al sharpton.t he had to say on the manslaughter charges. >> manslaughter 2 is the least she should get, the least. possibly more. when you look at the fact you are dealing with a 26 year veteran, if she didn't know in 26 years the difference in size and weight of a gun as opposed to a taser, then how was she a veteran? how was she even on the force that long, when you know you put your gun on your dominant side and your taser on your least dominant side? absolutely, that raises a point of criminality. anchor: al sharpton, speaking in the past hour paid let's go to minneapolis and speak to our correspondent. lay, talk to us about these charges of kim potter for manslaughter two, as al sharpton was calling it. will it make a difference to the anger, the tension in brooklyn center? larry: the second degree manslaughter charge against kim potter is unlikely to make a huge difference with protesters, family, and the wider community that this is just another sign of a broken, racist policing system. kim

>> reverend sharpton great to be back with you. i was listening to my amazing chairwoman, chairwoman beatty. look, you know, i look at this issue reverend sharpton through the eyes of a social worker, and also through the eyes of a law enforcement officer. i've served as both. my experience as a law enforcement officer tells me that no great society, no great neighborhood or community can exist without public safety, without law enforcement, but regardless of what community we're talking about, every citizen deserves to be treated with dignity and respect and so we have to look at who we hire, we have to hire the best. i used to say it to my officers and i'll say it today, we have to hire people who have the heart for the job. we wear the badge over our hearts, as a constant reminder that we have to have the heart for the job. we have to look at training. training will save lives on the police side and the community, and also we have to look at our policies. i spoke with numerous law enforcement executives and asked them to take th

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let's listen in. >> i'm grammar and for reverend sharpton. thank you. he's been fighting a long time, a long time. man, reverend jesse jackson. a lot of history here. history is here. this is monumental. [applause] reverend jesse jackson, al sharpton, they will live to see this. their fight was not in vain. it just didn't happen when they did it, but it happened now. and they had to see it and be proud of it. and we go back when he did the press service. my family is a family that will not back down from prayer. and i believe because of prayer, we got the verdict we wanted. we got on our knees. some of us stood up, but we asked the right person. we asked the right one. he said, god, we need justice. we need it now. and he answered. i'm just grateful. i'm grateful that my grandmother, my mother, my aunt got to see this history made. i'm even grateful that my brother's not here but i'm grateful and i'm proud of him. i will salute him at every day of my life, i will salute him. he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respectful. he showed me

general at the mr sharpton or the reverend al sharpton and civil rights leader al sharpton i should say made 2 really important points one i want to visualize for you when i step out of the frame for this so we're at floyd's square george. screen you see this roundabout here with all those posters and all those pictures of of black american leaders are just people who died by the hand of police right and then right behind this planter who has his face already up there dante right which who is dead the death of this community and everybody in minneapolis and i step back in the frame now today so point number one from mr al sharpton or reverend al sharpton as this cannot go be a death in vain again meaning the movement fighting for police reform for real change in america will go on number 2 america he said it seems to confuse. quiet and peace there is he said no peace without justice and they will go on fighting for justice and as long as there is no peace because there is no justice there will also not be quiet and it's just 2 days since derrick 7 was convicted of murdering george floyd

reverend sharpton: before we say anything, we are going to have a prayer. when we first came to minneapolis and went to the site when ben crump called, we remember that he said "i can't breathe" 11 times. the family came, and this family has stood together for the last 11 months, watching this video go over and over again. this family stood with pain, suffering and not knowing what the future held because so many families went and got nothing. they thanked god when they got the indictment, which would not have happened had not the attorney general, keith ellison, took this. [applause] and keith ellison thought and put together a team that made this possible. this is the first time in the history of the state of white police officer has been convicted, less convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of fights that we have seen three counts guilty in all three. we do not find pleasure in this, we didn't celebrate a man goin to jail. we would rather george be alive, but we celebrate that we -- because young people, white and black, many that

are told to shut _ and al sharpton is speaking. sire: told to shut up and and al sharpton is speakingthe church, a man's said he hadn't seen a funeral procession like that since prince in minneapolis. i said well, we came to bury the prince of brooklyn centre. applause we come from all over the country because you hurt one of our princes. that's why we in this temple with purple all over, because it represents royalty. you thought he was just some kid. represents royalty. you thought he wasjust some kid. he represents royalty. you thought he was just some kid. he was a prince and all of minneapolis has stopped today to honour the prince of brooklyn centre! studio: let's bring in larry madowo who is outside the church. we've spoken almost every day in recent weeks primarily about the murder of george floyd and the trial of derek chauvin, but also about daunte wright. it feels like this must be an exhausting period for african—americans notjust in african—americans not just in minneapolis, african—americans notjust in minneapolis, but across the country. it is indeed. it is called black

