now what he deserves justice. justice for a beautiful life taken far too soon. our thoughts tonight, i will terry s family, and this community. during this unthinkable, awful time. and on that note, i wish you all a safe night. hug your kids, from all of our family, excuse, me kind of get right. from all of our colleagues, across the networks of nbc news. when nbc family. thanks for staying up late with me. a really rough night. we ll see you at the end of monday. end o monday tire nicholas wendte nine years old. his family, and friends, remember me as a great kid and a beautiful soul. he was energetic, and outgoing, he was even goofy. they had a four-year-old son and he worked the second shift at fedex returning to his mother s house briefly every night at 7 pm for us late day lunch break. tyrannically s loved his mother. she said even had her name tattooed on his arm, which made her proud. and he loved skateboarding. tyrannical s family says he was pretty good. that was
that culture. quit internalizing it and do your job. we reflect the community that you came from, and do it with some integrity. you can do. it granted hansen, janai nelson, my great thanks for you for joining us tonight. that s all in for this week. alex wagner starts tonight. good evening,. alex thanks chris, thank you for joining us this evening. tyre nichols as 29 years. old his family and friends remember him as a great kid, and a beautiful soul. he was energetic an outgoing. he was even goofing. he had a four-year-old son. he worked the second ships, returning to his mother s house briefly at 7 pm for his late day lunch break. tyre nichols loved his mother. she said even had her name tattooed on his arm which made her proud. and he loved skateboarding, tyre nichols family says that he was pretty good. that was his passion, he s been skating since he was six years old. when he left around to 3:00, he was on his way to because my son every night and look at the su
with what the video fetch, think about the beginning of the encounter. when the police officer approaches the car and he snatches him out of the car. think about how he s talking to him talking at the level of violence in the voice and the inaction, that happens every single day. if communities of color, every single day. between black and brown folks, poor, folklore they are dehumanized. they need to ascend to the absolute authority of somebody who refuses to recognize that as a rights bearing citizen. and then that eventually elevates every now and then to someone dying. so, i want to say that at the heart of this, this generalize sense of disregard. that s a part of a former policing, organize state
fundamentally corrupt at their core, it doesn t change the fundamental nature of the institution. this is what baldwin was writing about in 1987. and when he was trying to come to terms with all these poor, black babies being killed in atlanta, with a black mayor, black chief of police, and the city too busy. you re right, there s nothing i can do. as a parent to protect my child from organize state violence in that way. and don t put it on me, don t put it on us. in some sense. we need to name for what it is. we need to name it for what it is. i want to say, we re gonna talk about the police. but i want to remind everyone that this was a 20 nine-year-old man. who loved skateboarding. and he loved sunsets, and he was goofy, any loved his mother. and we should not forget his humanity. as we talk about the ways in which state sponsored violence has denied is. life or shabbat scent, president of color of change, african american studies at
generalize disregard with a form of policing that presumes absolute authority, precisely because you represent organize state violence. so part of what we need to see, i think, alex, with regards to this horrific video footage. i don t think we about kyrie s mother, and about his side, i don t think about the loss, and public grief we need to see over, at over. with what the video fetch, think about the beginning of the encounter. when the police officer approaches the car and he snatches him out of the car. think about how he s talking to him talking at the level of violence in the voice and the inaction, that happens every single day. if communities of color, every single day. between black and brown folks, poor, folklore they are dehumanized. they need to ascend to the absolute authority of somebody who refuses to recognize that