Tyre Nichols

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Tyre Nichols cries 'Mom!': Here are 10 things new police-beating ... (Livemint)

Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was fatally beaten by police, according to horrific video evidence released by the Memphis Police in the US on ...

In connection with Nichols' beating, five Memphis police officers—all of whom are Black—were charged with second-degree murder. On January 10, three days after being pulled over on suspicion of driving recklessly, Nichols passed away in the hospital. Five police officers have been charged with second-degree murder of Tyre Nichols.

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Tyre Nichols' police beating videos released: What do they show (Hindustan Times)

At one point, Tyre Nichols cries, “Mom! Mom!” After the beating, several officers stood around talking while he lay motionless on the ground. | World News.

> At one point, Nichols cries, “Mom! > One video clip shows officers dragging Nichols from the driver's seat of his car as he yells, "Damn, I didn't do anything ... After pulling him up, they deliver five punches to his face. > In one extremely graphic video, the officers can be seen aiming several kicks at Nichols's face. [Nichols ](https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/5-fired-memphis-cops-charged-with-murder-in-death-of-motorist-tyre-nichols-101674787642856.html)died in hospital on January 10 three days after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving. At one point, Tyre Nichols cries, “Mom!

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Grizzlies, other NBA teams speak out on Tyre Nichols death (Sportstar)

The outrage, frustration, sadness and anger was evident around the NBA on Friday, the day that video was released showing how Nichols, a 29-year-old father, ...

“Such aggressive policing and excessive force illustrate the continued need for accountability in the justice system.” “The images of Tyre Nichols’ life needlessly cut short are horrifying,” the league said. Nichols was on his way home from taking pictures of the sky on Jan. “We are outraged by the deadly beating that Tyre Nichols received from five Memphis police officers,” the Bucks said in their statement. There was a moment of silence before the game in Minnesota. Several teams released statements of support for the family, as did the NBA and the National Basketball Players Association.

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Tyre Nichols bodycam footage: What we know about the arrest video (BBC News)

Lawyers for the 29-year-old's family say the bodycam footage shows Mr Nichols being severely beaten.

He said he had not been shown the video. Video footage of 29-year-old father Tyre Nichols being beaten by police in Memphis is being released later, with the city braced for protests. There will be redactions to anonymise those not employed by the police or the city.

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Protests erupt across the country after the release of the Tyre ... (NPR)

The National Guard is already present in Atlanta. Other protests shut down a major highway in Memphis and Grand Central Station in New York City.

[declared a state of emergency](https://gov.georgia.gov/executive-action/executive-orders/2023) this week, and members of the National Guard [can be seen in Atlanta](https://twitter.com/BillyHeathFOX5/status/1619118727118880768), attempting to curb protesters. [can also be seen protesting outside the White House](https://twitter.com/aletweetsnews/status/1619142067757907968) hours after Biden urged citizens ["not to resort to violence or destruction." Officials also [shut down Grand Central Station](https://twitter.com/newy0rksrealist/status/1619110342847770624?s=20&t=HsklkUQVhkQPgGbSJPJYYQ) in anticipation of protests in New York City, [where demonstrators can already be seen in Times Square. No, they are the slave patrol." "You put on a uniform, and what you think they are brothers? Officials have been preparing for nationwide protests in the days leading up to the release of the footage.

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'Seared in our memories': outpouring of shock and horror over Tyre ... (The Guardian)

Recording of the 29-year-old's killing has sent shockwaves across the US, with the officers' conduct being condemnedThis article contains descriptions of ...

“This is now the blueprint for all these other police forces around the country,” Crump said on CNN. The decision to release the video on Friday was itself significant. “Tyre Nichols should have made it home to his family,” vice-president Kamala Harris said in a statement. The videos show “how gruesome it is, how appalling it is”, Benjamin Crump, the civil rights attorney who is representing Nichols’s family, said on CNN Friday. Even after being warned for days that the video of Nichols was gruesome, the images released Friday evening were horrifying. In minutes, police yanked him from his car, threw him to the ground, attempted to Tase him, and threatened to knock him out.

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Tyre Nichols police encounter (CNBCTV18)

Tyre Nichols died on January 10, 2023, due to his injuries. An independent autopsy report said that he “suffered excessive bleeding caused by a severe beating.” ...

Police brutality and complaints of the use of excessive force by police officers remain a major concern in the United States. The cops pull Nichols to his feet with his hands held behind his back and punch him straight in the face without letting him drop to the ground. All the while officers are threatening to tase Nichols and break his arm. One policeman yells, “Get the fuck out of the car” while another says, “Get the fuck on the ground and turn his ass around.” Nichols responds by saying, “I didn’t do anything.” Three of the videos were from body cameras on the police officers involved in the beating and one was from a police surveillance camera mounted on a nearby pole. The highly violent and expletive-filled video also shows how Nichols did not receive medical aid in time.

