I m don lemon live in memphis, tennessee, where in just moments, i m going to speak with the parents of tyre nichols, the first interview that they have done since the officers have been charged. also, i m going to get their reaction to that extraordinary interview from the memphis police chief where she says what we re going to see in that video that is released later is reminiscent, if not worse than what happened with rodney king. we re back live with cnn this morning in just moments. when that tape comes out tomorrow, it s going to be horrific. my lord. i didn t see it. but from what i hear, it s going to be horrifific. and effortlessly responds to both of you.
Video chameras on the poles alog the streets, she cannot corroborate what the officers said happened for the reason for the stop, which was they claimed, aggressive driving. she has looked at several different cameras and was unable to see any kind of aggressive driving. the third thing that stood out, don, was that she said that this, very much like what we heard from the attorneys for the family that tyre nichols was beaten very similarly in a similar manner to what happened in 1992 if not worse. reporter: in los angeles with the police beating of rodney king. she said if not the same, worse. those are the things worse. reporter: what it leads to me to ask is did the officers lie when they put forward why they stopped him and what exactly happened? did they put that down on a police report?
Infamous 1991 police beating of rodney king, saying it is as bad if not worse. but it has to be worse, because rodney king survived and tyre nichols did not. joining me now is john burris who represented rodney king after this beating. thank you for being here. we ve all seen the video of tyre nichols, that video tonight, but the comparison that people are making that have seen this video, comparing it to rodney king, what do you think that means? well it means that the police were out of control and that they were beating a person senseless without any justification for it. certainly in rodney king s case there was a beating that went on and on and they were trying to beat him in submission and as a consequence of that he received terrible, terrible injuries many of which he never really recovered from. i don t think that he ever
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Was really heart-stopping to hear, this interview. she said you re going to see acts that defy humanity in this video when it s released. chief davis said the report she reviewed shortly after the incident was, also, quote, a strange summary of what happened. she said that is what prompted her to review the incident as soon as she could. the chief described what she saw during that review, saying it was as bad, if not o worse, than the 1992 beating of rodney king. like thing her officers actions, keep in mind, officer who serve under her to, quote, group think mentality. they acted just like any other normal officer, you know, respectful when they see you, but what i saw in this video was more of a group think sort of mentality, you know, a group think and no one took a step to intercept or, you know, intervene and that s why the charges are as severe as they