'd the demonstrators numbering in the thousands on sunday say jovan and maurice 5 year term ended on february 7th but that the president has refused to leave office and is instead consolidating power yes i know i was today we're showing the world that the haitian people reject the power of the ph d. k. headed beige of n n maries who wants to establish a dictatorship in the country the haitian people pulled against the devalued regime in 1086 who will not go back to d.c. . or he says ruled by presidential decree for the past 13 months after dissolving the majority of parliament amid political gridlock he claims his term doesn't end until february 2022 and he'll step down only then he took power in 2017 in an election marred by allegations of fraud. the protest sunday were organized by religious groups but others joined in including the political opposition. the frustration on the streets goes beyond the president demonstrators are also mad at what's known as that core group the united nations european union united states canada and france that for many years have held great influence

involuntary that is is being alleged in this case the prosecution isn't trying to prove that derek jovan that day said he was going to murder george floyd and did so what they're saying is that his acts led to the murder of george floyd led to the death of george floyd and that that was a homicide and it's important to note that even in the medical examiner's report. the death is listed as a homicide that is death at the hands of another person now the floyd family hired their own coroner they may introduce evidence the prosecutors that is that goes into that report that report is more direct it says that george floyd died due to its fixation the knee on the neck was itself the cause of death so. all of those charges give the give the prosecution an opportunity to convict derek show of an and at the higher end of that he could get up to 40 years in prison if he's only convicted of manslaughter it could be a handful of years and being a police officer without a history of arrests he's likely to get a lower end of that but one of the things that is going to come into this trial is his own

you will during opening arguments prosecutors insisted jovan used excessive force and will prove it with key witnesses including the minneapolis police chief children's defense team put the blame on floyd they're insisting that poor health and drugs led to his death they urged jurors take nor calls for social justice. evidence that you will see this case during this trial is i agree with counsel for the state it is nothing more than that there is no political or social cause in this court or civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george fluid but they also hope it will lead to equal protection for black americans who encounter police. and that's more we are joined by to. walk us through the significance of this trial for americans and beyond well it's huge i mean we saw the largest civil rights protests in decades following george floyd's death last year spreading across you know pretty much every major city united states name is spreading all around the world so it has huge ramifications and this trial really begs the question can the u.s. fairly prosecute crimes paid

during opening arguments prosecutors insisted jovan used excessive force and will prove it with key witnesses including the minneapolis police chief children's defense team put the blame on flew away you're insisting that bore health and drugs led to his death they urged jurors take nor calls for social justice. evidence that you will see this case during this trial it is i agree with counsel for the state it is nothing more than that there is no political or social cost in this court or civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george fluid but they also hope it will lead to equal protection for an on black americans who encounter police and we are joined now by william lou kroft william walk us through the significance of this trial not only for americans but also beyond its huge i mean the george floyd death sparks the worst widespread most widespread protests are around the u.s. with that the united states in decades it went all the way around the world including here in germany which has its own police brutality and police policing issues to deal with so it's clearly stru

they won was that everything went as expected prosecution making the case here that there jovan had no reason no cost legitimate cause to treat george floyd the way he did it that he violated his police training and current minneapolis police department policies by treating mr floyd as he did the defense of course tried to muddy the water tried to deflect that a little bit saying there is more evidence than just the video of the prosecution pushing video because of course we're all prone to like hey i saw it with my old eyes i believe what i see what i see and the defense is trying to make the case that depending on what you see or no never mind what you see there there's more evidence which will this what they say proof that mr chavez is not guilty as you said 4 weeks minimum. paid for this trial we'll see how long it lasts it's going to be very very interesting 4 weeks that's for sure and more broadly speaking we know that the prosecution and the defense have both insisted that this trial is not about race when it's not about the police of the united states either but many outside of

knew him during opening arguments prosecutors insisted jovan used excessive force and look prove it with key witnesses including the minneapolis police chief children's defense team put the blame on floyd you're insisting that bore health and drugs led to his death they urged jurors take nor calls for social justice evidence that you will see this case during this trial. i agree with counsel for the state because nothing more than that there is no political or social cause in this court for civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george fluid but they also hope it will lead to equal protections for an armed black americans who encounter police. that's cost of a to washington d.c. and. stefan this is expected to be a long and emotional trial what were the main takeaways for day one. they won was that everything went as expected prosecution making the case here that there are 7 had no reason no cost legitimate cost to treat george floyd the way he did that he violated his police training and current minneapolis police department policies by treating mr floyd as he did the

