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So we can focus on this little guy. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ hey there. i'm victor blackwell. welcome to "cnn newsroom." >> and i'm alisyn camerota. a sixth officer is now off the memphis police force in connection with the beating death of tyre nichols. preston hemphill was relieved of duty, and his lawyer confirms he was wearing a body camera on january 7th. the footage from it was released friday along with the other videos that show nichols ultimately fatal encounter with police. we have a warning for you. what we're about to play is disturbing. >> footage f...

But the law recognizes that. not only with respect to money, but with regard to the reforms that come about as a result of a lawsuit. so without question, this is accountability that is very important to memphis and throughout the country. >> cornell, give me your thoughts too. >> absolutely. here we have a situation where you have a bystander effect in blue. in other words, you have people with the duty and responsibility to act. were charged with the responsibility of acting, but they choose not to act. so there is a kind of collective paralysis that makes bad worse. in other words, someone ...

That is one hurdle. but the other piece of this are the actual convictions down the road. you're a criminal defense attorney. how difficult is that piece? >> i think it's very, wolf, for following reasons. when you examine a case like, this you have to examine what brought about the police conduct. number one, police do not and should not be engaging in any force unless there is an immediate threat. was there an immediate threat that anyone could say reasonably they saw on that video that mr. nichols posed a the time? the answer no. the second question becomes the proportionality of their cond...

Stories, a couple of officers, in this case five, then you dig into big and you maybe find out something else that -- may be a broader story about the culture there. that is what people are interested in now. again, we do not know enough. these five officers -- i'm sure we are going to find out more as, eventually, we move forward in their trials. that is a lot of what the community is angry about at this moment. again, i cannot emphasize it enough. i have not yet met a person who thinks that this sort of behavior, this propensity towards violence, but they think that is limited to just these ...

An officer shot him in the back killing him. the officer pleaded guilty. he was sentenced to 20 years for depriving scott of his civil rights, a federal charge. army officer was terrified. two officers in southern virginia approaches suv with guns drawn during a traffic s stop. what is going on? >> the officers reported they did not see the temporary paper tag in the car. quick some honestly frayed to get out very. >> he was pepper sprayed. >> get out of the car. >> he survived. what of the officers wasn't fired in a suit for more than a million dollars in damages. jurors awarded him lesson fo...