upside down american flag today. buy ten or more and receive an under-down bible absolutely free. give me cash. just give me money! good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, june 5th. along with joe, willie, and me, we have the host of way too early jonathan lemire and mike barnicle is with you also off the top. u.s. correspondent for bbc news, katie kay. and richard hause is joining us as well for the conversation. when people see richard, they think we immediately why they come here and drives you crazy. right. i ll talk about it. you know? it will break. what? sometimes things get a little yeah. let s talk about india s elections. what? not what you re expecting! i got to say, whoa! you know? very few election results where you are surprised. i think poland was one of them last year, despite the fact that he had all of the disadvantages and none of the advantages. the only justice department basically controlled all of the levers of
to have a convicted felony running for president. and so our program republican voters against trump, it hinges on a key theory around permission structures, which is, you need credible messengers to speak to these swing voters. and so, we have hundreds of people who have voted for trump in the past, many of them have voted for him past, who are explaining and there s testimonials all over our website, explaining why they won t vote for trump again. but after the conviction, we wanted to make sure that it stuck with people. we have watched donald trump, extraordinary things have happened. like his own vice president, not endorsing him. and yet, it kind of just rolls off of voters minds, you know, trump s been around for a long time, we have two functional incumbents. and that creates a dynamic where voters just aren t as tuned in, in ways that they might have. so you have to go offense. you have to have strong, affirmative messaging to make sure that things stick in the mind of voters
brutality. now, i know you dispute that. but everybody else knows it s true. in baltimore, it s been especially true. there is a long record of settlements and verdicts against the police that did not result in positive change in the police department. sir, you re saying he ran from the police not every person and not every minority sees a cop at 8:39 in the morning and runs from the police he did have a record. of dealing drugs, including marijuana and heroin. is it he knew the police officers? do you think that contributed to that? i m not going to speculate on any of that. i don t think it matters why he ran. because running from the police is not a crime. there is no such thing of running while black. or felony running? most people don t run from
admitting that there is no probable cause here. there isn t. running while black is not a crime. and there is to such thing as felony running. and a good argument can be made that the only thing the kid did that was wrong is he didn t run fast enough. if there is any case to show why black people should run from the police this is the case. and the mayor is at the mercy of the police. and all of us are skeptical about whether the police can accurately and honestly investigate themselves especially given the long history of them not doing that and covering up these brutality incidents. and thank god for cell phone video because that brings this a new date and that brings on the need for police cameras. and this would not have happened had police been wired up with cameras that rodded their
that died from a spinal chord injury in police custody. it remains unclear. they are asking why police pursued him in the first place here s nbc s tom costello. reporter: the justice department announced it is opening its own investigation into how freddie grey suffered a fatal injury in police custody. demonstrators on the streets of baltimore are determined to find answers. gray family attorney billy murphy wants to know why freddie gray was being classied in the first place. the plan was arrested for literally running for a black as we also jokingly on the inside say felony running. reporter: just over the past four years, baltimore has paid out nearly $6 million in judgments and settlements involving police brutality and civil rights violations. but the mistrust goes back decades. local nbc reporter jane miller