Michael Baharas News Today

Better training about how to use force, including deadly force, and there is no point in having the cameras if the police can turn them off. police not being accountable is the reason why we want body cams in the first place so they ought to be on all the time. >> all right. thank you, michael and paul. >> thank you. >> great to be here. now a developing story. in texas at least eight people have been found dead in the back of an 18-wheeler in san antonio. 30 others were taken to area hospital...

Baharas, civil rights reporter for the texas observer, and msnbc legal analyst paul butler, a former federal prosecutor and author of choke hold, policing black men. let me go to you, paul, first of all. you know ive been on the forefront of a lot of police cases down through the last several years and i certainly think that it doesnt matter the color of the victim or the policeman, what matters is that we have fair and impartial inquiry into every shooting, particularly when youre dealing with ...

Affiliation, a focus absent from past incidents where the officer was white, the victim was of color, and state mandated body cameras were turned off. then on friday we learned that the citys police chief was resigning at the request of mayor betsy hodges, a move that left some wondering why this particular shooting merited such a response. i want to be clear, justine damonds death is an absolute tragedy, but to those for whom blue lives always trump black ones i hope this tragedy might teach yo...