BREAKING: Memphis police release video showing the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.
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It is unclear how many people might gather at this protest, but New York City Mayor Eric Adams said the NYPD was prepared to ensure any rallies proceeded peacefully.Protests planned in numerous cities in response to Nichols' deathAn initial NBC News analysis of social media posts has found protests planned in numerous cities across the country in response to the Memphis police's release of the footage of Tyre Nichols' assault that led to his death.
"To see what is reported, that five African American officers are involved in this, just really hurt me personally," he said,"because it was always my belief that diversifying our departments with different ethnic groups would allow us to have the level of policing that we all deserve." “We have not been able to substantiate the cause of the stop, the violation. The only thing that we have right now is the officer saying that Mr. Nichols was driving recklessly, initially on the wrong side of the road,” she told NBC News' Tom Llamas Friday morning.“My staff, I asked them to pull all of the video that they can find in the area … and we were unable to find that and we were unable to get that captured on body worn camera as well from the initial officer,” she explained.
“We look at how swiftly the district attorney brought charges against them in less than 20 days. Then we want to proclaim that this is the blueprint going forward for any time any officers, whether they be black or white, will be held accountable," Crump said at a news conference Friday. "That, ladies and gentlemen, is the definition that we are dealing with here on this kidnapping charge. It is terrorism. It was designed to terrorize the victim. This young man by definition of the law in this state was terrorized, not by one, not by two, but by five officers who we now know that the charges brought actually state that they acted in concert with each other," he said.
Attorney Ben Crump said Nichols’ last words in the body camera footage of his arrest were three cries for his mother. This week, Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis announced a review of all the police department’s specialized units, including Scorpion, in response to Nichols’ death.Memphis police chief explains why footage will be released late on FridayMemphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis said that the long-anticipated body camera footage of Tyre Nichols' assault will be released Friday evening on YouTube and on the city's website.
"We don’t want to overreact. But the reality is, is that there are individuals that may want to exercise their First Amendment right and come out and protest," the police chief added.Marlene Lenthang
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