in some cases the metropolitan police department deployed oc .pray and staying bombs the metropolitan police department made 17 arrests. i have been asked a few times where the arrestees were from. we had one that was from chesterfield, virginia. three from alexandria. one from woodbridge. but three who had no fixed .ddress one we were unable to determine an address, and the eight remaining had some ties or lived in washington, d.c. the arrestees, 14 were charged with rioting. two were charged with burglary and one was charged with simple assault. i do not anticipate that will be all of the arrest we make relative to this incident. the downtown business district in washington, d.c. has a very sophisticated and expansive video system. some of that is owned by the government. some of that is owned by private businesses. this is the time when we will ask our private businesses to review the footage that they own. if they have video of anyone who destroyed property or hurt people in washington, d.c., we asked them to share that with us. you can call us. we will also have our criminal inve

for both the nation's capital and metropolitan police, it was business as usual.he metropolitan police had performed its duties in a professional manner, dealing fairly with violators of the law. to the end that all citizens who live, work and visit our nation's capital were afforded the protection of the law. but there will be other demonstrations, other crises, as protesters and police alike discovered, there can be no tactical manual for a mayday. each incident is unique. each situation must be individually evaluated and acted upon. for in law enforcement today, the police officer is often the in events involving national and local issues for he is neither responsible or empowered to resolve, yet he remains a crucial pivot around which economic, racial, and other issues revolve. ♪ >> you're watching american history tv a weekend, every weekend on c-span3. 1960, four african-american students sat down at a segregated woolworths lunch counter in greensboro, north carolina. tracy blocker, author and university of massachusetts professor of african-american studies

what the independent monitor said at that time that the metropolitan police department, particularly its leadership, was committed to fair, unbiased, and constitutional policing. that is something we are very proud of. we have discussed the legislation, the emergency legislation that has been proposed. other than some technical issues with some of the asks, a lot of the items that are in the emergency legislation are already in the mpd general orders and that will be essentially making those -- they will legislate those into becoming law here in the city. to the extent that we have concerns, we will talk to councilmember alan, we will talk to the chairman and hopefully, because this need to be done so quickly under emergency procedure, that we will get legislation that everybody in the city is comfortable with. does that answer your question? ok, thank you. you know what, can i answer, because you had said that since we've had the body worn cameras that families have not been able to review body worn cameras, that is just not true. in every instance where there has been a fatal use of

capital andon's metropolitan police, it was business as usual.tan police had performed its duties in a professional manner, dealing fairly but firmly with violators of the law to the end that all citizens who live, work, and visit our nation's capital were afforded protection of the law. otherere will be asonstrations, other crises protesters and police alike discovered. there can be no tactical manual for a may day. each incident is unique. each situation must be individually evaluated and acted upon. for law enforcement today, the police officer often the offense involving national and local issues for which he is neither responsible nor empowered to resolve, yet he remains the crucial pivot around economic, education, racial, and other issues of the day revolve. ♪ >> you're watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> next, on lectures in history, weber state university professor branden little teaches a class about the u.s. military in the 1890's. he covers reforms designed to make the officer corps more professiona

the metropolitan police service t, the secret and park police work together all the time. lafayette imes in park and presentations, i want to be careful about painting that relationship or on just those law enforcement agencies. and all, when it's said one and all of us are done, we they are going to be working together in our city. tweeting beyond shameful, how do you channel that, how do you get that back who may have been involved in the decision-making there to say this is not ok in district, et cetera? ongoing will have conversations. right now at hand, we have a in, we have we are an emergency response in the district and we're going to work with all of the federal agencies who are here. let going to continue to the people know who are decisions for these that how wrong we think it is make us t doesn't safer. reporter: mayor bowser, what orries you more, the prospect of more property damage or is it -- prospect of more >> they all worry me. i don't have the luxury of not worried about the safety and protection of every aspect district of columbia. our police communit

