reform, says she s not surprised. yeah, i mean the system - of policing is inherently white supremacist, racist and anti black. - but these were black officers that were involved. the fact that someone - who is blackjoined that system doesn t mean that they re - going to remember that they re black, or they re going to put that first. - they put being j an officer first. the brutal death of tyre nichols has shocked america and reignited the debate about racialjustice, with talk of change and reform, but little hope that anyone can truly say this will never happen again. sarah smith, bbc news, memphis. i m joined now byjoe watkins, a civil rights advocate and former aide to president george w bush. thank president george w bush. you for being with us. vi had thank you for being with us. we had the vice president talking about congress pushing through this legislation which was written after the murder of george floyd in minneapolis in 2020. is legislation enough? the hope is that it wou
a 17-minute delay, and even then according to a statement from memphis fire department, nichols was only treated for the initial reason the emts were called, having been pepper sprayed, not the numerous other injuries he sustained in the brutal beating captured on tape. it all raises the painful question, if in those critical minutes the emts had followed the very policies and protocols investigators say they broke, would it have saved nichols live? unfortunately, we have been here before. as the associated press puts it, just like the attack on george floyd in minneapolis nearly three years ago, a simple intervention could have saved a life. instead, nichols is dead. and today, three fire department employees have been fired along with the fire police officers charged with murder, two more officers relieved of duty. i want to bring in nbc s allison
charges against the police officers involved in the death of rayshard brooks in 2020. he was shot and killed outside a wendy s in june. investigators say he resisted. you might remember his death came less than three weeks after the murder of george floyd in minneapolis. sparking demonstrations in atlanta and beyond at a moment of national reckoning over the police use of force, race, justice. the prosecutor laying out today this afternoon his decision to in essence exonerate those officers. both acted as reasonable officers would under the facts and circumstances of the events of that night. both acted in accordance with well-established law and were justified in the use of force regarding the situation. nbc s quad very nay gas for us. we have the atlanta mayor out saying, quote, i respect the independent role that special prosecutor played here. we must maintain our commitment to the work of creating safe
next must be personal and painful for everyone. i thought them a really, why is that? what happened next was personal and painful for everyone. cities burn down and people died. why should what happened between a cop and george floyd in minneapolis be personal and painful for everybody else? what are you talking about? you are trying to please the people whose opinions you actually care about at the new york times. doesn t mean she s a bad person, i like her. i don t want you in charge of anything. because, because [applause] the second things get intense, the second the other side really unleashes and starts yelling so loudly that you can t think clearly, i want a leader who can still think clearly.
damning. we have come a long way since then, there are issues still to be dealt with but this is partly on the back of the absolutely horrific death of george floyd in minneapolis, which was appalling and sent shock waves around the world, not only in policing circles and communities the world over, but also incorporates that have changed their policies on a whole range of thing. but this kind of kneejerk reaction when i say they are going to apologise for stuff in the past, i think is irrelevant right now. what we need is decently policing, and the question i have is how will they make this work? when on the other hand the home secretary has just announced she wants to toughen up on stop and search, which i actually agree with in areas of high crime, i think it is a sensible policy, but how does that equate with the two things? we have to maintain the confidence of certain communities while dealing with them in a decent humane manner while enforcing stop and search. i humane manner wh