with you, i m griff jenkins. five of the police officers involved in that arrest have been charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault among other crimes. we have fox team coverage on this with alexandria hoff in washington and charles watson in memphis. charles, let s kick things off with you in the brutal body cam footage. yeah, hey, good afternoon, griff and molly and in watching that footage, it absolutely appeared that tyre nichols as surprised at the level of aggression the memphis police officers had toward him during that violent january 7th traffic stop. from the start body cam video shows officers yank nichols aggressively out of his vehicle as the 29-year-old says he didn t do anything. he s thrown to the ground while officers continue to yell at him to get on the ground in a series of profanity-laced commands. a few moments later, you see police tase nichols as he manages to escape and run away and as some of the officers on scene pursue him, you ca
stopped in that night. and fired their charge was second degree murder, aggravated assault, and aggravated kidnapping among other charges. last night, two deputies were released pending an investigation because of their involvement with the traffic stop. that memphis police department says, right now there is no proof that nichols was driving recklessly. joining me now from memphis is nbc s antonia hylton. antonia, you are on the ground. you ve been in the epicenter of it. are what is going on there? well, lindsey, there s a lot of hurt and shock. although people had days to prepare for this video, it is still really should people to their core. seeing not just me three minutes of a beating that we were warned by officials, by the attorney, by the family, that that was going to be horrific to watch. but also by what you mentioned. by the delay in care. i think that has really just urge people here, and already we are hearing some residents call for additional names abou
with you, i m griff jenkins. five of the police officers involved in that arrest have been charged with second degree murder and aggravated assault among other crimes. we have fox team coverage on this with alexandria hoff in washington and charles watson in memphis. charles, let s kick things off with you in the brutal body cam footage. yeah, hey, good afternoon, griff and molly and in watching that footage, it absolutely appeared that tyre nichols as surprised at the level of aggression the memphis police officers had toward him during that violent january 7th traffic stop. from the start body cam video shows officers yank nichols aggressively out of his vehicle as the 29-year-old says he didn t do anything. he s thrown to the ground while officers continue to yell at him to get on the ground in a series of profanity-laced commands. a few moments later, you see police tase nichols as he manages to escape and run away and as some of the officers on
right now as we see for the first-time. it is clear to me that the police had activator body cameras for them to go to motion. we don t know at this point how many body camera videos we actually saw. our understanding is that it is. two s with two local council member though, who strongly believes that there is a likelihood that three of those responding police officers turned their body cameras off. we are still waiting for a response officially from the city on that, lindsey. the video you re about to, see we have to warn is very disturbing. this morning, memphis still reeling after the release of shockingly violent police footage. raise your. hands showing the brutal beating a 29 year old tyre nichols. at the hands of five former memphis police officers. the alarming escalation, coming as officers in yank nichols out of his car, guns drawn. i didn t do. anything we don t see what proceeds the traffic stop. as police initially said was for reckless driving. all right, i m