  >>> TONIGHT THE 
  STUNNING ABOUT-FACE 
  FROM THE NATION'S TOP 
  MILITARY OFFICERS.
  THE CHAIRMAN OF THE 
  JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF 
  APOLOGIZING FOR HIS 
  ROLE IN PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP'S PHOTO OP AT 
  CHURCH AFTER THAT 
  VIOLENT CRACKDOWN ON
  PEACEFUL PROTESTERS 
  OUTSIDE THE WHITE 
  HOUSE.
  AND WHAT WE HAVE JUST 
  LEARNED, DID THE
  GENERAL NEARLY RESIGN 
  OVER IT?
  >>> ALSO, THE PLUNGESO, THE P 
   ON WALL 
   STREET AS FEARS GROW 
   OF A SECOND 
   WAVE OF COVID-19.
   TONIGHT WHERE THE 
   VIRUS IS 
   SURGING AMID A NEW 
   ROUND OF 
   REOPENINGS. 
   >>> PLUS, OUR NEW 
   REPORTING ON 
   JU HOW SOON WE COULD
  WORST DAY FOR STOCKS
  IN THREE MONTHS AS
  FEARS GROW OF A SECOND
  WAVE OF COVID-19
  TONIGHT WHERE THE 
  VIRUS IS SURGING AMID 
  A NEW ROUND OF
  REOPENINGS. 
  >>> PLUS, OUR NEW 
  REPORTING ON JUST HOW 
  SOON WE COULD HAVE A
  VACCINE AND THE FIRST 
  OF ITS KIND SURGERY IN
  THE U.S. FOR A COVID
  PATIENT.
  >>> THE PRESIDENT 
  IGNITING A FIRESTORM
  WITH PLANS TO HOLD HIS
  FIRST RALLY IN MONTHS 
  ON JUNETEENTH IN THE
  CITY
  WHERE ONE OF THE MOST 
  HORRIFIC INCIDENTS OF 
  RACIAL VIOLENCE 
  IN AMERICAN HISTORY 
  OCCURRED
  POLICE THERE JUST 
  TODAY RELEASING BODY
  CAM OF OFFICERS 
  AGGRESSIVELY DETAINING
  BLACK TEENS.
  THEIR ALLEGED CRIME,
  JAYWALKING
  >>> THE TROUBLING 
  DIVIDE IN SO MANY 
  CASES BETWEEN WHAT
  POLICE SAY HAPPENED 
  AND WHAT THE VIDEO
  SHOWS.
  THERE IS EVEN A NAME
  FOR IT, TESTILYING. 
  >>> AND --
  >> GARY!
  GARY
  GARY
  >>> THE ARMY
  VETERAN ON A
  VENTILATOR FOR SEVEN
  WEEKS.
  THE LONG-AWAITED
  MOMENT THAT FINALLY 
  ARRIVED.
  >> Announcer: THIS IS 
  "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS"
  WITH LESTER HOLT. 
  >>> GOOD EVENING, 
  EVERYONE
  AN APOLOGY FROM THE 
  NATION'S TOP GENERAL
  FOR HIS ROLE IN 
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  PHOTO OP ACROSS FROM
  THE WHITE HOUSE LAST
  WEEK IS THE LATEST
  SIGN OF UNEASE BETWEEN
  THE COMMANDER IN
  CHIEF AND THE MILITARY
  HE LEADS, JOINT CHIEFS
  CHAIRMAN GENERAL MARK 
  MILLEY SAYING HE MADE 
  A MISTAKE APPEARING 
  WITH THE PRESIDENT FOR
  A STROLL TO A NEARBY
  CHURCH AS PROTESTERS
  WERE BEING ATTACKED BY
  LAW ENFORCEMENT.
  MILLEY SUGGESTING HE
  CROSSED A POLITICAL 
  LINE
  AN ALARM SOUNDED IN A  BY A KU
  RECENT DAYS BY A
  CADRE OF RETIRED
  SENIOR MILITARY 
  LEADERS.
  KRISTEN WELKER HAS
  DETAILS.
  >> Reporter: YET
  ANOTHER DIVIDE BETWEEN
  THE PRESIDENT AND HIS 
  TOP GENERALS AFTER
  CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT 
  CHIEFS OF STAFF, MARK 
  MILLEY, ISSUED A
  STUNNING APOLOGY
  FOR APPEARING 
  ALONGSIDE PRESIDENT 
  TRUMP IN COMBAT 
  UNIFORM DURING A WALK 
  TO ST. JOHN'S CHURCH
  LAST
  MONDAY THAT ENDED IN
  THIS INFAMOUS PHOTO 
  OP. 
  >> MANY OF YOU SAW THE
  RESULT OF THE 
  PHOTOGRAPH OF ME IN 
  LAFAYETTE SQUARE LAST 
  WEEK
  THAT SPARKED A
  NATIONAL DEBATE ABOUT 
  THE ROLE OF THE 
  MILITARY IN CIVIL 
  SOCIETY.
  I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN
  THERE.