reverend sharpton: before we say anything, we are going to have a prayer. when we first came to minneapolis and went to the site when ben crump called, we remember that he said "i can't breathe" 11 times. the family came, and this family has stood together for the last 11 months, watching this video go over and over again. this family stood with pain, suffering and not knowing what the future held because so many families went and got nothing. they thanked god when they got the indictment, which would not have happened had not the attorney general, keith ellison, took this. [applause] and keith ellison thought and put together a team that made this possible. this is the first time in the history of the state of white police officer has been convicted, less convicted of a murder. this is the first time in a long array of fights that we have seen three counts guilty in all three. we do not find pleasure in this, we didn't celebrate a man goin to jail. we would rather george be alive, but we celebrate that we -- because young people, white and black, many that

general at the mr sharpton or the reverend al sharpton and civil rights leader al sharpton i should say made 2 really important points one i want to visualize for you when i step out of the frame for this so where floyd square george was chris so-called your 1st grand you see this roundabout here with all those posters and all those pictures of of black american leaders or just people who died by the hand of police right and then right behind this planter who has his face already up there dante right which who is dead the death of this community and everybody in minneapolis and i step back in the frame now mourn today so point number one for mr al sharpton or reverend al sharpton as this cannot go be a death in vain again meaning the movement fighting for police reform for real change in america will go on number 2 america he said it seems to confuse. quiet and peace there is he said no peace without justice and they will go on fighting for justice and as long as there is no peace because there is no justice there will also not be quiet and it's just 2 days since derek 7 was convicted o

that is the l reverend al sharpton, probably familiar with him, reverend al sharpton, probably familiarwithery much been one of the most prominent figures, i would say, over the past 20 years or more when it came to police shootings of black men and women. not far from where daunte wright was killed in minneapolis, the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin over the killing of george floyd continues. the defence has been calling further witnesses today. for several hours, thejury heard from dr david fowler, a retired forensic pathologist, who said he would categorise george floyd's cause of death as "undetermined". so in my opinion mr floyd had a sudden — so in my opinion mr floyd had a sudden cardiac arrhythmia or cardiac arrhythmia _ sudden cardiac arrhythmia or cardiac arrhythmia due to his atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart _ atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease. you can write that down _ heart disease. you can write that down multiple different ways. during his restraint or restrained by the police, _ his restraint or restrained by the police, and _ his

back with me reverend sharpton. i'm joined by professor gauff. also with us, shaq brewster, covering this fatal shooting and other breaking news from minnesota, the chauvin trial. we have with us chuck rosenberg, former u.s. attorney. this has been a difficult afternoon, as you heard. the community and members of the press questioning there the mayor of the town as well as the police chief. we have two things we want to underscore. at this press conference, they released body camera footage from the officer -- one of the officers involved in this incident. the police chief said it was his decision to release this body camera footage. we are going to show you a little bit of it. we want to warn you, it's quite graphic. we will show you this and we will show you how the police chief explained what you are able to see in the video. again, take a look at this. warning, it is graphic. >> i'll tase you. [ bleep ]. >> i just shot him. >> a very troubling scene there, daunte wright, in his car. here is how the police chief explained what you just saw on

in any case she quit the next day and has been charged with 2nd degree manslaughter so we expect sharpton to talk a little bit about the life of dante wright and then about the civil rights issues here with african-americans in the united states being shot by white police officers. this is all coming as you mentioned off of the show how is that. impacting the mood and the expectations in a case like this. well for one thing it brought a number of very high profile dignitaries to town they were already here at the time of the dante wright shooting and as i think we'll expect to hear a little later the issue there is that we couldn't even get through a month long trial of a black man who died at the hands of a white police officer when a similar incident occurred in brooklyn center not far from here we are in downtown minneapolis where the funeral is taking place and that. is that this happens with such frequency there have been other incidents as well in. a much more complicated situation there were 2 young women who were involved in a confrontation one of them took out a knife and a polic

i'm grateful for reverend sharpton. he's been fighting a long time. long time. man. reverend jesse jackson. there is a lot of history here. history is here. this is monumental. [ applause ] >> reverend jesse jackson, al sharpton, they lived to see this. >> wow. >> their fight wasn't in vain. it just didn't happen when they did it. but it happened now. >> amen. >> and they're here to see it and be proud of it. it goes back to when he did that service. my family is a family that will not back down from prayer. >> yes. come on. >> and i believe because of prayer, we got the verdict we wanted. >> amen. >> amen. >> we got on our knees. some of us stood up. but we asked the right person. we asked the right one. >> come on, god. >> we said, god, we need justice. we need it now. and he answered. oh, man. i'm just grateful. i'm grateful that my grandmother, my mother, my aunts they got to see this history made. i'm grateful my brother is here. i will salute him every day of my life. i will salute him because he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respectful. he

