the night is still young in atlanta. steve rogers, stick around with us on the other side of the break. we are bringing back ted williams, to talk about how the police department is keeping rioting and looting from happening in the next few hours in the next few days in the city. we will be right back. and the loco. ♪ incomparable design makes it beautiful. state of the art technology makes it brilliant. the lexus nx experience the crossover in its most visionary form. experience amazing at your lexus dealer. i hear you i had a heart problem. i was told to begin my aspirin regimen, and i just didn't listen. until i almost lost my life. my doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. listen to the doctor. take it seriously. >> "fox news" alert at 11:00 p.m. eastern. we are looking at live pictures from atlanta georgia. full angleton claims. overnight last night police officers confronted someone who was unresponsive and a car in the parking lot a

eastern time in atlanta. unfortunately this is just the very beginning of a violent night in atlanta and other they could be the end. police have moved in a little bit to push crowds back from the wendy's in the flames that were shooting over the sides of the texaco and bp have been extinguished or put down to the point where they are no longer possibly a threat those gas stations that we wait for additional details on steve reporting about possible possible new pro chest outside a police stations and other parts of atlanta and i-75 i-85 north-south highway shut down not just for minutes but for ours replaced came in with flash bang group grenades and tear gas to get traffic moving in the protesters out in the protesters came back. our coverage continues from atlanta in just a minute. ♪ -what could be better than being a mo-tour? the real question is... do you mind not being a mo-tour? -i do. for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. -i do. (announcer) improve your health, and strengthen your im

still on the streets of atlanta right 110w. the streets of atlanta right now. they have blocked traffic, they have locked highways, and police have used tear gas in response. this is a political issue two, of course. 0fficials have reacted, the police chief has resigned, the mayor saying the police response was not justified in this instance. these are live pictures from atla nta. these are live pictures from atlanta. you can see the camera position has moved back behind that police cordoned, just beyond those police officers is some petrol stations and beyond thatis some petrol stations and beyond that is the wendy's. that is where the incident happened, where the incident happened, where rayshard brooks, 27 years old, was shot by police. i am lewis vaughan—jones. this is bbc news. hello again. the next few days will bring a real mixture of weather across the uk, just like we saw during the first half of the weekend. the sunshine in the north—west of wales lifted temperatures to a high of 25.5 degrees here. whereas the low cloud, the fog, the haar, that af

>> so i'll say this about atlanta. atlanta prides itself on being known as a city being too busy to hate. atlanta, whether it's protests over, you know, police use of force, whether it's protests over anything really tries to be a city where, you know, that kind of embraces and leans into its history to feel civil rights movement, the birthplace of dr. king. really tries to be a place where they support peaceful protests. so that's why when you see officers clearing streets or doing things like that, typically leaders try and say that that is going to be a last resort. you'll hear them say we want you to come out, but protest peacefully. and so that's always going to be the undertone whenever you see protests happening in the city. now, he will say that this entire wave i think of protests feels different. for the people that i talked to, the many protesters i've spoken with the better part of two weeks along with just even myself as a journalist covering this, this moment feels different, i think because people have t

atlanta. what we now. the police officer involved in the shooting death of 27-year-old rayshard brooks has been fired as of this hour. we learned that within the last 60 minutes. another officer also has been put on administrative leave. a fire broke out tonight in the wendy's parking lot where police shot and killed mr. brooks. and hours ago, atlanta's police chief resigned. earlier the attorney for family of rayshard brooks spoke about his death at the hands of police. >> you can't say you don't have other options. where was he going to go? he was barely jogging away. you could have boxed him in. support came in i think two minutes. he would have been boxed in and trapped. why did you have to kill him? >> all right. now earlier this evening, mayor keisha lance bottoms announced that chief erika shields had resigned. take a listen. >> chief erika shields has been a solid member of apd for over two decades and has a deep and abiegd love for the people of atlanta. and because of her desire that

we've reconvened in another part of atlanta at cnn center. >> the part of atlanta where this is taking place, you know this area well, not too far i'm told from turner field where the atlanta braves used to play baseball, right? >> yes, and it is south of downtown and very close to the interstate. that is why people were easily able to climb up the hill side there just half a block up from the wendy's. now, the state troopers, the officers, they have lined up their squad cars and themselves to block the base of those ramps for those protesters not to be able to walk up the ramps but the people went around them and up the grassy hillside to the interstate itself. >> we are seeing police en masse arriving now at the scene. some of the protesters beginning to disperse as a result. you see the long line of police officers getting closer and closer. we did see some firefighters beginning their process of trying to stop the fire from expanding from that wendy's. this is an awful situation unfolding in atlanta right now. natasha, is i-75, very close to where these police officers are right no