Statement from Vice President Harris on Tyre Nichols | The White ... (The White House)

Tyre Nichols should have made it home to his family. Yet, once again, America mourns the life of a son and father brutally cut short at the hands of those.

Congress must act with urgency and pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. The footage and images released tonight will forever be seared in our memories, and they open wounds that will never fully heal. The persistent issue of police misconduct and use of excessive force in America must end now.

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What we know about the killing of Tyre Nichols (NPR)

Body cam footage of the brutal arrest in Memphis of the Black man has sparked protests in several cities. The five ex-officers involved face a litany of ...

"This tragedy meets the absolute definition of a needless and unnecessary death. She called it a professional failing and said "the incident was heinous, reckless and inhumane." In Memphis, a group of demonstrators gathered at a downtown park and then took to the streets, shutting down the I-55 bridge over the Mississippi River between Memphis and West Memphis. "Yet again, we're seeing evidence of what happens to Black and brown people from simple traffic stops," Crump said. Later, officers are seen repeatedly kicking, punching and using a baton to strike Nichols as he lies on the ground. During the initial confrontation, Nichols fled the scene of the traffic stop, police said. needs a great deal of reform. 8 ](https://twitter.com/MEM_PoliceDept/status/1612057507937095680)that Nichols was taken into custody after a traffic stop that involved two confrontations with officers. In the videos, officers are seen dragging Nichols from his car and shouting profanities throughout the confrontation. [The Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-profile-memphis-3104f3cdbaf568daf6647eca080d4001). After attempting to flee on foot, Nichols was aggressively beaten by police, newly released police video shows. 7 for what police said was reckless driving.

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Tyre Nichols video: Memphis police release footage of deadly traffic ... (The Guardian)

Authorities are calling for calm in the face of the anticipated protests following the video's release.

After the video footage was released, Biden said: “Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols’s death. “He was a human piñata for those police officers,” one family attorney, Antonio Romanucci, said to reporters. “Get the fuck out of the car!” one officer shouted several times. Nichols replied “I didn’t do anything” as they shout “get on the fucking ground”. In one video, which is from a police body camera, Nichols can be heard crying out “mom” as he was on the ground with officers surrounding him. This video appears to show eight officers milling about as he languished against the car. They dragged Nichols’ limp body to a police car shortly thereafter and sat him against the side. As Nichols, who appeared cuffed, remained on the ground, one officer kicked him in the head and then did so again. “This is not just a professional failing. This is a failing of basic humanity toward another individual … “While each of the five individuals played a different role in the incident in question, the actions of all of them resulted in the death of One of the officers involved in the stop yelled “Tase him!” Nichols ran from the officers; the fatal beating unfolded when officers later apprehended him.

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Tyre Nichols Video: Here Are The Key Questions After Shocking ... (Forbes)

Several police officers involved in Nichols' arrest were part of Memphis' specialized unit assigned with addressing violent crime, although officers said ...

