to trying to do whatever she can to learn lessons from this incident. i don t contemplate our office would be involved in that review. i think that s about were they members of the organized crime unit? scorpion unit. it s been reported that scorpion unit was involved. is that it? okay. i m being told that s it. thank you. thank you. martha: okay. that is the official announcement by d.a. steve mulroy. we also hurd from david roush, the director of the tennessee bureau of investigations and a couple of others. we came in a little late on the top of that. another individual was speaking prior to them. essentially five former memphis police officers have been charged with five charges including second degree murder and aggravated assault. there s the images on the
our top story tonight, murder charges in the death of tyre nichols, five former police officers now in custody as prosecutors lay out their case for the public. cnn s don lemon is on the ground for us in memphis. don, each of these men now facing several very, very serious criminal charges including second-degree murder, you re there on the scene talking to a lot of folks. give us the latest. reporter: extremely serious charges, second-degree murder as you said, wolf, aggravated assault. aggravated kidnapping which is an interesting one. official misconduct and official oppression. those are the charges that could land these officers in jail for a very long time if they are found guilty in a court of law. now, the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david roush, he held a press conference with the district attorney here saying according to david roush that he found what the officers actions
of investigation, david roush as well as assistant director josh melton. i m also joined by other members of my staff including earnest brooks, ray lapone and also most relevant for today the trial team and the tyree nichols case, including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply and also hurts us all. the death of tyree nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief of the friends and family of tyree are experiencing right now and the great concern throughout memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family of tyree nichols. they described an almost perfect son, a cheerful and happy person that enjoyed skateboarding and
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