i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in today for fredicka whitfield. a major move by the memphis police department. less than 24 hours after the release of the video showing the brutal building of tyre nichols, the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit will be disbanded. this move coming after nichols family and protesters around the country demanded the unit be dissolved. cnn s isabelle rosales has more on these developments. what are you learning? reporter: the police chief cerelyn davis, in a statement she put out, talking about how it was disbanded, she touted the quality work of this unit. clearly there s been tensions between the community and this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what happened here is the police chief, she met with members that were not involved in the beating of tyre nichols and determined it was in the best interest of the community to disband. this goes to the direct wis activists and the family attorney as well. here is what we know about the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. this
i m wondering if you can share from your perspective, what impact that sort of violence is having on black communities, on police. how do you begin to build back trust when these horrific things keep happening? well, first i ll speak as a black man. for being a black man this this country, it s continuous trauma for us. since the first african american man and woman was brought here to this country, we have been under attack. that s the reality and truth of it. america doesn t want to hear that, but we ve been under attack continuously, and for all the progress that we ve made, when you see another black man murdered live and in color on police body camera and cctv footage, it just reminds you of how far we have to go. your heart, of course, goes out to his family, his community, but the families and folks here in baltimore who have been going through the same thing and all
well, i hate to say this. i mean i really hate to say it. but this is america. look at the evidence. on saturday the worst anti-semitic attack in this country s history. 11 people killed in cold blood. the dead including a 97-year-old woman, two developmentally disabled brothers, and a couple in their 80s, a couple who were married at the same synagogue more than 60 years ago. the alleged shooter is an anti-semite who blamed jews for helping people in migrant caravans. last week it was an african-american man and woman, both in their 60s, shot to death allegedly by a white man who had first tried to attack a predominantly black church nearby. and then there are the pipe bombs. 15 of them sent to prominent democrats and to cnn. the latest just today.
married at the same synagogue more than 60 years ago. the alleged shooter is an anti-semite who blamed jews for helping people in migrant caravans. last week it was an african-american man and woman, both in their 60s, shot to death allegedly by a white man who had first tried to attack a predominantly black church nearby. and then there are the pipe bombs. 15 of them sent to prominent democrats and to cnn. the latest just today. and where are our leaders in the midst of all this, at a time when americans are looking for a strong denunciation of the evil we see around us? president trump began his day tweeting out another false attack on the news media, leaving sarah sanders to speak for him from the press room podium. the president has denounced racism, hatred, and bigotry in all forms on a number of occasions, will continue to do
are african-americans because of freddie gray s situation and death in police custody. as far as the racial aspect it will be interesting to see and hear what the new attorney general says about this and in particular baltimore. whether this is a civil rights issue, i think the bar to get to a civil rights violation in a police department is pretty high. it is just an interesting move to see the justice department move in this way this fast. we have heard the state attorney in baltimore coming forward with the charges against these six officers who you point out three are african-american and three are white in this case. but we have not heard the other side of the story yet. and in any judgment of any case we have to hear both sides of the story. so it is interesting the department of justice is taking action before we heard even that. well just to look back at