35 Burst results for "George Floyd"
Mark Levin
Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs College Culture War Bill Into Law
"The first bill that I'll be signing is SB two 66 And what this does is reorient our universities back to their traditional mission and part of that traditional mission is to treat people as individuals not to try to divvy them up based on any type of superficial characteristics We're going to elevate merit and achievement above identification with certain groups And in order to do that we had to look at this new concept relatively new concept called diversity equity and inclusion And I didn't know much I mean this is something relatively recent I mean Chris ruvo can talk about when this really started to percolate I think it had probably been there a few years ago but then kind of the post BLM rioting and the George Floyd summer of 2020 It all started really in the 1960s and the 70s 1960s and 70s It wasn't called DEI per se but that's what it was Go ahead And on its face I mean I see when I see diversity I think different viewpoints have a robust academic discussion in the university isn't that what they're for In reality what this concept of DEI has been is an attempt to impose orthodoxy on the university and not even necessarily in the classroom but through the administrative apparatus of the university itself And that manifests itself in a number of different ways but this is basically been used as a veneer to impose an ideological agenda And that is wrong And in fact if you look at the way this is actually been implemented across the country DEI is better viewed as standing for discrimination exclusion and indoctrination And that has no place in our public institutions
AP News Radio
Seattle to pay $2.3M to whistleblowers over ex-mayor Durkan’s 2020 deleted texts
"Seattle will pay $2.3 million to whistleblowers to settle a lawsuit over ex mayor Jenny durkin's deleted text messages. The lawsuit was brought by employees who helped reveal the thousands of then mayor durkin's text messages had been deleted in 2020, amid protests over George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police. The Seattle times reports the terms of the settlement were finalized this week after the whistleblower complaint, texts of other top officials were also discovered to be missing from that period when police used tear gas against Black Lives Matter protest crowds and vacated a police precinct. The agreement says the settlement is not an admission of wrongdoing and prohibits the parties from talking publicly about the amount. I'm Julie Walker
Dennis Prager Podcasts
Liberal Media Misrepresenting Minnesota's Economic and Crime Status
"Before the break we were talking about this praise that liberal journalists across the country are giving Minnesota and its governor Tim walls for the strength of our economy despite having liberal proposals and John field it was an economist, a debunked that. The other one John is crime NBC News says that we've maintaining low crime rates. And this is wonderful. The Daily Beast in promoting governor Tim walls as a presidential candidate says he reacted with a veteran NCO's doggedness after Minnesota cops killed George Floyd in May 2020, which couldn't be farther from the truth. In fact, Tim walls froze up didn't act, waited what three days or four days before finally calling out the National Guard and in the meantime throwing the mayor of Minneapolis under the bus. It was a pathetic performance. But John, what about the broader the broader issue of cry? What's the fact when it comes to crime in recent years in Minnesota? Well, it's absolutely true that we are still a state with violent crime rates are below that in other states and that nationally. But if you look at the trends, the gap is narrowing and not in our favor. And we are actually in terms of some property crimes now above the national average, which is the first time on record that that's been the case.
AP News Radio
Army sergeant who fatally shot BLM protester in Texas sentenced to 25 years as governor seeks pardon
"An Uber driver who shot another armed white man in a Texas protest has received a lengthy sentence in a case that drew the attention of the Texas governor. This court census you to a term of 25 years in the Texas department of criminal justice. In Austin, Texas district judge Clifford Brown handed down the sentence Wednesday to Daniel Perry. Perry is white U.S. Army sergeant, serving at fort hood. He was working as a ride share driver when he shot and killed Garrett foster a white U.S. Air Force veteran who was legally carrying an AK-47 at a crowded George Floyd protest in July of 2020, Texas governor Greg Abbott said Perry was railroaded, and has requested a pardon recommendation, while prosecutors say Perry's social media history and text messages suggest he's a racist who might commit violence again. The victim's mother, Sheila foster, spoke in court. I pray to God. That one day he will get rid of all this hate that's in your heart. I'm Jennifer King.
AP News Radio
Prosecutors want 25-year sentence in Texas protest killing
"A U.S. Army sergeant convicted of fatally shooting a man during a 2020 Black Lives Matter protest in Texas is scheduled to be sentenced today. Prosecutors are asking for a minimum of 25 years in prison for 36 year old Daniel Perry, who was working as a ride share driver in downtown Austin when he shot and killed 28 year old Garrett foster, foster was legally carrying an AK-47 rifle as he took part in a demonstration following the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, prosecutor saint Perry's history of racist texts and social media posts expose a threat of violence likely to resurface Perry claims foster pointed his gun at him so he fired, and his lawyers are asking for a maximum of ten years behind bars, Texas Republican governor Greg Abbott has said he will sign a pardon once a recommendation from the Texas board of pardons and paroles hits his desk. I'm John a water
The Charlie Kirk Show
A Racial Reparations Reckoning With Libby Emmons
"Break down what's happening in California. What the heck are they thinking? I mean, they have a $22.5 billion deficit if I'm not mistaken right now. $22.5 billion and they just want to give away 800 billion. Am I reading this right? Yeah, so Gavin Newsom put together this task force for reparations in 2021. I can't help but think that he was majorly influenced by the whole George Floyd situation at that time, which was, as we all remember, fiery, but peaceful. So this reparations board has come out and they have determined that reparations, yes, are indeed necessary. Race based redistribution of wealth is entirely necessary, they say, and they've approved 1.2 million per up to 1.2 million per eligible black person in the state of California. Watched our group said that this is something like 800 billion in costs. Meanwhile, California was not a slave state. It was a free state when it entered the union. So I don't know why California thinks that it's their responsibility to make reparations for the slave states that existed at the time of California's hatred. Not to interrupt you, Libby. But like, what does it matter if you were a slave state? Nobody alive today owned slaves, and nobody alive today was a slave. I mean,
The Charlie Kirk Show
Sen. Rick Scott Reveals Alleged Criminal Scheme Involving Biden
"Us now is senator Rick Scott from the great state of Florida. Senator, there's a lot of leaking going on. A lot of suspicion about Hunter Biden possibly getting indicted, but also this new story, which is very interesting, senator grassley, and James comer have subpoenaed the FBI over an alleged quote criminal scheme involving then vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to the exchange of money for policy decisions, senator tell us about this. Well, it's like everything around Biden, why can't they come clean and tell us everything they know? If you were Joe Biden and he's running for reelection, wouldn't you want the American public to say, hey, I did nothing wrong. So let me open my books and I'll tell you exactly what I did when I was a U.S. center exactly what I did when I was vice president and exactly what I'm doing now. I'm going to do I expect the same thing out of all my family members because I want to make sure every American feels comfortable. But no, everything, everything is not transparent, they hide everything, and so, and what you worry about, and our federal agencies lose their credibility when it appears that they're covering up for the Biden family. So whether it's DoJ, any of them, we've got to make sure there's transparency there. I'm glad that there's individuals that are talking to senator grassley and congressman comer about what's going on there so we can have transparency. Let's get to the bottom of this. If Biden's have done nothing wrong, great. I'm glad they didn't do anything wrong. But if they have the American public got to know that. Yeah,
The Charlie Kirk Show
Floydapolooza Part 2 After a Highly Publicized NY Subway Death
"Subway, and you have the schizophrenic maniac going after women throwing objects. Would you sit idly by and just keep on Tapping on your phone? What kind of a country are we living in? Where the hero, the good Samaritan gets smeared and slandered. We used to live in a country where we elevated the person that went into the arena. I don't want to live in a society where citizens have to step up because again, it gets murky. It gets messy and you have tragic unintended consequences. That largely happened. This is why we have police. We should have police. But this is exactly what they want. We have to understand, this is intentional. Alvin Bragg is Soros funded. This is all by design. They need chaos and fear to lead for to get to the woke national police force. I'll talk about that in a second. And so let's just go through some news reports here and Eric Adams to his credit is actually pushing back against some of the, some of the nonsense associated to this. With this, let's play cut 87 on the news report on Jordan Neely, play cut 87. The video shows three strap hangers subduing the 30 year old man after witness Juan Alberto Vasquez says he got on the northbound F train and began acting aggressively, threatening riders, law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case, confirm his account, saying according to a witness, the man began shouting, quote, I want food. I'm not taking no for an answer. I'm ready to go back to jail. And I'll hurt anyone on this train. So he's threatening. So this schizophrenic criminal was threatening passengers, 44 prior arrests. And according to reports even try to push people onto the subway. This is not some sort of beautiful, nice person. Again, doesn't deserve to die. No one is making that argument. It's a tragic outcome. But yeah, he did deserve to get in a choke hold. You act like that. Somebody should restrain you. But the most deserving of the situation, it's a police officer coming and saying, we're done, pal.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Most People Do Nothing When Evil Advances...
