hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. i m lynda kinkade. ahead on cnn newsroom calls for justice after the brutal beating of a 29-year-old man in memphis. the controversial police unit linked to his death has now been dismantled. israeli palestinian tensions soaring amid a wave of violence. prime minister netanyahu outlines a new plan after two attacks in jerusalem. and new zealand s most popular city begins to recover after devastating and deadly flooding. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, from lynda kinkade. the memphis police department has announced the permanent end of a special anti-crime unit known as scorpion. it comes just a day after the city released graphic videos of five scorpion officers fatally beating 29-year-old tyre nichols. police have confirmed all the officers were with the special unit. some of the images you re about to see may be disturbing. scorpion was created over a ye
the central question we must face is this. what leaked from the wuhan lab? why was it there? after we answer that question which we were the first to do in january 2021. we come to the conclusion based on the available evidence that this was not the china virus. it was the fauci virus designed and filled with your money. it s about doing all we can to make sure it doesn t happen again. we have to say it s the u.s. government, now the just the chinese regime. rogue elements who broke the rules put in place by the obama and truck administration and commissioned the reckless gain of function research which is still the only explanation for the origin of the covid virus. these men must be held accountable. and former director of the nih francis collins. in 2011 they wrote, quote, generating a potentially dangerous virus in the laboratory is a risk worth taking. they took that risk and it looks like the worst pandemic in a century is the result. we ll lay out the evidence pointing
are breaking the law. this is a violent attack. a very violent attack. this was about anarchy and about the attempt to be destabilized. brooke singman joins us live in the new york city newsroom, good morning, brooke. dumped by progressives as cops that he is still under lockdown this morning. from the attack, protesters throwing fireworks at the facility including one that exploded near police officers. some demonstrators wearing masks, suits, and shields at the construction site. the atlantis police of chief said multiple people arrested with the riots. listen. a group of individuals attending events not too far of the training center left that location and move towards the training center site armed with fireworks, rocks, molotov cocktails. with criminal attacking officers. we have been joined by georgia office of investigation as well as the fbi and we will make the appropriate charges as we speak. speak with those protesters torching a bulldozer with other equipmen
i am just trying to go home. brian: you see an officer approach tyre nichols with their guns drawn and yank him out of his vehicle. he threw them to the ground. he was on the ground and put his hands behind his back. a few moments later you see him get up and run. multiple officers repeatedly punch him and pepper spray him. you see an for walk up and kick him in the head two times. they strike him with a baton over and over again. later dragged and propped up against a police car. he didn t receive any medical attention even though there were medical personnel there. he would die two days later in the hospital. people in memphis and across the country are protesting, but there is no widespread violence. but fear of it does remain. almost universal agreement this is unacceptable. the you five officers are black. they are members of an elite unit. they require specific qualifications and training. it is inactive now since nichols passed away. the officers have been fired and ch
hours later. watch outs. awe so according to one friend the 29-year-old wanted to be a police officer himself. i ve been inundated asking for my take my opinion but this goes far beyond one point of view law enforcement officers in tennessee and across the country frankly are absolutely appalled by the countless policies these former officers ignored. there were members of the now disbanned elite unit. but they broke basic safety protocols, it just makes you question what happened before the crams started rolling because they arrived at the scene totally out of control. calls are growing loudser for better police training and yes there is a need for that. but these men failed in simple policing 101. i m not sure training would help them here. they ve dishonored their badge while they face punishment for their crimes it is their fellow officer who is will face the fallout you we know there s still conversations still to be had. but could at its core what happened to tyre i