on both the enforcement side for the metropolitan police department and i also know that we have heavily invested in intervention programs, opportunity programs as well. which has always been our approach. our approaches policing, intervention, and opportunity. over the course of my time in sixce, i think this is our budget, over the last five years, in fact, if you look at the percent change in our investments, you can see that mpd has increased more slowly than those social service, for change, and we saw a 12% in investments in mpd since 2015. dhs, our department of human services, has seen a 75 percent change. likewise for schools, both d cps and public charter, have seen 40% change. d hcf, which handles a lot of seen alth programs, has 21% change. dbh, the handles are mental health programs, has seen a 15% -- that handles our mental health programs, has seen a 15% change. the office of victim services has seen a 90% increase of funding. i just want to be very clear that the budgets that we have sent to the council over the last five years has recognized all parts of public safety. p

the metropolitan police department did not participate. it would be out of turn for me to speak about who, what, where, and how munitions were deployed. >> do you have an opinion on the fact that those munitions were deployed against protesters? chief newsham: i do not know the circumstances. as i gather more detail, i may be able to gather an opinion. >> do you have a comment on what happened? mayor bowser: from what i could see, just like what you all could see, i did not see any provocation that would warrant the deployment of munitions. and, especially for the purpose of moving the president across the street. >> you called it shameful in a tweet last night. do you think maybe a stronger word? mayor bowser: i said what i said, and i stand behind it. definef, can we munitions and tell us what type of munitions were deployed either by your department or what you know was deployed? chief newsham: i can only talk for my department, and this is a very fluid activity. , policeeploy munitions officers are required to report that, and the inte

i can report that in fact i'll step out your, you can still see a staging area, lots of dc metropolitan police. we justsaw about a dozen bands and police cruisers all headed towards the white house complex . it is past curfew and we're still seeing fire trucks move around trying to shut off the streets one by one or in groups. my hope and i'm sure the hope of the metropolitan police is that they're going to be able to quell what has been a very violent and at times incredibly dangerous night here in the nation's capital shannon. >> you've done an amazing job up there on the ground, if you'll stick around i want to bring volume 2nd to continue thisdiscussion so ted , you and i know anyone who knows anything about this country knows there's a longhistory of peaceful protest in dc , also some really painful times that look a lot like what we saw tonight ryan's fire that destroyed portions of the city. i've got to imagine this is the kind of thing that the police department trained for all thetime and we talked about how many different police departments there are your in washington . adderall pro

the big change i have noticed is the law enforcement presence from the dc metropolitan police. talked earlier about the different silos that you have in law enforcement, there may be part police, secret service, there may be other enforcement agencies that are here, capital police, we've seen them in some locations in the military but tonight none of that, all we have seen is dc metropolitan police though i did see park police not long ago. we saw them clear the park when protesters were attempting to take down the statue of andrew jackson. since then mostly quiet. shannon: thank you very much. you are looking at st. john's church, that the one that was on fire that we went inside to show you a couple weeks ago, defaced with graffiti tonight but protesters being kept from sitting up and occupy or autonomous zone is they were trying to do earlier today. fox news covering this around the block to keep you informed, most-watched, most trusted, most grateful you spent the evening with us. i am shannon bream. more at massmutual.com/healthbridge ♪ there are so many toothpastes out th

we have supported the washington metropolitan police department, the united states secret service, and the united states park police to protect the public, property, and the national landmarks that belong to each and every one of you. our national response teams are hree -- here in washington, d.c., in order to quickly respond to the emerging arson incidents. we are working with the d.c. fire to investigate the seven incendiary fires in the d.c. area caused by criminals, including the arson at st. john's church, the afl-cio, the national park service building, and the d.c. fire district four police department. the individual we believe responsible for that fire at the metro pd's fourth district has been arrested and charged. our certified fire investigators -- investigators, chemists, and engineers and specialists are working around the clock to support the ongoing safety of operations. across the country, atf special agents, industry operation investigators from all divisions are responding to shootings, arsons, bombings, and theft of federal firearms license dealers. we are providing

specifics of the pepper spray deployment will be investigated thoroughly by the by members of the metropolitan police department. ableber of arrestees were to escape arrest by entering into a home. police quickly learned the apparent homeowner on the scene had allowed them into the home. the district commander, the commander of the third district was quickly dispatched to the scene because he has the most familiarity with that community and people who live there. the district commander had multiple conversations with the person, who identified himself as the homeowner. ,hese conversations occurred not face-to-face but through the window. frome officers reported the scene, several officials reported that between 10 and 30 arrestees were able to escape .nto the home the homeowner has done multiple interviews with the media. quote in parentheses that people were -- police were beating people, putting our faces into cement. another quote on channel four was that he saw protesters decimated and beaten. everything i know about the metropolitan police department and our tactics, that was very disturbing to

