Daily News | Protesters march in Center City against Memphis police killing of Tyre Nichols
. Five of the officers have been charged with second-degree murder.
Talia Giles, an organizer with the Party For socialism and liberation, took to the microphone moments after the release of the videos.“It’s absolutely disgusting,” Giles said. “It shows the complete and utter disregard for human life. It shows the fact that police, no matter what their race is, are going to terrorize people because that’s what the system is meant to do. It’s meant to abuse its power against citizens.
Adiah Hicks, another organizer with PSL, said that along with declaring as a group that police brutality would not stand, she wanted Nichols’ family to know that they were not alone. Nichols’ family members and their lawyers said the footage shows officers savagely beating Nichols for three minutes in an assault that the legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.Memphis Police Director Cerelyn Davis described the officers’ actions as “heinous, reckless and inhumane,” and said Friday that her department has been unable to substantiate the reckless driving allegation that prompted the stop.
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