Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said police should have the skills to de-escalate a situation in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.

GALLAGHER: It is almost like de-escalation doesn’t come into the equation and it should. It has to. It must. You’ve got to be able to de-escalate a situation as well as sometimes have to use physical force. There is no question, sometimes police officers must use force, but here is what Chris Christie said yesterday on ABC.

CHRISTIE: Look, I think one of the things that we learned — Camden, New Jersey, was the most dangerous city in America for about a decade, and we disbanded the entire police force and brought in a new one. And one of the things we did was not just what John was talking about before, which is use of force, use of deadly force, but turn it on its head. We taught police officers in that city skills for violence de-escalation, that when you encounter a situation, how do you de-escalate the violence rather than escalate it? So I think it’s really important that you do that as well. You need to arm police officers with skills not just to put in their heads, ‘Here’s how you use violence.’

GALLAGHER: No question. Great point.