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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. thats it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence odonnell. >> -- 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, ho...

now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence odonnell. >> -- 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...

So -- >> and a lesson we should have learned out of minneapolis, right? where that was actually part of it. the rest of the cops there had a duty to intervene. derek chauvin was doing something -- he [interpreter] was lynching a man in the rest of the cops had a duty to intervene. and here everybody was in either in on it or watching it. but phillip, let me ask you one thing. because you and i have discussed the idea that traffic stops, followers, are often the starting point for things that end...

But you and i never talk about good things. when they we may do that. by the attorney general keith ellison of minneapolis, minnesota, who successfully prosecuted derek chauvin and the case cases related to george floyd. thank you for being with us this evening. coming up, the memphis police department says that the five officers involved in the death of tyre nichols violated policies aimed at reducing the excessive use of force. retired police captain sonia pruitt joins us next. every day, mill...

Got all kinds of things that -- the evidence that the judge allows in and allows in is going to matter. and all these things go into it and are in play more. i think its important not to make mistakes. the truth is, im glad to not see the da on the tv. because that da is going to figure out how to get their jury and will probably have to -- change of venue motions and a whole lot of other things. but of course, in the age of social media, i mean, im sitting in minneapolis. everybody in the world...

I can see how the chief in this case may be called to talk about, what is your pattern? i mean, what is your practice? what do you train these folks to do? and in their conduct e. v. a. from what you trained them? also, in minneapolis, we had a lieutenant zimmerman testify who was the longest serving minneapolis police officer who said that we dont train this. and that, in his view, this was a random off the path act of violence and condemned -- so, i expect in this case you are going to see tha...

Potential jurors who talk about there real life experiences and things that they saw, that might be the basis of a challenge or a periphery challenge to say that they have a bias and, therefore, it would be excluded from the jury. i can tell you in the floyd case, one man -- as a matter of fact, a man and a woman, who came forward with their honest views were excused from the jury even though they said, they would be willing to put aside what they saw and go based on the evidence that they heard...