george floyd! you have to be blind to not see the mistreatment of black people and how this is systemic. the light has been shown on it. everybody sees it now. i have never felt so sick to my stomach in my life. and when i look at that man, i see my dad, i see my little brother. when i first saw the video, i wept. i was in tears. we, the national football league, condemn racism! there is only so much people can take, especially black people. it's been going on for hundreds of years and people are tired and are ready for change. a friend asked me why i want to go to the protest because racism only occurs in the us, not england. and i had to explain to him that this is not the case and it is that white privilege that everybody is talking about that you don't necessarily notice it and it is upsetting that people are saying i have to look out for myself or have to protect myself for no reason other than the fact that i'm black. the fist is the fist. it resonates throughout the world. it means power, pr

george floyd. you have to be blind to not see the mistreatment of black people and how it is systemic. the light has been shown on it. everyone seesit light has been shown on it. everyone sees it now. i have neverfelt so sick to my stomach in my life, and when i look at that man, i see my dad, my little brother. when i first saw the video, i wept. i was in tea rs. saw the video, i wept. i was in tears. we, national football league, condemn racist and the systematic oppression of black people. condemn racist and the systematic oppression of black peoplem condemn racist and the systematic oppression of black people. is only so oppression of black people. is only so much you can take. it's been going on for hundreds of years and people are tired, are ready for change. a friend asked why i wanted to go to the post test because it is not in england and it is that white privilege that people don't normally notice. people are saying, i have to look out for myself from now reason other than being black. it

george floyd is the face of thousands that have gone before him. he is the straw that broke the camel's back. after the brutal police killing of george floyd, protests erupted across america and the world. nojustice, no peace! i can't breathe, please, your knee in my neck, i can't breathe. a video shot by a passerby has changed the way many people view officers‘ treatment of black people in the us. george floyd! say his name! but when the cameras are turned off, what happens to the witnesses? witnesses are intimidated. they are fearful that they will be targeted if they come out and testify against a police officer. this film tells the story of the people who have witnessed police brutality... ijust seen the cops kill somebody. i didn't know what was going to happen to me next. ..and how the police can turn against them. one was coming at me with the gun in my face. i was scared, i was terrified. independence day in 2016 in baton rouge, louisiana. it had been a busy day for store owner abdullah muflahi and his friend and colleague, alton stirling

floyd in police custody. the burning police station becomes a symbol for the protesters fury for their demands for an end of police racism and patellar. abandoned boarded up and secured with cement barriers precinct 3 still a symbol now signifying the city's struggle to make the changes the protesters demanded to the local police department and how police against them. volunteers from the air campaign a moment to prepare to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd got christian and local level and growing in number we just thank you for your blessings that you to watch over us as we walk the streets will be one of the group recently recognized and supported by the city is filling the gap created by the collapse of trust between police and the black community with police patrols largely absent from this part of town they have taken on the task of proactively protecting the community from rising. crime we want to have selected police in our community who knows who live in our

i want to bring on george floyd's brother. he's been so kind and been involved in the gun buyback helping us out and supporting us. for him to take his time. brother felonious. >> how you doing, i'm brother of george floyd. happy to speak with you guys today. the buyback program, this is something that -- this is my first time being part of one. it's great knowing that you can decrease violence by taking guns off the streets. many people out in the world don't understand just because you can go get a license, it still doesn't mean you should have a gun. they don't show when they look at your background that you have a mental problem. it's not showing certain things. just me growing up in a neighborhood where i feel -- i see my friends, it wasn't until covid didn't take them out. they died because somebody pulled the trigger, senseless violence killing young men, men that are growing up, wanting to be something in their life. me understanding that california had bad situations in the past. i look at lot of different things when

george floyd: i can't breathe. candice nguyen: "i can't breathe" were some of george floyd's last words. george: i can't breathe, officer. candice: and he said them over and over for approximately 8 minutes until he died at the hands of minneapolis police officers. floyd's final moments are sparking national conversations about ethnicity. male: it's time that we reclaim the righteous in this country. candice: equality, crowd: black lives matter. candice: and police use of force in america. [people shouting] candice: because he is far from the only one to have died in that way. nbc bay area has been covering this movement, and tonight, we're returning to some of our investigative unit's recent reporting on law enforcement and their use of force. we look at the restraint technique that took the life of george floyd and find out which departments may be using it here in the bay area. jaxon van derbeken: and follow the career path of one officer who leaves one department for another just before facing discipline in the