"A fact of life. Most people do nothing when evil advances. It is the cliche, the platitude, all it takes for evil to succeed is for good men to do nothing by Edmund Burke. You hear it all the time. Well, the truism is that most people do nothing when evil advances. Most people said idly by. When the railcars start to send people to concentration camps, that's an extreme example, but it's true. Most people said idly by. When churches were closed and strip clubs were allowed to remain open. It's just true. People are more comfortable being spectators of evil than actually interfering with evil. Now, in a decent and civil society, we have laws and we have enforcers of the law that make sure that citizens do not have to take things into their own hands. I do not want to live in a country where we the people have to become our own pseudo police. It's sloppy. It's messy. It's dangerous. It's not good. In fact, it is a mark of a third world country where you have to have citizens rise up against people that are committing crimes that are powerful. You do not want to live in that country at all. Well, right now there's a George Floyd two attempt that is bubbling up in downtown New York City. Do not take the bait on this and we're going to build this out for you. They're trying to turn this into Floyd palooza two. And the misrepresentations, the lies from the media. I mean, this is a whole new threshold. And for them, that's really something. So it's all around this situation, and it's a tragic situation. I don't think anyone should say that this is a desired outcome. Somebody died, it's awful. Jordan Neely, Jordan Neely, obviously had some schizophrenic tendencies with dozens of prior arrests. Now, 44 prior arrests, 44 prior arrests. Now, it has been proven yet, but there's some evidence to show that he even tried to push people onto the subway at times. He was well known on this particular subway stop.
The Ben Shapiro Show
"george floyd" Discussed on The Ben Shapiro Show
"Able to keep my phone number, do the same. Head on over to pure talk dot com, enter promo code Shapiro, save 50% off your very first month of coverage. That's pure talk dot com. Promote Shapiro. Pure talk is simply smarter wireless. So as said, there are multiple people online who are claiming that Jordan Neely attempted to push them on the subway tracks, for example. One Twitter account said, I'm pretty sure I had a run in with this guy a few weeks ago on the F he was throwing around a city bike and yelling about how he's going to kill people. Most left a car but this port Asian lady got stuck by him. So a few of us couldn't leave for a loan with him. If it's the same guy, yeah, he was either going to be going to hurt somebody or get murked by a cop or a bystander sooner or later. Another person said, this man jumped on me, grabbed my shoulders, pushed me toward the track Sunday Night at this very station. I was able to run away, but he got physical and chased to other people standing on the platform before getting on an uptown train. This whole thing is so sad. Well, yes, I mean, it is sad when you leave mentally ill people on the streets to pose a danger to themselves and others. It's a serious problem. This isn't going to stop the crowds from protesting because again, the racial component is a large part of this. The media, a huge narrative from the media, is that America is a systemically racist society. New York City is a really, really bad place to pretend that that is the case, because the vast majority of violent crime in New York City is committed by people of minority status. That is just a fact. An extraordinary percentage, very, very high percentage of all violent crime in New York City is committed by people who are either black or Hispanic. Most of the victims are also black or Hispanic, pretending that New York City is like the center of white on black violence or white on Hispanic violence or any of the rest of this is just garbage. But the media needs stories. They need stories, which is why this will be a national story. Another story that will not be a national story for more than 5 minutes is this Atlanta mass shootings. There is an active shooter incident in Atlanta yesterday as well. A gunman was accused of shooting 5 people at a medical facility in midtown and killing one of them. He was taken into custody after an hour's long manhunt that paralyzed metro Atlanta. That story is not going to be a national news story for more than 5 seconds because the shooter in this particular case is black. He's 24 years old and he walked into the waiting room of a north side hospital medical office Wednesday around noon. He killed one woman, he wounded four others, three of the victims are in critical condition. But again, this is not going to be a national news story because the shooter in this particular case is a person who is a minority and we're not allowed to pay national attention to that because if we paid national attention to this, then this presumably increases racism. But the way to really decrease racism in American society is to focus in on this case of Jordan Lee. And you can see the entire left respondent, like the entire left went into action, now is the moment it was going to be just like George Floyd. Now again, the George Floyd case is controversial in its details. I am of the belief that George Floyd pretty obviously died of a heart attack. The George Floyd was struggling to breathe according to the tape itself in the car before he was even put on the ground and he asked to be taken out of the car. The evidence tended to show no damage to the neck. No damage to the trachea. So I'm of the opinion that the officer in that case is actually in prison wrongfully on a murder charge. You could say excessive force, but on the murder charge is wrong. But even put that aside, the media ran with the narrative in the George Floyd case that this is evidence of white on black violence that white on black violence is still the predominant issue in the United States. And so this is going to be the new George Floyd story. Is a white marine took down a homeless black man, and that homeless black man was, of course, totally innocent, had done nothing wrong. This was just a white on black crime, right? That's the way the media are going to play this. And you can already see the narrative starting to form in real time because the media are not spending an enormous amount of time reporting on the arrest record and activities of Jordan Neely. Instead what you are seeing is left wing activists trotting out video of him impersonating Michael Jackson on the subway. So for example, the working family party of New York, which is a far left group in New York. They're putting out videos of Jordan Neely dancing as Michael Jackson on the subway. Well if you were dancing as Michael Jackson on the subway, nobody would have been choking him out, obviously. It's that he was threatening people on the subway and acting more and more psychotic on the subway. That is the reason that he was putting a submission hold in the first place. But that's not what you're going to be told. Hey, here he is doing a Michael Jackson routine. And the New York working family's party tweeted out, Jordan Neely loved to dance and perform. On Tuesday while suffering
AP News Radio
Ex-officer Thao convicted of aiding George Floyd’s killing
"The last of four officers facing state charges in the death of George Floyd has been convicted. Former Minneapolis police officer two tau, who held back bystanders as George Floyd was restrained and killed by fellow officers, has been convicted of aiding and abetting manslaughter. Tao already convicted in federal court of violating Floyd's civil rights, was the last of the four officers facing judgment in state court, Tao rejected a plea agreement last summer, saying he did nothing wrong and that it would be lying to plead guilty, prosecutor Matthew Frank wrote that Tao knew his fellow officers were restraining Floyd in a way that was extremely dangerous because it could stop his breathing. There was no jury, hadn't been county judge Peter Cahill, decided the case based on written filings and evidence presented in previous cases. In his ruling Cahill wrote, there is proof beyond a reasonable doubt that Taos actions were objectively unreasonable. Minnesota guidelines recommend four years on the manslaughter count, the judge set August 7th as the sentencing date. I'm Jennifer King
AP News Radio
HBCUs capitalize on growing interest by adding sport options
"Men's wrestling at Morgan state, women's gymnastics at fisk and Talladega, men's volleyball at central state and women's triathlon at Delaware state where sophomore Chara Heinz says it makes all the difference for her. The opportunity to participate in triathlon and still go to an HBCU and as a person of color that is one of the time experience. The trend picked up after George Floyd's killing by police and the rise in social awareness, Delaware's triathlon coach had a Loftus says it's a pivotal moment. We get to be trailblazers in the score. This isn't a once in the history of the sport opportunity. I'm Julie Walker.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Is the Idea Pathogen Infecting Our Society Growing Stronger?
