hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m lynda kinkade. ahead on cnn newsroom calls for justice after the brutal beating of a 29-year-old man in memphis. the controversial police unit linked to his death has now been dismantled. israeli palestinian tensions soaring amid a wave of violence. prime minister netanyahu outlines a new plan after two attacks in jerusalem. and new zealand s most popular city begins to recover after devastating and deadly flooding. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, from lynda kinkade. the memphis police department has announced the permanent end of a special anti-crime unit known as scorpion. it comes just a day after the city released graphic videos of five scorpion officers fatally beating 29-year-old tyre nichols. police have confirmed all the officers were with the special unit. some of the images you re about to see may be disturbing. scorpion was created over a ye
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
murdaugh. good morning, ever. it is saturday, january 28th. i m amara walker. good morning, amara. i m boris sanchez coming to you live from memphis, tennessee, where this morning the city is still reeling from the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of five, now former memphis police officers. the full video of that beating was released to the public last night and it is extremely difficult to watch. absolutely. and as you would imagine, that video, the series of videos bringing out strong emotions for so many people last night and into this morning. it is difficult to watch. it shows the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and memphis police. the images and the four video clips are graphic. they are disturbing, as we said, and they are critical, though, to understanding the reality and gravity of what happened. now, nichols was pulled over january 7th allegedly for reckless driving, but the police chief said the department has been unable to find anything th
newsroom. i m jim acosta. outrage and calls for action following the release of video showing the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that s where weigh start. the images we are going to show you right about now are graphic and disturbing but critical to understanding what happened to this 29-year-old man. here is what we know at this hour. nichols was pulled over by memphis police on january 7th, allegedly for reckless driving. in a shocking development, the police chief says the department has not been able to find anything to substantiate that blame. this video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. again, if you haven t seen it yet, need to warn you, it is incredibly graphic. no! no! give me your [ bleep ] hands! hey! give me your hands! give me your hands! hey! ooh! watch out, watch out! mom! you can hear nichols crying out for his mother who just blocks i way. officers continue to hit and spray nichols struggling with him on
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