Tire Nichols’ video shows Kick a Memphis police officer
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The officers, all black, were fired from the police force last week. Nichols, 29, was hospitalized, lived with his mother and stepfather and died of his injuries three days after the collision in the town where he worked for FedEx.
Four video clips document an aggressive escalation of violence against a motorist who police say was initially arrested for reckless driving. The police chief said that no reason for the interruption has since been determined.
Leaked Video Captures Brutal Beating of Tyre Nichols
The beatings appeared to continue well beyond the point where Nichols could pose a threat to police.At one point, two officers held him upright while another punched him repeatedly in the face. , watched by other officers at the scene without intervening. The videotaped ordeal transformed Nichols, a father of four, into the latest face of an American racial justice movement traumatized by the 2020 killing of George Floyd at the hands of police in Minneapolis.
Friends and family have described Nichols as a gentle skier and claimed that he had recently taken photography lessons. He grew up in Sacramento, California and moved to the Memphis area before the coronavirus pandemic.
After watching the video, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said he was “concerned about the two officers who appeared on the scene” after Nichols’ arrest. He said on Twitter that these lawmakers have been removed from their duties pending the results of an internal investigation.
After the video aired Friday night, dozens of protesters in Memphis marched along Interstate 55 and blocked traffic near the bridge across the Mississippi River into Arkansas.