so what i see happening on the streets of atlanta is not atlanta. this is not a protest. this is not in the spirit of martin luther king jr. this is chaos. a protest has purpose. when dr. king was assassinated, we didn't do this to our city. so if you love this city, this city that has had a legacy of black mayors and black police chiefs and people who care about this city, where more than 50% of the business owners in metro atlanta are minority business owners, if you care about this city, then go home. >> it's just been about two weeks since mayor bottoms made those remarks in atlanta, and now her city is coming to grips with another tragedy, another crisis, this time involving its own police department. today she signed a series of executive orders aimed at pretty dramatically overhauling the way the atlanta police department uses force that includes amping up the use of de-escalation tactics and having other officers intervene when they see unreasonable force being used by one of their colleagues. she said today, quote, it is clear we do not have another day, another

so, again, the mayor of atlanta, georgia, announcing the police chief in atlanta is stepping aside and calling for the firing of an officer who shot and killed a man overnight in that city. i am being told we have some sound right now from that press conference this afternoon with the georgia bureau of investigation. let's listen. >> we have now seen full video from the wendy's restaurant showing this gentleman entering into the video frame, running or fleeing from atlanta police officers. it appears that he has, in his hand, the taser. you can see that at least to the naked eye, that's what it appears. he runs a relatively short distance, looks like it's probably five, six, seven parking spaces distance, and at that point, turns around and appears to the eye that he points a taser at the atlanta officer. at that point, the atlanta officer reaches down and retrieves his weapon from his holster, discharges it, strikes mr. brooks there on the parking lot, and he goes down. >> again, that was just within the last couple of hours. that was vic reynolds, the director of the georgia bureau o

atlanta, cradle of civil rights. really, we should. and the fact that we see this tonight, mr. brooks, and then we saw those college students dragged out of their cars, what kind of policing is that? we don't want that kind of policing. the college kids, i mean, they were filming with their iphone out of a car of an arrest. they were told to move on. because they didn't move on, windows were broken and they were tased and dragged out of the car and then the mayor fired those officers. why were the officers doing that? that was excessive force. there is no reason to do it. they didn't commit any crime. what kind of policing is that? and what does it say about the department? so it has to be revamped. there is lots of great cops out there. i mean, they risk their lives every day. they work with the community. they do the right things. they go to work. they are honest people. but there is enough racist cops, corrupt cops, and bully cops that they are really hurting america. and you could not look at the face of that min

how serious is the problem in the atlanta police department right now. >> well, it's just not atlanta. it's everywhere. there has to be fundamental changes, not just to the policies, but to the mentality, the mentality that of course officers have a tough job. i have great friends that are officers, but yes you have to carry a speer in a shoe. and often you have to use the speer, but you're the shield of the community. you wear the shield on you, you're the shield, you protect the community above everything. you use the shield when someone has a gun and is running into school. not when someone's asleep at a wendy's. too often that concept, the mentality has been lost. and i think that's just because of the divide of -- officers need to live in the community where they police. it's hard to kill a black body when you interact with it every day. >> really really sad development. we're showing our viewers these live pictures coming in from atlanta. you know the area, obviously, very, very well at that wendys, the interstate and some of the streets below. protesters very angry, and they're

the atlanta police department. out of a deep and aid booing love for this city and this department, i offered to step aside as police chief. apd has my full support. and mayor bottoms has my support on the future direction of this department. i have faith in the mayor and it is time for the city to move forward and build trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve. mayor keisha lance bottoms also made a statement about this in which she said that she does not know. they will investigate to determine whether it was an appropriate shooting, but what she was concerned about is whether the thing that police can do is the thing that they should do. i'm joined again by marq claxton, a former detective for the new york police department in charge of public relations and political affairs for the black law enforcement alliance, and he has been somebody on whom we have relied heavily for the last few weeks as we have covered the death of george floyd and the protests across the country. also joining me, jim

