welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m kim brunhuber ahead on cnn newsroom. [ chanting ] this is the demand of protesters across the united states after the city of memphis releases the harrowing video of a fatal police beating. at the center of it all is this man, 29-year-old tyre nichols. we walk you through the clips of what he endured and where reform needs to begin. and a deadly shooting near jerusalem in a synagogue. across the united states we re seeing anger, we re hearing demands for change, but we re not witnessing the violent demonstrations many feared would come after the public saw those images. memphis officials released over an hour of video that started with traffic stop involving tyre nichols on january 7th. take a look. now there is already a lot of anger toward police over the incident with loud calls for reform. these protesters in memphis, for example, blocked a major bridge for a time, but n
police for a response. we haven t heard back. generally speaking when we have an enforcement driven unit, these units have a greater propensity to rack up complaints against them based on force. so i believe we had a failure in supervision and there was no appropriate oversight to ensure that these officers were doing what they were supposed to do. reporter: again t memphis police has not responded. memphis police tell cnn that unit and all other specialized units of the defendant will undergo a review and that the scorpion unit is, quote, inactivated during the review process. brian todd, cnn, washington. president joe biden who spoke with nichols family on friday had this reaction after he saw the footage of the deadly beating. he said, quote, like so many i was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the
of you. it was one of the many violent threats against nichols from the very beginning. afterward they left him slumped over and badly injured. at no time would they render aid. at least 30 minutes would pass before an ambulance finally arrived and nothing was done for nichols in the meantime. people have been protesting, demanding justice. so far it s been peaceful. in memphis, this is how protesters voiced their frustration. protefrts blocked all lanes on an interstate bridge and chanted slogans against injustice. police say no one was arrested and crowds began to disperse after a while.
terrorist atachlkt one is a 47-year-old male. one is a 23-year-old male. the ambulance service sads they were fully conscious and had gunshot wounds taken to their upper bodies. they both have been taken to the hospital. of course, this comes hours after that shooting you were referring to in your introduction, kim, in which seven people were shot. three were injured, and they re in hospital. one boy, one man, and a 6-year-old woman are in hospital as a result of that. the police arrested 42 people in response. the attacker himself, a 21-year-old man from east jerusalem was killed, and prime minister benjamin netanyahu who put out a statement last night said certain measures were taken already, but the government s cabinet would be meeting after the end of the jewish sabbath,
black man, we can treat him any type of way. we have to change the culture of police and hold people accountable. and we ll have much more on this story in the hour ahead where i ll be speaking with two former police officers about the need for police reform in the wake of tyre nichols killing. before we go, the nba grizzlies held a moment of silence friday night in memory of tyre nichols. grizzlies head coach jenkins says it s heartbreaking. here he is. our team understands the city is hurting. the nichols and wells family is hurting. the loss of tyre nichols has hit us hard. it s tough not being home, being on the road. i wish i could extend my arms through this camera to the family. they re going through a lot. i heard mrs. well talk with so