Tyre Nichols

Video of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after a traffic stop by police, is set to be released by Memphis officials Friday evening.

"Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols’ death," Biden said. After the videos were released, Biden said in a statement that he was outraged. While he’s down, one officer kicks Nichols in the head and then another beats him with a baton, the video shows. He can be seen in the video rolling around on the street as officers talked nearby. “I expect you to feel what the Nichols family feels,” she said. He is able to get up and runs, with an officer firing a Taser at him, the video shows. Details about what occurred between Nichols and the officers have been sparse; police initially said Nichols ran during the reckless driving stop and that a "confrontation" occurred in an effort to detain him. In some of the videos, the license plates of vehicles parked in the area are blurred, but the faces of the people involved in the encounter are not. On Friday night, after the videos were released, two Shelby County sheriff's deputies who appeared on the scene were relieved of duty pending the outcome of an investigation. The videos depicted Nichols being punched, struck with a baton, kicked in the face, and sprayed with an irritant. A video of the initial traffic stop shows a chaotic scene as officers yank Nichols from the car, shout commands over each other, and at times threaten him. When the camera view pans over, the video shows Nichols on the ground.

Mr Nichols died days after he was stopped by police on 7 January. Five now-fired police officers - who like Mr Nichols are all black - are facing murder charges ...

"He will never come in and say 'Hello parents', because that's what he would do. He will not walk through that door again," she said. You've got a full-time job now," he remembered saying.

CJ Davis says department will release 'alarming' video of officers, now charged with murder, beating black man who died three days later.

This was a crime.” I’ve seen the video myself and I will tell you I was appalled,” Wray said on Friday morning. And the humanity of it. “It is not,” she said. I would say it’s about the same if not worse,” Davis said in a live interview on Friday morning. “I’m struggling to find a stronger word but I will just tell you I was appalled.” They brought shame to the Black community. This was wrong. Where was the humanity? “They have brought shame to their own families. Davis said there appeared to be no legitimate reason for the traffic stop, and that she did not see any of the five officers intervene to stop excessive force by their fellow officers, saying they appeared to be in a state of “groupthink” as they confronted Nichols and became violent. The chief of the Memphis police warned on Friday that the video of officers beating

His death and the news that he was tortured by policemen have reignited debate about police brutality. As authorities prepare to release the footage, tensions ...

We don’t do this with white victims of violence. He didn’t deserve to be tragically taken from his family and community! [January 27, 2023] Officials have said the video will be released soon. US authorities have charged five officers with second-degree murder over the incident. We look at how people are reacting to the whole episode online.

It's been almost three weeks since a traffic stop in Memphis led to a violent arrest and, three days later, the death of the 29-year-old Black driver.

And when you see the video, you will see why he was scared for his life.” Portions of the audio are inaudible, but you can hear a brief part of the conversation between an officer and the dispatcher. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual,” Chief Cerelyn Davis said in a YouTube video Wednesday, her first on-camera comments about the arrest that preceded Nichols’ death. “This incident was heinous, reckless, and inhumane, and in the vein of transparency, when the video is released in the coming days, you will see this for yourselves.” He ran because he was scared for his life. “Nobody’s perfect OK, but he was damn near.” Five Memphis Police Department officers, who also are Black, were fired after an internal investigation and are [facing criminal charges](http://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/tyre-nichols-memphis-news-1-26-23/index.html), including second-degree murder charges. “There was another altercation at a nearby location at which the serious injuries were experienced by Mr. Officers apprehended him and “another confrontation occurred,” resulting in Nichols’ arrest, police said. Pepper spray was deployed and Nichols ran, he said. Martin III, Smith, Bean, Haley and Mills, Jr. Officials have also not released Nichols’ autopsy.

Tyre Nichols succumbed to injuries he sustained from his encounter with police and died while hospitalized on Jan. 10, three days after he was pulled over ...