you were during opening arguments prosecutors insisted jovan used excessive force and look prove it with key witnesses including the minneapolis police chief children's defense team put the blame on floyd they're insisting that poor health and drugs led to his death they urge jurors to ignore calls for social justice evidence that you will see this case during this trial. i agree with counsel for the state it is nothing more than that there is no political or social cause in this. civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george floyd but they also hope it will lead to equal protections for an armed black americans who encounter police. and. following the story for us so well and how significant do you think this trial is for people in the u.s. and also beyond. it's huge i mean the death sparked the widest most intense protest the u.s. had seen in decades regarding civil rights or regarding any really social issue in those protests spread around the world including here in germany which has its own policing issues and race issues to deal with i'll be very different from w

with further video recorded by onlookers and witness testimony dominated day 3 of the trial of derek jovan who's accused of murder it painted a traumatic picture of how floyd's alleged attempt to use a counterfeit bill escalated into his death in may last year if they even though he was the only. one actually. looked at. me i don't know me so. well in another scene before chauvin knelt on his neck floyd pleaded more with offices through. another camera. do you ever get that look at it. we didn't know what you said. there are no i don't want that we don't want to know we. i don't we're not the program. well the footage of floyd being pinned on the chair of ins nian his final moments was too much for one witness. but. it will be you. charles mcmillian who was passing by at the time stopped and tried to persuade floyd to give himself up to police he broke down in court when asked to relive the day's events saying he'd felt helpless well gabler's on there was live in minneapolis gabe so day 3 of the trial today in the court as we saw as we saw they were shown dramatic body cam footage of the e

george floyd's death the court heard how onlookers grew increasingly angry as they demanded derrick jovan take his neil floyd's neck and have a firefighter was prevented from intervening 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 believe out with a murderer. 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 growth 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 in. a palace out of the. palace. for not doing more in not. physically interacting. and not saving 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 .

show its neck while he had his fellow officers ignored floyd saying i can breathe at least 27 times jovan is defense argued that he was simply following police procedure on the floyd's drug use that contributed to his death gabriel elizondo reports from the minneapolis. we're right outside of the courthouse some of the streets are blocked off court has been adjourned for this session for the day and there are a couple 100 protesters out here all calling for justice for george lloyd emotions are high most people watched all of the trial if not parts of it and everyone is here that we spoke to in the last few minutes all gathered right after the judge did this session for the day and adjourned. the courtroom and they all just wanted to be here to voice their support for george floyd and his family mexico's president has promised that there will be justice off the death of a refugee from el salvador in police custody a female police officer was filming on her back over some sea showed the woman's neck and been broken. china's top legislative body has unanimously approved sweeping changes to

in the trial of a white policeman accused of killing george floyd former minneapolis officer derek jovan is facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter. yet they are israeli security footage of a suspect they believe planted to explosives outside the democratic and republican headquarters the night before the u.s. capitol hill riots a $100000.00 reward is being offered for information. on the u.s. state department says it's repulsed me and monitors increasing use of lethal force against protesters dozens of people have been killed since the 2 on february 1st. and the u.s. state department is imposing new sanctions on 2 iranian officials accusing them of human rights violations secretary of state anthony blinken says the 2 members of the islamic revolutionary guard were involved in the torture and punishment of peaceful protesters in 20192020 lincoln says the 2 interrogators along with their families would be banned from entering the united states the sanctions come and international efforts to bring the u.s. and iran to the negotiating table well as a political analyst an expert

officer charged with killing george floyd he died in may last year after a white police officer derrick jovan knelt on his neck for nearly 9 minutes he's facing charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter floyd's death prompted worldwide protests and calls for racial justice john hendren as the latest now from minneapolis. where they've gone through half a dozen or so jurors and they have selected one so far interestingly to the people who were not selected were hispanic and betty interesting in this case because the prosecution is going to want people of color on their jury because those. people might be more likely to have an understanding of the kind of interaction between people of color and police that his come up in this case the big question is did derrick show over and the police officer murdered george floyd. did he know knowingly do so and you know essentially. what were his motivations here the prosecution is trying to get another charge levied against him and that would be degree murder a lower charge that essentially means the officer acted with a do pray to action in this case

