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well, good evening everyone, i m laura coats and this is cnn tonight. two additional members police officers have not been relieved of duty in the wake of the killing of tyre nichols. we are learning officer preston hemphill who, according to memphis police, quote, participated in the initial traffic stop and the use of a taser, unquote. and another officer who hasn t yet been named. while they both have been relieved of their duty. and three memphis fire department personnel have also been fired over the response to tyre nichols beating seen. and that is in addition, everyone, to five police officers who have already been not only relieved of their duties, as unfired. but also charged. the da saying, quote, this is an ongoing investigation. we are looking at all individuals involved in the events leading up to, during, and after the beating of tyre nichols. in a moment, we will do a deep dive into this case. the evidence and what it will take to actually prosecute this ....
officers in this encounter shouted at least 71 commands. 71 commands, in approximately a 13-minute period. i want to play a clip frankly from that initial stop for a moment. listen to this. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around don t do that. ok? get on the fing ground. i ll tase your ass. i m on the ground. i ll tase you. get off the ground. . just hearing this yet again, frankly, it is anxiety producings at the the least. and i wonder about this the screaming, the confusion that must have ensued the disorienting nature, how disorienting to receive the com the initial stop. know what he was getting pulled over for, i went to the police academy we were trained not to do that. i ll let law enforcement analyst get to the nuts and bolts when you go to the police academy they struck you to have one individual interacting with that with that person, she don t that you don t have those conflicting type of commands, because people know what to do and the mor ....
Beating of tyre nichols. the memphis fire department firing three employees, they e.u. saying the medics and driver failed to properly assess nichols when they arrived on the scene, coming as officials confirm that two more memphis police officers were also relieved of duty, that s the phrase they ve used. on top of the five other officers who were fired and charged with second degree murder among other crimes into nichols death, we ll bring in the form he have head of intelligence for the dc home land security me, i ll begin with you, den nel because there s a new york times analysis i was particularly interested in it found that the ....