Memphis police release bodycam footage of Tyre Nichols’ violent arrest
Memphis officials on Friday released police video from violent arrest tire nicholsa 29-year-old black man who died earlier this month murder against the five police officers fired in the incident. Nichols died three days after what his family and authorities described as a brutal encounter resulting from a traffic stop.
The four videos posted to the City of Memphis Vimeo account just before 7pm EST were captured from police body cameras and street surveillance cameras. They had Nichols out of the car after the cops first got him out of the car, the initial struggle when Nichols was unleashed and fled from the cops, and Nichols was restrained at a suburban intersection and five cops were killed. It shows disturbing images being beaten by
The disturbing footage is likely to spark a wave of public outrage and heighten calls for police reform.
The video shows Nichols being pepper sprayed, kicked in the head while restrained, beaten, and beaten repeatedly with batons, from various angles.
First body camera video shows police approaching car stopped at red light While Nichols was forcibly extracted by another officer and pressed to the ground, he drew his gun. The police threaten to break his hand if he doesn’t put it down.
Nichols remains relatively calm as cops scream and try to restrain him.
“Okay, I’m on the ground,” he says. “You guys are doing a lot, I’m just trying to get home.”
An officer wearing a body camera pulls out a taser and points it at Nichols’ leg, who continues to push him to the ground. Soon after, another officer sprayed him. That’s when Nichols seemed to break loose and run down the street.
A second video, taken from an overpass surveillance camera, shows police detaining and beating Nichols at another location, a suburban intersection.
The silent video shows two police officers holding Nichols to the ground. The fourth officer deployed a retractable baton and began hitting Nichols, hitting him in the back. Nichols stands up and stumbles while being held by two police officers, and another punches him in the face several times, the blow causing Nichols to fall.
A third video shows body camera footage and audio of the beating after officers restrained Nichols at an intersection. A policeman wearing Camera Pepper repeatedly sprays Nichols while he is restrained on the ground.
“Mama, Mama, Mama!” Nicholls yells as the officer yells, “Help me!”
A policeman wearing a body camera walks away from Nichols, apparently affected by pepper spray and breathing heavily. To do.
“Watch out,” he warns the cops. “I’ll get you out with the baton,” he yelled at Nichols, hitting him three times, punctuating each blow with “Help me!” In the video, baton cracks can be heard.
The fourth video shows body camera footage of an officer chasing Nichols at an intersection and slamming him to the ground. It seems to be blocked by something. But there’s still audio, and Nichols can be heard yelling “Mom!” in the background.
Police keep screaming. Nichols gags and nauseates, apparently struggling to breathe, and one of his officers says, “Breathe.”
Obstructed vision for approximately 4 hours A few minutes, and at some point, you hear the click of handcuffs.
“Wake him up!” says one of the officers. Cops can be seen gathering at the crossroads and Police Wright and Nichols sitting in the street with their backs to gray cars and their hands behind their backs. Nichols appears to be bleeding from the side of his head as officers shine a flashlight into his face several times.
Nichols sits in the dark at the front of the car, barely moving. At one point, paramedics are seen approaching him and holding him up as he falls on his side. , some describe how they tracked down and detained Nichols.
“T-knee,” complains a policeman with a body camera. Another officer complains about his leg and appears to be limping. “That pussy was strong,” the police officer says in the video.
“I’m sorry for that m*****f***** anymore when you see that boy running brother,” one of the officers says. Then another officer says, “Your camera is on.”
Another officer claims Nichols reached out and grabbed the gun. As paramedics examined Nichols, who was covered in blood and in pain, someone told him, “I can’t go anywhere, I can’t go anywhere.”
Following the release of the video, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. announced Friday night that two agents had been “released from duty” in connection with Nichols’ arrest.
In a statement posted on social media, Bonner said two agents “showed up at the scene” following Nichols’ arrest by Memphis police.
Bonner said an “internal investigation” had been launched to determine if lawmakers had violated any policy.
A Sheriff’s Department spokesperson declined to reveal the sheriff’s identity when contacted by CBS News.
CBS News has learned that investigators are still looking for potential video evidence from surveillance cameras to better identify what sparked the confrontation.
Officials, members of Nichols’ family, and their attorneys were shown the video ahead of its release on Friday.
Nichols’ mother, Lawvaughan Wells, Said “CBS Morning“On Tuesday, she couldn’t bear to look at it completely.” All I heard my son say was, “What did I do?” she said.
“I haven’t seen the video, but what I’ve heard is very horrifying, very terrifying,” Wells said at a news conference Friday afternoon. .
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “CJ” Davis told NBC News on Friday that the video was “horrifying, alarming, disappointing and sad.”
“Sometimes he was lying down, sometimes he was up, sometimes he was mumbling and speaking, but it was clear that he had no control over his body.” Davis added.
Family Lawyer Ben Crump an independent autopsy said They found Nichols injured in a severe beating.
five butlers Fired over Nichols’ death — Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Emmitt Martin III, Desmond Mills Jr., and Justin Smith — were charged with second-degree murder, aggravated assault, obstruction of justice, and other charges. Attorneys for Martin and Mills said their clients will plead not guilty.
Police said Nichols had fled officers after being stopped on suspicion of reckless driving. told CNN As of early Friday, investigators were unable to substantiate.
President Biden met with Tire Nichols’ mother and stepfather on Friday afternoon, according to the White House. In a phone call with Lowborn Wells and Rodney Wells, Mr. Biden offered his condolences to himself and the First Lady and said he “admired the courage and strength of his family,” according to the White House.
“She’s obviously in a lot of pain,” Biden said of Nichols’ mother. “…I told her I had some idea of what her loss was like. I can’t believe it now, but when the memory of him brings more smiles than tears will come
In a statement following the release of the video, Mr Biden acknowledged watching the “horrifying” footage, saying he was “outraged and deeply distressed”, adding that the public should be “justifiably outraged”.
“Those seeking justice should not resort to violence and destruction,” Biden said in a statement. “Violence is never acceptable. It is illegal and destructive. I join Mr. Nichols’ family in calling for peaceful protest.”
Ahead of Friday’s release, police officials in Memphis and other cities across the country braced for possible protests.
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said, “When people actually see for themselves the kind of things that happened in this case, there could be a very serious public reaction. told “CBS Morning” Co-host Gayle King on Friday morning.
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