george floyd! >> reporter: many comparing this year's grassroots groundswell to the beginning of the civil rights movement inspired by the lynching of a black teenager in 1955. >> emmett till, whose disfigured image was circulated around the world. >> the same way emmett till sparked a movement, george floyd is sparking a movement. >> black lives matter! >> i black lives matter, all the pushback we would receive. people would call us terrorists. >> reporter: but this time, protests spread to all 50 states, cities big and small, making it the biggest movement in u.s. history. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> reporter: those chants reverberating around the world. >> there's black folk there, white folk there, brown folk there, cis and trans folk there, queer folk there. >> reporter: the calls for equality expanding beyond race, marching for civil rights of all marginalized people. >> we are constantly in a civil rights people. this year we had the highest year on record of deaths of tran

she spoke at a rally in minneapolis days after the police killed george floyd. tamika: we are not responsible for the mental illness that has been inflicted upon our people by the american government, institutions, and those people who are in positions of power. i don't give a damn if they burn down target because target should be on the streets with us calling for the justice that our people deserve. where was autozone athe time when philando castile was shot in a car, which is what they actually represent? where were they? so if you are not coming to the people's defense, then don't challenge us when young people and other people who are frustrated and instigated by the people you pay -- you are paying instigators to be among our people out there, throwing rocks, breaking windows, and burning down buildings, and so young people are responding to that. they are enraged. and there's an easy way to stop it. arrest the cops. charge the cops. charge all the cops, not just some of them, not just here in minneapolis. charge them in every city across america where our

prepare to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local level and growing in number we just thank you for your blessing to watch over us as we walk the streets the group recently recognized and supported by the city is filling the gap created by the collapse of trust between police and the black community with police patrols largely absent from this part of town they have taken on the task of proactively protecting the community from rising crime we want to have selected police in our community who knows who live in our community who look like a community and then there'd be a better place where like how we can write code to and how we communicate to each other minneapolis police recognize the need for urgent and fundamental change says they're pretty chief eric force you see. these new recruiting strategies this critical for any real progress one of the best things you can you can have as a department that's as reflective of your community as you can get it especially people from the community and that's really what we're pushin

you know, this week, we just put george floyd in the ground. and so i'm not as concerned about what we've done up to this point. that's been different. but is there follow-rough over the next couple of weeks? >> right. so it's about, is there enough political pital to make real change that will be lasting? >> is there enough political capital to make real changeat th going to be lasting and change the systems in this country which has plagued usde fodes, if not centuries? >> i want to point you to one of the first lines of your book. 8, "february 8, 1as one of the most important days of my life -- even though it wasi 16 years befors born." >> yes. >> what happened that day? >> febary 8, 1968, my father was shot, along with 28 others on the mpus of south carolina state university. three young men were killed -- henry smith, samuel haond, and delano middleton. ey were protesting what the history books call jim crow's final hiding place, the lastof vestigiscrimination. it was in little orangeburg, all the officers who fired shots, for the first an

floyd in police custody . the burning police station becomes a symbol for the protesters fury for their demands for an end of police racism and patellar to. abandoned boarded up and secure with cement barriers precinct 3 still a symbol now signifying the city's struggle to make the changes the protesters demanding to the local police department and how police accused them. volunteers from their god came up and prepared to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done their christian and local level and growing in number we just thank you for your blessing to watch over us as we walk the streets when the group recently recognized and supported by the city is filling the gap created by the collapse of trust between police and the black community with police patrols largely absent from this part of town they have taken on the task of proactively protecting the community from rising crime. we want to have selected police or not community who knows who live in our community who lo