reverend al sharpton speaking there. derek reverend al sharpton speaking there- derel— there.n's trial. has put up a root nude focus there. derek chauvin's trial - has put up a root nude focus on the expansive african americans when it comes to law enforcement in the united states. it's also been highlighted by the death of a black man near limit —— minneapolis after he was shot by police at a traffic stop. figures show that for african—americans, there is a much higher chance of being fatally shot relative to the overall numbers in the us population. aleem maqbool looks at the issue. good evening, for the second time in as many weeks... another african—american has been fatally shot by police. but she drew her gun instead. man, i been recording! it is an unending cycle... the protesters say they'll be back again on wednesday. ..of mourning, protest, and media spectacle... i want you and fox news to get out of baltimore city, because you're not here reporting about the boarded—up homes and homeless people under mlk! ..after the killing of another african—american at the hands

i'm grateful for reverend sharpton. he's been fighting a long time. >> a long time. >> long time. man, reverend jesse jackson. >> thank you. >> it's a lot of history here. >> yes, it is. >> history is here. this is monumental. [ applause ] >> reverend jesse jackson, al sharpton, they lived to see this. >> wow. >> their fight wasn't in vain. it just didn't happen when they did it, but it happened now. and they're here to see it and be proud of it. it goes back to when he did that prayer service. my family is a family that will not back down from prayer. >> yes. >> and i believe because of prayer, we got the verdict we wanted. >> amen. >> amen. >> we got on our knees. some of us stood up, but we asked the right person, we asked the right one. we said, god, we need justice, we need it now. and he answered. oh man, i'm just grateful. i'm grateful that my grandmother, my mother, my aunt, they got to see this history made. i'm even grateful -- my brother's not here, and i'm grateful and i'm proud of him. i will salute him at every -- every day of my life, i will salute him, because he s

[applause] reverend jesse jackson and al sharpton, they lived to see this. their fight wasn't in vain. it just didn't happen when they did it, but it happened now. >> amen. terrance: and they are here to see it. and they are proud of. -- of it. my family as a family that will not back down from rare, and i believe that because of prayer, we got the verdict we wanted. >> amen. terrance: we got on our knees, some of us stood up, but we said god, we need justice, we need it now. and he answered. [deep sigh] i am just grateful. i am grateful that my grandmother, my mother, my aunts, they got to see this history made. i am grateful for my brother that is not here. i am grateful and proud of him. i will salute him, every day of my life, i will salute him. because he showed me how to be strong. he showed me how to be respectful. he showed me how to speak my mind. i am going to miss him, but i know now that he is a history. what a day to be a floyd, man. [applause] thank you. mr. crump: thank you, terrence. we will hear from george's ab brother, bradley floyd. bradl

were also in attendance were civil rights activists jesse jackson and there were at friend al sharpton. sharpton the eulogy decried police brutality in a reference to the air freshener that writes mother said he was pulled over for having on his rearview mirror. which ran to get to stitch least brutality out of the atmosphere we tried to get the stooge over a sense of. mystery we're trying to get that stretch of racial profiling out of the atmosphere we card mementoes photo as air fresheners cause yeah it's true all the routes for us to bring we carry bring in your stink and no more. you know he went on to profess that dante writes death would not be a death in vain and that the fight for real change must go on there will be no peace without justice he said he. has the body of dante wright is laid to rest black lives matter protests against racial injustice continue across the country. before we go here's a come from behind win on the running track and when you have never seen before. happened in the u.s. state of judah the goals fall by 200 meter relay seemed to be an easy win for the

sharpton is u.g. decried police brutality in a reference to the air freshener that writes mother said he was pulled over for having on his rearview mirror. we trying to get to teach at least brutality out of the atmosphere we're trying to get the stench of racism out of iraq mistreated we're trying to get to the stage of racial profiling and out of the atmosphere we come to mental soldo as air fresheners cause your interest to order is for us to bring we carry bring in your state your man no more . you know he went on to profess that dante wright's death would not be a death in vain and that the fight for real change must go on there will be no peace without justice he said the. as the body of dante wright is laid to rest black lives matter protests against racial injustice continue across the country. stefan simons has been covering the story from minneapolis he says dante wright's death has reenergized efforts to reform policy at the federal level in the united states as the family of 20 year old do

sharpton in louisiana at the airport, he's taking planes.ts to give the brother a plane, then so be it, who cares. the only thing i'm upset, fly here every week, i watch media, can i get a plane ride. this is the point worry he a at. not the point he it's trying to be there or give something back and al sharpton in recent years i think has, i don't know about the word mature but he's changed. if you look at his history he's made some horrible mistakes but we can allow redemption in this country and we should, we should all take lessons and if all you can do is point at him now that he, okay, was given a private jet ride to minnesota, what is wrong with you. because he used to do far more worse things than that. he would put the cause and himself in front of the cause. now he's giving -- it's like if jessie jackson goes somewhere or whatever, if you went somewhere, went to a snob convention to speak to snobs to be more snobbiest and someone lent you a plane, gutfeld gets on the snob plane what does it matter >> greg: i'm not going to say the

