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Mostly peaceful protests held across the U.S. after release of Tyre Nichols footage

In Memphis, where Nichols died, protesters shut down a major highway and chanted "justice for Tyre" before later disbanding. Demonstrations across the U.S. were largely peaceful.

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NYC protests of Tyre Nichols death draw more than 100; two arrested as Times Square protester smashes police car windshield

NEW YORK — More than 100 people showed up at two protests in Manhattan on Friday night as Memphis police released video showing its officers fatally beating Tyre Nichols, a Black man.

Tribune News Service

Public figures react to Tyre Nichols beating video

Newsmakers from across the nation reacted to footage of Tyre Nichols being beaten by Memphis police.

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‘I was hitting him with straight haymakers, dog’: Tyre Nichols police beating video released

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city of Memphis released nearly an hour of graphic video Friday evening showing the beating of Tyre Nichols, footage capturing the moment-by-moment developments of a traffic stop that spiraled into a savage display of force, once again leaving an American city reeling from police violence.

Los Angeles Times

WNBPA Declares ‘Enough Is Enough’ in Statement About Tyre Nichols’s Death

The organization denounced police brutality in the wake of Friday's release of footage from the arrest.

Sports Illustrated

Memphis releases graphic video of Tyre Nichols’ brutal beating; family calls for peaceful protest

Los Angeles Times

Grizzlies, other NBA teams speak out on Tyre Nichols' death

The outrage, frustration, sadness and anger over the killing of Tyre Nichols was evident around the NBA on Friday

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New Video Shows Memphis Police Fatally Beating, Tasing, Pepper-Spraying Tyre Nichols

The five police officers involved in the deadly encounter have been charged with Nichols' murder.

Reason

PHOTOS: See protests unfold across the country after release of Tyre Nichols video

Memphis authorities released body camera footage depicting the 29-year-old's killing on Friday. Demonstrations unfold in cities across the U.S.

WEKU

Tyre Nichols six-word plea revealed as distressing footage lays bare Memphis police brutality

Memphis police department officers can be heard shouting to Tyre Nichols in one video: ‘B**ch put your hands behind your back before I break them’

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols video shows officers boasting as he lies motionless: ‘Hitting him with straight haymakers, dog’

‘I jumped in and started rocking him’

The Independent UK

Biden calls video of Tyre Nichols video ‘horrific’ and a ‘painful reminder’ of fear Black Americans face

‘Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols’ death’

The Independent UK

Memphis authorities release video in Tyre Nichols’ death

Video showing five Memphis officers beating a Black man has been made public. The release comes one day after the officers were charged with murder in the death of Tyre Nichols.

Chicago Sun-Times

Protests begin in Memphis after Tyre Nichols video released

Crowd shutdown I-55 in the city after the city released the video

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Memphis’ police chief was once fired from, then reinstated to, Atlanta Police Department

ATLANTA — The chief of Memphis’ police department had a lengthy career in Atlanta that nearly ended with her 2008 firing in connection with a botched investigation involving the husband of a police sergeant.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols cries out for his mother in video of deadly beating by Memphis police

‘Watch out, I’m going to baton the f*** out of you’

The Conversation

'Acts that defy humanity:' 3 essential reads on police brutality, race and the power of video evidence

In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in the beating death of Tyre Nichols, justice has moved quickly.

The Independent UK

Tyre Nichols pleads for help as mocking Memphis officers brutally beat him in four videos of deadly arrest

‘B**ch put your hands behind your back before I break them’ says one officer

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The Guardian - US

‘I’m just trying to go home’: Tyre Nichols heard pleading in released video

The grisly footage, released in four parts, indicates an ambulance did not arrive for more than 20 minutes after the vicious beating

Axios

City of Memphis releases footage of police fatally beating Tyre Nichols

Memphis has braced for the footage after warnings it shows officers beating Nichols.

Reuters

Events in the Memphis police beating death of Tyre Nichols

The city of Memphis on Friday released video of the police traffic stop and beating of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man. Five police officers have been fired and charged with second-degree murder in his death.

The Independent UK

Live Updates | Release of video in Tyre Nichols' arrest

The national president of the Fraternal Order of Police has issued a scathing statement over the actions of five former Memphis police officers involved in the arrest of Tyre Nichols

Los Angeles Times

After Tyre Nichols’ beating death, Memphis police ‘SCORPION Unit’ under fire

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — In early 2022, as violent crime rose in Memphis, Mayor Jim Strickland set out his ideas for returning safety to the city.

Sports Illustrated

Grizzlies Among NBA Teams to Release Statement on Tyre Nichols’s Death

Five Black police officers were charged Thursday for fatally beating the 29-year-old, who was Black, during a traffic stop in Memphis on Jan. 7.

The Guardian - US

US protests begin after police release footage of fatal beating of Tyre Nichols

Demonstrations in Memphis and other US cities follow release of video and request from Nichols’s mother to ‘protest in peace’

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