al dÍa siguiente, las imÁgenes se habÍan hecho virales y la muerte de george floyd a manos del agente derek chauvin llevÓ al paÍs, segÚn muchos, de la pandemia del coronavirus a recordar una vez mÁs la del racismo. "ser negro en estados unidos no debe ser una sentencia de muerte" afirmÓ el alcalde de minneapolis, jacob frey, aunque chauvin y los 3 agentes que estaban con Él fueron despedidos horas despuÉs del incidente, para muchos en minneapolis, esto no fue suficiente y se lanzaron a las calles. las protestas que comenzaron de forma pacÍfica se tornaron violentas. hubo saqueos y varios comercios fueron incendiados. el hermano de george floyd, pedÍa justicia y exigía que los agentes sean arrestados porque, segÚn Él, a su hermano lo habÍan ejecutado a plena luz del dÍa. otros detalles se conocieron gracias a las grabaciones de las cÁmaras de seguridad que pusieron en duda el reporte inicial. todo comenzÓ poco despuÉs de las 8 de la noche, cuando 2 agentes llegan a la escena y uno de ellos habla con floyd, que estÁ detrás del timÓn de esta camioneta mercedes-benz co

. >> the calls for justice for george floyd growing louder. >> when george floyd called out for his mother. it was a cry to all mothers and the nation responded with outrage and empathy. >> after months of being locked inside. the it was like a damn had burst. thousands of people flooded in to the streets wearing gas masks instead of face masks. >> there's an endless sea of protesters. >> they are let willing you go. >> calling out systemic racism and inequality. demanding justice and change. >> what word do you describe george floyd? >> enormous. he was a person that filled the with love. >> and iknow we are all men here. raise your hand if you shed a tear after you watched the video? >> absolutely. >> after hearing from countless grieving mothers. br families, loved ones, had our nation reached a had moral awakening? >> from the question came the landmark series, a special broadcast under the title "turning point," focused on what merer owes in reparations, from intimate perspective. >> no more! >> when i first found out that my ancestors were enslaved, i felt there should be justice tha

we wanted george floyd to be here in dr. susan moore to still be here so how do we use their legacy to build a better world for all of us? amy: i tuesday, kamala harris received a covid 19 vaccination on live tv at the united medical center, in washington's predominantly black anacostia neighborhood. ms. harris: i have now been vaccinated. there's a big difference between the vaccine and vaccination. i want to encourage everyone to get the vaccine. it is relatively painless. it happens really quickly. it is safe. -- myderna, pfizer husband will have the vaccine today as well. i look forward to getting the second vaccine. literally, this is about saving lives. it is literally about saving lives. i trust the scientists. it is the scientists who created and approved this vaccine. i urge everyone when it is your turn, get vaccinated. amy: of course, the vice president-elect kamala harris, the first african-american and african-american woman vice president in u.s. history, and she was injected by patricia cummings. she was vacci

social and criminal justice from george floyd, breonna taylor, and cries for fairness from the u.s. justice department. the challenges for president-elect biden, and whether or not to change the core system and voting rights. silence can kill. my conversations with olivia troy, the former advisor to vice president pence, what happens the day he certifies the election, and the pardons last week. she has an opinion on that as well. the president will be leaving the office of president in worse shape than when he found it. michelle goldberg, and daniel whitman, covering the white house. thanks for joining us today. we have a lot to get into. david, i want to start with you on this. you know, when i was on the show yesterday, i was talking about tonight. benefits are going to expire. run out, any moment now. i spoke to karen, i have been speaking to for the last two months or so. she was living on unemployment benefits, barely able to keep her lights on, special needs child at home. can't keep up about to lose her housing. at this point, the president is refusing to sign this thing. do

my responsibility is to keep george floyd alive. >> i understand that. but you said the dccc did that. >> i did that poll, guys. hello. >> i will let you get. in. >> cornell also worked on the poll. i did it with him, angela. >> i said -- >> people people over so that you can have some power? because you can't do anything of that. you can't if you indeed want to defund the police. you cannot do it if you're not in power. if you don't have someone in that position to help you do what you want to do. go on, karen. >> so three things i'm going say here. first of all, cornell and i did that poll. i wasn't saying you weren't -- we did that together and we talked to suburban white women. we talked to suburban white women outside of chicago not long after some of the violence that had erupted there. and what we found is when you talk about the language of what is in the george floyd justice in policing act, people very much agree with it. they will agree with the idea of accountability for in policing. but i think there is a larger issue. and there is a couple