  MY PRESENCE IN THAT 
  MOMENT AND IN THAT
  ENVIRONMENT CREATED A 
  PERCEPTION OF THE 
  MILITARY INVOLVED IN
  DOMESTIC POLITICS.
  AS A COMMISSIONED 
  UNIFORMED OFFICER, IT 
  WAS A MISTAKE, BUT I
  HAVE LEARNED FROM IT
  AND I SINCERELY HOPE
  WE ALL CAN LEARN FROM 
  IT 
  >> MILLEY WAS SO UPSET
  HE CONSIDERED 
  RESIGNING OVER THE
  ISSUE, THREE DEFENSE
  OFFICIALS TELL NBC
  NEWS
  MEANWHILE LAST WEEK 
  DEFENSE SECRETARY MARK
  ESPER TRIED TO
  DISTANCE HIMSELF
  DEFENSE SECRETARY 
  JAMES MATTIS SAID HE
  WAS APPALLED
  PRESIDENT TRUMP NOT 
  ANSWERING QUESTIONS 
  ABOUT THE MATTER
  TODAY.
  >> YOUR REACTION TO 
  MILLEY
  >> Reporter: IT COMES 
  AS THE PRESIDENT IS 
  DIGGING IN REFUSING TO
  RENAME MILITARY BASES 
  NAMED AFTER 
  CONFEDERATE GENERALS, 
  TWEETING TODAY, THOSE 
  THAT DENY THEIR 
  HISTORY ARE DOOMED TO 
  REPEAT IT.
  BUT ON CAPITOL HILL,
  GROWING SUPPORT FOR 
  RENAMING THE BASES
  THE REPUBLICAN-LED
  SENATE ARMED SERVICE
  COMMITTEE HAS APPROVED
  A MEASURE THAT WOULD
  ALLOW IT
  AND HOUSE SPEAKER 
  NANCY PELOSI SAYING IT
  IS TIME FO
  THE CONTROVERSIAL 
  NAMES TO GO.
  >> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
  KNOW THESE NAMES HAVE 
  TO GO.
  THESE NAMES ARE WHITE 
  SUPREMISTS THAT SAID
  TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT 
  OUR COUNTRY.
  THIS IS LIKE 100 YEARS
  AFTER WORLD WAR II
  AND THEN YOU HAVE THE 
  PRESIDENT MAKE A CASE 
  AS TO WHY A BASE
  SHOULD BE NAMED FOR 
  THEM
  HE SEEMS TO BE THE
  ONLY PERSON LEFT WHO
  DOESN'T GET IT. 
  >> Reporter: ADDING TO
  THE DISCORD, THE
  PRESIDENT ANNOUNCED 
  HIS FIRST CAMPAIGN
  EVENT SINCE THE 
  PANDEMIC WILL BE IN 
  TULSA, OKLAHOMA NEXT
  FRIDAY
  BUT JUNE 19th IS
  JUNETEENTH, AN ANNUAL 
  HOLIDAY COMMEMORATING 
  THE END OF SLAVERY IN 
  THE U.S. AND
  CELEBRATED AT E 
   U.S. AND 
  AFRICAN-AMERICAN
  INDEPENDENCE DAY
  WHAT IS MORE, THE 
  TULSA RACE MASSACRE 
  OCCURRED 99 YEARS AGO 
  THIS MONTH. 
  ONE OF THE NATION'S 
  WORST OUTBREAKS OF
  RACIAL VIOLENCE.
  >> AT THESE RALLIES HE
  OFTEN SHARES THE GREAT
  WORK HE HAS DONE FOR
  MINORITY COMMUNITIES. 
  >> Reporter:
  MEANWHILE, THE
  PRESIDENT TODAY 
  LASHING OUT AT
  PROTESTERS INCLUDING
  IN SEATTLE WHERE
  POLICE ARE CLASHING 
  WITH DEMONSTRATORS IN 
  ENCAMPMENTS.
  THE PRESIDENT WARNING 
  THE DEMOCRATIC
  GOVERNOR THERE, TAKE
  BACK YOUR CITY NOW
  IF YOU DON'T DO IT, I 
  WILL
  THIS IS NOT A GAME
  ALL OF IT COMES AS THE
  PRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATIC
  NOMINEE, JOE BIDEN, 
  ISSUED A BLUNT WARNING
  OVERNIGHT SAYING HE IS
  AFRAID THE PRESIDENT
  WILL TRY TO STEAL THE 
  NOVEMBER ELECTION.
  >> IT IS MY GREATEST
  CONCERN, MY SINGLE
  GREATEST CONCERN, THIS
  PRESIDENT WILL TRY TO 
  STEAL THIS ELECTION.
  >> Reporter: PRESIDENT
  TRUMP IN DALLAS 
  TONIGHT SAID HE'S 
  FINALIZING ACTIONS HE 
  CAN TAKE WITHOUT
  CONGRESS TO BETTER
  TRAIN OFFICERS ON USE 
  OF FORCE ADDING, WE'RE
  DOMINATING THE STREETS
  WITH COMPASSION.
