more fall in the wake of the brutal beating by memphis police officers. like today, the city firebombed not-so-termination of three personnel. , tully, empties and lieutenant who drove them to the scene. also tonight, the police department revealed that a six, that a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved duty. as you know, i bet already been fired and charged with second degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges, and administrative changes to come. we talk about that snow to the local district attorney, also, our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions center tennessee s murder statute. a lot enforcement experts weigh in on the effects, or lack of won the officers body cameras had on their behavior. including one suspended officer who came on the scene shortly after miracles a loafer. this is part of his cameras recording, warning, this is graphic both in terms of what you see in what you hear. i
under investigation as well. memphis police department said that their investigation is still ongoing, but more personnel action can be taken. this comes as scrutiny over this unit, the scorpion unit and other units similar to the scorpion unit around the country. just warning some of the video you may see, you may find graphic. there is a record in coming for the police department and for the leadership. launched with fanfare in 2021, the memphis police department now defunct scorpion unit, is among the first major initiatives by new memphis police chief cj davis, only a few months on the job. too many families, to many mothers, to any father s have suffered in our city, and quite frankly, i think we are all tired of it. faced with rising murder, rates in a spike in violent
doing the right thing. as they lose track of doing the right thing, i m not sure that they came to that realization, and the cameras of an interesting, because they ve caused complaints and police to go down, because a person who might make something up, knows there is recording. on the other, hand that s caused a lot of complaints against police to be substantiated. because when the person goes forward with it, despite the fact the notes on tape, usually the tape tells the truth. chuck, the police department in memphis has been praised crowd quickly there responded to this. some are now pointing out that as a police department the mayor s office created the sorkin unit, that they belong to in the first place. do you think elite units like the scorpion unit, are they in here and leave the problem, so they played important role. in the past two, year you had a series of events, who had the george floyd murder, you had the pandemic and then
baltimore, and indianapolis that delivers an increase in arrests. then comes scandal or tragedy. they said the department of justice, it might go to memphis and look at the scorpion unit. so the civil rights union is looking at the shooting overall, but then they can bring in doj personnel to look at the practices and patterns of this unit, and it s really something that can happen here, anderson, i was there for the weekend over the weekend. so many people would come up to us and talk to us about this unit and the problems they re having with the police. so it is likely this is something that the doj s gonna look at as can be significant. stephen mulroy is a district attorney for shelby county, he joins us now, appreciate you being with us. we ve learned a few members of the memphis fire department have been terminated after internal investigation found a,, quote violated numerous procedures in protocols. should the committee expect to see charges for those individuals? we
club no families want to be part of. for philadelphia to baltimore, and indianapolis that delivers an increase in arrests. then comes scandal or tragedy. they said the department of justice, it might go to memphis and look at the scorpion unit. so the civil rights union is looking at the shooting overall, but then they can bring in doj personnel to look at the practices and patterns of this unit, and it s really something that can happen here, anderson, i was there for the weekend over the weekend. so many people would come up to us and talk to us about this unit and the problems they re having with the police. so it is likely this is something that the doj s gonna look at as can i ve told my heart, have to let them know that this is a club we wish we never had to welcome them, and this is a club no families want to be part of. for philadelphia to