stopped in that night. and fired their charge was second degree murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated kidnapping among other charges. last night, two deputies were released pending an investigation because of their involvement with the traffic stop. that memphis police department says, right now there is no proof that nichols was driving recklessly. joining me now from memphis is nbc s antonia hylton. antonia, you are on the ground. you ve been in the epicenter of it. are what is going on there? well, lindsey, there s a lot of hurt and shock. although people had days to prepare for this video, it is still really should people to their core. seeing not just me three minutes of a beating that we were warned by officials, by the attorney, by the family, that that was going to be horrific to watch. but also by what you mentioned. by the delay in care. i think that has really just urge people here, and already we are hearing some residents call for additional names abou
needless loss of life due to police brutality, and this time it was one of memphis s own. we have faith in the city, and our power to heal. meanwhile, individual power players like forward erin jackson junior tweets, support for the nichols family, calling for peaceful protests and accountability. in the wake of the tragedy. more now on the investigation into what happened. nichols died after a police officer after police officers brutally beaten at a traffic stop. protesters took to the streets in memphis and other cities after memphis police released body cam and surveillance video of the incident last night. nbc s sam brock joins us again with the latest. sam, good morning. lindsey, good morning. it has been peaceful so far. there was a planned profit test here in memphis for 3:00 this afternoon, local. the asparlas, night there is roughly 100 people or so. the protests have been going on into the interstate i-95. they blocked pet traffic from here to time. there were no contract