>> i was stunned, you know, i said, not in atlanta, this can't be happening in atlanta. in a city already grieving from the deaths of ahmaud arbery, of breonna taylor, of george floyd and, of course, the covid-19 pandemic which has hit the african-american community here very hard. and we grieve with the community and with the family of rayshard brooks. a father and someone who will be missed by so many and it's -- you know, it was just with really disbelief that i heard this had happened. >> what role do you see the georgia aclu playing in trying to bring justice for rayshard brooks and trying to make policing in atlanta more just in general? >> yes. well, you know, when the -- we've been -- we were involved with the ahmaud arbery situation before it became a national story. when the protests started after george floyd's killing, after a few days we saw the protests were going to continue, we put out a call for legal observers. we've had over a thousand aclu members and supporters to be trained as legal observers and they're out daily with the protesters. and we -- this

shot dead by an atlanta police officer. these are pictures from our affiliate wxia in atlanta. not far from here is interstate 85. it is just about a four mile drive from here into downtown atlanta. 2.5 miles as the crow blys we see i-75, i--85 highways are sht down. all 14 lanes of the highway are shut down by atlanta protesters in the streets. let's continue our conversation with atf special agent in charge, jim cavanaugh. marq claxton who is also director of the black law enforcement alliance. marlon and rashad and danielle are back with us again. i wonder if we can begin with your thoughts on what is happening this evening, particularly the response from the city of atlanta. >> the response in the city of atlanta, you mean the mayor, is consistent with what we are living in, that is you know the minneapolis era, where the governmental response is much more -- is swift and much more punitive toward law enforcement being held to a much higher standard. the response and the statements from the attorneys earlier was quite s

there's been a bunch of incidents in atlanta, as you know, atlanta's police force has been facing lots of criticism for weeks after that violent approach taken towards two college students, simply sitting inside a car during a george floyd protest. there was another incident where an officer body slammed a woman. do you believe it's appropriate for the police chief to step down right now and for the police officer who shot and killed rayshard brooks to be fired? >> i think the firing part was probably a little bit too quick because if it was not done appropriately and even if a court of law finds out this officer did not use the appropriate use of force, there still could be some issues with employment, and that will actually make it even worse. i agree with joey that nerves and feelings are raw. there is tension, not just in atlanta, but the united states. there are issues that have been looked at and are being looked at in atlanta right now. it's there for the mayor to be very concerned, and to take action. i'm a little concerned about the swiftness at which this officer was fired wi

this is atlanta. we have been hearing earlier from is atlanta. we have been hearing earlierfrom donald trump with his response to what is happening. i've asked that the department ofjustice expedite the federal investigation into his death and do it immediately, do it as quickly as absolutely possible. it's a local situation, but we're also making it into a federal situation, and it's. .. ..it‘s a terrible thing. we all saw what we saw. it's very hard to even conceive of anything other than what we did see. it should never happen, should never be allowed to happen, a thing like that, but we're determined that justice be served. let's get more from our north america correspondent david willis. this is a challengejust this is a challenge just to keep across. we have been focusing on the pictures from minneapolis and atlanta but it is not just minneapolis and atlanta but it is notjust those two cities. it is not ended and there is anger on the streets america tonight. virtually post— coast. from new york, washington, dc and the east to los angel

i know that this isn'tjustice, what is happening inside atlanta. thank you live to atlanta. these are life pictures, processes out on the street. you can see it is late into the evening there, just past 10pm in atla nta. evening there, just past 10pm in atlanta. there are protesters out on the streets and we have had reports of a fire at fast food restaurant wendy's, where this altar place. earlier on, already have the police chief submitting their resignation. the mayor of ata la nta their resignation. the mayor of atalanta saying, this action, in her mind, was notjustified. the shooting of rayshard brooks, a 27—year—old black man in atalanta. he had reportedly fallen asleep in his car outside a drive—through which is when the police were called. there was an altercation, according to the police, he failed a sobriety test and then resisted arrest. and you saw, he turned as he ran away from police officers with what appears to be, according to eyewitnesses, a taser in his hand. police then shot him and he died. there are now calls from the lawyer, as you heard their, f

so, we have had an opportunity to review eight video tapes, to atlanta body camp tapes, two atlanta police department —— camp tapes. we have also had an opportunity to review a wendy's surveillance tape. we have also reviewed with many of the videos we had the opportunity to enhance the video so that we could get a better look. the other thing that we have had an opportunity to do is to view some of the physical evidence, the chevrolet trail blazer was a vehicle that was in the line at lease restaurant on the night of the incident and received a shot from the gun. with that in opportunity with the gbi now to that trailblazer. my officers had opportunity to inspect the crime scene. we have conducted a canvas of the area and started our investigation at 1:15am on saturday morning and have been working on this case around the clock since that time. we have spent some time examining the taser evidence in this case and we have actually examined and possessed of the two tasers that we re and possessed of the two tasers that were used. we've also had the opportunity to examine the taser logs

