June 7, 2020 | On GPS: George Floyd, Race and Policing in America

Fareed Zakaria GPS

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🗓️ 7 June 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Airdate June 7 2020: As protests continue over the death of George Floyd, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson discusses America's race problem with Fareed. Ben Judah and Nesrine Malik explain why America's outrage at police brutality has reverberated around the world. Then, America's policing problem - why does police misconduct persist despite complaints? Can America effectively reform its law enforcement? The New York Times' Shaila Dewan explains. And, the coronavirus pandemic reveals racial inequity in the U.S. health care system. Harvard professor of public health David Williams describes how the African American community is suffering disproportionately during the Covid crisis.

GUESTS: Jeh Johnson, Ben Judah, Nesrine Malik, Shaila Dewan, David Williams

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0:00.0	This is GPS, the Global Public Square.
0:04.3	Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.
0:07.7	I'm Farid Zakaria, coming to you live from New York.
0:15.7	We'll start today's show with the problem with American policing.
0:21.0	George Floyd, Philando Castillo, Michael Brown, Breonna Taylor,
0:26.5	all African-American, all dead at the hands of police.
0:32.0	Why does this story never seem to change?
0:37.0	I will talk to the former Secretary of Homeland Security, Jay Johnson.
0:44.6	Also, Bogota, Toronto, London, Paris, and Down Under in Auckland.
0:50.8	The age for Canada is the only.
0:52.6	Cities around the world have come out to protest the death of George Floyd.
1:00.2	How did the American anger go global?
1:06.0	And before the protests, there was the pandemic, and COVID is killing African Americans disproportionate.
1:15.2	Harvard's David Williams explains why.
1:24.7	But first, here's my take.
1:27.1	I've not been one to argue that the United States under President Trump
1:30.8	is on the verge of turning into a tyranny.
1:33.8	But it is clear that left to his own devices, Trump would act with little regard to law,
1:39.8	precedent, or the Constitution.
1:41.8	As President, he's shown a willingness to shut down investigations into his conduct,
1:47.1	offer pardons to those whose law breaking he approves of,
1:50.8	punish media organizations and social media platforms that in his mind are biased against him.
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