The FBI is investigating the death of George Floyd, black man who was pinned on the neck by a police officer and later died in custody. Minnesota’s Attorney General Keith Ellison joins The Beat with Ari Melber’s breaking coverage on the latest from the FBI and the protests. While the officers involved have yet to be charged, Ellison argues a “quick arrest” might “make people feel better about justice” it is “important” for investigators to “take the time to make sure that these charges, if they are brought forward, stick.

‘Haunted’: Minnesota Attorney General responds to death and investigation of George Floyd

 

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  1. One thing I will add. People need to encourage cooperation all across the board. The police in question, from what we’ve heard so far, was a bad person. Period. He could have been Greek, Swedish, Cambodian, from another continent. He made bad choices and will pay for them. When I like or dislike someone, or condone or don’t condone their actions, or agree or disagree with someone, it’s not a race thing. It’s about the person, individually. People make individual decisions. Let’s remember that it’s not the color or culture, but the character of a person that counts.


  2. @ robert lucas / @ John

    WHILST YOU TWO IDIOTS HAVE YOUR HEADS FAR UP TRUMPS ASS WHERE YOU CAN NO LONGER RECOGNIZE REALITY AND BLAME BLACKS FOR EVERYTHING THE BELOW INFORMATION SHOULD BE A WAKEUP CALL FOR YOUR NONSENSE.

    IT WAS A WHITE WOMAN WHO BURNED THE WENDY’S FAST FOOD AFTER THE BLACK MAN WAS MURDERED BY THE ATLANTA POLICE AND NOT THE BLACK PROTESTERS AS YOU IDIOTS LIKE TO ALLEGE.

    Arrest warrant issued for woman who allegedly set Wendy’s in Atlanta on fire

    An arrest warrant was issued on Saturday by Atlanta fire officials for a 29-year-old woman accused of setting fire to a Wendy’s restaurant hours after Rayshard Brooks was seen on surveillance video fatally shot by a police officer.

    Natalie White was charged with first-degree arson by Atlanta Fire Rescue Department Fire Investigators for torching the Wendy’s on University Avenue on June 13.

    The fast-food restaurant was set on fire after 27-year-old Brooks was shot in the back by former Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe. The shooting was captured on cameras from the police dash camera, body cameras, bystanders and the restaurant’s surveillance camera.

    Protests erupted at the Wendy’s and at some point White allegedly set fire to the building.

    The inside of the brick property was destroyed. “This is an ongoing investigation and additional arrests are possible,” fire officials said.

    Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of White or anyone who has information related to this crime is urged to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-TIPS or the Arson Tip Line at 1-800-282-5804.

    https://www.yahoo.com/gma/arrest-warrant-issued-woman-allegedly-set-wendys-atlanta-195953133–abc-news-topstories.html

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    SECONDLY I LEARNED THIS WEEK THAT THE BLACK WALL STREET IN TULSA OKALOMA WHERE THERE HAD BEEN MANY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES BLACK OWNED WAS NOT BURNED TO THE GROUND BY BLACK PROTESTERS YEARS AGO THE AREA WAS BURNED DOWN BY WHITES.

    The Tulsa race massacre (also called the Tulsa race riot, the Greenwood Massacre, or the Black Wall Street Massacre)[9][10][11][12][13][14] took place on May 31 and June 1, 1921, when mobs of white residents attacked black residents and businesses of the Greenwood District in Tulsa, Oklahoma.[1] It has been called “the single worst incident of racial violence in American history.”[15] The attack, carried out on the ground and from private aircraft, destroyed more than 35 square blocks of the district—at that time the wealthiest black community in the United States, known as “Black Wall Street”.

    More than 800 people were admitted to hospitals and as many as 6,000 black residents were interned at large facilities, many for several days.[16][17] The Oklahoma Bureau of Vital Statistics officially recorded 36 dead. A 2001 state commission examination of events was able to confirm 36 dead, 26 black and 10 white, based on contemporary autopsy reports, death certificates and other records.[1]:114 The commission gave overall estimates from 75–100 to 150–300 dead.[1]:13, 23

    The massacre began over Memorial Day weekend after 19-year-old Dick Rowland, a black shoeshiner, was accused of assaulting Sarah Page, the 17-year-old white elevator operator of the nearby Drexel Building. He was taken into custody. After the arrest, rumors spread through the city that Dick Rowland was to be lynched. Upon hearing reports that a mob of hundreds of white men had gathered around the jail where Dick Rowland was being kept, a group of 75 black men, some of whom were armed, arrived at the jail with the intention of helping to ensure Dick Rowland would not be lynched. The sheriff persuaded the group of black men to leave the jail, assuring them that he had the situation under control. As the group of black men was leaving the premises, complying with the sheriff’s request, a member of the mob of white men attempted to disarm one of the black men. A shot was fired, and then according to the reports of the sheriff, “all hell broke loose”. At the end of the firefight, 12 people were killed: 10 white and 2 black.[18] As news of these deaths spread throughout the city, mob violence exploded.[2] White rioters rampaged through the black neighborhood that night and morning killing men and burning and looting stores and homes, and only around noon the next day did Oklahoma National Guard troops manage to get control of the situation by declaring martial law. About 10,000 black people were left homeless, and property damage amounted to more than $1.5 million in real estate and $750,000 in personal property (equivalent to $32.25 million in 2019). Their property was never recovered nor were they compensated for it.

    Many survivors left Tulsa, while black and white residents who stayed in the city were silent for decades about the terror, violence, and losses of the event. The massacre was largely omitted from local, state, and national histories.

    https://search.yahoo.com/search?p=black+wall+street+tulsa+race+riot+of+1921&fr=yfp-t-s-m&fp=1&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8


  3. It’s like a bunch of squirrels going at it in the mind, the original person no longer able to understand things for themselves. Seen it many a time. Sad. Hope for the best.


  4. @ Crusoe

    You are absolutely right. Sadly, Barbados has so much to offer, but there is a stubbornness, a reluctance to listen to reasoned arguments and proposals.
    I have worked with global leaders, and instinctively always measure them against the potential of Barbadians, and I can say, hand on heart, we have nothing to worry about. Our battle is not with those people, but with ourselves.
    I once spent an entire evening with a senior Barbadian lawyer, a QC, on a visit to London and he spent the entire evening trying to impress how good a lawyer he was. Sadly, until then I thought he was one of the outstanding lawyers in the English-speaking world of his generation. He left me convinced of his insecurity.
    @Crusoe, there are two good books to read*: Medical Apartheid, and The Truth About the Drug Companies. Another good book is ADHD Nation.
    As our politicians play silly games, and the masses engage in juvenile party politics, the time to reverse this steady decline is drifting away. Time is short.


  5. You make one think.


  6. I was very very Wrong, what the police did to George Floyd.

    But, ” TWO WRONGS DON’T MAKE A RIGHT ”

    Spreading COVID-19 by having Public Protests was VERY VERY WRONG, too. IT WAS VERY RESPECTFUL to George Floyd and to his Family. If you must create more chaos and spread Hatred… please don’t do it During this GLOBAL PANDEMIC. i Personally feel that a George and his family would feel the Same.

    BRING PEACE and Love
    to this tiny world.

    In the name of everything that is Correct.

    L O V E I S T H E A N S W E R

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