RIGHT
RIGHT NOW
RIGHT NOW ON "SUNRISE," REMEMBERING GEORGE
REMEMBERING GEORGE FLOYD.
FLOYD.
FLOYD. WE
FLOYD. WE LOOK AT THE EMOTIONAL
MOMENTS FOR HIS FUNERAL IN
MINNEAPOLIS, AND THE CONTINUED
DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE
>> WHILE MINNEAPOLIS MOURNS,
OFFICERS CHARGED IN THE
KILLING FACED A JUDGE FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
FIRST TIME. WHAT WE LEARNED IN COURT AND
THE EMERGENCY CITY
COUNCIL MEETING TODAY, HOPING
TO BRING CHANGE TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> IT'S FRIDAY, JUNE 5th.
KARE 11 SUNRISE STARTS NOW.
>> THANKS FOR JOINING US.
WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO,
INCLUDING HOW GEORGE
FLOYD'S FUNERAL IS UNITING THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >>> FIRST WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS
ON "SUNRISE," TWO
PEOPLE SHOT DEAD IN
MINNEAPOLIS.
MINNEAPOLIS. THE FIRST SHOOTING HAPPENING
NEAR DOWNTOWN, CLOSE TO
14th AND PARK AVENUE KNEW.
POLICE TELL US ONE VICTIM WAS
RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL
AND LATER DIED.
THEY ARE INVESTIGATING THIS AS
A HOMICIDE.
A HOMICIDE. >> THE OTHER HAPPENED AROUND
9:40 LAST NIGHT.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO NORTH
MEMORIAL, WHERE FIRST
RESPONDERS FOUND A MAN DEAD IN
A CAR NEAR THE
PARKING RAMP.
PARKING RAMP. HE APPEARED TO HAVE BEEN SHOT,
BUT DETAILS STILL
BEING INVESTIGATED.
BEING INVESTIGATED. NO ARREST HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS
CASE EITHER.
CASE EITHER. >>> WE'RE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT
THE WEATHER.
THE WEATHER. AS PER USUAL, IT WAS SOME
PRETTY BIG STORMS
OVERNIGHT.
OVERNIGHT. LOOK AT THAT BEAUTIFUL SHOT OF
MINNEAPOLIS, AND THE
SUNRISE RIGHT NOW.
HOPEFULLY THOSE SHOWERS WILL
STAY AWAY FOR THE
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. >> YOU BET.
WE HAVE A COUPLE REALLY NICE
DAYS, INCLUDING TODAY,
NOW THAT ALL OF THAT HAS
CLEARED OUT.
CLEARED OUT. 61 DEGREES.
61 DEGREES. THE SUN IS OFFICIALLY UP.
BY MID-MORNING, WE'RE ALREADY
SEEING 70S.
SEEING 70S. IT'S A WARM DAY, BUT IT'S NOT
HUMID.
HUMID.
HUMID. A
HUMID. A LITTLE BREEZY.
THOSE NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BE
DROPPING THE HUMIDITY
LEVELS AS WE HEAD TO ABOUT 83
DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. >>>
>>>
>>> ♪
>>> ♪ AMAZING GRACE ♪
>> ONE OF THE MANY POWERFUL
MOMENTS AS FRIENDS AND
FAMILY SAY GOOD-BYE TO GEORGE
FLOYD.
FLOYD.
FLOYD. >>
FLOYD. >> WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE,
LOOKING AT NEW
DEVELOPMENTS INTO THE DEATH
INVESTIGATION AND HIS
TOUCHING MEMORIAL.
TOUCHING MEMORIAL. LET'S TOSS THINGS OUT TO ELLERY
FIRST.
FIRST.
FIRST. ELLERY, IT WAS AN EMOTIONAL,
BUT HOPEFUL CELEBRATION
OF HIS LIFE.
>> Reporter: YEAH, GIA.
I MEAN, SO MANY EMOTIONS AT
THAT SERVICE.
THAT SERVICE. WATCHING IT MYSELF, I TEARED UP
A FEW TIMES,
ESPECIALLY WHEN GEORGE'S FAMILY
WAS TALKING ABOUT
HIM.
HIM.
HIM. YOU
HIM. YOU KNOW, JUST LEARNING MORE
ABOUT WHO HE WAS AS A
PERSON.
PERSON.
