we go now w to minneneapis w whe wewe are joioined by n nekima levy-armstrong, civil l rights attorneyey, activist, foundederf ththe racial justice network and former president of the minneapolis chapter of the nanaacp. welcome back to democracy now! your city is in flames. can yoyou talk about what happed this week and what you're demanding? >> yes. so we knknow george floyd was unjustly killed by minneapolis police officers. ththe video has gone viral. people are outrageged. this is s yet another remininder that the minneapolis police department has a c culture of violencece, specificlyly when it comes to their interactions with the african-american community. and so as a result of what happened to george floyd, we took to the streets in a 2.5 mile m march from the site of where he was killed to the third precinct police station where thousands of people stood in solidarity, standing up for .ustice for george floyd and in the last couple of days, there have been skirmishes between law enforcement officials and protesters. i just actually left the site a little while ago and some of the