It's Thursday June 4th, Ivy Keely Hughes.

And I'm Gideon Ressneck and this is what the day reminding you that you can in fact listen to this podcast after curfew.

That's right, you know, we talked to the mayors, they said, as long as you're not listening to the podcast outside, it's okay.

But you know what I say?

Listen to this podcast, man.

Dude, you got to do.

I say go outside and put an earbud in your mayors ear.

Maybe he'll learn something.

On today's show, Races Monuments across the United States come down, then some headlines.

But first the latest.

Wow, that was a clip of hospital staff applauding protesters as they walked by in New York earlier this week.

But let's get into the news. All right.

So following days of protests across the country and in other parts of the world, the other officers involved in the killing of George Floyd and Minneapolis over a week ago were at long last charged Derek Chauvin, the officer who killed Floyd had his charges upgraded as well.

The added charges were a demand, but not the only demand of demonstrators who have been seeking accountability.

The announcement came from Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison who took the lead on prosecutions related to the case earlier this week.

To the Floyd family to our beloved community and to everyone that is watching, I say George Floyd mattered.

He was loved. His family was important. His life had value and we will seek justice for him and for you and we will find it.

The very fact that we have filed these charges means that we believe in them.

But what I do not believe is that one successful prosecution can rectify the hurt and lost that so many people feel.

Wow. So this is a hugely significant development in the prosecution so far. So let's unpack it a little bit.

Yeah. So this will be important to understand as the case progresses on the legal front and people refer to these charges in the future. But here's what we know.

So Shavan is now facing this additional charge of second degree felony murder. That is on top of third degree murder and second degree manslaughter with culpable negligence.

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