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
coverage. i m kate firing live from msnbc headquarters live in new york. this morning, memphis in the rest the country is trying to come to grips with the newly released video of police officers beating, kicking, tasing, pepper spraying tyre nichols, it s 49 year old unarmed black man. it was a beating that ultimately resulted in tyre nichols death, and murder charges for the five now former police officers. to begin this hour, i m going to hear from his mother about what kind of son he was. my son, i know everybody says, mother say that they had a good son, everybody son is good, but my son actually was a good boy. he had my name tattooed on his arm. that made me proud. most kids don t put they mom s name. but he did. my son was a beautiful soul. and he touched everyone. that is just so getting to hear from her. and now we are going to play a part of the video that was released last night. but i want to warn you, it is graphic, it is violent, and it s unbelievably dist
In this week's The Reason Roundtable, panelists delve into policing and violence in the wake of the video release showing Memphis police killing Tyre Nichols.
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 on video that were involved and tyre nichols murder. ex officers now face several criminal charges. officers on friday were people took to the streets, protesting the brutality they saw on the graphic videos. those protests were [inaudible] we will begin today show with msnbc correspondent, she is live in memphis. antonio, good morning. what has been the communities reaction to the police permanently deactivating that scorpion unit? good morning. as that news came down yesterday, protesters would gather ridden downtown, right in front of the shelby county administration building. this is the win for them. this is part of what they ve
Movement on police reform on capitol hill beyond what he s been able to do so far through executive action. when asked for what is next, the president stressed that he wants to see a swift, full, and transparent investigation, which the vice president echoed as well. and before leaving for camp david for the weekend, president biden told reporters he was worried about the potential for violent protests, but also that what might happen in the wake of this tragedy will demonstrate what kind of a nation united states really is, saying that it has a lot to do with whether or not we are the country we say we are. katie? thanks to monica alba. so now i want to bring in one of the attorneys that is representing tyre nichols s family. antonio romanucci, thank you so much for joining, us i know you have a lot going on, the first thing i have to ask use the most important. how is the nichols family doing in these last 12 hours since the video was released? what has been their reaction to this