The contrast between the initial account and the videos in Tyre Nichols’ death is just the latest arrest of a Black person in which the police version was undermined or contradicted by video or witness accounts.
The initial Memphis police statement on the events of January 7 was vague. There had been a “confrontation” between officers and a driver suspected of reckless driving, police said. The suspect fled the scene on foot, and another “confrontation occurred” as officers tried to take him into custody, the statement said. “Afterward, the suspect complained of having a shortness of breath, at which time an ambulance was called to the scene,” police said.
One bystander who took video, Darnella Frazier, testified during Chauvin’s trial. “I heard George Floyd saying — I can’t breathe. Please. Get off me. I can’t breathe,” she testified. “He cried for his mom… It seemed like he knew — seemed like he knew it was over for him.” Several other bystanders also captured video of the encounter, including another high school student, an off-duty firefighter and an employee at the Speedway across the street.
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