Val Demings: “Aren`t we, as a nation, exhausted? Haven`t we had enough? Doesn`t this issue deserve more than a political debate, a…”

But we`ve got to come together, as I said, at the local and state level. We`ve got to join the federal partners, and deal with this issue, particularly in the state of Florida.

As the chief of police in Orlando, we were laser- focused on reducing violent crimes. I ask my colleagues who like to talk about violent crime to join us in reducing violent crime. We were able to do so because we had the resources to do…

How can we sit here today--are we serious?--and say, regardless of the physical, emotional, and psychological trauma, the women and girls who survive these vicious attacks, that does not matter?

I believe the officers knew or they should have known that punching Tyre in the face or kicking him in the face could cause death or great bodily harm.