"Do you agree that I was saying, do you think this idea pathogen has infected to such a great state? For example, have they gotten stronger or weaker since you wrote the book diversity delusion? Well, they've gotten much stronger than the George Floyd moment. That was not George Floyd. Hysteria did not come out of nowhere, Charlie. It's growing, and it's been growing for decades, but George Floyd was really a watershed when you had this universal chorus of elite institutions all declaring themselves racist. All promising these preposterous quotas that investment banks were going to be 50 or 30% black by 2025, which is just impossible with any shred of meritocracy when you look at the actual distribution of scores on the business school admissions test or on the GREs or on the SATs. And you had science magazines, the leading journals of scientific research like jama or lancet publishing front page, full spread issues on racism of medicine and science. So it's gotten a lot worse and the pressure has gotten a lot worse to destroy meritocratic standards in favor of diversity.
AP News Radio
Seattle panel: Police needs to offer sincere apologize for violent protest response
"A panel in Seattle finds police should apologize for their violent response to demonstrations after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd. The Seattle times reports that the paddle made up of police citizens and accountability experts found that officers and commanders repeatedly failed to recognize the difference between protesters, exercising, First Amendment rights, and the few troublemakers in its fourth and final review the panel recommends offering a sincere public apology. The police department referred to a 2021 public letter with an apology from the chief and said many of the panels recommendations have been implemented, and that they're looking forward to further discussions to be better prepared
The Dan Bongino Show
Kyle Seraphin: George Floyd Square Is a 'No-Go' Zone for Enforcement
"So there's effectively just to sum up where we are before we move to the next step the angle to this There's a chop zone outside of Seattle essentially It's in Minnesota at this point And the chop zone is basically by any definition standard definition Basically an insurrection People are saying your rules don't apply here We own this You can not enforce American and state laws in Minnesota in here It's an insurrection by definition But where that zone is is quite interesting Why don't you describe that angle there So the zone is George Floyd square also known as saint George of fentanyl square So you can imagine why that is And I guess it's fairly well known that this area of Minneapolis This is the 38th street and Chicago area I'm told is just kind of a no go zone Like you just don't go in there and do enforcement actions Like I said they could pick up the dead That's pretty much what they're able to do So basic service is not really available to folks there And I'd love to hear if more people want to reach out to me on Twitter by all means if they have a personal experience I've got someone that's going to go do some recce work and take some photos over there in the next couple of days and kind of get us some on the ground truth from it
AP News Radio
Chauvin murder conviction upheld in George Floyd killing
"Derek Chauvin's murder conviction is upheld. The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the most serious murder conviction against former police officer Derek Chauvin in the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, Chauvin's attorney had asked the appeals court to throw out the ex officers convictions for several reasons, including the massive pre trial publicity. He also argued that legal and procedural errors deprive Chauvin of a fair trial. Prosecutors say Chauvin got a fair trial and just sentence the ex cop is serving a 22 and a half year sentence on the second degree murder charge. I'm Shelley Adler
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Dinesh and Debbie Review New Developments in the Daniel Perry Case
"Some new developments in the Daniel Perry case, Daniel Perry, you might recall is the sergeant, the Uber driver, former military guy, who was accosted at one of these George Floyd riots. He was surrounded, his vehicle was surrounded, and a fellow and activist named Garrett foster approaches him with a gun, maybe an AR, I believe, pointed directly at him. An AK-47, and fearing for his life, at least this is what the case was about. Daniel Perry shoots this guy dead, pleads self defense, and yet is found guilty of murder in Travis county. The Austin area. Now, last we heard the governor was in the process of figuring out the process of pardoning Daniel Perry, but there's a new development, a new development is that is that Perry's attorneys have filed a motion for a new trial, and they basically say the jury was tampered with. The jury was not presented with full information, important evidence was withheld, and moreover, one of the jurors was going home doing research on the computer and then bringing it to his or I don't know if it's a man or woman findings to the rest of the jury. I think you know this is completely not allowed. You served on juries. Yeah, that is so not allowed. You can not do that. That's crazy. That definitely would be. Well, explain the deliberation process. Right, so you are not allowed to talk about the case at all. And you're not alone. Outside of that. Outside of the jury room. The jury room. You're only allowed to discuss the evidence shown to you in the courtroom. You can not go home and go, you know, I don't think that the defense proved their case. I'm going to go and I'm going to see what else I can find. You print it out. You bring it to the jury room. Hey guys, guess what? They didn't talk about this. Well, I mean, think of that. The reason this is judges spend a lot of time at the beginning of trials deciding what evidence is and is not admissible.
The Dinesh D'Souza Podcast
Gov. Abbott Pardons a Convicted Murderer: Here's Why It's a Good Thing
"I would like to talk about a murder case in Texas that was proceeding in a very disturbing way, but fortunately it has a happy ending. The happy ending it may seem strange to say, is that a convicted murderer named Perry, Daniel Perry, is going to go Scot free. Now you may think it odd, why is dinesh saying it's a good thing that a convicted murderer is going free? Well, he's going to be pardoned by the Texas governor, Greg Abbott. And when you hear about the case, you'll see why this is a very good thing. So Daniel Perry is a sergeant, an army soldier, a former army soldier who is now an Uber driver. And in July of 2020, he was driving a zuber when this was the time of the unrest and the post George Floyd activism and so on. And so you will have all these activists who surround his car. And a BLM activist named Garrett foster approaches him, pointing his gun at him. And what does Daniel Perry do in self defense? He draws his weapon and fires and kills Garrett foster. Now, normally in Texas, when the facts are, as I just described, someone is approaching you, you're in an encircled or a vulnerable position, you have good reason to fear for your safety and your life and somebody draws a weapon and points it at you. You have every right to shoot. That is about as clear as you can find in Texas law.
