along with attorney tony ramanuci, attorney ernestine voice and attorney van turner, who is also the president of the memphis chapter of the naacp, we are proud to represent the family of tyre nichols. also present with us, of course, is bishop williamson who has been a steady faith leader for us in this ordeal as well as kareem ali, who is my investigator, but also is a person in the community who even before the video came out, the community activists were saying that something isn't right about this. i want to thank all those community activists and all those community people who stood up for justice even before we showed up, even before the cameras showed up. i think they deserve a big round of applause. [ applause ] we have the nclc president here as well. obviously, we have the people most affected by this tragedy who are showing such grace under these tragic circumstances. that is the stepfather of tyre nichols and the mother of tyre nichols. [ applause ] we can never applaud you enough for your grace and dignity throughout this. what are we here for today? at this hour. we ar