The police department in the city of Memphis was set on Friday to release body-camera video of a violent confrontation between a Black motorist and five police officers charged with murder in his death earlier this month.
Police have been highly opaque about the circumstances of the arrest. Even Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, who sought the indictment, described the incident in vague terms when announcing the charges. Protests against racial injustice erupted globally following the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, a Black man who died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, after he was arrested on suspicion of trying to pass a counterfeit bill.
David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told reporters he was sickened by what he saw. But Romanucci said in a CNN interview on Thursday that a medical examination commissioned by the family found Nichols was severely beaten.
So they are going to release a recording of a violent murder by 5 police officers on a Friday night, does that strike anyone as extremely bad timing or is it designed to create a weekend of violent protests to distract from something else 🤔
Remind us why this is an Irish news entity
Where’s BLM on this ? Are riots incoming ?
Why is this relevant to an Irish audience?
The 5 black officers have been charged with murder. Report the news for a change
Why is it that RTE and BBC highlights that A Black man was beaten to death by police ? But plays down that all of the policemen where also black ? This has nothing to do with so called racial discrimination if that's the angle they want !
Is this Irish news now? Surely there’s more going on?
Black on Black violence is now also racist apparently.
Where is BLM?
…. 🤔🙈….this is US news that can really impact Ireland
But... but.....but.....Black Lives Matter...they must have been on holidays and got a nice tan first! Hypocrisy!
Is they white supremacist as well? Asking for a friend
Womder will BLM be as vocal when it's a bunch of black lads committing the crime this time,
Must be pretty bad if they're pre warning us about the release of footage. Will there still be riots given the fact its black on black violence?
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