ari, that's a legal prosecutorial way of saying that breonna taylor's life does not matter. >> paul butler, thank you. detective mark claxton, your view? >> that paul indicated, and i thought it was quite interesting because this comes up oftentimes, thankfully thought too often, but you talk about the castle doctrine and no-knock warrants. those two things can't coexist because the eventual outcome, it will be some fatalities. wautd we heard from the a.g. was really a political dissertation. it was theater, it was a mix of facts, slogans, evidence, procedure. it was just a whole mix. you have to pick out the legalese, the language outs of the salad itself. thank god for the journalists who were able to at least kind of focus some questions so we can get some real information that's relevant. this announcement, the a.g.'s statement, and the grand jury announcement, does not speak to the death of breonna taylor. it doesn't speak to the culpability of the officers. it doesn't speak to the loss of human life. what it does do, it does speak to toxic policing culture. it speaks to those who pro

paul butler, reverend sharpton said this is far less than what was legally possible. can you walk us through what this is, the count of wanton endangerment and how it compares to what was on the table so viewers understand where this fits in? >> three officers fired guns into breonna taylor's house, killing her with five bullets. they were is ubt to being charged with homicide. they're not being charged with any homicide crime. there will be a sense from the activists that two have gotten away with murder or sman laugter and the other officer charged with wanton endangerment is receiving a slap on the wrist. the maximum penalty is five years, many people will think that that punishment does not meet the crime in the event that the officer is convicted so -- >> paul -- >> it is a charge that's usually applied to people who shoot in the air. if a drunk driver -- >> right. >> puts other people at risk, then she is charged with wanton endangerment. it is not a crime that seems to apply to these hanks. >> paul, paul, i'm only going to slow you down because you're such a go

let's go to paul butler, former federal prosecutor, paul butler. paul, i hope you're with us. i know we're having technical issues. here you are. he's also a legal analyst and professor at georgetown law school. the video is sdrushidisturbing . the man, police say, was acting erratically and they put the spit hood on him because they were worried about covid-19. this was the early days of the pandemic. what sort of defense do the officers have given that the man died very shortly after this? >> unlike choke holds, spit hoods are either legal in most jurisdictions or there's no policy. look, george floyd died while the minneapolis police were restraining him and he said to the police, i'm going to die. daniel prude died while he was being restrained by rochester police and the spit hood. he also narrated his own death. he said to the police you are going to kill me. in both instances, the medical examiner ruled the cause of death is homicide, death by asphyxiation. the difference with spit hoods is that police can't monitor your breathing because they can't see your full face.

. >>> joining me is paul butler and author of "chokehold." roberto, i am going to go to you first. there are apparently discrepancies in the placement of bullet casings that night and the following day. >> on the crime scene when you go through, there are more than 40 different markers that mark bullets and bullet casings. what is of note is that the pictures move from pictures taken that night to one the following day. the importance of this is that on a crime scene, after a crime, especially like what happens at taylor's apartment, none of this stuff should be touched. we talked to someone who was disappointed, but not surprised to see some were moved. we spoke to a former narcotics officer who pointed out these discrepancies in the photos. we shared the broader documents with them. >> you also found, despite what we heard before, that police should have known that there might be a second person in breonna taylor's apartment who was a licensed carrier of a firearm. >> the testimony we have from one of the officers, the intelligence they were given suggests she would be alone in h

paul butler, thank you very much blayne alexander, thank you as well >>> joe biden is in tampa where he's holding a roundtable about providing better care for veterans >> we have many obligations -- to our children, to the elderly, to the poor, to those in need, but i believe we only have one truly sacred obligation, to prepare and equip our troops we send into harm's way, and to care for them and their families when they return >>> it is his first of two stops in that state. later he'll expand a spanish heritage event it's one of the most competitive battle grounds this year a poll out last hour from monmouth shows him leading in the state. while a number of recent polls have shown president trump outperforming the number, the monmouth poll has biden up by 26 points, which is about what hillary clinton got in 2016. one calvia, the margin of error is over 9% the fight for latino voters is particularly important in florida, where every single vote counts even a smaller margin for joe biden than had been had been could be the difference between winning that state and losing it joining

