Police brutality and mass shootings. Deadly issues again confronting the United States.  

Just weeks into the New Year the U.S. is struggling with some very familiar problems that are making international headlines.  

There have been some 40 mass shootings so far including two within a matter of days in California. This is the highest number, at this point, for any year on record.

And in Tennessee, five Memphis police officers have been fired and are facing murder charges in the beating death of a 29-year-old Black man. At a Friday press conference with the victim’s family, their attorney denounced the accused.  

Joining the discussion: 

• Joseph Williams is a former senior editor for U.S. News and World Report.
• Rina Shah is a political analyst and current affairs commentator.
• Eleanor Clift is a political columnist with The Daily Beast. 
• Jadan Horyn is a political commentator and Editor-in-Chief of Soigne.

Five Memphis, Tennessee, police officers who were fired last week over the death of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days after a traffic stop, were indicted by a grand jury on charges including second-degree murder https://t.co/DKjFA994ah pic.twitter.com/TN8s3v6L1v

— Reuters (@Reuters) January 27, 2023

‘Tragedy upon tragedy’: why 39 US mass shootings already this year is just the start https://t.co/xa3ImhbEEz

— Guardian US (@GuardianUS) January 24, 2023