>>> DEVELOPING TODAY MEMPHIS ON EDGE AHEAD OF THE RELEASE OF VIDEO FROM A TRAFFIC STOP THAT
LED TO THE DEATH OF TYREE
NICHOLS.
THE FOOTAGE WILL BE MADE PUBLIC
LATER TONIGHT.
NICHOLS WAS BRUTALLY BEATEN AND
FIVE POLICE OFFICERS ARE CHARMED
WITH SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN THE
CASE.
>>> AND SECURITY THE
PREPARATIONS ARE UNDERWAY ACROSS
THE CITE LEAF THE RELEASE OF
THAT VIDEO.
IT IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY
DISTURBING.
MEANWHILE THE FAMILY IS ASKING
FOR THE PROTESTS THAT MAY HAPPEN
TONIGHT TO BE PEACEFUL.
AND WE’RE FOLLOWING EVERY ANGLE
OF THIS STORY AS WE ANTICIPATE
THE RELEASE OF THAT VIDEO AND WE
HAVE TEAM COVERAGE AT NOON.
>>> AND THE WHOLE COUNTRY IS ON
EDGE WAITING TO SEE THAT.
LET’S GO TO MEMPHIS.
>>> WE’VE BEEN HEARING THE
REACTION FROM THE FAMILY OF
TYREE NICHOLS WHO HAVE VIEWED
THE VIDEO.
THEY TALK ABOUT AWE GRAPHIC IT
IS, THE MOTHER ALSO TALKING
ABOUT HER SON’S INJURIES.
STILL SO MANY QUESTIONS
UNANSWERED AND WHY THIS LED TO A
FATAL INCIDENT.
>> IT’S NOT THE VIDEOS PEOPLE
ARE DEMANDING TO SEE BUT THIS
POLICE SCANNER AUDIO IS A SMALL
GLIMPSE INTO WHAT HAMMOND
HAPPENED BETWEEN MEMPHIS POLICE
OFFICERS AND TYREE NICHOLS ON
JANUARY 7.
POLICE SAY A CONFRONTATION
OCCURRED AND PEPPER SPRAY WAS
USED AND THEN NICHOLS FLED ON
FOOT.
>>> THEY FOUND HIM AGAIN AT
ANOTHER LOCATION, AND AT THAT
POINT THERE’S AN AMOUNT OF
AGGRESSION THAT IS
UNEXPLAINABLE.
>> NICHOLS DIED IN THE HOSPITAL
THREE DAYS LATER AFTER HIS
ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE.
>> THEY HAD BEAT HIM TO A PULP.
HE HAD BRUISES ALL OVER HIM,
HISS HEAD WAS SWOLLEN LIKE A
WATERMELON.
>>> FIVE FORMER IS IT OFFICERS
HAVE EACH BEEN CHARGED WITH
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT, AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING,
OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT AND OFFICIAL
OPPRESSION.
>>> THE LAST WORDS ON THAT VIDEO
THAT AMERICA IS GOING TO HEAR IS
WHERE HE CALLS OUT FOR YOU THREE
TIMES.
>>> I DON’T WANT US BURNING UP
OUR CITIES, TEARING UP THE
STREETS.
>>> THE POLICE CHIEF HAS
CONDEMNED THE OFFICERS’ ANGST
HERE IN MEMPHIS, POLICE IS
PREPARING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF
CIVIL UNREST WITH MULTIPLE LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
REPORTING LIVE IN MEMPHIS, BACK
TO YOU.
>>> GRATIA, THANK YOU.
WE WON’T TO GIVE WITHDRAW A LIVE
LOOK IN MEMPHIS, WE DO EXPECT
THE FAMILY TO HOLD A NEWS
CONFERENCE SOON AND WHEN THAT
HAPPENS WEE WILL BRING IT TO YOU
LIVE.
AND OUR TEAM COVERAGE TURNS TO
THE SECURITY MORE THANS BEING
PUTS IN PLACE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
>>> LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM NEW
YORK ALL THE WAY TO LOS ANGELES
SAY THEY’RE PLANNING FOR THAT
POTENTIAL UNREST, EXTENDING
SHIFTS AND ACTIVATING OFFICERS.
THAT PREPARATION COMING AS WE
LEARN MORE ABOUT WHY TODAY IN
THE EVENING WAS THE CHOSEN TIME
TO RELEASE THIS VIDEO.
>> WE KNOW THE VIDEO WILL BE
BAD.
WE KNOW THERE WILL BE PROTESTS.
>> AUTHORITIES IN MEMPHIS ARE
URGING THE PUBLIC TO STAY CALM
AS THEY PREPARE TO RELEASE BODY
CAM FOOTAGE OF THE ALLEGED
BRUTAL BEATING OF TYREE NICHOLS.
TODAY THE MEMPHIS POLICE CHIEF
EXPLAINING ON "GOOD MORNING
AMERICA" THE PROCESS BEHIND THE
DECISION IN CHOOSING TO RELEASE
THAT FOOTAGE TODAY, SAYING THE
POLICE DEPARTMENT, CITY
ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER
AGENCIES ALL PLAYED A PART.
>> WE FELT THAT FRIDAY WOULD BE
BETTER, WE’RE TAKING INTO
CONSIDERATION THE REACTION OF
THE COMMUNITY THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY TAME AND ASSURING
THAT OUR SCHOOLS ARE OUT, BOAST
BUSINESS FOLKS WOULD BE ON THE
WAY HOME.
>>> THE CONCERN STRETCHING
NATIONWIDE AS FENCES GOES UP IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. AHEAD OF THE
POSSIBLE PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO
THE RELEASE OF THE BODY CAM
VIDEO.
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN D.C.
HAS ACTIVATED ALL SWORN
PERSONNEL IN PREPARATION.
MEANWHILE THE MEMPHIS POLICE
CHIEF, THE FAMILY AND PRESIDENT
BIDEN ARE INSISTING ON CALM.
BASED ON THE VIDEO THE REACTION
TO WHAT HAPPENED HAS BEEN
SIGNIFICANT.
AMPLIFYING THE SENSE OF ANGER
FELT BY SO MANY.
>> FRANKLY I’M SHOCKED.
I’M SICKED BY WHAT I SAW.
IT’S ABSOLUTELY APPALLING.
LET ME BE CLEAR WHAT HAPPENED
HERE DOES NOT AT ALL ALL REFLECT
PROPER POLICING.
THIS EVENINGS THIS WAS WRONG,
THIS WAS CRIMINAL.
>> I HAVE TO SAY I DON’T THINK
I’VE EVER BEEN MORE HORRIFIED
AND DISGUSTED, SAD BUT JUST, YOU
KNOW CONFUSED.
>>> FIVE OFFICERS ARE BEING HELD
CRIMINALLY ACCOUNTABLE.
THE MAYOR OF MEMPHIS SAID THEY
LAUNCHED AN INTERNAL REVIEW OF
THEIR SPECIALIZED UNITS AND A
CIVIL RIGHTS INVESTIGATION IS
UNDERWAY.
KEEP IN MIND IF CONVICTED OF
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER THE FIVE
FORMER OFFICERS COULDATION UP UP
TO 60 YEARS IN PRISON.
IN THE NEWS ROOM I’M GIO
INSIGNARES.
>>> THE VIDEO WILL BE RELEASED