i want to dig deeper and i want to bring in paul butler. i want to make a correction. cal said earlier one of those officers was shot and killed. that is not the case. two officers were shot. what we know write now, they're both expected to recover. i would like to bring in paul butler, a former federal prosecutor and protessitofessor georgetown. and a member of the policing task force. she joins us now. paul, the kentucky grand jury says the shooting was justified because kenneth walker fired at them first. they say that is the decision dictated by evidence. i know you think he's wrong. explain. >> breonna taylor was an innocent woman shot six times in the hallway of her own home, and in kentucky we learned yesterday that's legal when a cop does it. so the one cop we knowdy not shoot breonna taylor is being charged with a crime. the two cops who fired 20 bullets, six of which killed breonna, are not being charged with any crime. and it's because breonna's boyfriend fired one bullet that hit one officer in the leg, so the prosecutor said the cops were entitled to shoot

paul butler.of we know the attorney general of new york has announced she is going to set up a grand jury panel to look at any potential charge it's there should be any in the death of daniel prude. what's your take on that from what you've seen? >> the mayor claimed that rochester takes care of its own, that claim ring hollow. the rochester police did not take care of daniel prude. according to the medical examiner, the police killed mr. prude. the official cause of death was homicide by asphyxiation. they did that not only by using that medieval spin hood him but restraining him like the cops did george floyd by the head, the leg and the back. incredibly, the official police version was that mr. prude died of a drug overdose. the police chief told that lie to the mayor. the police were informed about transparency and accountability. the rochester police department has been the opposite of that. i was xpektiexpecting the policf to resign. lindsey, reform here was ash politicked by black lives mat

joining us to discuss is paul butler, msnbc legal analyst and author of "choke hold."'s start with that phenomenon that is being described. i want to get your take on the balance between duty and accountability. the responsibility to protect and serve doesn't evaporate when they become subjects of criticism, but in cities across the country, a lot of mayors are facing a difficult situation where officers appear to slow their work in response to high-profile cases. what needs to happen here? >> so, there's no evidence th that -- the communities seeing an uptick in violence are the same communities that have been devastated by the pandemic and by the faltering economy. so those factors increase the risk of violence. across the nation, we know that homicides are up but robberies and burglaries are down, so most studies show that police slowdowns don't have a direct impact on the crime. >> i want to get your reaction first to the george floyd case. on friday, defense attorneys for those four officers charged argued that an overdose of fentanyl contributed to his death. so

reaction and perspective now from an author and law professor, paul butler ofto geor law school.s the author of "chokehold: policing black men." professor, thanks fondbeing with uselcome back to the "newshour". the fact that the only criminal charges to come out to have the investigation andgr the d juror are not related to green again's death at all. what is your reaction to that?ho >> i thinkicide charges against all three officers would have been app imagine if three gang members had broken into a house in the middle of the night and were met with a gunsed by the home owner, a legal gun in self-defense, and, in eresponse, the gangbangers shot up the ole complex. i think that those gangbangers would be prosecuted for murder i think when police officers do the same thing, it's still a crim >> nawaz: but let me ask you abthose charges, though, because we heard the attorney gelne say that the shooting by officers mattingly and cosgrove was justified because kenneth walker, breonna taylor's boyfriend, fired first and they were responding and therefore justified and h said that barr

. >> joining me now is paul butler.wyer there saying the injury wants to make sure that truth gets out, that's striking. >> this attorney general's been running for cover since last week when he announced no charges against any of the officers for killing breon taylor. last week daniel cameron tried to make it sound like it was the grand jury that made the decision and he was just the messenger, this week we learned his office, that serves as the legal adviser to the grand jury didn't recommend any homicide charges like murder or manslaughter against the officers, and katy, the kentucky grand jury consists of 12 ordinary citizens, they don't know homicide law and the pr prosecutors is to supposed on to be their legal -- the jury almost certainly didn't consider those charges. >> really interesting. paul butler, the president is on his way to minnesota and he's just stopped to talk to reporters as he heads out. this happened a couple of moments ago. we're getting taped playback. let's listen in. >> i thought the debate w