i came back to atlanta. i love atlanta. the last time i was here it was before the pandemic. i was on the stage of morehouse in march of last year and you know coming to atlanta especially if you are black and hold elected office and america coming to atlanta is like coming back to the womb. it really is. it is because atlanta represents so much about who we are as americans. atlanta represents the hopes and dreams and the fight to make real the promise of america. atlanta is a place that has. >> leaders who have been national leaders and international leaders who have always understood that hope will fuel the fight. it will be what grounds us in knowing what is possible but then you have got to just organize the folks and bring people together and recognize that nothing we have ever achieved as a nation by way of progress came without a fight. and so that's what we have in front of us. we have for the next 11 days, george, a fight for the soul of our nation. this is a fight that we are engaged in because we believe in the ideals of our country. we believe in our democracy. w

his feel for what is happening in the city of atlanta. the city likes to say we're a city so busy to hate. that calling goes back decades in atlanta. we've heard a little bit of that. the focus of that city is clearly been rocked by this event late friday night, geraldo. >> remember mayor keisha lance bottoms spoke out about the rioting that follow the george floyd decision in atlanta. she was magnificent. very calmly and scolding the perpetrators, violence in her city when the riots broke out. said there's no way to bring about social change, to destroy the city. to me she elevated herself to the front ranks of possible vice presidential candidates. now in this case she's called it murder. she's taken that leap. the police chief has resigned in atlanta. you have the police force itself in disarray. all of my police friends, including commissioner safer, are saying, you know, wait a second, this cop did what was reasonable to protect himself and others. this is a seven defense case. the way i see it, i see it in the hard cold light, the p

we will go to atlanta for the latest. we will go to o atlanta fofor te latetest. then we e go to calilifornia to speak with an african-n-american amy: we wilill speak to young nw york activist was hospitalalized after being violently shoved by a new york p policee officer who was then charged with assault. wei asked him w why bececau were peacefully protesting and we were not the one through threw the bottle. it came from the other side. i was napping aggressive -- i was not being aggressive. and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, dedemocracynow.org, the quarante report. i'm amy goodman. protests intensified in atlanta after a a white police officer shot dead an unarmed 27-year-old african-american man named rayshard brooks in the parking rayshard brooks in the parking lot of a wendy's fast food restaurant on friday. the encounter was caught on surveillance camera and by a witness. a warnining to our listeners a d viewers, we are about to play graphic video of police violence. police approached brooks after he had fallen asleep in his car. the police ques

so there's a nood for a cultural change in the police department in atlanta and not just atlanta, but for police departments across the country. this type of policing is just not working. >> let me ask you about that specifically. i'm sorry for interrupting. the cultural change that you're talking about, what exactly does that mean, and how do you enact a cultural change within a police department? is it something that needs to be done legislatively? is it something that needs to be done through an administrative order like the mayor of atlanta is trying to do? is that something that only comes when you disband a police department and rebuild it from the ground up, as minneapolis says it wants to do? >> well, you don't have to destroy something in order to make it better. you can build upon the organization that is in place, in my opinion. and it requires statutes, federal, state, as well as county ordinances, city ordinances, directives by the mayor, executive orders and those have to do with training standards. so i'm glad that the george floyd justice and policing act of 2020, whic

protestors set fire to the atlanta restaurant where police shot dead a black man resisting arrest. far—right protesters clash with police in central london, saying they're protecting a statue of winston churchill. in paris, clashes as anti—racist protestors demonstrate against police brutality. the canadian prime minister calls for an independent investigation after the violent arrest of an indigenous chief is caught on police camera. hello, welcome to bbc news. we start this hour in the united states, where the authorities are investigating yet another killing of an african—american man by a white police officer. security video shows rayshard brooks being shot outside a fast—food restaurant in atlanta on friday. the city's police chief has already resigned in response, while the mayor says she does not believe the use of deadly force was justified. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. and a warning — this story contains some distressing pictures. the police said rayshard brooks, who was 27, had fallen asleep in his car while waiting in a queue at a driveâ

