‘We woke up to a city of ash’

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🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Holly Bailey reports from Minneapolis, where anger and violence are boiling over in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing by police. Errin Haines explains what really happened in Central Park. And Sebastian Smee with an appreciation for a powerful painting that captures another unsettling time in America.

Protests in Minneapolis raged through the night, following the tragic killing of George Floyd. On Friday, the police officer was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter.

In New York’s Central Park, a white woman called the police on an African American man after he asked her to leash her dog, per park rules. Understanding the fraught dynamic and legacy of calling the cops.

This powerful painting from 1967 captures another unsettling time in America.

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0:00.0	From the newsroom of the Washington Post.
0:04.3	Hey, it's Ross Helderman from the Post.
0:07.5	How are you?
0:08.5	He there, it's Simon from the Post.
0:10.5	Hey, it's Dave Farron from the Post.
0:12.5	Have you got a seat?
0:13.5	This is Post Reports.
0:14.5	I'm routine powers.
0:18.8	It's Friday, May 29th.
0:23.6	Today, protests continue after the death of George Floyd, the legacy of a call to the
0:28.8	cops and a painting we're thinking about this week.
0:38.8	I'm in a city that's on fire.
0:42.3	Holly Bailey is a national political reporter for the post.
0:45.8	There's been countless protests which just seem to be getting worse and worse and worse.
0:55.3	Holly is in Minneapolis covering the protests over the police killing of George Floyd.
1:00.6	What happened here began on Monday.
1:03.3	What we know about the event, it was on Chicago and 38th Street here in South Minneapolis.
1:10.1	There was a local grocery store cup foods who had apparently made a call, some sort of
1:15.1	forgery call.
1:16.8	There was an altercation between George Floyd and African American man and four officers
1:22.0	from the Minneapolis Police Department.
1:25.3	It was captured on video.
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