joining me, former federal prosecutors, joyce vance and paul butler. i laugh, paul, but it is ridiculous i'm sorry. william barr equating, saying other than slavery, there's nothing closer to enslavement than being asked to cover up your sneezes and coughs in the target that's dumb. but it's actually working on supposedly intelligent grown yucatan peninsugrownups >> the purpose of the lockdown was to save lives and it prevented 60 million infections and saved hundreds of thousands of lives in the united states. slavery was not about saving lives. slavery was about rape and torture and tearing families apart. barr is not just making false equivalents, he is making a history denying false equivalent to compare slavery to having to stay home a few months a stunning ignorance of both history and science. >> you know, and the thing that's crazy making or that's frustrating, joyce vance, is that if joe biden were to win the election, he would then face what could amount to an anti-mask insurgency inside the country. a certain percentage of americans who will

paul butler thanks for joining us in these times. >>> coming up in southern california parts of los angelesy are logging their highest temperature in history this weekend. 121 degrees and that right there is exacerbating an already dangerous and destructive situation, all of those wild fire as cross california. microban 24. watch as microban 24 kills 99.9% of bacteria... and then, even after multiple touches, keeps killing bacteria for 24 hours. i trust microban 24 to keep killing bacteria for 24-hours. >>> from 100 degrees to snow, colorado could set a record with a possible dramatic temperature change of 60 degrees in just 36 hours. an example of the extremes climate causes. on saturday denver set a record-high for the month of the september with 101 degrees, but tonight it could start snowing with temperatures dropping to 30's and possible snow accumulation by tomorrow. meanwhile, in parts of california, today could be one of the hottest days the state has ever recorded, feeling conditions as more than a dozen wild fires are spreading rapidly. the record-heat wave is expected to hit trip

and paul butler, former federal prosecutor and author of "chokehold, policing black men." ul, i was on earlier with ari melber as we were all watching and rev sharpton was on, as well. we were watching this come through, and what i was focussing on and taking notes on was the indictment itself. because they go through and say wanton endangerment in the first degree, which sounds like a lot, except that it's minor charge. but they talk about wantonly endangering the occupants of apartments with the initials c.e., c.n. and z.f., definitely not b.t., which is breonna taylor. your thoughts on this indictment, which is an indictment of endangering the neighbors, and has nothing to do with breonna taylor. >> that's right, joy. the two police officers who shot and breonna taylor and killed her are not charged with any crime. the police officer who did not shoot breonna taylor is charged with a low level offense for putting her neighbors at risk. so many of the problems in policing are systemic and require structural change. this is not a systemic problem. murder and manslaughter a

reporter: that is professor paul butler of georgetown university joining us. for your time. ♪ stephanie: i am stephanie sy with "newshour" west. we will return to judy woodruff after the latest headlines. tonight, a louisville, kentucky police officer has been shot. the details are sketchy, but it happened as protests for justice for breonna taylor group. ahead of a curfew, officers fired flash bangs to clear crowds. the governor called up 500 members of the national guard. local protests are occurring at this hour in other cities big and small across the country. in the days other news, long lines of people passed by the u.s. supreme court where justice ruth bader ginsburg laid in repose. the solemn procession was in contrast to the high-stakes fight over replacing ginsberg. president trump says he will name his nominee on saturday afternoon. we will look atll of this after the news summary. top u.s. health officials voiced careful confidence about a coronavirus vaccine at a u.s. senate hearing. dr. anthony fou she said he is hoping for a reliable vcine by de

. >> joining me now, paul butler, professor at georgetown school of law, msnbc legal analyst and harry lipman, former deputy substantiate to hillary clinton. also host of the talking heads podcast. paul, you first, here. as i want to get your reaction to what we just heard there from eric holder, are democrats needing to stack the court if biden wins. what do you make of that? >> first of all, this would be a huge symbolic victory for trump if he gets to aa point the next justice. trump would get to replace ginsburg, a progressive juress with an anti-choice ood log. that would be a huge setback for voting rights. lgbt and abortion rights, but one response from the democrats may be to pack the court. so there are nine justices now, but that number is determined by congress and in fact, the court has ranged from as few as five justices to as many as ten. it would be kind of a nuclear move by the democrats and congress, but many democrats think that the republicans would go to support. >> so taking a listen to what paul said, let me inject, not a good idea, what are your thou t thoughts o

