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
this country? but it s not just the mass murders. there are so many other reasons for the constant fear and dread that we re all feeling. one of those reasons, the latest case of police overkill. a 25-year-old black man named jayland walker, killed in akron by 60 bullet wounds as he ran from police. also tonight, a major development in fulton county s investigation in trump s efforts to find enough votes to steal georgia. new details about the next jap 6th hearing. we begin with this very strange place that we find ourselves in on the day after july 4th, independence day. a day that turned out to be tragic and violent for the community of highland park, illinois. where seven people died and almost 40 were injured in approximately the 319th mass shooting so far this year. on our way to another record. the young white male shooter, who previously posted creepy videos seeming to set the stage for his act of terrorism was charged tonight with seven counts of first-degree murder
Paul instead. if you stop me from going after evil, you will take the punishment instead. the pep has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges. there s no question that perhaps attorney is reeling from this phone call. candidly, it happens more often than you think. that the client sinks their own case with a phone call from jail. on friday, congresswoman pelosi said she will have to watch the video of the attack. i won t be making any more statements about this case. as it proceeds. except to, again, thank people for and inform them of paul s progress. our thanks to dana griffin for that latest. coming up, from outrage to action. we will talk to tennessee state senator london miller about how she wants to change police culture in her state in the wake of tyre nichols death. plus, backlash is growing after rhonda sanchez blocks an
One of the family attorneys for the nichols family said race may have played a role in the swiftness and the speed by which the arrest happened in these particular officers. the five accused officers, those we know, thus far, who have been accused, are black. we want to proclaim that this is the blueprint going forward. this being the speed of the arrest. we want to proclaim that this is a blueprint going forward for anytime any officer, black or white, to be held accountable. senator, do you think in any way that the race of the officers that were involved in the death of tyre nichols played a factor in terms of the speed by which the investigation was done by tbi? absolutely. first and foremost, justice has no color whether your black or why. breaking the law, taking someone s life into your own hands is wrong. the reason they were held accountable so swiftly is because our system is actually working. because of the policies and the loss that we have in place. they were able to hol