The Doug Collins Podcast
Former US Attorney Jay Town Talks About Bill Barr
"Sit and talk to Bill Barr was like, across between talking to your dad, an attorney, and the school principal. It was like, you wasn't sure what you were going to get from it, but it was. You just nailed it. Well, if it was 10 a.m. or 2 p.m., there was sort of a different flavor of the bill you were getting, right? And look, all three are very different. Jeff Sessions had a sort of soft southern style to him, Matt Whitaker is a good friend of mine. I was actually with him last week, and he was, you know, he was in a room he was acting for a few months. And did his level best, but general Barr, Bill was, you know, look, he came in at a very awkward time to come in as the attorney general. You have these investigations into the president of the United States, the Mueller investigation being the most prominent. And then, you know, you fast forward, I think maybe less than a year, and then COVID hits, and then you have that summer of unrest. You have the Derek Chauvin, George Floyd, incident, which caused more unrest around the country. And then you have a lot of election issues that were very complicated and he left before January 6th, but that was also a part of Jeff Rosen when he was the acting attorney general after Bill. You know, we used to sort of quip that sleepy little Department of Justice. You know, nothing ever going on. It was, and I'll say this, Doug, it's important that when you're out in the field as a United States attorney and you're running an office of a 150 people, you got 60 assistant U.S. attorneys as the U.S. attorney you're in charge of all the prosecutor investigative agencies so the FBI DEA ATF, Secret Service Marshals. And HSI and when you have the chaos in Washington D.C., which might as well be half a block down the road when you have that type of chaos. It does impact all of the 93 U.S. attorneys in the 94 U.S. attorney's offices.
NPR's Book of the Day
"george floyd" Discussed on NPR's Book of the Day
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Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"And we were able to interview President Biden for this book and get a sense for his goal of wanting to be able to sign that Bill now in hindsight a year later, we know that that bill was not signed. We know that instead there was a backlash against the idea that police reform needed to happen. There was a push against even the idea of discussing race in schools and books began to get banned and whatnot. And we're able to chronicle that. And between President Biden and the Floyd family, there is sort of the souring of this idea of being able to all come together and get them on Air Force One and fly to sign this bill on the first anniversary. And this has become just another political fight in which there is a stalemate and nothing gets done. And that's something that the family has been pretty upset about and understandably distraught over that even though it seemed like there was this momentum and that something would happen to honor legacy and to make sure that this kind of thing did not happen again. All of that seemed to have evaporated very quickly. Again, I'll just note that there's a lot in this book that I think is worth people reading. We can't get to all of it. But I thought we'd close with a question that's a big one, but invite your comment. You know, there was this bill in Congress that the Floyd family hoped would be enacted, which would have some major reforms on police. That didn't happen. Some states and cities did things. And obviously, the protests had a wider impact on all of us. As you reflect on it, what were the most important impacts of George Floyd's life and death? That's such an important and insightful question, and I could spend quite a long time talking about it. But one of the things I think we can reflect on two years later after George Floyd died, is that the country is different. The conversations about race are different. There is an understanding that institutional racism does exist. Now there is a resistance to that that we're seeing live and we're seeing it play out. But I think people are understanding that what black people have been complaining about for years is real in a very real sense that there is a systemic nature to some of the racism that George Floyd face and that so many millions of people like him face and there has been an effort. I don't want to downplay the measures that have been taken both in the corporate world and local communities with local laws to change some of that to change the way policing works to change the way systemic racism operates, that is ongoing. There is a pushback. There's always a sense that the fight will continue that it will never be over. But I do think the country has shifted. It's few and it's realized that a lot of the things that were being complained about and the things that were being raised as issues that need to be changed have been acknowledged and that's something that is part of George Floyd's legacy. Well, Robert Samuels, totally olorunnipa, thank you so much for speaking with us. Thank you, Dave. Thanks. Really appreciate it. Robert Samuels is a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post. Toluse olorunnipa is a political enterprise and.
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"And Floyd got caught up in that in that system. He was arrested multiple times over the course of his life, and we actually documented at least 6 of the police officers that he encountered over his life were later charged with crimes of their own, including the officers that were part of his death, one of the things we note in the book is the statistics that show that drug use among black Americans and white Americans and Americans of various backgrounds are relatively similar, but when it comes to the arrest records when it comes to the consequences of possessing drugs, it's a much more disproportionate impact when it comes to the black community and Floyd felt that in the experience that most of his arrests were for petty drug possession and that's something that you rarely see in other communities, but because police had this mission to target the community that he came from, he was an easy target. You have a lot of interesting material here about the trial preparing for the trial about the protests and how they grow. One of the things that I found interesting was that members of the George Floyd family and there were some in Houston and there was some in North Carolina, as well as a network of friends in Minneapolis and in Texas. They were grieving, but suddenly they were thrust into the vortex of this huge movement of protest and activism. I mean, celebrities wanted to talk to them. And that was difficult for them. And as his brother kind of became one of the more visible members of the family, there were some interesting moments. You write, for example, about his phone call from president Trump. Tell us about that. All these people are trying to get into contact with the Floyd family in the days after George Floyd was murdered. And the interaction with president Trump has full on recalls that is that it was very abrupt. President Trump continued to talk alone this could hardly get a word in. And he really wanted to say, get justice for my brother, I can't believe I just saw a modern day lynching, but the words could not get out of his mouth and it felt to him that president Trump couldn't get off the phone call fast enough. He had many contacts with President Biden. I mean, there were phone calls there were in person meetings. The family was invited to The White House. What can you tell us about those interactions? There was a sense that with Biden's election after Floyd's death, Biden making much of his campaign about this idea that the country needed to heal and bring about racial justice he chose the first African American woman to be his vice president. And there was a sense that there was momentum that something would happen that would be able to honor George Floyd's name and his legacy through policing reform bill that the family had gotten behind. And there was a time when President Biden spoke before Congress and said that he wanted to sign that bill on the first anniversary of Floyd's death and May of 2021. And there was a time when it seemed like that might be possible..
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"With Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and tolu ulnar repa. Robert Samuels is a national enterprise reporter for The Washington Post, tolu olena ripa is a political enterprise and investigations reporter at the post and an on air contributor to CNN. Their new book is his name is George Floyd. George Floyd wanted to be a pro football player. The academics got in the way. He got, I think he got a basketball scholarship to a small college in South Florida, and then ended up at Texas a and I university small college in South Texas. In the end, had to let it go. He gave up on that. Was that a big turning point in his life when he was 24 by that point? Decided he wasn't going to make it as an athlete and he had to set a new course. Yes, when George Floyd had to return home from college, what you saw was the disintegration of a dream, right? And you also have to understand that for someone like George Floyd, this is the dissolution of an American promise, right? He was in school and they told him this was the way to escape poverty. This was the way to create a new path for his family. And at the same time, that same school system did not allow him, did not provide him the necessary skills to even make it through college to prepare him for that next step. And so when he returns to Houston and goes back to his home where his mother has fallen out, he has some choices he needs to make. He has to figure out how to provide for his family, including the nieces and nephews that we had spoken about before. But he also has to figure out what his purpose in life is. And how he can have a life that's purposeful and if not a life that's purposeful, a life that's sufficient enough so that there can be food on the table. His first drug arrest was in 1997, you write, selling crack to an undercover officer. And you know, we know that he would struggle with drug use for the rest of his life. What did you learn about how he got involved with? Using drugs in addition to selling them to make money. Well, one of the first things I want to mention is how ubiquitous the police were during the crackdown. And the third ward and specifically in the cuny homes housing project police were everywhere. It was the time of the beginning of the process of mass incarceration and the war on drugs and the efforts that were being made and we spoke to former police chiefs that were working the beat at the time, essentially their mission was to get drugs off the street and to arrest people who were being seen as possessing drugs selling drugs..