  AS FOR THE TULSA
  RALLY, THEY ARE 
   REQUIRING ATTENDEES TO
   AGREE NOT TO SUE
   
  REQUIRING ATTENDEES TO
  AGREE NOT TO SUE IF 
  THEY GET COVID-19.
  LESTER
  >> KRISTEN WELKER 
  TONIGHT AT THE WHITE
  HOUSE.
  THANK YOU.
  >>> A COUNTRY ABSORBED
  IN THE FALLOUT FROM 
  THE GEORGE FLOYD
  MURDER GOT A
  SHARP REMINDER TODAY
  OF THE OTHER CRISES 
  ROCKING THE NATION
  A HUGE SELL-OFF IN
  WALL STREET AMID
  CONCERNS ABOUT THE
  CONTINUING SPREAD OF
  COVID-19
  THE DOW PLUNGING MORE 
  THAN 1,800 POINTS, ITS
  BIGGEST DROP IN THREE 
  MONTHS
  WE GOT GOOD NEWS TODAY
  THAT THE NUMBER OF
  UNEMPLOYMENT CLAIMS 
  CONTINUES TO FALL,
  STILL 1.5 MILLION 
  PEOPLE FILED FOR
  UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS 
  LAST WEEK, ALMOST 43
  MILLION SINCE THE 
  PANDEMIC BEGAN
  THERE IS GROWING
  CONCERN TONIGHT THAT
  RELAXING RESTRICTIONS 
  IS CAUSING MAJOR
  INCREASES IN COVID-19 
  CASES.
  TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
  15 STATES HAVE SEEN 
  CASES RISE BY MORE
  THAN 25% IN JUST THE
  LAST WEEK.
  ERIN McLAUGHLIN IS IN 
  ARIZONA FOR US
  TONIGHT.
  >> Reporter: TONIGHT
  GROWING CONCERNS IN 
  ARIZONA WHERE IN THE
  LAST WEEK COVID-19
  CASES JUMPED A
  SHOCKING 93%
  >> WE'RE SEEING 
  INCREASING NUMBERS, 
  AND WE'RE STARTING TO 
  SEE SOME STRAIN ON OUR
  HOSPITALS AND OUR 
  HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. 
  >> Reporter: OFFICIALS
  WARN THIS AND OTHER 
  HOSPITALS COULD SOON
  REACH ICU CAPACITY, 
  UNABLE TO TREAT THE 
  SICKEST PATIENTS
  IN TEXAS WHERE
  HOSPITALIZATIONS HAVE 
  RISEN FOR THREE DAYS
  IN A ROW, TODAY THE 
  AUSTIN MAYOR SAYS HE'S
  LIKELY TO EXTEND THE
  STAY-AT-HOME ORDER DUE
  TO EXPIRE NEXT WEEK.
  STARTING TOMORROW 
  STATEWIDE RESTAURANT
  CAPACITY CAN INCREASE 
  FROM 50% TO 75%.
  A MASK CAN
  DRAMATICALLY REDUCE 
  THE SPREAD, ACCORDING 
  TO A NEW STUDY FROM 
  CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
  TONIGHT THE ARIZONA 
  GOVERNOR SEEN 
  FREQUENTLY WITHOUT A
  MASK SAYS THERE IS NO  
   WITHOUT A MASK
   SAYS THERE IS NO 
   CRISIS IN A 
   TRIBUTE TO STATE SPIKE
   TO MORE 
   WIDESPREAD TESTING. 
   >> WE'LL CONTINUE TO 
   INCREASE 
   TESTIN
  CRISIS AND ATRIBUTESS ON 
   CASES AND HOSPITAL 
   CAPACITY. 
   >> Reporter: MANY 
   HEALTH EXPERTS 
   LINK THE SURGE TO THE 
   
  THE STATE SPIKE TO
  MORE
  WIDESPREAD TESTING. 
  >> WE'LL CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE TESTING IN 
  THE STATE OF ARIZONA, 
  WHICH WILL GIVE US
  MORE SIGHT LINE TO
  WHAT OUR SITUATION IS 
  AT THE STATE LEVEL
  WE'LL HAVE A CONSTANT 
  FOCUS ON CASES AND
  HOSPITAL CAPACITY.
  >> Reporter: MANY 
  HEALTH EXPERTS LINK 
  THE SURGE TO THE
  CROWDS ON MEMORIAL
  DAY, TWO WEEKS AGO, 
  WHICH IS THE
  INCUBATION PERIOD FOR 
  THE CORONAVIRUS.
  THE DIRECTOR OF THE 
  HARVARD GLOBAL HEALTH 
  INSTITUTE NOW 
  PREDICTING AT LEAST 
  200,000 DEATHS BY THE 
  END OF THE SUMMER.
  >> I HAD HOPED THAT 
  THE FACT THAT PEOPLE
  ARE SPENDING MORE TIME
  OUTSIDE, THAT IT'S
  SUMMER, WE WOULD NOT
  SEE SUCH A BIG
  INCREASE SO FAST
  BUT IT'S MORE 
  CONCERNING THAN I HAD 
  HOPED WE WOULD GET AT 
  THIS POINT. 
