay with us. want to miss t >>> stay with us introducing the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it's the most comfortable, body-sensing, automatically-responding, energy-building, dually-adjustable, dad-powering, wellness-boosting, foot-warming, snore-relieving, temperature-balancing, recovery-assisting, effortlessly life-changing, proven quality night's sleep we've ever m

s office confirmed that district attorney fani willis has enlisted the help of atlanta lawyer john floydal guide on prosecuting racketeering cases under state law. summed up this way, if she pursues racketeering charges, willis will need to prove a pattern of corruption by trump, alone or with his allies, aimed at overturning the election results to stay in power. racketeering usually involved in crimes like murder and bribery, the state of georgia defines is more broadly. i should tell you that i racketeering conviction in the state of georgia can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. i will also tell you we're going to have much more on this tomorrow night with a former georgia d.a. who knows both fani willis and the racketeering expert she just hired for her trump case who knows exactly how a case like this will work. looking forward to that. you will not want to miss it. >>> stay with us. new miracle-earmini- a nearly invisible hearing aid from the brand leader in hearing aids with over 70 years of experience. (deborah) when i finally had miracle-ear and i could hear for the

race relations the trial of derek show ven former police officer charged with murdering john. floyds by kneeling on his neck for his staff ignited worldwide protests against racism man's police brutality the 2nd day of the trial as she's got underway in iran's an hour's time well john hendren is in minneapolis and he joins us now john what are we looking ahead to on this 2nd day of the trial. that's right it's day 2 of the most watched civil rights trial in america and we expect to get under way with the cross-examination of a martial arts expert who happened to be on the sidewalk and taking video at the time when police took george floyd down and put him down on the ground and knelt on top of him and that martial arts expert was a key witness on the 1st day of the trial because he said that the officer seemed to be using a chokehold that he was familiar with from his own training he was also a security officer among other things and he said that he was strange that there was a way to hold somebody where he would choke off the blood any he said in a videotape that he himself had tape

confirmed, that fulton county district attorney fani willis has enlisted the help of atlanta lawyer john floydo wrote a national guide on prosecuting racketeering cases under state law. reuters sums up the legal landscape this way -- "if she pursues racketeering charges, willis will need to prove a pattern of corruption by trump alone or with his allies aimed at overturning the election results to stay in power. while racketeering is typically pursued by prosecutors in cases involving such crimes as murder, kidnapping, and bribery, the georgia statute defines racketeering more broadly to include things like false statements made to state officials." i should tell you that a racketeering conviction in the state of georgia can carry a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. i will also tell you that we're going to have much more on this tomorrow night with a former georgia d.a. who knows both fani willis and the racketeering expert she just hired for her trump case who knows exactly how a case like this will work. i'm looking forward to that. you do not want to miss it. stay with us. to that. you

decades in prison if he's convicted the case will center around the question of just what led to floyd's death john hendren has more from minneapolis. george floyd's death reignited the us civil rights movement and set off a racial revolution in american streets. it energized the black lives matter movement in harden the country's racial divide now the trial of the police officer accused of floyd's murder could either close a bitter chapter in american history. or rekindle the arson fueled riots of the summer of 2020 across the united states and i think will be similar to what took place when this happened you know we felt it all the way in chicago. you know people are angry. but to their frustrations will say they know how the murder trial of fired police officer derrick children is perhaps the most intense updated civil rights case here in the u.s. in the 21st century it will mark a test case of racial justice in 2021 in the case of a black man who died beneath the knee of a white police officer who held him there for 8 minutes in 46 seconds. that jury will see show vun in this disturbing video a

to to deal with mr george floyd let's bring in john hendren he's been following the trial for us in minneapolis he joins me now live from there and as i said john it seems like the focus now is to try and look at the moments before the death of george floyd under the knee of derek show of and then to look at what happened in the shop is that where we're going today. that does seem to be what's happening now you heard chris of or martin this employee of the food food store who actually lived above it chalking about the incentive for actually pursuing george floyd on that day and that's the store manager had set a rule that said if you took a counterfeit bill you had to pay for it out of your pocket as an employee of that store and so you can hear chris martin say he considered just paying his own $20.00 and then he reconsidered that talked to his manager and it was after that that they went out and reported to the police that they had received a counterfeit bill that's what set all of this in motion an allegation that george floyd gave them a fake $20.00 bill and the prosecution is slowly buildi

intervene and became increasingly angry as they demanded derek shelves and take his knee off floyd's neck john hendren has made. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police on the phone. and why did you do that because i will leave out with a murder. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man on moon is there growing where the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officer show ven testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed in. a palace out of the. palace. for you for not doing more in not. physically beaten around the. state with his life but the fight. is not what accident it is what he said. she was followed by her 9 year old cousin . and. a. current in her right is. a cat like her. she watched she said as para

heard witnesses to scribe how they tried to intervene as derek chervin held his knee against floyd's neck john hendren reports as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to rip.