here, in the city of atlanta, as well. and the relationship between atlanta police department and the people who washingte talked strained before the protests began. and since then, especially with some of those incidents that we have seen, that you describe there, things have gotten worse. now, look. the mayor and the police chief, who resigned tonight, did receive some credit for quick action. but the action wasn't quick enough. and there were a lot of people we've spoken to who feel like, let's take, for example, those two college students with that aggressive tasing that happened. four of the six officers involved have been fired. six were charged with various -- various different charges, ranging from assault to damage of property. but the people here felt like some of that was just for show because they knew that the eyes of the world were on atlanta because it had been caught on tape. what we have heard, time and time again, here, in atlanta, and in other cities when referring to these police departments is, if this

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and rayshard brooks is not the first black man to die in atlanta. we have a responsibility, a relentless responsibility to our community. and it is time that our community gets put back to the forefront of the conversations. not just has a seat at the table, but is the table. because we are all public servants. we're here to serve. and we're all hurting right now. and i me devin bearton just speaking at the rally, we work together. we're hurting right now. and we want people to listen. that is what is important right now. in order to move to a place of action, folks in leadership, our elected officials, including myself, we have to listen. the destruction that is happening is because people feel like they're not being heard. >> so let's talk about -- i hear you. i hear you, antonio and forgive me devin not kevin. and what a powerful voice speaking with ryan. but words are one thing and action are another. i know the police chief erika shields is out and she's resigned but i want you to tell me about this contentious phone call with mayor bottoms bec

major freeway in atlanta right now. as a result of the killing of rashad brooks at a wendy's drive through. he was in his car, apparently fell asleep. police showed up, others were driving around him in the drive through. lasers were shot, he had a laser and in the end the police shot and killed him as he was trying to run away, and we heard from the two lawyers representing rashard brooks make passionate intense statements about why this was certainly wrong. you can see the protesters still there, i-75. that whole area has now been shut down. it's a tense situation. we're waiting to see if the police clear that interstate, i assume at some point they will. who knows what's going to happen, it's 9:30 p.m. in atlanta. here on the east coast of the united states. you can see cars backed up, police on the scene. this is not a good situation right now, we've been getting analysis from all of our guests and analysts, i want to bring in cornell william brooks. cornell, you and i have been on these situations many times over t

it happened in atlanta, georgia, and natasha chen is with us now. let me begin with you as we learn some new information at that press conference, particularly about video that the department plans to release of this incident. they say they're planning to release this video tonight. what more can you tell us? what more did we learn about this incident? >> reporter: right, so, what's interesting is that gbi was talking about the fact that their policy is that if they can share something, they will with the public, with the social media, so they do plan to share the video that they have once they've processed this. now, they did describe what was seen in the video, what they see in the video, and it does include the victim here fleeing from the police officers in this situation. and of course, we, in the past, i've already discussed that gbi reported a struggle between officers and mr. brooks over the officer's taser and that gbi says, in this video, they seem to see mr. brooks with the taser that belongs to the police. so, there are a lot of elements

that is the county that this part of atlanta, downtown atlanta falls in. it actually falls in several counties, but this part of atlanta, the crux of atlanta, and certainly downtown atlanta, fulton county, he plans to activate as many as 500 georgia national guard groups to protect people and property in atlanta. he says that they will deploy immediately to assist other law enforcement agencies that are working in his words tirelessly to subdue unlawful activity and restore peace. shannon, earlier today, the mayor of atlanta has assimilated a team of people, civil rights leaders, and hip-hop artists to urge calm among the protesters. among the people she assembled was rapper killer mike, and i believe that we have a sound bite queued up from him earlier this evening, if we can listen that out right now. okay. i am told we don't have that sound bite. but others have been weighing in as well. andrew young, former atlanta mayor, former united nations ambassador and certainly a major player in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, a confidant of dr. martin l

atlanta area. they are refusing to come help. because obviously they don't want to put officer ins harm's way. this conversation has been ongoing for quite sometime. the moral at the police department i have been told by veteran officers is the lowest it's been in quite sometime. the chief stepped down. this is the chief she liked. you had six officers who were fired before an investigation was completed because of how they treated two college students. and these officers charged and fired. they were upset because they haven't finished their investigation. listen to the mayor as she talked to chris cuomo about what's going on in the city. >> we don't have an account yet. we were in the middle of a shift change. what i do know is that we do have enough officers to cover us through the night. and our streets won't be any less safe because of the number of officers that called out. it's just my hope again that officers will remember the commitment they made when they held up their hand and sworn in as

