hi, thanks so much for joining me today. i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a major shift in memphis. just a day after video shows the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, the city police department announcing it is permanently deactivating the scorpion unit. all five officers charged in nichols death were part of the movement and after protests around the country demanding it be dissolved. the attorney for tyre nichols s family ben crump telling cnn that it is a positive step but the work is far from over. in communities of color, they often have different types of police than many of white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates that it is this culture that said it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for you to tramp on the constitutional rights of certain citizens from certain ethnicities and certain communities and we have to hav
i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in today for fredicka whitfield. a major move by the memphis police department. less than 24 hours after the release of the video showing the brutal building of tyre nichols, the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit will be disbanded. this move coming after nichols family and protesters around the country demanded the unit be dissolved. cnn s isabelle rosales has more on these developments. what are you learning? reporter: the police chief cerelyn davis, in a statement she put out, talking about how it was disbanded, she touted the quality work of this unit. clearly there s been tensions between the community and this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what happened here is the police chief, she met with members that were not involved in the beating of tyre nichols and determined it was in the best interest of the community to disband. this goes to the direct wis activists and the family attorney as well. here is what we know about the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. this
today. horrifying, incomprehensible, inhumane, just some of the words used to describe videos of the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police. the shocking images were released last night, and we want to warn you, some of what you re about to see is extremely graphic. i didn t do anything! hey, i didn t body cam video of the traffic stop shows officers approaching with their firearms, yanking nichols out of the car. he breaks free from the officers and runs towards his parents home. a struggle ensues after a chase, police then using pepper spray, batons, their fists, and feet to beatnik cols. at one point, he cries out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! video from a pole camera showing the full extent. you see nichols there, who is unarmed, kicked in the face, struck at least nine times in just several minutes, bloodied, propped up onto a squad car. officers are then seen just standing around, not providing nichols with any potentially lifesaving a
some of what we are about to show you is graphic. body cam video showing officer ace preaching with hitter firearms, yanking nichols out of his car. he breaks free from the officers and runs towards his parents home. a struggle ensues after a chase. police then using pepper spray, batons, their fists, their feet to beatnik cols. at one point, he cries out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! video from a pole camera showing the full extent. you see nichols there, who is unarmed, kicked in the face, struck at least nine times in a few minutes. at that point, bloodied and propped up onto a squad car. officers are then seen just standing around, not providing nichols with any potentially lifesaving aid. five former memphis police officers now facing several charges including second-degree murder and kidnapping. and after the release of this video, two shelby county deputies who were also there on the scene have now been put on leave pending an investigation into their conduct.
hi, everyone. thanks so much for joining me in washington, d.c. i m jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield today. a city and nation in shock. hours after memphis police released videos of the brutal killing of tyre nichols. the full videos released last night show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29-year-old. and i want to warn you. what we re about to show you is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged reckless driving. place are seen yanking him from the car, chasing, kicking him, using pepper spray and batons. nichols, who is unarmed, crying for miss his mother at one poin. he died from his injuries three days later in the hospital. those videos are sparking largely peaceful protests across the country overnight and into today. earlier this week the five officers were charged with second-degree murder and now after this video has come out, two officers from a different department who were al