why is new york s democratic governor threatening to launch a lawsuit against her own party to defend her nomination of a conservative justice to the state supreme court? it s about time democratic leaders figured out the importance of judicial nominations. i will explain. first, richard louis is here with the headlines, hello retching. thank you. tyre nichols accepted an invitation to the union address, well newly-released video of nichols has brought on peaceful demonstrations nationwide in memphis. the group confronted nearby officers before observing a three minute silence intended to match how long nichols it was beaten. saturday, the department saying that the unit behind nichols killing will be shut down. the scorpion unit was shut down.
but does it for me this weekend. we will see you back here next weekend from our american voices. for, now handed over to maybe hassan, hello. hello, and thank you so much. have a great rest of your night. tonight, we need to talk about policing in america. institutional racism again, yes, racism. the role it almost certainly played in the death of tyre nichols in memphis. governor ron desantis says that florida is the freest state in america, nothing says freedom like the government blocking
it was bs, a total backlash. top of reckless driving, a confrontation occurring, the suspect being apprehended, and then complaining of shortness of breath. the released videos, not showing that at all. showing the opposite. number two, they are a reminder of the failure of police reform. putting body cameras on officers, that will help, except when it is five officers wearing body cameras, two of which were switched on, when they gave him that beating. those cameras did not prevent those horrific incidents. tonight, i want to deal with an even bigger and more important argument being raised right now, especially by the bad faith right in this country who have been all over it recently. tyre nichols was an unarmed black man who died after a violent encounter with the memphis police. here are the five police officers who have since been fired from their jobs, and
breeding of black women to create the capital of this country is a long-standing problem. you won t understand how black queer people have been marginalized, and also in black liberation movements. they re trying to make it unspeakable to talk about the ways that this is symptomatic of racism. i m appalled that it s taken this long for those who support history, freedom of speech, in order to see that this is about all of us. it s time to step up. we need to recognize that this is what the presidential campaign will look like. and as you say, we have to fight for that same fight all over again. professors kimberly crenshaw and philippe muhammad, we appreciate you both. thank you for your analysis. coming up, we will have an update on the tyre nichols protests happening in cities across america. don t go away. n t go away. e dribbler, and the day-dreamer.
not going to play for you tonight, because i m sure you have all seen some of those videos on this network. another networks, on social media. if you haven t, you can go watch it somewhere, you can go see for yourself tyre nichols, an unarmed fedex worker weighing 140 pounds, getting pepper sprayed, taser, punched, kicked, and repeatedly hit with a baton let multiple police officers. i, for, 1 am fed up with having to play videos of black men being beaten by police, being assaulted on tape to prove their humanity to the rest of us. to prove that what so many of them have to go through almost every day in this country a traffic stops, is a racist, violent, outrage. that said, i m glad that the body cam footage was released, because it plays to vital roles. number, one it shows that the police cannot be trusted with the memphis to police departments initial statement on tyre nichols, not being true.