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"But I thought we'd close with a question that's a big one, but invite your comment. You know, there was this bill in Congress that the Floyd family hoped would be enacted, which would have some major reforms on police. That didn't happen. Some states and cities did things. And obviously, the protests had a wider impact on all of us. As you reflect on it, what were the most important impacts of George Floyd's life and death? That's such an important and insightful question and I could spend quite a long time talking about it. But one of the things I think we can reflect on two years later after George Floyd died is that the country is different. The conversations about race are different. There is an understanding that institutional racism does exist. Now there is a resistance to that that we're seeing live and we're seeing it play out. But I think people are understanding that what black people have been complaining about for years is real in a very real sense that there is a systemic nature to some of the racism that George Floyd face and that so many millions of people like him face and there has been an effort. I don't want to downplay the measures that have been taken both in the corporate world and local communities with local laws to change some of that to change the way policing works. It changed the way systemic racism operates. That is ongoing. There's a pushback. There's always a sense that the fight will continue that it will never be over. But I do think the country has shifted. It's few. And it's realized that a lot of the things that were being complained about and the things that were being raised as issues that need to be changed have been acknowledged and that's something that is part of George Floyd's legacy. Yeah, in our conversation with referee Dallas sharpton, he references the Newton law of civil rights, which is for every action there's an equal reaction. And we're seeing a backlash to some of the things that seemed clear to us in 2020 about the presence of systemic racism and the importance of confronting it. One thing that I think about with George Floyd is how persistent he was in trying because he believed in the American promise. He thought there was still a chance for this country to do better and see him in his fullness and wholeness with all the nuance. And one of the things that just really hit me as I was reporting this story, Dave. Is that so many people who took up his cause? Largely black people. Maintained that optimism that they can build a better tomorrow, even when we had discussions and we did the reporting and we talked with the governor of Minnesota and the president himself. Who believed that maybe hate can never fully go away in this country. Maybe it only hides. But one thing that I hope folks understand is that there is an incredible powerful inspiring persistence that has gone on with black people in this country who still believe in the American hope. And I think the question we want readers to wrestle with is how can we achieve that better tomorrow, knowing that the past is what it was. Well, Robert Samuels totally, thank you so much for speaking with us..
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"What did you learn about Derek Chauvin and his record in particular his history of using neck restraint with his knee? Derek Chauvin was known as a thumper within the police department where he worked. And that was not a compliment. He was known as someone who used the neck restraint several times before he met George Floyd. He used it on children. He used it on the elderly men. He used it on people big and small. And he was, it was sort of a move that he often resorted to when he felt that he wanted to get someone under control. And there were several complaints that he had used excessive force over the course of his 19 year career with apple's police department. But he was never really reprimanded in a major way. He was never at risk of losing his job despite having so many complaints against him and it was not surprising for people who had seen his career, people who had seen him policing in the neighborhood that he had used such force against George Floyd when they met on May 25th, 2020. And over time, we documented at least 9 times in which he had used the technique. You see him using it in ways that are more aggressive and more deadly. And on a 900 person police force, Derek Chauvin accounted for 3%. Of the use of neck restraints that we could count. So he used to disproportionately. But the other thing that I think is important that we recognize about Derek Chauvin who, you know, we spoke to folks who knew him who talked about his love for action shows like starsky and Hutch and cop procedurals throughout his life. Is that how he acted the type of complaints that he received up until the day he met George Floyd were not seen as unusual or uncommon within his police precinct. That that precinct was known to be a precinct that used in the words of one of the inspectors, perhaps more force than they should. So they had a reputation within that community for being aggressive and that community was particularly diverse. George Floyd's murder occurred on Memorial Day 2020. I mean, so much has been reported about that day already, and you walk us through it in the book, but rather than doing that now. I'm just going to ask you, are there things that you learned about that day that surprised you, or that you think people might not know, and should? We learned what Floyd was doing before. He encountered Derek Chauvin before he even walked into the convenience store where he was alleged to have used the counterfeit $20 bill. He was meeting up with friends who was supposed to be at a barbecue later that day. He had left one of his friends homes to run a few errands and he was supposed to come back with lighter fluid and barbecue items. And obviously he would never make it home that day. But I think it's important for readers to know that George Floyd was not seeking the kind of end that he ended up receiving from Derek Chauvin. He was assuming that he would have a normal day that he'd ended at a barbecue at a friend's house and obviously things turned out much worse for him than expected. We're speaking with Robert Samuels and tolu olorunnipa, who are enterprise reporters for The Washington Post, their new book is his name is George Floyd. We'll continue our conversation after this short break. This is fresh air..
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"We're speaking with Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and tolu olari. Their new book examines the life of George Floyd, whose murder by a Minneapolis police officer two years ago touched off a wave of massive protests for racial justice. Samuels and olorunnipa argued that George Floyd's struggles in life reflect the challenges and pressures of institutional racism in the country. Their book is his name is George Floyd. You know, most of George Floyd's interaction with the justice system was for nonviolent drug offenses. The one big exception was his guilty plea to participation in an armed robbery, a home invasion robbery, and this is something that you spend for a fairly detailed description of. It's a case where several men entered a home looking for drugs and money and held the woman who was there at gunpoint, apparently it was the wrong house, and they left with some jewelry and a cell phone. Well, first of all, based on your own reporting, what role, if any, do you think George Floyd likely played in this crime? I do want readers to read this, read this part of the book, especially those who are skeptical, especially those who have heard this part of Floyd's life when people try to discredit him, they say, did you talk to the woman who was pregnant? And he held her up at gunpoint. And we go very deep, one of our colleagues interviewed the woman in Spanish to get a sense of what she remembers about that day. And there are questions about who was involved, we write in the book that Floyd was the person behind the wheel of the car that went to this house. But he told his friends he told people who he confessed to other crimes too, that he adamantly insisted that he was not the gunman that he was not even in the house. And while Floyd may have had some culpability in this case, I think there is a question about how the case was prosecuted as we heard from the woman involved. She had an option to say whether she was completely sure that Floyd was the person who had done this, whether she was not sure or whether she had a tentative confirmation that Floyd was the person. And she chose tentative, which is less than beyond a reasonable doubt, but the police were able to use that and they were able to get a guilty plea out of him by threatening him with more than 40 years in prison. He ultimately ended up serving a little over four years, but those were the kind of choices that you're faced with in this kind of community. You make the point that in all of his interactions with the justice system, he never actually faced a jury of his peers. In each case, prosecutors charged him and then he was presented with very difficult choices. You know, you can roll your dice on a trial and maybe get a lot of time. And so he, based on consultations, pled guilty and was sentenced to 5 years, you know, I think I just want to spend a moment on this because the other crimes weren't violent, this involved the use of a gun. It doesn't sound like he was the one with the gun, although it's hard to be sure, sounds like he was probably the driver..
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"Was difficult for him to live a life as a normal college student or even focus on the academic part of college. He was there on a football scholarship and he was really trying to see how he could make it to the NFL so that he can make enough money to support his family and he ended up dropping out of college. George Floyd wanted to be a pro football player. The academics got in the way. He got, I think he got a basketball scholarship to a small college in South Florida, and then ended up at Texas a and I university small college in South Texas. In the end, had to let it go. He gave up on that. Was that a big turning point in his life when he was a guest 24 by that point? Decided he wasn't going to make it as an athlete and he had to set a new course. Yes, when George Floyd had to return home from college, what you saw was the disintegration of a dream, right? And you also have to understand that for someone like George Floyd, this is the dissolution of an American promise, right? He was in school and they told him this was the way to escape poverty. This was the way to create a new path for his family. And at the same time, that same school system did not allow him, did not provide him the necessary skills to even make it through college to prepare him for that next step. And so when he returns to Houston and goes back to his home where his mother has fallen out, he has some choices he needs to make. He has to figure out how to provide for his family, including the nieces and nephews that we had spoken about before. But he also has to figure out what his purpose in life is. And how he can have a life that's purposeful and if not a life that's purposeful, a life that's sufficient enough so that there can be food on the table. His first drug arrest was in 1997, you write, selling crack to an undercover officer. And you know, we know that he would struggle with drug use for the rest of his life. What did you learn about how he got involved with? Using drugs in addition to selling them to make money. Well, one of the first things I want to mention is how ubiquitous the police were during the crackdown. And the third ward and specifically in the cuny homes housing project police were everywhere. It was the time of the beginning of the process of mass incarceration and the war on drugs and the efforts that were being made. And we spoke to former police chiefs that were working the beat at the time, essentially their mission was to get drugs off the street and to arrest people who were being seen as possessing drugs selling drugs and Floyd got caught up in that in that system..
