it again, and again. until finally, tyre nichols collapses. the reason why i want to show you that video, is because of how zoom doubted. as you can see in that video is not just one officer, but the whole unit acting together. the official justification for that traffic stop that night was tyre nichols, was recklessly driving. the chief of the memphis police department has since said, the department has no truth that reckless driving took place. a unit those police officers and, was known as the street crimes operation to restore peace and our neighborhood unit. but it was known primarily by its acronym, scorpion unit. the 40 officer unit of the was launched in november of 2021. in response to the homicide rate that year. it focused on controlling with the department deemed to be hotspots of criminal activity. today, the family of tyre
not afoot that, then they beat him. attorneys for nichols family described the footage of three minutes of a multi rated, unabashed, nonstop beating. we ve compared to the 1991 video of los angeles police officers beating rodney gang. police at one point seem to kick him, and then whipping within objects. and while the still macron there, you can hear his very last words. watch, out. washout mom, [screaming] nichols ticket to the hospital in critical condition. he died three days later on january 10th. yesterday the five officers who stopped him were charged with second degree murder, aggravated assault, an aggravated kate happening amongst other charges. earlier today, tyre nichols
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the officers seem to take terms holding tyre nichols. back they slugging him, they do it again, and again. until finally, tyre nichols collapses. the reason why i want to show you that video, is because of how zoom doubted. as you can see in that video is not just one officer, but the whole unit acting together. the official justification for that traffic stop that night was tyre nichols, was recklessly driving. the chief of the memphis police department has since said, the department has no truth that reckless driving took place. a unit those police officers and, was known as the street crimes operation to restore peace and our neighborhood unit. but it was known primarily by its acronym, scorpion unit. the 40 officer unit of the was launched in november of 2021. in response to the homicide rate that year. it focused on controlling with the department deemed to be hotspots of criminal activity. today, the family of tyre
still, that officials are still in the process of figuring out who was involved in all this? given the fact that they ve had the video for at least a little while now? so,, look first of all i m not surprised that there are more officers being relieved of their duties. i will not be at all surprised when more charges come, more criminal charges come against police officers, am i surprised it s taking this long, i ve been around long enough that i ve had to wait six months, i year, two years or not at all for charges to come. so, the fact that at least the administrative part of it is coming, i think that we know what s coming next. they ll be looked at criminally also. these officers, who fail to render aid, who did not intervene, they should be looked that administratively and also criminally. it seems like that s part of the. issue obviously, there was a central issue of what happened to tyre nichols. but the by standing, on, looking the by, standing on the part of police officer