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driving on january 7. officers are pulling the 29-year-old from his car and beating, kicking, tasing and pepper spraying him several times and he died thee days later. the memphis police department fired the five officers involved. they all face several charges including second degree murder. the release of the video has sparked wide-spread protests on the streets of memphis and around the country last night and today. fox news contributor and former washington dc homicide detective ted williams standing by with his analysis and first steve harrigan is live in memphis. steve reporter: john, the fallout of the death of tyre nichols here in memphis and the chief said that elite crime fighting unit the scorpions has been disbanded and all five accused of murder of nichols were members of that elite unit. more details, two coming clear from that tape and one hour videoed released on friday night and shows graphic violence and begins with the traffic stop of nichols. initial ....
watch out, watch out. watch out. mom, mom, mom. the five officers were fired and charged with second-degree murder among other charges. after watching the horrifying video the sheriff in shelby county, tennessee placed two deputies on administrative leave who would appear at the scene and launched an internal investigation. steve harrigan is alive in memphis tonight outside the police department, steve to you. and molly, more repercussions from this savage event for just learned the police chief has disbanded a scorpion unit all by former police officers accused of second-degree murder were part of that elite anti- crime-fighting unit. as an initiative of the new chief about 40 officers not going to be disbanded for you can see behind me two or 300 protests in front of headquarters despite the rain for there is not meant violence since that tape was released on the internet by the officials here at 7:00 p.m. on friday. a few details from that tape which may be ups ....