the city of atlanta is a great city. and i want to apologize to my clients themselves that they came from memphis and witnessed this. they're not going to get statements here today. but i have confirmed to you that they have met with the georgia bureau of investigation, provided statements as well as information to support what you saw presented today by paul howard. it confirms that at no time was mr. brooks ever a threat to anyone including the officers in that wendy's parking lot. my client's statements confirm that mr. brooks was running, his back was turned. and was never a threat to anybody. the only threat that arose is when officer pulled out a gun, two of those bullets entered mr. rayshard brooks' body killing him. one of those bullets entered my client's vehicle, almost killing them. we could be here talking about four murders. and for that my clients have suffered a lot, but nothing compared to what this family has. and with that said, my clients are here to join the fight of justice to provide in iassistance

before in atlanta, and they do a great job. so we're waiting just like you to see what they do. >> the district attorney says murder, felony murder and von tore manslaughter, are all under consideration. what do you expect the charges to be, should there be charges? >> again, we don't know. it probably will not be murder. that's a very hard things to charge. if you just look at all the other cases that were a big clearer, but you notice, just as deadly to the client, and they were not charged with murder, i don't know if it would be murder, but like i said, we'll wait to see what the d.a. says and we'll go from there. >> justin miller, again an attorney for the family of rayshard brooks, thank you for taking the time to talk with us. we appreciate it. >> no problem. thank you. >>> we are seeing a 20th consecutive day of nationwide protests over police brutality and racism. right now in washington protesters have gathered outside the white house. these are live pictures of los angeles as well. protesters are movie through the ho

police chief quits is another african american dies at the hands of police on a turbulent night in atlanta in the us. in the main stories of the week black lives matter protesters in seattle occupy 6 blocks of the city center they declared an autonomous. divines law and order and threatens to send in the army. as combat vehicles and drones are frequently seen during the george floyd protests the creasing militarization of the us police questioned. very good evening to you thanks for joining us for the weekly here on r.t. international. another black man has died at the hands of police sparking violent unrest in the u.s. city of atlanta the city's police chief resigned after an officer fatally shot the african-american while he was being arrested on saturday night coming up for you now is body camera footage of that incident i must warn you you may find these images disturbing. yeah. i'm not sure. i think you know too much the trying to be drivers point 4. late on friday police received a call that a black man was sleeping in his car which was waiting in the queue at a burger drive through

he's in atlanta for us. ryan, you have some new information, i understand, on the rayshard brooks case. what are you learning? >> reporter: yes, absolutely, wolf, in the last five minutes or so, we just received new information from the atlanta police department. they released the new 911 audio from that night, and in it, you can hear someone who works at the wendy's calling for 911 because they tried to wake a man up inside a car. they're describing to police what exactly they were trying to do and they were calling for help. beside that, police have started to release some of the investigatory notes from what they know about these two officers. you can see they have been disciplined before. we're going through that piece by piece since we just got that information. all that on top of the fact that the mayor here says they're going to do a topdown bottom review of all police procedures. they want to make sure that de-escalation is at the top of the list when officers step into any kind of fray with any sort

developments in atlanta. there is a lot we don't know here but what we seem to know and what the police have told us is that the 911 call came in about a man asleep in the drive through lane. now that man is dead. what do you make of this? >> i think what the mayor indicated is something we really have to pay attention to and focus on and that is whether or not the level of force that was used in this interaction which should have been simple and straight forward, responding to a call in essence for assistance, someone may have called just perhaps to offer assistance with an individual sleeping but either way there has to be the level of force commensurate with the level of threat. and you can't -- a police officer, professional police officer will not use deadly physical force unless it is being used against them. clearly based on what we've seen thus far that is not the case. it is a matter whether we'll abide by the guidelines and the use of force continuum which professional policing has anchored on to fo

in atlanta. so you felt that in those protesters, this is something that they were protesting in general in past killings and during protests against police brutality, it happened to someone here, which just caused the anger that was already on the streets to kind of explode into what you saw, that wendy's catching -- being lit on fire, shutting down the interstate, and so, look, the expectation is there is going to be more protests, they were already planned, we're going to continue to see more of this unrest in atlanta. >> absolutely. and i guess, dianne, we should talk about the fact this isn't the first act of police violence we have seen since protests began in atlanta over the killing of george floyd. what else has happened? >> reporter: no, and that's something that was brought up with protesters. on the second night of protests, just about two weeks ago now, there was video that was seen pretty widely of police officers here in atlanta, and the words of the now former chief man handling t

