As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Trouble for the Force
Buffalo police are under fire for claiming a 75-year-old demonstrator that officers shoved, quote, "tripped and fell." A friend tells us about Martin Gugino's peaceful activism.
Breonna Taylor Obit
Despite days-long protests against police brutality and mounting calls for their arrest, the three Louisville police officers who killed a 26-year old Black woman in her apartment have yet to be charged. We'll talk to Breonna Taylor's aunt, Bianca Austin.
Robert E Lee statue
After Virginia's governor orders a statue of confederate general Robert E Lee be removed -- one Black senator tells us she feels a monumental burden has been lifted from her shoulders.
Part Two
Market Rebound
A top investment economist says the coronavirus may have cut millions of jobs ... but seems to be sending stock markets to new highs.
Shoe Stealing Fox
From our archives, we revisit Carol's interview with Rudolf von Kesselstatt, a German count who was unwittingly harbouring a thief on his estate: a fox that was fascinated with footwear.
Part Three
"Reunited"
A documentary that's part of this year's Hot Docs festival tells the story of a Syrian family separated across three countries. We hear from the film's director and Rana Agha -- about what it was like to be apart from her children for more than two years as she navigated the immigration system in Denmark.