get on the bleep. all right, i m on the ground. get on the ground. i ll tase you. i ll tase you. [bleep] [bleep] [inaudible] [bleep] man, if you don t like. down i m on the ground. [bleep] stop, i m doing [bleep] the phrase, phrase. i m just trying to go home he said. the police chase tyre nichols
including the arkansas memphis. bridge the were also seeing peaceful protests elsewhere in the country. washington, new york, boston, seattle. the white house held a meeting this afternoon with mayors of more than 15 cities to coordinate support, as metropolitan centers braced for public outcry. the nichols family, officials in memphis, and the white house have all called for peaceful demonstrations and thus far, that s exactly what we re seeing. joining us now is memphis city councilman, rhonda logan, miss, logan thanks for making the time. we really appreciate you being here. can you give us a sense of what the discussion has been among local officials, about the death of tyre nichols, in the decision to release the video? absolutely, thank you for having. us first and foremost, i want to extend the condolences to tyre nichols and his family. and our prayers go out to them. i d legislatively
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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 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.
central issue of what happened to tyre nichols. but the by standing, on, looking the by, standing on the part of police officers. a first responders, i mean that speaks to another part of the cancer is culture that s affected this part of law enforcement. and again, first response. to what degree is that something that people are focusing on? i know there s a lot of attempted systemic reforms of the law enforcement. but this part of it and the ability to stand by as a fellow officer effectively leads to death. civilian, seems like a very big problem in law enforcement. well, really what it is is the paradox of law enforcement. they re there to provide protection, served the right thing, to be there for citizens when they re needed for safety purposes. but when you see them act in this contra indicated away, it does create confusion, it causes mistrust. that s why we have this