Jim Jordan: Uncertain any law, reform can stop "evil" seen in Tyre Nichols video - Axios

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday that he was not sure that "any law, any training, any reform" would have changed what happened to Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man​ who died days after he was pulled over during a traffic stop​.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) told ABC's " This Week" on Sunday that Nichols' death was a "call to all of us" to push for police reform.

State of play: Jordan called the footage of Nichols' beating "difficult to watch" and said he was struck by the "lack of respect for human life."

The five former Memphis Police Department officers who were involved in Nichols' Jan. 7 arrest — who were charged with second-degree murder on Thursday — "did not have any respect for life," Jordan said.

Jordan underscored that while certain standards could be incentivized, efforts should be kept to the state and local level.

Asked by Todd whether police reform should be a top priority for the House Judiciary Committee — which Jordan chairs — the congressman replied that Nichols' death was "certainly" an example of "weaponization of government and abuse of the state and authority against the people that they're actually supposed to serve."