  >> Reporter: ANY HOPE 
  OF A SUMMER VACATION
  FROM COVID-19 QUICKLY 
  FADING FAST, ERIN 
  McLAUGHLIN, NBC NEWS
  PHOENIX.
  >>> THIS IS TOM 
  COSTELLO
  AT NORTHWESTERN 
  MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN
  CHICAGO, A DRAMATIC 
  EXAMPLE OF THE
  DEVASTATION CAUSED BY 
  COVID-19
  ON THE LEFT A HEALTHY 
  PAIR OF LUNGS.   A WOMAN 
   IN HER
  ON THE RIGHT THE LUNG 
  OF
  A WOMAN IN HER 20s
  RAVAGED BY THE VIRUS
  IT TOOK A DOUBLE LUNG 
  TRANSPLANT TO SAVE HER
  LIFE. 
  >> WHILE SHE STILL HAS
  A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF
  HER, I'M EXTREMELY
  HOPEFUL THAT SHE'S
  GOING TO MAKE A FULL
  RECOVERY
  >> Reporter: NOW SOME 
  OF THE NATION'S 
  LEADING BIOTECH 
  COMPANIES REPORT FAST 
  TRACK PROGRESS IN 
  DEVELOPING VACCINES 
  AND TREATMENTSL IN 
   JULY. 
  MODERNA SAYS IT PLANS 
  TO START A
  TRIAL IN JULY.
  >> WE HOPE IF 
  EVERYTHING GOES TO
  PLAN WE COULD HAVE A
  VACCINE BY EARLY NEXT 
  YEAR
  >> Reporter: VACCINE
  CANDIDATES ALSO 
  ENTERING PHASE THREE
  TRIALS
  WALTER REED, ARMY LAB,
  ALSO ANNOUNCING ITS 
  STARTING HUMAN VACCINE
  TRIALS. 
  >> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT
  TO BE PHASE THREE 
  CLINICAL TRIALS THIS
  SUMMER
  >> Reporter: PHASE
  THREE IS THAT FINAL 
  MILE, THAT LAST MILE
  BEFORE THE VACCINE IS 
  AVAILABLE TO THE
  PUBLIC
  SO IT IS INCREDIBLY 
  GOOD NEWS THAT WE'RE
  MAKING IT TO THAT 
  STEP
  >> Reporter: BUT IT'S 
  NOT JUST VACCINES.
  SEVERAL COMPANIES ARE 
  WORKING ON ANTIBODY 
   ANTIBODY 
   TREATMENTS.
   REGENERON NOW SAYS 
   HUMAN TRIALS 
   ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY. 
   >> IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
   INFECTED, 
   IT SHOULD BLOCK YOU 
   FROM GETTING 
   INFECT
  REGENERA
  REGENERON WHICH LESTER
  VISITED EARLIER THIS
  YEAR NOW SAYS HUMAN 
  TRIALS ARE ALREADY
  UNDERWAY. 
  >> IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN
  INFECTED, IT SHOULD 
  BLOCK YOU FROM GETTING
  INFECTED
  AND IF YOU HAVE 
  ALREADY BEEN INFECTED,
  IT SHOULD HELP YOU
  SMOTHER THIS VIRUS SO 
  IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY
  DAMAGE. 
  >> Reporter: AN 
  ANTIBODY TREATMENT
  COULD BE AVAILABLE
  LATER THIS YEAR.
  A VACCINE WIDELY
  AVAILABLE COULD BE
  EARLY TO MID-NEXT 
  YEAR, BUT THAT DEPENDS
  ON EVERYTHING GOING 
  JUST RIGHT
  LESTER
  >> ALL RIGHT
  TOM COSTELLO TONIGHT
  THANKS. 
  >>> A BREAKING STORY
  IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA 
  TONIGHT.
  THE SHERIFFS OFFICE 
  SAYS SHOTS HAVE BEEN
  FIRED THERE IN A
  POLICE STANDOFF WITH A
  MAN SUSPECTED OF
  SHOOTING AND WOUNDING 
  A SHERIFFS DEPUTY 
  OUTSIDE A POLICE
  STATION YESTERDAY 
  MORNING.
  DISNEY PART OF A
  SUDDEN AND PROFOUND 
  CULTURAL RECKONING
  GOING ON IN THIS
  COUNTRY FOLLOWING THE 
  DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYD,
  IT'S MOVING SWIFTLY 
  THROUGH THE WORLDS OF 
  MEDIA, ENTERTAINMENT
  AND SPORTS
  BLAYNE ALEXANDER HAS
  THE DETAILS.
  >> Reporter: POLICE 
  HAVE BEEN A POP 
  CULTURE MAINSTAY FOR
  DECADES.
  BUT NOW THE PORTRAYAL 
  OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IS 
  GETTING A CRITICAL NEW
  LOOK IN THE FACE OF 
  NATIONWIDE PROTESTS.