William Massey and Blake Ballin, lawyers for Martin and Mills, respectively, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the videos. Police have described the circumstances of Nichols’ arrest in vague terms. Nichols, the father of a 4-year-old, has been described by friends and family as an affable, accomplished skateboarder who recently enrolled in a photography class. Protesters rallied in several cities following the video’s release, including New York, Atlanta and Washington, but the demonstrations appeared peaceful. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday announced a federal civil rights investigation into Nichols’ death, while law enforcement agencies in some major cities said they were preparing for possible unrest. The officers, all Black, had already been dismissed from the police department on Jan. The first video shows officers dragging Nichols from the driver’s seat of his car as he yells, “Damn, I didn’t do anything… Schools closed early, and Saturday morning events were canceled. Other footage shows a subsequent struggle after officers catch up with Nichols again. Mom!” as he struggles with officers. Nichols is heard repeatedly screaming, “Mom! [Tyre Nichols](http://globalnews.ca/tag/Tyre-Nichols), a Black motorist stopped by [Memphis police](https://globalnews.ca/tag/memphis-police) earlier this month, is seen pummeled into submission while crying “Mom, mom,” as five police officers later charged with his murder deliver kicks, punches and baton blows in graphic video the city released on Friday.

After five Memphis police officers were charged Thursday in the death of Tyre Nichols, authorities say video footage of the encounter will be released to ...

And an officer walked over to him and said, ‘sit back up mother – mf,’ you know, while he's handcuffed. "They walked around, smoking cigarettes like it was all calm.” "They have this little like stick, this metal thing that they pull out," Wells told CNN's Don Lemon.

Lawyers for the 29-year-old's family say the bodycam footage shows Mr Nichols being severely beaten.

He said he had not been shown the video. Video footage of 29-year-old father Tyre Nichols being beaten by police in Memphis is being released later, with the city braced for protests. There will be redactions to anonymise those not employed by the police or the city.

Video of the Jan. 7 traffic stop of Tyre Nichols will be released one day after five officers were charged with murder and other crimes in his death.

[Officers discuss stop in fourth video] [The fourth video, also taken from an officer's body camera, appears to be a repeat of the second and third videos. [Two Memphis firefighters were also "relieved of duty"](http://bit.ly/3WvDS0F) pending an internal investigation into their actions after the stop, a fire department spokeswoman said. The officer arrives on scene and begins pursuing Nichols on foot. Then, a third officer appears to kick Nichols multiple times in the face.] [A fourth officer looks on, before walking over to strike at Nichols with a baton.] [Nichols manages to get back on his feet before officers appear to punch him in the face multiple times. Officers drag Nichols across the concrete and lean him against a police car. A man, seemingly Nichols, repeatedly cries out in pain as the body camera images stop. Nichols is being restrained on the pavement and struck by other officers.] [“You about to get sprayed again” an officer says before repeatedly pepper spraying Nichols. [Officers use pepper spray, baton on Nichols in third video] [The third video released by the city is about six minutes long and comes from an officer’s body camera. The officers push him down further, with hands on his back, arms and shoulders. The camera swivels to show two officers violently pushing Nichols to the ground on his face as he tries to turn over. After the beating, as Nichols sat propped up against a police car moaning in pain, police gathered nearby, calling Nichols names, checking on each other and laughing. Davis called the incident "heinous, reckless and inhumane."

Memphis authorities say they're planning to release body camera footage depicting the 29-year-old's death sometime after 7 p.m. ET. Cities across the U.S. ...

The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. "And we have to call out this culture every time we get a chance." We won't have Black officers treated differently than white officers under the law." "We now have the blueprint, America, and we won't accept less going forward in the future. "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols' death," Biden said in the statement. Lawyers say the five officers who beat Nichols were part of such a unit. Tatro is a legal reform advocate and senior advisor for strategic outreach with the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He says he "didn't do anything" and that he is trying to go home. The encounter grows increasingly volatile as officers swear and threaten Nichols. President Joe Biden issued a statement as the footage was released on Friday, calling it "horrific." At times, he is screaming, and appears to call out "Mom." State and federal authorities are also investigating the officers.

Memphis police chief says the video, which shows police beating a Black motorist, depicts 'acts that defy humanity'.

After Nichols was pulled over by police, “an altercation” ensued in which officers doused him with pepper spray, and Nichols tried to flee on foot, local District Attorney Steve Mulroy said when announcing the charges against the ex-officers. My son was supposed to be with me today,” she said. Nichols calmly replied soon after being wrestled to the pavement, “OK, I’m on the ground”. His neck was busting because of the swelling. He called for charges to be brought as quickly in other cases of police violence involving white officers. “This was not supposed to happen. “Now we are waiting for the reaction, once people can digest this video … A separate video shows a subsequent struggle after officers catch up with Nichols again and are beating him. One video clip shows officers dragging Nichols from the driver’s seat of his car as he yells, “Damn, I didn’t do anything … His head was swollen like a watermelon. Haley remained in jail on a $350,000 bond. Tase him!”

