very good monday morning to you, i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill. this morning lawmakers back on capitol hill facing growing pressure after the deadly beating of tyre nichols by memphis police ignites renewed calls for federal police reform. nichols family attorney benjamin crump telling cnn tyre s tragic death should force congress to act. shame on us if we don t use his tragic death to finally get the george floyd justice in policing act passed. so will things change this time around? the congressional black caucus is calling for a meeting with president biden this week to push for negotiations on police reform. remember there was a push, bipartisan push in the wake of george floyd it didn t make it through two years ago following that death, those discussions broke down in the senate, congress failed to pass the federal reforms. now the president of tennessee s naacp chapter is pleading with congress to try again. we come to call to action for congress. by faili
bipartisan push in the wake of george floyd it didn t make it through two years ago following that death, those discussions broke down in the senate, congress failed to pass the federal reforms. now the president of tennessee s naacp chapter is pleading with congress to try again. we come to call to action for congress. by failing to craft and pass bills to stop police brutality the blood of black america is on your hands. so stand up and do something. also over the weekend the memphis police department deactivated the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit, that is the task force at the center of nichols death. that s where we begin this hour, cnn s senior crime and justice correspondent shimon prokupecz joining us. in terms of that decision what more do we know that decision and about this unit? this unit was created to fight crime essentially. it was their main thing was to prevent crime from occurring,