right now, the breath of brutal video footage of the police encounter that ended in the death of tyre nichols has created a situation too big for the nation and its lawmakers to ignore. in washington, a congressional conversation around policing reform may be getting a shot. the congressional black caucus today calling for a meeting with president biden to discuss policing reform. as activists like myself are wondering whether nichols would still be alive if the last congress had passed legislation that emerged after george floyd s murder. and in memphis for the five officers now facing second degree murder charges in the killing enough tyre nichols. it is now set for february 17th. and in the so-called scorpion unit, those officers belonged to and memphis has now been disbanded. and in new york, after hosting the parents enough tyre nichols here on politicsnation, i m thinking about the eulogy of their son, i would deliver as head of the next tunnel action network in memph
hello and welcome to bbc news. police video showing five officers in memphis, tennessee viciously beating a black motorist has been released. tyre nichols died three days later and the officers who are all black each face multiple charges, including murder. his family say the video shows him being kicked like a football. the bbc is reviewing the footage. some of it is very graphic and too distressing for broadcast. this is what we will show you the first few seconds of the initial dashcam footage. we ve ended the footage there as we still continue to review it. president biden has spoken to tyre s family by phone and appealed for calm in the city. he said he was outraged and deeply pained by the video. nada tawfik reports. the death of tyre nichols has prompted americans, yet again, to confront the reality of police brutality and its consequences. this 29 year old loved skateboarding and was on his way home from a local park when a traffic stop by five black police of
boston, and d.c.. take a look at your screen right there. just to name a few of the places where we are watching this demonstration on s unfold. it s no secret that tyre nichols death is another reminder of the cycle of police violence normalized in this country. like so many of these cases, it started at a traffic stop. the driver just trying to get home. those were among nichols last words. in fact, as police video released yesterday clearly revealed. tonight we still don t know what led to the traffic stop in the first place. memphis police initially said officers pulled nichols over for reckless driving on january 7th. however on friday a memphis police chief told msnbc a review of police video shows no evidence that nichols was driving recklessly. we are going to show you some of that video, nichols traffic stop and initial interaction with police. it s very graphic but it shows with the 29-year-old was up against as he drove to take a picture of the sunset. man, i did
and he is only 16 but already the best flat jockey and he is only 16 but already the best flatjockey in britain. we make the teenager who was the talk of the racing world. but before we meet. police video showing five officers in memphis, tennessee viciously beating a black motorist has been released. tyre nichols died three days later and the officers his family say the video shows him being kicked like a football. the bbc is reviewing the footage some of it is very graphic and too distressing for broadcast. this is what we will show you the first few seconds of the initial dash cam footage. we won t show any more than this clip at this time as we still continue to review it. what is at stake is, first of all, the lives all of innocent people, number one. number two it has a lot to say about america, a lot to do with whether or not we are the country we say we are, a country of law and order and means by which we can peacefully protest and let the courts make the judgeme
hundreds of staff have been made redundant, and all flights to and from the uk operated by the airline have been cancelled. hello to you in the uk and around the world. there ve been protests across america, after police released graphic footage of the violent arrest that led to the death of a 29 year old black man in the city of memphis. the officers body cam video shows tyre nichols being kicked and punched by five policemen, who are also black. they ve now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. and in the last hour, memphis police department has disbanded the scorpion unit to which these officers belonged. a warning, nada tawfik s report from memphis contains some distressing images. justice for tyre! the familiar rallying cry heard too often after incidents of police brutality. memphis s worst fears never materialised, as protesters remained peaceful. a considered effort by city officials to deliver swiftjustice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. sm