nichols. demonstrators took to the streets demanding accountability from law enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs o
enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs of that claim. now i need to warn you that the video you re about to see is in
accountability from all forsman and systemic change. after george floyd, never again. here we are. are going to ask congressman eric swallow what he has caused blood to do this time. since there is what is the way to fix this country s broken system? this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that the speedy now deactivating the scorpion unit, launched in 2021 to fight the cities rise and murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder and nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? speeding all started with the traffic stop. officers at the time said the 29-year-old was driving recklessly. department has since that, no video evidence backs of that claim. mid morning, the video you re about to see is incredibly graphic.
talk about the path forward without looking back and understanding how it is that we arrived at this system. you are absolutely right. in order to understand the person you have to understand the past. we are dealing absolutely with a police problem rooted in policing culture that has deep roots in historic racial discrimination. we are also dealing with a political culture problem. one that says this kind of intense policing, the scorpion units, these surging into black communities is the primary way, the only way to reduce crime. so this is not something new, certainly we saw images of this going back to the rodney king videotape, and the early 1990s, but even longer history, the way in which we have historically policed black and brown communities, and black and brown bodies using this kind of
associate sociology professor. it is good to see you both. i want to start with you because i do not know that we can look forward and really talk about the path forward without looking back and understanding how it is that we arrived at this system. you are absolutely right. in order to understand the person you have to understand the past. we are dealing absolutely with a police problem rooted in policing culture that has deep roots in historic racial discrimination. we are also dealing with a political culture problem. one that says this kind of intense policing, the scorpion units, these surging into black communities is the primary way, the only way to reduce crime. so this is not something new, certainly we saw images of this going back to the rodney king videotape, and the early 1990s,