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Some new key -- they now in here has been talking about it. because officials have refused to take based questions on, line of things unfolded. today we learn from the dea, they official encounter that the victim here is pepper sprayed. they used pepper spray on him, and it was a very officers were very charged in the beginning moments of this. and then a resist chase and a second encounter, and that's where the dea says -- beating where this occurred. and we also, learned about this is significant as well, john, is it took some time to get him the medical assistance. we don't know exactly wha...

Became illegal. >> reporter: tonight nearly three weeks following the death of tyre nichols, we're learning more details about how this unfolded. >> pull over, one running on foot. >> -- >> feast fighting at this time. >> reporter: this afternoon, the shelby county district attorney detailed more of what happened, saying there was an initial traffic stop, followed by an altercation involving several officers and nichols, where pepper spray was deployed and nichols fled. >> there was another altercation at a nearby location, at which the serious injuries were experienced by mr. nichols. after s...

Her house and they told her she couldn't go to the hospital and it wasn't until 4:00 a.m. in the morning that the doctor called her. they told her that her son had been pepper sprayed and tased and that he was nearby. never told them where they were at and so we believe that we cannot allow anybody to ever cover up crimes against our loved ones in our community. it happens far too much in america and we have to have this conversation over and over and over again until it stops. we have to talk about this institutionalized police culture that has this unwritten law that you can engage in excess...

People's personal, even their faces and other identifying characteristics like phone numbers and something like that. so, that's the other thing. it's going to be significant. you're hearing law enforcement officials prepare all of us for this video. i think it was significant to hear, the sound you played from a 30-year veteran law enforcement official describe the video the way he described it, and how disturbed he is by what he saw. >> there is new information about what happened that night. what have you been hearing from officials, shimon? >> reporter: yeah, i think today we got some new ...

And was among those saw the video says that the video shows the 29-year-old fedex worker ask father was shocked, pepper sprayed and restrained when he was pulled over for a traffic stop near his home. we're also joined by antonia hylton on the ground in tennessee. we were opportunitying this to be a tense day in that community. obviously, developments are occurring rapidly right now with the expectation we're going to hear from the da in the not too distant future. can you take us there and tell us what more you're learning. >> reporter: hey, peter. it's not just a tense day. it's been a tense...