PERSON. THEY KEPT SAYING, GROWING UP IN
HOUSTON, THEY DIDN'T
HAVE MUCH, BUT THEY HAD A
LOVING HOME.
LOVING HOME. >> PLEASE SAY HIS NAME.
>> GEORGE FLOYD.
>> THANK Y'ALL.
>> Reporter: DURING THE
SERVICE, REVEREND AL
SHARPTON GAVE A 27-MINUTE
EULOGY FULL OF ENERGY.
HE CALLED FOR JUSTICE AND
CALLED FOR A NEW MARCH TO
WASHINGTON TO PUSH FOR A
FEDERAL ACT, LIKE THOSE
PASSED DURING THE CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT.
MOVEMENT. SHARPTON SAID, FROM WHAT HE'S
SEEN OF THE PROTESTS,
HE'S MORE HOPEFUL THAN EVER.
>> WHEN I LOOKED THIS TIME AND
SAW MARCHES WHERE IN
SOME CASES, YOUNG WHITES
OUTNUMBERED THE BLACKS
MARCHING, I KNOW THAT IT'S A
DIFFERENT TIME AND A
DIFFERENT SEASON.
DIFFERENT SEASON. THIS IS THE TIME.
WE WON'T STOP.
WE GOING TO KEEP GOING UNTIL WE
CHANGE THE WHOLE
SYSTEM OF JUSTICE.
>> Reporter: SO SOME
CELEBRITIES SHOWED UP, LIKE
LUDICROUS, KEVIN HART, AND TI.
THEY JOINED JESSE JACKSON AND
MARTIN LUTHER KING,
JUNIOR, III.
JUNIOR, III. MELVIN CARTER PLANTED A FIST ON
GEORGE'S CASKET, AND
JACOB FREY WAS SEEN VISIBLY
SOBBING AS HE KNELT DOWN
ON ONE KNEE AND PAID HIS
RESPECTS.
RESPECTS.
RESPECTS. I THINK A BIG PIVOTAL MOMENT
CAME AT THE END OF THAT
SERVICE, WHEN EVERYBODY IN THAT
SANCTUARY STOOD IN
SILENCE FOR A FEW MINUTES, 46
SECONDS, HOW LONG THE
OFFICER'S KNEE WAS ON GEORGE'S
NECK.
NECK.
NECK. >>
NECK. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT, ELLERY.
THE MEMORIAL WAS JUST TWO MILES
FROM WHERE FLOYD WAS
KILLED.
KILLED.
KILLED. IT'S THERE AT THE INTERSECTION
AT 38th AND CHICAGO.
A MAKE-SHIFT MEMORIAL STILL
STANDS.
STANDS.
STANDS. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A PETITION
GOING AROUND TO RENAME
CHICAGO AVENUE GEORGE FLOYD
AVENUE.
AVENUE.
AVENUE. THE AREA HAS BECOME A SYMBOL OF
CHANGE FOR PEOPLE IN
THE COMMUNITY.
THE COMMUNITY. >> THE MAN'S LIFE WAS LOST IN
ORDER FOR OTHER PEOPLE
TO REALIZE HOW MUCH OTHER
PEOPLE'S LIVES MATTER.
IT SHOULDN'T HAVE CAME TO THAT,
BUT I BELIEVE THAT
GOD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING, AND,
YOU KNOW, HE HAS A
WAY TO BRING US TOGETHER.
IT MIGHT NOT BE THE WAY THAT WE
WOULD LIKE; BUT YOU
KNOW, LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY
COMING TOGETHER.
COMING TOGETHER. JUST AROUND THE UNITED STATES.
IT'S LOOKING UNITED RIGHT NOW.
>> ATTORNEY GENERAL KEITH
ELLISON VISITED THE
MEMORIAL TO PAY HIS RESPECTS.
HE'S NOW LEADING THE
INVESTIGATION INTO FLOYD'S
DEATH.
DEATH.
DEATH. >>
DEATH. >> THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE.
ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS
STATE, THIS COUNTRY.
>> PEOPLE AT THE MEMORIAL ARE
CONFIDENT THE NEW
CHARGES PROVE THEIR
DEMONSTRATIONS ARE WORKING.
FORMER OFFICER DEREK SHOVIN
WILL BE IN COURT.
HE FACES SEVERAL CHARGES,
INCLUDING SECOND DEGREE
MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. VIDEO SHOWS HE HAD HIS FOOT ON
LLOYD'S NECK FOR MORE
THAN 8 MINUTES.
