Amanpour: Mary Frances Berry, Deval Patrick and Admiral Mike Mullen

Amanpour

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🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Philonise Floyd, brother of the late George Floyd, testified before a House hearing on Wednesday, urging lawmakers to “do the right thing” and take action on police violence. Meanwhile, coronavirus continues to rage in the U.S., spiking in 19 states, and taking a severe toll on black communities. Christiane Amanpour speaks to Mary Frances Berry, former Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, about the interplay between democracy, racism and health at this crucial moment in America’s history. Then, to achieve lasting change, innovation will be needed not just in police departments, but in education, health and economic policy. Christiane speaks to Deval Patrick, former Governor of Massachusetts, about the structural reform America needs to see. And our Walter Isaacson speaks to Admiral Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about why he chose to speak out after the National Guard were used to disperse protesters in Washington, and he gives his take on the growing militarization of America’s domestic police force. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Amunpur. Here's what's coming up.
0:07.0	This is 2020. Enough is enough. The people marching in the streets are telling you enough is
0:17.3	enough. A moment to change America. How will the nation face it? Longtime
0:22.4	activist and civil rights veteran Mary Francis Berry joins us.
0:26.4	Plus democracy, racism and a health crisis,
0:30.3	all pandemics that hit the black community worse.
0:33.2	How to fix the system failure.
0:35.4	Former governor of Massachusetts, Devile Patrick joins us.
0:38.8	Then...
0:39.8	Using force against peaceful protesters is a mistake.
0:44.0	America's former top military brass, Admiral Mike Mullen,
0:48.0	talks to our Walter Isakson about why he could no longer stay silent. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpore working from home in London.
1:11.6	Now that George Floyd has been laid to rest, the moral reckoning
1:15.6	is underway and the real work begins. The demand for justice reaches a crescendo on the
1:21.0	streets while public opinion shifts across the land and in the
1:24.8	halls of power George Floyd's brother Philanese told America's elected leaders about
1:30.6	the banality of the evil and violence that casually snuffed out his life.
1:37.0	He didn't fight back. He listened to all the officers.
1:42.0	The man who took his life He listened to all the officers.
1:43.1	The man who took his life, who suffocated him
1:46.8	for eight minutes and 46 seconds,
1:50.0	he still called him, sir, as he begged for his life.
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