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good morning and welcome to cnn this morning weekend. i m boris sanchez live in memphis, tennessee, a city that s still processing the horror caught on camera, the horrific beating of tyre nichols at the hands of police. good morning to you, boris. i m amara walker here in atlanta. that encounter from start to finish, the video was released last night, giving the public its first glimpse into what happened on that night. the four clips are each taken from different per specktives, but they all show a deadly encounter between tyre nichols and memphis police officers earlier this month. the images are graphic, disturbing and heartbreaking, but they re critical to understanding the gravity of what happened. i didn t do anything. turn your ass around. all right, all right, all right, all right. on the ground, on the ground. all right, all right, all right. you don t do that, okay? get on the ground. we see and hear a lot. what we do not see is nichol ....
Rapidly transcended into just reckless unjustified physical assault. i don t know a police academy in the united states or around the world that, you know, has as part of their policing tactics kicking somebody in the head, restraining their arms, punching them in the head. i mean that is absolutely an assault that we witnessed, and it was gut-wrenching. so there have been escalating concerns about crime here in mem memphis, and fbi data shows it s one of the most violent areas in the country. there were 3,200 murders in the past years. that s why this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. team exists. all five officers were members of the team. there are many like them, these specialized units. is it time to re-evaluate that approach in places like memphis? ....
Recruitment issue as well. sometimes in these cases we hear advocates calling for more diversity. in this case we have a female black police wheef who, by the way, is being hailed for her transparency and quick response, but also we have five black officers. is this more about police culture rather than making sure we have a diverse police force? i think it is interesting because one of the things i ve often spoken about and i think sometimes falls on deaf ears, the culture issue of policing is far more overwhelming than the impact of the diversity and the lack thereof in some agencies. by that, i mean you can have an agency as diverse as memphis and still have this. what i would say is the culture of this unit if nothing else has to be called into question and obviously was not designed with this outcome in mind. somewhere along the way this ....
the intent of the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit has now been corrupted. reporter: s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit standing for s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. is a specializele unit. chief dash told our don lemon they needed a unit to address a surge of crimes in memphis. this is one of three teams whose primary responsibility is to reduce gun violence, to be vizzible visible in communities and alps impact the rise in crime. basically out of an outcry of the community, we had 3,200 homicides. last year was the first year in a long time when we had reductions. reporter: the maw yore s office also touted ....