Mr. Nichols had worked his last shift by Jan. 7, the day when Memphis, Tenn., police officers stopped his car for what they said was reckless driving. His ...

A candlelight vigil was held at the skatepark where the 29-year-old would give lessons to his four-year-old son, his mother said.

His mother said he wanted to go to the park “almost every night” to take pictures of the sunset. “Nobody’s perfect OK, but he was damn near.” “He was trying to get home to safety,” she told CNN on Friday. Nichols called himself an “aspiring photographer” with a particular fondness for landscapes, and posted many of his images He would come home every evening, mid-shift, for his meal break, RowVaughn Wells said. He leaves a four-year-old boy whom he loved to teach skateboarding.

Five sacked Memphis police officers, who are all black, have been charged with second-degree murder and other crimes, including assault, kidnapping, ...

"But I am going to pray for you and your families. We want justice for my son." Mr Nichols's mother, RowVaughn Wells, told reporters: "For a mother to know their child was calling them in their need and I wasn't there for him. The family's lawyers want it to be disbanded. Because I wasn't there for my son." When you think about that kidnapping charge, he said 'I just want to go home'."

As Memphis braces for video footage and protests, pastor and police reform advocate Earle Fisher says he's "seen far too much Black death as a spectacle.

And there are so many people who are in positions of leadership that seem resistant to that change. And so there are things that I do find hope in, but I'm not sure that my hope is built in a system and a structure that needs so much substantial reform and change. ... Through some of the political organizing and voter advocacy work of groups like the But at the same time, I understand the need for people wanting to be at the forefront of, you know, breaking news and the story ... [Scorpion unit](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/memphis-police-scorpion-unit-tyre-nichols-rcna67711)" — which is the specialized unit that all of these officers were involved in — in the fall of 2021. And again, not just insofar as things are here on the ground in Memphis, but as people are bracing themselves for protests all around the country. As was the case with George Floyd, I think, that ultimately helped us advance some of the conversation and some of the initiatives — even though we still haven't passed the So I'd like to see people press the mayor and the police chief a little bit more on how things got to this level. And when it's been Black people, it doesn't matter whether the officers are white or Black, we are still prone to disproportionate and egregious brutality. "And I know I've seen far too much Black death as a spectacle, and I'm not excited about trying to view another video of a Black man being killed by law enforcement." Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy has said "they are all responsible" for the death of the 29-year-old. We had a meeting with [the district attorney.] And I think collectively we felt like that was a better sequence of events.

RowVaughn Wells gives interview after five Memphis police officers were charged with murder in the beating death of her son.

“I just feel like my son was sent here on assignment from God, and his assignment is over and he was sent back home. When this is all over, it’s gonna be so good, so positive because my son was a good and positive person. Because that’s what they did, they beat my son to death. My son weighed a buck fifty [150lb], he was 6ft 3in,” Wells said. “Those are the charges that I feel will stick, so I’m happy with the charges that the district attorney has set forth. “I don’t have my baby. “The humanity of it all. “They have brought shame to their own families. Where was the humanity? They brought shame to the Black community. His neck was busting because of the swelling. “People don’t know what those five police officers did to our family.

Sometimes body camera footage is made public within hours; other times it takes months. Memphis officials chose a time when businesses would be closed and ...

[died in March 2020 while being detained](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/16/nyregion/daniel-prude-rochester-police.html) by the police in Rochester, N.Y., police commanders [intentionally delayed](https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/15/nyregion/rochester-police-daniel-prude.html) releasing body camera footage of the encounter for months. That same month, when Daunte Wright was fatally shot by a police officer at a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minn., the authorities showed graphic body camera footage to reporters [the next day](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/12/us/brooklyn-center-police-shooting-minnesota.html). Prude’s family](https://apnews.com/article/homicide-rochester-lawsuits-lake-ontario-daniel-prude-99f42ed3c0c36c2cf3c47ee41c66b400) who made the footage public in September 2020. Sometimes the video has been made public swiftly to emphasize transparency. The five officers involved in the encounter were fired last week and were arrested Thursday on second-degree murder and other charges. “Friday at 6 p.m., very, very few people will be at work,” said Frank Colvett Jr., a councilman from the city’s east side. “They anticipate people will be shocked and horrified by what they see,” Professor Lawlor said. It is being released with limited redactions, the officials said. [take much longer](https://apnews.com/article/ny-state-wire-shootings-516ad617e6cf44c07508808d8f65b26f), and in some cases, police departments have withheld video footage out of fear over the public’s reaction to seeing it. Some Memphis city council members who were not involved in deciding when to release the video said they supported the plan to wait until after schools and many businesses in the city had closed for the night. Nichols was hospitalized on Jan. Central time on Friday to release video of the police encounter that resulted in Tyre Nichols’s death.

