I’m going to be closing this live blog now, but will be continuing our coverage with a new one over here.
\nHere’s a summary of what you need to know about today so far:
\nFollow the latest developments here:
\n","cleanBody":"I’m going to be closing this live blog now, but will be continuing our coverage with a new one over here. Here’s a summary of what you need to know about today so far: Protests continued overnight, but with seemingly less violence overall. Some cities were scaling back their response - Seattle is cancelling a planned curfew However, New Orleans police confirm they used tear gas, and there was violence in New York injuring protestors and the police AP figures put the number of arrests so far in protests about the killing to be 10,000 nationwide Barack Obama offered words of hope and optimism about the future Former defence secretary James Mattis launched an extraordinary attack on the president over his handling of the protests, accusing him of dividing the US Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has spoken out over the killing of George Floyd, telling pupils at her old high school “I am so sorry that you have to grow up in the world where this is still present.” Follow the latest developments here:","postType":"summary","contributors":[]},"blocks":[{"id":"block-5ed7e5538f082107f453a33f","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:51:48Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:51:46Z","body":"Citing a commitment not to “amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice,” Snap said Wednesday that it will no longer promote Donald Trump’s posts to users who do not already follow him.
\n“We are not currently promoting the President’s content on Snapchat’s Discover platform,” a spokesperson for Snap said in a statement, referring to a section of the social media app where users can see content from news outlets, professional publishers, and public figures.
\n“We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover. Racial violence and injustice have no place in our society and we stand together with all who seek peace, love, equality, and justice in America.”
\nTrump’s account will be allowed to remain on the platform, and users who choose to follow it will still see its posts. Trump tripled his following on the youth-focused platform to 1.5m followers over the past eight months amid a push to reach young voters, Bloomberg reported last month.
\nSnap joins Twitter in taking previously unimaginable action to limit the reach of the president’s social media posts out of concern that his racist rhetoric will incite violence. The move is less of a stretch for Snap than it was for the company that once boasted of being “the free speech wing of the free speech party”; Snapchat was launched as a more private and ephemeral alternative to platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and has never made claims to being an open forum for political debate.
\nStill, Snap’s decision will likely increase pressure on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has come under intense criticism from civil rights leaders and Facebook employees over his decision to allow Trump’s threat that “when the looting starts the shooting starts” remain on the platform. Facebook employees have continued to speak out publicly against their boss on Twitter in the wake of an all-staff meeting Tuesday where the billionaire CEO defended his reasoning.
\n“Honestly why is this guy in charge,” one Facebook employee, product designer Nick Inzucchi, wrote on Twitter in response to an article about Zuckerberg. “Tech CEOs should not be making one-off content policy decisions, least of all for those who might regulate them ... Mark is just not doing a very good job. He needs to sit down, be humble, and empower someone who gets it.”
\n","cleanBody":"Citing a commitment not to “amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice,” Snap said Wednesday that it will no longer promote Donald Trump’s posts to users who do not already follow him. “We are not currently promoting the President’s content on Snapchat’s Discover platform,” a spokesperson for Snap said in a statement, referring to a section of the social media app where users can see content from news outlets, professional publishers, and public figures. “We will not amplify voices who incite racial violence and injustice by giving them free promotion on Discover. Racial violence and injustice have no place in our society and we stand together with all who seek peace, love, equality, and justice in America.” Trump’s account will be allowed to remain on the platform, and users who choose to follow it will still see its posts. Trump tripled his following on the youth-focused platform to 1.5m followers over the past eight months amid a push to reach young voters, Bloomberg reported last month. Snap joins Twitter in taking previously unimaginable action to limit the reach of the president’s social media posts out of concern that his racist rhetoric will incite violence. The move is less of a stretch for Snap than it was for the company that once boasted of being “the free speech wing of the free speech party”; Snapchat was launched as a more private and ephemeral alternative to platforms like Facebook and Twitter, and has never made claims to being an open forum for political debate. Still, Snap’s decision will likely increase pressure on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who has come under intense criticism from civil rights leaders and Facebook employees over his decision to allow Trump’s threat that “when the looting starts the shooting starts” remain on the platform. Facebook employees have continued to speak out publicly against their boss on Twitter in the wake of an all-staff meeting Tuesday where the billionaire CEO defended his reasoning. “Honestly why is this guy in charge,” one Facebook employee, product designer Nick Inzucchi, wrote on Twitter in response to an article about Zuckerberg. “Tech CEOs should not be making one-off content policy decisions, least of all for those who might regulate them ... Mark is just not doing a very good job. He needs to sit down, be humble, and empower someone who gets it.”","postType":"blog","contributors":["julia-carrie-wong"]},{"id":"block-5ed7f23b8f08cadb604008f8","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:42:30Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:42:28Z","body":"Hallie Golden reports for the Guardian from Seattle:
\nWashington State Patrol has apologized after an officer was recorded on video during protests in Seattle Tuesday night telling his team members: “Don’t kill them, but hit them hard”.
