i m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. permanently disbanded. a major change at the memphis police department after the beating death of tyre nichols as the country sees another night of protests. ukrainian officials say, quote, fast-paced negotiations are underway with western allies to supply the country with long-range missiles amid days of russian attacks. how vital the weapons could be to ukraine in its fight against russia. i do fear for the future and what it may hold. you think there could be another january 6th in this country? yes. plus, a former twitter employee blowing the whistle about what she says were the company s failures leading up to the insurrection. why she is not satisfied with the january 6th committee and concerned this could all happen again. also, artificial intelligence with some very real world impacts. more on that viral tool chatgpt and why it s raising concern among america s teachers on cnn this morning. sunday, january 29th. we
And why it s raising concern among america s teachers on cnn this morning. sunday, january 29th. we are grateful to have you starting this new week with us. good morning, amara. grateful to have you back, boris. pleasure to be with you, as always. residents in memphis are calling for additional reform after the city s police force agreed to shut down that controversial specialty s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit that was linked to the beating death ever tyre nichols. protesters in memphis and other cities rallied for a second day after officials released that graphic video showing the deadly encounter. a makeshift memorial has been set up near the corner street sign where the 29-year-old was
I m amara walker. i m boris sanchez. permanently disbanded. a major change at the memphis police department after the beating death of tyre nichols as the country sees another night of protests. ukrainian officials say, quote, fast-paced negotiations are underway with western allies to supply the country with long-range missiles amid days of russian attacks. how vital the weapons could be to ukraine in its fight against russia. i do fear for the future and what it may hold. you think there could be another january 6th in this country? yes. plus, a former twitter employee blowing the whistle about what she says were the company s failures leading up to the insurrection. why she is not satisfied with the january 6th committee and concerned this could all happen again. also, artificial intelligence with some very real world impacts. more on that viral tool chatgpt
My condolences to tyre nichols family and friends for having to deal with this horrible incident. i mean, no one should have to deal with something like this. it s a terrible use, abuse of authority. it smears the good name of the seven to 800,000 law enforcement officers working tirelessly around the country to keep us all safe. when we have units like this specialized unit, the so-called s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit, every police department around the country, large police departments anyway, have units like this. the nypd we have anti-crime or conditions or street crime unit, and they are formed where you have officers working largely in unmarked cars, in undercover plainclothes versus working in the uniform. my concern with disbanding this
Who was unarmed, was targeted by the officers. cnn s shimon brhas more. reporter: a significant move by the memphis police department. the police chief announcing that they are disbanding the s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit. this is the unit that the five former officers were a part of. their tactics have been called into question. we saw their aggressive moves when they pulled over tyre nichols and when it was learned that these five officers were part of that s.c.o.r.p.i.a.n. unit, many of the communities members and nichols family came out asking that the police chief disband this unit. what this unit does, they drive around in unmarked cars aggressively fighting crime and some of their tactics have come into question. and because of the concerns raised by the community, the police chief said that she met with officers in that unit and they all decided that in the