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one who survived the holocaust and one who didn t. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. in the united states, president biden has called for calm after five police officers were charged with the murder of tyre nichols, a black man severely beaten after a traffic stop earlier this month. the officers in memphis, tennessee who are all black were fired last week after being accused of using excessive force. their actions were caught on body cameras. that video will be released within the next 2a hours. here s what the memphis police chief and the district attorney had to say. this is notjust a professional failing, this is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual. this incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane. i expect our citizens to exercise their first amendment right to protest, to demand action and results, but we need to ensure our community is safe in this process. none of this is a calling card for inciting violence or destru ....
Beaten to death by five police is horrendous, inexcusable and intolerable. but even adding to that, that these are five black cops. we fought to put blacks on the police force and for them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious than i could tell you. i m joined now by our north america correspondent peter bowes, who s in los angeles. hello, peter. a harrowing case. just talk us through the background of it all and what led to these charges.- background of it all and what led to these charges. yes, this happened led to these charges. yes, this happened on led to these charges. yes, this happened on january led to these charges. yes, this happened on january seven, i led to these charges. yes, this| happened on january seven, so happened onjanuary seven, so just a few weeks ago. tyre nichols was stopped, traffic stop, held for alleged reckless driving. there was apparently an initial confrontation with the officers and then, a second ....