\nOn Wednesday morning, WSP spokesman Chris Loftis apologized for the “poor choice of words,” saying they “recognize the hurt and confusion it has caused.”
\n\n\nState Trooper:\n
\n — Krystal Marx \uD83C\uDFF3️\uD83C\uDF08 (@Bishop_Krystal) June 3, 2020\n
\n \"DON'T KILL THEM, BUT HIT THEM HARD.\"\n
\n
\n I am shaking. #seattleprotests #BlackLivesMattter pic.twitter.com/hL1B0xvnQJ
The instructions by the team leader were given in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in preparation for a push maneuver, which involves pushing protesters who are acting aggressive or not complying with orders away from a certain area. The officer who gave the instructions has not been identified.
\nThe viral video of the officer, which was posted on Twitter, has received a mix of responses, with some saying his instructions were needed, while many others called it “disgusting” or “unacceptable.”
\nLoftis said in a statement sent to the Guardian that the troopers have been working in difficult and dangerous situations, and “they are doing so with courage, commitment and compassion, but not always with perfection.”
\nThe video was captured on the fifth consecutive night of George Floyd protests in Seattle, which have remained primarily peaceful. On Tuesday evening, protesters in Capitol Hill had been on the streets at least two hours past the city’s 9 p.m. curfew, when water bottles were reportedly thrown at law enforcement.
\nThe police fired pepper spray and used flash bangs on the crowd.
\nThe state patrol has deployed about 200 troopers each day since Friday to Seattle and other cities across Washington to help with crowd control.
","cleanBody":"Hallie Golden reports for the Guardian from Seattle: Washington State Patrol has apologized after an officer was recorded on video during protests in Seattle Tuesday night telling his team members: “Don’t kill them, but hit them hard”. On Wednesday morning, WSP spokesman Chris Loftis apologized for the “poor choice of words,” saying they “recognize the hurt and confusion it has caused.”\nThe instructions by the team leader were given in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in preparation for a push maneuver, which involves pushing protesters who are acting aggressive or not complying with orders away from a certain area. The officer who gave the instructions has not been identified. The viral video of the officer, which was posted on Twitter, has received a mix of responses, with some saying his instructions were needed, while many others called it “disgusting” or “unacceptable.” Loftis said in a statement sent to the Guardian that the troopers have been working in difficult and dangerous situations, and “they are doing so with courage, commitment and compassion, but not always with perfection.” The video was captured on the fifth consecutive night of George Floyd protests in Seattle, which have remained primarily peaceful. On Tuesday evening, protesters in Capitol Hill had been on the streets at least two hours past the city’s 9 p.m. curfew, when water bottles were reportedly thrown at law enforcement. The police fired pepper spray and used flash bangs on the crowd. The state patrol has deployed about 200 troopers each day since Friday to Seattle and other cities across Washington to help with crowd control.","postType":"blog","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed8071d8f082107f453a42e","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:30:11Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:30:10Z","body":"Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison has just concluded his press conference announcing additional charges in connection to the killing of George Floyd.
\nEllison acknowledged there was a level of public distrust around prosecutors carrying out police brutality cases because “our country has underprosecuted these matters.”
\n“We can’t control the past,” Ellison said. “All we can do is take the case that we have in front of us right now and do our good faith best to bring justice to this situation, and we will.”\n
Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison said that, in order to charge Derek Chauvin with first-degree murder, prosecutors would need to find evidence of “premeditation and deliberation” in the killing of George Floyd.
\nMany critics have called on Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder, but Ellison only elevated the charge to second-degree murder today.
