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menendez. following a deadly beating of tyre nichols. today protesters are once again demanding accountability outside of memphis police precinct. we are going to be silent for three minutes symbolizing the three minutes for which officers be nichols on january 7th. police video of the assault was mark friday. it sparked all across this country and they were repeatedly kicking, punting nichols, beating him of the baton. nichols that three-day later from the hospital. now tried to secon...

hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the memphis police department in the united states has disbanded the so—called scorpion special unit whose officers are accused of murdering tyre nichols. the 29—year—old black man was kicked and punched by five policemen, who are also black. theyve now been sacked and face multiple charges, including murder. a warning, nada tawfik�*s report from memphis contains some distressing images. justice for tyre! the famili...

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A lot more now also about the whole culture of how police are trained, the bias that there might be in the force, and looking at whether that can be addressed. barbara plett usher for us there in memphis. seft hunter, with activist group community change, told me what he made of the action taken by the authorities. certainly i think what we saw in this case is much more swift action then we have seen in other cases, right? and in part, in previous cases, often times what happens is a level of se...

As a new father, that is just the most haunting, the most horrifying example of what it means to be denied ones humanity. when you look at the video, you hear the officers checking on each other after beating tyre for three whole minutes. they are offering each other to put eyewash in their eyes, they are asking each other, "hey, have you found your eyeglasses?" so the level of humanity that theyve extended themselves, they did not seek to extend to tyre in what is described as a routine traffic...

Justice in policing act is a place to start. we know that qualified immunity is also a place to start. but, you, know we have to look at how we disrupt the practice of policing, because were not gonna be able to legislate a system wherein, alicia, i see you in respect to you as a human being, as a resident in our community, as a fellow, you know, a fellow father, a fellow mother in this case, right? and worthy of respect. thats gonna be very difficult to change. so we have to change the practice...

The Derek Chauvin verdict has been nearly a year in the making. Footage of the murder of George Floyd last May has been viewed by millions worldwide, sparking ongoing international protests against police brutality and igniting policy changes to reform and reimagine the role of police. Though the amount of video footage of the killing was unprecedented and the momentum for justice was undeniable, history did not necessarily point to an easy conviction. The former Minneapolis police officer was...