Trump expected to sign policing executive order tomorrow, aide says
From CNN's Joe Johns
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn of the White House on June 14 in Washington. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images
President’s Trump will likely sign an executive order on policing tomorrow, Ja’Ron Smith, deputy assistant to the President, told reporters on the White House driveway this morning.
Smith also said the intention is to have members of families of police violence victims attend the signing, though Smith said he did not want to get “ahead” of the President on invitees who may or may not attend.
8:17 a.m. ET, June 15, 2020
Black Lives Matter banner displayed at Seoul's US embassy
Police officers stand outside the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on June 14. Lee Jin-man/AP
A Black Lives Matter banner was displayed outside the US embassy in Seoul, South Korea.
"The U.S. Embassy stands in solidarity with fellow Americans grieving and peacefully protesting to demand positive change," a spokesperson for the embassy said in a tweet.
"Our #BlackLivesMatter banner shows our support for the fight against racial injustice and police brutality as we strive to be a more inclusive & just society."
Harry Harris, the US ambassador to South Korea, retweeted the post.
"I believe in what President JFK said on June 10, 1963 at American University: 'If we cannot now end our differences, at least we can help make the world safe for diversity.' USA is a free & diverse nation...from that diversity we gain our strength," Harris wrote.
8:03 a.m. ET, June 15, 2020
It's just after 8 a.m. in New York and 5 a.m. in San Francisco. Here's the latest on the protests
Protesters walk down Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, on June 14. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Protests prompted by the death of George Floyd have swept around the US and the world in recent weeks. Here's what you need to know:
Rayshard Brooks' wife speaks out: Tomika Miller told CBS' This Morning that she wanted the officers involved in Brooks' death to go to jail. Brooks was shot by a police officer on Friday night.
UNHRC organizes police brutality debate: The United Nations Human Rights Council will hold the urgent debate on Wednesday, in Geneva. The debate will include discussions on "systematic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests."
Video appears to show police officers pushing black protester: Peaceful demonstrations in East Meadow, New York, turned contentious Friday night when police were seen on video shoving a black protester to the ground. A clip of the arrest subsequently spread online.
7:29 a.m. ET, June 15, 2020
Real Madrid's Marcelo shows support for Black Lives Matter during match
From CNN's Calum Trenaman
Real Madrid's Marcelo kneels after scoring a goal in the match against Eibar on June 14 in Madrid, Spain. Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/Getty Images
After a number of stars in Germany's Bundesliga voiced their support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement over recent weeks, Real Madrid's Brazilian international Marcelo made his own individual act of solidarity during a match on Sunday.
With Real 2-0 up against Eibar, Marcelo netted Los Blancos' third goal and celebrated by kneeling and raising his fist.
Both actions echoed those of past athletes' protests.
While playing for the San Francisco 49ers, former NFL star Colin Kaepernick knelt during the US national anthem to protest police brutality against African Americans.
Olympic medal winners John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on the podium at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City during the US national anthem.
The gesture has been adopted many times since, and many have raised their fists during the Black Lives Matter protests in the aftermath of George Floyd's death.
UN Human Rights Council to hold urgent debate on "systematic racism and police brutality"
CNN’s Sarah Dean and Niamh Kennedy
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) will hold an urgent debate on human rights violations, "systematic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" on Wednesday, the organization said Monday.
Its decision follows weeks of worldwide protests prompted by the death of George Floyd. According to the Swedish mission in Geneva, the African Group -- comprised of 54 member states from the African continent -- requested the debate,
The UNHCR will resume its 43rd regular session from June 15 to 19 in Geneva. The session was suspended on March 13, because of Covid-19.
6:20 a.m. ET, June 15, 2020
Video appears to show police officers shoving black protester to ground and arresting him
From CNN's Alec Snyder and Mirna Alsharif
Video appears to show Nassau County police officers shoving black protester to ground, arresting him. @mike_mo516/Instagram
Peaceful protests in East Meadow, New York, turned contentious Friday night when police were seen on video shoving a black protester to the ground.
A video of the protest that went viral on Twitter Saturday shows Terrel Tuosto of West Hempstead, a nearby town on Long Island, walking alongside Nassau County police officers.
Officers repeatedly tell Tuosto to "move to the side" of the street and he responds, "we've got this whole street."
Officers tell Tuosto and other protesters again to remain on the southbound side of the street.
Tuosto responds, "I have the right to walk where I want to walk," and continues to walk before an officer appears to stop abruptly in front of him, causing Tuosto to bump into the officer.
Officers are then seen restraining Tuosto and shoving him into the ground. Meanwhile, protesters can be heard yelling at police officers, defending Tuosto by saying he isn't resisting arrest.
Rayshard Brooks, 27, was shot twice in the back, the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Office said. His death was ruled a homicide.
Rayshard Brooks is everybody. Just like George is everybody. We are all the people, we are all God's children," Brooks' wife, Tomika Miller, told CBS This Morning. "We should feel the pain of those who lost their life to senselessness over authority being taken way overboard."
Miller says she wants the officers involved in Brooks' death to go to jail.
Police responded to a call Friday night about a man sleeping in a vehicle at a Wendy's drive-thru and began talking with Brooks. Authorities say he failed a sobriety test and one of the officers attempted to arrest him, which led to a struggle between Brooks and two police officers, according to footage of the incident.
A video shows Brooks took an officer's Taser during the struggle, and pointed it at one of the officers as he ran away. That officer then shot Brooks three times, authorities said.
Civil rights protesters from the 1950s and 1960s reflect on their struggle -- and the present movement
From CNN's By Leyla Santiago
The protests sweeping the United States after George Floyd's death have brought echoes of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, when activists led marches and staged lunch counter sit-ins and integrated bus rides to demand equal rights for African Americans.
To gain a better understanding of how those historic events inform our present moment, CNN reached out to young men and women of that time -- brave activists better known as the Freedom Riders, the Little Rock Nine and members of the Atlanta Student Movement.
Now in their 70s and 80s, these pioneers tell us how things have changed in the fight for equality -- and how much farther we need to go.
"It's not that things have gotten so much worse (now). It's just it is so much more obvious and apparent to everybody," said Charles Black, a leader of the 1960s Atlanta Student Movement.
"It's a miracle that anybody could survive with a knee on your neck that's been on there for over 400 years," said Miller Green, one of the Freedom Riders.
"You've never seen as many white people marching (as now) -- never in history. We've been carrying this burden by ourselves, and you feel, they say, (like you are) carrying the cross. You feel like the cross is a little lighter today because you see other people carrying the cross with you."
"In Birmingham, when they turned dogs and water hoses on us, it was just as barbaric then as it is now. You see a bunch of racist cops with nightsticks and stun guns and beating people for no reason, unprovoked. Racism hasn't changed. It's just been exposed," said Alphonso Petway, one of the Freedom Riders.
Hear more from civil rights protesters on the struggle then and today: