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Lawyers on why prosecuting police who kill wrongfully is tough

AM Joy

English - June 21, 2020 02:08 - 1 hour - 81.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.8K ratings
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THIS EPISODE: Donald Trump’s Tulsa, Oklahoma rally during Juneteenth weekend is still seen as slight by many according to reports, even though rally planners moved the date due to a backlash when it was on the official holiday. Joy Reid and her panel discuss the many diverse Americans who have come to appreciate the importance of Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of American slavery. AND: U.S. Attorney General William Barr misstated that Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman was resigning, resulting in Berman immediately responding that he is not resigning. Why did this occur? Joy Reid and her legal panel of experts discuss. THEN: Reforming police departments and holding officers accountable who wrongfully kill is still very challenging our panel of legal experts explains to Joy Reid. PLUS: Donald Trump is holding a large rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma despite the pandemic, in a city known for race riots in the early part of the 20th century that wiped out a black community. Joy Reid’s panel comments on the president holding this rally amid ongoing Black Lives Matter protests. NEXT: Reparations and Juneteenth holiday bills introduced by Sen. Cory Booker and more are explained by the senator to Joy Reid. Booker also shares on the larger need for America to address the aspects of its history that include racial violence. ADDITIONALLY: Today’s Black Live Matter protests and the concurrent calls for police reform are discussed by the mothers of Eric Garner and Amadou Diallo, Gwen Carr and Kadiatou Diallo. FINALLY: On Juneteenth, the voting rights-focused, new documentary Good Trouble featuring Rep. John Lewis made its premiere. Actor, activist, and producer Erika Alexander of Color Farm Media, which co-developed the project, joins us to discuss. All this and more in this Saturday edition of AM JOY on MSNBC.