drove them to the scene. also today, the police department revealed that a sixth and then a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved of duty. as you know, five have already been fired and charged with second-degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges to come. we re going to talk about that tonight with a local district attorney. also our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions under tennessee s hurt statute, and our law enforcement experts weigh in on effect or lack of one body cameras had on their behavior, including one suspended officer who came on to the scene shortly after mr. nichols had been pulled over. this is part of his camera s recording, and a warning, it is graphic, both on what you see and what you hear. get on the floor. get out of the car. i didn t do anything! i didn t turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all r
and i found that the officers in this encounter shouted at least 71 commands. 71 commands approximately a 30 minute period. i want to play a clip, frankly, from that initial stop for a moment listen to this. tony round. all right, all right, all right. [inaudible] i am on the ground, i m on the ground. stay on the ground. i m going to tase you. get on the ground. just hearing this, yet again, frankly it is anxiety producing to say the least. and i wonder about this. the screaming, the confusion that must ve been sued. the disorienting nature. how disorienting with this have been for somebody tonds and a that they re receiving its, and of course, the aggressive nature. i bet initial stop? it is clear he did not even though i is getting pulled over for southern immediate shot getting pulled over. and then many police academies that i went to the police academy that we were trained not to do that. i let you lawn forsman analysts gets relayed ensembles that but when you go
more fall in the wake of the brutal beating by memphis police officers. like today, the city firebombed not-so-termination of three personnel. , tully, empties and lieutenant who drove them to the scene. also tonight, the police department revealed that a six, that a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved duty. as you know, i bet already been fired and charged with second degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges, and administrative changes to come. we talk about that snow to the local district attorney, also, our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions center tennessee s murder statute. a lot enforcement experts weigh in on the effects, or lack of won the officers body cameras had on their behavior. including one suspended officer who came on the scene shortly after miracles a loafer. this is part of his cameras recording, warning, this is graphic both in terms of what you see in what you hear. i
well, good evening everyone, i m laura coats and this is cnn tonight. two additional members police officers have not been relieved of duty in the wake of the killing of tyre nichols. we are learning officer preston hemphill who, according to memphis police, quote, participated in the initial traffic stop and the use of a taser, unquote. and another officer who hasn t yet been named. while they both have been relieved of their duty. and three memphis fire department personnel have also been fired over the response to tyre nichols beating seen. and that is in addition, everyone, to five police officers who have already been not only relieved of their duties, as unfired. but also charged. the da saying, quote, this is an ongoing investigation. we are looking at all individuals involved in the events leading up to, during, and after the beating of tyre nichols. in a moment, we will do a deep dive into this case. the evidence and what it will take to actually prosecute this case.
officers in this encounter shouted at least 71 commands. 71 commands, in approximately a 13-minute period. i want to play a clip frankly from that initial stop for a moment. listen to this. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around don t do that. ok? get on the fing ground. i ll tase your ass. i m on the ground. i ll tase you. get off the ground. . just hearing this yet again, frankly, it is anxiety producings at the the least. and i wonder about this the screaming, the confusion that must have ensued the disorienting nature, how disorienting to receive the com the initial stop. know what he was getting pulled over for, i went to the police academy we were trained not to do that. i ll let law enforcement analyst get to the nuts and bolts when you go to the police academy they struck you to have one individual interacting with that with that person, she don t that you don t have those conflicting type of commands, because people know what to do and the more it e