thank you reverend al sharpton not only for your meant to share not only for being a great civil rights leader but for being a more authority and especially making sure no matter what happened that we always maintained the moral high ground knowing that we were on the right side of history as we fought for justice for george perry florida jr saying his name was. i am 1 but a member of a great team of very talented attorneys and i'm going to listen to hear yeah we got omegas in the cap and reverend jackson is better than half was it yesterday. i want to acknowledge these great group of lawyers and then the family members. 2 or 3 of the lawyers will address you and then at that time we were hear from the family members before we take any of your questions. i want to acknowledge. 1 a great lawyer from chicago illinois one of the best i've ever had a chance to work with of attorney tony rama new chick. i want to recognize my partner on the front line in this case where the best lawyer has been own and he hails from atlanta georgia attorney chris stewart. his law partner attorney just a mill

. >> reverend sharpton is about to speak. let's listen live. >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> say his name! >> george flood! >> say his name! >> george flioyd! >> say his name! >> george floyd. >> say his name! >> george floyd! >> before we say anything, we're going to have a prayer when we first came to minneapolis and went to the site when ben crump called, we remembered how eric garner said i can't breathe 11 times. his mother came with us to the site his family came in and the family stood together for the last 11 months watching this video go over and over and over again. this family stood with pain suffering and not knowing what the future held because so many families went and got nothing. they thanked god when they got the indictment, which would not had happened if the attorney general keith ellison took this case and keith ellison fought and put together a team that made this possible and this is the first time in the history of this state a white police officer h

also from reverend al sharpton. it's 5:54 right now. we want to get you up-to-speed on the latest on the guilty verdict against a former minneapolis police officer. found guilty in the murder of george floyd. >> jury in minneapolis this afternoon convicted derek chauvin as filling floyd last spring. that fired police officer is back in custody waiting sentencing. news of his conviction on all three counts of murder and manslaughter spread around the world. >> families gathered what's become george floyd square in minneapolis. cheering. lawmakers thanked the jury. the minnesota governor called it an important step forward for justice in the state. we are standing by as he's expected to speak any minute now. we are waiting remarks from minneapolis' mayor and police chief. that should come soon after the governor finishes up. and president joe biden expected to speak on this as well tonight n a phone call, the president did reach out to the floyd family. he said he's relieved and, quote, we are going to get a lot more done. the jury delibe

and that is black men who have been killed at the hands of white police officer the reverend al sharpton spoke there we had remarks as well from the family lawyer benjamin crump who. spoke about the man who was lost during that incident dante wright was killed when a white police officer shot him she says she thought she was firing a taser but fired her gun instead she quit her job the day after that and now faces a manslaughter charge but as the family says that will not bring dante right back the man who gave the eulogy was the civil rights leader al sharpton this is a little of what he had to say. we struggled through all of that but we are going to now in here is the name and the name of dante we've going to pass the george throwing justice in policing and as federal mom we are going to make it against the law all over this country to keep bringing us to a few rules why our young prince. and john this happened during the shaving trial how did the shaving tron effect this incident. well one thing it did was bring all live these dignitaries together at this time when the trial was happ

reverend sharpton knows his way around the pulpit and eulogy, sadly, and he has had them on their feetany times. >> and that it's working on accountability, which is the passive of the george floyd policing act. we go live to brooklyn center. miguel, you know, the reverend there said if you knew who we were, that you would treat us differently. we heard today from his siblings, from his parents and his family exactly who daunte wright was. >> reporter: yeah, it was really hard to listen to the parents who could barely gets the words out. his mother saying the roles should be reversed, he should be burying me and i should not be burying my son. his father who is a forebitable man, he can barely speak, he could barely bring himself to speak, and the one line in talking about daunte wright is his smile. they talk about just his smile and how it warmed a room and how he was always the jokestir and always had something funny to say. two of his six siblings spoke just a bit. >> my name is monica wright. i didn't really get enough time with him. i wish i got enough. i didn't get to tell him i

