turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of foot
now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. if accountability comes to people faster, then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of footage from police body cam footage and neighborhood security camera footage. the incident happened on january the 7th, 8:30 pm at night. the footage does not capture the and i
particularly after that year in 2020 that we had, that a, there is supposed to be de-escalate police was to be trained to de-escalate. in many places they re getting that training. and b, everything is on camera. you look at this video out of memphis anything, are you on a different planet? how did this happen? there did not seem to be anything going on with the five police officers that looked like a de-escalation of force. and in fact, the only person who seemed to be talking in a normal voice in trying to slow things down was actually the man who ended up dead. you are absolutely right. and listen we have been talking about de-escalation for now, what? 32 years since the beating of rodney king? and also, the advent of the use of body worn camera videos. so, here we are in 2023. you and i have been talking about this now for almost three years. so, let s talk about training very quickly. training is only going to be as good as if a person actually
marq claxton, let me ask you about that. that was a surprising part of the video. this look like something that could have happened years ago before the public used to see these videos, before there were body cameras, before their cell phones. i would have thought, after all the experiences we have had in the last few years that these memphis cops who would understand that someone is going to get you on tape. and this does not look like proper policing. you know, watching the video of these black police officers, engaged in this brutal, sadistic lynching and that s the appropriate terminology for what we have witnessed, unfortunately is a clear demonstration of toxic police culture, which too often subsumes the individual police officers own culture, his own social political beliefs, and compels him, forces him or her, to engage in this type of devastatingly
turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of