Up Next
Back to Show
Amanpour & Co.
Why One Police Chief Is Speaking Up for People of Color
Amidst widespread images of police brutality were also striking clips of some officers kneeling and marching with the protesters. In Houston – George Floyd’s hometown – police chief Art Acevedo condemned Floyd’s death and, as an immigrant himself, spoke up for people of color. His impromptu speech went viral, and he joins the program to talk about why he felt compelled to join with the protests.
Support Provided By
Season
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:51
Jomana Karadsheh; Michael Froman; Geoff Duncan; Frank Bruni
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:53
Salome Zourabichvili; Andriy Zagorodnyuk; David Herszenhorn; Reza Aslan
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:52
General Amos Yadlin; Arwa Damon; Jen Psaki; Ray Suarez
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:23
Philippe Lazzarini; Lawrence Wright; Dr. Jonathan Metzl
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:37
Dmytro Kuleba; Jonathan Glazer; Aluf Benn
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:53
Volodymyr Zelensky; Jens Stoltenberg, Kaja Kallas and Pete Ricketts; Alejandro Mayorkas
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:53
Nina Khrushcheva; Hillary Clinton; Mikhail Zygar and Peter Pomerantsev; Evgenia Kara-Murza
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:44
Mustafa Suleyman; Jeffrey Wright; Max Boot;
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:52
Michael Schill; Jodie Ginsberg; Platon; Brad Wilcox
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:34
Sen. Bernie Sanders; Douglas Belkin; Sathnam Sanghera
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:53
Rabbi Sharon Brous; Sanam Vakil; Kenneth Stern
Unlock with PBS Passport
55:52
Riyad Mansour; Robert Kagan; Stuart Stevens