\nAsked whether he expected the cases against the officers to go to trial or if they would take plea deals, Ellison said it was too early to make a prediction.
","cleanBody":"Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison said that, in order to charge Derek Chauvin with first-degree murder, prosecutors would need to find evidence of “premeditation and deliberation” in the killing of George Floyd. Many critics have called on Chauvin to be charged with first-degree murder, but Ellison only elevated the charge to second-degree murder today. Asked whether he expected the cases against the officers to go to trial or if they would take plea deals, Ellison said it was too early to make a prediction.","postType":"blog","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed803138f08cadb60400946","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:13:37Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:13:36Z","body":"Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison asked for “continued patience” from the public as officials continue to investigate the killing of George Floyd.
\nEllison warned that his office would likely not be able to say very much publicly about the investigation in the days to come.
\nEllison said the road ahead would be difficult, but he expressed confidence in Hennepin county attorney Mike Freeman, noting Freeman has previously successfully prosecuted a murder case against a police officer.
\n“We’re confident in what we’re doing,” Ellison said. “But history does show that there are challenges here.”
\nEllison emphasized that “George Floyd mattered” and recongized that these additional charges cannot solely rectify “the hurt and loss that so many people feel.”
","cleanBody":"Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison asked for “continued patience” from the public as officials continue to investigate the killing of George Floyd. Ellison warned that his office would likely not be able to say very much publicly about the investigation in the days to come. Ellison said the road ahead would be difficult, but he expressed confidence in Hennepin county attorney Mike Freeman, noting Freeman has previously successfully prosecuted a murder case against a police officer. “We’re confident in what we’re doing,” Ellison said. “But history does show that there are challenges here.” Ellison emphasized that “George Floyd mattered” and recongized that these additional charges cannot solely rectify “the hurt and loss that so many people feel.”","postType":"blog","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed7e8be8f0893539f4cf8b5","title":"Ellison confirms additional charges over Floyd killing","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:07:22Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:07:20Z","body":"Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison has confirmed the murder charge against Derek Chauvin has been elevated and the three other police officers fired over the killing of George Floyd have been charged.
\nChauvin will now be charged with second-degree murder, and the three other officers — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane — will be charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.
\nThe attorney general thanked the American people for their “patience” in recent days as his office sorted through the additional charges.
","cleanBody":"Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison has confirmed the murder charge against Derek Chauvin has been elevated and the three other police officers fired over the killing of George Floyd have been charged. Chauvin will now be charged with second-degree murder, and the three other officers — Tou Thao, J. Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane — will be charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder. The attorney general thanked the American people for their “patience” in recent days as his office sorted through the additional charges.","postType":"key-event","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed800f38f08cadb60400942","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:02:32Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T20:02:30Z","body":"Senator Amy Klobuchar’s office reponded to questions about why she confirmed the additional charges in the Floyd case before Keith Ellison did.
\nA Klobuchar spokesperson claimed the Minnesota senator was only repeating reporting from the Star Tribune about the expected charges to be announced by the state’s attorney general.
\n\n\nSenator Klobuchar's tweet was based on the news Stephen Montemayor and Chao Xiong at the Star Tribune broke earlier today https://t.co/gVsdpekGLs
\n — Carlie Waibel (@carliewaibel) June 3, 2020\n
Klobuchar’s original tweet sparked questions about why the senator had gotten ahead of Ellison’s announcement, with some saying the lawmaker was acting more like a journalist.
\n\n\nWhy is @amyklobuchar revealing this stuff as if she’s a reporter with a scoop? https://t.co/bZjmsMc0IA
\n — Yashar Ali \uD83D\uDC18 (@yashar) June 3, 2020\n
House spekaer Nancy Pelosi attended a protest in Washington, as news broke that additional charges would be filed against the Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd.
\n\n\nSpeaker Pelosi is at the protests... pic.twitter.com/9NR01fXcdd
\n — Robert Costa (@costareports) June 3, 2020\n
Asked about the expected additional charges, Pelosi celebrated the news and praised Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison for taking action.
\nA CNN reporter also asked Pelosi about White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany comparing Trump’s controversial visit to St John’s Church to Winston Churchill visiting bombing damage during World War II and George W Bush throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game after the September 11 attacks.
\n“I think they’re hallucinating,” Pelosi said in response.
","cleanBody":"House spekaer Nancy Pelosi attended a protest in Washington, as news broke that additional charges would be filed against the Minneapolis police officers involved in the killing of George Floyd.\nAsked about the expected additional charges, Pelosi celebrated the news and praised Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison for taking action. A CNN reporter also asked Pelosi about White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany comparing Trump’s controversial visit to St John’s Church to Winston Churchill visiting bombing damage during World War II and George W Bush throwing out the first pitch at a baseball game after the September 11 attacks. “I think they’re hallucinating,” Pelosi said in response.","postType":"blog","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed7fc208f0893539f4cf957","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T19:41:03Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T19:41:02Z","body":"Attorney Ben Crump said Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison has told the Floyd family that Derek Chauvin’s murder charge would be elevated to first-degree murder if additional evidence supported it.
\n“This is a significant step forward on the road to justice, and we are gratified that this important action was brought before George Floyd’s body was laid to rest,” Crump said in a statement on the additional charges being filed today against the three other officers involved in the killing of Floyd.
\n“That is a source of peace for George’s family in this painful time. Attorney General Ellison has informed the family that his office will continue to investigate and will upgrade the charges to first-degree murder if the evidence supports it.”
\nCrump emphasized that Americans should continue fighting to demand change from the country’s police officers.
\n“We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support by Americans in cities across the country, and we urge them to raise their voices for change in peaceful ways,” Crump said. “Our message to them is: Find constructive and positive ways to keep the focus and pressure on. Don’t let up on your demand for change.”
","cleanBody":"Attorney Ben Crump said Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison has told the Floyd family that Derek Chauvin’s murder charge would be elevated to first-degree murder if additional evidence supported it. “This is a significant step forward on the road to justice, and we are gratified that this important action was brought before George Floyd’s body was laid to rest,” Crump said in a statement on the additional charges being filed today against the three other officers involved in the killing of Floyd. “That is a source of peace for George’s family in this painful time. Attorney General Ellison has informed the family that his office will continue to investigate and will upgrade the charges to first-degree murder if the evidence supports it.” Crump emphasized that Americans should continue fighting to demand change from the country’s police officers. “We are deeply grateful for the outpouring of support by Americans in cities across the country, and we urge them to raise their voices for change in peaceful ways,” Crump said. “Our message to them is: Find constructive and positive ways to keep the focus and pressure on. Don’t let up on your demand for change.”","postType":"blog","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed7fb3a8f082107f453a3f0","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T19:36:32Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T19:36:31Z","body":"As we await the official announcement from Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison about additional charges in the George Floyd case, the attorney representing the Floyd family reacted to reports of the charges.
\n\n\nFAMILY’S REACTION: This is a bittersweet moment. We are deeply gratified that @AGEllison took decisive action, arresting & charging ALL the officers involved in #GeorgeFloyd's death & upgrading the charge against Derek Chauvin to felony second-degree murder. #JusticeForGeorge pic.twitter.com/jTfXFHpsYl
\n — Benjamin Crump, Esq. (@AttorneyCrump) June 3, 2020\n
Attorney Ben Crump said the Floyd family was “deeply gratified” that the murder charge against Derek Chauvin would be elevated to second-degree murder and that the other three officers involved would be charged, calling this a “bittersweet moment.”
","cleanBody":"As we await the official announcement from Minnesota attorney general Keith Ellison about additional charges in the George Floyd case, the attorney representing the Floyd family reacted to reports of the charges.\nAttorney Ben Crump said the Floyd family was “deeply gratified” that the murder charge against Derek Chauvin would be elevated to second-degree murder and that the other three officers involved would be charged, calling this a “bittersweet moment.”","postType":"blog","contributors":[]}],"keyEvents":[{"id":"block-5ed8284d8f08cadb604009ed","title":"Mattis equates Trump attempts to divide with Nazi slogan","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-03T23:06:33Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-03T23:06:33Z","body":"In perhaps the most extraordinary passage of James Mattis’s extraordinary condemnation of Donald Trump, which was published by the Atlantic an hour ago, the former Marine Corps general and US defense secretary seems to equate the president’s behaviour in dividing Americans with the aims of the Nazi regime during the second world war.
\nMattis writes: “Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that ‘The Nazi slogan for destroying us … was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.’’ We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis – confident that we are better than our politics.\n
Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. ”
\nIn a Medium post from 2017, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum elaborated on the Nazis’ strategy and propaganda efforts.
