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aggravated kidnapping. we are awaiting an update from the shelby county district attorney that is set to begin soon. we re also awaiting the release of video taken during that traffic stop that ended in a violent confrontation between nichols and the officers. the family of nichols have seen that video and nichols died in the hospital after being beaten for three minutes, he died in the hospital three days later. joining me from memphis is antonia hylton. and the lawyers for the nichols family have compared this body cam footage to the beating of rodney king. what more can you tell us and how tense is it right now in memphis as we await the release of this video? reporter: katy, it has been tense here for days now, and people have been anticipating this. you know, not just in news from local officials, the naacp, from the family, but you know, in whispers among black residents here in the city, that this is going to be horrific, hard to stomach, hard to watch, but the ....
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The family, but you know, in whispers among black residents here in the city, that this is going to be horrific, hard to stomach, hard to watch, but the news now, that these five officers are in custody, that they are facing serious criminal charges, that range from aggravated kidnapping to misconduct, to most importantly, second-degree murder charges, that s been met as a relief by some people here, because you know, communities like memphis, they ve been here before, where they feel like they ve had to beg and plead for this level of charges, they had to beg and plead for body camera video, for respect and communication, from officials. the one silver lining here is that they feel not only did the police department move very quickly to fire these officers, but that second-degree murder charges reflect what the community has been expecting, that when we see this, it is going to look like a horrible, essentially an execution of many ....
Adjudicated, but it looked like this beating that led to a death. but to your point, we have heard from countless police leaders that they cannot say anything, that they cannot comment, that they have to wait. you re getting at an important point, which is, that s not true. why is that important? it s important because so often police departments close ranks. they often have agreements with their police kbroins that give police officers much more protection from investigation than youer i would get if we re in a similaruation, and that usually means they hold off and say, we can t say anything or even take action, disciplinary action against police officers until there s a full and final investigation. so. to have a police department move so quickly. and definitively, including termination, as well as that public statement, that is a estatement they are saying, they violated their own rules, ....