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hi, thanks so much for joining me today. im jessica dean in washington, d.c. in for fredricka whitfield. we begin with a major shift in memphis. just a day after video shows the brutal police beating of tyre nichols, the city police department announcing it is permanently deactivating the scorpion unit. all five officers charged in nichols death were part of the movement and after protests around the country demanding it be dissolved. the attorney for tyre nicholss family ben crump tel...

The door to healing. >> it is a grounding in that way. and for black and asian communities, there is some collective grief around these hateful attacks like what weve seen this week. and theyre being attacked, they feel in danger, not safe as youre saying. that core need that we all have, not safe for simply who they are. and theyre trying to heal from that type of trauma. how specifically -- what do you want to say to those specific communities? >> even to those specific communities, please tak...