[released the footage](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/01/27/tyre-nichols-video-footage-released-of-violent-arrest-in-memphis/?sh=5ab762832d8e) of Nichols’ violent arrest Friday night, revealing what prosecutors argue was a deadly police beating, and what Davis [described](https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1618945605560315905?s=20&t=L3bzOjGh_7s6P3cqHkY7Hg) as “heinous,” a defiance of “humanity,” and “about the same, if not worse” than the violent 1991 police beating of Rodney King in Los Angeles that prompted riots. Before the footage was made public, Nichols’ mother, RowVaughn Wells, [Tyre Nichols’ Killing: What We Know About The Investigation Into Memphis Police Officers](https://www.forbes.com/video/6319313900112/tyre-nichols-killing-what-we-know-about-the-investigation-into-memphis-police-officers/?sh=24d9d54ad06b) (Forbes) [Tyre Nichols’ Killing: 5 Memphis Police Officers Charged With Murder](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/01/26/tyre-nichols-killing-5-memphis-police-officers-charged-with-murder/?sh=48b9c0ea22b5) (Forbes) [Tyre Nichols Video: Footage Released Of Violent Arrest In Memphis](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/01/27/tyre-nichols-video-footage-released-of-violent-arrest-in-memphis/?sh=68d9b41f2d8e) (Forbes) and Justin Smith—were “ [directly responsible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpD2FDjBBr8)” for Nichols’ death. The five officers involved, who are also Black, were [charged](https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilywashburn/2023/01/26/tyre-nichols-killing-5-memphis-police-officers-charged-with-murder/?sh=6a0d26a222b5) with second-degree murder on Thursday, after being fired by the Memphis Police Department last week, following multiple investigations into the arrest. What happened before the body cameras started? Why were five police officers involved in a routine traffic stop? [urged](https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tyre-nichols-mother-asks-protesters-to-be-peaceful-when-bodycam-footage-is-released/) people to “protest in peace” upon the release of the video, saying it would be “horrific.” President Joe Biden made a similar [warning](https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/01/26/statement-from-president-joe-biden-on-the-tyre-nichols-case/) in a statement on Thursday, saying, “outrage is understandable, but violence is never acceptable.” FBI Director Christopher Wray had also [alerted FBI field officers](https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2023/01/27/fbi-chief-appalled-at-violent-video-of-tyre-nichols-arrest-ahead-of-public-release/?sh=39a759486fb4) to prepare for the possibility of protests “getting out of hand,” after he saw the video, saying he was “appalled” by what he saw. Why was a special unit involved? Why did it turn violent? Nichols died of excessive blood loss at a Memphis hospital on January 10, three days after he was pulled over in what police said was a routine traffic stop. [CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/28/us/tyre-nichols-beating-video-takeaways/index.html) law enforcement analyst John Miller described the situation as a failure of police officers to use “arrest and control tactics” and resorting to “brutality”—with Nichols heard telling officers he was “just trying to get home” as he ran from police, before they catch up with him, throwing kicks and punches, and using pepper spray.

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Tyre Nichols faced police brutality in US. See who is he (Economic Times)

Tyre Nichols died after facing police brutality in Memphis, Tennessee. The camera footage released by police showed the intrinsic details of the attack.

He leaves behind a four-year-old son. He engaged in hobbies on weekends, his parents said. Some traders and investors use this technical indicator as an important factor for analysing a stock's current value and for predicting its future price movement He was passionate about skateboarding and photography. Earlier, he was residing in California. He was calling for his mother during the incident.

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Policing experts assess the beating of Tyre Nichols (The Indian Express)

The footage, which amounts to almost an hour from both police body cameras and street cameras, shows officers beating, kicking and using a baton against Nichols ...

The beating is “the definition of excessive force,” Wexler said. These officers did neither, he said. If officers’ tempers run high, he said, they are bound to make mistakes.

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Video of Tyre Nichols beating leaves unanswered questions (1 News)

The five disgraced Memphis police officers, who are also Black, have been fired and charged with second-degree murder.

An officer then punches him in the face, as the officer with the baton continues to menace him. In one of the videos, an officer claims that during the initial traffic stop Nichols reached for the officer's gun before fleeing and almost had his hand on the handle, which is not shown in the video. As Nichols is slumped up against a car, not one of the officers renders aid. After Nichols is in handcuffs and leaning against a police car, several officers say that he must have been high. The officer strikes Nichols on the back with the baton three times in a row. The officer said that when Nichols pulled up to a red light, the officers jumped out of the car. Nichols slumps more fully onto the pavement with all three officers surrounding him. The officer who punched him then walks around to Nichols’ front and punches him four more times. Other officers are called, and a search ensues before Nichols is caught at another intersection. Nichols can then be seen running as an officer fires a Taser at him. The recording shows police savagely beating Nichols, a 29-year-old FedEx worker, for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack. Demonstrators at times blocked traffic while chanting slogans and marching through the streets of New York City, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon.

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Tyre Nichols: Police unit is disbanded after death (BBC News)

The so-called Scorpion special unit will be disbanded after its officers were seen beating Mr Nichols.

The Scorpion programme was touted by Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland in a speech a year ago. If the system is broken, she added, the only way to fix it is to start again. "Memphis is taking a stand," said Casio Montez, one of the protest organisers. But she acknowledged that the officers who brutally beat Tyre Nichols "decided to go off the rails". He died in hospital three days later, on 10 January. "We are doing an individual evaluation of all units," she said.

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Video shows police beating Tyre Nichols (Economic Times)

The video is filled with violent moments showing the officers, who are also Black, chasing and pummeling Nichols and leaving him on the pavement propped ...

The footage emerged one day after the officers were charged with murder in Nichols' death. [FedEx](/topic/fedex)worker for three minutes while screaming profanities at him throughout the attack. The chilling images of another Black man dying at the hands of police renewed tough questions about how fatal encounters with law enforcement continue even after repeated calls for change.

