the world and my colleagues and i try to make some very to make sense. but this is a very difficult night for me. for all of us, together. because just a few hours ago, another horrific video of police appearing to kill an unarmed black man was released. this time from the memphis police department. it s a terrible example of awful police behavior resulting in the death of a human being. a human whose life is now defined by the brutality he suffered. we are not going to show you that video since it s been out there for four hours. you can make your own decision about watching it. that s what the internet is for. so you will not see that video this hour but you will see as trying to get the best answers we can to the questions we all have. first what we know right now. 29 year old tyre nichols was pulled over by memphis police on january seven for what they said was breakfast driving. he died three days later. that me repeat. he died after a traffic stop. memphis police have
imposed by a judge. just a beating and death. last night, the memphis police department released for videos from january 7th, the night that the 20 nine-year-old tyre nichols was stopped by police in beaten by five officers. nichols was hospitalized in critical condition. he died three days later. the five officers involved were arrested on thursday. they were charged with second degree murder. one count of aggravated coal. two counts of aggravated kidnapping. two counts of official misconduct, and one count of official oppression. i want to be clear, what led to those charges and what you re about to see is a lynching caught on camera in america in 2023. and i do need to win, you this video is graphic and it is upsetting. the first part of camera footage shows tyre nichols first encounter with police. he stopped at an intersection, and then officer seen opening nichols car door and pulling him out violently in urgently. you can hear nickel say, i didn t do anything. get ou
coverage. i m kate firing live from msnbc headquarters live in new york. this morning, memphis in the rest the country is trying to come to grips with the newly released video of police officers beating, kicking, tasing, pepper spraying tyre nichols, it s 49 year old unarmed black man. it was a beating that ultimately resulted in tyre nichols death, and murder charges for the five now former police officers. to begin this hour, i m going to hear from his mother about what kind of son he was. my son, i know everybody says, mother say that they had a good son, everybody son is good, but my son actually was a good boy. he had my name tattooed on his arm. that made me proud. most kids don t put they mom s name. but he did. my son was a beautiful soul. and he touched everyone. that is just so getting to hear from her. and now we are going to play a part of the video that was released last night. but i want to warn you, it is graphic, it is violent, and it s unbelievably dist
around this country we have new reaction today from people demanding change. . five police officers. it doesn t matter. if not even one of them said no, this is not. right there is really no words to describe. it i was sick to my stomach. i had to walk away a few times. it just breaks your. heart you have to stand up and be reminded that this isn t just a mentor thing or a sacramento or california thing. this is a national thing. unfortunately, he is right. we have reporters and analysts joining us with reactions of what to expect next in this case. we are going to go first to nbc s tom brock, standing by in memphis for us. sam, good day to you. what can you tell us about this scene just after 11 am central time where you are there? the morning after that video was released? hey alex. good afternoon to. you good morning here. it is calm right now. it is going to be really interesting to see what some of the protesters are saying today alex azar s a 3 pm protest loca
good afternoon. i am back. a little bit later on, i m gonna tell you why you have not seen me for a couple of weeks. we want to start this hour with calls for action. protests in memphis in around the country today. this comes after the release of the shocking video of the police beating that led to death of tyre nichols. we re gonna show you some videos with a warning. it is really disturbing. we are showing it not to sensationalize it, but because watching it is the only way to really understand the extreme nature of what happened. from the moment we see tyre nichols, the assault began. they use pepper spray and a taser on him. even before he ran. police caught up with him and beat him. watch this. give me your hands. watch out. give me your hands. hit him. watch out. give me your hands. [screaming] give us your hands! [screaming] in the end, nichols was left with just one simple plea as a grown man. that plea was for his mother. watch out, watch out. mom! m