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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 relieved of duty. and a doj investigation is underway. this morning, we have memphis community leaders, e...

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 there's 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, you've seen and dealt with cases of police misconduct. this is decades long, if not longer, right? i'm struggling with this conversation i've had with other guests on t...

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 that's supposed to protect them. because of that, the doj will need to be transparent. and a column for msn...

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. they're saying. but if it isn't it is prove-able than it can be a federal hate crime charges as well. so wi...

Georgetown law school professor, former pro federal prosecutor, nbc legal analyst. mr. butler, it's good to see tonight. ahmaud arbery's mother makes an interesting case. that this -- the department of justice, the federal government, doesn't puffed and pursue these cases. it's 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 been sentenced to life in prison in the state murder case. the federal convictions are insurance in...