we will see you again tomorrow. now it is time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence o donnell. good evening, alex i know as you watch this next hour, you are going to be wondering, how can to members of congress be sitting in the studio with that guy? and the answer is, i m in washington d.c. this week. and so, that is how the magic is going to happen. that s a good week of shows. knowing you, your experience in washington d.c. and what is happening in that town, there is a lot to discuss. it s going to be an important week here. i will be watching. thanks, alex. thanks, lawrence. tonight, the family of tyre nichols held a press conference at the mason temple church of god in christ in memphis, tennessee. that is the same place where, 55 years ago, the reverend dr. martin luther king junior jr. to a standing room only crowd on the final night of his life, the night before he was assassinated. that night, dr. king said, like anybody,
as you watch this next hour, you are going to be wondering, how can two members of congress be sitting in the studio with that guy? and the answer is, i m in washington d. c. this week. and so, that is how the magic is going to happen. that s a good week of shows. knowing you, your experience in washington d. c. and what is happening in that town, there is a lot to discuss. it s going to be an important week here. i will be watching. thanks, alex. thanks, lawrence. tonight, the family of tyre nichols held a press conference at the mason temple church of god in christ in memphis, tennessee. that is the same place where, 55 years ago, the reverend dr. martin luther king jr. delivered his final speech, which, like all of his speeches, was really a sermon, to a standing room only crowd on the final night of his life, the night before he was assassinated. that night, dr. king said, like anybody, i would like to live a long life. long javits he has its place. but i am not
van turner, said this. you don t have to be trained to be a decent human being. you don t have to go through public procedures to know a man that is sitting there, slumping down, that you have got to render aid to him, so that he can live. i m not a police officer and i know that! and tyre nichols s brother said this. my brother was the most peaceful person ever and he has never lifted a finger to anybody. he has never raised his voice to nobody. if my brother was here today, and he had to say something, he would tell us to do this peacefully. the new york times is reporting that, as usual, in cases like this, the written police report of the incident does not match what we see on video. the new york times reports, the police report written hours after officer s beat tyre nichols was starkly at odds with what videos have since your field, making no mention of the powerful kicks and
can say that can explain what we saw on that videotape. right. in fact, what you saw may make it premeditated. come on, now! on the charges running your mouth come on now! and you will be running the charges because we don t care what you say. we know what we saw. that s right! and tyre should not have been treated like that. that could have been any one of us. it s her son and his stepson. it could have been mine. one of the members of the legal team supporting the family, now, memphis attorney van turner, said this. you don t have to be trained to be a decent human being. you don t have to go through police procedures to know if a man that is sitting there, slumping down, that you have got to render aid to him, so that he can live. that s right! that s right! i m not a police officer and i know that! and tyre nichols s brother said this.