monday the prosecution and defense lay differing narratives on the use of force and the cause of floyd's death john hendren has more from minneapolis. under penalty of perjury the most watched civil rights trial in america opened with a stark accusation of murder mr gary shaaban betrayed his badge. when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr george for. that he put his knees upon his neck and his back. grinding and crushing him. until the very breath no leisure gentlemen until the very life were squeezed out of them as opening arguments began in the trial of the police encounter that sparked a racial revolution in the streets the lawyer for the white former minneapolis police officer accused of murdering a black man named george floyd shot back you will learn that derek children did exactly what he had been trained to do over the course of his 19 year. the use of force is not attractive but it is a necessary component of police. the prosecution's 1st witness a police dispatcher who watched on police cameras as officers knelt on the back and neck give george floyd's then she di

heard how onlookers grew increasingly angry as they demanded that derek chosen take his knee floyd's neck john hendren reports now from minneapolis as he watch dirac children kneel on george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police.

trouble and that he had covert 19 and they are saying all of those factors contributed to george floyd's death. john hendren with the latest from chicago john. at least they protesters have been killed in the latest rallies against the military coup in me and my. crowds faced off with security forces in several cities the military and police have used increasingly violent tactics to suppress the protests at a local rights group says more than $220.00 people have been killed since the coup in early february well scott had so has more now from bangkok in neighboring thailand. we saw a bit of a standoff with protesters and police and security forces what had happened is we've been seeing a lot more around the country particular where there are bigger cities the protesters are building these barricades and that's where the kind of usually have a face off with the security forces tear gas is fired and then it escalates usually to live rounds and that's what we saw in this central myanmar city of on what happened is that it seems as though while the police were trying to take down the barricades the prote

floyd john? >> not little. >> did you see mr. floyd fighting back the officers? >> no. >> did you see whether mr. floyd lost consciousness while watching? >> correct. >> no argument. [inaudible] objection is overruled. ask again so he can hear. >> while he worked there watching, was there a time you saw mr. floyd lose consciousness? >> correct. >> you are asked multiple times about being angry. >> correct. >> more and more upset as time went on. >> correct. >> why? why did you get angry and more and more upset as time went on? >> they were not listening to anything i was telling them. i had to speak out because they were out to the officer and there was no feedback or emotion, nothing. as i was talking to. >> i'll stop you there -- >> next question. >> what did you think was happening to mr. floyd? >> he was under distress. >> move on from the. >> he felt he was in danger? >> correct. >> in danger of what? [inaudible] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [silence] [background noises] >> mr. williams, why did you think it was so important th

to racially motivated and brutal police tactics they held a prayer service alongside floyd's family in minneapolis john hendren has more from minneapolis. and george floyd's death reignited the u.s. civil rights. movement and set off a racial revolution in american streets. it energized the black lives matter movement in harden the country's racial divide now the trial of the police officer accused of floyd's murder could either close a bitter chapter in american history. or rekindle the arson fueled riots of the summer of 2020 across the united states and i think will be similar to what took place when this happened you know we felt it all the way in chicago. you know people angry and. venting their frustrations will say they know how the murder trial of fired police officer derrick children is perhaps the most anticipated civil rights case here in the u.s. in the 21st century it will mark a test case of racial justice in 2021 in the case of a black man who died beneath the knee of a white police officer who held him there for 8 minutes in 46 seconds. that jury will see show than in this disturbing vi

heard witnesses describe how they tried to intervene as derek chervin held his knee against floyd's neck john hendren reports. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police. and why did you do that because. with a murder. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the man a move yet bro the man on moon is there growing where the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officer chauvin testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed in. a palace out of the. palace. for not doing more in not. physically interacting in. his life but the fight. is not what i said and it's what he said. she was followed by her 9 year old cousin . and. current is her right is. cal i've heard. she watched she said as paramedics had to push over an off an unmoving floyd. prose

then you'll be seen as again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren chicago. defense attorney and former prosecutor he explained what happens next in the floyd criminal case. there are 2 parts right now you have the criminal parts of the part so this or she has been taken care of $27000000.00 to make sure that it's children it will be taken care of well as as his brother said it doesn't bring them back so now the next part is that here is the lesson and then surely be. our position if you're the city of minneapolis you want to ensure that hopefully that on there are no more rides no more unrest let's say that your he says that it's not guilt what will the family say so on that hand you're going to say hey you know what maybe this is a big community understand that this city wants to do the right thing that the city is acknowledging that the police department has sustained big issues the city is understanding that we are in charge of the police department the city is taking responsibility so you do see some change $27000000000.00 is a large amo