robert: the police killing of george floyd roiled the nation. within days, protests spread nationwide but nme just in his >> ahmad arbury was chased and killed by two black -- two white men while he was jogging in a neighborhood. >> it is time for us s tond up in the name of george and to say -- get your name off our next -- >> police are trying to disperse peaceful protests near the white house. >> the investigation aerounced today he use of federal force in portland and elsewhere came as many cits pushed back on the president's actions and plans. >> standack and stand by. >> the african-amey can communitstood up again for me. they always have myac and i will have yours. robert: something erupted in 2020. i wonder, dan, was it again to something we saw in the country in 1968. dan: i think this was somewhat different then 1968. -- than 1968. there were tremendous protests in the wake othe assassination of dr. king. this was different. this was an awakening of a different type in 2020. when everyone saw what had ppened to george floyd as ly watch

that is absolutely wrong, and quite frankly, if george floyd looked like me, he would still be alive today, and that's a real problem. barack 0bama has said that what he has seen is a far more representative cross—section of america out on the streets this time than he has seen before, including, he says, going all the way back to the civil rights campaigns of the 1960s. do you see that broader cross—section of people at work right now? 0bviously, anyone who looks at the crowds can see the difference. lots of young white people who are involved in it, and older ones too, are people who are motivated to get out here and do something about these issues. it all started, in a sense, before the shootings occurred with the election of trump. while america's racial wounds reopened, two 70—something white men fought a surreal campaign for the white house, defined by covid and mutual contempt. a billion and a half dollars from china... not true. after spending 10 minutes in the office and being in air force 2. you cannot look at this election, no matter where you stand personally, you c

i believe in transformation and after we witnessed the public murder of george floyd and i'm listening to the voices of the younger generation andhe black lives matter movement, you know, i'm encouraged and empowered because i believe that they see that transformation is possible. the question as you said, partly is america ready for transformation, and i think where we are now having these high discussions nationally about the issue of racial justice that has lead through the countries for centuries it's a really good starting pointnd my hope is that we take the conversations and turnhem into action. >> doug. >> well, speaking of the rangers, they've got a great opportunity here. their 200th anniversary is coming up in 2023nd surely this being texas there's going to be cebration and events and things like that. this is a tremendous portunity, i think, n that they are consulting me but i think the rangers have a gre opportunity here to confront their entire history, to talk about the issues that we are talking about now, to talk about their victims, to -- to confront their entire past,

this is 96 black people since george floyd was killed on may 25th, 2020, that has been killed by the police. >> so just so i'm clear on that, you're saying 96 unarmed black people have been shot since george floyd? >> we know the guardian said 96 black people, black men and women. and there may be different circumstances, but we know that number, during a pandemic, is just shocking, when you think about george floyd was supposed to be the turning point where we stopped this and the fact that andre hill had a black lives matter t-shirt, that had justice for george floyd on it when he was shot. >> i do want to ask you about that. shauna, the fact that your brother was wearing black lives matter, what did that mean to him? >> that meant everything to him. the struggle that we go through, as far as black lives matters, how our people are being just shot and killed for no reason. and not getting any justification, like our lives don't matter. like we're not worth anything p. i mean, i stated before, animals have more rights than we do right now. it seems like they care more for the animal

