john berman here in for anderson. take a look. there they are. both back when they wore memphis police department uniforms, and now in their booking photos. justin smith, emmett martin iii, desmond mills jr., demetrius haley all five now ex-cops charged today with killing tyre nichols, who died three days after a traffic stop and violent arrest on the 7th of this month. all five facing identical counts, official oppression, unauthorized exercise of official power, aggravated kidnapping while possessing a weapon, aggravated kidnapping causing bodily injury, aggravated assault, and second-degree murder. today in addition to the charges, we learn more about what kind of officers they were, along with details from the timeline of tyre nichols deadly encounter with them, which tennessee s top state law enforcement official says are appalling to him. sadly, there will be more tomorrow when video described in excruciating terms by those who have seen it is made public. cnn s sara s
killing tyre nichols, who died three days after a traffic stop in a violent arrest on the seventh of this month. all five, facing identical counts. official oppression, failure to perform a duty opposed by law, unauthorized exercise of official power, aggravated kidnapping while possessing a weapon, aggravated kidnapping causing bodily injury, aggravated assault, and second degree murder. today, in addition to the charges, we ve learned more about what kind of officers they were, along with some details from the timeline of tyre nichols s deadly encounter with them. which tennessee s top state law enforcement official says are appalling to him. sadly, there will be more tomorrow when video described an excruciating terms by those who have seen it is made public. cnn s sara sidner is in memphis tonight with all the latest on all that, but also a closer look at who tyree nichols was and the life he lived. sorry, first, you know, what s the reaction in the city now that charges
as it relates to that, and i will turn it over to d.a. mulroy, and did i mention that we will take questions after, but they will be we have a really limited amount of time. so, thank you. thank you. good afternoon, everybody. thank you for coming. i m joined today as ms. williams has already said with the director of the tennessee bureau of investigation, david rausch as well as assistant director josh milton. i m also joined by other members of my staff, including earnest brooks, ray lupone, and also most relevant for today, the trial team in the tyre nichols case including paul hagerman and tanisha johnson. we re here today because of a tragedy that wounds one family deeply, but also hurts us all, the death of tyre nichols. we understand and acknowledge the grief that the friends and family of tyre nichols are experiencing right now as well as the great concern throughout all of memphis and shelby county about this case. we met several times this week with the family o
Also watch online at cspan. Org or you could listen with the free cspan radio app. And well go back now to the House Homeland Security committees hearing, looking at global and domestic terror threats against the United States. The committee will come to order. Our second Panel Includes mr. David rausch, the chief of police for the city of knoxville, tennessee. Rabbi abraham cooper, associate dean and direct dor tore global center. And richard cohen, president of the southern poverty law center. Ive been fortunate to be trained by the fbi, as well as participate in training at the u. S. Army war college. In addition to my over 28 years of experience in Law Enforcement. Todays Law Enforcement officers face an incredible set of challenges. One of the many myriad of challenges we confront is how to best respond to planned rallies, spontaneous crowds and civil disturb anlss by extremist groups while balancing First Amendment rights. What may have been started as peaceful demonstration can