slight we had a very small aerial shot as well that showed a very relatively small number of metropolitan police being called up as reinforcements and you can see there now the police not moving as such so they're not being pushed. out of the way that's interesting you get a better sense there of how many people are on the other side of the archways so i guess you could say that that particular area that's hundreds if not thousands for sure and always what happens in this kind of situation the dynamic is always the same the put the protesters in the protest organizers say oh we are thousands the metropolitan police force will say they will probably hundreds so pick a number between hundreds and a 1000 or so it's probably in that rough. ballpark figure we'll get you across all the developments there just as soon as we can. lock downs in russia hissing book publishers hard shops are shut publishing business is a facing bankruptcy but some young children are getting around the lockdown restrictions thanks to a project aimed at spreading the love of reading books as priyanka gupta. schools remain cl

metropolitan police -- any military grade equipment. some do, especially metropolitan police. to give police across the country all sorts of military equipment is not needed it. it needs to be more carefully utilized and selectively given. president'sbout the executive order today on a standard for use of force? do you a -- disagree with that? guest: the president can control federal law enforcement officers and setting a standard, a careful standard for federal law enforcement officers use of deadly force is entirely appropriate and within the jurisdiction of the president. translating that to law enforcement officers across the country is not quite so simple. the president doesn't have the authority to simply mandate a standard for all police officers as he can do for adderall law enforcement off -- federal law enforcement officers. through the use of grants to local and state law enforcement officers, tying those to a reasonable standard for use of force is entirely appropriate and timely. host: the president will be signing that executive order at rose p.m. today in the ga

metropolitan police. >> shannon: we know the mayor, and they have been critical of federal assets or a national card being on the streets. maybe this is their attempt to make sure we don't get to that point. we will check back with you. thank you very much for being out there. >> you're welcome. >> shannon: breaking tonight, the mayor of seattle saying that city could move to wind down their occupied protest zone following two shootings. one of them fatal. the news coming after a violent and deadly weekend in several large american cities. senior correspondent bringing us the very latest on the front tonight. good evening. >> good evening, shannon. one of several major cities with a dramatic increase in shootings over the father's day weekend. even as protesters continue to call to defend the police. the most violent and deadly city by far was the city of chicago with at least 106 people shot and 14 people killed from midday friday through this morning. according to police and the chicago tribune. the most

supporting there metropolitan police department. they were beyond the white house permit desperate better working with the expos implicit apartment. they would be tactically attached their. we asked the national guard to protect federal a lot ofmonuments so the units were dispersed around the city to protect federal monuments or particular federal facilities. that were within the white house area and were part of protecting the white house and lafayette park area were under the direction of the tactical commanders in that area. in terms of requesting the resources and asking for their assistance, that was ultimately my responsibility of ensuring that the national guard that we needed to support law enforcement and the district were brought to bear. next question. reporter: thank you so much for doing this press conference. i have two questions. i would like to ask you about your thoughts on police abuse of power. last year, you said that such abuse reflected bad apples more than systemic breakdowns. today, you said george floyd's de

troopers metropolitan police the f.b.i. the secret service of course who is in charge of the whole operation here for the president and for his security here. plenty plenty of police and law enforcement and they're monitoring the big stuff they're. all aware of protest which might develop and then they are trying to avoid the big shoe from dropping here on tall so a little here and there they're staying back and not creating any any unnecessary drama and doing in that case or if you will for that reason. a pretty restrained job but the other thing here. social distancing and if you want to look you have to give your character to show this that's the other big story here covert 19 which are at least pro trump followers and supporters do not seem to care whatsoever about the dangers they're putting themselves in as well as those protesters those are the protesters they're putting themselves in here when they're protesting no social distancing no mass whatsoever. stefan the world is watching way you are today thank you so much

