If it's Monday, renewed questions and outrage about policing in America after the fatal beating of Tyree Nichols as a sixth Memphis police officer has taken off the streets for his role in the brutal incident.

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Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where the issue of policing in this country is once again center stage following demonstrations over the weekend over the fatal beating of Tyree Nichols by Memphis police officers. Today, police confirmed that a sixth officer has been relieved of duty for his involvement in the incident. So far, that officer Preston Hemphill has not been fired

or charged with a crime. That comes after hundreds of protesters gathered in Memphis this weekend

to peacefully voice their anger and grief over the death of Tyree Nichols, the 29-year-old man who was

horrifically beaten by five. Now, former police officers at a traffic stop earlier this month.

The video released on Friday night showed how officers stopped Nichols,

tased and pepper sprayed him, then hit, punched, kick, and struck him with their batons.

Officers beat Nichols long after the video appears to show him incapacitated,

and there was an excruciatingly

long delay before first aid was provided. On Saturday, protesters continued to call for accountability,

justice, and reform. To hear a young man call for his mom, I have a son, I have a black son, And to hear this man call for his mom that turns a mother

upside down to hear that. And those are worse. I never want to hear or see my son or even look at it

on TV. That's unacceptable. It's unacceptable. And they need to be held accountable. Everybody

needs to be held now. Everybody needs to be held.

The five officers were fired and all of them were charged with second-degree murder and other charges before the release of the video.

There were also protests in New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, and Louisville this weekend.

All places where incidents of police violence have made national headlines in recent years.

Now, despite the outcry across the country, Congress remains stalled on bills proposed in response to George Floyd's death in 2020.

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