1 Five Memphis Cops Charged In Death Of Tyre Nichols
All of the Memphis police officers involved in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols have been charged and are behind bars. Nichols, a Black man, died in the hospital days after a January 7th traffic stop involving injury from five city police officers. The officers, who are also black, have been have each been charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, two counts of aggravated kidnapping, two counts of official misconduct and official oppression. The Nichols family has hired civil rights attorney Ben Crump to represent them. The family’s attorney say Nichols was coming back to his parents’ home after taking pictures of the sunset at a park. They say officers beat Nichols for three minutes and compared the incident to the beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles in 1991. Video of the incident has been released to the family and Shelby County District Attorney, Steve Mulroy, says the City of Memphis will release video of the incident “sometime after 6 p.m.” today.
2 FBI Dismantles Ransomware Gang's Website
The US attorney general says a ransomware group has been put out of business. Merrick Garland reveals the Hive ransomware group went after more than 1,500 victims worldwide since June of 2021. The group is accused of extorting or attempting to extort people out of hundreds of millions of dollars. Garland cited one case where the group targeted a hospital in the Midwest where the attack left it unable to accept new patients. What exactly is ransomware? It’s an operation that deploys malicious software to targeted computer systems to seize crucial data that is held hostage for ransom payments. While FBI director Christopher Wray states no arrests have been reported, he says the investigation is continuing in the U.S. and across Europe.
3 Half Moon Bay Suspect Admits To Shooting In Jailhouse Interview
The alleged Half Moon Bay shooter has admitted to killing seven people and injuring one other. Chunli Zhao, agreed to a jailhouse interview with NBC Bay Area's Janelle Wang, where the two spoke for 15 minutes in Mandarin, discussing the events surrounding the massacre. Zhao said he endured years of bullying and long hours working on the farm and said his concerns about those things were ignored. He also says he believes he suffers from mental illness and “wasn't in his right mind” the day of the shootings, according to Wang. Zhao says he has a green card and was able to buy a gun with no problems. He has also expressed remorse for the killings, according to Wang.