metropolitan police commissioner cressida dick has said she is "deeply saddened and depressed" that thes were injured in what she called "shocking" assaults by a minority of protesters. in the united states, there've been some of the largest demonstrations against police violence since george floyd's death in minneapolis nearly two weeks ago. in los angeles a crowd marched from hollywood to beverly hills, at one point kneeling down for five minutes and chanting " peaceful protest" before breaking into applause. in san francisco demonstrators briefly shut the golden gate bridge. and an estimated 30,000 people rallied in chicago to demand police reform. more on the protests in the united states in a moment, but first, let's look at the demo held in london yesterday. this report is from sean dilly. black lives matter! more than 4000 miles from the scene of george floyd's death, during an encounter with white police officers in minneapolis, the cries of injustice could be no clearer than on the streets of britain. black lives matter! in central london, many thousands gathered in support of

a metropolitan police spokesman said they'd received hundreds of pieces of information in calls and emailsarance from an apartment in portugal in 2007 as a murder investigation. places of worship in england will be allowed to open for private individual prayer from 15th june. the new government plans are not expected to include weddings or full services — which will come at a later date. northern ireland has already allowed private worship, but scotland and wales are yet to do so. reverend professor gina radford is the former deputy chief medical officer for england, and is now a vicar in devon. she welcomed the move and said churches were still finding ways to offer support despite the lockdown. you know, people think that because our church buildings are closed, soon to be reopened, which is wonderful, but because our church buildings are closed that the church is closed. very far from it. so we are providing a lot of pastoral support and here in our local communities, we have been offering practical support as well. so very much here to support people within communities, as well as of c

borough commander has said the violence towards police is unacceptable, words backed up by the metropolitan policees, who say that actually, over the last couple of months, quite a number of officers have been injured. in london alone, we have seen about 250 police officers injured over recent weeks. that's just unimaginable, 250 police officers in one force. but last night, the scale of disorder and the targeting of my colleagues is an absolute disgrace. the home secretary priti patel has said this is utterly disgraceful and says she will be speaking to the metropolitan police commissioner, cressida dick. thank you very much for now. chi chi izundu. labour says the housing secretary, robertjenrick, still has serious questions to answer about his approval of a controversial planning application in east london. documents show the cabinet minister was in text contact with the developer, richard desmond, while making the decision. our assistant political editor norman smith is in westminster. what do you make of the minister's position? when it comes to cabinet ministers surviving the chop, there are

i'm the chief of police for the metropolitan police department. last night marked our fourth day of demonstration activity here in washington, d.c. related to the senseless death of george floyd. yesterday began with two separate groups at approximately 3:00, one in lafayette square and the other in the facility of the u.s. capital. both groups assembled peacefully at these locations. at around 6:30, the group at lafayette plaza was alerted by federal law enforcement officers who gave warnings for them to disperse. i had received prior to that, just before that, that there would be a presidential movement in the area. the metropolitan police department did not participate in that movement. as you all know there was a curfew initiated yesterday between 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. the next incident of significance was around 7:20 p.m. in the area of 17th and i street, 54 persons were arrested, primarily for being in violation of the curfew. at around 9:00 p.m., in the i have tinity of 9:00 p.m., there was a large group of protesters in our northwest are

tonight, the metropolitan police has imposed conditions on those intending to protest tomorrow, as chia week of anger. peaceful anti—racism protests marred by violence. 99 police officers reported injuries over all the protests so far. today does not protest had fewer people but a heavier police presence and tonight, a change in tactics. london's metropolitan police say its imposing conditions on a stricter route and a definite five o'clock finish for the black lives matter, right—wing and left—wing affiliated protest tomorrow. we will try to prevent protest tomorrow. we will try to p reve nt a ny protest tomorrow. we will try to prevent any confrontation and any violence and, indeed, damage to buildings, to memorials and to statues. last weekend, this is how the churchill statue outside parliament was left. this is how it stands now. 0ver fears today's march would result in more damage. the prime minister calling it shameful the monument had to be secured. the statue of winston churchill, who is a national hero, has had to be boarded up for fear of violent attack. i think it shameful