[end video clip] ont: george floyd's brother capitol hill back in june. if you missed that and you want to hear more from him, go to our website, c-span.org. , republican from fredericksburg, virginia, go ahead. caller: the top political story for everybody on earth should be the chinese government should be commended, patted on the back, and rewarded for tremendous for destroying the world and putting them as a last man standing. what that will do, it will force everyone to look at them and realize what they have done to the world. this is all about destroying the american dollar, and once the american dollar is destroyed, all countries will go to china to invest in them as they now invest in us. view andve a birdseye you fly over and you see the whole thing or you have a worm's eye view, you stick your head up and you cannot see past the grass sticking up, the birdseye view is that we have -- our politicians have destroyed the american world that we once knew. we are never going to have that again. it is just like your child having a $40,000 credit card

want to just just -- racial integration, integration of resources, things like george floyd, or sandra bland, those would not happen in a racially integrated society. very specific geographies you will racially terrorize, demarcated as ghettos and we can occupy those but king over time absolutely begins to understand. >> let me focus on radical black dignity. it is a striking part of the book and something, a really underappreciated part for philosophical tradition, to insist on dignity, equal standing of every individual even when they come wrapped, a lot of political projects. one of them is radical transformation of how we think about policing and there is a striking scene in your book where you talk about 1957, loads malcolm to the public and black consciousness. i was hoping you could talk about that moment and what malcolm's legacy teaches us to think about today when we just lived through a week of especially horrifying and traumatizing acts of police brutality and interracial terrorism among what are supposed to be fellow citizens and malcolm would say that is because you are n

the movement wasn't new but it gained a new energy, a new urgency after george floyd, a black man died under the knee ofa black man died under the knee of a white police officer in minneapolis last summer. protests spread across the us and then around the world. race and then around the world. race and racism became a massive issue in the us presidential election. right now, we were all shaken by the eight minutes and 46 seconds of the public execution of george floyd and it shook people who had never, to had their ears closed to folks in different directions. he was murdered by a police officer while three other police officers observed. that is absolutely wrong and quite frankly, if george floyd looks like me, he would be alive today and that is a real problem. barack obama has said that what he has seen is a far more representative cross section of america out on the streets this time than he has seen streets this time than he has seen before, including he says going all the way back to the civil rights campaigns of the 19605. civil rights campaigns of the 1960s. do you see that bro

[end video clip] ont: george floyd's brother capitol hill back in june. if you missed that and you want to hear more from him, go to our website, c-span.org. , republican from fredericksburg, virginia, go ahead. caller: the top political story for everybody on earth should be the chinese government should be commended, patted on the back, and rewarded for tremendous for destroying the world and putting them as a last man standing. what that will do, it will force everyone to look at them and realize what they have done to the world. this is all about destroying the american dollar, and once the american dollar is destroyed, all countries will go to china to invest in them as they now invest in us. view andve a birdseye you fly over and you see the whole thing or you have a worm's eye view, you stick your head up and you cannot see past the grass sticking up, the birdseye view is that we have -- our politicians have destroyed the american world that we once knew. we are never going to have that again. it is just like your child having a $40,000 credit card

floyd in police custody. the burning police station becomes a symbol for the protesters fury for their demands for an end of police racism and patella. abandoned boarded up and secure with cement barriers precinct 3 still a symbol now signifying the city's struggle to make the changes the protesters demand to the local police department and how policing is done. volunteers from here cop a moment prepare to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local level and growing in number. one the group recently recognized and supported by the city is filling the gap created by the collapse of trust between police and the black community with police patrols largely absent from this part of town they have taken on the task of proactively protecting the community from rising crime we want to have selected police in our community who knows who live in our community who look like a community and then there be a better place where like how we can recall to him and how w

i saw the viral video of george floyd's death. i just felt this feeling of, i have all this fire in me. i had to do something. i was going through my instagram feed. i see this girl who is like, we're going to have a protest on the golden gate bridge. we don't have a leader from the black community. i will lead your protest. she's like, you know it's tomorrow, right? i made a little flyer. i posted it on social media. the permit she obtained was for 50 to 300 people. that day, thousands of people showed up. >> black lives matter. >> to march in solidarity. >> no justice, no peace. no justice, no peace. >> there were people of all backgrounds. it was really just a day where i felt so much love in the air. >> i was elated that so many people felt empowered to take to the streets. i was like, wow, we just went viral. >> i grew up in california. i felt singled out being one of the only black girls in this area. my dad grew up where police brutality is normal. we know we are the generation of change. my dad said, he remind me like myse