  "LIVE P.D." IS NOW THE
  LATEST COP REALITY
  SHOW TO GET THE AXE.
  A&E NETWORKS CITING IT
  WILL STOP PRODUCTION
  CITING THE CRITICAL 
  TIME IN OUR NATION'S
  HISTORY.
  THE SHOW JOINED 
  LONG-RUNNING "COPS" 
  ALSO CANCELED AFTER 32
  SEASONS.
  BUT IT IS NOT JUST
  POLICE PROGRAMS UNDER 
  THE MICROSCOPE
  DISNEY IS FACING
  PRESSURE TO RENAME ITS
  ICONIC SPLASH MOUNTAIN
  RIDE INSPIRED BY THE
  1946 MOVIE "SONG OF 
  THE SOUTH.
  LONG CRITICIZED FOR 
  ITS STEREOTYPICAL 
  PORTRAYAL OF BLACK
  PEOPLE
  á THIS WORLD KEEPS 
  SPINNING FASTER á
  >> Reporter:
  COUNTRY MUSIC GROUP 
  LADY ANTEBELLUM IS
  SIMPLY GOING AS LADY
  A.
  DROPPING THE WORD 
  ANTEBELLUM BECAUSE OF 
  ITS ASSOCIATION WITH
  SLAVERY.
  IS THERE A LINE TO BE 
  DRAWN WHEN IT COMES TO
  THESE CHANGES?
  >> I THINK THERE IS A 
  LINE, BUT I DON'T KNOW
  THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
  MAKING THE LINE.
  THERE IS NO LINE UNTIL
  THE CULTURE AND 
  SOCIETY HAS DECIDED 
  WHAT THAT LINE IS.
  >> Reporter: ONE OF 
  THE BIGGEST CHANGES,
  THIS SHARP TURN FROM
  NASCAR
  SAM BROCK IS IN 
  FLORIDA.
  >> Reporter: HOURS
  AFTER NASCAR BANNED 
  THE CONFEDERATE FLAG, 
  THE DRIVER WHO CALLED 
  FOR IT BUBBA WALLACE
  DID SOMETHING THE 
  SPORT HAS NEVER SEEN
  BEFORE, A BLACK LIVES 
  MATTER STOCK CAR WITH 
  AN IMAGE OF HANDS 
  EMBRACING ON THE HOOD.
  >> WELCOME NEWS FOR 
  THE LUCAS FAMILY
  12-YEAR-OLD HARPER
  DREAMS OF BECOMING A
  NASCAR ANNOUNCER
  >> IT JUST WILL GIVE
  ME MORE PEACE, MORE 
  PEACE INSIDE AND
  KNOWING THAT I AM 
  WELCOME.
  EVERYONE IS WELCOME.
  >> Reporter: BLAYNE 
  ALEXANDER, NBC NEWS,
  ATLANTA.
  >>> AS WE MENTIONED,
  PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS 
  SPARKED A FIRESTORM BY
  ANNOUNCING HIS FIRST
  RALLY IN MORE THAN 100
  DAYS IN TULSA,
  OKLAHOMA, A CITY
  RECKONING WITH ITS
  PAINFUL PAST AMID 
  THE NATIONWIDE
  PROTESTS
  MORE ON THAT NOW FROM 
  GEOFF BENNETT.
  >> Reporter: BOTH THE 
  DATE AND LOCATION OF
  PRESIDENT TRUMP'S 
  SCHEDULED CAMPAIGN
  RALLY HOLDS DEEP
  SIGNIFICANCE, 
  ESPECIALLY AT A MOMENT
  WHEN THE NATION IS
  AGAIN CONFRONTING ITS 
  LONG HISTORY OF 
  RACIAL INJUSTICE
  >> BLACK LIVES. 
  >> MATTER!
  >> Reporter: NEXT 
  FRIDAY IS JUNETEENTH, 
  AN ANNUAL HOLIDAY 
  MARKING THE END OF
  SLAVERY IN THE U.S
  AND TULSA, OKLAHOMA,
  99 YEARS AGO THIS 
  MONTH, WITNESSED
  WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS 
  THE SINGLE WORST
  INCIDENT OF RACIAL
  VIOLENCE IN AMERICAN
  HISTORY.
  A MASSACRE RECENTLY 
  PORTRAYED IN THE
  WATCHMAN
  HISTORIAN LONNIE BUNCH
  HEADS THE SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION.
  >> IT BASICALLY 
  DESTROYED ONE OF THE
  MOST STABLE BLACK 
  COMMUNITIES IN
  AMERICA.
  >> Reporter: IN THE 
  EARLY 1900s, TULSA'S
  GREENWOOD DISTRICT WAS
  DUBBED BLACK WALL 
  STREET
  FOR ITS HUNDREDS OF 
  BLACK-OWNED 
  BUSINESSES
  WHITE MOBS ATTACKED 
  THE CITY OVER TWO 
  DAYS, DESTROYING
  MILLIONS IN PROPERTY
  AND KILLING AS MANY AS
  300 AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
  >> EVEN THOUGH THESE
  COMMUNITIES WERE
  TRYING TO LIVE UP TO
  THE STATED IDEALS OF
  THE COUNTRY, THE
  COUNTRY WASN'T READY
  FOR THEM. 
