been planted. but there s something that is such an indictment of humanity. there are movements after they beat this man, affectedly to death. when you see the police officers bend down, tie their shoes. or ask each other if they found their glasses. or help each other with i wash, saline solid shin for the pepper spray that they mistakenly sprayed themselves with. and it shows a concern from each other s humanity, that s completely missing. when you talk about tyre nichols. their inability to see him as a human being. it s shocking. what do you think about our society when you see this? you know, just kind of generalized disregard. when it comes to black folk in this country. it s a part of our history, our president, and you combine that
violence, that weather mother it s peter laying, whether it s black officers, or whether it s white police officers. when it comes to addressing people of color in communities of color, they don t give a blank about what the body that standing in front of. then those bodies are in that, point rashad, tyre nichols mother, rowvaughn wells, so that police attributed the use of force tour sons quote, superhuman energy. which made it difficult to put handcuffs on him. that s part of the dehumanization as well. the conversation they have amongst themselves, about how he was doing this, doing that. none of what has been borne out by the evidence we ve seen thus far. or what officials appointed to. as probable cause. there s been none this far. and the idea to excuse away something that is morally repugnant, by blaming the
stopped him were charged with second degree murder, aggravated assault, an aggravated kate happening amongst other charges. earlier today, tyre nichols mother, rowvaughn wells, asked for her reaction to the fact that her son cried out for her as he was beaten. ultimately to his death. by the police. my heart breaks for a mother to know that their child was holding them. and i wasn t there for. because i wasn t there for my son. i was showing someone that i had this really bad pain in my stomach, earlier, not knowing what had happened. but once i found out what happened, that was my son s pain i was feeling. and i didn t even know. for me to find out that my son was calling my name. and i was only feet away, and didn t even jerome.
to be for neighborhood, this east coast before community. it s supposed to have a feel good sound to it, but instead as we ve, heard scorpion really has a very deep staying, and they caused a death here. a very needless death. you ve been dealing with the fact, i wonder if you can give us a sense of how they re managing this moment, i m just staggered by the strength of tyre nichols mother, to speak of the death of the sun, publicly and in such eloquent terms when he was sent here for purpose and perhaps awakening the country are further alerting the country as to the horrific abuses that occurred on the part of the state sanctioned state awakening the country to that violence. on the part of police, that potentially is a mission, if he was indeed on a mission here.
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