don t feel safe? well, in mayor lori lightfoot s defense, she was incompetent, we knew that prior to her taking position to being the mayor. she s on the heels in the wake of the upcoming election. i don t believe she has a genuine understanding how to reduce crime and what she s doing is reflective of bill de blasio when he was mayor of new york. she is not the plausible candidate to advance the agenda of public safety in chicago. therefore she needs to step back and let the new mayor come in upon being elected and make the necessary changes because that city genuinely needs to say drops in crime but have not been delivered by mayor lightfoot. sandra: and more and more companies and businesses are threatening to leave, people don t want to have their families live there. it s becoming a bigger and bigger problem. darrin porcher, thank you, good
been fired and are now charged with second-degree murder in nichols death. they ll make their first court appearance at a bond arraignment scheduled for february 17th. we know at least some of of the officers were a part of the memphis police department scorpion union. that union will be permanently or has been permanently disbanded. we are also learning today that the parents of tyre nichols will be in attendance at president biden s state of the union address next week at the request of the congressional black caucus, john. john: that tape is really difficult to watch and baffling why it ever happened. charles, thanks. sandra: darrin porcher is with us, former nypd, and law professor. our reaction continues to pour in, seeing the video last friday night. and there s a lot of questions
john: a sixth memphis police officer has now been suspended in the tyre nichols investigation. f five other officers are charged with murder in the death of nichols. at least two of them joined after the department relaxed hiring requirements. we will put that question to darrin porcher just ahead. but charles watson is live in memphis, big changes are underway in the police department there. charles. the memphis police department has confirmed a sixth officer is suspended in connection to the death of 29-year-old tyre nichols following a brutal beating during a traffic stop earlier this month. the officer in question is identified as preston hemphill. however, the department has not said specifically what the officer s involvement was. disturbing and graphic bodycam
The newly released videos of Tyre Nichols police beating captured the brutality that his family and authorities had already foreshadowed: He was punched and kicked while being restrained. He pleaded