In this edition of 'The Countdown,' we dive deeper into the celebration of life ceremony held Wednesday for Tyre Nichols.
Mourners, from Vice President Kamala Harris to the activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, celebrated the life of, whose death at the hands of police in Memphis led to second-degree murder charges against five officers.
The legislation bans chokeholds and no-knock warrants in certain cases. It also mandates data collection on police encounters and alters qualified immunity for law enforcement, which protects law enforcement officers from most civil lawsuits. It also failed to clear the Senate in 2021 when lawmakers could not agree on the qualified immunity provision.Here are the other headlines from Wednesday's show:The official curriculum for a new Advanced Placement course on African American studies downplays some components that drew criticism from conservatives including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who had
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