hearing flash bangs in the distance, suspect it's enforcement of the curfew by metropolitan police onther streets. keeping eye on block behind me d.c. fire is attending to the fire behind us that became an issue. at the moment where i stand right now ironically, about the most peaceful i've seen this peace of real estate in 48 hours. metropolitan police department of d.c., main cops in d.c., are coming in from the east and essentially tried to close off the south towards the white house, east towards capitol hill fire burning in the distance, probably another burning car or suv. they're going to force everybody west egress into west and northwest in the city. my god, we're going to end up in place we don't want to be if we're not careful, katie, damn it >> move out of there as quickly as you can >> hit in the side with either -- i don't think it was rubber bullet, i don't want to be dramatic, i know what it looked like. >> you're cutting out. as your friend and somebody who knows your parents, i want you to get to safe place, get out of there. >> thankfully garrett tweeted he's fine,

yes, the metropolitan police eight they cleared the area in the early hours of the morning.ie from covid—19 than those who are not overweight, according to research by public health england. campaigners say the pandemic should be seen as an opportunity to help those living with the condition. fiona trott sent us this report from the north east of england, which has the highest number of obesity—related hospital admissions in the country. it was a bit frightening because i thought, what is the correlation between obesity and covid—19. thought, what is the correlation between obesity and covid-19. you start listening to the reports and you hear that people overweight are more risk and then you think, how serious the pandemic is. we know obesity is strongly associated with deprivation, so it's no surprise that the north—east which has high levels of deprivation has also got high levels of being overweight and obesity. a first walk alone during this pandemic. michelle knows she is at risk and has been afraid to go out. during lockdown, she has also gained weight, and that worrie

statistics show that black people are 4 times more likely to experience excessive force by the metropolitan police than their white counterparts many would argue that this is the age old pattern of institutional racism. from discrimination all the way to racial stereotyping out of course george floyd being a communist today but in recent years across the u.k. we've seen various different cases mock talk and should read several readers just a few names just to name a few and that's why i protest as i had today. for like a number of reasons for george floyd and justice that happened to him but also because of the injustice that's been happening you know you see before i can even remember it's not just that lies battle lies but anyone who says under the cosh this is a chance basically what's the point of saving a whole lot of people from coronavirus if they're just going to be shot if it should minorities could be shot killed by police anyway this week we've seen a huge amount of action from the british public earlier in the week we saw the scenes at parliament square which is where we all got the to

the metropolitan police have said they are going to put a 5pm limit on this.they are worried about the risks they are facing. what do you say to them today? it is a difficult situation. and, you know, lama man difficult situation. and, you know, i am a man from the south asian background and i understand how issues of racism can run, and any aduu issues of racism can run, and any adult person who is nonwhite has probably experienced some form of racism in their life, including myself, i am racism in their life, including myself, lam including myself in that. and you can understand why people want to protest. by all means, i would say, you must wear masks, you must try to socially distance where possible. i understandably worry about a second wave, as welcome as a medical professional. but a huge concern. what's really gets to me, i guess, is we hear people like boris johnson, priti patel, saying, don't go to these protests because of the risk of a second wave. but at the same time, they are the same people who have not come up with the recommendations to prote

talk to the un special rapporteur on freedom of association who argues it was wrong for the metropolitan police to charge horses at demonstrators here in london in the past few days but in the us a black law is the matter is arguing for a nationwide defunding of the police why do you think no one here is talking about defunding the police i don't think that no one in the u.k. is talking about defending the police turf spoken about it for a very long time that conversation about the nature of the police as an institution does a lot of character assassination a lot of attacks with people who dare to interrogate that space and to the justice . by also pointing to the fact that we should be taking an abolitionist stance on that from the police to prisons you've also campaigned against what you call israeli apartheid what do you think about education in britain's complicity with what you call israeli apartheid especially in the context obviously of the labor party shadow foreign secretary saying condemning atrocities by the israeli government is anti semitic in our home secretary pretty dull previou

