then we look at the growing movement to defund the police with professor alex vitale, author mychal denzel smith, and activist linda sarsour. >> defunding the police is simple. that means get police out of our schools, get police out of addressing homelessness, get police out of addressing mental health crises. put police where they belong, and that is not in our communities to address things that require qualifications and expertise. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy nowow!, democracynow.org, the quarantine repoport. i'm m amy goodman. as h historic prprotests contino sweep the itited states two weeks afr r the licece mder ofof georgeloyd, ththe minneapolis city couilil annnceded sday itit will move to sband the city's police deptmtment. nine members of thcocounci a veto-proofajajorit madade e vow duri a a comnityty rly onn sund.. this is minneapolis city councilmember phillipe cunningham. we will get to that clip in a moment the about to disband the police can ju d days ter r th mimieapolis city council voted b ban chokeholds and neck restraints. derek chauvin, the rmrmer

mychal denzel smith, who is a type media center fellow and author. vitale, brooklyn college professor and author of "the end of policing." hey everybody, welcome to "the daily social distancing show." this is the most people we have spoken to at one point. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks. >> trevor: patrisse i'm going to jump straight in with you. as cofounder of black lives matter, did you ever think you would see the day where everyone from amazon to mitt romney would be proudly proclaiming black lives matter? >> no, no, i did not see that day coming. i know-- i knew that when started black lives matter, oleasia opel and i, that it would resound deeply with folks across the country, especially black people, and black people across the globe. but did i think that some of the largest corporations would have it plastered on their screens? no, not at all. >> trevor: do you feel like black lives matter has achieved its purpose now? or do you think that a lot of people are using black lives matter as a-- as a cover to sa