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
shotgun to the president of the united states as he tried to overturn a free and fair election. his henchman, his number one person. and you try to normalize that by giving him a spot on a game show where people are going to laugh at him and see him as more of an enter tamtd figure an what he is, a dangerous person who acted like a traitor towards the united states of america. let me just play a little bit. this is rudy giuliani and his unraveling theorys after the election. take a look. the call for joe biden, who was it called by? oh, my goodness. all the networks. wow! all the networks. we have to forget about the law. judges don t count. this is real. it is not made up. there s nobody here that engages in fantasies.
territory. this is legalizing lynching. couple that with trying to neuter and castrate the feds. here is another piece of this, in 2021, missouri passed a law that prevents local law enforcement from working with federal agents on gun cases and imposes a $50,000 penalty on any local police department that tries to enforce federal firearms laws. so what they re saying is, local law enforcement can t even talk to the feds about gun crimes. but you can shoot and kill anyone you like and say self-defense and you re good. yeah, this is like a standard brown law on steroids. it s like a gun for nuts law on steroids. it would allow murderers to go free, and empower trigger happy vigilantes like the mcclowekes
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