morning. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and urgent calls for police reform following the police beating of ti tyre nichols. and also a push for police reform, and can any change get through this congress. here is attorney benjamin crump. we said that it is going to remind people of the rodney king video in 1992, and that was a watershed moment for america. and i believe that this video is a watershed moment for america, and what are our national leaders going to do? over the weekend the memphis police department took one step and terminated the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit that the police officered is belonged to, and joining me is a house minority leader and also a candidate for mayor of memphis, and thank you for taking the time. thank you, jim, for having me. i appreciate it. and you saw the decision to disband the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit, and in your view, is this a problem with the particular police unit, or do you fear that there is a larger cultural proble
morning. i m jim sciutto. i m erica hill, and urgent calls for police reform following the police beating of ti tyre nichols. and also a push for police reform, and can any change get through this congress. here is attorney benjamin crump. we said that it is going to remind people of the rodney king video in 1992, and that was a watershed moment for america. and i believe that this video is a watershed moment for america, and what are our national leaders going to do? over the weekend the memphis police department took one step and terminated the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit that the police officered is belonged to,
of tyre nichols released a statement said that some of the questions remained is going to be required on what the police officer saw when he arrived at the scene, and quote, he was pepper sprayed, and whether desmond s actions crossed line. and so joining us is todd axle, the former chief of police there at st. paul, and so, thank you for joining us. and so you are saying that this should be about individual action, and all five officers who have been fired have been charged with second-degree murder and other charges, and do you think that it could be changed based on what you are hearing from him, and what you saw in the video? absolutely not. i may have been, and he is saying looking at the individual actions, but it is making up the collective. america needs to pay attention to the audio.
hand, because this one bit of legislation does not solve all of the problems, and do you see a way of breaking through the barrier? yes. it is so simple. local level also. internal affairs. supervisors who get these reports. i have had so many cases where the officers did what they did in this video, and they made up a story, and they were not r repr reprimanded, and not reprimanded. it is clear. it is right there. and you need to do your job and we need independent boards and some sort of independent boards to prosecute. we have to be watching. chris stewart and todd axle, i appreciate your joining us today, and the work that you are doing. thank you. thank you. new this morning, cnn has learned that the parents of tyre nichols is going to attend the