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hi, everyone. thanks so much for joining me in washington, d.c. im jessica dean in for fredricka whitfield today. a city and nation in shock. hours after memphis police released videos of the brutal killing of tyre nichols. the full videos released last night show five former memphis police officers repeatedly beating the 29-year-old. and i want to warn you. what were about to show you is extremely graphic. the videos document nichols being pulled over earlier this month for alleged re...

Accountable who have been complained about to internal investigations in the past, we would not be here today. thats what they have been telling us. sop they feel like there is more accountability that needs to be and more reform that needs to be put in place. i want to let you hear from one of the young ladies that we spoke with last night. this is her hometown and she is part of the activist community as well. and she was really saying, look, i know a lot of people are praising the police and ...

Tweet Black Lives Matter protesters march past the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse on Friday, July 31, 2020, in Portland, Ore. Following an agreement between Democratic Gov. Kate Brown and the Trump administration to reduce federal officers in the city, nightly protests remained largely peaceful without major confrontations between demonstrators and officers. (AP Photo/Noah Berger) The Left in Portland Is Having a Family Feud Well, this is uncomfortable. Portland, OR has been bearin...

Week. but the 20-year-old insists he wasnt aiming at officers. prosecutors say williams might have been shooting at someone else in the crowd. but williams attorney tells cnn police have arrested the wrong person. >> any statements that he made im not confident that those were voluntary statements. one thing that i can be clear, from my conversation with him, was that this was no police ambush. as it was stated earlier. there was no intent of any to target out any police. and that hes not part o...

Crowd. but his attorneys say police have arrested the wrong person. >> in his statements that he made im not confident those were voluntary statements. one thing i can be clear, this was no police ambush as it was stated earlier. there was no intent of any to target out any police. and that hes not part of the protest community. >> reporter: but prosecutors say they found a .40 caliber handgun inside williams home that matched shell casings found at the shooting scene. he has been charged with t...

Protest community. >> reporter: but prosecutors say they found a .40 caliber handgun in his home that matched shell casings at the scene. he has been charged with assault, firing a weapon from a vehicle and armed criminal activity. he was already on probation on a charge stemming from receiving stolen property. the st. louis county prosecutor is skeptical of williamss story. >> he may have had a dispute with other protesters. we arent sure we completely buy that part of it. >> reporter: they are...

Shots in question. >> i can be clear this is not an ambush shooting. there was not any goal to target the police. and that he is not part of the protest community. i dont think my client was involved in this shooting is what im saying. >> the question of whether the alleged shooter was a demonstrator. that polarization in ferguson was apparent in the days following the justices department harsh report of the ferguson police department. many conservatives accuse the justice department of being pr...

There was no intent of any to target out any police. and that hes not part of the protest community. >> reporter: but prosecutors say they found a 40 caliber handgun inside williams home that matched shell casings found at the shooting scene. prosecutors have charged williams with two counts of first-degree assault and for firing a weapon from a welcome, as well as three counts of armed criminal activity. williams was already on probation on a charge of receiving stolen property. the st. louis c...

Demonstration the evening of the shooting and previous rallies. twitter was quick to fill with people saying they denied seeing him. mr. williams lawyer stressed the following in this order. it was not his clients intent to shoot the police. he was not a demonstrator, and his client did not take the shots in question. >> i can be clear this is not an ambush shooting. there was not any goal to target the police. and that he is not part of the protest community. i dont think my client was involved...

And that he was targeting someone in the crowd, some people think that would make you feel less safe when you head out to protest at night. you say you are not concerned about your safety at all. how do you ensure your safety then if this is happening? >> you know, its a strong protest community. its interesting that immediately following his arrest that there were protesters, a couple people that spoke to him that night and there was a connection made there at least in some small way. the reali...