oh! m mom! give me your hands. give me (bleep). okay. all right. (bleep) give me your hands. give me your hands. watch out. give me your hands. spray. neil: you hear a lot of shouting and screaming and tyre nichols several times calling out for his mom. at least half a dozen times by my count, could have been more than that, she lived 100 yards away, 200 yards away, literally within shouting distance. let s get more from dharls watson. hey, good morning, neil. you know, tyre nichols seemed surprised at the level of aggression that the memphis police officers used to warn him on the videos you see the officers relently beat nichols for minutes during a january 7th traffic stop that turned violent almost immediately. body cam video shows an officer aggressively yanked nichols out of his vehicle as the 29-year-old tells officers he just wants to go home. a few moments later you see nichols escape from police who then tase him as he takes off down the road. at that
watch out, watch out. watch out. mom, mom, mom. the five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder among other charges. after watching the horrifying video the sheriff in shelby county, tennessee placed two deputies on administrative leave who would appear at the scene and launched an internal investigation. steve harrigan is alive in memphis tonight outside the police department, steve to you. and molly, more repercussions from this savage event for just learned the police chief has disbanded a scorpion unit all by former police officers accused of second-degree murder were part of that elite anti- crime-fighting unit. as an initiative of the new chief about 40 officers not going to be disbanded for you can see behind me two or 300 protests in front of headquarters despite the rain for there is not meant violence since that tape was released on the internet by the officials here at 7:00 p.m. on friday. a few details from that tape which may be upsetting
turner. it took over three years for five police officers to be indicted in the 2019 brutal beating of unarmed ronald greene in baton rouge, which, again, was captured on body cam video. that s it for us tonight. now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of foot
now it is time for the last word with ali velshi, who is in for lawrence o donnell. i appreciate, it alex. we look on nights like this for any sense of a silver lining, any sense of progress. if accountability comes to people faster, then there is something. but when you watch videos like this and you think, how much progress we have not made, it is disheartening. thank you for your reporting. we will see you next week. happy to share. heinous, reckless and inhumane. that is how the police chief in memphis described the video footage that was released tonight, showing the deadly encounter between tyre nichols and five police officers, who have been fired and charged with his murder. the 29 year old died from the injuries sustained into confrontations with police captured in roughly one hour of footage from police body cam footage and neighborhood security camera footage. the incident happened on january the 7th, 8:30 pm at night. the footage does not capture the and i
outrage, anger and grief. tyre nichols repeatedly beaten, kicked, tased and pepper sprayed by the police. on video for the world to see. the family of the father, skateboarder and photographer calling for peace as people around the country take their emotions out onto the streets in protest. and there are new questions about how to break the political stalemate to achieve some kind of real police reform. five former memphis cops already charged with murder, two more have now been relieved of duty. and a doj investigation is underway. this morning, we have memphis community leaders, experts on policing and a member of congress joining this crucial conversation. thanks to you for joining us this morning, i m katie phang, this is special coverage of the leash of the tylee nichols video. right now, the world is washing and reacting to that footage showing five memphis police officers kicking, punching, just beating 29 year old nichols after what was supposed to be just a traffic