she went on to suck up to al sharpton. >> reverend al sharpton, thank you for never backing down.activism which is an inspiration to us all. >> tucker: yeah, al sharpton, thank you for attacking asian shopkeepers. pushing a guy to rape claims and ever paying taxes. the senior fellow at the hoover institution we are happy to have you on set. victor davis hanson, thank you for coming on. i don't know but this character can do as a u.n. ambassador like it isn't symbolic that someone isn representing americ. how do you react to that?sa >> i'm kind of disgusted, al sharpton is on record anti-semite, antiwhite, anti-mormon anti-any particular group except his own, she should know that. the thing is the beauty of the civil rights movement martin luther king did not trash the united states. he said,d, you people, being the white people, you created the declaration of the constitution, but you are not living up to it. you did, the civil war, the civil rights we have to accelerate that process. 650,000 people from a white people basically killed each other for slavery and they started a civ

reverend al sharpton, thanks to you. i'm sorry that i didn't get a chance to go back to you on what you were originally booked for, derek chauvin and george floyd. derrick, thank you. ayman mohyeldin will pick up our coverage right now. stay with us. >> good afternoon, everyone. i'm ayman mohyeldin in new york today. convicted killer derek chauvin is in prison today awaiting his sentencing in eight weeks time. the justice department will launch a pattern and practice investigation into the minneapolis police department as the white house indicates what it wants to see in national reforms. >> as the president alluded to last night in his remarks after the verdict was announced, he believes the bar for convicting officers is far too high. it needs to be changed. >> this, as the family of 20-year-old daunte wright is gathering right now for his viewing, after a police officer shot and killed him during a traffic stop earlier this month. one of the lawyers for the wright and floyd families joins us shortly about the way forw

reverend al sharpton, a number of civil rights leaders are at press conference. this is again, of course, after verdict that came down to finding derek chauvin guilty of all 3 charges against him in connection with george floyd's death. >> we'll play some sound from earlier today when president joe biden and vice president kamala harris called the floyd family take a >> sheila better now. nothing. make it all i think john is changed the world going to start to change now here. he said watching every second of >> yes, sure really important makes us see you guys. it hopefully this is the momentum for the george floyd justice in policing that could get passed >> thank you, mister many cases so okay. >> and enjoy his name and memory. this do believe it your leadership and the president that we have in the white house they were going make something good come out of his joy >> yeah, changed the world big change she's coming human yeah. >> all all right. thank you mister president bless you. that was a clip from earlier today where president joe biden and vice president

reverend sharpton what are you expecting today sir just as. you heard it right there the reverend al sharpton a civil rights leader here supporting the floyd family saying that today he expects justice in those closing arguments. but to get back to your question as the family walks toward the courthouse at the end of this street there this has been a city in suspended animation since may 25th since the death of george floyd downtown has been boarded up often on since then and it's now being heavily boarded up again george floyd square the place where george floyd died is surrounded by barricades it is leased by local residents and it has become a memorial for blocks for george floyd and all of that has built up to this trial we have the trial of derek show event later this summer in august we expect to have the trial of 3 other officers but chauvelin is really the face of this trial and so everybody here in this town is waiting to see what the verdict is and i got to tell you every time i talk to somebody about this everyone on whatever their

we know there are high profile speakers, al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. benjamin crump will deliver what the family is calling a plea for justice. we know amy klobuchar, the senator from minnesota, will be on the program as well. we are expecting that somber day in terms of the investigation and the officer responsible for his death, she is currently charged with second degree manslaughter after she said taser, taser, taser and fired that bullet into daunte wright. we know those charges are pending. she made her first court appearance just last week. to underscore the overlap that this community is facing right now, that minneapolis is facing, we expect to see the family of george floyd. george floyd's family will be

the reverend al sharpton gave the eulogy. >> eight in the ninth verse says, the way of peace they knowere is no judgment. therefore, judgment far from us neither dust justice overtake us. no justice, no peace. >> dante writght was shot during 8 -- wright was shot during a traffic stop. he breaks free and the officer shot and -- shot him. the police say kimberly dr. mint reach for her taser -- meant to reach for her taser, but got her gun instead. >> he has told them there's a need for a national law to reform lease. they think that state-by-state or locality by the -- locality is wrong. themerican -- america has 80,000 police departments. there is a national law is already past the house and is doing senate called the george floyd policing act. it outlaws no knock warrants, racial profiling, and provides they protection for officers involved in shootings and the line of duty. >> we talked an awful lot in the last few weeks because of the trial of derek show in. i was struck by sharpton said he doesn't want to hear words, he wants to see new federal laws. >> that is what he is saying, b

joining us is the reverend al sharpton, the host of "politics nation" here on msnbc. so good to see you, my friend. first of all, how are you after this emotional day? how is mr. floyd's family? i know you were with them today for this. >> well, i'm feeling very good for them, but challenged to make sure that we turn this moment into a real change in terms of policy and law. you know, i did the eulogy at both of george's funerals and i'm doing daunte's. we kept going and marching and then we saw groups rise up on their own all over the world. i think today we won a round, but the fight is not over. we must pass the george floyd federal bill so we will not have to do it state-by-state. there is a win in minnesota tonight, but the law hasn't changed. and there is no federal law. and if we ought to really have change, we must change the laws of policing. not anti-police. the policemen that testified at this trial showed that policemen understanding that bad police must be subject to the law, not above the law. >> what do you think the prospects are for passing that law?