she is the chair of the metropolitan black police association and a serving police officer.peaceful across the uk, and responded to concerns over social distancing... people have gone there with the right attitude that they think if anyone is gone there to disobey the instructions from the government, i think people have gone there with the right attitude to protest about something that they feel really passionate about. i wonder how you see your role in the metropolitan black police association as a member of the authorities but also as plexus citizens must be subject to the same subject of pressures and discriminations that other black citizens face in the uk. it is challenging, challenging for citizens on the front line, policing these protests. some of the hostility that is coming from the crowd is actually aimed specifically at black, african, caribbean, asian officers. when they are feeling the same issues around the injustices that we know in terms of policing and other institutions. it is a bit ofa and other institutions. it is a bit of a double whammy in terms of th

and i spoke to claudine dewberry who claims the nephew face brutality at the hands of the metropolitan police she told me the incident escalated after he went outside to investigate a commotion between police and a group of boys including his brother. i don't know whether it was the fact that he was insistent and the fact that you were holding him if a no good reason i will say things went from strength to strength and very quickly he was being detained he was. and being very polite in the video that we will say. these polite conversation very quickly got heated where my nephew was then breena c.s. gas he was being pushed and punched in cheat by several officers and still he ended up on the floor he was serious gassed in his face once he was on the floor and all the time the family kept saying to him he is an asthma sufferer while he was sane i comprehend i can't get in the way we've all had layers to comments on the video that we're showing with it is a said he can say it while you were talking and they had to get back to us about that but let's look at it from their point of view in these t

essential matter why they should come out onto the streets of central london it comes to see the metropolitan police officer has warned that large mass gatherings like one of this size is indeed are no full on the house secretary is urging protesters to stay at home like so many i'm appalled by the death of george floyd but we're still facing a health crisis so please for the safety of your loved ones do not attend large gatherings including demonstrations of more than 6 people now londoners here argue the police brutality is not just an issue in america but it's also an issue here in britain the statistics show that black people are 4 times more likely to experience excessive force by other metropolitan police than their white counterparts many would argue that this is the age old pattern of institutional racism from discrimination all the way to racial stereotyping out of course george floyd being the catalyst today but in recent years across the u.k. we've seen various different cases marked dark and short of rick several readers just a few names to name a few and that's why protesters are here t

london's metropolitan police is gearing up for more protests on the streets of the capital today, twodeath of george floyd in police custody in minneapolis. britain's most senior police officer is urging people to stay at home. i think people should stay away from these protests. it's clear that we're in the middle of a public health crisis, so it's not safe for them, it's not safe for the people around them. secondly, we do have information that people are intent on coming to cause violence and confrontation. of course, we will do everything we can to prevent violence and disorder. senior officers have authorised special powers to restrict the locations of protests. all gatherings must end at 5:00pm. the measures come a week after tens of thousands gathered around the uk. a minority turned violent. shouting. in london, 27 police officers were hurt. statues were targeted in bristol and in the capital. this weekend, the cenotaph and a statue of britain's wartime prime minister were hidden from view. what's happened with these demonstrations is that a tiny minority — or actually, a grow

tonight, the metropolitan police are asking for anyone who can help with information about the mobilevw camper van that he was using that summer and the old jaguar xjr6 that he registered out of his name the day after madeleine mccann disappeared. in a statement, her parents, kate and gerry mccann, seen here in 2007, said they'd like to thank the police forces involved in britain, germany and portugal. they said they'd never give up hope of finding madeleine alive. the german police said that theirs is a murder investigation, but madeleine mccann's parents said that, whatever the outcome is, they need to know what happened, as they need to find peace. and danieljoins me now. this is such a long—running mystery but how significant do you think this development could be?” but how significant do you think this development could be? i think it isa this development could be? i think it is a really big moment. you have three police forces in germany, britain and portugal all agreeing that this man is a key suspect. he isa that this man is a key suspect. he is a person that was living in the

distancing measures and the government's official line is this need to stay at home but the metropolitan police officer is saying even things like this a large gap. the size is on the wall for the health secretary speaking out it today saying to protest is urging them to stay out. like so many i'm appalled by the death of george floyd but we're still facing a health crisis so please for the safety of your loved ones. including demonstrations more than 6 people. to this day i'll give the police brutality is not just an american 6 issue but an issue here right here in the united kingdom of course statistics show that the metropolitan police are 4 times more likely to be exacting excessive force on london's b.m.a. community than their white counterparts and of course in recent years this consciousness of george boyd we've also seen it in recent years across the united kingdom mark duggan short break several read just to name a very few and that's why protesters are really head today now some today's demonstration here today is not the 1st it's actually one of just many across the entire week we've

