frankly, i m shocked. i m sickened by what i saw. i have seen the video. and as he stated, you will too. in a word, it s absolutely appalling. the brutal beating death of 29-year-old tyre nichols brings back the horrifying memories of rodney king. except king survived. nichols is dead. now five memphis police officers are charged with his murder. also tonight, american radicalization. how mike flynn convicted of lying to the fbi, is fusing christian nationalism and conspiracy propaganda in his radical road shows. plus, the racist republican dog whistles aren t dog whistles anymore. the right-wing racist attacks against people like ilhan omar, former secretary elaine chao, and many others, is now right out in the open. and we begin tonight in los angeles, california, where i m here for the premiere of the 1619 project hulu documentary which is still legal to watch in the united states, ron desantis. at least for now. and we arrive here as america deals with the real wo
there s a sense from what you re saying that police culture seems to supersede race in a lot of situations. when police are allowed for decade after decade to operate with impunity, you get almost sort of a gang mentality. you can do whatever you want to whoever you want. it doesn t matter, and the officers who do speak up, and i have talked to officers who have said this, that the one guy who decides to speak up is branded an outcast or a snitch. look what s happened, you know, to some of the officers who have spoken about january 6th and how they were treated. you know, by fellow officers. is that what this is, a culture problem that s bigger than necessarily just the race of the officers? it s 100% a culture problem. old school policing lore says if a guy tries to run when officers want to arrest him, he pays for it. bad apple cops follow that principle, but that s not what the majority of hard working law