turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of foot
now what he deserves justice. justice for a beautiful life taken far too soon. our thoughts tonight, i will terry s family, and this community. during this unthinkable, awful time. and on that note, i wish you all a safe night. hug your kids, from all of our family, excuse, me kind of get right. from all of our colleagues, across the networks of nbc news. when nbc family. thanks for staying up late with me. a really rough night. we ll see you at the end of monday. end o monday tire nicholas wendte nine years old. his family, and friends, remember me as a great kid and a beautiful soul. he was energetic, and outgoing, he was even goofy. they had a four-year-old son and he worked the second shift at fedex returning to his mother s house briefly every night at 7 pm for us late day lunch break. tyrannically s loved his mother. she said even had her name tattooed on his arm, which made her proud. and he loved skateboarding. tyrannical s family says he was pretty good. that was
that culture. quit internalizing it and do your job. we reflect the community that you came from, and do it with some integrity. you can do. it granted hansen, janai nelson, my great thanks for you for joining us tonight. that s all in for this week. alex wagner starts tonight. good evening,. alex thanks chris, thank you for joining us this evening. tyre nichols as 29 years. old his family and friends remember him as a great kid, and a beautiful soul. he was energetic an outgoing. he was even goofing. he had a four-year-old son. he worked the second ships, returning to his mother s house briefly at 7 pm for his late day lunch break. tyre nichols loved his mother. she said even had her name tattooed on his arm which made her proud. and he loved skateboarding, tyre nichols family says that he was pretty good. that was his passion, he s been skating since he was six years old. when he left around to 3:00, he was on his way to because my son every night and look at the su
now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. if accountability comes to people faster, then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of footage from police body cam footage and neighborhood security camera footage. the incident happened on january the 7th, 8:30 pm at night. the footage does not capture the and i
Charges including second degree murder, kidnapping, and official misconduct. the charges came just 16 days after tyre nichols s death. a kind of rapid action happen mostly, probably, because of the newly elected shelby district a county who ran on a platform different address racial profiling and de-escalation training tactics. and the memphis chief of police has also spoken out about reforms, including on a national scale. the kind of timeline we have seen in the tyre nichols case is not the norm when it comes to police violence against black americans, especially when it comes to these killings that have been caught on video. in the 2014 you re killing of 17-year-old laquan mcdonald in chicago captured on dash cam video, it took nearly 14 months for the police officer who killed him to be charged. in 2019 it again took four months for a texas police officer to be charged in the killing of 44-year-old pamela