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Is a racial division to be inflamed in america, ben crump s is almost always there with a blow torch of lies. crump lied about michael brown that he held his hands upl and said, dont shoot. its a lie tha bthatt people hel repeat. hands up, dont shoot. crump lied that jacob blake was unarmed and came as a peacemaker. crump lied that mickey bryant was unarmed, something we could see was untrue. on the video, crump lied to donte wright was shot not by mistake by an officer grabbing her taser, but r...

Were going to leave it there. you all have made us smarter. thank you so much. right now, though, we are following three big trials. its verdict watch for theranos founder elizabeth holmes and closing arguments for ghislaine maxwells trial. she didnt testify, saying she didnt need to. in 30 minutes from now, closing arguments in the trial of former police officer kim potter in the shooting death of 20-year-old donte wright. were live outside the minneapolis courthouse next. d herself in a la...

>> hi, there. im chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is friday, february 18th. we have got a lot to get to. were following the ruling that dealt a massive blow to former president trump. whats next after a judge ordered him and two of his adult children to be questioned under oath by the new york attorney general. plus, in just one hour, sentencing for former minneapolis police officer kim potter will begin after she was convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shoot...

And this whole encounter took ten seconds or less and he -- locke was dead. again, expecting a lot of emotion at the church. service about to begin in about an hour or so as, again, this community grieves and mourns. its important to point out that this is the same church where just a few months ago there was a funeral servais for donte wright, killed by a police officer. that officer will be sentenced in a courtroom tomorrow after being convicted of manslaughter. >> ron allen, thank you so much...

Traffic stop earlier this year. steve: the judge ordered the ex-cop to be taken into custody immediately without bail. potter is now facing up to 15 years in prison with sentencing scheduled for the month of february. carley: here to react contributor and former congressman who also served as a d.a. in ashland county, risk, sean duffy, sean this is a tough tragic case. using your legal experience, do you think the jury made the right call? >> listen, i disagree with the jury decision but, listen...

Welcome to the beat. im in for ari melber. we have a lot to get to, including a guilty verdict in the trial of former minnesota police officer kimberly potter. outpouring of reaction after shes convicted of manslaughter in the killing of donte wright. plus, i talk live to a nobel prize winning economist as biden and manchin try to reach a deal. we start with covid cases exploding on the single busiest travel day of 2021. kicks off the busiest travel week. an estimated 100 million drivers hitting...

Professionals to respond to certain calls and they were law-enforcement officers but those officials issued statements praising law-enforcement for their efforts and swift response. >> matt finn, thank you very much. raking tonight, state police in delaware have arrested five people found in congressman barry scanlons vehicle in connection with that carjacking. the jury and the trial of forme minnesota police officer jill deliberating after 24 hours of sequestered discussion over three days and ...

It is day two of deliberations in the trial of kim potter, the former minnesota police officer says she mistook her gun for a taser when she fatally shot donte wright in april. late today the jury asked questions what to do if they cant reach a verdict, raising the possibility of a hung jury the judge repeated her initial instructions and told them to continue working also tonight, there are new threats from russia against nato and america is responding as russia continues to mass a huge milit...

The defence has rested in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Black mo...

It just -- it just went chaotic. >> reporter: former officer kimberly potter testifying in her own defense about the traffic stop that led to her shooting and killing donte wright. >> i remember yelling taser, taser, taser and nothing happened and then he told me, i shot him. >> reporter: potter says she thought her gun was her taser. and that while police stopped wright for an illegal air freshener and expired license plates, they tried to arrest him when a records check revealed an outstanding...