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Last night we went to mason temple. the church of god and christ, and the wells family and tyres sisters and brothers stood there where martin luther king gave his last speech. they didnt know that night it was his speech for the last time. i was told by those that worked with king that raised me and i recounted it with mrs. king, i worked very closely with martin iii, were going back to washington august the 26th during his fathers march, 60th anniversary, were going to deal with tyre and the r...

Washington, august 26th during his fathers 60th anniversary well deal with tyre and the rest of these issues. and they told me that that day april 3rd, 1968, it was raining and storming. dr. king said he didnt even feel like going to the rally. he had come to memphis a week before to lead a march for the sanitation workers. and some provocateurs got at the end of the march, you know theres still some around now blacker than anybody else, as active as anybody else. they started a rite at the end ...

0 something, i dont know what you writing on social media. i know what i saw on the tape. and the tape speaks for itself. they never asked this man for his license. never asked for the car registration. snatched him out of the car and began beating him. nobody mentioned nothing about no girlfriend. nobody mentioned nothing about no -- they started beating an unarmed man. >> tell em. in the city that they slayed the dreamer, what has happened to the dream? in the city where the dreamer laid down ...

Super majority. you know it takes a super majority to get anything done in washington. weve had various upticks right after sandy hook as high as 58%. currently the end of calendar year 2022, 57% according to gallup supported stricter gun laws. we do see spikes in this after parkland the number as high as 67%. after uvalde the number got up to 66%. but normally, if something doesnt happen right after one of those incidents, washington doesnt pay any more attention. this endless cycle of carnage ...

Weve had nationwide protests as a result of something tragic, this happened in memphis, was when dr. king was assassinated in 1968 year, so here we are again at the national spotlight, it does not feel good, but we have to work through it and we have to make sure that we are pursuing policies that will and this kind of culture which makes these officers, to think that what they did is policing and correct, because its not. >> walk us through how the accountability for police in this case differe...

People was subject to, that was d dictated by the other document, published in 1661, and that was the document that was basically copies and pasted into the c colonies and. >> at what point does america start to look at policing and go, whoops? >> so, you see this in the early part of the 20th century, and you see this certainly with the concerner report. >> in 1968, kerner was a political atom bomb and a best seller it exposed the police as the tip of americas racist spear. but pointed at racis...

And its not just van jones.jon, its the communication workers of america. heommunicaits npr, its al sha. its, you know, the attorney, ben crump, who or our colleaguer john talked to earlier tonight. where does that come from here? >> you know, sean, memphis, tennessee, is where tragicallyil in april 1968,ly marti,n luther king was assassinated. since then, the city has beene s roiled by racial tension, is now predominantly black cityk with soaring crime. the police force with soar is consistentl...

Law enforcement and intelligence analyst, john miller, cnn legal analyst, joey jackson, charles ramsey, former d.c. and philadelphia top cop, consultant to police departments across the country, also laura coates. chief ramsey, i just want to start with you. as a human being and someone who has run police departments, just your initial reaction to everything we now have just seen? >> well, i mean, i was horrified like everybody else. you know, ive been in policing since 1968. this is one of the ...

Death of tyre nichols. we have alveda king the daughter of martin luther king, ad king, civil rights activist, kind enough to join us. i was thinking of your uncle martin luther king of course assassinated in memphis in 1968. so were sensitive, that area is sensitive to issues like this, particularly issues like this, but theyve handled it calmly in retrospect. a lot goes back to the mother who somehow was able to urge protesters to think peacefully, act rightfully, but think peacefully. what do...

So thats good for you guys. >> tom: thats it, we will join up with the ai and rule the world, kat! >> im pretty fatalistic about it. >> tom: thats why, dagen, we need to find a way to unplug it. in 2001 -- everyone, you got to watch "2001: a space odyssey." it came out in 1968 end predicted this, how the computer took over the spaceship and he was going to kill all the astronauts. >> are you really telling me the plot of "2001" as if i havent seen it a thousand times? im a homebody with no frien...