policies that are happening then you'll be seen as again despite this settlement new floyd family and just. into that happening john hendren and you 0 crossing. will saturday marks a year since briana taylor was shot and killed by police in the us state of kentucky like george floyd who was killed just 2 months later her name became a rallying cry for last year's black lives matter protests taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in new river no one has been charged over her killing her family has received $12000000.00 in compensation now u.s. senate majority leader chuck schumer is the latest new york politician calling for the resignation of governor andrew cuomo who is accused of sexual misconduct cuomo is facing several allegations of sexual assault and harassment but is refusing to step down there's also a growing scandal over his handling of the credit crisis his top aides are accused of altering data to obscure the number of deaths from the disease and nursing homes now moving on and at least 3 more protesters have been shot dead an antique de

how onlookers grew increasingly angry as they demanded that derek chive in take his knee of floyd's neck john hendren reports now from minneapolis. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police. and why did you do that because i will leave out with a murder. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the many moves yet bro the man on moon there broke the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officer show ven testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed in. a palace out of the. palace. for not doing more in not. physically beating around. and not saving his life but the fight. is not what i said and it's what he said to me she was followed by her 9 year old cousin. and. her right is. in the catholic curtain and. she watched she said as paramedics

last may when a policeman knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes floyd's family says the payout is just one step on the road to justice john hendren reports. the city of minneapolis his put a price on just how much black lives matter in the case of george floyd $27.00 moon in dollars that's the amount the city has agreed to pay in a civil settlement with floyd's family in the racially charged case of a black man who died beneath a white police officers knee i thank the state of minnesota for getting that settlement taken care of. but even though my brother is not here he's here with me in my heart because if i could give you my back i would give all that is bad the settlement is the largest ever in a minneapolis police shooting it also eclipses the $12000000.00 the kentucky city of louisville paid recently in the death of briana taylor gunned down in her own home by police one year ago friday a floyd family lawyer says the beneficiaries go beyond one family the financial compensation most directly impact george floor and his family their future of their family but it is tough to see ripped the ems down to fix all of us oth

intervene and became increasingly angry as they demanded derrick show and take his knee of george floyd's neck johnhendren has more. as he watched derek show vanilla and george floyd's increasingly lifeless body donald williams called the police to report on the police at some point did you make a 911 call. the police or the police. and why did you do that because i will leave out with a murder. williams testifying for a 2nd time on day 2 of the high profile civil rights trial can be heard on bystander video calling out to officers to stop the many moves yet bro the man on whom they're growing the teen who took that viral video of floyd beneath the needy of former minneapolis police officers show ven testifying off camera because of her age says floyd seemed to know he was dying it's been nice i stayed and. apologized to the. palace. for not doing more in not. physically beating around. and not saving his life but the fight. is not what. if what he said. she was followed by her 9 year old cousin. and. a. current in her right is. a cat like her. she watched she said as paramedics had to push over an

officer thousands of people have marched in the city of minneapolis the one thing justice for george floyd john hendren is outside the court and explains what's behind that the leg. let me 1st set the scene if i may because you know how raucous it got here over the summer when this incident happened. you could see a few stragglers over there there were about 100 protesters but because it's just jury selection we are not seeing the huge amounts of people that i expect we will see during the trial and possibly after the verdict in this case so what's happened is they were supposed to begin jury selection this morning and what happened was the judge said he was going to consider as he is required to do to a recent appeals court decision whether a 3rd degree murder charge is appropriate now here's how it works in the state of minnesota 1st degree is intentional premeditated murder that is not being charged here 2nd degree murder is intentional but not premeditated and the idea in this case would be that when this police officer derrick children put his knee on george floyd's neck for over 9 minutes

happening then you'll be seamless again despite the settlement the floyd family insists just because we won't be served until that happens john hendren should consummate their pressure well i've been bates is a defense attorney and former prosecutor him explain the next steps in the floyd criminal case there are 2 parts right now the criminal parts of the part so the symbols or should've been taken care of $27000000.00 to make sure that as children is taken care of well as robert said it doesn't bring them back so now the next are very celestion and then surely the problems far are if you're a city in minneapolis you want to ensure that hopefully that there are no more rides no more unrest let's say that your he says that it's not guilt are what will the family say some bad hand you're going to say hey you know what maybe this is a big community understand that this city wants to do the right then that the city is acknowledging that the police department has a stomach issue the city is understanding that we are in charge of the police department the city is taking responsibility so you do see some change $27000000000.00 is a

