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
police have permanently disbanded the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit, the unit associated with officers involved in the killing of tyre nichols, the 29-year-old man beaten after a traffic stop. the videos we re about to show you are graphic and disturbing, but of course they are critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. as you can hear in the video, nichols cries out for his mother, who was just a few blocks away. officers continued to hit and spray nichols, struggling with him on the ground. more footage appears to show inaction by deputies and officers and paramedics on the scene. five officers are facing multiple charges, including second-degree murder and kidnapping. two sheriff s deputies at the scene were placed on leave pending an investigation and cnn s shimon prokupecz is live. we ll talk about the horrific video in just a moment, but we do have new breaking news, information coming in this afternoon, and that is that the memphis police department has
watch out, watch out. watch out. mom, mom, mom. the five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder among other charges. after watching the horrifying video the sheriff in shelby county, tennessee placed two deputies on administrative leave who would appear at the scene and launched an internal investigation. steve harrigan is alive in memphis tonight outside the police department, steve to you. and molly, more repercussions from this savage event for just learned the police chief has disbanded a scorpion unit all by former police officers accused of second-degree murder were part of that elite anti- crime-fighting unit. as an initiative of the new chief about 40 officers not going to be disbanded for you can see behind me two or 300 protests in front of headquarters despite the rain for there is not meant violence since that tape was released on the internet by the officials here at 7:00 p.m. on friday. a few details from that tape which may be upsetting
last word, i m ali velshi. is peace stay with us. our coverage continues. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle begins now. good evening, i m stephanie ruhle. most nights, i feel very lucky to have this job. i get to talk about how i see the world and my colleagues and i try to make some very to make sense. but this is a very difficult night for me. for all of us, together. because just a few hours ago, another horrific video of police appearing to kill an unarmed black man was released. this time from the memphis police department. it s a terrible example of awful police behavior resulting in the death of a human being. a human whose life is now defined by the brutality he suffered. we are not going to show you that video since it s been out there for four hours. you can make your own decision about watching it. that s what the internet is for. so you will not see that video this hour but you will see as trying to get the best answers we can to the questions we all have. fi
> happening now, breaking news. five former memphis police office facing charges due to the death of tyre nichols. law enforcement agencies across the country bracing for reaction to footage a top tennessee official called sickening. this hour i ll discuss all the latest developments with the executive director of the memphis naacp. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. get right to the breaking news out of memphis. five officers charged with murder of tyre nichols. the moments before the encounter playing out on dispatch audio obtained by cnn. we got one male running. pull over. one running on foot. running. running we got one fighting at this time. let s get trright to our correspondent walk us through charges those officers are now facing. reporter: right. and, wolf, serious, significant charges here coming from the memphis d.a. just a short