Local officials have cancelled events and declared emergency status ahead of the release of police video of the fatal beating.

Police departments across the US drew [extensive scrutiny](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/police-violence-protests-us-george-floyd) over their handling of often peaceful protesters. Washington DC police officials also said they are preparing for demonstrations. Kemp’s declaration comes in the wake of protests in Atlanta on 21 January over the death of activist “I join Tyre’s family in calling for peaceful protest,” President Joe Biden said Thursday. If you guys are here for me and Tyre, then you will protest peacefully.” “But I want each and every one of you to protest in peace.

Growing up in Sacramento, Nichols spent much of his time at a skate park on the outskirts of the city. There, he met a youth pastor and his wife from a ...

FBI Director Christopher Wray said Friday he was “appalled” by a video showing Memphis police officers violently arresting Tyre Nichols, joining a growing ...

[Tyre Nichols’ Killing: 5 Memphis Police Officers Charged With Murder](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/01/26/tyre-nichols-killing-5-memphis-police-officers-charged-with-murder/?sh=53fcaf9e22b5) (Forbes) [Tyre Nichols video to be released after 6 p.m. [ heard](https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/watch-police-audio-recording-sheds-some-light-tyre-nichols-arrest/b4de4be4-d06b-43aa-b4fb-66c2b6bc8d66/) on released police audio of the incident saying Nichols was running, and police have [ said](https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2023/01/26/tyre-nichols-video-to-be-released-after-6-p-m-friday/69844967007/) Nichols was later transported to a hospital in critical condition after complaining of “shortness of breath.” It’s not known why five officers became involved in a routine traffic stop, nor what actions the officers took that allegedly led to Nichols’ death. The city of Memphis is planning to release the video Friday night after 6 p.m. Friday](https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/local/2023/01/26/tyre-nichols-video-to-be-released-after-6-p-m-friday/69844967007/) (Memphis Commercial Appeal) Authorities have not specified an exact release time. [ saying](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-tyre-nichols-case/) in a statement Thursday, “Outrage is understandable, but violence is never acceptable.”

Video footage of the moments leading up to Tyre Nichols' death, for which five Memphis police officers have been charged, is expected to be released later ...

Research showed that Black people continued to be affected by a fatal encounter between police and an unarmed Black person months after first hearing about it. These might be good signs that you want to take it easy and maybe you don't need to watch it," she said. "Or they can decide that they only want a small amount of information about what happened." They don't have to do it right now," she said. "This is really the message I want people to have: Don't watch them," she said. Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said the recordings, which include body cam, dash cam and other surveillance footage, will be made public out of transparency sometime after 7 p.m.

Prosecutors say the video shows heinous acts of police brutality that directly led to Nichols' death.

Criminal justice reform activists say Nichols’ death is just the latest example of police brutality against Black men due to a system that is inherently racist. An attorney for Nichols’ family has asked for the unit to be abolished, and Davis ordered a review of the group after Nichols’ death. The unit was created in 2021 with a goal of targeted deployment focused on violent crimes. [ were charged with second-degree murder](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/01/26/tyre-nichols-killing-5-memphis-police-officers-charged-with-murder/?sh=53fcaf9e22b5) Thursday, along with several other counts, including aggravated kidnapping and official misconduct through the exercise of power. They have not entered pleas yet, but attorneys for Martin and Mills have both [said](https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/tyre-nichols-death-two-officers-involved-confrontation-will-turn-themselves-sources-say/AB76CG36CRGR7OWTFWG7QZ7YYU/) they intend to plead not guilty. Five officers allegedly involved in the arrest

5 former Memphis police officers face murder charges following the Jan. 7 confrontation.

