just some cool memphis places. >> should we go? let's do it. we are going downtowntown that has been kind of under development for the past 10 years. memphis is predominantly black. i think it is maybe 60% african-american. know, i think the race relations today are you know, way cooler than they used to be. memphis is still, you know, we nightclubs and restaurants. you see black and white, you know, all races, all classes. >> we are driving on beale street. it is kind of known as the main summer away for memphis. thoroughfare for memphis. and allis where bb king of the blues greats came to hone their craft -- get their message out to the world. back in the day it was always -- it was a neighborhood. it wasn't one sheet -- street. there were several streets. this is where elvis came to learn how to dance and do all the things he did. it was a huge influence for blues and rock 'n roll. beale street, there is a lot of clubs and restaurants today, shops, and there is still music being pumpedbeale out seven daya week. vibrant entertainment district. it is one of the top

and in february, on the 23rd, there was a much that happened in downtown memphis. 100 were arrested and hospitalized. but this really does not see the type of violence until after dr. martin luther king jr. returns to the city of memphis on thursday, march 28, 1968. the reverend james lawson from united methodist church, who we saw was the organizer of the sit in movement in the earlier part of the decade invited dr. king to come to memphis. the arrives on march 18 and he received a wonderful reception at the nearby mason temple. and there he tells reverend abernathy and others that we are going to come back to memphis and we will march on behalf of the sanitation workers. 1968.hey is march 28, once dr. king returns to the city of memphis on this day, there is a war going on in the back of the march, just one hour after the march takes place a 16-year-old from south memphis by the name of larry payne is killed by a memphis police officer. dr. king is assassinated on thursday, april 4, at 6:01 p.m. at the lorraine motel. immediately after his death, many began to fe

." >> there's a place in downtown memphis, tennessee, a little hot spot not far from nearby biel street. ♪ they didn't play the memphis blues in this club. in the sultry rhumba room, bodies swayed to the beat of latin drums. in april, 2013, a women named heather jones came in with her friend to dance the night away, wearing a brand-new dress. >> god, she looked so nice. she had her head up so high and her shoulders back and just beaming and she felt absolutely beautiful. >> reporter: there was a time not too long ago when heather didn't feel very beautiful at all. but on this evening, she had the night of her life. >> she really didn't sit down very much. she was being spun around and danced. >> reporter: just two nights later, everything spun out of control. >> her car is in her driveway, cars, keys and cell phone are missing. >> thinking of her being scared and hurt made you sick. >> what happened? the answer was sickening. >> oh my god, is that her? >> the why? more twisted and surprising than anyone could fathom. >> it's not normal. it's not natural. it's not right. >> how could all

yasin bashir beaten mercilessly on a downtown street thursday night. a memphisnching him at least 15 times while he lies on the ground handcuffed.a day later, his brother, zakaria, is responding.zakaria bashir:"he was taking his anger out on my brother. his own anger issues that he had taken out on my brother."police say they first got involved because bashir was panhandling and attacked a downtown security officer who tried to stop it.things escalated from there.watch as officers lift bashir off the ground.he appears to kick at them and then one officer starts punching him.nat sound: "don't you spit on me again. don't ever spit on me!"zakaria bashir:"come on, áexpletiveá. the man is down. you talking like you this big powerful man. bruh, you not powerful, you sweet áexpletiveá."zakaria says his brother, who came to the states as a teen from somalia, isn't completely well. zakaria bashir:"he's not in a normal mindset. you feel me? like, mentally, he not in there."he says he wants all of the officers in this video to be fired.friday, memphis police director micha

downtown security officer who tried to stop it. things escalated from there. bashir appears to kick at them and then one officer starts punching him. memphisand says he the city's police chief made the right decision in launching an investigation. <"i totally support his decision to send this to internal affairs even without a complaint from a citizen." zakaria bashir"he was taking his anger out on my brother. his own anger issues that he had taken out on my brother." "it made my mom cry. it made me cry too. it made everybody cry.">( terisa ) the family says bashir came to the states as a teen from somalia and has a history of mental health illness ( terisa ) a woman in southern california is behind bars for allegedly impersonating a law enforcement officer. as stacey butler reports the suspect reportedly used the fake persona to grope another woman. judy barrier, bar patron:"i can't believe somebody would come in here and pretend to be a cop or a bounty hunter." locals at this popular neighborhood bar in tustin can't believe another customer, 54 year old denise latta, is behind bars for apparently impersonating a fugitive recovery agent,