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drove them to the scene. also today, the police department revealed that a sixth and then a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved of duty. as you know, five have already been fired and charged with second-degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges to come. were going to talk about that tonight with a local district attorney. also our legal team on the potential difficulty of getting convictions under tennessees hurt statute, and...

more fall in the wake of the brutal beating by memphis police officers. like today, the city firebombed not-so-termination of three personnel. , tully, empties and lieutenant who drove them to the scene. also tonight, the police department revealed that a six, that a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved duty. as you know, i bet already been fired and charged with second degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges, and administra...

Them that, weve done something bad. >> john, how do you see with body cameras? when you listen to it, the sheer volume of officers yelling different instructions and this person, i dont know how anybody can comply with all those. >> well, one of the things -- we went through all of this in new york. and one of the things we did was, 70 training course, and in the training course was, de-escalation, theyre not de-escalating. team tactics, theyre not functioning as a team, theyre all yelling somet...

>> well, i dont either. when we first gave cops body worn cameras, the assumption was they would change their behavior, they would act differently. i think in some cases that is. but in this case, its just absolutely astonishing that these officers could act this way. i think they actually forgot that they were wearing them. and maybe at the very end, its something dawned on them that, you know, weve done something bad. >> john, how do you see with body cameras? and when you listen to it, the sh...

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