- [announcer] do you have an invention idea but don t know what to do next? call invent help today. they can help you get started with your idea. call now 800-710-0020. good evening, everyone. and barcodes in d.c. and don lemon is in memphis. we were watching you this morning, you started the day out with the police chief. here you are ending it with me in memphis. tell me what has transpired today that has really been something you will not forget. reporter: it has been a remarkable day, quite frankly remarkable 24 hours. yesterday, we got the charges for the police officers and now we woke up to the interview, very candid interview from the police chief. i was surprised gave an interview. considering the district attorney announced those charges, i think she felt confident it was her time to speak because she did not want to get in the way of the investigation. very candid about why she believes the charges were fair. she knew they would be strong charges. she does not
charles. reporter: good morning, guys. for days we were told that the beating of tyre nichols at the hands of memphis police officers would be heinous and savage and unfortunately the videos live up to those descriptions. [ yelling ]. reporter: the first video captured on body cam and an officer approached tyre nichols with their gun drawn and aggressively yank him out of his vehicle as nichols tells officers he didn t do anything and officers throw him on the ground and throw laced commands at him and put him behind his back and nichols escaped from police and they tase him and takes off his shirt and runs away. at that point, officers chase after nichols and later on when officers catch up to him, you see nichols on the ground as he s being restrained. multiple officers punch nichols several times and pepper stray him as they demand he give them his hands and all this happening as nichols calls out to his mother for help. mom! mom! mom! mom! reporter: despite the fact t
outrage, anger and grief. tyre nichols repeatedly beaten, kicked, tased and pepper sprayed by the police. on video for the world to see. the family of the father, skateboarder and photographer calling for peace as people around the country take their emotions out onto the streets in protest. and there are new questions about how to break the political stalemate to achieve some kind of real police reform. five former memphis cops already charged with murder, two more have now been relieved of duty. and a doj investigation is underway. this morning, we have memphis community leaders, experts on policing and a member of congress joining this crucial conversation. thanks to you for joining us this morning, i m katie phang, this is special coverage of the leash of the tylee nichols video. right now, the world is washing and reacting to that footage showing five memphis police officers kicking, punching, just beating 29 year old nichols after what was supposed to be just a traffic
stop that led to the beating and a few days later the death of tyre nichols. want to renew the video that is graphic but seeing it is the only way to understand the brutality of this attack that began seemingly the moment that nichols was stopped. [inaudible] [inaudible] so after nichols fled, a group of officers that caught up with him and then they beat him. you see it here, mercilessly. and in the, and all he could do what cry out for his mother. [inaudible] this is yet another incident that shows some of those that are paid to protect and serve instead of out of control and violent. and it has many across the country saying enough. enough. five police officers, it doesn t matter, not even one of them to say no this is not right. there is no words to describe it. i was sick to my stomach, i had to walk away a few times you know? it just breaks your heart. we have to stand up and be reminded that this is not just a memphis thing or a sacramento or california thing, it
good friday morning to you. so solemn day of news today, i m jim sciutto. and i m erica hill. today the nation will see exactly what happened to 29-year-old tyre nichols during a violent encounter with police in memphis, tennessee. the injuries he sustained during that traffic stop ultimately leading to his death, and some of those videos, including those from police body cameras, have been described as appalling, horrific and inhumane. right now five memphis police officers have been fired, charged with several felonies, including second-degree murder. this morning a remarkable one on cnn, cnn s don lemon spoke exclusively with memphis police chief c.j. davis revealing extensive new details about what you are going to see in the videos that will be released later today. the two meticulously walking through what led up to the traffic stop and remaining questions about that, the beating and the arrest of tyre nichols. also the ongoing investigations into the officers respo