nichols. demonstrators took to the streets demanding accountability from law enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs o
enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs of that claim. now i need to warn you that the video you re about to see is in
director of aclu of louisiana. msnbc law enforcement analyst and retired police chief, carmen best, rashad robertson, president of color of change, and national reporter for nbc news, beyond j hampton. carmen, i want to start with these new developments about these scorpion unit. what do you make of the departments move to disband them? considering all that we have seen, it makes sense to me that they would get rid of that unit at this point. there s still should be a very thorough investigation of all arrests, detentions, uses of force, complaints and everything else that occurred within the unit. but considering what we saw, happen with that unit, the plant and disregard for policy, and the disregard for human life for that matter, it makes sense to me why they would disband the unit at this time. we have seen protests across this country, and we have seen more protests in memphis. what are you seeing and what are you hearing from members of this community? they have been prote
nichols. demonstrators took to the streets demanding accountability from law enforcement and systemic change. after george floyd said never again, yet here we are. i will ask what he and his colleagues plan to do next time. and if there is will, what is the way to fix this country s broken system. this is american voices. we begin this hour with new action from the memphis police department following the deadly police beating of tyre nichols. memphis pd eight now deactivating the departments scorpion unit which was launched in 2021 to fight the city s rising murder rate. nbc news confirms all five officers charged with second degree murder in nichols death were members of the scorpion unit. this also raises new questions. why would a unit focused on violent crime take their time to enforce traffic violations? this beating all started with a traffic stop, officers at the
time said the 29 year old was driving recklessly. the department has since said no video evidence backs of that claim. now i need to warn you that the video you re about to see is incredibly graphic. here is the moment the police force interacted with nichols back on january 2nd. get the [bleep] out of the car. [bleep] [bleep]. on the ground. all right, all right. don t do that, okay? get on the [bleep] ground. get on the ground. [bleep] for. before i tase you are [bleep]. get on the ground before i tase you! tyre nicholson tells police that he is just trying to get home. that is not the end of his run in with members of the department sport scorpion unit. artist cape to safety, the