well, good evening everyone, i m laura coats and this is cnn tonight. two additional members police officers have not been relieved of duty in the wake of the killing of tyre nichols. we are learning officer preston hemphill who, according to memphis police, quote, participated in the initial traffic stop and the use of a taser, unquote. and another officer who hasn t yet been named. while they both have been relieved of their duty. and three memphis fire department personnel have also been fired over the response to tyre nichols beating seen. and that is in addition, everyone, to five police officers who have already been not only relieved of their duties, as unfired. but also charged. the da saying, quote, this is an ongoing investigation. we are looking at all individuals involved in the events leading up to, during, and after the beating of tyre nichols. in a moment, we will do a deep dive into this case. the evidence and what it will take to actually prosecute this case.
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and our society? when we have an inability to compartmentalized and a refusal to do so at that. we will dive deeper into that in a little bit. i want to bring in memphis city councilman jay b smiley junior. as well, councilman, thank you for being here this evening. you know, for so many people who have watched this and watched different parts of this video over and over again, one of the things people are pointing out are the number of other officers who were on the scene. we know that five have been charged. others were relieved of their duty. first of all, i am not sure if that is supposed to be meeting fire, does that mean administrative leave, dismissed, and they are receiving pay?