] george floyd is laid to rest in houston, his hometown. what next for black lives in america? i ask veteran of the civil rights era, the legendarbroadcaster and thinker, bill moyers and, - [protestererchanting] black live - [christiane] as solidarity protests roll across the world,

floyd in police custody . the burning police station becomes a symbol for the protesters fury for their demands for an end of police racism and patella. abandoned boarded up and secured with cement barriers precinct 3 still a symbol now signifying the city's struggle to make the changes the protesters demand to the local police department and how policing is done. volunteers from the men to prepare to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local and growing in number. walk the streets the group recently recognized and supported by the city is filling the gap created by the collapse of trust between police and the black community with police patrols largely absent from this part of town they have taken on the task of proactively protecting the community from rising crime we want to have selective police in our community who live in our community who look like a community and then there'd be a better pace for like how we can read talk to him and how we comm

the change is going to occur in police reform because of george floyd, because ahmaud arbery, because we got a white folk in this country did not believe -- this is a generalization -- but did not believthese type of encounters took place. but the change happened in minute 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 that his knee was on georgia's neck,th becaus level of inhumanity is something that people cannot comprehend.h and so i pck on the framing of the question, only to say that it's not the protest that happened after anit's not the rioting or the looting or however we want to describe it. >> or thgracious forgiveness. >> or the gracious forgiveness. it's -- the reason we have the change is because of the black blood that flows. but anger is not a sin. that needs to be stated. anger is not a sin. and for many of us who may not be as far as some ofur religious journey those individuals who forgave, i'm still angry as hell at dylann roof. i still am. i still have thaanger that's harbored inside of me now. it's not a paralyzing anger like sometimes it can be. and there still are many people in this comm

we think about things like george floyd and we think about ahmad aubrey or sandra bland and those things were not of happened in the racially integrated society because you can't pick and choose in the very specific neighborhood in the very specific geography who you will racially terrorize. they are demarcated as ghetto and we can occupy those so malcolm knew that but king over absolutely began to understand. >> so let me focus in on this point about radical black dignity. you know, it's a striking part of the book and it is something that, you know, in our work on king i think it's a really underappreciated part of the african american philosophical tradition in political thought tradition that to insist on dignity and insist on the value and the equal standing and moral work of every individual even when they, wrapped in with a lot of [inaudible] they commit you to radical political projects and one of them is a radical transportation of how we would have policing and so there is a striking scene in your book where we talk about the johnson in 1957 which explodes malcolm into the publ

floyd which galvanized black lives matter around the world and why he wants americans to vote for a candidate accused by some groups of supporting segregation mass incarceration and the catastrophic war on drugs that annihilated communities of color in the usa. all this and more coming up in today's going underground but 1st let's go straight to new york to speak to one of america's most renowned civil rights leaders reverend al sharpton his new book rise up confronting a country at the crossroads investigates the historical turning point the u.s. current be faces potentially undoing the gains activists like himself have fought for since the days of martin luther king jr reverend thanks so much for coming on the show those who don't know your work over decades will surely know the moving eulogy to george floyd killed by a us police i think british broadcasting regulators may allow me to say what a profound privilege it is for you to be on going underground but of course i'm going to ask you why is it not you rather than biden who's running against trump why do you call yourself a tr

this piece is called george floyd. i made this piece in the summer during a time when there was a lot of political, racial and social unrest. like many, 28—year—old xavier leopold from south london was deeply impacted by the killing of george floyd in the us earlier this year. his response — to paint about it. the words that he screamed out many many times were "i can't breathe", and that was enough to me to think to myself that i need to express this in a form of art to raise social awareness, racial awareness and to speak to my black people. it was only recently, during the first lockdown, that xavier discovered his passion for art. the impact of painting on his mental health has been life changing. it's sort of my way of keeping sane. it's one of the ways of therapy i can do indoors in the comfort of my own home, by myself. xavier has struggled since the death of his best friend, rio mcfarlane, who was fatally shot ten years ago in peckham, south london. i still get flashbacks of that day. i rushed down there

