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Tom Boggioni

Jim Jordan shrugs off Tyre Nichols video

During an appearance on "Meet the Press" on Sunday, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, expressed dismay at the beating death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers — and then dismissed the idea that new laws need to be implemented to stop police abuse.

Speaking with host Chuck Todd, the Ohio Republican stated, "I don't know that there's any law that can stop that evil that we saw," before later adding, "But no amount of training's going to change what we saw in that video."

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