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good afternoon. i m kasie hunt in washington. right now the family of tyre nichols is speaking out after all five former memphis police officers appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to his murder. for the first time since nichols death his parents were in the same room with the men who brutally beat their son last month after a traffic stop. we have to start this process of justice right now. and i want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. they haven t done that yet. they didn t do that today. they didn t even have the courage to look at me in my face. each ex-officer is facing seven charges including second-degree murder and aggravated assault. what is the latest? reporter: yeah. it was their initial appearance for the first time, we got to see them inside the courtroom where they pleaded not guilty and the legal battle getting under way. attorneys indicating this was going to be a vigorous fight. they feel the district at
i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in today for fredicka whitfield. a major move by the memphis police department. less than 24 hours after the release of the video showing the brutal building of tyre nichols, the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit will be disbanded. this move coming after nichols family and protesters around the country demanded the unit be dissolved. cnn s isabelle rosales has more on these developments. what are you learning? reporter: the police chief cerelyn davis, in a statement she put out, talking about how it was disbanded, she touted the quality work of this unit. clearly there s been tensions between the community and this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what happened here is the police chief, she met with members that were not involved in the beating of tyre nichols and determined it was in the best interest of the community to disband. this goes to the direct wis activists and the family attorney as well. here is what we know about the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. this
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. today the attorney for the family of tyre nichols is calling the video of the 29-year-old being beaten by officers a watershed moment, one that the attorney hopes will lead to federal police legislation reform. late yesterday, we learned that the memphis police department had shut down the controversial scorpion unit that the officers charged in this killing belonged to. that news coming less than 24 hours after graphic video of tyre nichols being beaten and tased by officers was released to the public. again, i want to warn our viewers, what you re about to watch is disturbing. ah! mom! mother mom! give me your fucking hands, man! give me your fucking hands! give me your hands! give me your hands! hey! cnn s isabel rosales joins me now. isobel, what led to the chief deciding to do this step of deactivating the unit? and what more do we know about what s happening with this case? hey, jim. so