routine between. consistent with what they saw on the video of his encounter with police. tyre nichols beaten for three minutes just think about that. a boxing round, three minutes. three minutes this man was allegedly beaten by five officers. five black officers were fired, even before the video of that the rest had even been publicly released. two members of the memphis fire department have also been fired in the wake of tyre nichols s death. i want to bring in steve mulroy, the district attorney dealing down there with steve, it s good to see you this evening. there are a lot of questions being asked about what happened to tyre nichols and when the public might be able to see this video for themselves. and the idea when it will be released? and one of the considerations to do so? right. thank you for having me, laura coates. a lot of the peoples questions about what exactly happened will, of course, to be answered once people see the video. we expect that to happen
days after a memphis traffic stop. lawyers for nichols family tell cnn preliminary results from an independent autopsy show the 29-year-old died from, quote, extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating. the family says this is consistent with what they saw on the video of his encounter with police. nichols beaten for three minutes. just think about that. a boxing round, three minutes. three minutes this man was allegedly beaten by five officers. five black officers were fired even before the video of that arrest has even been publicly released, and two members of the memphis fire department have also been fired in the week of nichols death. i want to bring in steve mulroy, the shelby county district attorney dealing with this very investigation down there in memphis. steve, it s good to see you this evening. there are a lot of questions being asked about what happened to tyre nichols. and when the public might be able to see this video for themselves. any idea when it wil
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office based on the facts and the circumstances. i can t really say right now. i think it would be improper for mere to say what i m going to do, or when we re going to do it. but i will tell you that we are expediting the considerations and expediting the consideration as much as possible, and it is possible that we may be able to make a determination around the same time frame in which we contemplate release of the video. has the department of justice or the fbi become involved? i know there are cases involved oftentimes where civil rights division is looking into whether the civil rights of the individual victim have been violated. we saw that in the case in my own home state of minnesota, officers charged in the killing of george floyd, also being brought up on civil rights violations. has that coordination been done? yes, yes, laura, it has. the department of justice has already announced that they re getting involved. the fbi is cooperating in the investigation with the tenne
expediting the investigation as much as possible. and it is possible that we may be able to make a determination around the same timeframe in which we released a video. as the department of justice or the fbi become involved? i know there are cases involved, oftentimes, where civil rights division is looking into whether the civil rights of the individual victim have been violated. we saw that in the case of, in my own home state of minnesota, officers charged in the killing of george floyd, also being brought up on civil rights violations. has that coordination begun? yes. yes, laura coates, it has. the department of justice has already announced that they are getting involved. the fbi is cooperating in the investigation with the tennessee bureau of investigation, who i called in so that it would be a truly independent investigation. i am in regular contact with the u.s. attorney here in memphis. and we are collaborating on this. i myself used to be a u.s. department of justice