.
.
. >>>
. >>> MEANWHILE, THE MINNEAPOLIS
CITY COUNCIL IS
HOLDING A MEETING TODAY TO
APPROVE CHANGES TO THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
POLICE DEPARTMENT. JENNIFER AUSTIN JOINS US FROM
CITY HALL THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >> Reporter: GOOD MORNING,
GIA.
GIA.
GIA. SO
GIA. SO AT THIS MEETING, DURING THIS
MEETING, THE CITY
COUNCIL WILL APPROVE A COURT
ORDER, WHICH OUTLINES
IMMEDIATE CHANGES TO THE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
MINNEAPOLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT OTHER
THAN THAT AT THIS
POINT.
POINT.
POINT. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE
MINNESOTA HUMAN
MINNESOTA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER, AND THE
MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL
MINNEAPOLIS CIVIL RIGHTS DIRECTOR WILL BE
BRIEFING THE COUNCIL ON THE
INVESTIGATION INTO THE
DEPARTMENT.
DEPARTMENT. MEANWHILE, AS YOU MENTIONED,
THREE OF THE NOW FORMER
OFFICERS INVOLVED IN GEORGE
FLOYD'S KILLING HAD A
BAIL HEARING YESTERDAY.
THOSE OFFICERS ARE THOMAS LANE,
TUTAO AND JAY
ALEXANDER KING.
ALEXANDER KING. THEY ARE CHARGED WITH AIDING
AND ABETTING MURDER AND
MANSLAUGHTER.
MANSLAUGHTER. A HANNAFIN COUNTY JUDGE ORDERED
BAIL SET FOR
$1 MILLION OR $750,000 FOR
CONDITIONS FOR ALL THREE
MEN.
MEN.
MEN. ATTORNEY EARL GRAY REPRESENTS
THOMAS LANE.
THOMAS LANE. HERE'S WHAT HE SAID TO
REPORTERS YESTERDAY.
REPORTERS YESTERDAY. >> HE THOUGHT WHAT HE WAS DOING
WAS RIGHT, BECAUSE
HE ASKED THE TRAINING OFFICER,
"SHOULD WE ROLL HIM
OVER" TWICE.
OVER" TWICE. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE CRIMINAL
INTENT FOR SECOND DEGREE
MURDER, AND FRANKLY, THIS IS --
I MEAN, YOU'VE GOT A
CASE HERE WHERE MY CLIENT IS IN
AN AMBULANCE, HONING
IN ON THIS GUY, TRYING TO
REVIVE HIM.
REVIVE HIM. WHERE'S THE WILLFUL INTENT?
WHERE'S THE CRIMINAL INTENT IN
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? >>
THAT? >> Reporter: THOSE THREE
FORMER OFFICERS WILL BE
BACK IN COURT ON JUNE 29th.
DEREK SHOVIN, THE OFFICER WHO
PUT HIS KNEE ON
FLOYD'S NECK.
FLOYD'S NECK. HE IS CHARGED WITH SECOND
DEGREE, UNINTENTIONAL
DEGREE, UNINTENTIONAL MURDER.
MURDER.
MURDER. BACK TO THAT CITY COUNCIL
MEETING, IT BEGINS THIS
AFTERNOON AT 12:30.
>> ALL RIGHT, JENNIFER.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. >>> THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY,
MORE PEACEFUL PROTESTS
TAKING OTHER THE STREETS.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
GEORGE FLOYD'S BROTHER LEADING
THOUSANDS ACROSS A
BROOKLYN BRIDGE, CALLING FOR
CHANGE.
CHANGE.
CHANGE. >> MY BROTHER'S GONE, BUT THE
FLOYD NAME STILL LIVES
ON.
ON.
ON. >>
ON. >> AS
ON. >> AS RALLIES UNFOLD ACROSS THE
NATION AGAIN TODAY,
POLICE ARE FACING FEW SCRUTINY
AS MORE VIDEOS OF
VIOLENT CLASHES WITH PROTESTERS
SURFACE ONLINE.
SURFACE ONLINE. BUT FEAR IS CROSSING OVER ON
BOTH SIDES.
BOTH SIDES. EARLIER THIS WEEK IN BROOKLYN,
ONE OFFICER WAS
STABBED, TWO OTHERS WERE SHOT.
