conversations. to one side it means being aware of the issues of our injustices in the society, being aware of the struggles that other people have and working to correct them. to the other side it s a per yore tiff. it means whatever it has to. last week it meant woke. when we re talking about canceling math classes, canceling honor classes in the name of equality nobody is canceling math. there s schools in oregon and california that you can look it up yourself. the problem is we hear these phrases. we hear these terms about, oh, well, the s.a.t.s acanceled. realize when you dig down to it, none of it is happening. it sounds terrible. nobody is canceling these things. these things are simply being re-evaluated as they should because our kids deserve the best. this month governor desantis canceled the proposed ap course on african american studies. as we understand it, there were specific topics that governor desantis did not want covered, black queer study, bl
country. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is sunday, january the 28. i m ali velshi. demonstrators in major cities around the country took to the streets again yesterday after the memphis police department released footage of the brutal beating of tyre nichols by five members of its own police force. in the continuing aftermath, memphis pd announced yesterday that it has permanently deactivated its scorpion unit. scorpion what the departments anti violence group which has been under scrutiny in recent days after it became public that all five of the police officers who were fired, arrested, and charged with second degree murder in nichols death where members of the unit. joining me now from memphis, tennessee, is nbc s antonia hylton who have been covering the story from the beginning. antonia. welcome tell us a bit about this new development with the scorpion unit, of which all five of these police officers were members. ali, i was actually with protesters yest
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