suspects but start filming it and it's a really really worrying trend and i think what the metropolitan police need to do is identify all of those top rates make sure that they're identified and make sure that they're brought before the law because it's never acceptable to attack police officers in that way never i mean our office is an easy target i mean do they themselves need more protection. well in the u.k. the police officer numbers have been reduced quite significantly we lost 22000 police officers in the last 10 years and 800000 police start so so it's a huge reduction in police officers and police staff resources so there's not as many police officers were in the middle of the recruitment drive but we decoded crises that recruitment drive has now been stalled so that creates its own difficulties so part of it is about numbers not just having sufficient resources. to be able to deal with individuals who are being rude it's also a question of direction as well i mean did the police need better direction from the top they've been accused of simply letting demonstrators tedham monuments b

, which is heavily fortified in terms of its security, but obviously it's a concern for the metropolitan police, the police force here in the u.k. that and the biggest police force and also the police force responsible for london. it has headquarters just on the other side of street basically from downing street and this is where obviously we saw the biggest tensions towards the end of the day. thousands of people had converged upon the epicenter of the political heart of london, westminster, they amassed outside the doors of the official residence of the prime minister. and that was when you saw -- it has to be said non-riot clad gear police officers tried to disperse the crowds. they were mounted upon horseback but as i said it was very inclement weather conditions, tensions got heated and one of those police officers, a female police officer fell from her horse and had to be taken to the hospital. we understand she's not in a serious condition, but it is still symptomatic of how concerned people are during these types of times. because remember this is also happening during a pandemic as wel

you can see by this poster has been many have not been accounted for by the government or the metropolitan police we have above the u.k. the us and wherever else in the world. unlawfully i'm here to bring awareness to black lies matter to stop violent police officers killing innocent people and we need to stop all racism all kind to change the world it's just very comforting to see the collective grief amongst everyone and the willingness to change as the current situation that we currently find ourselves in so yeah this is this is kind of the antithesis of what this is all about. god then the crowd marched through the city stopping at the prime minister's office and residence on downing street. was he did not receive an audience from boris johnson although he addressed the matter in parliament. i think what happened. in the united states was appalling it was inexcusable we all saw it on our screens and i perfectly understand people's right to protest what took place a obviously i also believe that protests should take place in a lawful and reasonable way. currently the largest gatherings allowed

a year later, following a prompt by the mccanns direct to the prime minister, the metropolitan policecommissioned to engage with the portuguese police, and i think we have been on a positive trajectory since then with a number of false dawns, but as you say, when you take the circumstantial evidence that has been shared with us now, and put it together, this is a really significant person of interest. can you help me with something that is puzzling me. how is it that after this length of time, we are only finding out about this person now? how has he suddenly come to light?” would suggest that he probably came to light a number of years ago, in fa ct to light a number of years ago, in fact that is what i would believe. but this is a painstaking investigation. when you begin from a point of chaos, it is like taking a large jigsaw puzzle box, point of chaos, it is like taking a largejigsaw puzzle box, emptying it out on a coffee table that is too small, and bits fall off. and then you have to come back, without the plan, without the cover where you can see what the picture looks like, a

despite that yesterday a lot of the protesters were saying the metropolitan police were part of this media to stymie the democratic rights. john, as national chair of the police federation, one of the injustices that sparked the black lives matter protest here is the fact that if you are black you are ten times more likely to be stopped by the police that if you are right. why do you think that is? this has been a question and many other similar to it that has been asked for a number of years. it is a much wider society issue. i think the legitimate concerns, they have not been properly listened to not only by policing but other agencies, whether it is health, housing, welfare and education. specifically on that question why do you think you are ten times more likely to be stopped by the police if you are black than if you are white? police officers. and search individuals based on evidence and information they have. u nfortu nately, evidence and information they have. unfortunately, the sad reality is, i lot of young black lads are committing crime, especially in some built—up city