reverend al sharpton, quickly, the family. how are they doing today, first off with the doctor's testimony, and secondly, seeing the chief of police testify against derek chauvin. >> i spoke with them last night. they are back in minneapolis. i'll be joining them tomorrow. we pray together just about every day and i've been out there last week. they are prayerful, hopeful, but it's painful. as much as it looks like the case is going well, they have to relive watching their brother, their uncle, their cousin die, narrating his death. so this is painful. but this is a solid and prayerful family, and i promise to be with them as i promised when i can to do the eulogy for george floyd. >> i imagine it's hard to hear that no one gave your family member, your loved one cpr while that person was gasping for breath. gabe gutierrez, reverend al sharpton and paul butler, gentlemen, thank you very much. with me now is floyd family attorney benjamin crump. benjamin, thank you for being with us, as always. i know you're in constant contact

. >> out sharpton travel to minneapolis via private jet, are we supposed to believe he's not a free man in the united states and today like clockwork the white house and the senate that top democrats echoed blm's big lie. >> our focus is on working to address systemic racism and implicit bias head on. >> we should not mistake a guilty verdict is evidence that the persistent problem of police misconduct has been solved, racism strikes at the core of this country. justice, true justice will not come until we finally banished the ancient poison of racism from the american soul. >> he was clipping biden from last night. >> we need to take the blinders off for the whole world to see, systemic racism is a stain on our nation's soul. >> as a catholic president biden must be aware individuals, not nations, have souls. 21st-century america racism is harbored by individuals, it is not fully enshrined in american life, it police are increasingly diverse nationwide. the truth about the deadly interactions with police are uncomfortable to discuss, racist cops shouldn't be on the force, crimes commit

nbc's kathy park and "politicsnation" host the reverend al sharpton here to flush this out. big story there, the bodycam video that still has not been released. what's the latest on that? >> reporter: alex that is exactly right. the shooting take place wednesday morning, and we still don't have that body camera footage. there is growing frustration and pressure for the sheriff's office to release the video. yesterday there were a couple new developments. we heard from city officials as well as the sheriff. they said they are going to take the formal steps to go ahead and release this footage. the sharest said he would be putting in a request to the state bureau of investigation and let them handle it from there. meanwhile, we also heard from before brown's family members. they are obviously frustrated, want just is but also hurting. take a listen. >> i never expected this to happen so close to home, like. he left a close and tight family. with each other every day, talking to each other every day, and we, my brothers, my sisters, we is what drove him as a person. we is what

reverend al sharpton is president and founder of national action network and author of "rise up."is the host of msnbc's "politics nation" which you can catch every saturday and sunday evening at 5:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. >>> as i mentioned i spoke with a group of six black mind societyans after the verdict came down. one man told me how viewing the george floyd video affected every fiber of his being. >> we saw the look on chauvin as he, you know, put his neck on george floyd's neck, and i could not -- i could not watch -- i never watched the whole thing because i just broke down like at the beginning. sorry. when you saw the look on his face, it was so horrible. and to see that person just feel like they could do that, i don't even know what to say. like it just goes against my humanity and what i believe in. i'm just happy, you know, to see him behind bars now and i just hope that cops think about this, you know, before they do something like this again. >> that was mohamed mohamed. >>> joining me is blair anderson, the chief of police in st. cloud, minnesota. he's the fi

. >> today the reverend al sharpton, who preached george floyd's eulogy last year, delivered a sharpuke of police brutality in his eulogy for daunte wright. the rev, who has taken on many roles in the civil rights movement from leading marches to leading the floyd family in prayer, today reminded us of his original calling as a preacher, giving us church on a thursday at a time when we surely needed it. >> you thought he was just some kid with air freshener. he was a prince and all of minneapolis is stopped today to honor the prince of brooklyn center. his tags had expired. well, i come to minnesota to tell you your tags have expired. your tags of racism has expired. your tags of police brutality has expired. your tags of white supremacy has expired. your tags of looking at us different than everybody else has expired. your tags have expired! it is time to renew and get some new tags, tags of righteousness, tags of fairness or tags of treating everybody the same way or tags of no justice, no peace. >> joining me now is reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network an