  >> Reporter: NEARLY A 
  CENTURY LATER,
  ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE
  INVESTIGATING EVIDENCE
  OF A POSSIBLE MASS
  GRAVE SITE
  AS TULSA GRAPPLES WITH
  ITS RACIAL PAST AND 
  PRESENT.
  MORE RECENT INCIDENTS 
  ARE ALSO DRAWING
  SCRUTINY
  AUTHORITIES TONIGHT 
  INVESTIGATING THE 
  ARREST OF A BLACK 
  TEENAGER LAST WEEK
  ACCUSED BY
  WHITE POLICE OFFICERS 
  OF JAYWALKING DOWN AN 
  EMPTY STREET
  A SECOND TEEN WAS 
  HANDCUFFED
  THE VIDEO BLURRED BY
  POLICE
  >> WHY ARE YOU PUTTING
  HANDCUFFS ON ME?
  >> BECAUSE. 
  >> Reporter: AND A
  TULSA POLICE OFFICIAL 
  IS DRAWING
  CONDEMNATION OVER HIS 
  REMARKS ABOUT RESEARCH
  ON RACE AND POLICING
  DURING A LOCAL RADIO
  INTERVIEW.
  >> ALL OF THEIR 
  RESEARCH SAYS WE'RE 
  SHOOTING
  AFRICAN-AMERICANS 
  ABOUT 24% LESS THAN WE
  PROBABLY OUGHT TO BE, 
  BASED ON THE CRIMES 
  BEING COMMITTED.
  >> Reporter: THE TULSA
  POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS
  COMMENTS BY MAJOR 
  TRAVIS YATES DO NOT 
  ALIGN WITH ITS
  MISSION, VALUES OR
  POLICIES
  YATES SAYS HE WAS 
  CITING RESEARCH, NOT
  OFFERING HIS OPINION
  AND THAT HIS COMMENTS 
  WERE TAKEN OUT OF 
  CONTEXT.
  BUNCH SAYS THIS MOMENT
  OF NATIONAL PROTEST IS
  A CHANCE FOR AMERICANS
  TO CHALLENGE SOCIAL 
  CURRENT INJUSTICE BY
  REMEMBERING AND 
  UNDERSTANDING THE 
  PAST. 
  >> AND I THINK THE
  QUESTION REALLY IS IS 
  THIS THE MOMENT THAT
  CAN BE TRANSFORMATIVE?
  BECAUSE THERE WERE
  TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTS
  THROUGHOUT THE 20th 
  CENTURY.
  CAN THIS BE ONE OF
  THEM
  >> Reporter: GEOFF
  BENNETT, NBC NEWS,
  WASHINGTON
  >>> IN 60 SECONDS,
  FINDING THE TRUTH 
  AFTER POLICE VIOLENCE.
  THE KILLING OF GEORGE 
  FLOYD SHINING NEW 
  LIGHT ON A TROUBLING
  ISSUE, WHAT POLICE
  SOMETIMES SAY AND WHAT
   >>> IN SOME CASES 
   INVOLVING 
   POLICE VIOLENCE, THERE
   IS A 
   DISCONNECT BETWEEN 
   WHAT OFFICERS 
   SAY HAPPENED AND WHAT 
   THE 
   EVIDENCE LATER SHOWS.
   AS STEPHANIE GOSK 
   TELLS US, IT'S 
   HAPPENED ENOUGH THAT 
   THERE IS 
   EVEN A WORD FOR IT. 
   >> Reporter: BEFORE 
   THE VIDEO 
   WENT PUBLIC, THERE WAS
   A 
   STATEMENT FROM POLICE.
   GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH 
   DESCRIBED 
   AS A MEDICAL INCIDENT 
   DURING A 
   POLICE INTERACTION.
   BUT THAT WASN'T THE 
   FULL 
   PICTURE.
   NOW A REVELATION OUT 
   OF HOUSTON,
   THAT THIS WAS NOT 
   FLOYD'S FIRST 
   EXPERIENCE WITH AN 
   OFFICER WHO 
   WOULD LATER BE ACCUSED
   OF POLICE 
   MISCONDUCT.
   IN 2004, FLOYD PLEADED
   GUILTY TO 
   SELLING LESS THAN A 
   GRAM OF 
   COCAINE.
   AS PART OF A DEAL, HE 
   SERVED TEN 
   MONTHS IN JAIL.
   THE OFFICER WHO 
   ARRESTED HIM WAS 
   THE ONLY WITNESS.
   NOW THAT OFFICER IS 
   HIMSELF 
   CHARGED WITH MURDER 
   AND LYING IN 
   A DIFFERENT CASE.
   GOINES PLEADED NOT 
   GUILTY AND IS 
   AWAITING TRIAL.
   14,000 CASES ARE UNDER
   REVIEW.
