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more fall in the wake of the brutal beating by memphis police officers. like today, the city firebombed not-so-termination of three personnel. , tully, empties and lieutenant who drove them to the scene. also tonight, the police department revealed that a six, that a seventh officer had been, quote, relieved duty. as you know, i bet already been fired and charged with second degree murder. their specialized scorpion unit is now disbanded, and there could be more charges, and administra...

Under investigation as well. memphis police department said that their investigation is still ongoing, but more personnel action can be taken. this comes as scrutiny over this unit, the scorpion unit -- and other units similar to the scorpion unit around the country. just warning some of the video you may see, you may find graphic. >> there is a record in coming for the police department and for the leadership. >> launched with fanfare in 2021, the memphis police department now defunct scorpion ...

Doing the right thing. as they lose track of doing the right thing, im not sure that they came to that realization, and the cameras of an interesting, because theyve caused complaints and police to go down, because a person who might make something up, knows there is recording. on the other, hand thats caused a lot of complaints against police to be substantiated. because when the person goes forward with it, despite the fact the notes on tape, usually the tape tells the truth. >> chuck, the pol...

Baltimore, and indianapolis -- that delivers an increase in arrests. then comes scandal or tragedy. >> they said the department of justice, it might go to memphis and look at the scorpion unit. >> so the civil rights union is looking at the shooting overall, but then they can bring in doj personnel to look at the practices and patterns of this unit, and its really something that can happen here, anderson, i was there for the weekend over the weekend. so many people would come up to us and talk t...

Club no families want to be part of. >> for philadelphia to baltimore, and indianapolis -- that delivers an increase in arrests. then comes scandal or tragedy. >> they said the department of justice, it might go to memphis and look at the scorpion unit. >> so the civil rights union is looking at the shooting overall, but then they can bring in doj personnel to look at the practices and patterns of this unit, and its really something that can happen here, anderson, i was there for the weekend ove...

Cameras. ive seen there in, plainclothes -- so how they could exhibits behavior with body one cameras is really astonishing. >> how is it possible, is it just his hands there in a specialized unit, theyre tough guys on the block, i just want to their heads. i dont understand the logic of in. i dont either, when we first gave cops body worn cameras the assumption was they would change your behavior. they would act differently. i think some cases that is, but in this case is just absolutely astoni...

Youve had a spike in violent crime. particularly homicides and shootings. i think theyve got the lessons, amadou diallo, a number of cases like this. we are specialized units, sort of are in poland by the department, by the mayor, youve got to do something. there are specific things you can, to supervision is key. what was astonishing was, there is no supervisor on scene there. we have almost ten different people, coming so strict supervision, you could be reviewing body worn camera videos. ever...