john. judge refuses to delay the trial over the killing of george floyd a black man whose death sparked a summer racial justice protests. but to an idea threat now has gone but it was quite dramatic in this is how it happens this is a put this on loop for you can see have these streams of plants go inland from this coastal area that's rather more humid air coming yes cold air is coming from the west you get these thunderstorms to topple sunder storms that is lightning and that's what caused a barrel of tornadoes was some damage there that's the biggest go the last tail on its way through florida a few hours ago now it's all linked to a system which is its head is quite caught in fact is going to be some morningstar that would have been some morning snow in parts of new england possibly even new york then all things improved during saturday and this year on this east coast of florida or maybe georgia when you got on shore brazen or poor weather than the pacific side takes over the action this is a slowly opening frontal system which means rain at low levels and snow up in the rockies in the casca

opening arguments the prosecution of defense lay differing narratives of the events that led to floyd's arrest and john hendren reports firm under penalty of perjury the most watched civil rights trial in america opened with a stark accusation of murder mr garrett shot and betrayed his badge when he used excessive and unreasonable force upon the body of mr george for.

we may see it used to stop the george floyd legislation, john lewis legislation, and h.r. 1 legislation>> let's bring in the professor who actually teaches this stuff, right? because republicans, professor, would have everyone believe that the filibuster is a sacred senate tradition, but it's actually not. it's really, you know, as mr. higginbotham points out, another relic of jim crow. talk to us about how it is used or how it was used mostly by segregationists in the south. >> we know in 1957, we had a gangster named strom thurmond, who spoke for 24 hours straight. it only took one moment to do number one, and barry goldwater came in and helped that out. so he came back and continued to talk. that's just the tip of the iceberg that my dear brother higginbotham is talking about. he comes from a family of intellectual and spiritual nobility. the juxtaposition between that kind of nobility, that kind of courage versus the barbarity of the jim crow. keep in mind the new jim crow is the mass incarceration. this is the new, new jim crow. >> michelle alexander wrote about it, yeah. >> so tha

witnesses he described they tried to intervene to stop terrorist shove and from kneeling on george floyd snake well john hendren is following the trial in minneapolis and joins says joins me now from there john deere i'd sign the quote horse with that trial is set to commence what are you looking out for today. well this suppose every witness comes as a surprise because we don't get a witness list ahead of time all we know is there's a list of 400 names that either side can draw from but we do know that the 1st witness today will be a firefighter her name is genevieve hansen we know that because her testimony was cut off at the end of the day yesterday she was quite combative with the defense counsel who was trying to argue that the crowd of people around the police when they were on top of george floyd was somehow hostile and aroud and she fired back and she said i don't know if you've ever witnessed a murder but it's disturbing that got her an admonishment from the judge who struck that from the record said that she was being argumentative and unresponsive took the jury out of the room in order to giv

then you'll be seen as again despite this settlement the floyd family insists justice won't be served until that happens john hendren l.g. 0 chicago. saturday marks a year since brenda taylor was shot and killed by police in the us state of kentucky like george floyd who was killed 2 months later i mean became a rallying cry for losses but lives matter protests taylor was shot by officers when they forced their way into her apartment during a botched narcotics raid in louisville no one has been charged over the killing a family received $12000000.00 in compensation. vigil 2 on a murdered british woman has been cancelled because of coronavirus restriction a police officer has been charged with kidnapping and killing sarah everett the 33 year old disappeared as she walked home on march 3rd a body was found on wednesday everard's killing has ignited international conversation about women's safety well femi he told you is training director at challenge consultancy in london which is an organization that works to further equality for women and diverse groups she's also part of 1000000 women rights she says preven

the prosecution's allegation is that he chose either to disregard the life of george floyd or actively to end it john thanks very much indeed as you say of course we're waiting for the jury to come in in about 15 minutes time we're keeping an eye on the live pictures that we're seeing from the or which we will be seeing from the court in this country and we're going to come back to you when that gets under way but for now john hendren and many of us thank you very much indeed. well in a press conference and head of the child civil rights activist robin al sharpton says there was more to the case than the death of a single man made no mistake about it. shaping is in the court room but america's own trout. america's own child to see if we have gotten to a place where we can hold police accountable if they break the law the law is for everybody policemen are not above the law policemen are subject to the law and that's what's going on in this card room and yes while we here in the fine family lawyer warned people against being drawn into discussions about george's record please do not be to stretch the