Rethinking Policing In America; Student Podcast Challenge Winners!

Plus, who owns the word ‘boogaloo’? by Korva Coleman and Jill Hudson [Police advance on demonstrators who are protesting the killing of George Floyd on May 30, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.]( Scott Olson/Getty Images Here's what we're following today. Civil protests against police brutality continued Tuesday night in cities such as New York, Washington and Los Angeles. Mostly peaceful throughout the day, thousands of demonstrators faced police officers, National Guard troops and other forces. President Trump called New York protesters "lowlifes and losers" in a tweet posted Tuesday. The Associated Press estimates there have been about 9,000 protest-related arrests since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week. [Here is an update]( on what is happening around the country. In an open letter posted to social media, former President George W. Bush weighed in on the death of George Floyd and the legacy of racism in America. President Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, [called for the country to unite]( and celebrated the protesters who "march for a better future." How much do we need the police? For many Americans, it goes without saying that they help maintain public safety. Have an emergency? Call the cops. But many others — [especially black people and poor people]( — have long countered that the police pose more of a threat to their safety than a boon. See a police officer? Walk the other direction. NPR's Leah Donnella breaks down the issue. Democratic leaders are warning President Trump against using the U.S. military to stop protests by U.S. civilians — which the president has threatened on Twitter to do. "Violence has no place and [violence must be addressed]( House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told NPR's All Things Considered. "But there is no reason for the U.S. military to be called out for this." Former Vice President Joe Biden condemned both police violence and President Trump's increasingly confrontational response to widespread unrest. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee spoke out against [Trump’s photo op in front of a Washington church](. “We can be forgiven for believing that the president is more interested in power than in principle,” Biden said in a Tuesday morning speech delivered at Philadelphia City Hall. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily Good [Hello, Neighbor! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers by Matthew Cordell]( LA Johnson/NPR Sixth-graders who used the power of two languages — Mandarin and English — to express how Asian students in their city suffered during the early days of the coronavirus. And high school seniors who looked at inequality — and the activism that seeks to change it — to demand they be heard in the fight against climate change. [Meet the grand prize winners of the 2020 NPR Student Podcast Challenge]( When Washington, D.C., resident Rahul Dubey realized dozens of protesters were facing pepper spray and arrest for violating curfew Monday night, he did what he says anyone else would do: He invited about 70 people into his home, to spend the night. The protesters had been herded into Dubey’s neighborhood as police forces around the city used helicopters and flash-bang munitions in a crackdown on anyone violating the 7 p.m. curfew. By the time they reached Dubey's Dupont Circle home, the protesters, many of them young, were desperate to get away. [Click here to see video]( of Dubey speaking about the incident. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listen [Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under pressure from employees who say President Trump is violating the social network's rules against inciting violence.]( Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images Facebook employees are publicly criticizing CEO Mark Zuckerberg and organized a virtual walkout earlier this week amid a growing internal backlash over the company's tolerance of the president's posts. ([Listen here]( or [read the story]( We have three reports from NPR foreign correspondents on the international response to civil unrest in America. [Click to hear Emily Fang’s report]( on how China sees the protests as a prime opportunity to condemn what it sees as U.S. hypocrisy in its criticism of other nations' human rights abuses. [Here is Frank Langfitt’s report]( on a rally in London's Hyde Park to protest the killing of Floyd George and other Americans who have died at the hands of police is here. [And Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris]( about the protest attended by 20k people who gathered in defiance of a coronavirus ban and set fires and threw projectiles as they protested police brutality. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [James Brown performs at KCOP Studios on the Lloyd Thaxton Show with Lloyd Thaxton in 1964. Brown helped popularize boogaloo-style dancing, shown here.]( Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images - Who owns the word “boogaloo”? Fringe movements, including right wing militias and "patriot groups," had begun using the word on social media as a thinly veiled code for a race-based or civil war. That the word has been co-opted by racists on the far-right has a strange irony: [the boogaloo began as a dance and musical genre]( and was developed by and for black and brown communities. - NPR critics Linda Holmes and Eric Deggans walk listeners through the new streaming service HBO Max. [Here’s a guide]( to what’s tucked into its extensive library. — Suzette Lohmeyer contributed to this report. --------------------------------------------------------------- Follow [The New Normal]( on Instagram! What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [dailynewsletter@npr.org](mailto:dailynewsletter@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Music, Politics, Health and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Daily News emails. 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