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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, thats part of it. the other thing is that to marks point, one thing that is important about these departments is that theyre 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 th...

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 im 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, theyre all hoping this is yet another moment that will mayb...

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 tyres death pulled a gun on t...

Increase in homicide rate. although the homicide rate was down in 2022 compared to 2020 and 2021, i think in our rush, perhaps to address crime, we failed to ask the right kind of questions about what kind of policing were getting. whether its too harsh, whether its to abusive. and whether there could be some resources better devoted to mental health, health care. again, investing in neighborhoods and communities. the answer to everything cannot be more police, policing. but when all you have is...

Your expectation have been that, again, as someone who is involved in trauma that is your area of expertise, the faster you could get an ambulance to the scene, the faster you could get more high level critical care, those minutes are very, very important to survival? >> yes, certainly the sooner you restore good oxygenation and good blood flow, the better the patient is going to do. so, we often talk about a golden hour historically from the time of injury, but there is good data showing the sh...

Primaries. already donald trump is taking aim at one potential rival who hasnt even jumped in yet. >> ron would not have been governor if it wasnt for me and thats okay. then when i hear he might run, i consider that very disloyal. >> ahead, nbcs steve kornacki is here with new polling as the race takes shape and what voters are saying this early on. we are going to start with the fallout from the release of the footage showing tyre nichols encounter with police that ultimately led to his deat...

>> ellison barber, david henderson, and mark claxton thank you. i want to bring in the executive director of the naacps memphis branch. vicky, thank you for being with us. last night the naacp memphis chapter called the implementation of the tyre nichols criminal reform bill in the state. i know that changes have been made at the city level, eight cant wait. that requires officers to deescalate. it requires a duty to interveen. that from what we have seen so far does not appear to have happene...

Begin to insist that we shift away from the run, catch, lock them up, throw away the key mentality that is traditional policing and move toward that comprehensive public safety model. that will have the most significant impact. that should be supported by creative, progressive legislation and a revamp of training strategies and clear national standards for law enforcement. >> mark claxton, rthank you for your time. still ahead, donald trump back on the campaign trail saying he is angry and rea...