. >> laura: al sharpton who traveled to many of us via private jet, are we supposed to believe he's not a free man in the united states. today the white house and seven top democrats echoed blm's big lie. >> our focus is working to address systemic racism and a blessed by his head-on. >> we should not mistake a guilty verdict in this case the evidence that the persistence problem of police misconduct has been solved. racism strikes the very core of this country. justice, true justice will not come until we finally banish the ancient poison of racism. from the american soul. >> laura: of course schumer was just cribbing biden from last night. >> ripped the blinders off for the whole world to see the systemic racism. systemic racism is a stain on our nation soul. >> laura: is a catholic, president biden must be aware i would assume that individuals, not nations, have souls. in the 21st century america, racism is harbored by individuals. it is not thankfully enshrined in american life or police departments which are increasingly diverse nationwide. the hard truths about most of the deadly

civil rights activist al sharpton had to say a short time ago. and this is the 1st time in the history of to state that a white police officer has been convicted of less known convicted of a murder. this is the 1st time in a long ring of facts that we've seen 3 counts guilty on all 3. we don't find pleasure in this we don't celebrate a man going to jail we want to read the joy to be alive. but we celebrate that we because young people white and black some castigated many that he had a night march in kept watch and kept going where many of them looked down on but they kept marchers everywhere and wouldn't let this die and this is again the surest to them that if we don't give up that we can win some rounds but the war and the fight is not oh just 2 days from now we're going to have to deal with the funeral of dante right and he's saying county to same area we still have cases afraid but this gives us the energy to fight on and we are determined that we go fight until we make federal law george fluoride justice and policing the march. of oneness th

reverend al sharpton will deliver the eulogy. and the reverend sharpton said that in his remarks today he will remind those in attendance that the fight for justice did not end with the derek chauvin verdict. and that the duante wright case is round two. anne-marie? >> laura podesta in new york. thank you so much. >>> minnesota's attorney general, keith ellison, is speaking about chauvin's guilty verdict. he sat down with scott pelley for "60 minutes." >> wevervince were i remember what happened in the rodney king case and remember how devastated i felt when i heard that the jury acquitted those officers, particularly when the victim is a person of color. it's just rare that there's any accountability. every moment of this case -- >> you can watch the full interview with keith ellison this sunday on "60 minutes." >>> and just minutes before the chauvin verdict was read, police in columbus, ohio, shot and killed a 16-year-old black girl armed with a knife, fueling a new round of protests. students at the ohio state university held

when george floyd died a plea deal now or a trial in august >>> as family, friends, the reverend al sharptonpare for the funeral of daunte wright we're also learning about the shooting in ohio. >>> dasha burns reports from the border where migrant boys are pulled from the rio grande >>> good news on the job front as this year's construction industry will see a seasonal need for as many as half a million new workers for well-paying jobs. >>> then to wisconsin with whiteout conditions. dozens of vehicles getting into accidents. at least one of them deadly. "early today" on thursday, april 22nd good morning, i'm phillip mena >> i'm frances rivera. >>> the guilty verdict of derek chauvin has put heightened pressure on police reform. the u.s. attorney general is gearing up for a wide-ranging federal investigation of the minneapolis police department. congress now facing new pressure to pass a package on police reform our gabe frances, this community is still trying to process the verdic for police reform continue to grow loe country. >> justice for us. we got justice. >> reporter: from relief to

will also in attendance were civil rights activists jesse jackson and the reverend al sharpton. sharpton the eulogy to cried police brutality in a reference to the air freshener that writes mother said he was pulled over for having on his rearview mirror. we trying to get to stitch least brutality out of the atmosphere we're trying to get the stooge of racism out of the atmosphere we're trying to get the stage of racial profiling out of our atmosphere we come liminal soldo as air fresheners caught your eye is to order is for us to bring we carry bring in your stinker they are no more. you know he went on to profess that dante writes death would not be a death in vain and that the fight for real change must go on there will be no peace without justice he said. as the body of dante wright is laid to rest black lives matter protests against racial injustice continue across the country. turkey is currently hosting more than 4000000 refugees from the middle east's numbers during syria's civil war which began 10 years ago but today most migrants trying to reach europe from turkey are

al sharpton lives in new york. they have done damage to the people of atlanta.d to things like social media, not the real world that atlantans live in. >> martha: we've seen the impact on football and we've seen the impact on basketball of wokeness and we'll see if there is a boycott of major league baseball as a result of this. dan, thanks very much. good to see you today. coming up, scientists that say forget the w.h.o. we want an independent investigation of how the virus began in wuhan, china. the united states state department former lead investigator believes that the virus likely came from a biological weapons program in china. he's back with more on that in a moment. age is just a number. and mine's unlisted. try boost® high protein with 20 grams of protein for muscle health. versus 16 grams in ensure high protein. boost® high protein also has key nutrients for immune support. boost® high protein. . >> martha: two dozen scientists and researchers around the globe now want and independent investigation into the origins of covid-19 to challenge the vagueri

