for a man who just murdered someone. would they have treated a black man the same way? that s a rhetorical question. the more important question is this, at what point do black people get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to self-defense? joining me now, msnbc real analyst paul butler, author of chokehold. brittney cooper. and the reverend al sharp ton. let s go around the horn here on that question. at what point do we get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to self-defense or is that just a pipe dream? paul, i ll start with you. jonathan, self-defense laws in the united states are about
the considerable progress that border patrol has made down here. this camp is definitely starting to thin out and knocking down makeshift structures and taking down the tents and plants that sort of thing. there are still upwards of almost 4,000 people still living here waiting to be processed. and we want to show you this video everybody has been talking about. with the horses if we can pull this up. the narrative is that border patrol was whipping these migrants even though they don t have whips. they were using their horse reins. the reverend al sharp ton is coming to del rio saying to investigate what happened here. we ve been talking to the horse agents and they re frustrated and reassigned. we talked to one last night saying they have them shutting off lights and serving food not dealing with the migrants anymore and they just want to express their frustration. there is a false narrative out there in terms of what they re doing. those horse agents are highly
others in texas. the voting rights act in the first place. you had the carolinas, dr. king in alabama dealing with selma. it has always been different actions that led up to the ultimate move. so this is scientifically organized. you don t start with rage. you build that rage up to achieving something so you re not having a fit, you re having a movement. up toward achieving something so you re not having a fit, you are having a movement. i could listen to you guys all day. the reverend al sharp ton, michael steele, thank you so much. up next for us, alarming new data about the delta variant putting hard evidence behind the move this week on mask mandates and the need to rapidly boost vaccinations in america. our expert weighs in next.
democracy is under vigorous, vicious and sinister attack, beginning with the events of january 6th at the capitol and cascading like a tsunami through state legislatures across the nation. a movement from the ground up is starting to be the only way that we can preserve our right to vote. we informed them that this is going to come not from the white house down but from our houses up. all right. among those at the meeting, national action network president reverend al sharp ton who hosts politicsnation, by the way, coming up after this hour on msnbc. thank you for joining us and good to see you this afternoon. thank you. talk us through first how this meeting went and the president s perspective. we wanted to meet with the
her artistry served as the soundtrack to so much that is important in this country of our lives. we should all count ourselves as lucky that we live at a time when god deigned to share one of his true gifts with us. rest in peace my queen. he mentions that he knew her as well, she loved him and he certainly loved her. everybody understood that she was a diva, that she was a queen, that she was a regnant, loyal, incredible personality and a down to earth woman. i shared with reverend al sharpton that there were many things that i shared jokes with her. she had a gallows sent of humor sw