a good night for chris paul and an even better night for jimmy butler the miami heat forward scoring a career high of 40 points that helped miami defeat the top seed by walkie bucks in game one of the eastern conference semifinal 115-1042 the heat on and off my back star ya listen to the combo who managed just 18 points. to. the tampa bay lightning or through to the n.h.l. eastern conference finals but they were made to work really hard for it the boston bruins pushed tampa bay all the way in game 5 of their playoff series in toronto austin twice equalized in what was a must win game for them in the 2nd overtime victor had been schooled to see the lightning home 32 in the night and 41 in the series. and while tampa bay on their way to the next playoff round the colorado avalanche have won to stay alive in a series a 63 win in game 5 against the dallas stars helped them do just that dallas to lead the series 32. novak djokovic says he's only intensity powered him into the 2nd round of the u.s. open world number one played his opening match on monday in a crowd that's flushing meadows

just we just continue to fight when i'm in the way it's a good night for chris paul and an even better night for jimmy butler the miami heat forward scoring a career high 40 points that helped miami defeat the top seed milwaukee bucks in game one of their eastern conference semifinal 115-1042 the heat on an off night for bucs star uranus and it combo she managed just 18 points. the tampa bay lightning or through to the n.h.l. eastern conference finals but they were made to work really hard for the boston bruins push tampa bay all the way in game 5 of their playoff series in toronto boston twice equalized in what was a must win game for them in the 2nd overtime victor hedman schooled to see the lightning home 32 on the night and full one in the series. are on their way to the next playoff round the colorado avalanche of one to stay alive in their series a 63 win in game 5 against the dallas stars help them do just that dallas still lead the series though 32. ok that's all the sports news for now more coming up again later peter thank you very much that's it for this news hour on al-jazeera do stay with us we'

could stand a longer called up the lieutenant, union officer -- butler's word of honor, that he could no longer embarrass the ritual. paul in agreed, as the flag unfurled he let out with a heel is it us yankees sure won the war but the yankees beat us at chicago. who is us and who is them changes the story. my -- that does not mean all interpretations are equal. facts need to be real. facts without evidence that are not historical. and what historians now called postmodern history, we could all agree that all interpretations are and constructive but it does matter what the narrative or interpretation is constructed of. we are reminded of the three little pigs story i read to my children and my grandchildren. it does make a definite difference if you're constructing your difference at a brick straw or sticks. the 14th amendment is arguably one of the most important amendments to the constitution. definitely my favorite one. it was written install now in the 21st century it has a great influence in the way of american citizens live the lives, it cited more often in modern litigation than any other amendment. this is contin

paul down in the stretch. >>> russell westbrook throws away. >>> game 1 between the bucks and heat among the family members now allowed in the bubble. it was miami's jimmy butlerk the run on the court. butler toldled 40 pointsb 15 och them intotaled 50 points. >>> the basketball word lost one of its iconic figures to. john thompson put george town university on the map. he's in the basketball hall of fame along with his players, patrick ewing and allen iverson. >>> a lot of interesting things to reflect on as we look at this day in sport history. >> reporter: a baseball feat that may never be repeat today on this day in 1990. a father, ken griffey, sr., and a junior playing in the same game. senior, the second to the last of the 19 year career, junior in the second of a 22 year career. >> anything you can do i can do better says junior. >> reporter: and it was on this day that the tennessee oilers played their ooficial game. they were 21-20 over the raiders. >>> stage three of the tour de france today. watch the rider in red as they come to the finish. the overall leader remains felipe. >>> and the stanley cup playoffs moving along with a thriller tonight in c

chris paul talks going for the thunder the 28 points as they tied things up at 43 i didn't use that miami heat one guy in one of their semifinal against a top seeded milwaukee bucks jimmy butler the stand up player with a career high 14 points. tennis player and vowed to continue highlighting racial injustice as she reached the 2nd round of the u.s. open men's world number one novak djokovic also won his 1st match i didn't see flushing meadows in new york when i got the action but novak djokovic. it was the start of the u.s. open but not as we know it no fans but this is the 1st tennis grand slam of the coronavirus era. but out on the courts there was no mistaking the world number one . with his top rivals wrapped around the down roger federer not playing novak djokovic is the overwhelming favorite in the men's tournament. and he dispatched bosnia's dammit jim hood in straight sets as he looks for an 18th grand slam title . in the women's draw top seed carolina also came through her 1st round match against ukraine. and hello kelli arena with no alarms in just over an hour. while 2018 champion a van through with a hard fought 3 set win over fellow japanese player misaki dory a