\n“The Nazis were virulent racists,” the post says, “… they identified black people as an inferior, alien race that threatened the future existence of western society. But that didn’t stop them from trying to exploit racial tensions among US forces to encourage desertion in the closing days of World War II.
\n“Creating wedges between people had been a Nazi strategy since the party’s inception.”
\nWidely seen as one of the “adults in the room” who attempted to restrain Trump during his first years in office, Mattis resigned as defense secretary over the president’s attempts to withdraw troops from Syria.
\nHis dissatisfaction with the president was widely known, but in 2019 the retired marine published a memoir, Call Sign Chaos, which only obliquely referred to his differences with Trump. Publicising the book, Mattis said he believed it would be inappropriate for him to criticise a sitting president.
\nIt seems Trump’s actions on Monday, when he ordered an assault on peaceful protesters outside the White House so he could stage a photo op at St John’s church, helped to change Mattis’s mind. Defense secretary Mark Esper and Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, accompanied Trump on his walk to the church.
\nMattis joined criticism of their presence and wrote: “We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Square.”
\nNow the gloves are off, eyes may turn to HR McMaster, Trump’s second national security adviser and an Army general. He has a book coming out, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic to September, which is said to deal with his time in office. McMaster has rarely spoken in public since he left Trump’s employ – though in May 2018 he did speak to the Guardian: about rugby.
\nHere’s Lloyd Green’s review of Mattis’s memoir:
\n","cleanBody":"In perhaps the most extraordinary passage of James Mattis’s extraordinary condemnation of Donald Trump, which was published by the Atlantic an hour ago, the former Marine Corps general and US defense secretary seems to equate the president’s behaviour in dividing Americans with the aims of the Nazi regime during the second world war. Mattis writes: “Instructions given by the military departments to our troops before the Normandy invasion reminded soldiers that ‘The Nazi slogan for destroying us … was ‘Divide and Conquer.’ Our American answer is ‘In Union there is Strength.’’ We must summon that unity to surmount this crisis – confident that we are better than our politics. Donald Trump is the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people – does not even pretend to try. Instead, he tries to divide us. ” In a Medium post from 2017, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum elaborated on the Nazis’ strategy and propaganda efforts. “The Nazis were virulent racists,” the post says, “… they identified black people as an inferior, alien race that threatened the future existence of western society. But that didn’t stop them from trying to exploit racial tensions among US forces to encourage desertion in the closing days of World War II. “Creating wedges between people had been a Nazi strategy since the party’s inception.” Widely seen as one of the “adults in the room” who attempted to restrain Trump during his first years in office, Mattis resigned as defense secretary over the president’s attempts to withdraw troops from Syria. His dissatisfaction with the president was widely known, but in 2019 the retired marine published a memoir, Call Sign Chaos, which only obliquely referred to his differences with Trump. Publicising the book, Mattis said he believed it would be inappropriate for him to criticise a sitting president. It seems Trump’s actions on Monday, when he ordered an assault on peaceful protesters outside the White House so he could stage a photo op at St John’s church, helped to change Mattis’s mind. Defense secretary Mark Esper and Gen Mark Milley, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, accompanied Trump on his walk to the church. Mattis joined criticism of their presence and wrote: “We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Square.” Now the gloves are off, eyes may turn to HR McMaster, Trump’s second national security adviser and an Army general. He has a book coming out, delayed by the coronavirus pandemic to September, which is said to deal with his time in office. McMaster has rarely spoken in public since he left Trump’s employ – though in May 2018 he did speak to the Guardian: about rugby. Here’s Lloyd Green’s review of Mattis’s memoir:","postType":"key-event","contributors":["martin-pengelly"]},{"id":"block-5ed845a48f0893539f4cface","title":"George Floyd had coronavirus, according to autopsy","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-04T00:58:41Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-04T10:09:37Z","body":"Floyd tested positive for coronavirus in April, according to a full autopsy report released by the Hennepin county medical examiner’s office. The report noted that the virus was not a contributing factor in his death.
\nThe office states Floyd “became unresponsive while being restrained by law enforcement officers; he received emergency medical care in the field and subsequently in the Hennepin HealthCare (HHC) Emergency Department, but could not be resuscitated.”
