we think this was part of the culture of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what was done to tyre was a vicious violent gang assault camouflaged as policing. he was a human being. his life mattered. the black of black america is on your hands so stand up and do something. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it s monday, january 30th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 3:00 a.m. in memphis, tennessee, where a young black man s death at the hands of police is demanding change from systemic racism in america. family and friends are preparing to lay tyre nichols to rest as calls to tackle criminal justice reform are growing louder. in communities of color, they often have different types of policing than many of our white brothers and sisters have in their community and this video illustrates it that it s just culture that says it doesn t matter whether the police officers are black, hispanic or white, that it is somehow allowed for yo
the body cam of one of the officers who responded to the call. we re going to warn you, the video, and we re only going to show you a little teeny bit of it is really hard to watch. it s really upsetting. it shows police approaching pelosi s home. here s the moment the door opens to reveal paul pelosi and the intruder, david depape, with both men holding on to the hammer. guys, how are you doing? how are you? what s going on, man? hi. drop the hammer. nope. hey, hey, hey. what is going on right now? paul pelosi of course is still recovering from the attack that took place that day right there. according to former speaker nancy pelosi, take a look at what she had to say about this a couple of hours ago. with a grateful heart on behalf of my family, we continue to thank people for all of their prayers that they continue to send us, asking about the progress my husband is making, and he is making progress, but it will take more time. we re going to take a c
pass bills to stop police brutality, you are writing another plaque man s obituary. the blood of black america is on your hand so stand up and do something. family attorney and civil rights attorney ben crump saying that the work is far from over, that reform needs to happen on a national scale. well, in our community we say this is the blueprint going forward, whether the officers are black or white, we expect to see swift action and swift justice even if it s a white police officer that abuse us. reporter: back in memphis, the official gofundme for tyre nichols mother and father for the family has crossed over the million dollar mark since those videos were released on friday. those donations will go toward helping out his parents, specifically with their mental health services and for taking time off of work. also, written within that gofundme is that they hope to use the money to build a
cars. he feels as a plaque man, he s been a victim of the patterns of behavior in police departments. and i asked him about the way in which people are preparing for protests tonight, all the talk about, you know, please remain peaceful and don t riot and how even the president sent out a statement last night mentioning some of that. and his response, i ll share with you, because it s something i don t often hear from leaders when these stories happen. it s his first gut reaction was to say that he really understands the grief of the family and all the people that loved tyre nichols. he also said he trusts the people of memphis, of shelby county. and he trusts that their response to this video is going to be what this video deserves, in a sense. and i thought that that was really special. he want piece. he, of course, loves his city. he doesn t want harm to come to anybody here. but he was coming from a place of, you know, i trust my people.
the mississippi already so high around new orleans. heavy rain plus a storm surge could overwhelm its system. the result could be a repeat of wednesday s flash flood emergency. one resident who lived through katrina is concerned. this brings some unique elements. we ve never had the river this high. you know, a storm come in, the leve s are saturated. i think after the katrina system we had gustav and they did a much better job of getting people up and out and securing the city. i m concerned, however, that they ve gotten complacent. already states of emergency have been declared in st. bernard, saint charles, plaque man s parish. meantime, president trump approved an emergency declaration for louisiana to try to speed up federal help.