Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and the family of Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man who died after a traffic stop involving five Memphis police officers, saw the video footage of the arrest for the first time.
In this photo provided by WREG, Tyre Nichols' stepfather Rodney Wells, center, stands next to a photo of Nichols in the hospital after his arrest, during a protest in Memphis, Tenn., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023.
Crump says that the officers brutalized Nichols and caused his death. He describes the video as “appalling. It is deplorable, it is heinous, violent, it is very troublesome on every level.”video, and unlike Rodney King, Tyre did not survive,” Crump added. Crump says Tyre asked, "What did I do?” and said “I just want to go home” several times during the arrest. And during the final moments in the video, Tyre called out for his mom multiple times while he was less than 100 yards from his home.
Crump acknowledged that the officers involved were Black, but said that it’s “not the race of police officers that is the determining factor of the excessive force that will be exerted, it is the race of the citizen,” Crump said., Nichols was pulled over for reckless driving. A “confrontation” ensued when officers approached the vehicle and Nichols fled the scene on foot. Police said a second confrontation occurred when officers tried to take Nichols into custody.
Eventually, Nichols was apprehended, and shortly after he complained of “shortness of breath” and an ambulance was called to the scene.
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