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So we can focus on this little guy. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ hey there. im victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> and im alisyn camerota. a sixth officer is now off the memphis police force in connection with the beating death of tyre nichols. preston hemphill was relieved of duty, and his lawyer confirms he was wearing a body camera on january 7th. the footage from it was released friday along with the other videos that show nichols ultimately fatal enco...

But the law recognizes that. not only with respect to money, but with regard to the reforms that come about as a result of a lawsuit. so without question, this is accountability that is very important to memphis and throughout the country. >> cornell, give me your thoughts too. >> absolutely. here we have a situation where you have a bystander effect in blue. in other words, you have people with the duty and responsibility to act. were charged with the responsibility of acting, but they choose n...

That is one hurdle. but the other piece of this are the actual convictions down the road. youre a criminal defense attorney. how difficult is that piece? >> i think its very, wolf, for following reasons. when you examine a case like, this you have to examine what brought about the police conduct. number one, police do not and should not be engaging in any force unless there is an immediate threat. was there an immediate threat that anyone could say reasonably they saw on that video that mr. nich...

Stories, a couple of officers, in this case five, then you dig into big and you maybe find out something else that -- may be a broader story about the culture there. that is what people are interested in now. again, we do not know enough. these five officers -- im sure we are going to find out more as, eventually, we move forward in their trials. that is a lot of what the community is angry about at this moment. again, i cannot emphasize it enough. i have not yet met a person who thinks that thi...

An officer shot him in the back killing him. the officer pleaded guilty. he was sentenced to 20 years for depriving scott of his civil rights, a federal charge. army officer was terrified. two officers in southern virginia approaches suv with guns drawn during a traffic s stop. what is going on? >> the officers reported they did not see the temporary paper tag in the car. quick some honestly frayed to get out very. >> he was pepper sprayed. >> get out of the car. >> he survived. what of the offi...

Scorpion unit. more on this development in just a moment, going live to nbcs antonia hylton in memphis. these stories of police brutality, especially at the expense of young black mans lives, has become a familiar narrative in america. the death of tyre nichols three days of various, punched begin with a, baton taste and pepper sprayed by five nypd officers is only the latest example of injustice committed by police officers. it is something we have heard before. and crucially, we have been seei...

Nichols. there are nationwide calls for reform. the naacp wrote in a statement, if anyone needs to see this video, its every single leader of congress, sit in your comfy leather chair. this statement goes on to say, watch the video when its released. tell us what else you immediate to vote "yes" on about police reform, by failing to write a piece of legislation, youre writing another obituary, the naacps president is saying to eric johnson. your thoughts? >> well, as i was watching the video of ...

Okay, i want to bring in tim alexander, civil rightsternally and former police officer himself. i dont know if you were able to see all of that. we played those two videos. what it appears to have happened, tim, is that officers stopped tyre nichols. he wound up fleeing. they put him on the ground. he got up and tried to flee. they tased him. they deployed pepper spray. they seemed to have sprayed one another in the face with the pepper spray. and then they caught up to him, closer to his home, ...

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