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President trump s revised travel ban is facing new challenges. the taclu and other civil right lawsuits have filed a lawsuit that bans people from six majority muslim countries that enter the u.s. on top of a legal challenge out of california and federal lawsuits filed by the state of hawaii and washington state. joining me right now here in atlanta is law roprofessor and civil rights attorney avery freeman and richard herman in miami, wish you were in atlanta but we ll get it together one of these days, all be in the same place. the ban has just been revised. the aclu suit claims the ban is religious discrimination, unconstitutional. so avery, you first. is this a very similar argument already made against the original immigration ban? it is very much the same. the wall ....
What we re seeing is something that i think has a certain disparity. you take a look at the records, i think would be more than obvious right now. all right. fred? yeah? the sheriff the sheriff said it has nothing to do with race even though gasser s white and mcknight is black. a recent shooting in new orleans, similar circumstances, will smith, the will smith shooting, cordal hayes, two black men, road rage shooting, both had guns, and the shooter she was arrested on the spot. he s been in he was arrested on the spot. he s been in jail since. you can t compare the two. this was just wrong. just wrong. i m not defending. i m saying a similar set of facts, the shooter was arrested on the spot. this guy s white. he was not arrested on the spot. he s going to be arrested this week that s my point. i understand the parallels. thank you very much. avery, richard, good to see you. thank you very much. get better. thank you, i will. all right. coming up next, dona ....
No convictions, but a history. i not he s in trouble. avery, police want to investigate more, and that s why he was not arrested on the spot. is that explanation enough? no. look it, perhaps i m saying the obvio obvious, but when you have somebody with a weapon with that history, you think he wouldn t be in jail right now? i think there is a serious problem in not holding the guy until the investigation goes forward. there is something seriously wrong with the way this case has been handled at the beginning. now maybe we ll see an arrest coming up shortly. i would hope so, but based on what we know now, mcknight s had no problem, he s a legend in the community. gasser s had problems. a 51-year-old guy with a gun firing three shots that close, ....
Threat with that taser without a cartridge from that distance? no. so you re going to stick to that? yes. the venreason is in 18 feet he could have turned and attacked me again. so avery, is that a convincing argument? in this case, i don t think it s convincing at all. the issue that 11 of the 12 is focusing on, you ve got a guy fleeting, 17 to 18 feet away. the police officer fires not one, not two, eight times, hitting him five times. that s where the focus should be. frankly what s going on with the lone juror is not only obliterating the legal process but obliterating common sense. the only hope is that the judge will reinstruct on monday. ....
To find for the police officer in this case. this is a brutal slaying where the defendant, again, it s a situation we talked about all the time, fred, where i say, if you don t take the orders for a police officer, nothing good s going to happen. there was the chase. but this guy was definitely 18 feet away. the officer shot him in the back while his back was turned. the taser was on the ground at the time. there was no reasonable fear in the officer s mind at that moment for imminent harm or death to him or people around him. that s why he has to be convi convicted and ultimately will be. so avery, you mean if there s another trial, if this is indeed a hung jury. avery, the judge received the note. monday they are to resume deliberations. at what point would the judge say they are hopelessly deadlocked? i mean, would it be an entire, you know, full day that he would ....