hundreds of staff have been made redundant, and all flights to and from the uk operated by the airline have been cancelled. hello to you in the uk and around the world. there ve been protests across america, after police released graphic footage of the violent arrest that led to the death of a 29 year old black man in the city of memphis. the officers body cam video shows tyre nichols being kicked and punched by five policemen, who are also black. they ve now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. and in the last hour, memphis police department has disbanded the scorpion unit to which these officers belonged. a warning, nada tawfik s report from memphis contains some distressing images. justice for tyre! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised, as protesters remained peaceful. a considered effort by city officials to deliver swiftjustice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. sm
and they said that they felt they might be able to get support of the republicans who have the majority in the state legislature, because of the state legislature, because of the horrific images in the footage, so they want to push forward with some kind of legislation. they said that would legislate you minutes into the police force. and there is, as nada was reporting of a new attention on police reform. that was attention on police reform. that was a big topic after the killing of george floyd in 2020, and some steps were taken them to try and restrict the use of force of the are talking a lot more. they did that but are now about the whole culture of how police are trained, the bias there might be in the force, and looking at whether that can be addressed. 0k, thank you for now, barbara plett usherfor us 0k, thank you for now, barbara plett usher for us live 0k, thank you for now, barbara plett usherfor us live in memphis.
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