George Floyd's death sparks protests across the country; Trump: Floyd's death "a shocking sight" but rioting a "very bad thing"; NY Gov. Cuomo defends order telling nursing homes to admit recovering COVID patients; At least 8 southern states showing increase in daily infections; Trump signs executive order targeting social media companies;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2020
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
City officials call for calm after protests turn destructive; City official: Racism is a "disease" that's "infected America": Floyd's brother tears up, says officers must be charged; Mayor requests National Guard over violent protests; Looting, fires, protests in Minneapolis after Floyd's death; Minneapolis Police policy allows "neck restraints" but only when a suspect is "actively resisting"; Crowds clash with police in violent protests over Floyd's death; 16 states seeing increase in cases; 10 flat; 24 trending down; Autopsy study shows high rate of blood clots in African Americans; Trump tweets "heartfelt sympathy" as U.S. passes 100,000 deaths; Grieving families fear NY governor's directive cost lives in nursing homes; 6,000 COVID-related deaths in NY state nursing homes; Remembering a Philly couple married 63 years and a mississipi pioneer who died of coronavirus;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome to the lead. |
| 0:07.0 | We begin today with Breaking News in the National Lead. |
| 0:10.0 | We are expecting a press conference from the FBI and local law enforcement officials |
| 0:14.3 | any minute now on the investigation into the killing of George Floyd and this afternoon |
| 0:20.7 | Minneapolis officials and community leaders are calling for |
| 0:23.7 | calm as what started as peaceful protests after police killed Floyd and |
| 0:28.2 | unarmed black man turned destructive with dozens of fires reported last night |
| 0:32.3 | in the unrest. |
| 0:34.0 | Floyd, of course, died after being pinned to the ground by a police officer, the officer's |
| 0:37.9 | knee seen on his neck for eight minutes, even as he was saying that he could not breathe the video |
| 0:44.6 | sparking widespread anger over police brutality and racial injustice in the |
| 0:49.1 | United States. The Vice President of the Minneapolis City Council Andrea Jenkins saying today |
| 0:54.1 | the protesters have every right to be angry but no right to cause harm |
| 0:58.9 | and she said that racism should be declared a state of emergency and a public health issue. |
| 1:05.0 | Until we name this virus, this disease that has infected America for the past 400 years, we will never, ever |
| 1:21.9 | resolve this issue. |
| 1:24.0 | A lawyer for the Floyd family says that his loved ones also want peace. |
| 1:30.0 | All four officers involved in the killing of Floyd have been fired but earlier today |
| 1:34.6 | Floyd's brother emotionally explained to CNN that there needs to be far more |
| 1:39.4 | accountability. That was my oldest brother. I love him. I'm never going to get my brother back. |
| 1:47.0 | I just don't. |
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