Fresh Air
"george floyd" Discussed on Fresh Air
"Next week marks the second anniversary of the death of George Floyd, who was said to have told a friend when he was a teenager that one day he wanted to touch the world. Sadly, it was not his life, but his murder by police officer Derek Chauvin that touched off a wave of massive protests for racial justice, and sparked an ongoing national conversation about race in America. While much is known about George Floyd's death, our guests, Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and tolu olorunnipa believe we can learn a lot by looking at his life. Their new book examines Floyd's 46 years on earth in detail, drawing on hundreds of interviews and a trove of public and private records, including diary entries rap lyrics, poems, medical records, historical documents, cell phone videos, social media postings, arrest reports, court documents, job applications, text messages, love letters, and more. The book is a portrait of a black man raised in poverty, who the authors argue found his opportunities and aspirations limited at every turn by the legacy of slavery and ongoing institutional racism. Robert Samuels is a national enterprise reporter for the post, tolu olorunnipa is a political enterprise and investigations reporter at the post, and also an on air contributor to CNN. Their new book is his name is George Floyd. Well, Robert Samuels toluse olorunnipa welcome to fresh air. George Floyd is a name everyone knows, and of course it was his tragic murder. Not his life that touched off this movement that had such enormous reach and impact. Why did you want to tell the story of his life in such detail? Well, we wanted readers to understand that the battle for George Floyd to breathe in America started long before he ever even encountered Derek Chauvin..
The Charlie Kirk Show
"george floyd" Discussed on The Charlie Kirk Show
"You become a Christian and maybe I'm going to just go straight gospel on you and why I think you need to accept Jesus Christ as your lord and savior. But this is the 5th largest Christian college in the country. And. Every one of these stuff I'm not going to do the Christian actually I probably should in Vermont. Definitely should. It's in the second least. Second least church state in the country, and then we're going to organ after that, which is the least church state in the country. But I do think that's tonight as Baylor being the 5th largest religious institution in the country. Most people here tonight, I would guess our Christians or at least aware of what Christianity says and what the Bible with the Bible articulates and what we as Christians believes, what does if any just kind of this critical race theory idea have in common or at odds with the teachings of the Bible. So I'm going to kind of make this a unique flavor tonight. And it doesn't resonate with you. We'll have questions and answers. We can go in that direction. So first, I just kind of want to frame this by saying what is a Christian? I'm not going to get into the denominations. I'm not going to get into Christian versus Catholic of all that. You guys can sort out yourself. Nicene creed, try and God and Aaron see a scripture death life ministry death beer resurrection of Christ pretty simple stuff. You believe that you're broken by nature, original sand. You need Jesus Christ in your life to be born new to get into life eternal. These are general Christian principles again. If you guys want to have a theological discussion on more than happy to do that, I really don't have that strong opinion, except the annual subscription triune God and I see and creed and you guys, maybe there's some theology majors here and you guys would get a fun kick out of that. So the question is if you believe in those things, what should you think about this growing trend of CRT and the hyper racialization of American politics? So let's take a step back. Let's take a why is it that we even care about this? Well, last year, after the incident with George Floyd and the $2 billion of damages that ensued after that, in the summer last summer, all of a sudden we decided to completely and totally redesign American society. We decided to prioritize people based on race, not on character. We decided to change the way that we actually implement graduation ceremonies, where we'll get into some of these examples. But did you know 75 colleges across the country now do graduation ceremonies based on race? So black only graduation ceremony, Hispanic only graduation ceremony, white only graduation ceremony. We are resegregating American society. In Georgia public schools, they have black kids go to one classroom, white kids go to another classroom. Though this idea of that we should care about the skin color and the content of people's skin color, not of their character, is not a new phenomenon, but it's new for my lifetime. That's for sure. I'm 27 about the 28 tomorrow. And holding on as long as I can. And. I feel like I'm 55 when I say this. The country I grew up in, that's true..
In Front of Our Eyes
"george floyd" Discussed on In Front of Our Eyes
"I mean a morning in late april derek. Chauvin was convicted of murdering. George floyd chauvin kneeled on floyd's neck for more than nine minutes while two other officers pinned down his body and a third kept bystanders. Back now it was time for chauvin to be sentenced. Judge peter kale signaled he would consider what are known as aggravating factors or facts that make the crime more severe and on friday. He did a sense for the court. Commits you to the custody. The commissioner of corrections were a period of two hundred and seventy months to seven zero. That is that ten your edition to the presumptive sentence of one hundred and fifty months. This is based on your abuse of a position of trust and authority and also the particular cruelty shown to. George floyd your granted credit for one hundred ninety already served kahlil sentenced the forty five year old former minneapolis police officer to twenty two and a half years behind bars. The state's attorney general says derek. Chauvin sentence is one of the wonkfest officer as ever received or an unlawful use of deadly force. Many of lloyd's family members said they wished chauvin would have received an even longer sentence two of his brothers address. Judge k hill during victim. Impact statements saying while chauvin would get to see his family again. One day george. Floyd won't have that option and perhaps no one will feel that loss more deeply than floyd's young child seven year old gina floyd. She appeared in a video interview shown in the courtroom. What do you miss most about your daddy him all the time this candidate e yeah well when you ask about him. What are you asking about how my day is her. Do you wish that he was still here with us through his spirit. And yes show. Wtn's attorney eric nelson asked the judge not to let unprecedented worldwide exposure around the case and public opinions impact. His sentencing ruling score may consider the community impact. It is for these very same reasons that the court must turn to the foundational legal principles and remember that justice is blind law is built on reason and common sense and it cannot be permitted to be assailed by public opinion. We also heard for the first time. A family member publicly support chauvin his mother caroline poletti addressed the court on behalf of her son and family. Poletti said she has remained quiet through her son's entire case her support for him never wavered. She says the media and prosecution got it wrong when they portrayed her son as aggressive heartless and uncaring. My son site tennessee has also been reduced. Two thousand s of as a racist to court to know that none of these things are true and that my son is a good man. Derek always dedicated his life time to the police department. Even on his days off he would call into state needed help. Jerry quiet thoughtful and self selfless man. He has a big heart and he always has put others before his sewn. The public will never know the loving and caring man. He is that his family does when it was derek. Chauvin stern to address the court. He said he could into say much because of his other pending legal matters just as he appeared at his trial he showed little emotion but he did address the floyd family in a wave at left many wondering. What's coming next. I want to give my condolences for family. there's gonna be some other information in the future that would be of interest and i hope as we'll give you some some peace of mind when it was time to announce the sentence judge. Ko kept his remarks brief. Instead referring the public to his twenty two page memorandum filled with legal analysis. That came along with his ruling while he did take time to acknowledge. The floyd families pain and loss kale said he could not and would not basis ruling on public opinion or emotion. I am not basing it on any attempt to send any messages. trial court. judge the job of a trial court. Judge is to apply the law to specific facts and the deal of individual cases. Still mitchell hamlin. School of law adjunct professor. Angie border says chauvin sentence handed down by a state. Judge could have some impact on his upcoming federal criminal. Trial for allegedly violating. George floyd civil rights and the state and federal trials of the three other officers. Who were present. When floyd was killed officers to tau thomas lane and jay alexander king or the three other officers who have trials coming up. How critical is derek. Chauvin sentence. well it's a little murkier initially thoughts because we now have that federal case going in tandem with their upcoming state trial in march twenty twenty two. But i would say it's definitely critical. It's critical for pleaded. Go she asians really at in both of those proceedings plea negotiations are not something that the public is privy to so we can only speculate on this point but my guess is that the prosecution team is thinking how they typically thing which is if we don't have to go to trial we won't if we can come to a settlement we will do that because it conserves our resources and so they are probably still dealing with the defendants those three officers if there are watching this sentencing with bated breath which i'm sure they are it's really to get a guide host or benchmarks on what this judge does at sentencing. He is the same for their trial. How different are the circumstances around a state case and a federal case understanding is they're trying to prove slightly different things in these two cases. Hugh talk a little bit about if they're chauvin state case impacts his and the other officers federal cases at all or is there more distance between the two. I would say you're right on point. They are trying to prove different things in the state case. They're looking at straight up murder statutes in the federal case. They're really looking at a deprivation of constitutional rights against.