in light of what happened in atlanta. this week congress has been considering some reforms, police reforms. why don't you tell us what some of them are, what you think is good, what is necessary, and where we can go from here. >> i am not going to defend chokeholds or lynching or no-knock warrants. if democrats want to improve policing they can count on the president and other republicans to work with them towards those goals. but we won't tolerate reforms that make the lives and safety of our police officers diminished. in the democrat bill they want to us vote on next week, there is a provision that would stop our local police officers from being able to get lower cost body armor. i'm not for militarizing police. but body armor is important to keep those who bravely serve our communities safe. i think the shrill voices on the left calling for violence against police have blood on their hands. we need to deescalate the tensions. when you have folks out there demonizing police, they make our community less safe. judge jea

and the relationship between atlanta police and the people who live, especially in certain parts of atlanta, has already been strained before the protests began. that incident with the aggressive tasing of those two college students. look, it ended with six police officers being arrested and charged, four of them have been fired. but for a lot of the people we've spoken with, that just isn't good enough. because they feel like right now this is only happening because the cameras are on. the attention is there. they want real change and real action. they want police officers in their community to be held accountable. now look, we've heard a lot about different measures departments can take to better their relationships with communities. michael, one of them is having a police force that looks like your community. atlanta police does look like its community. they have a lot of black and brown officers, and that hasn't seemed to make as great of an impact as so many have said it's going to. there is still a significant amount of distrust here in atlanta from the people that we've been speaking

atlanta did that. they have police force that has a large contingency of black and brown officers and there is still a deep seeded distrust in the community. we have spoken to these protesters, for them they feel there is a lack of accountability when it comes to officers and their actions. now, look, since the protests began, we have seen quite swift action when it comes to public events. just about two weeks ago there was a very public event with some disturbing video of two college students being pulled from their vehicle aggressively tased. the mayor announced that the officers, four of those six officers were fired. six of those officers were charged, various charges from aggravated assault down to destruction of property. but the people that we have talked to have said they're not sure if that's enough for them. they have seen the swift action, but, natalie, they feel like some of this is because the world is watching right now. for the protesters we have spoken to, they need for this to be syste

it's not just the city of atlanta. this is an issue that people are outraged. >> that was msnbc's erin mclaughlin. joining us is a political analyst and host of the rashard richie show. thank you for being here. you saw this video. what is your assessment of exactly what took place there? where did it all go wrong? >> it went wrong because they decided to kill a man that should be alive. yes, there was an interaction. there was a fight and this is why police are trained to deal with situations like this. however, this could not, this should not, excuse me, have ended in lethal force. mr. brooks was intoxicated. he was being arrested for being intoxicated, and he decided to flee. well, he grabbed a taser. a taser, by definition, is not lethal. as a matter of fact, it is so non-lethal that officers who are trained, officers who go through the academy, they actually have to be tased themselves in order to be taser certified. if you are carrying a taser as a cop, nine times out of ten you had to go through a tasing yoursel

operates atlanta hartsfield-jackson airport. we have mandate that you should have on a mask. so i am very glad to see that the others on the tarmac are heeding the law in atlanta, but it's not surprising to me that donald trump is once again breaking it. >> our governor cuomo has offered the city of atlanta any assistance it needs, are you going to take him up on that? >> sure will. my mom says a friend in need is a friend indeed. we need the ppe, we need the testing, we need the support with contact tracing. we're grateful for that support. >> mayor keisha lance bottoms of atlanta, i hope you and your family feel well. continue to recover. thank you for spending some time with us. >> thank you for having me. >>> when we come back -- new developments in the death of george floyd. we're getting our first look at video from one of arresting officers' body caption as the floyd family files a civil lawsuit against the city of minneapolis. that story is next. minneapolis. that story is next

