death and what actually happened. plus, new polls out show what the american public really think of the house gop majority, spoiler alert, it s not pretty, and american tanks are headed to ukraine and more are on the way from germany. how will this impact this next phase of the war. i will speak to lieutenant colonel i am ayman mohyeldin. let s get started. 24 hours ago, officials in meant this released the brutal footage of police beating 29 year old tyre nichols. it s really sparked protests in several cities with thousands coming together to remember the father, photographer and have its key border as well as condemned the actions of police officers involved. those five now former officers have been charged with several crimes, including second degree murder. lawyers for two of the officers have already indicated they planned to plead not guilty. video of the assault stands in stark contrast to what police originally called a routine traffic stop gone wrong. it s g
enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs of that claim. now i need to warn you that the video you re about to see is in
system doesn t want to acknowledge that they made a mistake, but you made a mistake. the detective was like you re gonna tell us who did this and i was like, i didn t do anything. to hear the judge say guilty. everything just froze. two brothers convicted of murder their fight back against the justice system. twice is a pattern, pattern of how to gain a conviction. they knew they were innocent and the question was do we have enough. you have several witnesses saying their testimony was coerced, can they all be lying? if i have to die in this situation, let it be said that i died trying to prove that i was an innocent man, never that i gave up. never. hello and welcome to dateline, imagine spending nearly your entire adult life for a crime you did not commit, the minute the man you re about to meet say that that nightmare felt all too real to a decades long journey to prove their innocence they face roadblocks, giving up was not an option but would their fi
people. we want to thank everyone for supporting us. are nonviolent protests. also new today, city officials telling msn news that police body cameras were turned off during the beating of nichols. officials telling nbc news that none of the body cam footage was lost. that when police first stop nichols, one of the three officers involved in not activate his camera, and in other turned it on, but the camera fell off immediately. at the sign of the butane, officials said only two officers had their body cameras activated s. meanwhile, protesters around the country are once again mobilizing to demand change from lawmakers. the murder of tyre nichols was horrendous. what we need now is civilian oversight of police, and community control of police. law that will make it clear to police that they cannot beat people to death, shoot and kill people. that there must be one standard of justice in this country for everybody. not one standard for the police, one standard for the res
on january 7th. the city of memphis reacting today to the big announcement that the police scorpion unit the, one that is involved in the deadly beating, would be disbanded. here s what shelby county district attorney stephen mulroy told me in the last hour. i have heard that a number of citizens making complaints about the scorpion unit. i know that units of that kind sometimes can both in memphis and around the country sometimes breed a culture of over aggressiveness. i think it s probably a healthy thing of the units that disbanded. also new today. city officials cleaning up the discrepancy between the number of officers on the scene of the meeting. and the number body camera videos released. officials telling abc news some police body cameras were turned off during the beating and nichols. that when police first of nicholas, one of the three officers involved did not activate his camera. another turned it on but the camera fell off immediately. only two officers