floyd's coldly brutal death. how long did it take you to come up with this is what happened this is my paps and i and i say perhaps because i'm not sure but you seem very sure that the judicial protest that went around the world that resonated that this is a reckoning. yeah we're going to take him up it took me a wow because look i'm torn on the one hand in the immediate aftermath of the george floyd death there was an enormous outpouring of empathy of fellow white brothers and sisters citizens of all races stripes colors orientations class status and the way religion nationality and not only in america but across the globe 50 states in this country were in 7. countries across the world it was extraordinary and i think because all of us were at home during the pandemic for many of us who are those of us who are the privileged. and we saw on our screen what could no longer be denied what black people had said was true or not or if you do anything you don't have to make any sense to the cops and they will hurt you

the man heard saying i can't breathe. >> when i watched that officer taking the life of george floyd with his hands in his pockets looking out in that way, it was apparent to me that he did not think anything would happen to him. >> reporter: in the seven minutes and 46 seconds it took floyd to take his last breath, a movement was born for a movement the world had ever seen. >> george floyd's story has been the story of black folks because ever since 401 years ago the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed to be is you kept your knee on our neck. >> reporter: soon after floyd's death on memorial day, cities across the country began debating policy changes and limits to police power. >> there is a new call for deep structural reform. many are demanding departments be defunded, dismantled or out right abolished. >> reporter: the names of other people killed by police or white vigilantes added fuel to the fire. >> drawing international attention, ahmaud arbery. >> you can see the all the holes in the front of breonna taylor's apartme apartment. if anyone else barged in and s

and the video footage of george floyd gave us a sense of the depth of that brokenness. right, it was kind of distilled through the experiences of black folk. but it became a kind of broad accounting of the state of the country. and so, you know -- but americans have a tendency we like to pat ourselves on the back when we have these moments of recognition. and so the question that was asked at the end of the piece and what will come concretely in the face of this reckoning? we know andre hill was just killed, we know casey goodson was just killed, walter wallace was just killed, that police are still doing what they do. and we know that the country is grappling with the reality black folk are disproportionately being killed by the virus but we snds the depth in policing, the depth of inequality in criminal justice. it's not enough to pat ourselves on the back and say black lives matter. we need concrete changes otherwise. >> along with what eddie just said we actually do have a potential change happening tomorrow with the defense authorization act. there's an amendment t

george floyd caused and in november, the biden-harris ticket won the election but president trump keeps fighting and refuses to concede. joining us ted -- joing us tonight iswijia jiang, errin haines for the 19th. and dan balz, chiefor correspondent the washington post. let's begin with the lessons from january and february when healthials grew increasingly alarmed about the outbreak of a highly infectious, novel coronavirus in china. president trump's response became one of the biggest stories of the year. >> china closed off will on, a city of million peopl an unprecedented effort to contain a deadly virus. >> health officials in washington state reported the first death.>>'m officially deca national emergency.two very big. >> we are appealing to all americans to take these steps to protect each other and ensure the virus does not spread. >>ay yestenew york saw the highest number of deaths in a single day. >>a it knocks you out i minute. is there a way you can do something like that? >>en a dtes reported record increases this last week. >> if we did not do cases, we would not see an i

floyd, philander casteel, eric garner, you know what drew the police all of them, george floyd, the police were called because he passed the counterfeit 20-dollar bill, society called three guys to address that. orlando casteel who was shot in his car because the cop stopped him and allegedly a broken tail light and h air gardner, the cos confronted him because he was selling lucy's, here in new york it's single cigarettes which is a violation of thehe tax code, e have the police doing all sortsi of things spending $115 billion a year on policing and it's over criminalized and he gets to your point in carly's point and it puts people a great risk and black people at great risk because of the racism that exise carry around with them. that is why it is important that we shrink the system and we come up with solutions and interventions and have nothing to do with the criminal justice system. host: let's go to diane, democratic caller europe next with our criminal justice reform. caller: thank you for taking my call, nicholas you ar awesome ai would work for you for free. one of the thi

