nichols. demonstrators took to the streets demanding accountability from law 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 o
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
accountability from all forsman and systemic change. after george floyd, never again. here we are. are going to ask congressman eric swallow what he has caused blood to do this time. since there is what is the way to fix this country s broken system? this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that the speedy now deactivating the scorpion unit, launched in 2021 to fight the cities rise and murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder and nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? speeding all started with the traffic stop. officers at the time said the 29-year-old was driving recklessly. department has since that, no video evidence backs of that claim. mid morning, the video you re about to see is incredibly graphic.
Power starts right now. Enjoy that. static Static Continues Car Engine Humming intense wind its such a such a sort of, satisfying thing, i guess, to be in power. And they usually, the great persons usually told you to do. If you looked around, they werent there when the showdown came. Whistle Blowing [officer] go home or go to your church, this march will not continue. [ella] what i do, [officer] see that they disperse. [ella] is supposed to speak louder than what i say. Marching Footfalls siren sound screaming Whistle Blowing screaming Horns Honking Hooves Beating On Pavement drum sounds siren drum sounds screaming Overlapping Shouting shouting continues [speaker] last sunday, a group of Negro Americans in selma, alabama attempted peacefully to protest the denial of the most basic political right of all. The right to vote. People have to have faith in themselves and they can only gain that faith by being given the opportunity to grow. And when people value what they can do, they dont
it led to the firing of five memphis police officers and two fire department employees. question is there it finally show us what happened when 29-year-old tyre nichols was pulled over by police and three day later was dead after what an independent autopsy calls extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. and will anybody face any charges? plus. some teachers in florida locking down every book in their classroom libraries. why? out of fear they could face criminal charges if get this, they let kids read books. it hasn t been preapproved some new state law. that s right. how books in a classroom could suddenly just break the law. and there was a speech on house floor tonight like nothing ever happened before. it was written by an artificial intelligence program, we told you about that last night. it s called chat gp t. and tonight, congressman jake will be here to tell us how he used it to write this speech on the floor. a lot to cover tonight i want to begin with the conc