and doing the monster mash in bulgaria a tradition to ward off evil spirits that s made a covid comeback. the us memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit, whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29 year old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen who are also black. they ve now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. awarning: nada tawfik s report does contain distressing images. all chant: justice for tyre! woman: 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 swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country from new york to detroit and los angeles mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder in the death of tyre n
hello and welcome to bbc news. the us memphis police department has disbanded the so called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29 year old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen, who are also black. they ve now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning: nada tawfik s report does contain distressing images. all chant: justice for tyre! woman: 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 swift justice for tyre nichols seems to have worked. small scale demonstrations took place across the country from new york to detroit and los angeles mostly calm, just as the family wanted. five black officers have been charged with murder in the death of tyre nichols, in no small part due to the existence of these extremely graphic vid
some are members of the city s so-called scorpion unit scorpions answer street crimes operation to restore peace in our neighborhood. yesterday the memphis police department permanently disbanded that unit. eric we are also learning the five former officers will make their first court appearance on february 17 to be arraigned on murder charges for charles watson is live in memphis. charles, first off what can it tells the timetable for this arraignment? well, arthel, those arraignments will happen a few weeks from now as you mentioned on february 17. we are unsure whether that is normal timing for something like that barely reach out to a defense attorney who said it is a normal timeline for those arraignments considering five former memphis police officers taken into custody last week after a grand jury indicted them and freed after posting a bond that raised anywhere between $253,350,000 were getting this information just a day after the memphis police department announ
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comcast business. powering possibilities. i m gassed with sudan. if you re just joining us, welcome. it s good to see you. thank you for sticking around if you re sticking with us. we re just days away from an emotional farewell in memphis. the funeral for tyre nichols, killed at the hands of police. the unit that deployed the five officers now charged has been disbanded. it s just one of the actions the community is calling for after the release of that horrifying video. i m going to be talking to a police expert this hour. we re following some breaking political news. just days from now, a showdown between kevin mccarthy and president biden on the debt ceiling. we re going to meet this wednesday. the president said he did not want to have discussions. i think it s important that our whole government is designed to find compromise. they can take control of this runaway spending. coming up, i m going to speak to congressman adam schiff. he got kicked off the house intel c