Graphic warning: Memphis releases TV camera footage of fatal beating by cops fomenting violence

The release of body camera footage showing Tyre Nichols being beaten by police in Memphis, Tennessee, sparked disgust and anger on social media and led to violence against police in New York City.

On January 7, Nichols was pulled over by Memphis police who claimed he was driving recklessly. According to CBS News, Memphis Police Chief CJ Davis said investigators “were unable to confirm this.”

The official story prior to the release of the video was that there had been an altercation that resulted in Nichols fleeing the police. Nichols was arrested, but after complaining of breathing problems, he was taken to the hospital, where he died on January 10.

CBS said the cause of death was not released, but an independent autopsy by Nichols’ family found “extensive bleeding caused by severe beating.”

The Memphis Police Department released four videos of the incident. These include footage from body cameras and CCTV cameras mounted on street lights.

“You will see a disregard for life, a duty of care that we are all sworn to, and a level of physical interaction that exceeds the requirements of law enforcement,” Davis said ahead of the video’s release. by commercial appeal.

“I am sure, as I said before, that people watching this will feel the same as the family. If you don’t, then you are not human,” she said.

The video shows police kicking Nichols in the face and stomach, hitting him with a truncheon several times, punching him in the upper body and face, and spraying him with pepper spray.

ATTENTION! The following video contains scenes of violence that may cause concern to viewers.

The release of the video sparked protests in many cities, including New York and Atlanta.

A protest in New York turned violent when a man smashed the windshield of a police car.

WARNING. The following videos contain language that viewers may find offensive.

Hank Newsom, founder of Black Lives Matter in New York, set the tone ahead of this protest, according to the New York Post.

“Were they peaceful when they trampled Brother Nichols on the head when they beat him with this baton? … Were they peaceful with Rodney King, were they peaceful with George Floyd, Eric Garner?” he said.

“But they want us to always be peaceful. I’m not telling you to come here and go crazy, but we never take violence off the fucking table. Because it is the language of America,” he said.

Davis said one detail is still missing – why the traffic stop became so aggressive so quickly.

“We are all trying to figure out what brought them to 10 o’clock, you know, at the very beginning of the stop,” she said, referring to the officers. “I don’t care what happened. The stop shouldn’t have started at 10.”

According to CBS, the Memphis cops in question — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith — were fired on January 20 and were charged Thursday with second-degree murder.

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. said on Friday that two deputies at the scene were “relieved of their duties.”

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