the trooper called in for backup. initially two men were arrested and it took about nine hours for the rest of the group to be arrested. you mentioned earlier 11 people are now in custody, but this certainly was a scary moment for that entire community. they were placed into a lockdown. they were asked to shelter in place. they received reverse 911 calls asking them to stay inside, lock their doors because of the ongoing situation. yeah, it sounds like it was a pretty wild night in wakefield, mass. kathy, thank you so much. all right. let s bring in ben collins. he covers disinformation, extremism and the internet for nbc news. ben, great to see you, my friend. you know all about this kind of stuff. you are the right man to ask. what do you know about this group, rise of the moors? what can you tell us? yeah, sure. they re an offshoot of the moorish sovereign citizen movement. the last time they were in the news was back do you remember when qanon said in march there
the state of new york. this is a big deal. even if you agree with his lawyers that this shouldn t be a criminal matter. it s a big deal, even if you agree with the former president, who called the case, quote, the political-witch hunt by the radical-left democrats, with new york now taking over the assignment. why is this a big deal? simple. the investigation is not over. the pressor pressure just grew enormously, today, on allen weisselberg. and no one disputes how closely connected he has been to the man, whose books he has kept for decadings. decades. every single thing, when it was the acquisition of paperclips, light bulbs, furniture, mattresses, you name it. allen weisselberg s kids payments. rent, everything, would have a donald signature on it or his initial. in a moment, we will dig deeper into where all this could be going. first, the facts of the case from cnn s paula reid. reporter: the namesake company of former-president trump, now charged with tax crim
and deal? or no deal? after seemingly coming to a bipartisan agreement earlier this week, the president s infrastructure agenda is in jeopardy after angering republicans. if only one comes to me, i m not this if this is the only thing that comes to me, i m not signing. it s in tandem. we are going to break down what comes next. plus, the derek chauvin sentencing. former minneapolis cop gets 22 1/2 years in prison, but is likely to serve less than that. george floyd s cousin, tara brown, will join me later in the hour to talk about how the family is feeling following the sentencing. we are also going to look ahead to the charges chauvin is now facing. but first, i want to get to those breaking new developments in the trump organization probe. the new york times reporting that the former president s company could be hit with criminal charges by the manhattan da s office, as early as next week. the case is believed to be focused on gifts and fringe benefits, distri
commission on the insurrection? an accomplished woodworker but today he will give us the master class on why americans should get vaccinated. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on tuesday, it will be a year since a 46-year-old man drove to a minneapolis convenience store we bought a pack of cigarettes with a $20 bill. store employees, who believed that store was counterfeit, called the cops. that man was arrested, handcuffed and pinned to the ground. pinned to the ground and had one officer place a knee on his neck. please, he said, i can t breathe, he said. mama, he said. i m about to die, he said. nine minutes and 29 seconds later, when the officer s knee was finally removed from his neck, that man would no longer have a pulse. he was murdered. a lot of things have changed since the killing of george floyd in 2020. for one thing, the officer who killed him is behind bars. derek chauvin is the first white police officer in minnesota to be convicted of killing a black person.
should get vaccinated. good evening. i m mehdi hasan. on tuesday, it will be a year since a 46-year-old man drove to a minneapolis convenience store where he bought a pack of cigarettes with a $20 bill. store employees, who believed that store was counterfeit, called the cops. for less than $20, that man was arrested, handcuffed and pinned to the ground. pinned to the ground and had one officer place a knee on his neck. please, he said, i can t breathe, he said. mama, he said. i m about to die, he said. nine minutes and 29 seconds later, when the officer s knee was finally removed from his neck, that man would no longer have a pulse. he was murdered. a lot of things have changed since the killing of george floyd in 2020. for one thing, the officer who killed him is behind bars. derek chauvin is the first white police officer in minnesota to be convicted of killing a black person. police brutality and racism in what s believed to be the biggest protest movement in american h