   164 MAY ULTIMATELY BE 
   DISMISSED 
   ACCORDING TO THE 
   D.A.'S OFFICE.
   ALL OF THE DEFENDANTS 
   ARE 
   MINORITIES.
   AND THE OVERWHELMING 
   MAJORITY ARE 
   AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
   THE D.A.'S OFF SAYS 
   FLOYD'S CASE 
   RESEMBLES OTHERS WHERE
   IT 
   APPEARS OFFICER WOULD 
   HAVE LIED. 
   >> WE CAN'T 
   NECESSARILY GRANT 
   THAT, BUT I WILL SEE 
   WHAT WE CAN 
   DO. 
   >> THERE IS AN 
   EXPRESSION IN 
   AMERICAN POLICING THAT
   THE FIRST 
   STORY IS NEVER THE 
   LAST STORY. 
   >> Reporter: BILL 
   BRADEN SPENT 
   DECADES RUNNING POLICE
   DEPARTMENTS IN NEW 
   YORK CITY AND 
   LOS ANGELES, OFTEN 
   FOCUSSED ON 
   ROOTING OUT 
   MISCONDUCT. 
   >> IT IS MY BELIEF 
   THAT WE HAVE 
   COME A LONG WAY, BUT 
   WHERE WE 
   ARE IS EVIDENCED BY 
   THE EVENTS 
   OF THE LAST SEVERAL 
   WEEKS IS 
   CLEARLY NOT WHERE WE 
   NEED TO BE. 
   >> Reporter: DURING 
   NEW YORK 
   CITY CORRUPTION 
   SCANDALS IN THE 
   '90s, OFFICERS LIED ON
   THE STAND 
   SO MANY TIMES THERE 
   WAS A TERM 
   FOR IT.
   TESTILYING.
   JUST LIKE TODAY, THOSE
   MISREPRESENTATIONS 
   UNDERMINED 
   FAITH IN THE POLICE 
   FORCE, LIKE 
   IN THE 2014 CASE OF 
   LAQUON 
   McDONALD IN CHICAGO.
   THE 17-YEAR-OLD
   SHOT 16 TIMES AND 
   KILLED.
   THIS WAS A POLICE 
   UNION SPOKESPERSON
   THAT NIGHT. 
   >> HE WAS A SERIOUS 
   THREAT TO 
   THE OFFICERS. 
   >> Reporter: McDONALD 
   DID HAVE A 
   KNIFE, BUT THE VIDEO 
   SHOWED HE 
   WASN'T MOVING TOWARDS 
   OFFICE.
   A TASK FORCE 
   DETERMINED INITIAL 
   REPORTS OF THE 
   SHOOTING WERE 
   SUPERFICIAL AND FALSE 
   AND 
   McDONALD POSED NO 
   IMMEDIATE 
   THREAT.
   THE OFFICER INVOLVED 
   WAS 
   SENTENCED TO SEVEN 
   YEARS IN 
   PRISON FOR 
   SECOND-DEGREE MURDER.
   AND WHILE THE BAD ACTS
   OF SOME 
   OFTEN DON'T REPRESENT 
   THE MANY, 
   STORIES LIKE THESE CAN
   LEAVE 
   LASTING DAMAGE. 
   >> DOESN'T THE PUBLIC 
   THROW 
   THEIR HANDS UP AND 
   SAY, WELL, 
   WHY SHOULD I TRUST 
   YOU?
   >> THEY DO. 
   >> Reporter: WHAT DO 
   YOU THINK 
   IS THE MOST IMPORTANT 
   MESSAGE TO 
   POLICE OFFICERS?
   >> I THINK THE MOST 
   IMPORTANT 
   MESSAGE IS THE 
   CONSTANT REMINDER 
   OF WHAT THEIR BADGE 
   MEANS, THE 
   AWESOME 
   RESPONSIBILITIES AND 
   POWER THAT THAT BADGE 
   GIVES YOU. 
   >> Reporter: HE SAYS 
   REFORM 
   SHOULD FOCUS ON THE 
   IMPORTANCE 
   OF TELLING THE TRUTH.
   TRUST CAN ERODE 
   QUICKLY.
   GETTING IT BACK TAKES 
   A LOT 
   LONGER.
   STEPHANIE GOSK, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> AND COMING UP 
   TONIGHT, THE 
   DEVASTATING EFFECTS OF
   RACIAL 
   TENSIONS ON THE MENTAL
   AND 
   
   >>> BACK WITH OUR 
   CONTINUING 
   LOOK AT INEQUALITY IN 
   AMERICA 
   AND THE ENORMOUS TOLL 
   THE POLICE 
   KILLING OF BLACK 
   AMERICANS IS 
   TAKING NOT JUST ON THE
   FAMILIES 
   OF VICTIMS BUT ON THE 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN 
   COMMUNITY.
   MORGAN RODFORD TONIGHT
   ON THE MENTAL AND 
   PHYSICAL IMPACT.