We won’t accept less going forward in the future.” And indeed it did.” Five former Memphis police officers, all of them Black, face murder charges following the Jan.

Social media posts show that Mr. Nichols harbored a mistrust of prevailing government and economic systems, yet, a friend says, he also considered trying to ...

Nichols wrote that he had seen “a lot more cops” who had decided to “kneel with all the protesters” and walk alongside them “with no batons and forceful weapons.” He had a son with a woman he was in a relationship with for awhile. On the Saturday night when he was beaten, his mother had planned to cook him sesame chicken, a favorite. “But my son, he actually was a good boy,” she said. “He felt the presence of the creator out in Memphis more than he ever had,” Ms. He wrote passionately about the plight of Indigenous people and the resilience of African Americans in the face of centuries of oppression. His move to Memphis in 2020 roughly coincided with the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic and its lockdowns. He had fled from the officers on foot, and had apparently been running toward the home of his mother and stepfather, where he had been living. He had been living with his father in Sacramento, but the father was terminally ill, and would die before Mr. “He was going through a lot,” Ms. “He was two minutes from the house when they murdered him.” His social media posts show that he identified with the Black Lives Matter movement and harbored a mistrust of prevailing government and economic systems.

Cerelyn Davis, the Memphis police chief, asked for calm before the video footage was made public. Meanwhile, Mr Nichols' family said the "very horrific" ...

US President Joe Biden said in a statement after the footage was released: "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols' death. But Mr and Mrs Wells, Mr Nichols' son, and his whole family deserve a swift, full, and transparent investigation." "You guys are really doing a lot right now," Mr Nichols says loudly to the officers. I join Mr Nichols' family in calling for peaceful protest." "I expect you to feel outrage in the disregard of basic human rights." She only knows now because she's been told - she can't bring herself to watch the images. Nothing can bring Mr Nichols back to his family and the Memphis community. "I'm going to baton the (expletive) out you," one officer can be heard saying. It will make us angry". Cerelyn Davis, the Memphis police chief, asked for calm before the video footage was made public. We don't know what happened," she said. Tase him!"

In the videos released by the City of Memphis, officers are shown aggressively dragging Nichols from his car. Later, officers are seen beating and kicking ...

The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, D.C. "But we need to ensure our community is safe in this process." "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols' death," Biden said in the statement. "And we have to call out this culture every time we get a chance." "For them to act in such a brutal way is more egregious than I can tell you. We won't have Black officers treated differently than white officers under the law." "We now have the blueprint, America, and we won't accept less going forward in the future. Lawyers say the five officers who beat Nichols were part of such a unit. President Joe Biden issued a statement as the footage was released on Friday, calling it "horrific." State and federal authorities are also investigating the officers. At times, he is screaming, and appears to call out "Mom." The footage was uploaded to Vimeo in four different parts, showing police-issued body-worn camera.

People attend a candlelight vigil in memory of Tyre Nichols at the Tobey Skate Park on January 26, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. Scott Olson—Getty Images.