\nFloyd’s family asked doctors to conduct an independent autopsy. Although both the county and the independent report agree that Floyd’s death was a homicide, the county’s account says there were drugs in Floyd’s system. The county also said heart disease was an issue; the independent report didn’t find that to be the case.
","cleanBody":"Floyd tested positive for coronavirus in April, according to a full autopsy report released by the Hennepin county medical examiner’s office. The report noted that the virus was not a contributing factor in his death. The office states Floyd “became unresponsive while being restrained by law enforcement officers; he received emergency medical care in the field and subsequently in the Hennepin HealthCare (HHC) Emergency Department, but could not be resuscitated.” Floyd’s family asked doctors to conduct an independent autopsy. Although both the county and the independent report agree that Floyd’s death was a homicide, the county’s account says there were drugs in Floyd’s system. The county also said heart disease was an issue; the independent report didn’t find that to be the case.","postType":"key-event","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed871438f0893539f4cfbae","title":"Today so far","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-04T04:17:04Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-04T04:50:11Z","body":"That’s it from me today. My colleague Helen Sullivan will continue providing live updates. Here’s a review what’s transpired over the last few hours:
\nLos Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced that he will scrap a planned budget boost for the city’s police department, diverting some of the funds to efforts to address problems faced by black residents, NPR reports.
\nThe planned boost had included $41 million in bonuses.
\nNPR continues, “Not only will the LAPD budget not increase, the mayor is also looking to make cuts. He said he is committed to slashing another $250 million within the department as he plans to do across all others.”
","cleanBody":"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has announced that he will scrap a planned budget boost for the city’s police department, diverting some of the funds to efforts to address problems faced by black residents, NPR reports. The planned boost had included $41 million in bonuses. NPR continues, “Not only will the LAPD budget not increase, the mayor is also looking to make cuts. He said he is committed to slashing another $250 million within the department as he plans to do across all others.”","postType":"key-event","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed89e458f0893539f4cfcbf","title":"Meghan Markle speaks out about the death of George Floyd","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-04T07:16:52Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-04T08:19:07Z","body":"Meghan Markle has spoken out about the death of George Floyd in a video recorded for students graduating from her old high school, Immaculate Heart, in Los Angeles
\n“I know you know that black lives matter,” the Duchess of Sussex said in the video.
\n“For the past couple of weeks I’ve been planning on saying a few words to you for your graduation and as we’ve all seen over the last week what is happening in our country, and in our state and in our home town of LA is absolutely devastating
\n“First thing I want to say to you is that I’m sorry, I’m so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is still present,” she said in her message.\n
The duchess admitted in the video that she was worried about saying the right thing and that she expected her words to be “picked apart”.
\nIt is unusual for members of the British royal family to comment on political issues - however Meghan and her husband Prince Harry have been anything but conventional in their approach to royal life. They effectively retired from royal duties in March, and are currently living in Los Angeles with their son Archie.
\n“The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing. Because George Floyd’s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered, and Philando Castile’s life mattered and Tamir Rice’s life mattered and so did so many other people whose names we know, and whose names we do not know,” she said.
\nThe 38-year-old also reflected on her own memories of the 1992 LA riots.\n
“Those memories don’t go away and I can’t imagine that at 17 or 18 years old, which is how old you are now, that you would have to have a different version of that same type of experience,” she said.\n
“That’s something you should have an understanding of, but an understanding of as a history lesson not as your reality. So I’m sorry that in a way we have not gotten the world to the place you deserve it to be.”
