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Some new key -- they now in here has been talking about it. because officials have refused to take based questions on, line of things unfolded. today we learn from the dea, they official encounter that the victim here is pepper sprayed. they used pepper spray on him, and it was a very officers were very charged in the beginning moments of this. and then a resist chase and a second encounter, and thats where the dea says -- beating where this occurred. and we also, learned about this is significa...

Became illegal. >> reporter: tonight nearly three weeks following the death of tyre nichols, were learning more details about how this unfolded. >> pull over, one running on foot. >> -- >> feast fighting at this time. >> reporter: this afternoon, the shelby county district attorney detailed more of what happened, saying there was an initial traffic stop, followed by an altercation involving several officers and nichols, where pepper spray was deployed and nichols fled. >> there was another alter...

Her house and they told her she couldnt go to the hospital and it wasnt until 4:00 a.m. in the morning that the doctor called her. they told her that her son had been pepper sprayed and tased and that he was nearby. never told them where they were at and so we believe that we cannot allow anybody to ever cover up crimes against our loved ones in our community. it happens far too much in america and we have to have this conversation over and over and over again until it stops. we have to talk abo...

Peoples personal, even their faces and other identifying characteristics like phone numbers and something like that. so, thats the other thing. its going to be significant. youre hearing law enforcement officials prepare all of us for this video. i think it was significant to hear, the sound you played from a 30-year veteran law enforcement official describe the video the way he described it, and how disturbed he is by what he saw. >> there is new information about what happened that night. what...

And was among those saw the video says that the video shows the 29-year-old fedex worker ask father was shocked, pepper sprayed and restrained when he was pulled over for a traffic stop near his home. were also joined by antonia hylton on the ground in tennessee. we were opportunitying this to be a tense day in that community. obviously, developments are occurring rapidly right now with the expectation were going to hear from the da in the not too distant future. can you take us there and tell u...

Yes, tyre nichols, a 29—year—old black man was stopped by the police. it was a traffic stop for a reckless driving. there was apparently an initial confrontation. this is back on january the 7th, initial confrontation. this is back onjanuary the 7th, and he started to run away from the scene when he was caught up with by the officers, and thats when the alleged beating took place. according to his family, theyve seen the results of the autopsy report, the postmortem examination, which they s...

Nichols is speaking out after viewing body cam footage with his encounter with memphis police. we have story from memphis. >> good morning, dana. the family of 29-year-old tyre nichols and attorney got an opportunity to view the violent confrontation between nichols and five police officers and described it as a savage beating of a defenseless beating. listen. >> regrettably, it reminded us of rodney king video. >> it was an unabashed, non-stop beating of this young boy for three minutes. >> att...

He died of his injuries three days later. >> we know he was tased, pepper sprayed and restrained. >> suspended, all had been on the force between two years and five and a half years. we have determined that five n pforted officers violated policies, including excessive use of force, duty to intervene and duty to render aid. wells described her son as a beautiful soul who loved skateboarding and sunsets. he was on a break from work when he was muld over by police.eelis i letoi son down. and i was...

CAPE Town security guard Athenkosi Komanisi, who works at a mall in Grassy Park, is nursing his wounds after a rude customer attacked him last Wednesday, 11 January.

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