right now, the breath of brutal video footage of the police encounter that ended in the death of tyre nichols has created a situation too big for the nation and its lawmakers to ignore. in washington, a congressional conversation around policing reform may be getting a shot. the congressional black caucus today calling for a meeting with president biden to discuss policing reform. as activists like myself are wondering whether nichols would still be alive if the last congress had passed legislation that emerged after george floyd s murder. and in memphis for the five officers now facing second degree murder charges in the killing enough tyre nichols. it is now set for february 17th. and in the so-called scorpion unit, those officers belonged to and memphis has now been disbanded. and in new york, after hosting the parents enough tyre nichols here on politicsnation, i m thinking about the eulogy of their son, i would deliver as head of the next tunnel action network in memph
victim of a pro day shift system in america. america has lost its willingness to confront this. joining me now is new york times columnist, charles charles, thank you for joining us. let me start with your assertion that america is unwilling to confront its policing problem. the country had the realization of police violence was a problem, and then they simply walked away before the work was done and the war was won. that is exactly what happened. what you had was people who were experiencing george floyd s death in a co-bit of vacuum.
but the founder of the free range kidsys c movement says children are smarter and safer than given credit for. the idea is that as parents we know our kids best and if we think it s time for our kids to have some independence to walk to school to play outside to wait home alone for a little o bit, that is up to us and no one else. she is also president of the nonprofit group which has these cards for parents to give to their kids, they say i am not lost or neglected ime blank kid. they include parents names andre phone number so everyone knows they are free range kids.ri gillian: upc. next big day for the u.s. soccer team at the world cup we will have a live report out of qatar. first beyond our borders tonight. take a look at this peruvian farmers and truck drivers blocked roads as part of ongoing protests over high gas prices, fertilizer shortages in that tagecountry.
assault and unconstitutional governance in american democracy. his name is donald trump. the south to seeding sort of the other big example. but that s it. so in the all-grand scheme of things, the guy tried to end our republic as we know it. he tried to murder constitutional governance. that s the top of the bio. that s the first line of the o bit. that s it. but tim i ve hope we ve learned our lesson. that we make sure that that the emphasis and not the spectacle. the spectacle last night was extremely low energy but i think that trump does have a feral instinct for media attention. he might get some eyeballs but hopefully not as sort of unthinking these before. and tim, that point about any constitutional governance, i know that s not the point that s gonna make a difference in republican primaries, sadly.
things, the guy tried to end our republic as we know it. he tried to murder constitutional governance. that s the top of the bio. that s the first line of the o bit. that s it. but tim i ve hope we ve learned our lesson. that we make sure that that the emphasis and not the spectacle. the spectacle last night was extremely low energy but i think that trump does have a feral instinct for media attention. he might get some eyeballs but hopefully not as sort of unthinking these before. and tim, that point about any constitutional governance, i know that s not the point that s gonna make a difference in republican primaries, sadly. the question is whether the folks over there can coordinate effectively enough to stop him this time around. you hate to reward the cynical jerks who for seven