enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs of that claim. now i need to warn you that the video you re about to see is in
accountability from all forsman and systemic change. after george floyd, never again. here we are. are going to ask congressman eric swallow what he has caused blood to do this time. since there is what is the way to fix this country s broken system? this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. that the speedy now deactivating the scorpion unit, launched in 2021 to fight the cities rise and murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder and nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? speeding all started with the traffic stop. officers at the time said the 29-year-old was driving recklessly. department has since that, no video evidence backs of that claim. mid morning, the video you re about to see is incredibly graphic.
at this place shutdown so-called scorpion unit whose members included arbiters charged in the death of tyre nichols. is this a move in the right direction? plus donald trump hits the campaign trail for the first time since announcing his 2024 presidential bid. he says he is more committed than ever. will republican voters be just as committed to him? later, backlash continues to grow against ron desantis for his decision to block courts on african american studies. some students are ready to take it to the courts. all of that and more is coming up. a good sunday morning to you. i m katie thing. thanks for starting your day with us. there s new fallout in some major changes at the memphis police department after friday nights like the videos showed five former officers beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying tyre nichols, who died just a few days ago. the department has permanently deactivated what it called its scorpion unit. that included all of those officers we saw
country. velshi starts now. good morning to you. it is sunday, january the 28. i m ali velshi. demonstrators in major cities around the country took to the streets again yesterday after the memphis police department released footage of the brutal beating of tyre nichols by five members of its own police force. in the continuing aftermath, memphis pd announced yesterday that it has permanently deactivated its scorpion unit. scorpion what the departments anti violence group which has been under scrutiny in recent days after it became public that all five of the police officers who were fired, arrested, and charged with second degree murder in nichols death where members of the unit. joining me now from memphis, tennessee, is nbc s antonia hylton who have been covering the story from the beginning. antonia. welcome tell us a bit about this new development with the scorpion unit, of which all five of these police officers were members. ali, i was actually with protesters yest
mccarthy s removal of congressman, eric swalwell, and adam shift from the and sell agents committee. the cardinal sin appears to be that i lead the impeachment of his master in mar-a-lago democratic intel committee members, and are here to talk about it. marjorie taylor greene is the queen bee of the gop. why this is horrible for the country. i m jonathan capehart, this is the sunday show. this sunday, thousands continue to take to the streets as the nation mourns the death of yet another black man killed at the hands of law enforcement. memphis authorities initially portrayed it as a routine traffic stop gone awry. but, when your black in america, there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop. we give our children the talk for a reason. we teach our children, and remind ourselves how to behave in front of cops, how to talk to cops. be respectful. be calm. all in the hopes that if we are pulled over, that we will survive the encounter. the release of the footage of