[How Our Cells Strategize](https://time.com/6248597/how-cells-keep-us-alive/?utm_source=roundup&utm_campaign=20230125)To Keep Us Alive That assertion by officers at the scene has not yet been proven by [postmortem tests and exams](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/01/25/tyre-nichols-independent-autopsy-extensive-bleeding-lawyers-say/11118897002/) that have thus far been made public. Three years later, [a Black police officer shot and killed a 15-year-old Black boy named Edward Garner](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/officer-killed-unarmed-teen-1974-it-changed-how-police-justify-n1120611) as the teen was climbing a backyard fence after allegedly burglarizing a house where no one was home. [caused the death of a 17-year-old black boy named Elton Hayes](https://www.smartcitymemphis.com/2021/10/teenager-elton-hayes-was-killed-50-years-ago-today/) following a high-speed car chase. [a traffic stop](https://time.com/6175852/pretextual-traffic-stops/), traffic stops are the genesis of a large share of incidents that lead to a use of force, and when Black Americans do come in contact with police, they are also significantly more likely to have some type of force used upon them than white Americans. [drop guns” to plant on suspects and put notches on their service weapons for every Black person they’d killed](https://tri-statedefender.com/elton-hymon-an-unsung-hero/02/22/). Hayes’ was [one of two deaths of a Black young person](https://www.localmemphis.com/article/news/local/elton-hayes-to-tyre-nichols-history-of-police-brutality-and-reform-mpd/522-4dd45adf-3f10-46f4-a33f-43a3c32cbef6) under similar circumstances that year. But there is also the disquieting fact that images of official violence – on the [Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965](https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bloody-sunday-civil-rights-protesters-beaten-selma) and on a Minneapolis street in 2020 – have [played a role](https://theconversation.com/how-the-images-of-john-lewis-being-beaten-during-bloody-sunday-went-viral-143080) in boosting [public support for policy changes](https://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/Civil-Rights/VRA-Documentary/#:~:text=Sections&text=On%20March%207%2C%201965%2C%20peaceful,landmark%201965%20Voting%20Rights%20Act.) and forced some people who, because of their own race, have very different experiences with police, to admit that, at the very least, some officers have broken the law. The law of qualified immunity, some of white America’s indifference, [and the highest court in the land](https://www.npr.org/2021/10/18/1047085626/supreme-court-police-qualified-immunity-cases) together shield some officers from accountability. [Lora King, the daughter of the late Rodney King,](https://time.com/6153025/rodney-king-george-floyd-families/) peer through a steady font of tears at a looped video of his 1991 beating. He was [a man who liked to take his chances on a skateboard](https://twitter.com/FlyMai16/status/1618706277697482752?s=20&t=GbhSeSA8sQhyvkM6AH5LNA) and [photograph](https://thiscaliforniakid2.wixsite.com/tnicholsphotography) Memphis’s [architecture, scenery, and sunsets](https://www.memphisflyer.com/want-to-see-tyre-nichols-memphis-check-out-his-photography-website). It may be necessary for reasonable mental health in deeply troubling times characterized by [mass shootings](https://time.com/6249198/lunar-new-year-mass-shooting-monterey-park-california/), child shootings, and a [very young child who fired a bullet into his teacher](https://time.com/6250280/virginia_school_6-year-old-shot-teacher/) in class.

Authorities are calling for calm in the face of the anticipated protests following the video's release.

After the video footage was released, Biden said: “Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols’s death. “He was a human piñata for those police officers,” one family attorney, Antonio Romanucci, said to reporters. “Get the fuck out of the car!” one officer shouted several times. Nichols replied “I didn’t do anything” as they shout “get on the fucking ground”. In one video, which is from a police body camera, Nichols can be heard crying out “mom” as he was on the ground with officers surrounding him. This video appears to show eight officers milling about as he languished against the car. They dragged Nichols’ limp body to a police car shortly thereafter and sat him against the side. As Nichols, who appeared cuffed, remained on the ground, one officer kicked him in the head and then did so again. “This is not just a professional failing. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual … “While each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of One of the officers involved in the stop yelled “Tase him!” Nichols ran from the officers; the fatal beating unfolded when officers later apprehended him.

On January 7, 2023, Nichols was violently beaten by five Memphis police officers who had pulled him over for alleged reckless driving.

“I join Tyre’s family in calling for peaceful protest,” President Joe Biden [said](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/tyre-nichols-protest-video-release) on Thursday, and Lora Dene King—the daughter of police brutality victim Rodney King—called the video of Nichols’s beating “extremely sickening” in a recent [statement](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/la-los-angeles-rodney-king-tyre-nichols-beating-video-memphis-police/3082962/). [planned demonstrations](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/27/tyre-nichols-protest-video-release) against police brutality in Memphis and other U.S. Mulroy said on Thursday in a statement that echoed the fury of activists and protestors who have [fired](https://www.nytimes.com/article/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-dead.html?name=styln-tyre-nichols®ion=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&variant=undefined&is_new=false), after an internal investigation found that they used excessive force and failed to intervene or provide help. [Memphis, Tennessee](https://abcnews.go.com/US/tyre-nichols-man-allegedly-murdered-5-memphis-police/story?id=96717732) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nichols [died](https://www.nytimes.com/article/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-dead.html?name=styln-tyre-nichols®ion=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&variant=undefined&is_new=false) three days later, with an independent autopsy finding that he “suffered extensive bleeding caused by a severe beating.”

Nichols died three days after being detained by Memphis police. Jan. 18: Federal investigations begin. Kevin G. Ritz, United States Attorney for the Western ...

