DOJ opens investigation into Minneapolis policing practices after Chauvin convicted for Floyd murder; America’s progress & struggles with racism since Floyd’s murder; New report: U.S. to reach “tipping point” on vaccine demand soon; Taliban threaten to kill Afghans who helped U.S. during war
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Chauvin in restricted housing unit in prison for safety; Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison; Ohio police officer shoots, kills teen girl who appears to lunge at someone with a knife; New poll: 43% of Republicans say they will avoid the vaccine; Biden: Congress needs to pass policing act in honor of Floyd; Senate to vote on anti-Asian hate crimes bill this week; UNICEF: surge of migrant children entering Mexico has increased by nine times over three months; Afghan who worked for U.S. government: “I was thinking I will be killed”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. We start today with our national lead, the Derek |
| 0:04.8 | Chauvin Guilty verdict reverberating across the country today spurring a new federal |
| 0:10.1 | investigation into police practices in the city of Minneapolis following the murder of |
| 0:14.4 | George Floyd at the hands of a policeman and the verdict leaving Floyd's family hopeful |
| 0:20.5 | that maybe, just maybe, this is where real change starts today. Attorney General |
| 0:26.1 | Mayor Garland announced that the Justice Department will investigate the Minneapolis |
| 0:29.3 | Police Department as to whether its officers regularly engage in unconstitutional or unlawful |
| 0:34.8 | practices. This is separate from a different federal criminal investigation into the |
| 0:41.0 | murder of George Floyd last May. Today we also heard from George Floyd's aunt and cousin |
| 0:46.5 | they say they are relieved and happy to see justice in this case, but they know there |
| 0:50.8 | is still so much more work that remains to be done. I just wonder, is there another way? |
| 1:00.3 | Does this always have to end in a death? You know, we want police to do their job and |
| 1:09.8 | to serve and protect, but are we using the excessive force? Or can we de-escalate |
| 1:19.3 | another way? |
| 1:21.3 | For found questions this afternoon, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki announced that |
| 1:25.2 | policing reform will be a key topic of President Biden's first address to a joint session |
| 1:30.1 | of Congress, which is scheduled for next Wednesday. President Biden has been criticized |
| 1:34.1 | by advocates for policing reform for not doing nearly enough yet on the issue and for |
| 1:39.4 | saying that this needs to be done by Congress, legislatively, not via executive action. |
| 1:45.2 | Let's start. Our coverage today was seen on Justice Corp. in Evan Perez. Evan, what |
| 1:48.9 | exactly does this new federal investigation into policing in Minneapolis? What is it in |
| 1:55.4 | tail? |
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