being beaten by police officers who held the Black motorist down and repeatedly struck him with their fists, boots and batons as he screamed for his mother.
The recording shows police savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack. The Nichols family legal team has likened the assault to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King. Security camera footage shows three officers surrounding Nichols as he lies in the street cornered between police cars, with a fourth officer nearby.
An officer then punches him in the face, as the officer with the baton continues to menace him. Nichols stumbles and turns, still held up by two officers. The officer who punched him then walks around to Nichols’ front and punches him three more times. Then Nichols collapses. Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis has said other officers are under investigation for their part in the arrest.
jennifergould I cannot believe my eyes on What happened to Tyre Nichols injustice 😔
Justice moves slowly sometimes. They should take all the time needed for proper justice to be served.
I can’t watch it! It destroys my faith in humanity. Was it a revenge beating? Or are they just gross disgusting humans who don’t value another person’s life. Prayer for his family.
Wait? what do they have to do with it?
dIRTY MOTHER f*** 👮🏾👮🏾👮🏾👮🏾👮🏾
Cops who support, defend, and cover-up for bad cops are bad cops themselves.
Fire and prosecute the police chief
Correction: the five Memphis PD officers have been relieved of their duties. They are now 'former officers', or 'fired officers'.
Beyond the savage beating, it’s incomprehensible that 5 members of the police force did that with full awareness of the presence of body cameras. You can’t underestimate the rage in law enforcement towards the people they police or their stupidity. Can you even fix that?
There was a White EMT that arrived on the scene. Now it can be about “racism”.
What about the paramedics who stood around.
erinhooley I think all of the officers on that scene should be held accountable. Not one of them had the courage to tell their colleagues to stop. An officer needs to be able to speak up in an uncomfortable situation.
In addition to the murder charges, the entire Memphis PD needs retraining. From the beginning of the stop, how can so many officers not restrain an individual without such force? Absolutely disgusting. Thoughts and prayers TyreNichols
Everyone there that didn’t intervene should face the same consequences.
TeresaMWalker MEM_PoliceDept what about the officer in the first video who exclaimed he hopes they stomp his ass?
mistyinthecity And what abou the MFD Paramedics.
Unfortunate……. But don’t resist being Arrested.
Putting ads in the middle of this video is gross. Whoever made THAT decision should be fired.
There should be nothing less than jail time for every last one of them on that scene who did NOTHING for this murdered man. All of them useless and disgusting.
Really just fired people for showing up AFTER the crime.
RIP Mr. Nichols was Ambush and a Lynch to death by TN Police, no matter what Color, Race, or Gender, also was bad Recruiting, Training, Supervision and Leadership from those Policemen and their Supervisors and Leaders of TN State Police & TN Government!
Not saying this the police are justified in killing this man but when will people learn to stop resisting the police? If he just had complied he would still probably still be alive.
HeyIrish Who took the videos ? Did the LEOs know they were being filmed ?
None of them deserve to see daylight ever again.
Can't you see Mr. Nichols had 'extreme' strength and was successfully fighting off the Police! He was high on something! He was violent, resisting arrest. When down and he still fought them with 'super' human strength. HE WAS HIGH AND VIOLENT!!
If you're Black/brown in the USA, you should be wearing a body-cam everywhere. Just in case.
What did the sheriff’s deputies do after they arrived “after the beating “ to justify them being relieved of duty?
Ok ok… it was definitely wrong what they did, they were fired and charged, quicker than others, and the major news agencies are really pushing this hoping for chaos and more discontent with our community
Watched tonight abt 5 Memphis cops murdering 1 unarmed 29-yr old citizen video—I think “reason” nobody gave victim medical help was they all knew saving his life meant a lawsuit! They ALL had part in his murder even sheriff deputies did nothing! THIS LIKELY NOT 1ST MURDER✅ON IT
This isn't something that can be fixed. 🤦♂️
'Relieved of duty pending investigation.' Huh, interesting choice of words. Are they white by any chance?
Why just now?
Austin_Police allows murderous cops back on force after killing an unarmed man who posed no threat to them!
Good and the EMT's just standing there?
🖕the police
Keep going with it! Purge em all
Let's hope more follow - many more
Why hasn’t the Governor of TN or the two senators for TN said anything publicly?
Thank God…. All I could think while watching the video is “that’s more than just FIVE officers..”
Is that the clown who moved the medical bag several times but never used it? They should be held also for murder- disgusting human beings.
Ah you found some white people to blame.
MF who had nothing to do with the beat down are guilty too WTF?!
This screenshot is unnecessary. Black Death on display.
Keep going!
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