Sky News Daily
"george floyd" Discussed on Sky News Daily
"Where my personal life if feel like they finally aligned and it was personally rewarding since george floyd murdered since we've seen a big backlash whether it's through protests whether it's been through people campaigning on social media and through the means. Do you feel that. Particularly in britain there has been an aspect of change at all and change for good so the the people that i tend to not will be companies. I didn't spend much time on social media to be on this date. Know what's happening in the rest of the world save two companies and my friends does favorite pretty much and i've seen a lot companies. I work with as genuine concern genuine. Want to make sure there's a difference and we allocation of budgets to make sure that they can create the right opportunities that they can stop some of the work to eliminate racism that may exist in their organizations. So i have seen some change the so much throwing so much money an issue yes kind of reallocating budgets saying that they're going to make change and talking about it but are you actually physically seeing any changes is just choking some money out of enough. Does that need to be more money out of isn't enough and when i say reallocation of budgets it's not like they're just saying here's some money. They are creating initiatives. They're investing in the right places is not the in reality is very read. Someone's just like here as many. It's let's create the right program to enable people to enter of cool. That's fine to experience. The company to say is i completely right for everyone right so putting everything else aside. Do we have the flexibility that we should have all we enabling our organization to be racist and if it is then what can they do to change. So that's what. I say reallocation of budgets. It's understanding maybe. They need to look at their internal workings and how they're operating as the company and and do some things to fix it or if they've got spam money. Whatever than they can create initiatives. That enable initiatives. Well we still again too. Need representation of people are all levels good correct representation and the reason say. That is the if you bring in of julia people. That's great. are they going to get promoted. Or is there support going to be correct in the organization that you're gonna have to in place to make sure that you have an anti racist society. If i mean say. I think that it's it's about making sure that we're hiring correctly everywhere. That's right from the top all the way down to the bottom said you've got representation within your organization for every rachel champion charlene. They will be countless this from all ethnic backgrounds. Trying to make change happen but while small steps are positive star there are still called for systemic. Change to take place and you guys clearly doing your bit to try and make some change in your very kind of small position your innocence. Trying to add to tackling that problem absolutely it's about getting those conversations going between different groups. I mean we talk about bain but you know there's a lot of diversity in beim itself so we really start there because it's not just about you mentioned south asian and then you've got lots of different groups within that so it's about talking to each other about our fears about our hopes about aspirations to do that in outdoor landscapes is the most liberating thing to do. So i think laying. Strong foundations is what we are trying to maseko doors. Because ultimately i think every everything and everyone east connected especially people and ecology. If we can get that going. I think the luck. The lot of the social economic and political problems can be tackled as well. That's why we love working for the outdoors. Working against racism working for equality by the context of outdoors is just so valuable so a year. On from george floyd's death is life actually any better for britain's black an ethnically diverse communities. We clearly talking about it. More and many pledges are being acted upon. But it's clear to me. Racism and inequalities are structural on institutionalized the pandemic also played a role in highlights in that many people are clearly trying to get to the root of the problem. And i'm hugely optimistic. This diverse country. We live in constant pow inequalities and discrimination. It will just take some time and a lot of joint effort on one of the ways. We can measure. Change is through data. Currently there is a big gap in it. It's not detailed enough but that could be about to change. Sky news is actually following a major new study from the center on the dynamics ethnicity which aims to plug a gap in the information on areas like health. the environment and discrimination where robust evidence currently doesn't exist it hopes up to around twenty thousand people across the country will share their experiences in the biggest story of its kind. You can find out more about it on our website and app just search the forgotten people look that so we got time for my thanks to rachel champion charlene and thank you for listening to another episode of the sky news daily podcast presented by me in machine and one that i think is hugely important. This episode was produced by lauren. Pick me and our interviews producer tatyana. Allison if you've enjoyed this podcast you can follow us in the usual places and we're lover of you whilst you that next time..
