outrage, anger and grief. tyre nichols repeatedly beaten, kicked, tased and pepper sprayed by the police. on video for the world to see. the family of the father, skateboarder and photographer calling for peace as people around the country take their emotions out onto the streets in protest. and there are new questions about how to break the political stalemate to achieve some kind of real police reform. five former memphis cops already charged with murder, two more have now been relieved of duty. and a doj investigation is underway. this morning, we have memphis community leaders, experts on policing and a member of congress joining this crucial conversation. thanks to you for joining us this morning, i m katie phang, this is special coverage of the leash of the tylee nichols video. right now, the world is washing and reacting to that footage showing five memphis police officers kicking, punching, just beating 29 year old nichols after what was supposed to be just a traffic
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are not of color, that have come out to be able to say, we re going to stand shoulder to shoulder with the african american community when it comes to this type of police violence. yes, absolutely. the crowd was diverse last night. i saw the demonstrators and the crowd was diverse at the vigil the night before. so, as we know, tyre nichols did not see color, he was a skateboarder. if you knew anything about skateboarding, it s a diverse crowd. which does it. he spent a lot of his time, his formidable years in sacramento. so, the sacramento naacp and those individuals in sacramento that new tyre have reached out to us here in memphis, to offer their support. there s been a diverse crowd, this is something where people are saying, yes, the officers are brechin tyree s black, but, you know, race is something
congress is beginning, i will be renewing my legislation and legislative efforts to advance the reforms we need. and then americans are demanding, katie? thanks to antonia hylton who s in memphis and julie tsirkin is in d.c.. thank you both for starting us off this morning. in a tweet yesterday, the naacp posted a list of names of the people that have been killed during interactions with the police. that post had the title, quote, the list grows, the legislation lacks. joining me now is van turner, he s the president of the memphis branch of the naacp. and he s also an attorney,. van, thanks for joining us early as morning. and getting us started. you told the new york times, what happened to tyre nichols shows that we need to better implement the policies and the training procedures that are already on the books for most of these police forces. can you expand a little bit more on that? if they already exist, van, then what s the next step to be able to actually make sure that the
indefensible. you are not going to see law enforcement groups. in any way, shape or form in my opinion. even attempt to. it s important that they call it out. it s also, as you said, culture and reform. that s what i take from this video. they seem comfortable, they seem and no way, shape or form resembling law enforcement. walking around, coming back and kicking him and indefensible person in the head. the strikes with the baton, law enforcement is taught from an early stage, you apprehend somebody, you get the handcuffs on them as quickly as possible. and it s over. that is absolutely not what we saw here. i think the reform has to continue, it has to continue with here s the key, all parties at the table. as i was watching some of the earlier segments, hearing the gentleman from the naacp talk about additional forms that were wanted, and needed in his