so far. i think so, too. i did an interview over off of channel 3 drive, and the protest , this is where they started. and when i drove up, they were very period. they were walking around and they were getting ready to walk over to the bridge, and they were very peaceful. so that made you feel good. i didn t feel like i was in harm s way. i said earlier that memphis has a rich history when it comes to the civil rights movement. it would be incredible for memphis to have a rich history when it comes to police reform. yes. which is a continuum, on the continuum for the civil rights movement. right, and i think today i heard attorney crump say that this should be the blueprint. i think he said that to you this morning about memphis being the blueprint for the country, of what happened as far as the officers being fired and being charged with in 20 days of what happened. so i think this is it. memphis will be the blueprint for the coununtry. thank you, vicki terry. i
justice for tyre nichols, ahead of the release of video described as horrific and even sickpenning. this hour what public can expect and what the nichols parents tell the most telling part. more disturbing video out today showing the hammer attack on nancy pelosi s husband paul and the split second police had to intervene. and a consequential vote setting the tone for the future of the republican party. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown. jake tapper is on assignment. we start with our national lead, heartbreak, grief and calls for justice in memphis, tennessee, in just a few hours from now the city is set to release videos of tyre nichols arrest. the 29-year-old died three days after a confrontation with police on january th, an encounter nichols stepfather who has seen the video described as a brutal beating. i saw officers hitting on him. i saw officers kicking him. one officer kicked him like he was kicking a football a couple times. and but the most th
leave out of the room, and that was when they initially were pulling him out of the car, he said what did i do. that s what he said. he said what did i do, why are you all doing this to me, what can i do, and they proceeded to them out of the car and was trying to grasp with him to the ground. i saw officers hitting on him. i saw officers kicking him, one officer kicked him like he was kicking a football a couple times. but the most telling thing about the video to me was maybe 10 officers on the scene and nobody tried to stop it or even after they beat him and pop him up against the car.
and that s what he was trying to get home to safety. i saw officers kicking him. one officer kicked him like he was kicking a football a couple times. it was maybe ten officers on the scene and nobody tried to stop it. reporter: soon, the public will be able to judge it for themselves. once you see the video, tonight i guess, i think people can draw their own conclusions, but i don t imagine there will be a lot of perceived ambiguity. are you saying in plain english tyre nichols was beaten to death by these officers? yes. i don t want to get into characterizing the video, but clearly the charges do say that the officers beat him and caused his death and are responsible for his death. reporter: a defense attorney for desmond mills jr. one of the five officers charged with murder says his clients has
a brutal beating. i saw officers hitting on him. i saw officers kicking him. one officer kicked him like he was kicking a football a couple times. and but the most the most telling thing about the video to me was, the fact that it was maybe ten officers on the scene and nobody tried to stop it. the five officers charged with murder in tyre nichols death have been released from jail on bond and nichols mother tells cnn despite losing her son she doesn t hate those officers and prays something positive will come from her son s horrific death. they have brought shame to their own families. they brought shame to the black community. i just feel sorry for i feel