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Laura Coates Live

The killing of Tyre Nichols, Presley’s will contested, Dallas Zoo mystery

Laura Coates Live

CNN

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3.92.5K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Two additional police officers and three fire department personnel have been fired in the wake of the killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. The panel discuss if the ex-officers from the disbanded "Scorpion Unit" facing second-degree murder charges are likely to be convicted. Plus, Priscilla Presley contests the validity of Lisa Marie Presley’s will, alleging a 2016 amendment was not witnessed, or notarized.And, the mystery at Dallas Zoo: Two emperor tamarin monkeys are missing after three previous incidents of animal habitats being tampered with. Also Tonight: investigations swirl around Trump as he hits the campaign trail, the killing of Tyre Nichols revives calls for police reform in Congress, and a Tesla driver is charged with murder for allegedly driving his family off a cliff in California.Hosted by Laura Coates. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Well, good evening, everyone. I'm Laura Cotes. And this is CNN tonight. Two additional Memphis

0:13.2

police officers have now been relieved of duty in the wake of the killing of Tyree Nichols.

0:19.0

We're learning officer Preston Hempill, who, according to Memphis Police, quote, participated

0:24.5

in the initial traffic stop and the use of a taser, unquote, and another officer who hasn't

0:30.8

yet been named, well, they've both been relieved of their duty. And three Memphis Fire Department

0:37.3

personnel have also been fired over the response to Tyree Nichols beating scene. And that is an

0:43.1

addition, everyone, to five police officers who have already been not only relieved of their

0:48.7

duties as in fired, but also charged. The DA saying, quote, this is an ongoing investigation.

0:55.6

We are looking at all individuals involved in the events leading up to, during, and after

1:02.5

the beating of Tyree Nichols. And a moment we're going to do a deep dive into this case, the evidence

1:08.7

and what it will take to actually prosecute this case. But as a family and a community and a

1:14.1

nation more and the funeral for Tyree Nichols is now set for this coming Wednesday, a funeral

1:20.9

for a 29-year-old stopped by police and later beaten beyond recognition just to mere 80 yards

1:29.3

from his own home, calling for his mother. The whole thing caught on videos that are still

1:35.8

heartbreaking to watch. I'm not going to sit here and pretend that every time I hear those videos,

2:00.4

every part of me does not flinch and my stomach does not turn. And I don't think of my own son

2:07.9

and everyone else's sons and all the mothers who heart ache because of what you're hearing.

2:16.0

In those videos, they haunt anybody who has watched them. And a question aside from the legality,

2:22.4

aside from the illegality, aside from all of the contours and the new want to try to pick it

2:28.5

apart as prosecutors in the court of public opinion and the court of law, I've been wondering a lot

2:35.2

about what we do with our horror and what we do with the pain and what is seeing this over and

2:43.2

over and over, not just in this case, but so many others. What does this do to our psyches and our

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