"Further details and findings from this independent report will be disclosed at another time." They have been charged with "second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravating kidnapping, resulting in bodily injury, aggravated kidnapping involving the possession of a weapon official misconduct through unauthorized exercise of power, official misconduct through failure to act when there is a duty imposed by law, and official oppression," according to the Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy. It was unadulterated, unabashed, nonstop beating of this young boy for 3 minutes." “State authorities have publicly announced that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating," Ritz said in a statement. Francis Hospital in critical condition, according to police. Jan.

All five officers involved in Tyre Nichols' death were black. Experts say that's not unusual.

"And it's going to continue creating the same outcome of us vs them." The race of police officers is not the primary issue, she said. "Anyone who dons the uniform is more likely on average to engage in abusive behaviour directed toward a black person." We're not worried about the race of the police officer. On Friday afternoon, the family of Mr Nichols held a press conference. We're worried about the conduct of the police officers." We're talking about a difference in degree," said Khalil Gibran Muhammad a professor of race and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School. "Policing in this country is focused on control, subordination and violence - regardless of the race of the officer," she said. "The mentality of what I saw, it's very difficult to explain," she said, adding that she "can't answer" if the encounter would have ended differently had Mr Nichols been white. "The elected officials, those that work for the city, the county, there's a lot of black leadership." If you look at the video, race has nothing to do with it," she said. All five of the men, now facing murder charges, are black too.

The National Guard is already present in Atlanta. Other protests shut down a major highway in Memphis and Grand Central Station in New York City.

[declared a state of emergency](https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders/2023) this week, and members of the National Guard [can be seen in Atlanta](https://twitter.com/BillyHeathFOX5/status/1619118727118880768), attempting to curb protesters. [can also be seen protesting outside the White House](https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1619142067757907968) hours after Biden urged citizens ["not to resort to violence or destruction." Officials also [shut down Grand Central Station](https://twitter.com/newy0rksrealist/status/1619110342847770624?s=20&t=HsklkUQVhkQPgGbSJPJYYQ) in anticipation of protests in New York City, [where demonstrators can already be seen in Times Square. No, they are the slave patrol." "You put on a uniform, and what you think they are brothers? Officials have been preparing for nationwide protests in the days leading up to the release of the footage.

Tyre Nichols should have made it home to his family. Yet, once again, America mourns the life of a son and father brutally cut short at the hands of those.

Congress must act with urgency and pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The footage and images released tonight will forever be seared in our memories, and they open wounds that will never fully heal. The persistent issue of police misconduct and use of excessive force in America must end now.

Recording of the 29-year-old's killing has sent shockwaves across the US, with the officers' conduct being condemnedThis article contains descriptions of ...

“This is now the blueprint for all these other police forces around the country,” Crump said on CNN. The decision to release the video on Friday was itself significant. “Tyre Nichols should have made it home to his family,” vice-president Kamala Harris said in a statement. The videos show “how gruesome it is, how appalling it is”, Benjamin Crump, the civil rights attorney who is representing Nichols’s family, said on CNN Friday. Even after being warned for days that the video of Nichols was gruesome, the images released Friday evening were horrifying. In minutes, police yanked him from his car, threw him to the ground, attempted to Tase him, and threatened to knock him out.

King's daughter said Tyre Nichols' death was part of a long line of police brutality that stretched from her dad to the "I can't breathe" chokehold death of ...

Lora Dene King, who was seven years old when her father was beaten in 1991, said Nichols' death was part of a long line of police brutality that stretched from her dad to the "I can't breathe" chokehold death of Eric Garner in 2014, to the murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd in 2020. But, he said, headline-grabbing incidents like the death of Tyre Nichols were just "those above the waterline" that we become aware of because of the video and because of the level of violence involved. "In the absence of that, there tends to be a fair amount of obstruction and a lot of police union activism to protect jobs." "The whole situation is sickening to me, there is no reason he shouldn't be alive," she said of Nichols. King's daughter said Tyre Nichols' death was part of a long line of police brutality that stretched from her dad to the "I can't breathe" chokehold death of Eric Garner in 2014, to the murder in Minneapolis of George Floyd in 2020. "Before Rodney King, there weren't a lot of people with video cameras, and the fact that somebody had a video camera and was able to capture that caused that to gain national attention," he told AFP.

President Biden released a statement on the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols on Friday. · The City of Memphis released four different graphic videos ...

