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outrage, anger and grief. tyre nichols repeatedly beaten, kicked, tased and pepper sprayed by the police. on video for the world to see. the family of the father, skateboarder and photographer calling for peace as people around the country take their emotions out onto the streets in protest. and there are new questions about how to break the political stalemate to achieve some kind of real police reform. five former memphis cops already charged with murder, two more have now been relie...

Involved after an acquittal, and only then did they step in. what we saw with the george floyd case for example, and we saw in the ahmed arbery case, the defense are now -- what the state took care of, but theres also a separate federal interest to demonstrate to the country, into the world, that civil rights are to be protected, regardless of what happens in a state murder case. >> barb, you and i are both former prosecutors, youve seen and dealt with cases of police misconduct. this is decades...

U.s. attorney, kevin ritz, told the memphis community this week, the probe will be thorough and methodical. is also going to take some time, something that a morning community demanding answers may not want to hear. because federal civil rights crimes typically require proof of motive. an investigation will likely take a lot longer than a parallel state murder case. but there are only so many times americans can hear these stories, and see these videos, without losing faith in the system thats s...

Getting the, gun firearm identification. you have to go to the hospital and autopsy the victims and get all of the projectiles and match them to the guns. it is a study in police forensic science interviewing techniques and sweeping his media. interviewing all his confederates neighbors. people who know him. to build the case because he is alive, so now there is going to be a case. there is clearly a state murder case if you kill five people. but if he is the, motive we are not sure yet. theyre ...

Georgetown law school professor, former pro federal prosecutor, nbc legal analyst. mr. butler, its good to see tonight. ahmaud arberys mother makes an interesting case. that this -- the department of justice, the federal government, doesnt puffed and pursue these cases. its one of the first time that this has successfully been prosecuted according to ben crump in the state of georgia ever. why is that? >> so, ali, this prosecution was symbolic in part because the three defendants had already bee...

What the doj did today, they were made to do today. it wasnt because it was what they wanted to do. they were made to do their jobs today. >> they were made to do it today. this is the important part. joining us now is paul butler, georgetown law school professor, former pro federal prosecutor, nbc legal analyst. mr. butler, its good to see tonight. ahmaud arberys mother makes an interesting case. that this -- the department of justice, the federal government, doesnt puffed and pursue these case...

Georgetown law professor, msnbc analyst, mr. butler, its good to see you tonight. ahmaud arberys mother makes an interesting case that the department of justice, the federal government, doesnt often pursue these cases. in fact, its the first time one of these has been successfully prosecuted according to ben crump in the state of georgia ever. why is that? >> so, ali, this prosecution was symbolic in part because the three defendants had already been sentence to life in prison in the state murde...

Hes been charged with 29 federal counts. i would love your thoughts on this as we wrap up this very busy news hour. >> dana, i really dont think its a federal case. theyre obviously determined to follow through with that. i was surprised to see the justice department jump in as aggressively as they did. i thought they ought the let the state authorities go first. >> dana: can you explain that to me? i read your piece. maybe you could explain to people why you think the state of pennsylvania shou...

Murders. so the civil rights division at the doj, milissa, and the u.s. attorney, they have a good case, a real solid hate crime case. and the pittsburgh police, they have a real solid state murder case. so the d.a. there, the u.s. attorney, i mean, i dont think theres any real mystery here. just sadness and heartiache anda process of justice that were going to go through. >> given what youve said and what we know so far about his social media activity, is this type of attack more preventable in...

Triggerman and as long as he wasnt the master schemer then she was willing for us to go ahead and make deals with him and skyers so that we could convict the others. >> the indictment charged melvin walker and david ramsey with murder. walker for shooting brown and ramsey, who also worked at ex-sheriff dorseys private security firm, for being the armed lookout ready to kill anyone who intervened. >> walker was the triggerman. and skyers got rid of the gun. and cuffy drove the getaway car. >> cuf...