floyd and breonna taylor in 2020, hundreds of police departments nationwide implemented reforms that were aimed at reducing excessive use of force and restoring trust with local communities. the memphis police department was one of them. the new york times notes, the department eliminated the use of no knock warrants. officers were or acquired he s de-escalation shredded jeez, and intervene if they saw others using excessive force. they could shoot at a suspect only as a last resort and had to attempt to issue a verbal warning beforehand. and each time they used or threatened to use force against civilians, they had to reported. a ban against chokeholds was already in place. the memphis police chief, c. j. dave, this is the five officers directly involved in the death of tyre nichols, all of whom were hired between 2017 and 2020, violated those policies.
profiling, and excessive use of force. policies that in militarization of police, policies that put a ban on chokeholds and limit no-knock warrants. we need to end qualified immunity. this is a protection that has been codified in our courts, that it does not allow for accountability s when law enforcement is operated with brutality and recklessness and a disregard for black and brown bodies and lives. there is no accountability. so again, there can be no justice, but there must be accountability, and we can have that by ending qualified immunity. and we do need to pass the george floyd justice in policing act. but how many more lives? how many more bodies? to this question about centering actual lived experience in policy, i want to turn now to reproductive access because this week you and fellow congress women
chokeholds, will be held separately. the other officers will be tried together, and the two paramedics will also be tried together, and i should note that elijah s death, guys, almost slipped through the cracks. initially the local d.a. didn t even take the case up, saying there was not enough evidence. it took statewide protests in the aftermath of the killing of george floyd for the state attorney general to gather and convene this secret grand jury which is why we are now here today. guys? it s amazing. it s just amazing to see what happens when you shine a light on something. l lucy, thank you. after that t-mobile hack last year, that involved the personal data of 30 million customers. we ll have more on that in the next hour .
in the months leading up to today have been essentially pointing fingers at one another in terms of who is to blame for elijah s death. so as a result of that, the judge ruled that there will be three separate trials. the former officer who performed the chokeholds will be tried by himself. that trial is scheduled for september 18th. the two other officers will be tried together. their trial is scheduled for july 11th. the two paramedics in this case will also be tried together, jury selections for their trial begin august 7th. why did it take so long to get to this point? reporter: this is a death that initially, frankly, slipped through the cracks. the local da didn t even take the case initially, saying that he didn t effectively have enough evidence to do anything about this. it actually took statewide protests here in colorado following the killing of george floyd for this to gain national
at the age of 11 not knowing a word of english. i started as a police officer in 1996. reporter: what i found is chief foeti has managed to successfully straddle the line between being pro cop and pro community. it is a good stepping stone. foti started looking into these issues years before george floyd when michael brown had just been killed. we talked about what needed to change, what didn t, and what i saw out of him was someone who listened and we saw there was some change in his perspective but there was change in ours as well. because we got to see what you have to deal with. we saw out of him a commitment to look at what was going on in the police force and establish a set of standards for reform. the day of the george floyd incident we were not back peddling and back tracking and making excuses or even fighting the changes. we had already made the changes. so chokeholds, duty intervene, all common sense. every police department should