atlanta is just one city in a larger metropolitan region. unless all of our partners are operating on the same page, it is going to continue to be a challenge for our state, which is why we need national leadership and guidance. clearly, the need exceeds the city limits of atlanta. pres. clinton: what is your take on this? you have operations in all of the states. and i think also in small-town and rural areas, as well as urban areas. where are we now with the housing challenges as it relates to cities and different racial and ethnic groups? and how is what we are doing today going to affect what the post-covid economy looks like? sanjiv: thank you for the honor to speak with you. mayor bottoms, honor to speak with you as well. one of the largest lenders, the fourth largest non-bank tuition in the country. the most important thing, and i have learned this from my experience running the operations of a large bank when the financial crisis happened, this is a ground-level issue. it needs to be dealt with at the ground level. we have 2000 peopl

the atlanta police force have done that. they have many black and brown officers for a city that is so rich in black and brown culture here. and it hasn't seemed to do much, at least in atlanta, in mending that trust that has been lost between the police force and the community. and when we talk to these protesters over the past few weeks, the frustration is in the fact that they don't feel that the officers are held accountable for their actions. they feel as if the police seem to operate without any sort of accountability, especially when there may not be video. we've had video in this case here and in some of the others, and over and over again we've heard that same refrain. what do you think is happening that isn't caught on camera? and that's what the people in atlanta say they are living through. the police chief stepped aside to set a path for getting back to normal, finding out what the normal may be, because what's happening right now obviously is not working. we have seen swift motion on arresting officers involved

i said not in atlanta, this can't be happening in atlanta. in a city already grieving from the deaths of ahmaud arbery, of breonna taylor, of george floyd and, of course, the covid-19 pandemic which has hit the african-american community here very hard. and we grieve with the community and with the family of rayshard brooks. a father and someone who will be missed by so many and it's -- you know, it was just with really disbelief that i heard this had happened. >> what role do you see the georgia aclu playing in trying to bring justice for rayshard brooks and trying to make policing in atlanta more just in general? >> yes. well, you know, when the -- we've been -- we were involved with the ahmaud arbery situation before it became a national story. when the protests started after george floyd's killing, after a few days we saw the protests were going to continue, we put out a call for legal observers. we've had over a thousand aclu members and supporters to be trained as legal observers and they're out daily with the protesters. and we -- this

what's your reaction to all of these developments in atlanta? >> i'm not intimately familiar with all of the details of that individual case. i won't speak to that specific case. i will say this, though, as mayors we've all dealt with -- we've been in office for a while. i'm a relatively new mayor, we've all dealt with situations with police community relations being strained because of interactions with the police that have become deadly and it's a tough situation. and, again, i think the situation on the ground in atlanta is a difficult one. i think the mayor is handling it well. in dallas we've made significant strides in trying to improve our police and community relations but we have a ways to go. those conversations are happening in our city in earnest right now and i want to make sure that the changes we make in dallas are the kind that for situations like what's happened in atlanta from happening in our city. >> that's an awful, awful situation. the fulton county medical examiner's office released the autopsy of rayshard brooks. it says

: there are, indeed, right in front of atlanta police headquarters in downtown atlanta and we anticipate that they'll be very large crowds and certainly it seems like the crowd only grow as we go into the evening hours and will, of course, have coverage throughout the day and into the night, leland. leland: and later the potential for violence only goes up. jonathan, thank you so much. gillian. gillian: as we continue tracking those protests in atlanta president trump is getting ready to head back to washington, dc; mark, do you think we will hear about any of this? mark: it's certainly possible because he has stopped to chat before boarding air force one many times before, whether or not that will happen this afternoon that's yet to be seen. you may remember, of course, it was just last week the president talked a lot about this police reform and the possibility of an executive order that could be developed. we have not seen the language yet, though, of what that could include, however, we are hearing more from congress, more likely this week from senate republicans. today we are hearin

i love atlanta. my family loves atlanta. and when they were busting out the windows at cnn center, we were like why they do this to our city? why are they burning police cars? this doesn't happen in our city. and it hit our front door. so not only does it happen in our city, it happens in cities everywhere. >> want to just one -- >> more about rashard brooks, what did he like to do? what did he -- >> rayshard is my first cousin. these people that you see behind you are his the sisters, his brothers, his nieces, his nephews, his first cousins. a week and a half ago, me and his older brother were playing chess and he just popped up and i said how you doing, man? you good? he said, i came because i needed to see my wife and my baby, it's my daughter birthday. i said you staying out of trouble, you all right? he said i'm fine. we shared a few drinks, a few p laughs. his big brother gave him a few doll alrea dollars and he left. he was always happy. he was always smiling. and kill one of his family members because he wasn't that

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