streets of port au prince on sunday as haiti's political turmoil continues demonstrators say president jovan illinois is an illegitimate leader and they're calling for him to resign from is more is maintain his term lasts until next year while the opposition argues it should have ended 3 weeks ago. well relations between haiti and its wealthier neighbor the dominican republic have been starkly difficult on the caribbean island that they share now the dominican government has announced plans to build a wall between them to end illegal migration and the chapelle explains. this neighborhood is known as little haiti it lies in santo domingo the capital of the dominican republic on the eastern half of the island of hispaniola about half a 1000000 people from haiti on the western side live here but since the pandemic they have fewer jobs especially in construction and farming many like residency permits or access to employment services and health care and now the dominican government says it will build a border wall to keep migrants from haiti out evil but that's all they will sign us in just 2 ye

jovan is charged with unintentional second degree murder, third degree murder and manslaughter. before the trial, floyd's family and their legal team if george floor be saying this is a hard case. the floyd family has described the case as a quote, slam dunk. the defense only needs one juror to believe there's reasonable doubt prosecutors using opening arguments to provide a road map of the charges, making the case that children's actions went beyond what would be considered reasonable use of force by a police officer. he was well aware that mr floyd was unarmed. miss avoid had not threatened anyone that mr floyd was in handcuffs. as the trial gets underway. there are increasing concerns about protests and unrest. but for now, most activists say they're focusing on keeping floyd's legacy alive. the fact that this became a global uprising was incredible. we're just 11 arm, you know that is out here trying to create change. the trial is expected to last for about a month. police say they're working hard to prevent a repeat of the unrest we saw last year in minneapolis, jeff paul k

knew him during opening arguments prosecutors insisted jovan used excessive force and will prove it with key witnesses including the minneapolis police chief children's defense team put the blame on floyd they're insisting that or health and drugs led to his death they urged jurors to ignore calls for social justice. evidence that you will see in this case during this trial it is i agree with counsel for the state it is nothing more than there is no political or social cause in this court or civil rights activists say this case is about justice for george floyd but they also hope it will lead to equal protection for an armed black americans who encounter police. that's cause of it to washington d.c. and. stefan this is expected to be a long and emotional trial what were the main takeaways for day one. they won was that everything went as expected prosecution making the case here that there itself and had no reason no cost legitimate cost to treat george floyd the way he did it that he violated his police training and current minneapolis police department policies by treating mr floyd as

death at the hands of a police officer sparked a public outcry in may the officer involved derrick jovan is facing murder charges jury selection in his trial began this week the lead lawyer for floyd's family says this is a landmark ruling it was a watershed moment for america it was one of the most regis and shock and documentations of an american citizen been tortured to death by a police officer for having his knee oh his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds one of the worst ever witnessed in history or john hendren has been following developments on this story from chicago . as we understand it the entire city council of minneapolis voted unanimously to award the family or the estate of george floyd $27000000.00 that is a huge civil rights settlement by comparison the family of brianna taylor who a black woman who was sleeping in her house when police raided it looking for drugs from someone else did not find it and ended up killing her that family was paid $12000000.00 so this is really one of the largest settlement you could find but the family says that they're not just looking for a

police officer derek jovan over the killing of george floyd has been delayed until tuesday as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the courthouse the judge received a last minute order to consider adding an additional murder charge last may the former police officer knelt on mr floyd's neck as he pleaded that he couldn't breath. here in germany after months of lockdown a small measure of normality is returning in line with the cautious coronavirus reopening strategy announced last week by the chancellor merkel boss restaurants and most non-essential businesses remain closed bought some sections of the economy are once again welcoming customers. time to get back in shape after the enforced inactivity of lockdown james like this one in limiting the number of mosques are essential and time slots have to be booked online but the fitness friends just glad to be back. of course it's a great feeling to finally be able to do some real sports again after 3 months of just jogging and a few pushups at home despite the restrictions with the mosque and everything it is of course a bit more freed

the demonstrators numbering in the thousands on sunday say jovan and maurice 5 year term ended on february 7th but that the president has refused to leave office and is instead consolidating power yes i know i was today we're showing the world that the haitian people reject the power of the ph d. k. headed base of n l millions who want to establish a dictatorship in the country the haitian people fought against the devalued regime in 1806 will not go back to d.c. . he says ruled by presidential decree for the past 13 months after dissolving the majority of parliament amid political gridlock he claims his term doesn't end until february 2022 and he'll step down only then he took power in 2017 in an election marred by allegations of fraud. the protests sunday were organized by religious groups but others joined in including the political opposition. the frustration on the streets goes beyond the president demonstrators are also mad at what's known as the core group the united nations european union united states canada and france that for many years have held great influence over haitian aff