>> i think reverend sharpton makes a good point. it seemed he was concerned people outside the courtroom were making statements. that's what people outside the courtroom do. again, as a prosecutor i would like it if everyone just stayed away from the courthouse and my jury, but that's not how the world works. it seems to me he was blowing off some steam. i thought his comments -- sorry, let me be specific. i thought the judge's comments were a bit hyperbolic. it doesn't seem to me the jury has ignored any of his instructions, quite to the contrary. it seems like they have run a clean trial and so blowing off a bit of steam, i guess, is understandable, and i would not put too much case on this, katy, and i think reverend sharpton raise as good and important point and there's no evidence that the jury has been infected by outside comments. >> gabe, let's talk about what the mood is like there in minneapolis around the courthouse. what are you hearing? what are you seeing? also, what are some of the last notes we got from the jury befo

for his endorsement and sharpton knows that obama isn't going to endorse biden and says to biden ifou run, mister vice president i will check in with obama which is like leave a message with my assistant. >> harsh moment of anything. >> a similar moment with stacy abrams where she handled the forthcoming request for an endorsement by saying when you sit down for lunch at his place i'm not going to make any endorsement of biden, hands off the conversation immediately. had difficulty getting the best staff, they wanted to go in other places, jen o'malley dillon wanted to manage the campaign and our last book shattered, she was the runner-up for the job on hillary clinton's campaign, something to take away from shattered is she's the best operative in the democratic party. she proved that in the general election by helping to elect joe biden but her instinct is not joe biden at first. it was beto o'rourke. you see this happen and biden doesn't have it in place to run an effective campaign. is not energetic. one of his best friends, john kerry is out campaigning for her mental the story

this is the reverend al sharpton eulogizing daunte right. >> to my brother aubrey and sister katie, and to the whole family and to those that have sat in that seat, families that are here that have sat in that seat know better than any of us how they feel. i don't care how much settlement they may be given, you can never fill the hole in their heart that was caused for no reason. and that is why they're here. give those mothers, fathers, and uncles of victims that come today a big hand. [ applause ] >> in the tradition of the black church, we take a text and a subject and i didn't want to disrespect bishop, so i went to the book of isaiah. >> yes, sir. >> all right. >> all right, rev. >> today, they tell me this is grandma's birthday. i'm a little older than her, so i got to wear my reading glasses. book of isaiah, 59th chapter, 8th and the 9th verse. it says, the way of peace, they know not. and there is no judgment in their goings. therefore, it's judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us. i want to use for a subject, no justi

well it will be the reverend al sharpton the civil rights leader who's going to give the eulogy for john terry right and that service starts in about an hour and a half you might be able media behind me lining up to go inside and we also expect the senator from minnesota any club which are to be in there and the attorney for both right and the family of george floyd benjamin crump will be in there is well a lot of these people had been gathered for the derek show trial which of course just ended with a conviction on all counts and the reverend al sharpton has said that he expects to begin his eulogy by talking about the life of a right by paying tribute to this young 20 year old man who was killed by a police officer who was shouting taser taser and then fired a gun but then he said he's going to go on and talk about the civil rights issues involved here that another young black man a 20 year old man a father of a 2 year old child was killed by a police officer who had thought she says that she was firing a taser she yelled taser taser and then fired instead her weapon and killed dante w

the reverend al sharpton you can almost hear the disbelief the disbelief in his voice that even though it seems so obvious that this was the verdict. this is the 1st time in the history of distaste that a white police officer has been convicted last known convicted of a murder. this is the 1st time in a long range of fights that we've seen 3 counts guilty on all 3. we don't find pleasure in this we don't celebrate a man going to jail we would have rather george be alive here but we celebrate that we because young people white and black some castigated many that are here tonight marched in kept much. so she had the sentence said the verdict is true and to further considerations that one is the sentencing and secondly the child's an appeal. right we fully expects so even to pay we kind of got to a sense of the grounds for appeal as. the closing arguments in fact of the jury had been dismissed and we. say well look we're all this sort of media attention means there's no way these this jury could impartially decide the case and he also for a mistrial of the judge said the judge said no it'

occasion he had an event and of course reverend al sharpton. eulogized this young man. dante right in strong words and you see fun then members of the florida family of george floyd's family are there they find a connection with the family of dante right so what does this moment in signify beyond the telling where you will. it signifies that this movement and this is how most people understand themselves this movement is gaining actually on traction and more power with every said ok jand like this more and more people flock to them and accept this this cause which they set for themselves to to bring real change not just for minneapolis not just for minnesota the state it but for the whole country. to put this together there's a confusion he said in this country here between justice and keeping quiet being told to keep quiet is not the same as. justice because justice is the absence all for tell t. of injustice and this is what they go in for so those events here are just example of finding what happens actually all over america and what the black community african-ameri