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Trump Weighs In on Tyre Nichols Beating

It 'never should have happened,' says former president

(Newser) - Former President Trump said the footage of the brutal beating of Tyre Nichols by five Memphis police officers is “horrible” and that the attack “never should have happened.” “I thought it was terrible. He was in such trouble. He was just being pummeled. Now that should...

Memphis Police Shut Down Scorpion Unit

Chief reverses after pleas from Tyre Nichols' family, community activists

(Newser) - The Memphis Police Department announced Saturday that it's disbanding the force's Scorpion unit after five of its officers took part in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. Chief Cerelyn Davis said she made the decision after consulting Nichols' family, community leaders, and other officers in the special unit,...

As Police Kicked and Beat Him, He Kept Yelling Out One Thing

'Mom!' Tyre Nichols repeatedly screamed during Memphis beating, heard on video released Friday

(Newser) - The City of Memphis released videos Friday evening of the arrest and brutal beating by police officers of Tyre Nichols, who died three days later. The footage—which included three bodycam videos and a pole surveillance camera video—showed "extremely violent scenes," per the New York Times , including...

Tyre Nichols Video Is Released
Tyre Nichols Video
Is Released
Jan 27, 2023 8:03 PM CST

Tyre Nichols Video Is Released

Memphis police make public disturbing bodycam footage of violent arrest

(Newser) - It's out. Memphis police on Friday evening released bodycam video and footage from a pole camera from the violent Jan. 7 arrest of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, who died three days later. Newser isn't embedding the videos in this file, but they're accessible through the City of Memphis...

Tyre Nichols' Mother Warns About Children Seeing Video

Memphis police chief says she hasn't seen evidence of why driver was pulled over

(Newser) - The mother of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old man who was killed after being pulled over by Memphis police, has asked people to keep children from watching the video of the confrontation after its release Friday evening. "Any of you who have children, please don't let them see it,...

Memphis on Edge as Video in Cop Beating Set for Release
Biden Speaks
Ahead of Release
of Tyre Nichols Video
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 27, 2023 7:31 AM CST

Biden Speaks Ahead of Release of Tyre Nichols Video

Biden urges calm ahead of footage being made public that shows cops beating man during traffic stop

(Newser) - Friday evening is likely to be a tense one in Memphis, Tennessee, as authorities are set to release video that shows the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols , a 29-year-old Black man who died three days after the Jan. 7 confrontation during a traffic stop. Police have said Nichols experienced shortness...

Five Fired Memphis Cops Are Charged With Murder

All are jailed after the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols

(Newser) - Five men who were Memphis police officers only days ago were jailed and charged with murder on Thursday. The five were fired last week after the arrest and death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols , reports the Washington Post . The former officers are Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III, Justin...

Lawyers: Cops Beat Black Man Like a 'Human Piñata'

Attorneys for family of late Tyre Nichols, 29, are comparing his beating to Rodney King incident

(Newser) - Memphis police officers beat motorist Tyre Nichols for three minutes, treating him like "a human piñata" in a "savage" encounter reminiscent of the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King, attorneys for the family said Monday. Attorney Ben Crump said police video viewed by...

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