   >> Reporter: A COUNTRY
   EMERGING 
   FROM PROTESTS AND PAIN
   AFTER THE 
   KILLING OF GEORGE 
   FLOYD. 
   >> I CANNOT BREATHE. 
   >> Reporter: VIRAL 
   MOMENTS OF 
   RACIAL BIAS CALLED ON 
   TAPE. 
   >> I WILL TELL THEM 
   THERE IS AN 
   AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN 
   THREATENING 
   MY LIFE. 
   >> Reporter: AND THE 
   DEADLY SHOOTING OF 
   AHMAD AR BERRY, 
   INCIDENTS THAT ARE
   NOT JUST EMOTIONALLY 
   DEVASTATING 
   BUT ALSO PHYSICALLY 
   DAMAGING TO 
   BLACK PEOPLE. 
   >> EVERY POLICE 
   SHOOTING OF AN 
   UNARMED BLACK PERSON 
   LEADS TO 
   WORSE MENTAL HEALTH 
   FOR THE 
   ENTIRE BLACK 
   POPULATION IN THE 
   STATE FOR WHICH IT 
   OCCURRED FOR 
   THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.
   ONE STUDY FOUND THAT 
   BLACK PEOPLE STOPPED 
   BY POLICE 
   áá
   >> Reporter: SEVERAL 
   STUDIES 
   SHOW A POSSIBLE 
   ASSOCIATION 
   BETWEEN PERCEIVED 
   DISCRIMINATION 
   AND MENTAL AND 
   PHYSICAL HEALTH.
   ONE STUDY FOUND THAT 
   BLACK 
   PEOPLE STOPPED SEVERAL
   TIMES BY 
   POLICE WERE THREE 
   TIMES MORE 
   LIKELY TO EXHIBIT 
   SYMPTOMS OF 
   POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS 
   DISORDER 
   AND HIGH LEVELS OF 
   ANXIETY AND 
   STRESS.
   WE HAD A CANDID 
   DISCUSSION ABOUT 
   THE TOLL THOSE 
   EXPERIENCES CAN 
   TAKE. 
   >> Reporter: DO YOU 
   FEEL 
   EXHAUSTED BY THE 
   HEADLINES?
   >> IT'S AN EXHAUSTION 
   THAT 
   SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS 
   AN 
   EXAGGERATION.
   IT'S AN EXHAUSTION 
   THAT SHOULD 
   BE SEEN AS JUSTIFIED 
   AND THAT 
   THERE IS A REAL AND A 
   TRUE 
   UNDERSTANDING OF WHY 
   IT'S THERE. 
   >> Reporter: THAT 
   EXHAUSTION, 
   THE BYPRODUCT OF 
   RACISM THAT 
   DATES BACK CENTURIES 
   FROM 
   SLAVERY TO JIM CROW 
   SEGREGATI
   SEGREGATION.
   IT IS A HISTORY OF 
   OPPRESSION 
   THAT STILL IMPACTS 
   BLACK 
   COMMUNITIES TODAY.
   HOW DOES THAT STRESS 
   MANIFEST?
   WHAT DOES THAT MEAN 
   FOR THE 
   BLACK PEOPLE IN THIS 
   COUNTRY WHO 
   WERE WATCHING THESE 
   VIDEOS?
   >> IT MEANS THAT THEY 
   HAVE 
   HIGHER LEVEL OF MENTAL
   HEALTH 
   SYMPTOM.
   IT MEANS THEY HAVE 
   MORE 
   DIFFICULTY SLEEPING AT
   NIGHT.
   IT MEANS THAT SOME OF 
   THEIR 
   BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ARE
   NOT 
   FUNCTIONING THE WAY 
   THAT THEY 
   SHOULD. 
   >> Reporter: CAUSING A
   COLLECTIVE PAIN.
   BUT BEHIND IT, THERE 
   IS STILL 
   HOPE. 
   >> MOVING FORWARD, I 
   THINK WE 
   CAN CONTINUE TO TELL 
   THE TRUTH 
   AND HOPEFULLY, 
   HOPEFULLY AMERICA 
   LOOKS AT ITSELF AND 
   DOESN'T LIKE 
   WHAT IT SEES. 
   >> WE HAVE TO MAKE 
   SURE THAT 
   BLACK PEOPLE, BLACK 
   BABIES, 
   BLACK CHILDREN ARE 
   PROTECTED. 
   >> Reporter: HOPE FOR 
   A BETTER 
   FUTURE AND A HEALTHIER
   ONE.
   MORGAN RADFORD, NBC 
   NEWS. 
   >>> AND UP NEXT HERE 
   FOR US TONIGHT,
   >>> FINALLY, THE 
   SURVIVOR STORY 
   INSPIRING AMERICA.
   AFTER SEVEN WEEKS ON A
   VENTILATOR, ARMY 
   VETERAN GARY 
   BEAT COVID-19.
   THE MOMENT CAPTURED ON
   CAMERA 
   WHEN THE FATHER OF 
   FOUR FINALLY 
   LEFT THE HOSPITAL TO 
   CHEERS.
   REUNITING WITH HIS 
