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- Memphis police released footage of five officers beating Tyre Nichols, who died three days later.
- Protesters gathered in Memphis on Friday evening, chanting “no justice, no peace.”
- Content note: This story describes police brutality and death and contains graphic videos.
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Biden ‘outraged’ after release of ‘horrific’ videos showing Memphis police officers beating Tyre Nichols
President Joe Biden spoke out on Friday moments after the release of several videos showing police officers brutally beating Tyre Nichols, who died from his injuries days later.
On Friday, The City of Memphis released four separate videos related to events surrounding the arrest and beating of Nichols, who died three days after being beaten during a traffic stop on January 7.
Biden said in a statement that he was “outraged” by what he saw.
“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. “It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every single day.”
‘It could have been me’ a truck driver tells Insider
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Speaking from the driver’s seat of an 18-wheeler trying to merge onto I-55, truck driver Mark told insider he was running out of fuel.
He didn’t know that he’d run into the protest. If he did, he said, he would have left later.
A Black man, he said he doesn’t fault the protestors and would “possibly” be out with them if he was from here. He’s on his way to Oklahoma with 1,400 miles left.
“It could have been me,” he told Insider. “It’s not the first and it won’t be the last.”
Tyre Nichols video: Body cam footage showing brutal police beating by 5 Memphis police officers released
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — The Memphis Police Department released disturbing footage Friday evening showing the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols, with Memphis and other major US cities bracing for protests and civil unrest.
The violent footage, from police body cameras and stationary cameras, was released on the department’s Vimeo page.
“You guys are really doing a lot right now,” Nichols is heard saying to the officers at the start of the videos, which were released in four parts. “I’m just trying to go home.”
The beating occurred during a traffic stop in Memphis’ Hickory Hill neighborhood on January 7. Nichols, who was 29, died of his injuries three days later. Authorities said Nichols had been stopped by the officers and accused of reckless driving, but Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn J. Davis has since said the department has not found proof to substantiate the reckless driving allegation.
Memphis officials and others with access to the video had warned the public of the gruesome nature of the footage in advance of its release on Friday.
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