accountability from all forsman and systemic change. after george floyd, never again. here we are. are going to ask congressman eric swallow what he has caused blood to do this time. since there is what is the way to fix this country s broken system? this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that the speedy now deactivating the scorpion unit, launched in 2021 to fight the cities rise and murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder and nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? speeding all started with the traffic stop. officers at the time said the 29-year-old was driving recklessly. department has since that, no video evidence backs of that claim. mid morning, the video you re about to see is incredibly graphic.
driving on january 7. officers are pulling the 29-year-old from his car and beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying him several times and he died thee days later. the memphis police department fired the five officers involved. they all face several charges including second degree murder. the release of the video has sparked wide-spread protests on the streets of memphis and around the country last night and today. fox news contributor and former washington dc homicide detective ted williams standing by with his analysis and first steve harrigan is live in memphis. steve reporter: john, the fallout of the death of tyre nichols here in memphis and the chief said that elite crime fighting unit the scorpions has been disbanded and all five accused of murder of nichols were members of that elite unit. more details, two coming clear from that tape and one hour videoed released on friday night and shows graphic violence and begins with the traffic stop of nichols. initial beati
boston, and d.c.. take a look at your screen right there. just to name a few of the places where we are watching this demonstration on s unfold. it s no secret that tyre nichols death is another reminder of the cycle of police violence normalized in this country. like so many of these cases, it started at a traffic stop. the driver just trying to get home. those were among nichols last words. in fact, as police video released yesterday clearly revealed. tonight we still don t know what led to the traffic stop in the first place. memphis police initially said officers pulled nichols over for reckless driving on january 7th. however on friday a memphis police chief told msnbc a review of police video shows no evidence that nichols was driving recklessly. we are going to show you some of that video, nichols traffic stop and initial interaction with police. it s very graphic but it shows with the 29-year-old was up against as he drove to take a picture of the sunset. man, i did
should not allow this to leave the united states without it being taken into custody or shot down or whatever other appropriate steps we can take. neil: it is all anyone is talking about these days but fox on top of that chinese spy blue still flying over the top of the nine states of america. now, here s what we know. it was last seen over north carolina. it appears to be headed east. the defense department continues tracking it. said all options remain on the table to deal with it while insisting americans on the ground have nothing to worry by it. pentagon also confirming a second chinese balloon is flying over latin america. we do not know much about that one. here s what we still don t know, when exactly did the u.s. first start tracking this balloon? and why was it allowed to enter our airspace and the first place? what intel are the chinese gathering from it? why did secretary saint antony blinken wait until yesterday to cancel his trip to china if the administration
with you, i m griff jenkins. five of the police officers involved in that arrest have been charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault among other crimes. we have fox team coverage on this with alexandria hoff in washington and charles watson in memphis. charles, let s kick things off with you in the brutal body cam footage. yeah, hey, good afternoon, griff and molly and in watching that footage, it absolutely appeared that tyre nichols as surprised at the level of aggression the memphis police officers had toward him during that violent january 7th traffic stop. from the start body cam video shows officers yank nichols aggressively out of his vehicle as the 29-year-old says he didn t do anything. he s thrown to the ground while officers continue to yell at him to get on the ground in a series of profanity-laced commands. a few moments later, you see police tase nichols as he manages to escape and run away and as some of the officers on scene pursue him, you ca