>>> WELL, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
TALKING ABOUT THE
MID-TOWN GLOBAL MARKET THIS
MORNING AFTER THE
POPULAR LAKE STREET STAPLE
EVICTED ONE OF THEIR
VENDORS.
VENDORS.
VENDORS. WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY
DID THAT AND HAVE
SOME OF YOUR REACTION IN THIS
MORNING'S DIGITAL
MORNING'S DIGITAL DIVE.
DIVE.
DIVE. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, HOLY LAND
BUTCHER SHOP AND DELI
CEO MAJ DIWADI POSTED THAT OLD
RACIST SOCIAL MEDIA
POSTS BY AN EMPLOYEE
RESURFACED.
RESURFACED. WATTI IDENTIFIED THAT EMPLOYEE
AS HIS OWN DAUGHTER.
HE WROTE THAT, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS
A TEENAGER WHEN SHE
MADE THIS MISTAKE, MY
DAUGHTER'S EMPLOYMENT WITH THE
COMPANY HAS BEEN TERMINATED
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY."
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY." WATTI WENT ON TO APOLOGIZE FOR
THE POSTS, AND VOWED
TO ADVOCATE FOR MINORITIES, AND
WORK TO DISMANTLING
RACISM IN THE FUTURE.
A FEW HOURS LATER, MIDTOWN
GLOBAL MARKET POSTED THIS
MESSAGE ON THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA,
SAYING THEY'RE DEEPLY
OFFENDED AND SADDENED, AND DO
NOT TOLERATE
NOT TOLERATE DISCRIMINATION OF ANY KIND.
THEY ALSO POSTED THAT THEY'RE
CLOSING HOLY LAND, AND
TERMINATING THEIR LEGALS.
REACTION TO THE NEWS WAS OF
COURSE MIXED ACROSS THE
BOARD.
BOARD.
BOARD. SOME PEOPLE THANKED THE MARKET
AND SAID THEY'LL STOP
PATRONIZING HOLY LAND IN
NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS.
NORTHEAST MINNEAPOLIS. OTHERS ARE ARGUING THAT THE
FAMILY HAD ALREADY DEALT
WITH THE ISSUE, AND THEY
SHOULDN'T LOSE THEIR SPACE.
WE GOT THIS COMMENT HERE FROM
JESSE, SAYING HE FIRED
HER ALREADY, SO THEY GOT
TERMINATED FROM AN
EXEMPLOYEE'S POSTS.
EXEMPLOYEE'S POSTS. A LITTLE LATE ON THAT ONE, MID-
TOWN.
TOWN.
TOWN. SO
TOWN. SO YEAH, CHRIS, A LOT OF PEOPLE
-- OBVIOUSLY HOLY
LAND WAS A VERY POPULAR SPOT AT
THE MID-TOWN GLOBAL
MARKET.
MARKET.
MARKET. BUT AGAIN, NOW, IT WON'T BE
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. SOUNDS LIKE THEIR ONLY LOCATION
NOW IS AT CENTRAL
AVE IN NORTHEAST.
>> MID-TOWN GLOBAL MARKET
TAKING A STAND THERE.
THANKS, ALICIA.
THANKS, ALICIA. >>> LAURA, LET'S GET TO YOU
WITH OUR ONE THING
WEATHER TODAY.
WEATHER TODAY. >> IT'S A BEAUTIFUL FRIDAY
AFTER STORMS RUMBLED
OVERNIGHT, MAYBE WAKING YOU UP.
THOSE ARE ALL OUT OF HERE, AND
THE SUNSHINE IS NOW
SETTLING IN.
SETTLING IN. IT'S LOW HUMIDITY.
IT'S BREEZY, WITH LOW 80S
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. .
.
. >>>
. >>> THE
. >>> THE DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD
IS HITTING HOME FOR
ONE OF OUR OWN HERE AT KARE 11.
A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE FROM KIYA
EDWARDS, WHO GREW UP
WHERE FLOYD'S MEMORIAL NOW
STANDS.
STANDS.
STANDS. >> THEN SAYING SORRY AFTER
SERIOUS BACKLASH, THE
APOLOGY FROM DREW BREES AFTER
HIS COMMENTS ON
PEACEFUL PROTEST, AND REACTION
FROM OTHER PRO
ATHLETES.
ATHLETES.
ATHLETES. >> THE NBA COULD BE BACK SOON,
BUT DON'T EXPECT TO
SEE