of their restricted mansion in st. louis, glocks in tow, pulling their guns out on unarmed black protestors. to people like them, black skin is weapon enough, and this is precisely the problem. this is what this bill is designed to do, to legitimize seeing blackness as a weapon in and of itself and justify our murders. it is meant to terrorize us and frighten us away from using our voices. i want to set the historical contest. back in 1950, missouri had the second highest number of lynchings outside of the deep south. so when folks talk about making america great again, that s the kind of missouri tradition they want to return to, days when you could lynch or murder black folks and there would be no retribution for it. that s not hyperbole, that is reality. and i can t get around that. this is fugitive slave act
self-defense in their trial. a new bill would not only call those murders justified but prohibit police from even detaining those suspected of violence, as long as they claim self-defense. it s being dubbed by opponents as the make murder legal act, by putting the burden of proof on prosecutors to disprove self-defense claims, something difficult to do where the only witness could be the person who was killed. joining me now is britney cunningham and paul butler, former federal prosecutor. let me read a little bit of this law, which perhaps appropriately is bill number 666. l number 666
and kyle rittenhouse. anyone who kills in self-defense is presumed to act lawfully, except if you use it against a police officer, then you go to jail. what a clear demonstration who this law protecting and who doesn t. the only right thing about this law is the title, bill 666. it advances the devil s work. sit a lynch law. even police are not enthusiastic about it, britney. because yes, you can you can be arrested if you shoot a police officer, but that s only if they re self-identified and if they identify they re a police officer. again, if you re an undercover officer in missouri, be aware that you can get shot, too. but set that aside for a moment. i wonder if you can tease out for us a little more about missouri. you started something i would love for you to continue. missouri is thought of as not
a p as expected, mark mccloskey praised the bill. it means he and his wife could have been in their slippers and shoot every black lives matter person who walked by legally and not be detained. britney, as somebody who has been out there in the streets protesting, taking that risk for yourself, what would this kind of a law mean to people who want to march for justice and what does it mean in your view, particularly for black people of missouri? joy, i m so glad you reminded us that the mccloskeys were front row to testify on behalf of pass thing bill. this was, of course, the couple made famous by stepping outside
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