aggravated kidnapping. we are awaiting an update from the shelby county district attorney that is set to begin soon. we re also awaiting the release of video taken during that traffic stop that ended in a violent confrontation between nichols and the officers. the family of nichols have seen that video and nichols died in the hospital after being beaten for three minutes, he died in the hospital three days later. joining me from memphis is antonia hylton. and the lawyers for the nichols family have compared this body cam footage to the beating of rodney king. what more can you tell us and how tense is it right now in memphis as we await the release of this video? reporter: katy, it has been tense here for days now, and people have been anticipating this. you know, not just in news from local officials, the naacp, from the family, but you know, in whispers among black residents here in the city, that this is going to be horrific, hard to stomach, hard to watch, but the news
but they should be peaceful and calm. he also said we have a new d.a., we have a new u.s. attorney, and we have a new police director, they are the right people at the right time to bring about reform and see that this case, see that in this case, justice is rendered. carmen, if you were a police chief right now in seattle, what would you be preparing for? yeah, well, katy, i can tell you that police chiefs across the country are preparing for demonstrations, protests, potentially civil unrest, you know, reminiscent of rodney king, all indications and information are that the video is pretty horrific. kudos, if you will, to chief cj davis, know her personally, should he she is upstanding, she is swift to take action and make sure there is accountability in this process. that doesn t negate the fact that it is going to be very disturbing to see this.
aggravated kidnapping. we are awaiting an update from the shelby county district attorney that is set to begin soon. we re also awaiting the release of video taken during that traffic stop that ended in a violent confrontation between nichols and the officers. the family of nichols have seen that video and nichols died in the hospital after being beaten for three minutes, he died in the hospital three days later. joining me from memphis is antonia hylton. and the lawyers for the nichols family have compared this body cam footage to the beating of rodney king. what more can you tell us and how tense is it right now in memphis as we await the release of this video? reporter: katy, it has been tense here for days now, and people have been anticipating this. you know, not just in news from local officials, the naacp, from