5 Black police officers charged over death of Tyre Nichols

It's the problem of seeing everything in terms of race as it seems many Americans do.

They find themselves stuck in a loop.

They'll probably end up defending the black police men now.

Fixated on race and drama. That's America.

That’s another effort at reading me ass backwards.

Morgan Freeman had it spot on years ago.

If you want to stop racism just stop talking about race.

"That guy is an asshole" not "That black/white/yellow/brown/other guy is an asshole"

That’s not my burden no. Race is clearly inseparable from the topic given the title and body and even the replies being derisive to black Americans as animals.

Whats the title got to do with it?

"Police Officers" is just as much part of the title, you you choose to decide that this incident is a race one. Why is that?

It's not just America anymore.

That toxic ideology is over here too. It's pathetic.

As evidenced in much the replies.

Video to be shared Friday evening. This is almost like a teaser trailer

Hard to imagine that five police officers could do this together. How could five such psychos come to be working together.

Agreed but that mindset is creeping in here too…

The delay in releasing the footage, the call for calm and peaceful protest from the president suggests that this footage is going to be horrific.

According to reports the victim is defenceless and calls for his mother in the last few seconds of the video. There won't be many people able to hide their emotions and ignore this one. Maybe something will finally be done about the police forces in the US or at least start real dialogue for change.

Chief of Police:

LEMON: That’s when you — Sunday morning is when you first saw the video?

DAVIS: That’s absolutely right.

LEMON: And then, when you saw it, what was your reaction?

DAVIS: Um, I was — I was outraged. I was — it was incomprehensible to me. It was unconscionable. And I felt that I needed to do something and do something quickly. I don’t think I’ve witnessed anything of that nature in my entire career.

LEMON: Really?

DAVIS: Really.

LEMON: That bad?

DAVIS: It was that bad.

LEMON: What are we going to see, then?

DAVIS: You’re going to see acts that defy humanity. You’re going to see a disregard for life. Duty of care that we’re all sworn to. And a level of physical interaction that is above and beyond what is required in law enforcement.

And I’m sure that — you know, as I said before, that individuals watching will feel what the family felt. And if you don’t, then you’re not a human being — and we all are human beings. And I think there will be a measure of sadness as well.

LEMON: How long do these incidents go on? We heard from the district attorney yesterday and from the head of the TBI that there were two separate incidents, right?

DAVIS: Yes.

LEMON: How long do they go on, and when — what was the worst part of it? Because it has been said that the officers became charged —

DAVIS: Yes.

LEMON: — during the second incident. That they got more riled up.

DAVIS: Well, from the very beginning to me, they were riled up, you know. I don’t think they were as amped up as they were on the second — at the second scene. But just the stop — the nature of the stop, very aggressive, loud communication. And it was — it just rose from there. It escalated from there.

Mr. Nichols was able to get away from these officers and they found him again at another location. And at that point, there was — there was an amount of aggression that is unexplainable, you know.

In any instance where you’re apprehending someone, even in the worst situations when there is resistance, officers still have the responsibility to exercise care and regard for any individual that’s in custody or they’re attempting to apprehend, and they’re trained to do that.

LEMON: And to de-escalate.

DAVIS: And to de-escalate. And that’s the piece I think that is in question, but I think the escalation was there from the officers before training even needed to come in as it relates to de-escalate. The escalation was already there at a high level.

LEMON: So you’re saying they did everything wrong? Nothing that — you think this was outside of their training — everything.

DAVIS: Oh, absolutely for sure.

It's a meme at this point how often he represents the victims in these lawsuits but his resume is exhaustive when it comes to wrongful death by police etc. cases. But I think it's unfair to say his presence means it's 'ugly' or even that he wins each case for client.