it was one of the most defining images of 2020 george floyd pleading in vain for his life as a minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck back in may his death and those of other black men and women at the hands of place in the u.s. sparked massive racial protests and calls for police reform in minneapolis community members say the protests have brought little change trust in the police has reached a new low. i mean apple is may 28th the 3rd precinct building of the minneapolis police department said the blaze during protests against the death of george floyd in police custody. the burning police station becomes a symbol for the protesters fury for their demands for an end of police racism and protests. abandoned boarded up and secured with cement barriers precinct 3 still a symbol now signifying the city's struggle to make the changes the protesters demand to the local police department and how policing is done. volunteers from the a copy prepared to patrol the neighborhood then the 9th ward of minneapolis where george floyd done christian and local level and growing in numbers we jus

were tryingpanies to be more transparent following the death of george floyd. we saw a lot of companies racial makeup of their employees. previously they had not done that. a lot of these reports found is that diversity is still lacking in a lot of management. we have seen companies sharpen their focus on this issue specifically. consumers are not afraid to call out companies anymore. companies are beginning to understand that it could ultimately hurt their brand eighth they don't take steps to address the issues we saw only get worse for much of the population in the states and around the world. build into this 2021? the actions that are taken this year, do you think it is going a cast corporate america in different way? are they going to think differently and act differently? >> i think they are going to be pressured to do that. the public as i mentioned is not going to sit back and just watch companies rush -- brush this aside anymore. people don't want to hear companies make announcements. what i have heard from people i interviewed personally this year is

king is going to amplify those when we think about the idea in the context of george floyd i think one thing that you see is they realize the criminal justice system even in the context is a gateway to the panoramic injustice so we need a radical transformation of not just criminal justice in the united states but the way in which the criminal justice system interfaces with all aspects of democratic institutions and that goes from public spaces where people are being surveilled in terms of housing and that goes to public schools that are type aligned to the corrections for juveniles and adults and so many other different aspects of our lives but i think martin and malcolm understood that but even though that debate i think over time they both come to realize they are on the same side of that because it is about a point of emphasis h he's saying the biggt catastrophe is holding people accountable so it is willing the good of the other person is about pushing them to make the transformation which involves as you put it powerfully coercion and really difficult political struggle so what y

so we think about things like george floyd. when we think about ahmaud arbery or sandra bland those things would not happen in integrated society because you can't pick and choose in the very specific neighborhoods, the very specific geography who you're going to racially terrorize. we have codes demarcated as ghettos and we can occupy those zip codes and malcolm new that, and king over time began to ask the movement to understand. >> and let me focus in on the point about radical black dignity. it's a striking part of the book and it's something that in our work on king we've tried-- and i think that it's a really underappreciated part of the african-american philosophical tradition and political thought tradition to insist on dignity and to insist on the value, the equal standing, equal moral worth of every individual, even when they come wrapped in skin with a lot of melanin, it's to a lot of radical projects and one of them is a radical transformation of how we would think about policing. >> yeah. >> and so, there's a strik

i want to bring on george floyd's brother. he's been so kind and been involved in the gun buyback helping us out and supporting us. for him to take his time. brother felonious. >> how you doing, i'm brother of george floyd. happy to speak with you guys today. the buyback program, this is something that -- this is my first time being part of one. it's great knowing that you can decrease violence by taking guns off the streets. many people out in the world don't understand just because you can go get a license, it still doesn't mean you should have a gun. they don't show when they look at your background that you have a mental problem. it's not showing certain things. just me growing up in a neighborhood where i feel -- i see my friends, it wasn't until covid didn't take them out. they died because somebody pulled the trigger, senseless violence killing young men, men that are growing up, wanting to be something in their life. me understanding that california had bad situations in the past. i look at lot of different things when

george floyd: i can't breathe. candice nguyen: "i can't breathe" were some of george floyd's last words. george: i can't breathe, officer. candice: and he said them over and over for approximately 8 minutes until he died at the hands of minneapolis police officers. floyd's final moments are sparking national conversations about ethnicity. male: it's time that we reclaim the righteous in this country. candice: equality, crowd: black lives matter. candice: and police use of force in america. [people shouting] candice: because he is far from the only one to have died in that way. nbc bay area has been covering this movement,