An lawyer for the family of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died at a hospital three days after a confrontation with police during a traffic stop, said Monday that video of the encounter shows it was “violent” and “troublesome on every level.”
Memphis Police Department Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis announced Friday that five officers involved in the arrest were fired after the police probe determined that they used excessive force or failed to intervene and render aid.
Relatives have accused police of beating Nichols and causing him to have a heart attack. Authorities have only said that Nichols experienced a medical emergency. The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the arrest, and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is looking into whether excessive force was used.
“The release of the tape may certainly aggravate the feelings of hurt, sorrow and embarrassment that we are all feeling,” Parkinson said. “However, the need for transparency is vitally important in all cases of police involved deaths.” “If the video is significantly more egregious than what we have seen, then the unrest could still be there,” Turner said.
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