There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a beloved child and young father," Biden added." My heart goes out to Tyre Nichols' family and to Americans in Memphis and across the country who are grieving this tremendously painful loss." "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols' death," Biden said. One video shows officers taking turns punching, kicking, and kneeing Nichols and kneeling on him before he becomes unresponsive and is taken away in an ambulance. Nichols' mother and stepfather, this afternoon. - President Biden released a statement on the Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols on Friday.

The five police officers are Black. Does it matter? Experts say the race of the victim in police-involved shootings is far more important.

“It’s about the nature and the infrastructures of policing in this country that every single day send a message." Black police officers have been accused of brutalizing and killing Black victims in the past. "It takes off the table that issues and problems in law enforcement [are] about race," she told CNN. "It seems there is always a swift action when the officers are Black," he said. "It's the historically biased culture of policing that killed [Nichols]." "This is what's slowly coming out here." But it does indicate to me that bias might be a factor also in the manner in which we engage the community." So it takes race off the table. In all, officers hit Nichols with pepper spray, a Taser, a baton as well as punches and kicks. How the officers' race will influence protesters in the streets – and any future jury in the courtroom – remains to be seen. Nichols was hospitalized in critical condition, police said, and died three days later. It shows officers attempting to arrest Nichols at a red light, and again after a pursuit to a nearby neighborhood.

'I think everyone is really outraged right now in skateboarding, for sure. And that's the only lens that I'm looking at it through.'

And I feel like skateboarders have a long history with cops" of not always skateboarding allowable places, she said. "Or you can be an outcast and be part of the street team — that's what we call skaters and long-boarders and roller skaters." In Memphis this week, skaters held a solidarity event at a skate park and visited city hall. “It's more popular to do. And that’s the only lens that I’m looking at it through. Tyre Nichols, 29, was a member of that community too. A video of Nichols skating was recently reposted on social media by his family’s lawyer, civil rights attorney Ben Crump. Even though the skating community in Memphis is racially mixed, he said it was important for him to refer to Nichols as a Black skater given the circumstances of his death. Everyone’s super sad about it across the board, Black, white, everyone.’’ And while Fields, 34, a skater and musician, didn’t get a chance to skate with Nichols, he said his death felt like it happened “to one of our own, especially being a Black skateboarder.” That drew further attention to Nichols U.S. “Everyone that I’ve talked to about it that knew him, they would just all say he was a really good guy, and he was super cool.

Body cam footage of the brutal arrest in Memphis of the Black man has sparked protests in several cities. The five ex-officers involved face a litany of ...

"This tragedy meets the absolute definition of a needless and unnecessary death. She called it a professional failing and said "the incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane." In Memphis, a group of demonstrators gathered at a downtown park and then took to the streets, shutting down the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River between Memphis and West Memphis. "Yet again, we're seeing evidence of what happens to Black and brown people from simple traffic stops," Crump said. Later, officers are seen repeatedly kicking, punching and using a baton to strike Nichols as he lies on the ground. During the initial confrontation, Nichols fled the scene of the traffic stop, police said. needs a great deal of reform. 8 ](https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1612057507937095680)that Nichols was taken into custody after a traffic stop that involved two confrontations with officers. In the videos, officers are seen dragging Nichols from his car and shouting profanities throughout the confrontation. [The Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001). After attempting to flee on foot, Nichols was aggressively beaten by police, newly released police video shows. 7 for what police said was reckless driving.

The majority of Americans have resigned themselves to accepting policing as it currently exists. This must change.

Just as catastrophic violence is not aberrational to policing but rather part of it because it is the institution not the individual that is the problem, so is it true that Black police officers can be just as implicated in the violent white supremacy of policing as can officers who are not Black. There will be people who point to the fact that all five officers who killed Tyre Nichols are Black, and use the fact to argue that it disproves a racist angle to his death. Violence, coercive force, the carry and use of deadly weapons – all of these are central to “proper policing” as the institution of policing in this country currently exists. These are the questions in need of asking when the proprietors of violence – those granted by law with a unique monopoly on violence – condemn their own not for being violent, but for not doing violence correctly. A similar denial, a determined refusal to believe that what police did to Tyre Nichols is squarely on the continuum of violence that defines policing, is already at work in Memphis. At the time, my estimation of the trial’s significance – and of the conviction that seemed likely at the time and that ultimately came to pass – is that it would be minimal.