hello and welcome to the programme. tyre nichols, was a 29 year old black man. a father, a fedex employee, a keen skateboarder. three weeks ago, he was pulled over by the memphis police on suspicion of reckless driving. there was a confrontation after which tyre fled. and what happened next defies belief. five memphis police officers, who are also black, chased him down just 80 yards short of his mother s front door, they beat tyre so badly that, three days later, he died from his injuries. i am going to show you a picture of what tyre looked like before he died. just a warning it is hard to look at. the coroner said he had suffered excessive bleeding caused by a severe beating . the family have been shown the body cam footage. while each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of tyre nichols, and they are all responsible. reverend al sharpton has spoken with the family and will deliver th
And the president whod so bitterly criticised black sports stars for taking a knee is himself criticised for disrespecting the National Anthem. Hello and welcome. Im katty kay with Christian Fraser in washington on capitol hill. Democrats are red faced today. Theirfirst big test in the election to unseat donald trump ended in spectacular, embarrassing failure. We dont quite know what went wrong in the iowa caucus, but we do know theres still no result. Blame it on a complicated system, a new way of counting, a tech meltdown, whatever, it doesnt look good for the party. And for the president , it was all too easy. The democrat caucus is an unmitigated disaster, he tweeted. Nothing works, just like they ran the country. The only person that can claim a very big victory in iowa last night is trump. We arejoined now by nick bryant in des moines. He is the only reporter left. They have all departed for New Hampshire, havent they, nick . Yeah, they have. You leave town as quickly as you can,
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