george floyd justice and policing act which was stalled by and large by the efforts of police unions. and so it is not a question of how, it is a question of will. and so, you know, that s part of it. the other thing is that to mark s point, one thing that is important about these departments is that they re not only they tend not to be accountable externally, but when you look at problems that the departments are problematic in this way, they also tend to be unaccountable internally. meaning that the internal affairs doesn t deal with complaints that police officers themselves have about the way that a department may be functioning or the way that a particular precinct may be functioning. and it is that duality that, that unaccountability on both ends that ends up augmenting or catalyzing the situations that we just saw happen in memphis. the washington post editorial board does call for bipartisan reform including banning chokeholds, limiting no knock warrants, creating a
hayes, now tyre nichols. these are all names of people who did not ask to be a symbol of police brutality, they did not ask to be a symbol of change, and the words of tyre nichols, what he said to those officers that night was i m just trying to go home. we watched a minute ago as the hearse arrived here at this church. this will be a heavy day for this community. but the family of tyre, the family of breonna, the family of george floyd, they re all hoping this is yet another moment that will maybe lead to some real change. lindsey? well, mark, multiple outlets confirmed details about the police report, first reported by the new york times and what the video of the encounter shows. the times notes that a police report written hours after officers beat tyre nichols was starkly at odds with what videos revealed, making no mention of a powerful kicks and punches unleashed on nichols and instea.
mindful that video evidence has not been enough to provide full justice or even increased accountability in these cases of police violence and police criminality. so moving forward what we can expect are some additional disturbing facts to come out as part of this ongoing investigation. and we can also expect that there will be attempts by some to defile the memory of mr. nichols. mark, nbc has exclusive reporting that one of the former police officers charged in tyre s death pulled a gun on them three years ago in 2020 and threatened to shoot them both in the face. they admit they fled in a car because they had a registered handgun and small amount of pot. they say they never filed a compliant. the lawyer for this officer and the city police union have not responded to nbc news for comment. what does the protocols in place in departments around the country for something like that,
subjects often turn their despair on each other or on their own communities. those are the two americas. and now you understand why the right doesn t want your kids to know this country s actual history, or for you to know it. because they fear that if you knew, you might want to do something about it. in fact, you might even demand it. joining me now is mark claxton, director of the black law enforcement alliance and rashad robinson, president of color of change. my friends, thank you both for being here. i want to start with you, mark, because when i watched this video live with everyone else on tv, it disgusted me, but it wasn t surprising to me. and everything that i saw happening in that video sounded to me like it is the training. 71 commands, show me your hands, show me your hands. they have the hands pinned down. things he couldn t possibly do. stop resisting and when he s not
weathers to abusive, and whether there can be some resources better department to, health health care, again investing in neighborhoods and communities the answer to everything cannot be more policing. when is he tosses a tennessee wendy s thomas is editor and chief, and allocate to, 50 editor publisher that, on a lamar, mark claxton is a retired nypd detective, and the public relations director of the black law enforcement alliance. coming up, some prominent republicans are still engaging in election denialism, and election workers are still facing threats to their safety, it was on his new secretary of state, adrienne fontes joins us next. next explore new worlds, and to start screening for colon cancer. yep. with colon cancer rising in adults under 50,