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Is dead at the hands of the police. you will remember this is how breonna taylor was killed as well. joining me is ub ourks, the president of the minnesota association of black lawyers. thank you, frank, for being with us. i want to warn our viewers. we re going to show this footage. police have released the body cam video, and i m going to warn our folks that it is disturbing. the footage is graphic. so take a few seconds or prepare to look away if you need to. and police blurred the faces of officers involved, and we ll talk about this on the other side. take a look. police search warrant, police search warrant, police search warrant. get on the ground. you know, frank, there s a lot of discussion about showing things like this. people call it, you know, tragedy porn, and that certainly is not our intention here at the cross connection to do that. but i think it s important to ....
You know, they didn t deny it. they were away from their families. it felt like watching tragedy porn to watch the athletes come out of the pool or off the beam and then face time or skype back to their families at home. just that ripping from their support networks to be able to compete and stay safe and keep their teammates safe and all of the other athletes safe felt like an extra sacrifice that they made. i know you get it, you know, we shouldn t have been there in your view, but what did you make of how they all rose above that? it was one more thing to overcome it seemed? yes, and that s one of the things. you know, i have been, you know, in this business for like more than 40 years or so and, you know, i think that, again, the respect i ve got for the athletes, allyson felix, 35 years old, bringing her daughter there, winning bronze, becoming one of the most decorated united ....