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watching simone. we are following breaking developments on the tyre nichols story. reaction and condemnation are pouring in. just last night s release of the disturbing and dramatic video showing the brutal beating of police officers who led to his death. in memphis and in cities across the country, there were gatherings honoring tyre nichols. he was a 29 year old son, a brother, a father. and those gatherings are protesting his killing which should have never happened. we are unpacking the painful truth in this video. we are going to answer questions about the officers charged with murder. and how to answer the culture in america so that we stop repeating this tragedy over and over again. i am someone and i have something to say. by now you may have seen the video of memphis police officers beating tyre nichols. an assault that started with a traffic stop and ultimately caused his death. you may still be processing the brutality, the inhumanity, the reality of wh ....
good evening everyone. i m alisyn camerota. this is cnn tonight. memphis is holding its breath waiting for the release of the video showing exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols after he was pulled over by police on january 7th. three days later he was dead. an independent autopsy blamed his death on, quote, extensive bleeding caused by severe beating. and tonight tyre nichols mother pleads for peace. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it is going to be horrific. my lord. i didn t see it. but from what i hear, it is going to be horrific. but i want each and every one of you to protest in peace. i don t want us burning up our cities, tearing up the streets, because that is not what my son stood for. people who have seen this police body cam video call it shocking, secening, and appalling. i ve seen the video. as stated you will, too. in a word, it is absolutely appalling. let me be clear. what happened here does not at all reflect proper policing ....
need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the lik ....
need to restructure, we need to reconfigure the way in which we police. here we are still waiting for real reform to the way policing is conducted in this country. laura: actually the reform and al sharpton and others are pining for already happened necessity memphis. that police department already revised its policies following the murder of george floyd. the effort was called re-imagine policing in memphis. now, it was called reimagining policing but what was re-imagined? it was re-imagined with awful consequences. in addition to addressing excessive force the department also loosened its hiring standards. in fact, two of the five officers involved in the killing of nichols were hired during this period. so when folks like cory booker or al sharpton blame this this shows the overwhelming need for what they call police reform, i agree. we need to reform their reforms. like memphis, chicago lowered its hiring standards for police in 2022. they were following the lik ....
And, you know, they have to also be a part of the community and wanted by the community. again, i go back to the name of the scorpion unit. you named it after something that kills things. not well planned out there in memphis, tennessee. laura: great to see you. thank you. shame if we don t use his tragic death to finally get justice for police act passed. we ll look at what makes sense to help make sure they have the proper training but no amount of training is going to change what we saw in that video. laura: the fight over police reform looks destined to come to congress s door but as we just heard federal intervention in policing matters, it s doomed to fail. joining us now is florida congressman byron donalds. congressman, what s the sense from house republicans on this? the sense right now, first, obviously what we all saw in that video, was absolutely horrific. shouldn t have happened. some of the conversations actually have come around ....