disbanded scorpion unit. he is seen here with a certificate of the skilled crisis team. and they say that hemphill never went to the second scene where the beating occurred and he is cooperating. the nichols family released a statement saying that the news monday of officials that officer preston hemphill was relieved of duty weeks ago and not yet terminated or discharged is extremely disappointing, and why is the identity and his role in tyre s death just coming to light. and memphis police has not released the name of the seventh officer, and meanwhile, a spokesman for the shelby county police department said that all officers and responding officers are being looked at for possible charges. go we are eare working very qui
of them is second-degree murder. that is not eligible for the death penalty in tennessee. what do you think of the second-degree murder charge, dave, and how challenging is this to prove in court? kate, good to be with you and joe, and it is tough to prosecute police for conduct. and here they have the body cam video, and here, i believe it is going to be enough to sustain the second-degree murder, and the fact that they are not charging first-degree murder means that the death penalty is off of the table, but the question is will anyone else be charge and the emts and officer hemphill, but these officers are being charged as principles and the same thing, and the prosecutors have a good chance at a conviction, and maybe they want to look to see which of the officers is least culpable, and try to get that officer to turn
there and they didn t intervene, they re all in the same boat together. yeah. the question is, can trust be restore first-degree that officer hemphill shows up on a scene and local people know he s the person who said, i hope they stomp his ass, what degree of trust and confidence will they have that will be taken care of within the bounds of the law? do you have a concern about the lack of disclosure of these additional officers being relieved of duty not on the first day when it happened, but several weeks later? i have a concern starting from the beginning of what we saw on the video, and you have made it very clear. i heard it in your last segment that when they approached him in his car, they just snatched him out. we have no idea nobody knows why he was stopped. they said it was a traffic violation. we don t know that for sure
to have been involved in the subsequent confrontation that led to tyre nichols death. nonetheless, the fact that this white police officer s alleged involvement is only being released now in connection, of course, with the death of a black youngster, has incensed tyre nichols family. they have issued a statement accusing the memphis police department of shielding mr hemphill and basically protecting him, or seeking to protect him, from the public eye. they have called for officer hemphill to be charged and sacked from the force. meanwhile, a couple of paramedics who attended to the scene and to mr nichols following his beating have also been dismissed, along with their driver, for failing to administer proper medical attention. david willis.
were not getting the full story the first time. this report describes something that is not at all reflected in the four videos that have at least been made public at this time. and what we know now is in addition to these two officers, one of the officers we actually see right at the outset of the violence. the officer you mentioned, officer hemphill, he is the white officer, for anyone that watches the video, he brandishes the taser. you can hear him at one point encouraging colleagues to stomp on nichols. they think he participated in the events that led to tyre nichols death. and then when it comes to the emts, members of the fire department, it s two emts but also a lieutenant, someone in leadership, who according to their own leadership, has violated their own policies. so, people want to see them now brought in into the broader case that s building here. the community feels validated