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last word, im ali velshi. is peace stay with us. our coverage continues. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle begins now. >> good evening, im stephanie ruhle. most nights, i feel very lucky to have this job. i get to talk about how i see the world and my colleagues and i try to make some very -- to make sense. but this is a very difficult night for me. for all of us, together. because just a few hours ago, another horrific video of police appearing to kill an unarmed black man was releas...

the world and my colleagues and i try to make some very -- to make sense. but this is a very difficult night for me. for all of us, together. because just a few hours ago, another horrific video of police appearing to kill an unarmed black man was released. this time from the memphis police department. its a terrible example of awful police behavior resulting in the death of a human being. a human whose life is now defined by the brutality he suffered. we are not going to show you that...

You then, do we have? you >> yes, im still here. >> how do the people in memphis feel about this scorpion tax force? >> as mark was saying, we do have a crime problem here as you see in most major cities. and the scorpion squad was tasked to come in and try to resolve some of those issues, car break-ins, carjackings, other violent crimes in the community. so what the purpose of these units may have been something that was considered needed and necessary in order to combat crime, it seems like th...

The community has come together this evening to remember 11 protest police brutality. from, where i want to bring in ven turner attorney and president of and double as ap memphis, and longtime memphis reporter mark pierce the. but you want to tell america tonight, what is your message? >> i want to let america know that although this is so unfortunate and the last time weve seen national protest of something that occurred in memphis was the assassination of dr. king. despite all of, that what i ...

Those officers who murdered mr. nichols accountable. so what i want to say to the nation in the world is this is yet another black -- from memphis but we are overcoming the challenges and we are -- for the cases going forward. so what i want to say to the nation in the world is this is yet another black -- from memphis but we are overcoming the challenges and we are -- for the cases going forward. >> you reported on the scorpion unit that the officers were part of. can you explain to our viewers...