today. horrifying, incomprehensible, inhumane, just some of the words used to describe videos of the brutal beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police. the shocking images were released last night, and we want to warn you, some of what you re about to see is extremely graphic. i didn t do anything! hey, i didn t body cam video of the traffic stop shows officers approaching with their firearms, yanking nichols out of the car. he breaks free from the officers and runs towards his parents home. a struggle ensues after a chase, police then using pepper spray, batons, their fists, and feet to beatnik cols. at one point, he cries out for his mother. mom! mom! mom! video from a pole camera showing the full extent. you see nichols there, who is unarmed, kicked in the face, struck at least nine times in just several minutes, bloodied, propped up onto a squad car. officers are then seen just standing around, not providing nichols with any potentially lifesaving a
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in boston with something called operation rolling thunder that i disbanded as soon as i came in. it was named after a military operation. i think chief davis has done an admirable job responding to this incident and holding people accountable and bringing charges against the people who committed these crimes. however, i know memphis, it is a violent city, there s a lot of shooting activity there. something needs to be done. but calling out the scorpion unit is probably not a good idea. it sends a message. and like your last person that commented, this is an abject failure in supervision. you have to stay on top of these units as the police chief. you have to be very, very careful that they are operating within legal limits and that the message that you are sending to the community is one of cooperation, not of, you know, just going out and arresting everything that moves and stopping everything that moves out there. right. i think that was former police
in washington, d.c. i grew up in this area. i worked in the city for a long time. this part of d.c. does not see this kind of crime this kind of shooting activity. obviously, other parts of d.c., you see this kind of shooting. that is as equally as important as what we re seeing tonight. but because of the density of people walking in this area, this had the potential to be very serious. jim accost yashgs more to learn. we ll continue to follow this story throughout the hour. appreciate it. appreciate you being. there now covid-19 and what the director of the cdc calls another pivotal moment in this pandemic. reflects a new urgency from the white house and what is increasingly called and what is increasingly calling the white house a pandemic of the unvaccinated. the delta variant continues to spread at what is certainly an larming rate. we re seeing the consequences of what we ve been warning about for awe month. it is serious and spreading faster than was anticipated.
and that s what sent people fleeing up and down 14th street in washington, d.c. and i will tell you as somebody, i grew up in this area, i ve worked in this city for a long time. this part of d.c. does not see this kind of crime, this kind of shooting activity. obviously other parts of d.c. you see this kind of crime, this kind of shooting activity. that s equally as important as what we re seeing tonight. but because of the density of the people walking around in this area, this had the potential to be very serious and to have many more casualties in the area. jim acosta, more to learn. we ll continue to follow the story throughout the hour. appreciate it. appreciate you being there. now covid and what the director of the cdc calls, quote, another pivotal moment in this pandemic. that s what dr. rochelle walensky put it today. reflects a new urgency from the white house on what s increasingly called on what is increasingly calling, the whouls, a pandemic of the unvaccinated. as