Good evening everyone, we're in Los Angeles tonight bringing you a special edition of the

Readout focusing on two examples of the epidemic of violence in the United States.

And no, this time, not mass shootings, which we talk about so often on this show.

We're talking about the kind of person-to-person violence and police violence that we also cannot

seem to get free of in the United States.

Six hours after the release of Bodycam footage showing an intruder attacking former House

Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer in the couple's home late

last year.

An outgrowth of the right wing extremism and political violence that's become all too

familiar.

In this hour, the nation is bracing for the release of the video showing Memphis police

officers beating 29-year-old Tyree Nichols for three straight minutes, ultimately resulting

in his death.

The five officers involved have been fired and are facing second-degree murder charges.

Ben Crump, one of the attorneys for the Nichols family, said Tyree's last words in the

video footage were gut-wrenching screams for his mom.

Tyree's mother, Rovon Wells, addressed that horrific moment today.

For a mother to know that their child was calling them in their need and I wasn't there for

you.

I'm a do you know how I feel right now because I wasn't there for my son.

I want to say to the five police officers that murdered my son, you also disgraced your

own families.

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