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Memphis disbands police unit involved in fatal beating of Tyre ... (Livemint)

In a statement, the department said it was permanently deactivating the SCORPION unit after the police chief spoke with members of Nichols' family, ...

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Beating of Tyre Nichols: Outraged and deeply pained, says Biden (Economic Times)

"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 ...

Eastern time, Memphis officials made public a series of videos from the scene, including one taken from a pole. "It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that [Joe Biden](/news/joe-biden)said he was "outraged and deeply pained" after watching video released Friday night of the fatal beating of [Tyre Nichols](/topic/tyre-nichols)at the hands of police officers in [Memphis](/topic/memphis), [Tennessee](/topic/tennessee).

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Timeline: Tyre Nichols police killing key events (The Guardian)

The death of Nichols, 29, after being beaten by police in Memphis, Tennessee, during a traffic stop has prompted outrage.

[officers are charged](https://apnews.com/article/tyre-nichols-police-officers-charged-48d48f2137a2f34482274edb1bd1bab2) with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping, official misconduct and official oppression. Missouri Congresswoman Cori Bush said that Congress must take action, arguing “charging the officers who brutalized Tyre is not enough”. Memphis police claimed in a statement that officers tried to stop a man for reckless driving on 7 January and he was brought to hospital in critical condition following two confrontations. Five Black officers involved in the incident were fired and [charged](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/26/tyre-nichols-five-ex-police-officers-custody) Thursday with murder. [Tyre Nichols](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/26/memphis-police-tyre-nichols-death-what-we-know), a Black man, died several days after Memphis, Tennessee police repeatedly beat him following a 7 January traffic stop. 26 January They describe the footage as showing a “savage” three-minute interaction that recalled the notorious 1991 police beating of Black Los Angeles driver Rodney King. They tell media that Nichols was restrained, pepper-sprayed, and “was a human piñata for those police officers”. Nichols’ stepfather, Rodney Wells, told reporters that his stepson suffered kidney failure and cardiac arrest because of the beatdown. All of these officers are Black. After the officers drag Nichols out of his car, and position him against the ground, he gets up and runs away. 7 January

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Unanswered questions from videos of Tyre Nichols' arrest (BBC News)

The footage shows a brutal beating but we still don't know why officers decided to stop his car.

For several minutes, police punched and kicked him, in the body and the head, while Mr Nichols cried for his mother. We don't know how long it is before Mr Nichols is taken to hospital. There is no known evidence that this was the case, and later in the video, officers say they did not find anything in his car. "You guys are really doing a lot right now," Mr Nichols says to the officers. The footage did show the harrowing events that led to Mr Nichols' death, but many questions still remain. Police Chief Cerelyn Davis, who is the first black woman to serve in the role, told the BBC she was shocked.

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Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols (Telegraph India)

The unit is composed of three teams of about 30 officers who target violent offenders in areas beset by high crime. It had been inactive since Nichols' Jan.

The officer said that when Nichols pulled up to a red light, the officers jumped out of the car. "It is in the best interest of all to permanently deactivate the Scorpion unit," she said in a statement. Several dozen demonstrators in Memphis blocked the Interstate 55 bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi River toward Arkansas. She became the first Black female chief in Memphis one year after George Floyd was killed at the hands of police. City officials have pledged to provide more of them. Protesters marching through downtown Memphis cheered when they heard the unit had been dissolved.

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Memphis police disband unit that beat Tyre Nichols (The Hindu)

The Memphis police chief has disbanded the city's so-called Scorpion unit, citing a “cloud of dishonor” from newly released video that showed some of its ...

Davis acknowledged that the police department has a supervisor shortage and said the lack of a supervisor in the arrest was a “major problem." In one, an officer claims that during the initial traffic stop Nichols reached for the officer's gun and almost had his hand on the handle, something not shown in the video. The officer says that when Nichols pulled up to a red light, the officers jumped out. During a speech Saturday in Harlem, the Rev. During the wait for an ambulance, officers joke and air grievances. She also was struck by the immediate aggression from officers as soon as they got out of the car: “It just went to 100. She said the officers currently assigned to it agreed "unreservedly." Nichols calls out for his mother before his limp body is propped against a squad car and the officers exchange fist-bumps. Several dozen demonstrators in Memphis blocked the Interstate 55 bridge that carries traffic over the Mississippi River toward Arkansas. Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis acted a day after the harrowing video emerged, saying she listened to Nichols' relatives, community leaders and uninvolved officers in making the decision. At the time she was chief in Durham, North Carolina, and responded by calling for sweeping police reform. Davis contradicted an earlier statement that she would keep the unit.

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