her voice, but when it comes to where we are now i think she has a very direct duty to make culture changing decisions. the clock is ticking. the clock is ticking. we will have a mayoral election this upcoming year. the question posed to every mayoral candidate is what will happen for chief davis and your administration. for a lot of them i think the answer is we would go a different direction. councilman jb smiley jr. obviously the investigation will continue and we will continue to cover it, but today it is for remembering tyre s legacy and obviously being there and comforting his family and the community. we will be thinking of you today. thank you for joining us. thank you. just moments ago the college board released its new framework for an ap african american studies course, a class that florida s governor banned from being taught at his state.
would be having a different conversation, probably accepting the police narrative as true. i think we have to do a better job of watching the watchers. let me ask you about police chief davis, in her description of what she saw on those tapes. that having been said do you think that she still now should hold the position? does she have the support of the public? does she have the support of the council to continue to be police chief there of the city? i believe it s changing every single day. what i tell people is if we watch the chief of chief davis when she speaks on the incident i think she s done a better job than any other police chief. you can sense the sip sarty in
they were terminated, they were arrested and they were charged and the police chief davis and i have respect for her saying this, the police chief said that it was important that the community see us take swift action. they said it was important that we move swiftly towards justice. well, when laquan mcdonald was killed in chicago and by white police officers, it s important that a community see swift justice too. when alton sterling was killed in batten huge, mitch, it s important that the community see swift justice too. when stephon clark was killed in sacramento, california, it s important that the community see swift justice too. when ark garner was killed in staten island, new york, it s important that the community see
his family, grandma, his son. i know we can t bring tyre back, but in this call to action, we establish his legacy and let s never let them forget memphis, because his legacy will be one of equal justice. it will be the blueprint going forward [ applause ] because we have to remember that in less than 20 days when it was five black police officers, captured on a video, engaging in excessive use of force, when they were committing crimes on video that they were terminated, they were arrested, and they were charged. and police chief davis, and i
0 something, i don t know what you writing on social media. i know what i saw on the tape. and the tape speaks for itself. they never asked this man for his license. never asked for the car registration. snatched him out of the car and began beating him. nobody mentioned nothing about no girlfriend. nobody mentioned nothing about no they started beating an unarmed man. tell em. in the city that they slayed the dreamer, what has happened to the dream? in the city where the dreamer laid down and shed his blood, you have the unmitigated gall to beat your brother, chase him down and beat him some more, call for backup and they take 20 minutes. and you watch him and you were too busy talking among each other, no empathy, no concern. if you read the story of joseph, when his brothers threw him in the pit, nobody came to help him like nobody came to help tyre. waiting on ambulance service that didn t show up until it s too late. what will happen to his dream? well, we ll just tell them s