. this is special cnn live coverage as memphis and as we all come to grips with what we have seen done to a young man on video by five police officers who are now charged with murder. john, tomorrow, it will be three weeks to the day, since employees pulled over tyre nichols in a traffic stop that we see on video escalate out of all proportion, we then see nichols run off to be stopped at a second location and be given a fatal beating. before we show you just a portion of it. i want to take a moment and reaffirm that tyre nichols about his personhood to show you a little bit about who this man was, our sara sidener has that story. in memphis candles burn for a life snuffed out. 2019-year-old tyre nichols being remembered where friends say he felt the most free, a skate park, 12 years ago, nichols seen here doing what he loved, 12 years later, he ended up dead boat end boy five men sworn to protect and serve. knocks family wants people to know more about tyre nichols tha
so far. i think so, too. i did an interview over off of channel 3 drive, and the protest , this is where they started. and when i drove up, they were very period. they were walking around and they were getting ready to walk over to the bridge, and they were very peaceful. so that made you feel good. i didn t feel like i was in harm s way. i said earlier that memphis has a rich history when it comes to the civil rights movement. it would be incredible for memphis to have a rich history when it comes to police reform. yes. which is a continuum, on the continuum for the civil rights movement. right, and i think today i heard attorney crump say that this should be the blueprint. i think he said that to you this morning about memphis being the blueprint for the country, of what happened as far as the officers being fired and being charged with in 20 days of what happened. so i think this is it. memphis will be the blueprint for the coununtry. thank you, vicki terry. i
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
with kim brunhuber. we re seeing a lot of anger across the united states this morning and demands for police reform, but all of it has been peaceful. the american cities were on edge that they might not be. this after the city of memphis released shocking police videos of the january 7th attack. in memphis, for example, protestors marched on to a major interstate bridge across the mississippi river bringing traffic to a standstill. no arrests. tyre nichols died three days after the violent encounter. he was just 29 years old. his funeral has been set for next wednesday. all five officers have been fired and on thursday they were charged with second degree murder, kidnapping and other offenses. arraignments are set for next month. we want to play some of the newly released videos. they are difficult and disturbing to watch and there s a lot of foul language. now we don t scenic cools being pulled over for alleged reckless driving but the first clip is from an officer arrivin
good morning and welcome to cnn this morning weekend. i m boris sanchez live in memphis, tennessee, a city that s still processing the horror caught on camera, the horrific beating of tyre nichols at the hands of police. good morning to you, boris. i m amara walker here in atlanta. that encounter from start to finish, the video was released last night, giving the public its first glimpse into what happened on that night. the four clips are each taken from different per specktives, but they all show a deadly encounter between tyre nichols and memphis police officers earlier this month. the images are graphic, disturbing and heartbreaking, but they re critical to understanding the gravity of what happened. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all right, all right, all right. you don t do that, okay? get on the ground. we see and hear a lot. what we do not see is nichols bein