Protests in New York City have already been scheduled for Friday evening in Times Square and Union Square in Manhattan.
Protesters gathered in parts of Manhattan on Friday night to express their outrage over the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Memphis.Protesters gathered in Times Square and Union Square in Manhattan Friday night to express their outrage over the police killing of Tyre Nichols.
Earlier in the day Friday, Adams had reiterated that while New Yorkers had a right to protest the decision, they needed to do so peacefully. New York City Mayor Eric Adams addresses the possibility of protests this weekend over the police killing of Tyre Nichols in Tennessee. Nichols' family members and their lawyers said footage of the incident shows officers savagely beating the 29-year-old FedEx worker for three minutes in an assault that the legal team likened to the infamous 1991 police beating of Los Angeles motorist Rodney King.The officers, all of whom are Black, were charged Thursday with murder and other crimes.
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