schools from teaching classes on african american history. plus, we will speak to the director of the oscar nominated documentary, stranger in the gate, the powerful story about how love and community can instill islamophobia in a small american town. that coming out, good evening. you know it stood out to me, as you at-home watched the videos of the brutal police assault of a 29-year-old father, and amateur photographer tyre nichols in memphis. he died in hospital, three days later on january 10th. the moment where he called out to his mother. he screamed her name, again and again. i don t know about you, but that broke me. not going to play for you tonight, because i m sure you have all seen some of those videos on this network. another networks, on social media. if you haven t, you can go watch it somewhere, you can go see for yourself tyre nichols, an unarmed fedex worker weighing 140 pounds, getting pepper sprayed, taser, punched, kicked, and repeatedly hit with a ba
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
i am just trying to go home. brian: you see an officer approach tyre nichols with their guns drawn and yank him out of his vehicle. he threw them to the ground. he was on the ground and put his hands behind his back. a few moments later you see him get up and run. multiple officers repeatedly punch him and pepper spray him. you see an for walk up and kick him in the head two times. they strike him with a baton over and over again. later dragged and propped up against a police car. he didn t receive any medical attention even though there were medical personnel there. he would die two days later in the hospital. people in memphis and across the country are protesting, but there is no widespread violence. but fear of it does remain. almost universal agreement this is unacceptable. the you five officers are black. they are members of an elite unit. they require specific qualifications and training. it is inactive now since nichols passed away. the officers have been fired and ch
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
hi, everyone. thanks so much for joining me in washington, d.c. i m jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield today. a city and nation in shock. hours after memphis police released videos of the brutal killing of tyre nichols. the full videos released last night show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29-year-old. and i want to warn you. what we re about to show you is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged reckless driving. place are seen yanking him from the car, chasing, kicking him, using pepper spray and batons. nichols, who is unarmed, crying for miss his mother at one poin. he died from his injuries three days later in the hospital. those videos are sparking largely peaceful protests across the country overnight and into today. earlier this week the five officers were charged with second-degree murder and now after this video has come out, two officers from a different department who were al