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Jim Jordan: No 'Law' Would Have Stopped Tyre Nichols's Death

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There may not have been “any law” to prevent the “evil” that occurred during the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).
Speaking in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, Jordan said that the new body camera footage of Memphis police officers pummeling Nichols was “difficult to watch” and he was taken aback by the “lack of respect for human life.”
Memphis authorities published the video footage of the Jan. 7 incident that resulted in Nichols’s death days after officers pulled him over. The video shows the officers chasing and beating Nichols and leaving him on the pavement propped against a squad car. The officers are seen fist-bumping and celebrating their actions.
The footage sparked protests in Memphis and other cities nationwide.
Chuck Todd, the host of “Meet the Press,” asked Jordan if there were any new federal rules and regulations that could be considered to prevent this from happening again in the future.

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