i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night. protesters rally across the nation one day after the city of memphis releases the horrific video showing the violent arrest of tyre nichols. plus ukraine claims russia is pounding a key town near donetsk. and president trump meeting with voters in two key states as he jump starts his third push toward the white house. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin tonight in memphis, where the fallout from the killing of tyre nichols is leading to a major move by the police department there. tyre nichols did not deserve this at all whatsoever. moving forward, i just don t know what can help this city. today peaceful protests have been unfolding in memphis and other american cities outraged by the killing of tyre nichols by five police officers now charged with second degree murder. we want to warn you. the police video you are about to see is graphic and deeply troubling. three weeks ago nichols l
millennials trying to be more ecofriendly. i think that s great. i was just at a consignment store today. thanks so much. well, the next hour of cnn newsroom starts right now. we want peace. we want peaceful protests. that s what the family wants. that s what the community wants. they have come out in a way that is in conjunction with what the family has asked for. they have been peaceful while they protest, but they are very, very disturbed. we re out here today because we believe that no one else should go through what tyre nichols went through. they are grateful that the video came out, so now the whole world knows what happened, that he was defenseless, that he was hopeless. look at how they dragged him out of the car. there was no human inside of those men. maybe we do have faith and hope that the system is going to get it right this time. i m pamela brown in washington, and you are in the cnn newsroom. and we begin this hour in memphis, tenness
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
charged. the news coming less than 24 hours after the graphic video of nichols being beaten and tased by officers was released to the public. again, want to warn you, this video is disturbing to watch. mom, mom! give me your hands. give me your hand. cnn s isabel rosales joins me now. the family attorney of ben krunlp, he had a to say this morning on cnn to dana bash. what did he have to say. he told her that clearly there is a problem in america. the officers failed their oath and tyre nichols. but this beating, jim, he said, goes beyond the individuals officers and beyond their color and really going to a problem with the system, with police culture where time and time again we re seeing traffic stops ending with the death of black men at the hands of police officers. now crump also touted how quickly these officers were charged and were fired. saying that this is really a blueprint going forward across america regardless if the officer is black, white or anything
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