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at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
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so far. i think so, too. i did an interview over off of channel 3 drive, and the protest , this is where they started. and when i drove up, they were very period. they were walking around and they were getting ready to walk over to the bridge, and they were very peaceful. so that made you feel good. i didn t feel like i was in harm s way. i said earlier that memphis has a rich history when it comes to the civil rights movement. it would be incredible for memphis to have a rich history when it comes to police reform. yes. which is a continuum, on the continuum for the civil rights movement. right, and i think today i heard attorney crump say that this should be the blueprint. i think he said that to you this morning about memphis being the blueprint for the country, of what happened as far as the officers being fired and being charged with in 20 days of what happened. so i think this is it. memphis will be the blueprint for the coununtry. thank you, vicki terry. i
turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of foot