Calls for Police Reform After the Death of Tyre Nichols

WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

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🗓️ 30 January 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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The release of the video showing the arrest and beating of Tyre Nichols, and the subsequent charges of second-degree murder for the five officers involved, have increased calls for police reform. Can the Senate finally put together a plan despite failing in the past? Plus, Donald Trump visits two primary states over the weekend as he runs for president again, but the reception was underwhelming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Three, two, one.
0:04.4	What will the world look like 10 or 20 years from now?
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0:11.3	can't wait to show you what's coming.
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0:15.6	From the opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal, this is Potomac Watch.
0:24.8	The death of Tyree Nichols after he was beaten while being arrested in Memphis reignites
0:29.9	the debate over police reform.
0:32.5	Why did the last attempt at reform fail?
0:35.4	What can this case tell us about how to do policing better?
0:40.0	Plus, Donald Trump visits South Carolina and new Hampshire over the weekend as he tries
0:44.0	to ignite the campaign for re-election that has gotten off to a lackluster start.
0:48.6	What did the weekend show about his political support going into the 2024 campaign?
0:54.2	Welcome.
0:55.2	I'm Paul Gigo with the Wall Street Journal editorial page.
0:57.8	I'm here with my colleagues, Kim Strassel and Kyle, Peter Sun.
1:02.3	Hello to both of you.
1:03.7	Let's talk about the Memphis case first horrible story, video, body cam released by Memphis
1:09.1	officials on Friday evening Tyree Nichols, 29-year-old black man beaten to death while seemingly
1:15.1	defenseless as you watch the body cam footage.
1:18.6	Five police officers, also all black charge with second degree murder on my other charges.
1:24.6	Certainly the body cam video evidence is not the only evidence that will be provided in
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