5 Former Memphis police officers plead not guilty in Nichols case

You guys are really doing a lot right now. Right now. I just started going home. Punched, kicked and hit with the baton after being pulled over for suspected reckless driving in Memphis, Tennessee. The five officers accused of killing 29-year-old Tyree Nichols appeared in court for the first time, pleading not guilty. Officers stopped Nichols on January 7th. He died three days later in the hospital. The officers

were part of a specialized street crime unit called Scorpion, formed in 2021 to fight rising crime. The unit was discontinued last month after Nichols's death. Nichols' parents attended the court hearing. This is the glorious state. This is the beginning of the process. I want each and every one of those police officers to be able to look me in the face. They haven't done that yet. They

couldn't even do that today. They didn't even have the courage to do that. They were the courage to look at me in my face, out there, what they did to my son. Civil Rights Attorney Ben Crump also addressed, quote, bogus rumors. We are aware that there were photographs that were taken and none of them were sent to all of these rumors data out there in the

social media world. The families dealing with enough grieving the death of the victims. The death of Tyree and their brave fight for justice, then to have the deal with all these salacious rumors. Since the original officers firing, two other Memphis police officers have been relieved of duty. Three fire department employees were also fired. And most recently, two Shelby County Sheriff's Office deputies were suspended for five

days without pay. After they failed to keep their body cameras activated during the beating. The Shelby County District Attorney's Office has said it's going to review all prior cases, both closed and pending, involving the officers involved in Nichols' death. I have a concern as a district attorney about manpower issues, because that is going to be a time consuming process. And I've, you know, I've got a

lot of other cases that we need, of course, to prosecute. And then there is the chance that some non-trivial number of these cases will eventually be overturned. The next court hearing is scheduled for May 1st. Stepning, Santa Valls. goes to Mr.