Sky News Daily
"george floyd" Discussed on Sky News Daily
"I really started with not going out as such but reading about it feeling and experiencing. It's not really really wanted to do it for real. And that's when i got out of the fest. Opportunity into the signature park dotted exploring schaub breeds and then long routes that. I wanted to really be part of the way. Didn't the sunsets. The lovely landscapes really. I've been in a sense. I in it and feels wrong. But i've been coding since about eight. Say that's when. I first got here side ryan code and then i continued doing the as i didn't realize i creating i thought i was just playing on a computer. I didn't really realize ten dollars making programs. So i've always had an interest. I didn't actually want to go to tech career. I wanted to today. I think i wanted to be an accountant or cheese. Profession that felt more stable and structured. But then i just. I looked it was very natural to me. It just made sense. A facebook marketing manager coda in the tech industry and a high co with a love for the outdoors. Probably not three people. You'd expect to be on the same podcast. We couldn't pull it off as black employees along. There are people from all across the company who stepped up to help us. This wasn't on the roadmap. It was sort of a surprise campaign because it was a reaction to what was happening in the world so people abandoned their h two plans. It transformed the entire small business marketing plan. We had over one hundred people from so many different teams jump in to help us. And we think that was just because they were all motivated to step in and do they could to help the black community but the role united by one thing using that individual jobs and skills to enact positive change in the fight against racism a year. On from george floyd murder. We've seen the black lives matter. Movement push issues of colonialism inequality inclusivity and representation into the spotlight. Watching a black man died online again. That best dramatic in itself for anybody to watch but what we also did well. I also did remember every experience. I've had where experienced racism. It was like reliving leads difficult experiences whilst seeing the entire wealth go through the same thing and everyone that you being in pain. I heard about the murder on social media. I believe it was on instagram. I think the difference over the course of the year was that there seemed to be more attention on it. People refer to it as a racial reckoning but frankly as a black woman in ms member of the black community. This is something that has been top of mind for several years. Now my first encounter with this was with trayvon martin because we were around the same age and because he was murdered in florida. Where i'm originally from. It was then where i started like made a commitment to equality and justice in trying to do everything. I could to help the community. We've seen government. Reports statements from businesses inquiries and tv debates petitions to take down statues a statue being taken down through more direct means plus protests counter protests and of course instagram stories and twitter. Hash tags. Let's all lot to one side for a moment. I want to know how people use that passions to make changes within their own worlds changes. That won't end racism. Paul small steps towards progress. Hey that i'm inzamam rashid. And welcome to the sky. News daily podcast. Hi everyone. i'm dr cooper swamy. And i'm someone who's really really interested the outdoors. I'm one of the co founders. Along with the two others often organization called mosaic outdoors The bucks across the whole country. And we're very interested in getting people into national parks and especially people from diverse communities into our very special landscapes so mosaic outdoors was founded by chamu and two of those to encourage people from diverse ethnic backgrounds to explore the outdoors. They organized long hikes and themed walks exploring the stories of the places they find themselves in and a survey by natural england from adults from ethnic minority. Groups were actually less likely to visit natural spaces and the office for national statistics found people of black ethnicity of four times more likely than those of their white counterparts to have no access to outdoor space at home. Why is it important to have a group like this. Because i'm just trying to think back you know growing up as a kid. My parents encouraged me a lot to get into the outdoors. Are someone from the south asian background. I did the duke of edinburgh award that included a lot of walking hiking. Getting out there. You know played a lot of outdoor sports as well but there are some barriers hold ethnic minorities from accessing the outdoors. What are those berries. And why is it important that you guys a group are trying to break down those barriers. There are barriers in the still berries. That are there right from even having the right kind of information at the time you actually need to getting out then having an enjoyable day so for example the diversity of food that you could find a national parks. It's still is not the same that you'd find at outside of the box especially landscapes there are various in terms of costs which can actually be an inhibitor as well then they'll also culture a barriers. It's also about images that you see in outdoor shops for example. I mean for example. I've got really long hair. And i don't actually have jackets that would accommodate that linked affair at a comfortable level for. Let's say a twelve hour walk. So i think there's a lot of different elements right from the very small things which is inflammation and routes to being confident that you could enjoy the out for especially for i think ethnic minorities as well as other groups from the moody booted hikers in the peak district to software engineers in london's bushing tech sector. Chamu the only one trying to boost inclusivity for people from diverse backgrounds. I'm charlene hunter. And i'm the ceo and founder of trading black females a nonprofit support. More black women took into tekken.
Coronavirus Daily
"george floyd" Discussed on Coronavirus Daily
"Garland the attorney general yet. He's going to look into what minneapolis has gone. 'cause two hundred people and has a nut. Nobody wants to be a wanted as maternity. And if we can push the jaws for at least in that. They have end disqualified immunity to make these officers human. They oughta law but they are not above the law. I know that your brother's death has changed your path in life. Can you talk about where that path leads for. You now lease to heaven. Others counseling others. Like i said before it seemed like this is another cycle and i started alana's in kita flow at institution of social change with turn pain into purpose. We need the help these young people. What next generation. I have so many different cloths vomit. Meaning like the richmond human trafficking It's a lot of mental illnesses. We're going to speak up on a lot of things. So i didn't even know that i had a platform but no one that i have one other. I will use it to make this place. Lotus floyd brother of george floyd and benjamin crump the floyd family attorney speaking with Bureau you're listening to consider this from npr. I'm audie cornish. Consider this is a partnership between npr and wmu to help you understand the news that is happening around the world and here in the washington region. Police keep listening and downloading will be here every wednesday afternoon with news about the washington region as well as your national news..
Coronavirus Daily
"george floyd" Discussed on Coronavirus Daily
"Welcome to consider this from npr. And w amu. After the top story from npr. Stay with us for a look at what's happening here in the dc metro region from the w. amu newsroom. Prosecutors steve schlisher was really specific and his closing arguments in the murder. Trial of former minneapolis. Police officer derek. Chauvin over the death of george floyd to be very clear this case. This case has called the state of minnesota vs derek show. This case is not called the state of minnesota versus. The police is not policing is a noble profession and it is a profession the message to jurors whatever your feelings about police. You're here in court decide about a particular person and a particular crime now. Those jurors returned an uncommon verdict in trials over police killings guilty. But if you did see it as the state of minnesota versus the police there is a different take away that there are limits to what a single criminal trial can accomplish when it comes to the national debate over police violence and accountability. And you can hear it. In the measured response of nineteen year old moore. Who joined the crowd. At george floyd square. I am overjoyed with this verdict. And i think that the jurors did what they were supposed to do and they did the duty as they should but We still have a long way to go for sure at black lives matter plaza in washington c. Same sentiment this time from nineteen year old joseph Vago being holding them. Accountable is the first step. But making it making the laws and changing a lot of the policing system that we currently have in order for these killings. The never happened is really the the chain and the white house. This verdict brings us a step closer and the fact is we still.
Say What Needs Saying
"george floyd" Discussed on Say What Needs Saying
"Hey guys welcome back to say with me saying. This is zack brandon. Once again. say when he saying doing look back on our first season to see if our views change different over. The course of the year for this one will be george. Floyd already looking back at this. Another another tale of police brutality in america with the focus being a black man unarmed to put to death unfortunately this time of need to throw for eight minutes zach. Did you get to look at any information in regards to <hes>. Just what happens with police officers of that situation. So i know the third degree murder charge was dropped and i think that's chauvin was allowed to live outside of minnesota. But as far as i know. I believe they're still awaiting trial on a echoes the same on. Cnn says it says a judge orders one trial four x cops charging jewish schwab killing keeping case in minneapolis. Derek chauvin towel foul thomas lane and j. They just have the <unk>. Abbreviation he ruled that a holding a single proceeding for the four officers would ensure the jurist understand. All the evidence and the complete picture of george floyd is still underway within the rounds of the courts right but just looking back on it. What do you. what's your takeaways. I think it's twofold right. I think on the one hand. It was clearly awful and the video. Everyone watched the video or that that traveled across all of social media and all of the mainstream media and it was awful. I think that clearly it was handled horribly and the officers should be held accountable for it. I think it also revealed though the the country or at least a large portion of the country's willingness or i don't wanna say at least willingness to jump to racism as the as the cause right because clearly it was. It was awful. But i still think at this point. At least there isn't much hard evidence that shelving was doing it out of racist intent. And i think that was what sparked a lot of these movements and protests and riots and things because you know the belief was that it was white cop killed a black person because of ring racist intent and because of race so it to clearly i i stand with the people that are standing against xiaobin because he up clearly but yeah. I don't know do you. Do you have any takeaways before we cut this one. I mean listen. Do i think that they some very strong. Black man who was going against the direct orders of the police are even granted mental health component of it. That we get more. Eventually you have to address because there's not really a focus in the united states. But honestly i think and i feel safer to say. The jakab was an idiot. I'd rather see. The cop was an idiot. 'cause i can easily see a what a what gentleman who had mental issues. Put his hand. You know just imagine someone kane from wrestling doing all the stuff that i'd put my neck on came to me just because if i'm an idiot if i don't follow protocol really care about the idea of another human's life. I'm sure he would do the same thing for anyone. He was in fear of his own life with so you know whether whether it was a knee or he shot him. I feel he would've made the same decision and we will definitely have to do episode on cases of police brutality across the board and can shed some light on some of these other cases right because clearly while it does happen a lot to black individuals. Police brutality issue across the board. And it's something that really doesn't get talked about enough and we. We have to say what needs saying about those cases to