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boston, and d.c.. take a look at your screen right there. just to name a few of the places where we are watching this demonstration ons unfold. its no secret that tyre nichols death is another reminder of the cycle of police violence normalized in this country. like so many of these cases, it started at a traffic stop. the driver just trying to get home. those were among nichols last words. in fact, as police video released yesterday clearly revealed. tonight we still dont know what le...

that claim. this graphic body cam video shows the moment police catch up to nichols when he runs away. >> give me your hands. >> hey, give me your hands. give me your hands. >> hey. you can hear nichols crying out for his mother there who was just a few blocks away. officers continue to hit and spray nichols struggling with him on the ground. more footage appears to show inaction by police officers, sheriffs deputies and even paramedics. five memphis police officers at the scene are no...

coverage. im kate firing live from msnbc headquarters live in new york. this morning, memphis in the rest the country is trying to come to grips with the newly released video of police officers beating, kicking, tasing, pepper spraying tyre nichols, its 49 year old unarmed black man. it was a beating that ultimately resulted in tyre nichols death, and murder charges for the five now former police officers. to begin this hour, im going to hear from his mother about what kind of son he w...

events here in the uk and across the world mark holocaust memorial day on the anniversary of the liberation of the auschwitz—birkenau nazi death camp. and the actress sylvia syms, best known for her roles in the films ice cold in alex and the queen, has died at the age of 89. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor, jeremy hunt, has been defending the governments record on economic growth. in a speech, he said theres too much gloom about the economy, and that the uk ca...

ring out across ukraine as russia steps up the assault in the east. tonight, drive ukraine out of one town that is key to russias plans to take a crucial city plus, breaking news, trump invited back, face facebook and instagram inviting him back. mr. war george sanchez got his money is deepening tonight. the embattled congressman suggest the $700,000 personal loan was not personal at all. details ahead. lets go out front. >> good evening im aaron burnett. at front sight, ukraine soundi...

There are solutions here, but the solution, frankly, is to rebuild the entire thing from the ground up. that will take time, that will take patience, and that will take money, and far too many people are not willing to commit those things. >> because of the almighty dollar. you know britney, getting rid of something like the scorpion unit, by the way, they are not exclusive to memphis. every city, every major city has the saturation units where they go and they swarm specific areas of a communit...

Talk about these criminal charges. the gravity of the criminal charges and what it means not only to these officers to this city, state and our country. remember, this supposedly emanated from a traffic stop which turned deadly. and we talked about what we saw in the video when we were here before you, monday, that these were unmarked squad cars, not all officers in uniform. you can call this the scorpion unit if thats what you want to call it but what these really are because i do happen to hav...

Scorpion unit effective immediately. applause the intent of the scorpion unit has now been— the intent of the scorpion unit has now been corrupted. it cannot be brought— now been corrupted. it cannot be brought back to centre with any sense _ brought back to centre with any sense of— brought back to centre with any sense of morality and dignity, and most _ sense of morality and dignity, and most important, trust in this community. how will the community evei’, _ community. how will the c...

Brown because they are the most vulnerable. make no mistake, tyre nichols at all times was an innocent victim on that night. he did nothing wrong. he was caught up in a sting. this scorpion unit was designed to saturate under the guise of crime fighting and what it wound up doing instead was creating a continual pattern and practice of bad behavior. as ben told you, there are others who are out there who had similar experiences and i will dare say that when we get all the records that we need th...

Practice of bad behaviour. as been told you, there are others who are out there — told you, there are others who are out there who had similar experiences, and i will dare say that when— experiences, and i will dare say that when we get all the records that when we get all the records that we — that when we get all the records that we need, we will see a significant delta of a disparity, between — significant delta of a disparity, between the use of force of the scorpion — between the ...