","cleanBody":"Meghan Markle has spoken out about the death of George Floyd in a video recorded for students graduating from her old high school, Immaculate Heart, in Los Angeles “I know you know that black lives matter,” the Duchess of Sussex said in the video. “For the past couple of weeks I’ve been planning on saying a few words to you for your graduation and as we’ve all seen over the last week what is happening in our country, and in our state and in our home town of LA is absolutely devastating “First thing I want to say to you is that I’m sorry, I’m so sorry that you have to grow up in a world where this is still present,” she said in her message.\nThe duchess admitted in the video that she was worried about saying the right thing and that she expected her words to be “picked apart”. It is unusual for members of the British royal family to comment on political issues - however Meghan and her husband Prince Harry have been anything but conventional in their approach to royal life. They effectively retired from royal duties in March, and are currently living in Los Angeles with their son Archie. “The only wrong thing to say is to say nothing. Because George Floyd’s life mattered, and Breonna Taylor’s life mattered, and Philando Castile’s life mattered and Tamir Rice’s life mattered and so did so many other people whose names we know, and whose names we do not know,” she said. The 38-year-old also reflected on her own memories of the 1992 LA riots. “Those memories don’t go away and I can’t imagine that at 17 or 18 years old, which is how old you are now, that you would have to have a different version of that same type of experience,” she said. “That’s something you should have an understanding of, but an understanding of as a history lesson not as your reality. So I’m sorry that in a way we have not gotten the world to the place you deserve it to be.”","postType":"key-event","contributors":[]},{"id":"block-5ed8a73a8f0893539f4cfcf2","title":"Arrests at George Floyd protests reach 10,000","publishedDateTime":"2020-06-04T08:06:24Z","lastUpdatedDateTime":"2020-06-04T08:06:23Z","body":"Associated Press are reporting that more than 10,000 people have now been arrested in protests against racism and police brutality in the wake of George Floyd’s death. It’s not an official figure, but comes from their own tally of arrest reports.
\nThe AP figures show that Los Angeles has had more than a quarter of the national arrests, followed by New York, Dallas and Philadelphia. Many of the arrests have been for low-level offences such as curfew violations and failure to disperse. Hundreds were arrested on burglary and looting charges.
\nDuring the course of the protests it has been a common refrain from the authorities that “outside agitators” from out-of-town were responsible for the highly visible protests. Minnesota governor Tim Walz even went as far as to say that 80 percent of the participants in the demonstrations were from out of state.
\nThe AP figures tell a different story. In a nearly 24-hour period from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon, 41 of the 52 people cited with protest-related arrests in Minneapolis had Minnesota driver’s licenses, according to the Hennepin County sheriff.
\nLikewise, in the nation’s capital, 86 percent of the more than 400 people arrested as of Wednesday afternoon were, according to AP, from Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia.
\nLos Angeles Chief Michel Moore told the city’s Police Commission Tuesday the bulk of the arrests, about 2,500, were for failure to disperse or curfew violations. The rest were for crimes including burglary, looting, assaults on police officers and other violence.
\nThe only other U.S. city with an arrest toll that comes close to Los Angeles’ is New York, with about 2,000.
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Some cities were scaling back their response - Seattle is cancelling a planned curfew However, New Orleans police confirm they used tear gas, and there was violence in New York injuring protestors and the police AP figures put the number of arrests so far in protests about the killing to be 10,000 nationwide Barack Obama offered words of hope and optimism about the future Former defence secretary James Mattis launched an extraordinary attack on the president over his handling of the protests, accusing him of dividing the US Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, has spoken out over the killing of George Floyd, telling pupils at her old high school “I am so sorry that you have to grow up in the world where this is still present.” Follow the latest developments 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\nThousands of protesters have marched through central London in an overwhelmingly peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration sparked after the police killing of George Floyd in America.
The demonstrators, the vast majority of whom were under 30, chanted: 'No justice, no peace, no racist police', 'I can’t breathe' and 'the UK is not innocent', in a lockdown-defying demonstration that was largely organised through word of mouth and social media away from established anti-racism groups.
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Outrage over the death of Floyd, an unarmed black man who died after a white officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in Minneapolis, has sparked worldwide demonstrations and violent clashes in the US
Addressing a panel from his My Brother's Keeper movement in the wake of George Floyd's death, former US president Barack Obama had a message of hope for young people of colour, saying they had witnessed too much violence. 'I want you to know you matter, your lives matter, your dreams matter,' he said. Obama also discussed the idea that both voting and protest can 'bring about real change' and that the current scary times can be an opportunity.
Roxie Washington, the mother of George Floyd's six-year-old daughter, spoke at a news conference on Tuesday after days of protests following his death in Minneapolis. \"I'm here for my baby and I'm here for George because I want justice for him,\" Washington said through tears. \"He was a good man\"
In a video for a virtual graduation ceremony at her old high school in LA, the Duchess of Sussex recalled words of advice given by a teacher when she was 15, who said to her: 'Always remember to put another’s needs above your fears.' She told the graduating students: 'I am sorry that in a way we have not gotten the world to a place that you deserve it to be'
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