The crowd at Handy Park heard Downtown Memphis Commission President Paul Young ask, “the question for our city is: what are we going to next?”
The killing of Tyre Nichols shocks the nation as five fired Memphis police officers are charged with murder. Now, law enforcement agencies around the country are on high alert, bracing themselves for possible reaction to the video's release. Join moderator Yamiche Alcindor, Julia Baker of the Daily Memphian, Wesley Lowery, Ed O'Keefe of CBS News and Claudia Grisales of NPR to discuss the latest.
nation in shock. a video was released of five officers fatally beating tyre nichols to death. i want to bring in julia baker, the criminal justice reporter for the daily month ian. thank you for joining us, we appreciate it. you are on the streets last night. you took some footage of the protests that were happening overnight. largely peaceful. that is what we should say. when you are speaking to folks, what are some things that you heard on the ground? how are people feeling? what did they tell you? people, you know, they are obviously frustrated. obviously, there maintaining the peace. i think that is a good development in 2020 after the george lawyered incident. everybody was peaceful. we are seeing that here and now currently. i think it will stay like this. the protesters blocked off the bridge on the i-55. people were stuck in traffic. they didn t line. they were supportive. they waited patiently.
minute. the general consensus around everybody s shock. these people don t quite understand what happened there. you had a non violent case, from what we hear. tyre nichols was reckless driving on the report. chief davis said that he drove on the wrong side of the road. that is not a violent crime. people are not really understanding why he was pulled out of the car. he was not hitting anybody back. there is just some confusion, anger, and rage from everybody about this. julia, tell us about the scorpion unit. i know the line on this unit is that they are tasked with not only addressing violent crime, but also with investigating car thefts. what is the word there in memphis about this practice? talk about what they do day in and day out.
This week on Channel 10’s Behind the Headlines, Eric Barnes hosts a journalist roundtable with The Memphis Flyer's Toby Sells, The New Tri-State Defender's Karanja Ajanaku, and The Daily Memphian's Julia Baker and Bill Dries.