Tire Nichols died after being stopped, handcuffed, and beaten by the police. This is the latest case of an African American who died while in police custody after a checkup. And now there’s very high voltage in Memphis, Tennessee, where the tragedy occurred. In fact, the African-American community fears retaliation, as has already happened in the face of very similar cases in other parts of the United States.
Demonstrations against police violence have already been planned, but riots are feared after Friday night (Italian time) when the video of Nichols beating, taken from video cameras worn by police officers, will be released. The film certainly won’t help calm the spirits because it has already been shown to the victim’s family, who speaks of the “inhuman” and “horrible” violence by the police as well as African Americans.
According to Ben Crump, Nichols’ family attorney, the video shows police officers brutally beating Nichols for at least three minutes as he shouted that he had done nothing wrong and begged to be let home. He claims that the police brutally beat Nichols as if he were a “human pot”.
The video will be released to the public on Friday evening in the United States. It is precisely because of the content that riots are feared. US President Joe Biden also sent a message to the nation on the subject, urging the public to calm down.
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The incident occurred on January 7 when Nichols was beaten in the street after a regular checkup. After he was stopped, he got into a fight with the police, who sprayed pepper spray on him. Nichols tried to escape on foot, but was allegedly caught and beaten to death.
The man died in hospital three days after the consequences of his injuries. Five cops, aged 24 to 32, are charged with murder and include: Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, Desmond Mills Jr., Emmitt Martin III and Justin Smith. They were fired a few days after they were beaten by Memphis police.
All are charged with aggravated assault, aggravated kidnapping and abuse of power, as well as second-degree murder (hence not manslaughter). The four of them went to jail even though they were released on bail.
Source: Today IT
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