one gave nichols any medical attention for at least 25 minutes. now, five of the officers seen in the video have been fired and charged with second-degree murder and their unit to fight street crimes and guns known as scorpion, that s now gone. it s been disbanded. happened over the weekend. cnn correspondent nick valencia is with us now. so what are you learning about this sixth officer, preston hemphill now being relieved of duty? yeah, the memphis police department telling me he is on administrative leave, that he was relieved along with the other officers. so this makes six that were relieved as a result of their involvement in the incident that led to tyre nichols death. we know preston hemphill as he s been identified has been on the memphis police department since 2018 and according to a source with knowledge of hemphill s involvement we know he was part of this so-called scorpion unit. also according to his attorney victor and alisyn, we are told that hemphill is the officer
somebody died very unnecessarily and violently and savagely as a result of a severe beating, and this particular officer, hemphill, started it by saying i hope they stomp his ass. well, his wish came true. i don t know why he should be excused. i don t know why because he wasn t at the second event that his words should be excused, especially if they were broadcast. that part we don t know. but once again, what i m saying is that this scorpion unit, and i heard the reporting before, you know, why so violent right away? why did it start escalating from a zero to a 10? that s something i d like to get to because the question of why this happened. the officers claim reckless driving. the chief said that there s nothing that substantiates that on the recording. have you gotten closer to getting an answer there? is there any information that you have that tyre nichols knew
ail alisyn camerota. i m victor blackwell. a sixth officer has been let go. they won t say if preston hemphill will face charges. that footage was released with the other video. we have a warning because the body cam clip we are about to show is disturbing. in this video from hemphill s camera he is seen unufiring a t. they found him. martin and all them are over there chasing him. i hope they stomp his ass. i hope they stomp his ass. smith is calling for other cars. his lawyer says hemphill was on scene and they say he was a member of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit.
reporter: we are just learning the three former fire fishers could face criminal charges. the fallout over the brutal beating of 29-year-old tyre nichols sparked nationwide outrage and pngs.preston hemphill, have been relieveof duty pending an internal investigation. hemphill was captured on police body cam pulling nichols from the car at the first traffic stop and tasing him. after nichols runs away, hemphill could be heard saying this i hope they stomp his as. reporter: hemphill was not present when officers from the scorpion unit took nichols down a second time. they were seen kicking, punching and striking him with the baton while he was restrained. nichols died in the hospital three days later. everyone needs to see what the memphis police department did to my son. get on the ground! reporter: during the assault, officers gave thicks a
relieved of duty with the other officers going on to say, remember, we said this investigation is on going. more information will be shared as it developments. the lawyer representing officer hemphill says his client was the third officer at the initial stop of nichols. video one is his body cam footage. asing that as per departmental regulations, officer hemphill activated his body cam. he was never present at the second scene. he s cooperating with officials in this investigation. the new development comes as questions continue to be raised about the fate of other people who also responded to the scene and the disturbing footage released friday, you can see nichols being beaten with a baton. he s also punched and kicked. all the while his hands remain restrained behind his back. in the video you can see other officers standing around after the beating. i think that there is a reckoning coming for the police department and for the leadership. there are going to be the tough questi